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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-20

CARRY PLANES
5000 MILES

Ford built Liberty motors carried
the four army airplanes which on
October % completed the 9O00-mile
Journey from Mitchell field, Long
Island. TO Nome, Alaska, and return
The fleet was greeted over New York
city by a flotilla OF 40 army planes,
-aiich escorted it TO Mineola- The
returning planes touched their wheels
TO earth at 3-15 in the afternoon
The Alaskan flying expedition.
commanded by Capt St Clair Street.
undertook the journey to demonstrate
the durability Of modern airplanes
and motors. and to effect the estab-
lishment OF an aerial route to the
northwestern corner Of the American
continent and Asia Such a route
would bring mail from Alaska TO the
states in two or three days, whereas
the present method OF transmission
requires 80 days.
Talk about service" said CAPT
Street. Those planes and motors
sure stood up. Why. the only trouble
we had on the entire trip was caused
by the worst bit OF weather I've
flown through or want to fly through.
We had everything-rain, snow. hail
and sleet. clouds, fog and mist. But
We kept right on flying.
The 230 miles Of glaciers we
traversed was a wonderful sight, but
there would have been little hope for
rescue had We cracked up in that
wilderness Altogether, 1t was
rough trip. never want to fly
through such weather again. but the
planes stood Il magnificently. In
stead Of battered hulks, Hopping TO
earth after winded flight. they looked
brand new. Even the turn buckles
were polished and the motors looked
as IL they had Just come off the test
ing block
we never changed a spark plug.
Never a cylinder missed on US the
entire trip. The motors are in as
good condition today as when we set
out"
Before the flight. ali the pilots
asked for ships equipped with Ford
made Liberty motors
Due to the nature OF the work
whclh engaged the expedition. the
fleet required a period Of three
months - complete the trip. Since
all Of the original motors completely
the journey without repairs or re-
this is believed to be a
record for aerial navigation. It viii
be recalled that during the war Il
was generally the practice to over
haul the airplane motors after ap-
proximately each 20 hours OF flight
This is the second notable event
in which Ford Liberty motors have
figured prominently. the first being
the transatlantic jump OF the Ford
Liberty equipped n c 4, a feat which
commanded worldwide interest
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-20
LONE STAR MOTOR co.
HAS BIG DODGE SALES

According to 2. Gordon Perry.
president Of the Lone Star motor com
pany there Is nothing wrong with the
automobile business. His company
has shipped carloads Of Dodge Bros.
motor cars the past week 20 the Snod-
grass motor company, OF Deming:
Casner motor company. OF Maria ;
Smith motor company OF Fort Stock
ton and Richard motor company OF
Silver City. In Ell Paso they have two
carloads OF this make and in addition
have delivered Cadillac sedans 70 c.
II. Finley and J. r Mullin. They also
sold two tWo-ton G. II. c. trucks TO
the Neff-Stiles company and Full
Weight Coal company.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-20
NEW YORK CONVICTS
MAKE AUTO LICENSES

Convicts in the New York state
penitentiary at Auburn viii have a
hand in the motoring activities Of
that state next year. They are max
Ing all the auto license tags. The
order calls for 100000 tags, OF which
$4,000 have been finished. The tags
have a dark blue background and
white numerals.-From Goodrich
Tourist Bureau.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-20
LEFT HAND AUTO Turns
ABOLISHED By MANY CITES

An Increasing number Of cities are
adopting traffic laws preventing left
hand turns in the congested down
town districts, with the result that
less delays occur during the rush
hours. Each time an auto cuts
through the traffic lane by turning
70 the LEFT the machines following
are halted. Right hand turns can be
made without confusion
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-20
TRUCKS USED TO
HAUL DAIRY PRODUCTS

Motor trucks are playing a big part
in Transporting the milk supply Of
the nation. In Wisconsin trucks are
being depended upon 10 haul prac-
tically all Of the S.721.0OO. 900 pounds
Of milk which Is obtained yearly from
the 1900. 900 cows in the state.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-20
} STATE NATIONAL BANK

