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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-14
FL Paso Post E ditor Boosts
Douglas and An AN-Southern
Route to the Pacific Coast

head, Lee highway, All Southern
Trails combination. Just last week
/ went east over the Sante Fe trail
va Needles and Albuquerque, and it is
an abomination. A week before /
was on the Lincoln highway through
Nevada and Wyoming Roads up there
are good but in general not nearly as
good as the route through El Paso,
and up there the highway is treacher-
Gus in winter snowtime.
The route through El Paso I have
Travelled in summer and in winter
II is more free from sand trarSs than
any other route, has by long odds the
best highway and never is blocked by
snow nor made uncomfortable by cole
weather Further, The hotel and camp
facilities are best on the El Paso
route"
Pain in the Head
Merigold's conversation as + was
stuck literally as we'll as figuratively
i'll the mud near the FL Paso Country
club caused me, painfully, to think:
Why doesn't El Paso start a move
ment with other cities along the All
Southern route to make national
SAACA ~ IlCeu lIiOGOr lIdlIIC lIlS WAY :
In all the trip to san Diego the only
bad road is a snort stretch between
Mesilla Dam and Aden, and this evil
is being corrected. The rest of the
route you can go as fast as you wanr
20 travel. Bob held a pretty even AS
to, 55 miles an hour gait and that was
SO slow that other travellers CON.
tinually were honking angrily for ua
to pull over to the side and get out
of their way
Might Cooperate E4
On the trip gained the impression
that other towns along the way are
striving for tourist trade so eagerly
tEat they might bev willing to CO.
operate. San Diego already is step
ping out at great lengths to advertise
the virtues Of the All Southern route
Through Ell Paso) though it is the
only town along the route that cam
not expect to get all the traffic thas
comes this way, for many QUIT the
trail at Ell Centre and take a short
cut through Palm Springs to' Los
Angeles.
1t is estimated, I find, that each car
that stops over for even one night IN
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-14
LUNENBERG, GERMANY,
ERECTS MONUMENT TO
LEAN, SCRAGGLY PIC

BERLIN, Now 13. F1-The city OF
Luenberg has erected a beautiful
monument to lean, scraggly pig.
The memorial, a bronze reproduction
of the now famous animal, was put
up out of gratitude for. the great
increase in the citys wealth, growing
out of a discovery made by the pig.
About five years ago the owner
of the porker noticed it's peculiar
pranks in the grazing yard. He in
Vestigated and found it licking a de.
post of salt. The deposit has since
been exploited and is one of the ricn.
est table salt mines in Germany.
The police of Berlin are materially
hampered in their adoption of modern
methods by innumerable antiquated
regulations in force evidently because
no one has ever thought of rescind.
ing them.
According to the published state
Iilent of the Prussan under secre-
tary of state, DR.. Abegg, the police
code contains many thousands Of
these out of date ordinances.
One of the oldest, from the year
1851, DEGREES that church bells are
to be rung only in three stipulated
periods within a certain hour An
other of 1911 prohibits "The extortion
of tips by farm hands from passing
travellers" which seems to have been
the custom at that time. Still an
ether prescribes exactly how the eggs
Of ants should be collected. Then
there arc regulations prohibiting
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-14

r. E. sharp, editor of the Ell Paso
Post, in a series of articles in. the
post in which he comments on a trip
he made recently from FL Paso to
san Diego, via the All Southern route,
llas lot to say about Douglas Sharp
is enthusiastic concerning the All
Southern route, and acvocates a con-
cefted plan by El Paso. Douglas and
other cities along the route to direct
tourists over this fine highway.
sharp points to the remarkable rec
ord established by Col Ed Fletcher,
who made trip from San Deigo to
Savannah, Ga, in II hours and Is
minutes, as proving the advantages of
the All-Southern route. Colonel Flet-
cher stopped over in Douglas while
returning from his record run and was
entertained while shere by q banquet
IN the Club Sociale in Aqua Prieta.
Sharp mentions Aqua Prieta freely IN
his articles, which read as follows:
Bob Merigold, known to many El
Pasoans, blew into town about ten
days ago. He was in Marmon (adv)
car, en- route to his home in San
Diego.
4 wish I had someone to ride
through with me tomorrow morning,
said Bob.
I'm your man." said /, provided
YOU lay over at Phoenix long enough
for me to get a looksee at how they
do things along the Salt river
Stuck
The next day was Sunday without
the run. 1t rained. And we were in
formed that the route west through
Mesilla Park was impossible. SO we
better take the Old Spanish Trail over
the hills via the country club. Which
we did, to our grief
TWO or three miles beyond the
Marmon (adv.) sunk in the mud to the
running boards. While we were being
pulled out by four husky lads / began
thinking of the advantage of good
roads to El Paso.
supplementing my thought was the
remark of Merigold.
Best Roads
I've been across the continent in an
automobile more times than l can
count" said Merigold "By far the
best roadway is. over the southern
route through FL Paso-the Bank
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-14

