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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26
French Sports Ban
All "Hard" Liquor

PARIS. P-Hard liquor is on the
blacklist in French sports. Light
wines and beer are not mentioned,
but what the French call "alcohol
is persona non grata in training
camps.
This temperate" stand was taken
for the first time by French sporting
federations at a recent Olympic COM
mittee meeting. Although it was not
mentioned at the time, temperance
newspapers now publish the text of
the declaration, which reads:
alcohol is a pernicious beverage
which eXciteS temporarily This ex-
element is followed rapidly by de-
preston and a diminution of strength
The use of alcohol impedes effort. 1t
diminishes efficiency, whether in sport
or professional work. Anyone, sports
man or worker, who seeks an increase
of strength in alcohol, will find only
deterioration and disillusion.'
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26
WASHINGTON Al
LITTER SKI
By RODNEY DUTCHER, NEA Service Mriter.

WASHINGTON. -Grown-up stamp
collectors have apparently convinced
the government that theirs is a regu-
lar calling.
Or perhaps it's just good business
Judgment on the part of the post
office department, for the depart
ment'S Philatelic agency last year
sold $135,875.94 worth of uncancelled
United States stamps to collectors.
This agency, whose sole business is
the sale OF such stamps to such Gus
toners, was established in 1921.
Stamp collectors and dealers, known
among themselves as philatelists buy
quantity of each new issue as it
comes out. They are also in the
market for issues no longer current,
including all commemorative issues.
No true philatelist will allow an
imperfectly centered stamp in his
album if he can get a better one.
Perfect centers," as they are known
to the fraternity and to the post
office, are stamps whose white bor-
ders are equally spaced on all four
sides. AS soon as new stamp goes
on sale an adequate supply of per
feet centers" is sent to the Philatelic
agency, which is housed in the Wash
ington postoffice.
Want Perfect Stamps
The department found that collec-
tors were having a terrible time get
ting those perfect centers" before
there was an organized clearing house
for them. Postoffice clerks were also
having a terrible time, what with re-
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26
Auto Casualty List
Heaviest at 6 P. NJ.

PARIS. R)-Automobiles take their
greatest toll at o'clock in the eve-
ming. Most of the deaths OF pedes-
trians in Paris streets-which aver
age one every 18 hours-occur at tnaO
hour, says the project of police, Jean
Chiappe.
1t isn't because hundreds of thou
sands of workers are crowding the
streets homeward bound, although
that is a contributing factor. He
thinks there are some psychological
elements, and he has begun series
of tests and observations to learn the
cause so that he can look for a rem
edy.
other observers suggest that people
are tired and nervous at the end OF
the day, the light is poorer and the
days accumulation of Supplying ex~
haust gas deadens the sensitiveness of
all, making mental reactions in emer-
gencies much slower.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26
DOUGLAS DAILY DISPATCH SUNDAY MORNING. JUNE g. 1921
&SARBI8

The soviet government of Russia
has forbidden importation of razor
blades. If it was lawn mowers that
would be news
A woman who has had eight hus-
bands attributes her matrimonial sue
cess to her cooking ability. We dc
not like to question her.
Some day there's going to be a
tidal wave. Then some of those Ia
dies on the beach are going to get
wet.
Baseball isn't such simple game
after ALL There's usually catch in
it.
Waters good enough to drink, il
you take it in the right spirit.
The G. o. P. has put the soft
pedal on all third term talk. Here's
a suggestion: Why not call 1t the
nonstop presidential record.
Eight golfers out of ten are mar
ried, according to the statisticians
Maybe that's what they mean when
they talk about hazards.
(Capyright, 1927, NEA Service, Inc0
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26
Bill to Protect
French Servants

