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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-18

| Reports reaching the members of
the Douglas chapter of the American
Red Cross indicate that there is a
greater need in the city, this year,
| than for many years for assistance to
worthy poor families To meet that
need the local chapter has formulated
plans intended to gather a large
amount of clothing, shoes and bed
ding supplies that may be distributed
wherever need is found and Decem-
ber % has been fixed as the date
when the work of getting these sup
plies to the central quarters which
will be the grammar school building.
From that building, after they have
been sorted and put into condition to
be Serviceable, if such attention is
needed, they will be distributed under
the guidance of the Red Cross workers.
The Red Cross has assigned the
work of getting these needs before
the public to Mrs. A. w. Cotton. The
work of assembling the articles will
be directed by Mrs. E. I. Agnew as
sisted by Boy Scouts and owners of
automobiles who want to lend a hand
in the work by contributing their
cars for calling to get the goods and
| transporting tl4em to the grammar
school. The work of enlisting the
Boy Scouts has been assigned to d. G.
ONeil, so that the detailed effort
will now be carried out by those
workers and such assistance and CO.
operation as the people, of the city
! gives, which, it is believed, will be
generous and enthusiastic.
That the people of the city will re-
spond to this appeal by the contribu-
ton of articles the use of which they
can easily forego and thereby also
render an aid to people actually in
need of the assistance is the convic
ton of the committee. They feel GER
tain that only the information that
the need exists must be gotten to the
people in order to provide the COM
mittee with ample stores in the kind
to meet every needy case.
There is need for clothing for
children, especially, as well as for
women and men, This includes a
need Of the wearing apparel and shoes
and hosiery. The clothing is eSpe-
cially urgent as children must be kept
warm. The committee suggests that
people, in making up their minds as
| to what to do about this matter,
should visualize scantily clothed
child on a chilly morning, for they
believe that when this is done there
is no further appeal needed. If the
child needs garments to prevent the
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-18
BEDDING AND CLOTHING NEED
OFRED CROSS FOR ITS WORK
In CARING FOR CITY'S POOR

bite of the cold, so do many of the
nnfortunates among the adults, ac-
cording to the committee, and it is
for that class that the further appeal
is made for garments for adults.
With Christmas at hand, and the
story of the birth in the manger, in
the public mind, it is believed that
there are many homes in the city
where some contributions in the way
of bedding might be had if it were
known to the people that among
those to be helped are numerous cases
where there is actually not enough in
the way of bedding to keep the people
occupying the bed warm if they slept
with their clothing on. There is a
need for blankets, comforters, mat
tresses, sheets and slips and there is
a sore need for such articles. Many,
quite probably, could contribute one
piece, some may be able to spare a
complete outfit, but whatever the con-
tribution, the Red Cross will see to
it that it serves a good purpose.
These contributions will all be gath
cred on the morning or some time
during the day of Wednesday, De-
cember %. Those who have the goods
to contribute will perform their part
of this public charity by calling Mrs.
E. I. Agnew, telephone 400, and adj
vising her of their address and the
things they desire to contribute and
she will list their offer and see to it
that car calls to bring the goods
to the central depot at the grammar
school.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-18

a maximum grade of 81 per cent.
A. S. Hallidie, inventor of the "screw
grip" put the first car in operation
on Clay street in 1874. This line was
absorbed by the company OF which
Harris, is president. The "screw grip
gave way to the clever grip" method
of attaching the car to an endless
cable. Harris improved on the lat
ter, but with these slight changes the
operating principle of the cable car
has remained virtually the Same
throughout the years.
Shortly after the cable car made
its DEBUT in San Francisco the system
was adopted in Chicago, and within
year or two they were operating in
Washington and New York. Before
the cables could make great inroads on
the horse-drawn street car the electric
tram came along, and in several cities
without steep hills the horse car out
lived the cable.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-18
BANKERSVI VISIT
DOUGLAS; MARK
MUCH PROGRESS