a town spends a minimum average o.
500 in that town This is figured on
an average of1three persons per car
Some believe the expenditures per cdi
in stopping for lodging, gas, OIL gfuo'
entertainment and necessary personal
purchases runs well over $40 per car
New Money
Col. Ed Fletcher, of San Diego, chlet
booster for the All Southern ro"'e'
estimates that it is possible TO puiio
up an auto traffic of 10000 cars gay
through El paso. At $50 per car th"'
would be an income of S20O,ooo u"y
Of outside money. Fletchers tlGures
seem extravagant. Even so, each car
Goes bring in some outside money
And statistics at Camp Grande sho"
that a number of persons who iolS
are touring through are so impresse"
with El Paso that they stay here ana
bring on the remainder of their COIN
SO, while stin sticking in the mud
let me suggest that as one bettefnehe
to FL Paso, we endeavor to get more
auto traffic. Other cities along the
route will be willing to cooperate !
believe. And, as the San Diegoans
say, Eel Paso and San Diego VIII
brofit most because they have attrac-
tions OF sufficient interest to induce
the wealthy tourist to stay more tharl
night in these towns.
In my motor trip to California l
discovered three dominant topics OF
conversation, to wit. Prohibition.
Aimee, the trip of Col. Ed Fletcher.
Col. Ed Fletcher is San Diego mil
lionaire He is the chief booster FOR
the All-Southern highway. He is the
man who is responsible ror az paved
highway. across the sand dunes of the
California desert west Of Yuma.
Fletcher made trip in the Cadii-
lac (adv9 family sedan from san
Diego to savannah, Ca, in II hours
and Is minutes. CD
He "loafed', back to San Diego
taking in Florida as a side trip, and
arrived home within two weeks of the
day he left. Travelled 5,477 miles
l'he car carried five passengers and
full luggage
To Advertise
Fletcher's whole idea was to adver-
Use to the world that the All-South-
ern route, through FL Paso, is the
smoothest, fastest way to cross the
continent. Newspapers throughout the
nation carried the story of Fletcher's
trip. San Diegoans expect it will re-
suit in tremendous up in travel
ever the Al4Southern route.
san Diego, Yuma, El Centro, Phoe-
NIX and Tucson are boosting strons
for more motor traffic on this All
Southern route.
what Ti0uriSt SDenllS
In Douglas, Ariz., (Which does moi
get all of the Ai1-Southern traffic, as
some branch via Globe to take in the
Apache traiD was told that motor
tourists spend an average of $4,000 :
day in Douglas and Aqua Prieta
| Douglas is banking on the beer O
! Aqua Prieta34to Influence motorists t.
| take that route. instead of the shorter
and more scenic. Apache trail. Doug
| las has the advantage of fast road
while the Apache trail is slow ano
even a bit dangerous-though this nov
| is being corrected.
/ Ellis Wales motor traffic man OF
| the San Diego Chamber of Commerce
believes tourist motor traffic is some
Ithing worth going after. AS wealthy
Tourists spend literally
Hattie Cry 'sPave.
+ Says ELS Wales, of the San Dieg'
| G. of C.:s
l t'1ha. battle cry, from now on is =
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-14

