The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-16
HARDING ADANDONS HIS GULFCOAST TRIf
 AT TER B|G STORM
Returns to Brownsville After a ''Skidding" Trip of Twenty Miles of Muddy
 Roadway
By Associated Press

Brownsville, Tex, November 15- President-elect Harding permanently abandoned his storm -besieged vaea- tien cottage at Point Isabel today and found refuge in Brownsville from the wintry norther that has broken up his outing on the gulf coast.
 He made the trip by automobile, travelling in luck and covering the % muddy miles across the desolate prairie in a little less than two hours. The dirt trail over which he came re-, ported impossible yesterday, had im- proved over night and except for few detours and much harmeless skid ding, the journey was without incl dent
 The motor road was chosen by the President-elect despite the fact that the narrow guage special train on which he made an unsuccessful att tempt to escape last night from the Esarooned point, had been held in readi- ness for renewed essay today. The rescue party of automobiles spent most of the forenoon picking a practicable way to Point Isabel, and Mr. Harding quickly accepted their offer to bring him in
 Just before the departure the sun broke through the clouds and smiled on Point Isabel for the first time in nearly a week, but the stinging gale showed no signs of abatement and the President elects last look to sea re- vealed his chosen fishing grounds in Laguna Madre as an aboundng ferl of white caps.
 From first to last MT. Harding's vacation at Point Isabel, which began last Monday, has amounted to two fish ing trips, one game of golf and many hours of lowering about the little wood steve fire with which he sought to keep his cottage comfortable.
 Texans said the storm was the worst that locality had experienced in 20 years, but the look of relief on the faces of the Harding party tonight seemed to belle the prediction that Point Isabel would ever become the countrys winter capital" Mir. and Mrs. Harding will spend the remaining two days of their visit to Texas at the Brownsville home of R. B. Creager a lawyer here, whose guests they were vice the trip to the gulf, coast was undertaken. They will leave by speclas u ain Wednesday for New Orleans to take the ship for Panama.
 During his stay in Brownsville Sen ator Harding will devote A1lnself largely to golf. As soon as he reached here today he organized a foursona 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 an Senator A. B. Fall of New Mexico be- ing among those on his engagement list. Governor Hobby will come to- norrow on a special train to extend the hospitality and good wishes of Texas. Senator Fall, an authority on Mexican affairs, already is in Browns ville, but said tonight that his visit Lad 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 Washing ton, also arrived in Brownsville today MT. Torres would not discuss his mis- sion here and said he had no appoint ment to see Mir. Harding OF any one authorized to speak for him.