Charles Solomon, Tucson financier
and president of the Arizona South
west bank, accompanied by j. F.
Brown of Casa Grande, vice president
and member of the board of directors
of the banking firm, arrived in Doug
las yesterday on an inspection trip to
view the business of the local branch
and meet the banks patrons here
President Solomon announced yester-
day afternoon that he and Mr.. Brown
would attend the banquet in honor of
the NJ addux corporation officials
which was held last evening at the
Club Social.
Solomon told The Dispatch reporter
that he expected j. B. Lyman to be
in the flying party from Los Angeles
dent of Tucson, is a booster for Ari-
zona and will no doubt throw his
entire influence toward bringing all
the flying benefits possible to the
southern part of this state.
Both the bank president and Mr.
Brown placed emphasis in their inter-
view, on the splendid outlook for
better business in the coming year
and the general stability of conditions
in Douglas. Brown said that he had
last visited this city in 1908 and that
things here had certainly changed for
the better since that time. He OBJ
served that there had been won
derful improvement.
Solomon remarked that business
conditions. at the present time are
better than they have been in years.
He explained that when he predictedt
that there would be better conditions,
next year, he did not mean that there
would be boom but that there would
be general increase in production
and wealth.
He stated that the copper situation
is much improved, that cattle condi-
tions could hardly be better, that
agriculture is looking up throughout
this state and that the railroads are
certainly making progress"
Both gentlemen emphasized climate
as a great factor in the progress OF
Douglas, Casa Grande and Tucson
and brought out that all three cities
have wonderful climates each main
tanning, however, that their own home
city possessed the best. j. F. Brown
contends that Casa Grande has the
most remarkable climate and reported
that business there is improving and
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-18
THYROID EVOLUTION
DEVELOPED In DOVES

WASHINGTON P0-It may be that
the past, present and future evolu-
ton of the human race rests upon
the operation of the laws of heredity
in preserving and ensarging or reduc-
ing the fundamentally important but
mysterious hormone producing glands.
DR.. Oscar Riddle of the research
staff of the Carnegie Institution of
Washington, has been able, in six
years, to breed several races of doves
which differ from their ancestors in
the possession of constantly large, or
constantly small, thyroid glands
This is the first time race char
acterized by the size of hormone-
producing organ has been obtained in
biological experiment, the doves hav-
ing been selected because in many re-
spects they are the genetic equivalents
of the human Race.
'"The possibilities of the establish
nent of races or stAains of one or an
other thyroid size are, theoretically,
similar in the two FORMS" DR.. Riddle
explains. '"The advantages, perils and
disadvantages to a race of an heredi-
tarily large or small thyroid are al
raady susceptible of examination in
these new races of doves. Such studies
are already being made.
'The same experiments which re-
suited in the establishment of these
Thyroid races" also made it clear that
the normal mechanism of heredity has
here picked up and preserved some
relatively small variations in the ca
pacity of an important organ of in
ternal secretion Since these specia.
organs have such profound effects or
growth and development, or reguIa-
tions and combinations, in the organ
ism, may we not suppose that the in
j heritance of similar variations is g
directing agent in Our own past anc
future eYolution?"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-18
FAMILY PORTRAITS AGAIN
AT GOETHES HOME TOWN

BERLIN R-After having been out
of Germany for 43 years, the famous
family portraits of Goethe'S maternal
ancestors we're restored to the city of
Frankfurt by the Italian authorities.
The pictures were always bequeath-
ed from generation to generation as
family heirlooms and in time passed
from Goethe'S grandfather, the burgo-
master of Frankfurt, Johann Woifgang
Textor, to his son, Johann Wilhelm
Textor, brother of the authors
mother, the historical Frau Rat" In
1884 this Textor's son took the pic
lures u his country estate NEAR Pal
lama on Lago Maggiore, where he died
during the World War. All his pos
sessions were promptly attached by the
Italian government as alien enemy's
property and the pictures sold at auc-
ton to the municipality of Pallanza
which later presented them to the
towns celebrated native General Ca
dorna.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-18

fought their way down through the
western United States into Mexico and
Central America.
In these forests are to be found
the Lacandon Indians, who still wor-
ship sun and rain gods and make war
with bows and flint-headed arrows.
They are of a warlike nature. Wo-
men of the forests wear clothes made
from the bark of trees.
Huge temples, built of squarely cut
blocks of stone, have withstood the
ravages of passing ages and indicate
they were the work of master archi-
tects, says Professor Blom. Erected
at places to offer prayers to appease
the anger of the sun and tain gods,
the temples as a rule are at the sum-
nit of hills and in many instances
almost inaccessible due to centuries Of
jungle growth,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-18