PARIS. lP-Thirty days of a
year are proposed for household ser
wants in France. A bill before par
lament calls attention to the lack OF
legislation to protect personal SER
wants.
The eight, nine or ten-hour day ap-
plies in industry. In many factories
and stores there is either SATURDAY
afternoon or Monday forenoon hait
holiday. Personal servants, as a rule
get Sunday afternoon off and two to
four weeks vacation on pay. They
usually work about IA hours a day.
The thirty-six days suggested as 3
legal minimum would cover both va
cation and days off. The latter might
be given in halliday units, as is the
present custom.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26

quests to pull down all their stamps
from the shelves and let the collec-
tors search through them for what
they wanted. There was always a.
scramble at the larger poStoffices in
other cities when a new stamp came
out.
The department came to feel that
everyone concerned was entitled to
more consideration, so, under Post
master General Will Hays the new
division was opened The first thing
done was to order all postmasters to
send back all stamps on hand not of
current vintage which might be Of
special interest to the philateliSts, as
the department had promised to sell
all available issues. This roundup
brought in few stamps on which
dealers had placed a premium-such
as the Columbian exposition set-but
these were soon gobbled up.
Today the Philatelic agency re-
ceived 10000 or $4,000 orders a year
by mail or wire, both from dealers
and collectors in this country and in
Europe. Most foreign orders come
from Germany. Many American col
lectors come in person to look over
the supply on hand.
Sold at Face Value
The orders are filled in the order
of their coming with perfect cen
ters" and all stamps are sold at face
value, regardless of what dealers may
charge for them afterward. The
agency publishes a list of all stamps
available for sale and these date back
to 1895.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26
Virginia Tourists
In Trip Thru State

A fact that would prove the grow
ing popularity OF Arizona's scenic
worders is the arrival OF $50 Viz
ginian tourists in Globe.
They arrived in Globe Thursday
on a Sp9:ia! Southern Pacific train,
and remained short while in Globe,
then jolTneying over TIE well known
Apache ralli Ten Pi i:lwick stages
were prov;0eG to take the party
over the old trail. They compose
The largest Party going o1ar the trail
IliS ttn:
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26
arisian Horse Cabs
Ready for Museums

PARIS. (P)-The old horse-drawr
fiacre of Paris is getting ready Tor
the museum.
There are 81 of them left. Both
drivers and horses show age and
wear. In 1900, the year of the big
exposition, there we're 1889 of them
Those left are one-horse coupes with
room for three thin people on the
seat and narrow folding seat facing
it.
Once in long while some very
aristocratic looking old lady or white
bearded gentleman of the old, old
school ventures out in an obsolete
carriage, but traffic jams and smiles
tend to make their appearances con-
stantly rarer.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26
With Other Editors
BRAVERY IN DAILY TOLL

Of
daily
oil gas wells.
without
handled daily
trails oil fields the potent
their cheaper
gasoline cheaper
tten.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26
Gathers information
For Douglas Article

w. P. Rand, representative of the
Western Dispatch in Phoenix, was in
Douglas yesterday to gather. informa-
ton about this city for the publica-
tion
Rand received the information
through the chamber of commerce and
The Dispatch. The paper is weekly
and has a circulation of 10000.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26
SIXTEEN YEARS AGO

Harry E. Pickett of Tombstone
son of Col. H. L. Pickett and one
of the law firm of Pickett and
Pickett, was in the city yesterday
on his way to Nashville on a va
cation of two months.
Miss Beatrice Lake, an accom-
plished horsewoman, left yester-
day on a horseback trip which
will take her to the Preston
ranch in the Dragons, a distance
of about IS miles. After a weeks
visit there she will ride back to
her home here.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26
ABE MARTIN

Employers seem t. be able t
git efficient help by payin' enough,
but salaries don't seem t. have
ANYTHING t. do with tn calibre
of office holders. It's gOin' al
most three years since I've heard
a. any parents tryin' t prevent
a daughter from gittin' married
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26
GOOD PRICES FOR GRAPES

YUMA, June rs tP)-Contracts for
the purchase OF Thompson seedless
grapes from four Yuma mesa vine
yards at 5000 per ton on the vina
we're announced today. The GN%pes
are already moving and it is be-
lieved are the first shipments to the
eastern markets.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26

