Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-11-18
PRES|DENT.ELECT
IN BROWNSVILLE
Makes Trip from Point Isabel by
MOtOr-Storm Which Drove
Him Out Worst Texas Has
Known in Twenty Years

! Brownsville, Texas, Nov. 15-President-
elect Harding came into Brownsville by
automobile to-day reaching here safely
at three O'Clock after gruelling ride
ever the 20 miles Of prairie that lies
between here and Point Isabel 1t took
one hour and ij minutes to make tho
trip.
. Prcsidcnt-elect Harding permanently
abandoned his storm beslcged vacation
| cottage at Point Isabel to-day and found
refuge in Brownsville from the wintry
norther that has broken UP his outing
on the gulf coast.
! lie mado the trip by automobile. tnivcl-
, Ing In luck and covering the 81 nudr y
miles across the desoa;e c-ar.. In n
liu|o less .han two hours. The dirt trail
over which no care. pronounced impass-
able yes:eidA.' Ind improved ovsr night
and except foS few detours and much
harmless sk!dding the Journey was with
oct incident
the motor icae was chosen by IN.
Prosiden'-olcct despite the Fac. that .he
narrow gauge srecol train Oh which he
made AZ unsuccessful attertp; to escape
.nst night from the marched point mad
been held "a r.adina,s for renewed
ASSAY to-day emo rescue party OF auto
mobiles spent most OF tao forenoon pick-
Ing practicable way TO Point Isabel
and NJ. Harding quickly accepted their
offsr 10 r.! Ing min Il.
JUS: bc:N. the departure, tie sun b1,ae
through the cioucs ali: ar,.s: on Point
Isabel :or the f:,. time in rearly a
week, bat .1e st:n3:.ig gale showed ito
signs OF Abatement and the President
elects ;nst look e. ssa revealed his >h,r.
isned fshipg E,ou.Gs In Laguna Msdre
as bounding field Ct ~.:i'e eapa.
fr,.n hrs: tc as; :Er. Hardng's osea
ton ut Point Is..tel -vhi:l began lat
Monday Aas amounted 20 tvo fishing
trips one game of golf and many hours
OF hoveri; ahout the little wood frs
with which he sorsn; 20 keep MS COZ.
tpge comfortable.
Texans said tho storm was the worst
that locality had experienced in 60
years, hut the look Of RELIEF on the
faces of the Harding party tonight
seemed to belle any prediction that
the point ever would become the
country's winter capital. Mr.. and Mrs.
Harding will spend the remaining two
days OF their visit to Texas at the
Brownsville home of r. y. Creager. a
lawyer here, whose guests they were
ut Point Isabel and on whose advice
the trip to the gulf coast was under
taken. They will leave by special train
Wednesday for New Orleans to take
, the ship for Panama
During his stay in Brownsville. Sena-
tor Harding will devote himself largely
to golf. AS soon as he reached here to-
day he organized n foursome at the
Brownsville country club links and he
probably will repeat tomorrow. He will
receive number Of informal calls Of
courtesy. however. before he departs
Governor Hobby OF Texas. and Senator
A. b. Fall. of New Mexico. being among
those on his engagement list. Governor
Hobby will come Tomorrow on a special
train to extend the hospitality and good
wishes of Texas. Senator Fall. an author
ity on Mexican affairs, already Is In
Brownsville. but said tonight that his
visit had no particular significance.
In some quarters here interest was
aroused In the fact that Elias Torres
who negotiated the surrender of Fran
cisco Villa and who now Is connected with
the Mexican embassy in Washington, al
SO arrived in Brownsville to-day. Mr.
Torres would not discuss his mission here
and said he had no appointment to sec
Mr.. Harding or any one authorized to
speak for him.