LONDON (P-The vigor displayed
by the Archbishop of Canterbury in
the Bishop Barnes case has resulted
in the secular press generally declar-
ing his retirement because of his age
unthinkable at this time
The Archbishop, the Most Rev. Ran
dali Thomas Davidson, is 70 years old.
He took the Church of England stu
alton in hand by rebuking Bishop
Barnes of Birmingham for preaching
sermons dealing with the revolutionary
theory
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-18
RAILROADS FORM
MOTOR DIVISION

Railroad companies are taking cog
nizance of the growing Importance of
the motor bus and truck lines and
planning to protect their own inter
ests by organization, it is indicated in
the following from Railroad Data, a
publication intended to serve as a
public relations paper for the trans
portation companies:
"Due to the growth and increasing
Importance of the motor bus and
truck as an adjunct of railroad trans
portatiCn, new division of the Amer
ican Railway association has been
created known as the Motor Trans
port division
Membership in the division will be
confined entirely to representatives Of
the railroads or subsidiaries in the
United States, Canada, Mexico and
Cuba. Headquarters of the division
will be at the offices of the American
Railway association in New York"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-18
LASKEYS WRITE
OF PORTERILLOS

Some interesting statements con-
cerning their new home surroundings
at PotrerilloS, Chile, as well as ex-
pressions of sentimental interest in
Douglas, their former home for many
years, are contained in Yuaetide
greeting sent to Mr. ard Mrs. James
Logic from Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Laskey
and received here last week. 1t says:
Gust IA line to say we are receiving
the home papers and to tell you how
we do enjoy them for they are truly
breath of home for Douglas will al
ways be home to us. This is a very
large mining camp and has a wonder
full smelter. The converters are one
hundred-ton ones. They are building
a new unit and refinery and expect
some Gay to be one of, if not the larg-
est smelters in the world.
"It is very earthquakey here and in
the spring and summer we have a
quake nearly every day, but just light
ones. We have got quite used to them
now.
"It is now coming summer but we
have no grass or flowers and surely
we miss them.
wishing you a very merry Christ
mas and happy New Year we are
truly yours.
"The LASKEYS.
"P. S-Who is going to be the next
president?"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-18
OVERSEAS AIR ROUTE

LONDON-Two dirigibles now being
built in England will be given trial
flights in 1928 on the proposed Aus
tralia-L London air route under tenta-
tive plans Of the British Air Ministry.
1t is believed that the air route to
Australia will reduce the time of MAX
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-18

The trolley and the bus have driven
the first cable car line in the United
out the cable car in most cities, but
States still operates in San Francisco
on gliadeS too steep for ordinary ira
vel. Above is the car with which the
line began service in 1874 and at the
right is j. W. Harris, president Of the
line for years.
SAN FRANCISCO up The first
cable car system in America still is
in operation here, and despite the COM
petition of electricity and gasoline it
is carrying more passengers than in
the "good old days" before the trolley
and the automobile.
The Whirl and rumble of the cable
in its narrow sub-pavement chamber
is to be heard now in only three cities
of the United States-San Francisco
Seattle and Kansas City. Steep street
grades in each case explain the sur
Vival.
'The automobile hasn't hurt us much
yet" declares j. w. Harris, who rose
from handy man to president of the
California Street Railroad company. lr
length of service he is the dean o1
street railway presidents. He has beer
connected with the car company since
1879
AS the cable cars operate only where
other cars dannot run because of steer
grades, the efforts of his electric com.
petitors to lure passengers away from
the automobile by adding to the com
fort and attractiveness of electric
street cars makes President Harris
smile. The competition that drove TIN
cable car from all except the precipi
tate routes is now engaged in a strug
gle with the gas-propelled bus, while
the cable cars traffic is virtually fixeC
by the number of people living alon'
its lines.
There are about q miles of cabl
car tr,ackage in San Francisco, witt
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-18

that agricultural development in that
district is phenomenal.
The party expects to remain here
over the weekend
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-18

ing the journey to 10 days. If opera
ton of the route is successful it is
expected Iairways to other parts of the
British Empire will be established.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-18