Prof (in last class before quiz
The quiz questions are in the hands
of the printer Are there any ques-
tions anyone has to ask?
Bright Stude: Who is the printer?
Iowa Frivol.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26
More Truth Than Poetry
BY JAMES ]. MONTAGUE
IN THE LIGHT OF LEARNING

| IN THE LIGHT OF LEAkN1NU
mourn no more the lusty trout
Which would not rise to take my
fly,
! But padded lazily about s
| And cast on me a scornful eye;
It was unkind of him, I thought,
/ My trailing feathery lure to spurn
/ Yet in refusing to be caught
/ He did me quite kindly turn.
T. I bear no malice toward the pike
Who gave my bait sullen look
! AS one who bears deep dislike
( To being spitted on hook.
It angered me as off he swan
To depths where I could not pursue,
Yet now L am serene and calm
NV luck was better than I knew.
For every trout did not take
And every bass that got away
In ripply brook or placid lake
Or quiet stream or eddying bay,
When at the urge of appetite
Was moved to breakfast, dine or
sup
Has labored long, by day and night
To eat unmatched mosquitoes up.
No more I whip the mountain brook,
Nor tempt the salmon from his
lair
Nor plumb some crystal river nook
To catch the bass assembled there;
( In education's clearer light
The Larger Truth now can see,
For every fish which does not bite
May keep some bug from biting me-
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26

t. A. Daley, who has been on
months vacation in Texas and
Oklahoma, has returned to his
duties in the Bank of Douglas.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26

trip to Cananea and has decided
to contlne his newspaper busi-
ness for the present on this side
of the line.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26

PlucEed From the Plains
-
Grocer: A thief entered by store
last night and took everything but a
box of soap.
Judge: The dirty crook.-Lehigh
Burr.
A pale moon poured it's silver beams
on the soft ripples of the placid lake.
The beautiful maiden lay prone in the
bow, languidly smoking one of my
heavily scented cigarettes. Then
turning her lovely, heavy-lidded eyes
to mine with look that was more
than caress, she said: "Vell, amt
dis nice?"
There was a subdued splash and
ripple as I carefully dropped her limp
form into the still reaches of the per-
feet night.-Stanford Chaparral
"I think I'll commit suicide"
GOOD, but turn off the gas when
you're through. Oregon Webfoot.
One Way AS Another
II have lost my biggest creditor
today"
"He has died?"
mo. I was forced to pay him. -
Faun, Vienna.
Assistant: Have you an account
with the house, madam?
Customer: No, but maybe I can
arrange matters with your manager.
Assistant (to manager) A lady
of no account to see you, sir-Pass-
ing Show.
A motoring expert observes that a
motor car can get you anywhere.
Yes, we've noticed it. Wherever you
are, they get you. = Everybody's
Weekly.
Earned His Fee.
"Well, Mrs. Johnsing," announced
the colored physician, after taking
her husbands temperature, "Ah has
knocked de fever outen him. OATS
one good thing"
"Sho nuff?" was the excited reply.
Does dat mean dat he's gwine to
git well, den?"
''No," replied the doctor, "deys no
hopes for him; but you has de salts
faction oh known dat he died cured"
His Job
Ted: Have you a good situation?
Ned: It's hardly situation; more
like a perdicament.-Lond Answers.
A man entered restaurant and
order a steak and fried potatoes.
eyes, SIR said the waiter. "And
will you have chops and peas along
with it?"
mo, thank you"
'How about a nice lobster and
brace of crabs, sir, with the steak?"
:No!"
"Fried plaise and sauce, perhaps,
sir?"
mo, I tell you."
"a nice dish of mushrooms, and"
But at this point the proprietor
summoned the waiter to him.
"What do YOU nlean," he said, 10y
tormenting that patron in such an
outrageous manner?"
ooh. I wasn't tormenting him, sir,
said the waiter. Il was just trying
to make him feel at home. He's my
barber!''- Halifax Daily Courier and
Guardian.
Doctor: There must be something
radically wrong with your system;
I'll have to find out what it is.
patient: But, Doctor, it can't be
too bad; I backed three winners last
Saturday.-AuSSie.
A Birmingham lady, who has had
eight husbands attributes her matrl-
monial success to the fact that she Is
an excellent cook. We do not Tor a
moment suggest that the real reason
may be the very opposite.-HumorlsV'
RcCeiverShip
"And what are ye doln' there,
Sandy?" asked Timothy Burns.
Getting ready fer Christmas" re"
piled Sandy Mcpherson.
"but what fer be ye needln the
basket?" continued Timothy
''ror my presents, indeed answer
ed Sandy
And as Tiuothy formed his next
question, Sandy nailed his sock up,
cot a large mole IL 1T, and placea
The basket under the. sock.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26
STARTTNG RIGHT