Capilui, Surplus 4 Profits f9O,0O0-9g
Interest Paid o. Savings Accounts.
g. r. morehead, President.
Joseph uaE09fin. Fice-PreEideul-
C. n BuEHeff, Fice-PreEldeut-
George ID. Flory. Fice-Fresideut-
R. w MeAfee, Cashier.
G. n Neheker- Assistant Cashier
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-20
AUTO CLUBS BLACKLIST
SPEED TRAP VILLAGES

villages or towns which set up
speed traps TO extract easy money"
from passing motorists soon find that
such unfair tactics result in killing
the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Auto clubs blacklist the place far and
wide and motorists shun II as though
Il had the plague. The resulting loss
in transient trade soon compels the
community to mend its ways.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-20
JAPAN LIMITS AUTO
SPEED 10 ID KNOTS"

One OF Japan's novel traffic laws
provides that automobiles cannot
travel more than knots an hour IN
cities nor more than IL knots IN the
country Another zw provides that
IL an auto meets a horse OF COW
along the road It must pull up TO the
side and wait until the animal passes. Z
From Goodrich Tourist Bureau.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-20
BRITISH MOTOR UNION HAS
HIGHWAY PATROL. gEREICl

Hhe motor union OF Great Britain
maintatns patrol system Of high
ways for the cOnveninece OF its mem
hers. The patrolmen are equipped
TEN lines the highways for the use
Of members for personal or business
caIls.-From Goodrlch Tourist Bureau.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-20

has Just been placed by a New York
export concern win offices IN soera-
baya. chief city Of Java The order
calls FOR 800 Kisss1 motor trucks and
200 trailers. All bearing Goodyear tire
equipment The trucks VIII be used
on the Islands extensive coffee and
rubber plantations
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-20

the present company and under his
guidance It has become a successful
motor car distributing agency.
He was one Of the Ell Paso men
who made the recent peace and
prosperity trip into Mexico and came
back from the neighboring republic
firm believer IN the bright future OF
the MeXicans and their country.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-20
SOUTH AMERICA HAS
FEW GOOD AUTO ROADS

Road building in South America has
been greatly retarded because Of the
Latin Americans belief that the na-
tfonal government should pay for al
civic improvements, instead OF the
smaller units Of government as IN
this country The national govern
ments are shy on money ana the re-
suit Is Few good highways have been
built
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-20

sion Of the cham
Der OF commerce
He was born
in Haverstraw
y. 7. Joining the
sales force OF the
WHY'S o. Overland
e o N p q n y his
travels brought
him to the south
west.
He purchased
controlling inter
est in the Long
wei Auto Truck
and Sales com
nany. six years
ago. In 1917 Mr..
Rauwa11 forruad
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-20
WIZEL BUYS STOCK IN
FLETCEIER-MEANS co.

It was announced along automobile
row recently that A. F. WHEEL well
known FL Pasoan had purchased the
interest Of r z. Fletcher Of the
Fletcher-Means company. Immediate
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-20

Douglas, Ariz-, Nov. 20.-Douglas
police have been advised OF the ar
rest Of Manuel FiRz. alleged to have
shot and wounded George J. Moore.
American foreman OF a Cananea con
solidated copper company mine near
Cananea, Sonora, Mexico.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-20
AUTOGRAPHS

frank MELVILLE BANNELL be-
sides being the president and gen
general manager Of the FL Paso
Overland controls the destiny Of the
informative diwf-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-20

~ after the transaction a meeting Of
the board OF directors was held and
Robert Boyle elected president with
E. r. Means secretary and treasurer
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-20

JAVA ORDERS TRUCKS.
An order indicative Of the healthy
state OF business on the island OF Java
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-20

Buy Stocks. Tom Johnson, sheldOn.-Ad-
The New York herald., 1920-12-27
An Indian With a Spear.
Fault Found With Fraser's Statue
1.-THE End of the Trail"

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Fraser's
statue '"The End of the Trail" the
original of which is placed at the western
end of the Lincoln Highway. is Won
derful piece OF work and has thousands
of admirers. The sentiment conveyed is
appealing. 1t shows the Indian pushed
to the Far West by civilizations advance
on his territory: his pony clings to the
edge of the precipice. and the great
Pacific looks up at him and roars
viciously, ready to swallow up pony and
all. have secured two or three pictures
of this work and have them in my office
and at my home. / like it so well.
However, we have been wondering
how this Indian came to be clinging to
spear Or maybe it's tepee pole,
although 1t looks in the picture as
Il it had a spear head on the end.
have been among the Indians for
a number of years and have never seen
or heard of an Indian-an American
Indian-using a spear. | have inquired
among others and they say the same
Indian friends and they only shook their
heads--they don't get the idea.
Possibly away back when Lewis and
Clark made their trip some of the bands
they met had spears. but none of the
later Sioux or other Indians used spears.
None of the old Sioux Indians l ques-
toned in South Dakota had seen spears
used among their tribes, and one OF
these Indians was born in 1S45 and was
a scout with General Sibley and other
army men.
Mr.. Fraser had some good reason for
putting it there, as l know he has made
a pretty thorough study of Indians, but
we have been wondering just why.
HEAP BIG CHEF SCOUT.
INDIAN School. MONT PLEASANT,
Mich, December %.
The New York herald., 1920-12-27
General Staff Eligibles.