Professor FranS Blom (aboVe), ar
chaelogist of Tulane University, will
hunt for secrets of an ancient Ameri-
can civilization in Mexico, during
eight months of exploration which he
begins this month. Lost Jungle bound
cities of the Mayas will be his objec-
tive. A clay cylinder (right) found ina
Nayan cave, is believed to represent
the god of rain
NEW ORLEANS R-In search of
data on a civilization that flourished
5000 years before the birth of Christ,
kn expedition of Tulane University
will leave here in December on an
eight-month exploration of the Mayan
country of southern Mexico.
Professor F'rans Blom, archaeologist
of the department of Middle American
research, will be accompanied only
by Webster Mcbride and Louis BristoW,
two students, and native guides into
regions where the tribes are reported
fierce and reSentful of intrusions.
The Mayans not only cultivated
their lands and built great cities, but
were leaders in the arts OF sculpture
and painting, Professor Blom says
Theirs was the first mathematically
correct calendar in use.
Covering thousands of miles, the
Tzendales forests have never been
fully traversed by explorers. 1t is
there that the expedition expects to
make discoveries of incalculable value
in tracing the history of the Mayans
who are believed to have come to
Alaska from Asia and then gradually
The Washington times., 1927-10-12
Dartmouth Gridders
Quit Tea Drinking;
Made Two I'll

Hereafter there will be no more
tea drinking for the Dartmouth
team. Last Saturday the ex-
pertinent of feeding the boys tea
was tried out between halves.
The effect was an unfortunate
one from a gastronomic point Of
view as Myles Lane and Bob
MacPhail were forced to retire
from the game with acute cases
of nausea.
Possibilities of such a recur.
renee have caused the Dartmouth
dieticians to abandon the practice.
The Washington times., 1927-10-12
Drury of California
Safe in Quarter Post.

Capt. Morley Drury, of the Univer.
sity of Southern California football
team, seems to finally have found a
permanent resting place in the quar-.
terback position. When graduation
deprived Coach Howard .lcnes of six
OF his seven varsity hnesmen there
was some talk of switching Drury
from halfback, where he had been
picked as an all.Coast man to end, a
position he had occupied in high
school.
However, Jones dispelled all ru.
mors by placing hig grid leader at
quarterback, and now has a quartet
of able signal callers in Drury, Don
Williams, Howard Elliott and Rocky
kemp. AS the Jones system of play
calls for the quarterback to carry
the ball at least three times in four
plays, his array of talent will be
necessary
The Washington times., 1927-10-12

quet tonight at s o'clock at the
clubhouse. All members and frinds
Of the club are invited.
Silver Spring closes it's diamond
campaign Sunday when the Ku
Klux Khan nine will be faced in a
twin bill on the Wheaton (Md)
field. The first game is listed to
start at O'Clock.
The Washington times., 1927-10-12
AVE RI !
FEARED

Jack Hegarty, Mohawk football
coach. is not looking for any soft
pickings when the Indians tangle
with Frank Kersey's Waverly
eleven Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock
at the American League Park.
Hegarty hasn't forgotten the 3-to-0
setback Waverly handed his team
last year and has cautioned his
players that Waverly Is determined
to repeat it's triumph.
1t was the only defeat suffered
by the champions last year and
marked the fifth Mohawk gridiron
loss in fourteen years OF competi-
tion against all sorts of clubs. The
Hawks and Waverly collided in a
second encounter, with the Indians
emerging on top by a 9-to-0 score
after the Hawks were held score
less for three quarters.
Patsy Donovan, who. together
with Rob Roy Mackey, the
Southeast Sphinx" attends to
the business management Of the
Hawks. also took occasion to
praise the Hawks record.
I'm the course of IA years, the
Hawks hold record I think un.
equaled by any team in this vi
cinity. and doubt anywhere, .
boasted Donovan. 1--WE have been
defeated but five times in IA years.
twice by Mercury and once each by
Waverly. Scouting Fleet and Reina
Mercedes. Not once were we de.
feated by more than single touch
down.
Il think that is sensational
record. Luster is added to it when
1t is recalled that the Apaches, our
most feared rivals. have scored but
one touchdown on us in five wears
This season we have one of the
largest squads that ever reported.
Irving Deakins. tackle and sub cen.
ter, is the only surviving member
OF the Mohawk eleven of fourteen
years ago." closed Donovan,
The Washington times., 1927-10-12

sister of the poison" pair, who is
a coed in the University of Okla
homa. She obtained permission to
be absent from her classes here in
order to be present at the series.
Now she is back at her studies and
reminds her friends that her broth.
ers are young and there is another
baseball year coming.
All during the past season Miss
Waner watched the daily progress
The Washington times., 1927-10-12
TOUGH FOR WESTERN