dancing lessons on Sundays, and the
preparation of artificial coffee.
Grotesque seems an injunction of
1880 barring pick pockets and other
thieves from public markets without
a special license from police and
even then compelling them to do their
shopping only under police super
vision.
Still another precept of 1892 pre-
scribes for all mattresses dresses
closed at the neck with skirts down
TO the ankle.
Karl Severeing, retired Prussian
minister of the interior was one Of
the few socialist government officials
who during hrs whole term of office
remained true to traditions in the
matter Of dre& Herr Severing never
owned a dress suit or even dinner
jacket, a convention which most of
his comrades since the revolution ac-
cepted as a matter of course He
devoted himself to his office with Il
singleness of purpose Tor which even
the bitterly hostile press gave him
unstinted praise. Though a magnifi-
cent official residence was set aside
for him on Unter Den linden, during
his seven years as. minister he vir-
tually lived in his office in the min,
istry of the Interior
Once among the richest of rubS1gt
German princes, Leopold. last OF a
distinguished Ine of royal governors
OF the principality of Lippe Det-
mold, is virtually penniless After
the republican state of Prussia re-
Gently granted him relief from poor
rates so that he could file suit ror
payment of debt without cost 1t
was revealed that Prince Leopold did
not have the $500 cash security re-
ouired by German law 10 cover
court expenses.
The suit has been brought against
a DR.. Thyssen to whom Leopold al.
leges he sold Il parcel of land five
years ago for $4,000 and never re-
ceived payment. Leopold is land poor.
| His settlement with the state after
his abdfcation during the revolution
lin 1918 netted him 5000 acres or
land and his beautiful castle He has
! been unable to find buyers for more
of the land since DR.. Thyssen, who is
not related to the industrialist, Thys-
sen bought several thousand acres
! A Berlin inventor claims to have
solved the problem of turning the
pages of a musical selection, an
operation which always has bothered
members of bands and orchestras The
1 invention consists of q lever operated
with the foot The lever is at
tached to the music stand in such a
manner that by stepping on it, the
rage is turned.
''No Breakfast Complete without
! The Dispatch"
Evening star., 1926-11-13
WOMEN IN SPORT
by CORINNE FRAZIER

Center pool within the past month.
They are:
Beginners Ann Aein, Frances
Nachman, Sylvia Werksman, Lii Tol-
kins, Hilda Coopersmith, Rosie Rose,
Sarah Acker, Dora Bassin, Tess Silver
man. Beatrice Miller, Toba Schloss,
Pauline Leetvin, Rose May and Lor-
raine W'olfman.
Swimmers-Leona Visman, Miriam
Baturin, Flora Alpert. Shirley kolber.
Zelda Abrams. Ann Aein and Mildred
Schiller.
4 recreational evening will be held
tonight at 8 o'clock in the Marjorie
Webster gymnasium in place of the
lecture by Edna Geister, national en-
tertainer, who has been forced to post
pone her trip to Washington.
Four members of the Washington
Field Hockey Club team entered the
tryouts for the all-Baltlmore team held
this morning at the Baltimore Country
Club. They are Virginia Hopkins,
goal: Katharine Whitfield. left for
ward; Alice Nicoli, left inner, and
Marian FAIRIES. center forward.
Evening star., 1926-11-13
PRINCETON AND HARVARD
MAY HOLD A CONFERENCE
Crimson Invites Tiger for ga Complete and Frank
Discussion of Grievances and Chances of an
Adjustment Appear Brighter.

early next month to enter into com
plete and frank discussion of the
grievances of each university. We feel
that only by such means can an ulti
mate and satisfactory agreement be
made
Frank Peabody. member of Prince
toms senior council and editor Of the
Daily Princtonian. expressed belief
that Princeton would be glad to at
tend such a conference. however.
I'VE always doubted whether the
Lampoon expressed the majority
opinion OF Harvard" Peabody said.
He expressed doubt that things could
be patched up at this time and hoped
for an eventful resumption of rela-
tons
Considered Matter Closed.
Prior to the development at Har-
vard however. Princeton considered
the matter closed.
The shouting and tumult of the
Harvard misunderstanding have
passed into the realm of the past,
said yesterdays Daily Princetonian.
MAY the limpid waters of the
Charles and Of the Carnegie murmur
solemn requiem. Let the dead bury
their dead
Today's e-Princeton foot ball
number of the numerous Princeton
Tiger contains jokes reprinted from
the Harvard Lampoon, and there is
no reference TO the issue Of the
Lampoon which aroused Princeton's
ire. The reprinted jokes were from
Lampoon numbers prior to the OBJ
jectionable one.
Evening star., 1926-11-13