STARTING RIGHT
The ladder burglar believes in be-
ginning at the top.
Copyright, 1927, Bell Syndicate, lnc)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26
NOW WE KNOW

It is said that chemistry is ex'
tensively used on the farm. We won
dered what made the butter taste Sc
queer.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26

G. G. Lelevier is back from a
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26
SUFFICIENT

SUFFlClENI
All the average policeman needs
as a disguise is the use of little
politeness.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26
Plucked From the Plains

Grocer: A thief entered by store
last night and took everything but a
box of soap.
Judge: The dirty crook.-Lehigh
Burr.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26

Earned His Fee,
"Well, Mrs. Johnsing," announced
the colored physician, after taking
her husbands temperature, "Ah has
knocked de fever outen him. OATS
one good thing"
"Sho nuff?" was the excited reply.
docs dat mean dat he's gwine to
git we'll, den?"
mo-" replied the doctor, "deys no
hopes for him; but you has de salts
faction oh known dat he died cured" !"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26

A motoring expert observes that a
motor car can get you anywhere.
Yes, we've noticed it, Wherever you
are, they get you. = Everybody's
Weekly
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26
His Job

Ted: Have you a good situation?
Ned: It's hardly a situation; more
like perdicament. Answers.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26

Assistant: Have you an account
with the house, madam?
Customer: No, but maybe I can
arrange matters with your manager.
Assistant (to manager): A lady
of no account to see you, sir.-Pass-
ing Show.
The Washington times., 1927-06-15
Lindbergh Will Aid
Cardinals Raise
Pennant

According to present plans,
the city of st. Louis will do
honor simultaneously this Satur-
day to the two factors which
have brought it a greater meas
ure of fame than it ever before
enjoyed-Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh and the St. Louis Car
dinals.
On that day the Cardinals
will unfurl their pennant, en-
blematic of the championship
of the baseball world, and
Colonel Lindbergh will partici-
pate in the ceremonies. The
Cardinals will then play a game
with the Giants, on which team
Rogers Hornsby, who managed
the Cardinals when they won
the championship, is now play
ing second base.
The Washington times., 1927-06-15
NAVY FAVOR|TE
IN NET EVENT

Navy netnnen are favorites to an.
mex the fourth annual competition
for the Leech trophy. symbolic of
the tennis championship Of the
Army and Navy when teams of
both branches of the service clash
in the opening matches at the
Chevy Chase courts Saturday.
Navy, winners of last seasons
tournament, will present a six-man
team headed by Lieut.. r. Morgan:
Each player will participate in sim
giles matches. Three viii compete
in the doubles.
Navy will line up with Lieut..
Watt, Comdr. c. c. Gill, Seaman
Robert Elliott, Ensign Charles Ly-
man, Lieut.-Comdr. Vincent Godfrey
and Layman and Elliott.
Col. Waite G. johnson will cap
tain the Army team of ten players
which will be made up from the
following personnel: Lieut.. David
r. Hedekin. Col w. C. johnson.
Lieut.. r. B. OriIeder, Capt. c. W.
Christenberry, Major W. c. Taylor,
Major A. M, Patch, Major ]. u.
Elliott, Lieut. A. S. Neuman, Major
r. A. Scharrer and Lieut.. r. II.
Studler.
The Washington times., 1927-06-15
To FIGHT
BAN s RULING