Injuries are continuing to wreck
Coach Dan Ahearns Western High
team. First, Capt. Bob Wilson.
brilliant guard, received a dislocated
shoulder. Then Edward Bates went
to the sidelines with bad ankle,
and Monday Page Worthington,
guard, suffered broken collar bone.
Ahearn has now but IA eligible
players with whom to start the an
nual interhigh series.
The Washington times., 1927-10-12
PRACTICE IN GOLF NET KEEPS MUSCLES TRAINED.
PennOck, Shawkey
Know How Bucs
Feel Defeat

Herb Pennock, the slender
southpaw Of the Yankees, ana
Bob Shawkey, the veteran right
handler, hold the unique record Of
playing on a pennant winning
team that Isst a World Series in
four straight games and a pen
nant team that won the baseball
title in four games.
Both Pennock and Shawkey,
were members Of Connie Mack's
Athletics when they lost the
World Series in four games to
the Boston Braves in 1914.
Shawkey started the last game
of that series and was replaced
by Pennock, then a recruit, in
the sixth inning. Pennock held
the Braves to three hits and
runless.
While shawkey failed to pitch
in any. one Of the four games
against the Pirates, he will re-
ceive full share Of the series.
The Washington times., 1927-10-12
BOBBY To RIG HIMSELF
A DRIVING NET FOR
WINTER WORKOUTS
BY Robert T. Jones, ir.

The other day introduced to what to me form
Of and brought home to what might be
done the of busy days. where there is
not time to the golf club Every golfer anxious to i'm
game should interested in finding making
opportunities for doing
lawn by his home Yarmouth, Maine, Don
Abbott has rugged splendid driving net The 6ackop
the sides screened with netting dis
twenty-five feet Underneath the turf of the
lawn which iron and brass shots be played from
The ontrivance negligible amount of
golfer place practice where he needs
The Washington times., 1927-10-12
Sister Rooted Hard
For Waner Brothers

NORMAN, Okla, Oct 12.-one
fan who watched the world series
between New York and Pittsburgh
still insists the Waner boys are the
greatest players in baseball, regard
less of the way the games ended.
She Is pretty little Ruth Waner,
The Washington times., 1927-10-12

There has been some improve
ment in the Georgetown team"
stated Lou Little today, but not
as much as some people claim.
There have appeared defects which
the critics eye. has not seen, but
which are clear to the coaches. In
the game against Davis -Elkins on
Saturday, we missed a touchdown
in the first quarter when two Of
our players missed the signals. A
line play was called and they broke
away as if a forward pass was
to be tried. We can't have such
mistakes against Syracuse. That
will never do"
AS was expected. Phil Mclean
has displaced Bucky O'NeiI in
the backfield. This may surprise
as O'Neil accounted for the win
ming points over Syracuse last year,
booting a pair of placement goals.
However. Mclean is a better ball
carrier than O'Neil. is superior on
the defense and is better re-
ceiver of passes.
Weldon MOnsOn, end, and
Steve Barabas, fullback, will
The Washington times., 1927-10-12
ACES ANGLING

The Ace hasketers are searching
for games with leading senior quints.
Phone Manager Clifford. West 2Os5.
The Washington times., 1927-10-12
LONG DRILL
FORG. j.

A long practice session is pro-
grammed this afternoon for the
Georgetown University gridders, 1t
was announced by Head Coach Lou
Little. The squad will be given a
four hour drill which will include
everything in footballs repertoire.
Yesterday afternoon the eleven
was given some rough work on the
offense and defense followed by a
scrimmage with the Freshmen, who
used the Syracuse plays. John
Dagrosa, Georgetown line coach,
secuted Syracuse Saturday in its
game with Johns Hopkins, and he
obtained a fair impression as to
the Andreas system.
The Washington times., 1927-10-12
JOIN THE Elite

The Yankees are the fifth club
In modern major league baseball
to finish the season with better
than 200 percentage of victories.
The Washington times., 1927-10-12

OF the Pirates. When Paul and
Lloyd went to bat no players in
any league had a more ardent
rooter wishing them luck.