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Evening star., 1926-05-29
|SWEETSER WINS SECOND BRITISH
AMATEUR GOLF TITLE FOR u. s.
Scores Sweeping Victory
Over Simpson in Final,
E and 5.
New Yorker Triumphant
Where All Americans
Failed Before.
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated Fre6S.
MUIRFIELD, Scotland, May 90
Jess Sweetser Of New York today was
crowned king Of amateur golfdom in
the British Isles.
He won the amateur championship
easily. s up and to play. in the So.
hole final, from Alexander Simpson,
his young Scottish competitor. Thus,
for the first time in history, native
born and bred American becomes the
holder Of Great Britain's most priced
golfing trophy.
Walter Travis. an American by
adoption, won the British amateur
title for the United States in 1901.
Travis was born in Australia.
For a time during the morning
round, 1t looked as If Sweetser might
have a real fight on his hands and pos.
sibly fail to grasp the coveted honor.
When he emerged 4 up from the
morning round, however, it was ap.
parent that he had taken the measure
of his opponent who was playing in
his first international tournament.
Simpsons Game Cracks.
When the afternoon round was fair
ly under way. 1t was seemingly ques-
ton only as to how many holes Sinp-
son would be able to hold out before
he cracked under the strain.
The crack came at the eth hole.
when he did about everything a golfer
should not do, scoring a bad Z. Mean
while, the former Yale star, keeping
his head. went along the even tenor
Of his golfing way and played at his
best.
The Scotchman went from bad to
worse, and the end came at the 3lst
hole.
Sweetser's victory was given gen
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IOWA DEMOCRATS
SEE CHANCE TO WIN
Brookhart Cummins Fight
Expected to Provide Party
Second Senatorship.
BY G.. GOULD LINCOLN.
StaH Correspondent of The Star.

DES MONIES. Iowa, May %
Having one Democrat safely tucked
away in the Senate, Iowa Democrats
make no bones about their satisfac-
tion over the Republican senatorial
fight here. They are waiting with
eagerness to become the heirs.o of the
anti .Cummins or the anti-Brookhart
sentiment among the Republicans.
Their leaders frankly believe that
they have a good chance to pick up
another senatorship. no matter which
way the Republican primary goes.
Some of them say they could more
easily elect a Democrat over Senator
Cummins than they could over Col.
Brookhart, on the theory that the
feeling against him is stronger than
against Brookhart.
Furthermore, with Brookhart rlomi-
mated and a Democrat already in the
Senate, these Democrats believe that
some of the regular Republicans
would say, What's the use; we might
Just as we'll have Brookhart In the
Senate as a second Democrat" and
they would not duplicate their 1894
support of a Democratic nominee.
The Republicans-all factions-do
not take much stock in these Demo.
cratic predictions of success They
point to the fact that Iowa Is over
whelmingly Republican, and 1t would
scarcely give up both United States
Senators to the Democrats, no matter
how severe their factional differences.
The election of a Democratic Senator
might happen once. through the sup
port of disgruntled Republicans. 1t
is not likely to happen a second time
within two years, they say.
Four Democratic Candidates.
Because the Democrats believe that
the senatorial nomination is really
worth something this year, there Is
an active contest for the place on the
ticket next November. The contest
lacks the bitterness in the Republican
race, but 1t has its points. There are
four candidates for the Democratic
nomination; Claude r. Porter. Des
Moines; ]. Ray Files. Fort Dodge;
James Murtaugh. Waterloo, and
George Finch, Sioux City.
Mr.. Porter, who Is one Of the most
widely known and popular Democrats
in the State, has the support OF Clyde
l.. Herring, Democratic national com.
mitteeman, and E. I. Meredith, Sec
retary of Agriculture in the Wilson
administration. Mr.. Murtaugh, candi-
date for governor two years ago as
the Democratic nominee, has the
backing Of former National Commit
teeman Wilbur Marsh. Mr.. Files. him.
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Al STREET PAVING
ITEMS APPROVED
Second Big Improvement
Plan of Highway Department
0. KID by City Heads.