This play has won several closely
fought loot ball games. A team Is
in position to try for a placement
kick and goes through all the mo-
tons Of doing so. Then, just as
the ball is to be kicked. a forward
pass is thrown. caught by an end
and the winning touchdown scored.
The reason the play succeeds Is
because the opposing team, like
the spectators, think a place kick
is to be tried. They concentrate
their strength on blocking the kick
and the pass succeeds as a result.
The diagram shows how the play
is made. the two ends crossing in
the area back of the opposing
team The play works best If the
ends delay about two seconds be
fore running down field.
The holder of the balm this
case the player to make the
forward pass-receives the pass
from center and places the ball on
the ground exactly as for a place
kick. The kicker steps forward
and makes a motion as if he We're
going TO kick Oigure ID. Instead,
the kicker leaps over the ball and
moves forward a step or two to
protect the passer. the latter pick
ing up the ball and running 10 the
rear (hgure -. The pass is thrown
as in figure g. II is easier to make
the pass 10 the right end than TO
the lett end, as the passer does not
have 10 turn so far around to de-
liver Il,
tCopyright. i.26 by Sol Metzger)
Evening star., 1926-11-13
TWO DIXIE BATTLES
HAVE TITLE BEARING
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The title chasing Alabama and
Tennessee gridiron squads went into
battle today to make or break in
their 1925 Southern Conference
championship aspirations.
Seven other conference encounters
We're scheduled in widely scattered
sections of the South and two South
ern teams took on Middle Western
aggregationS in intersectional COM
bat
The first foot ball weather Of the
sea son, arranged by chilling north
winds early in the week, promised to
bring out the largest crowds of the
season for the various feature games.
With Florida conceded but a slight
chance against the slashing Alabama
offense, Tennessee's fight to retain an
unsullied conference record against
Vanderbilt stood out as the feature
clash Of the day.
Florida's hopes for a victory over
the Crimson tide were based on a con-
fidence-inspired eleven following last
son, while the tide will be led into bat
tie by Capt. Barnes and IVinslett.
The Georgia Bulldog stormed Allan
ia for the annual clash with Georgia
Tech, with the State University men
favored to humble the engineers. Tech
counted on her "jinx' over Georgia to
pull her through. in the absence Of
Red Barron from the lineup, while
Georgia's offense will be led by Capt
Morton.
Washington and Lees Generals and
Virginia Poly, both of whom met set
backs in last weeks enga agements,
were out today for vengeance, while
Virginia Military Institute sent its
flying squadron against kentucky's
Wildcats.
Maryland's Matchmaking gridsters
went against Virginia, Louisiana State
and Mississippi met in their annual
contest and Tulane's green wave was
host to the heavier Sewanee squad.
Two intersectional games were on
the card of feature contests. The Mis-
sissippi Aggies were in Bloomington,
Ind, for a clash with Indiana, while
Marquette University. victor last week
over the Kansas Aggies of the Mis-
souri, Valley Conference, went against
Auburn at Birmingham.
In nOnconference games, South Car
olina University went against Furman,
North Carolina met Davidson, and
the Citadel advanced against Clemson.
Evening star., 1926-11-13

rNTERPLAYGROUND basket ball
honors will be decided in
series of games open only to
the unlimited playground teams,
the series opening Tuesday, NO
vember l6. The schedule of pre-
lminary tits will be divided INTO
four sections, and the winners or
each section will meet in a, hnal
series
All games will be played on Satur.
,jav morning with the exception or
those which open the schedule. The
initial games carded for each section
have been announced by Maude
Parker. director of girls activities,
as follows:
Section Happy Hollow VS.. Chevy
Chase. at Chevy Chase; Georgetown
vs.. Montrose Park, at Montrose
Park.
Section Phillips vs.. Twin Oaks,
at Twin Oaks; Iowa Avenue VS.. PARK
View, at Park View.
Section 3-No game until Satur-
day, November 20.
section 4-Garfield VS.. Hoover, at
Garfield; Virginia Avenue VS.. Plaza,
at Plaza.
Amidon dodge ball players brought
home to their school yesterday the
first athletic trophy they have ever
captured, earned by them as winners
of the Garfield dodge ball series.
which they came through without the
loss OF a game. Their final victory
was scored yesterday against Dent
Ivy a score OF 66 to &c. Lois Catloth,
captains the Amidon squad. Anna
Sesso is manager,
Broolxland to&sers scored over
Whittier, So to IS. in an elementary
school basket ball game on the
Bloomingdale playground yesterday.
Despite their plucky fight, the St
Joseph's tossers We're swamped by
the undefeated ST. Martins seXtet
Thursday In q Catholic Reviewal
League game played on the Plaza
playground. The score was b3 to 5.
The winners are probably the most eX-
perienced group in the league, while
st. Joseph's tosSers have been organ
ICED only a short while. The excel
lent spirit shown by both squads
made the game interesting in spite
Of the one.sided score.
Twenty-Five swimmers have passed
the Red Cross lfe-saving tests at the
Jewish Community Center pool with
in the past month.
TWENTY-FIVE swimmers have passed
the Red Cross beginners and swim
mers' tests at the Jewish Community
Evening star., 1926-11-13
MORSE TOPS GOLFERS
IN WRITER'S Event