Two things are to be said in favor
of the list of 300 officers eligible for
duty on the General Staff prepared
by the board of selection headed by
General PERsHING. One is that the
most captious of dissatisfied critics
does not question the professional ca
pacity and the integrity Of the men
whose names are on It, The other is
that additions may be made to it at
any time.
The basis of the complaints now ut
tered against the designations made
by the Pershing board is that the over
whelming majority of the officers are
Pershing men; that is, men who have
served under General PERsHING at
one time or another, and who have
profited by the opportunity thus af-
forded to impress their merits upon
him. Other men as capable as they,
1t Is asserted. have been passed over.
1t Is not discredit to the Pershing
men that they have won General PER
sHING's confidence. 1t is the misfor-
tune of others that the chance so to
do has not come TO them.
Whenever the selective faculty Is
exercised in the choice OF men for
promotion or for designation to spe-
cial duty the factor Of personal famil-
iarity Is bound TO be operative. Cen
eral PERsHING is not immune from
its influence any more than any
other man. But promotion or desig-
nation by seniority is productive of
notorious evils. Consequently when
we get a roster of officers for the
General staff in which the names of
only competent men are included, and
which Is attacked solely because the
names of other competent men are not
on It, the nation may count itself
fortunate. When this list may be
amended by the addition of the names
Of those other competent officers we
are doubiy fortunate.
Army politics Is as yirulent as any
other politics, and the preparation OF
such n list as that which bears Cen
eral PERsHrNGs name is an invita-
ton to trouble. We wish every com
petent officers name were on it. but
as that is an ideal humanity impos-
sible OF attainment we can take solid
comfort in the knowledge that the
list has no lncompetents on Il.
The New York herald., 1920-12-27
Fayette County's Firebug.

\ youth of 20, ALBERT SMITH of
Fairhope, Pennsylvania, has confessed
to the Pennsylvania State police that
he put the torch to thirty of the public
and private buildings in Fayette
county, on the West Virginia line, de-
struction Of which has kept the people
of the district terrified for weeks.
The incendiarism has given rise to
highly alarming reports of conspira-
cies among the alien residents of the
coke producing district. Many men
and women have believed that the
Soviet Government of Russia directly
inspired the attacks on American prop
erty. There have been a number of
assaults because of the bad feeling
and resentment which have been
aroused.
School houses, churches, dwellings
and barns have gone up in flames in
such numbers as to make it seem in
credible that one individual should
have been able to set all of the fires.
1t is highly probable that more than
one person has taken part In the de-
struction. The public excitement, the
bitter feeling that exists between the
native and foreign populations, may
easily have led malicious or weak
minded men to take up the torch.
In Fayette county it has been COM
monty believed that the incendiaries
were organized as completely as were
the Molly Maguires in the anthracite
region half century ago, and that
they owed their ability to escape cap
ture to a powerful and skilfully di-
rected central society, which assigned
to each member the work of destruc-
tion he was to do.
1t is declared now that the young
man who says he Is responsible for
the fires had no object in view except
to create excitement. He is the son
Of real estate dealer in Fairhope,
and his father believes he must be
demented. The people are so infuri-
ated that the police have felt it neces-
sary to put their prisoner under spe-
cial guard to protect him from lynch
ers while they investigate the aston
ishlng story he has told.
If his confession is corroborated he
has had remarkable career, for the
flrebug has eluded the local authori-
ties, State police and special guards,
who have patrolled the highways and
stood sentinel over buildings which 1t
was thought might be objects of at
tack; the alarm he has created In the
district will not disappear for long
time to come.
The New York herald., 1920-12-27
A Pathological Field Day.