PHILADELPHIA, June 10
Connie Mack intends to fight the
ruling of Ban Johnson refusing to
allow the protest OF the Memorial
Day afternoon game. The American
League president issued bulletin
ruling that in future al lplays in
volving the dugout OF either team
shall fall under Section OF Rule
70, which gives the base runner
two bases If a thrown ball enters
dugout.
Il would have let the matter
Drop" said the Athletics manager
If it had not been for this bulletin.
League president has issued a
Mr.. Johnson has the power to make
the decision, but the decision is
wrong by all the laws / know. 1t
may be all right for the thrown-ball
rule to apply in all future cases. but
there is no justice in making it ap.
ply to something that happened Two
weeks ago.
There was no thrown BALI in
volved in Grabowski's play. which,
under the existing rules, was COW
CIS0 ny llS EulS WHlCu lOTDIuS an
umpire to call time until no further
base-running or fielding play is pos.
.gible. Our case was like the case
Of an outfielder humping into q
wall after making a catch, in which
case all base.runners are entitled to
advance until some teammate
reaches the outfielder and returns
the ball to the infield.
II intend to fight this decision on
grounds of fairness and justice. The
league rules give the president arbi-
trary power. but am going to
take 1t up with Mr.. Johnson right
away, so that he will know he is
wrong! / would not say that he
is likely to reverse the decision, but
he will have to admit his decision
was entirely wrong. Making rules
after the play happens Is against
all the laws and law courts ever
heard Of"
The Washington times., 1927-06-15
NAVY PERMITS
THREE YEARS

Three years is to be enough for
any Naval Academy athlete after
July /. 1928, according to the latest
rule issued by Rear admiral Louis
M. Mutton, superintendent CT The
Academy, and Navy gossip today
centers on what West Point will
do.
The Navy already has the one
year-residence rule. Now it is to
permit it's varsity athletes only
three years of competition any
where. If player has performed
one year in college before entering
the Academy, he will be eligible for
only two years. If he has played
three years elsewhere, he will be
ineligible at Annapolis.
West Point still lags behind its
service rival. The freshman rule
goes into effect at West Point next
July /. but this latest move at
Annapolis is yet to be followed at
the Point.
The Washington times., 1927-06-15
Rain Deprives Ruth
OF Chance To
Keep Ahead

Deprived of an opportunity
yesterday to hit any home runs,
Babe Ruth fell behind the fig
ures which he set up in 1921,
the year he established the rec
ord of 50 for one campaign.
On June ID of the record sea-
son, Babe hit his twenty-second
and twenty-third homers off
George Dauss, of the Tigers, in
the fifty-fourth game He now
has twenty-one.
Babe still has an edge in one
regard as the fifty-fourth game
of the current campaign is yet
to be played. 1t is in date that
he is behind his former mark.
However, there is nothing to
worry about as Babe has only
to hit eight home runs between
now and the end of the month
to go into July with more cir
cult drives than he had in his
record-making ason. Two
more before June 20 will also
put the Babe in front again.
The Washington times., 1927-06-15
Upton To Challenge
For Americas Cup
Next Year

NEW YORK, June 15.-Sir
Thomas Upton, who failed four
times to win the Americas cup,
famous international yachting
trophy, plans to try again next
year. He will return to Eng
land late this month to confer
with William Fife, noted British
yacht designer, who created the
earlier Shamrocks, concerning
the construction of new chal-
lenger.
The famous Irish yachtsman
made the announcement at q
luncheon given by Robert Dol.
lar, San Francisco steamship
magnate,
The Washington times., 1927-06-15
WHITE
NEDAL|ST