Outclubbing a field of more than
a score Of newspaper golfers, Bryan
Morse of the Times-Herald annexed
the first flight in the Fall tourney of
the Washington Newspaper Golf
Club at Indian Spring yesterday with
card of 89-10-79.
Morse's score led for both gross and
net prizes in the first flight. Ray
Bryan of the Times-Herald annexed
the runner-up position with a card of
92-8-S4.
Bryan's net 81 tied with the net of
William Ullman of The Evening Star,
who had gross of SO, with a handi-
cap of ID.
Carl Butman of the Wall Street
Journal won the second flight with
a card of 101-20-S1.
The third flight went to Richard
Westwood, with 106-24-S2. while
William Murphy won the fourth flight,
with 116-24-93.
Indian Spring Club golfers are look
ing forward to q turkey competition
on Thanksgiving day. Details of the
tourney will be made known later.
Evening star., 1926-11-13
CURB ON RACkETERS
PLANNED IN BRITAIN

LONDON, November IL. R).-A
new rule forbidding amateur lawn
tennis players to write for or be in
terviewed by newspapers in connec-
ton with any competition in which
they are taking part will be submit
ted to the annual meeting of the
British Lawn Tennis Association,
December IS.
If approved it will be submitted to
the international federation in March.
The proposed restriction is Subject
to any modification which may be
made in it's rules by an association in
favor Of its own nationals in it's own
country"
Adoption of the rule would affect
virtually all of the big players here
and such visitors as Helen Wills.
Senorita D'Alvarez and Rene Lacoste,
who, like Suzanne Lenglen, wrote for
or was interviewed by newspa pers
when playing at Wimbledon.
Evening star., 1926-11-13
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FOOT BALL DEBACLE
SEEN AS GOOD THING

NEW YORK, November 13 R).-
The New York World says today:
'"The Harvard Princeton break, we
may be permitted to hope, is the first
sign of a debacle whereby foot oaii
will fall Of it's own weight. It now
leges nor universities. but simply
rival foot ball clubs. Many will deny
this. . But they will hardly deny
that foot ball is now the chief campus
activity; that its coaches are paid
far than professors; that its budget
Is larger than the budget for any
thing else: that it is almost the sole
interest of the alumni, and that any
president who dared flout that in
terest would lose his job so quickly
he would not know what happened to
him."
Evening star., 1926-11-13
By the Associated Press.

BY tno AssOclateo PEess.
~ RINCETON, n. j.. November
- 13.-Prospects for restoration
Of relations between Princeton
L and Harvard appeared bright
er today.
An invitation for "a complete and
frank discussion of the grievances Of
each university" rendered by Harvard
to Princeton, will be accepted by
Princeton. Judging from the opinion OF
a spokesman.
The invitation was sent last night
by the Harvard student council to the
Princeton senior council. 1t was in
reply to a letter sent by the Princeton
council before Princeton decided to
break off relations.
Regrets Lanpoon's Action.
Princeton's letter referred to an at
tack on Princeton morals in the Har-
ward Lampoon last Saturday, the day
of the Princeton-T1arvard foot ball
game, and asked for a definite express
sion Of opinions as to Princeton from
the Harvard student council.
Harvard's reply says: while the
student council regrets the bad man
ners of the Lampoon editorial, and
while the student body, as whole,
would never have expressed their feel
ings in this way, it is only fair to say
that there has been q recognizable
element of bad feeling in our foot ball
relations for some time.
''This bad feeling. which we regret
as much as you do, demands some
sort of frank and open discussion. Our
council suggests that a representative
be appointed by each council to meet
Evening star., 1926-11-13
COLLINS IS ANXIOUS
TO GET HIS RELEASE
By the Associated Press.


PHILADELPHIA, November 13.--
Eddie Collins, deposed manager of the
Chicago White SoX, hopes that he will
be given his unconditional release by
President Comiskey.
Collins received formal notification
at his home in Lansdowne Of his re-
lease. He said his financial relations
with the White Sox had always been
satisfactory, and that he would leave
the club without any malice" He
added that he had made no plans for
the future.
"While the decision of Mr.. Comiskey
surprised me- said Collins, 81 have
not a word to say against it. l leave
the club without any malice.
II have been formally notified by
the White Sox of my release and they
also declared that they had asked
waivers on me. and that l would be
made a free agent If the waivers were
granted. / only trust that all clubs
waive on me so that | would be free
to deal with any club that desired.
wish to say that l have no idea what
my future In base ball will be and that
/ have not negotiated with any club"