We cordially invite attention to an
incident in the House OF Representa-
tives which puts to shame those who
spite lily deride that body as lacking
serious purpose in respect to large
problems Of government.
A bill. Senate 2977, being up for
consideration, It was observed that
members instead Of being curtaIned
by copies Of papers from home towns
were earnestly consulting heavy tones
hastily drawn from the branch Con
gressional Library IN an alcove of the
here dictionary, there n
glossary of legislative terms. the
saurus, fovorite works on Latin dcriv-
atives, best sellers among grammars,
standard works on the genius OF the
English language and various other
The New York herald., 1920-12-27
EVENTS TODAY.

United States Senator William M. Calder
VIII discuss THE Housing Situation at
meeting of the Marquette Club, Hotel Com
"TSSFei The PeopIel sole r rssertv cboru, viii, give
Christmas party to disabled service men In
the High School of Commerce, West Sixty
fifth street, near Broadway, at S:15 Z. NJ.
The American Society of Church History
will hold its fourteenth annual meeting in
Union Theological Seminary. Broadway. at
12Oth street, beginning at 10 A. M. DR.. ii.
II. Weiskotten will speak at the evening
meeting, which will be held In the rooms OF
the Faculty Club OF Columbia University.
broadway and 1l6th street, 80 L. NJ.
The annual luncheon of the Alumnae AuXil-
larry Association of the Catholic Summer
Schools of America will be held In the Hotel
Pennsylvania. 10 80 r. NJ.
The New York Association forN Improvinr
Christmas party for old people and GONZALES
cents. inmates of Sunset Lodge, at the
lunchroom of the a. /. G. p, 100 East
Twenty street. $3.50 =. M.
Mine Sweepers' Club, Squadron 10, meeting,
at the Cafe Boulevard, S:15 +. M.
Alexander Hamilton Institute win hold a
meeting and luncheon at the Biltmore Hotel,
beginning at 10 A.. NJ.
Louis X. Anspacher win lecture on "Ihsen
the 1ndivdualigt." at Labor Temple, Four
Employing Printers Association, dinner,
Hotel Astor, r. NJ. p
American Metric Association. meetings st
the Engineering Societies Building, 20 West
Thlrty-ninth street all day.
Phi Delta Epsilon Medical Fraternity, con
vention. Waldorf-Astoria, beginning at ~
A. NJ.
There win be meeting of the New York
County American Legion in the Hotel Penn
sylvania, ut Y. Nj.
meetings, General Theological Seminary, 10
Sfnth avenue, afternoon and evening.
The New York herald., 1920-12-27

devoting every effort. The first step to
those trade relations can be with the
Soviet Government alone and not with
individuals or firms in Russia. a fact
which leads inevitably to recognition of
the Soviet Government
Another aspect of the situation is of
extreme significance from the stand
point of international politics. The most
important factor pressing England to a
trade agreement is the need of stopping
Soviet propaganda activities directed
against the British Empire.
Suppose the Soviet Government agrees
to this condition. 1t would not by that
agree to refrain from propaganda and
agitation in other countries, and recog-
milton by England would open to it un-
rivalled opportunities not only for Red
propaganda but also for making polit-
ical combinations in which Lenine would
play his favorite role of champion OF
small nations and subject nationalities
Trade with Russia is practically out
OF the question. thanks to the absence
of commodities in Russia available for
export, and recognition of the Soviet
Government which is a necessary con-
comitant of attempted trade, is about
the most dangerous menace to the peace
and security of Europe that could be
imagined at the present time.
JEROME LANDFIELD.
New York, December "a. g.
The New York herald., 1920-12-27

pathological pleasantries. In sum, as
Uncle JOE CANNON was overheard to
mutter, there seemed to be hen on.
The bill related to the residence OF
those taking up desert land in Nevada.
Mr.. MANN turned on the torrent when
he admitted that his curiosity was ex-
cited by the fact that i'm the original
law which the bill sought to amend
II was provided that no one longing
for lodge In the vast wilderness OF
the State made famous by Reno need
apply except he be resident citi-
zen" The Illinois scholar added
Now, the word except may not
have been the better word. I do
not know. But the distinguished
Senate struck out except and in
serted unless 1 desire to know the
distinction"
They were off Never, not even in
the debating society of Table Noun
tain OH the banks Of the Stanislaus,
was enjoyed such a revel in the quid-
dites of language. 1t would be raging
yet had not the Hon. NICHOLAS j. SIN
MOTT, A. b., of Oregon, to the glory Of
his alma mater, Notre Dame Of Michi-
gan, )gravely counted ten and an
nounced, Having used the word 'ex-
cept' in the third line previous they
1.-THE Senatel used unless" here for
euphony."
A silence so profound it awoke the
sleepers in the cloak rooms was
broken only when Truthful JAMES
MANN gasped, "Euphony is a good
word. have nothing further to say"
And, indeed, the subsequent pro-
ceedings interested him no more.
The New York herald., 1920-12-27
North Dakota Pays the Piper.