Miss Dorothy White, district
women golf champion. is playing
Mrs. L. B. Chapman, of the Con-
gressional Country Club, in the first
round Of match play for the
District title at the Chevy Chase
Club today.
Miss White captured low medal
honors after the qualifying round
yesterday with a card of 81.
While the scores ran high in
qualification, it was impossible
to do better owing to conditions
under which the fair sex were
forced to play. Rain fell during
the entire time the players were
on the course.
The first round of match play is
being staged today. Tomorrow
morning to winners of today's
matches will meet in the second
round.
The pairings follow:
FIRST FLIGHT
s:4O-Miss Dorothy White. Washing
ton (92). VS.. Mrs. L. B. Chapman,
9:5O--Mrs. j. R. De FsrEex. Columbia
go3l. VS.. Mrs. W. 5. corby. colum bia
io:oO--Mrs. R. Lester Rose, Congress,
Chevy Chase Q11).
1o:1O--Mrs. E. R. Tilley Indian Spring
1000, VS.. Mrs. Stephen Colloday. Con-
gIessional (11o),
1O;2O-Miss Phoebe Tidmarsh, Chevy
Chase (1oSl. vs., Miss Phyllis Keller.
Washington (11O).
1o:ao-Mrs. Alma Won Steiner, unat-
tached GOD: VS. Mrs Monroe B. Miller,
1o;40-Mrs. ]. A. Haynes. Congress.
sional (1o6). VS.. Mrs. H. King Corn.
we'll. Columbia did.
10:60--Miss Winifred Faunce. unat-
tached $3.50. VS.. Mrs. H. A. Knox. Con-
gressioual (110l.
SECOND FLIGHT
s:0o--Mrs. George T. Cunningham,
Bannockburn, vs.. Mrs. Newman Little,
siO~Mrs. w. Heap. Indian Spring
VS.. Mrs. J. L. Frieser. Washington.
9:20-Mrs. j. v. Brownen Indian
Spring. VS.. Mrs c. A. Slater. Columbia.
9;SO-Mrs Frank Tomlinson. Column
bia, VS.. Mrs B. Burchard. Bannockburn.
THIRD FLIGHT
ll:00-Mrs. H. B. Hird Manor. vs.
Mrs. A. W. Brown. unattached.
11;10-Miss Rebecca Terry, unat.
tached, VS.. bye
11:2O-Miss Maud Montgomery, Con.
gressional. vs. bye
1880 Mrs. Paul sanborne, Congress.
sional. Tvs. bye.
The Washington times., 1927-06-15
Flying Cloud Leads
48O-MiIe Marathon

SANTA ROSA. Calf, June Is.
Flying Cloud, Karook Indian from
Oregon, today was leading the field
in the 4s0.mile Marathon race being
run between San Francisco and
Grants Pass, Ore. The leader covered
54 miles the first day OF the race,
reaching here last night at 500.
Rushing Water, also a Karook, ar.
rived 35 minutes after the leader.
1t is expected it will take from
10 to Is days for the runners to
finish the race.
The Washington times., 1927-06-15
FACE
SOF 7 SPOT

With ten straight victories to
their credit. the Chicago Cubs fig
ure to compile the greatest winning
streak of the season at the ex-
pense of the lowly Phillies, who
begin a series with the Bruins to-
day. The cubs are only one game
behind the Pirates. Hack Wilson s
thirteenth homer featured Chicaso's
4.to-3 victory over the Giants yes.
terdsy.
Having failed to trade them
selves into a pennant, the Giants
are now picking on the umpires.
They claim that Picks single, which
drove in the winning run in the
eleventh, was foul by a city block
and kicked loud and long at previ-
Gus decisions in the series The
New Workers have dropped eight of
their last ten games.
Jake May. of the Reds, held
the Braves to four hits and
blanked them, to 0. Henry
WertZ pitched well for the losers
DOt was III "udt 10 IECItHICdlly
known as a tough spot.
Grover Alexander's relief pitching
insured the Cardinals 6-to.4 victory
over the Phillies. Cy Williams wal
loped his eleventh homer. The
Cards swept the series.
The other ten clubs were idle.
The White Sox and Athletics begin
battle for second place today in
Philadelphia.
Walter Beall, the original wild
man, has been sent to st. Paul by
the Yankees on option and Connie
Mack has shipped Dudley Branom,
the millionaire first baseman. to
Portland Jof. the Pacific Coast
League, on option.