The Non-Partisan League programme
of State Socialism in North Dakota
appears to have collapsed completely.
AT the referendum held at the No
vember election the voters approved
bill repeating the statute which
compelled deposit of public funds in
the Bank of North Dakota.
Consequently no money is available
for the erection of the grain elevators,
the flour mills, the dwelling houses,
construction of which was to have
been financed by the State
In banking the Non-Partisan League
has, in fact, been brought face to face
with the elementary and fundamental
requirements of sound business.
A number of State banks which lent
on farmers notes which were to have
been taken up when the crops were
sold have been unable to collect be-
cause the farmers refused to sell their
wheat. Because of this in several cases
banks have been forced to suspend.
No amount of oratory will turn
promises to pay into cash; it takes
production and distribution to work
this transformation.
What has happened in North Da-
kota is not new in principle. Half
baked theorists and rabid politicians.
artfully playing on the real and i'm
aginary wrongs of the people, led
the voters to adopt fantastic political
nostrums in the mistaken belief they
would cure evils they could only make
worse. The result has been exactly
what was predicted by unimpassioned
observers.
North Dakota has danced. Now her
people must pay the piper, and as they
pay they must salvage what they can
from the wreckage the Non-Partisan
League has strewn about their State.
The New York herald., 1920-12-27
ralIroads and masking blades Of grass

railroads and making blades of grass
grow where none grew before.
In such tasks the imagination and
the daring of the builders of indus
trial and commercial empires have full
opportunity for expression. The genius
of the men who overcome difficulties
of transport, sustenance and produc-
ton rejoices in the conquering of new
territories, where the errors of others
need not influence its course and the
land may be turned TO mans service
in the most modern way.
Kings and potentates of many ages
have trod the soil of Mesopotamia
snd let its wealth lie undisturbed.
Providence has guarded well the
cradle for more Rockefellers.
The New York herald., 1920-12-27
Symphony RevivesW ork of Mendelssohn
Plays Famous Old Overture to "A Midsummer Nights
Dream David Bispham Reads Shakespeare's Text

BaHy Bottom wished to play all the
parts in the play. but Qutnce would not
let him. David Bispham accomplished
the feat. however, yesterday afternoon
at the matinee OF the Symphony Society
In Aeolian Hall. for he read the text of
"A Midsummer Nights Dream" neatly
curtailed to the dimensions of a concert.
The orchestra, under the direction of
Walter Damrosch, played Mendelssohn's
music. Mrs. Rachel Morton Harris. So
prano; Miss Charlotte Peege. contralto.
ana small choir from the Oratorio So
clety sang the vocal numbers. -
Mr.. Bispham evidently pleased the au-
dience, but there could be no question
that he succeeded better with the broad
humor of the clowns than with the more
elusive poetry of the bewitched lovers.
The music was given In full, so that the
audience had an opportunity to recog-
nize the dainty skill of Mendelssohn in
treating such little episodes as the en-
frances and exits OF Puck, the move-
ments of the lovers and the fairies
There has been a gentle revival of
Mendelssohn's art lately. Sergei Rach-
maninoV at his recent recital played
some or the songs without words and one
or TWO other pianists have rediscovered
them. The symphonies have been res
urrected and the "Fingals Cave" over
ture Is promised. Mendelssohn ought not
to be neglected. He has suffered from
overuse. to be sure. chiefly caused by
the extravagant admiration of the Brit
ish, and he has been thrust into the
background because of this. But the
revival is timely
Not great genius. Mendelssohn was
a composer of delightful music and oc-
casionally, as in parts of the Elijah"
rose to proud heights. His music Is al
ways graceful and his orchestral works
are gems of instrumental ton. The ia
nous old overture to "a Midsummer
Nights Dream" written when he was
seventeen, remains one of the most splen-
did monuments of Juvenile precocity. and
within its field the hackneyed wedding
march never has been surpassed.
The concert of yesterday afternoon
was most interesting. Mr.. Damrosch
deserves credit for presenting the music
with attention to details and q sufficient
delivery of the text to make clear the
artistic purposes Of the composer.