The second big street improvement
program Of the highway department
for the current year. providing for
the paving of Al streets, was ap.
proved today by the District Commits
sioners. The cost Of paving 80 of
the streets will come out Of the rev
enues from the gasoline tax fund and
the remainder will be charged to the
street improvement fund.
The projects to be paid out of the
gasoline tax revenues follow:
Wisconsin avenue from r street to
Thirty-fifth street; Pennsylvania ave.
nue.. south side. Washington Circle
to Twenty.fifth street; Pennsylvania
avenue, north side, Washington Circle
Twelfth street to Connecticut ave-
nue.: X street from Connecticut ave.
nue. to Eighteenth street: K street,
south of the street railway tracks
from Seventh to Ninth streets: Wood
ley road, from Cathedral avenue to
Wisconsin avenue.
Howard Road to Boiling Field.
Howard road southeast, end of the
concrete to Boiling Field; Fourth
street northeast, from Central avenue
to Franklin street; M street south
west. from Four and one-half street to
Water street: Third street southeast
from C to D street: Third street south
east, from E street to Virginia ave.
nue.; Fourteenth street southeast,
from Pennsylvania avenue to K street
G street southeast. from Fourteenth
to Fifteenth street: g street south
east, from Sixteenth to Seven
teenth street; Sixteenth street south
east, from A street to Massachusetts
avenue; Eighteenth street southeast
from A to B streets; Sixteenth street
northeast. from East Capitol to 3
street: L street northeast, from Sec
northeast, from Sixth to Seventh
streets; Morton place northeast, from
Sixth street to Seventh street: I'LL
nois avenue, from Emerson street to
Gallatin street; Webster street. from
Illinois avenue to Second street; Full
ton street, from Wisconsin avenue tt
Thirty-ninth street: Thirty-flfth street
from Prospect street to Wisconsin ave
nue..
Twenty.fourth street. from M to n
Calvert street, from Connecticut ave.
nue to Twenty ninth street; Varnum
street, from Seventeenth to Eigh
teenth street: Eighteenth street. from
| Varnum to Webster street; Webster
street. from Seventeenth to Eigh
teenth street; Thirteenth street, from
| Upshur street to Allison street; Elev
enth street, from New York avenue
to Massachusetts avenue, and Wiscon
Continued on Page 2, Column ~
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Telephone Ringing
Mystery Traced
To a Woodpecker
Special Dispatch to The Star.


HAGERSTOWN. Md. May o.
Mrs Joseph Heaslip has solved the
mystery of early morning rappings
and jinggling of her telephone bell,
after repeated appeals to the police
and phone officials, whose minions
searched in vain for the source Of
her disturbances.
Each morning about daybreak
she and other members of the fam
lily had been aroused. This MORN
ing at o'clock Mrs. Heaslip arose
and sat down by a window in the
room where the sounds had been
registering. Shortly after o'clock
a red-headed woodpecker began
operating on a telephone pole. The
phone instantly rang and the rap
pings of the woodpecker came
through the room amazingly audi
Bile
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SECURED
IN BOMB TRAGEDY
Prosecutor Says Constable
Talked of Dislike for One
Of Three Killed.
By the Associated Press.

MUSKEGON, Mich, May. 20
Prosecutor Fl. G. Dunn of Muskegon
County today pieced together the cir.
cumstantial evidence on which he said
will be based the case against Asa
X. Bartlett, 2s-yeaf-old Blue Lake
township constable. who is held in
connection with the bomb outrage
Thursday that killed three persons at
Three Lakes Tavern, a resort.
No warrant has been issued, but
the prosecutor said a charge Of send
ing a bomb through the mail probably
would be made against Bartlett today.
The three bomb victims, August kru-
baech. his daughter and her fance.
William Frank. will be buried tomor.
row, a public funeral being planned,
to be held from the Elks' Temple here.
Dunn said he has established the
fact that Bartlett on Wednesday pur-
chased at the Montague Post ONCE,
near Musketon. a book of stickers OF
a type Identical with the sticker used
to carry. the address on the bomb
package. .,
when confronted Bartlett with
the statement Of the Montague post
once clerk" Dunn continued. "he
said: If you can prove / bought
stickers at the post Office I will tell
you the entire story
Had Name In Book.
Bartlett also admitted to me that
he knew the address Of Charles w.
Green, Krubaech's son-in-law. whose
name was written on the bomb pack
age as the sender. Bartlett had the
name In his notebook. together with
the address. He said he had looked 1t
up because he wanted to- challenge
Green If Green attempted to vote IN
Blue Lake township last April. when
kruhaech was elected supervisor over
Bartlett's opposition"
The prosecutor said that Bartlett is
a mechanic and familiar with explo-
sives, having used much dynamite in
1--WE found a gun at the blacksmith
shop operated by Bartlett with the
trigger missing" Dunn said. The
! trigger taken from the body Of August
Krubaech fits this gun. The bomb
was exploded by means Of this trigger
and a spring"
a Was In MuskegOn.
Bartlett has admitted. the prosecutor
said. that he was in Muckegon when
the bomb was mailed there.
Bartlett was the leader of the op.
position to krubaech," Dunn added.
''He talked freely Of his dislike for
Krubaech, but said that while he
would do anything to defeat him In
an election, he would never think OF
sending a bomb to him."
The prosecutor added that he had
Considerably more evidence" which
he did not desire to make public at
| this time.
| This was to have been the wedding
day of 19.year-old Janet krubaech
and William Frank.
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cAssIDAY GETS 80 DAYS.
MAN in Green Hat" Sentenced o,
Old Liquor Charge. -. e..

George l.. Cassiday, known as the
'man in the green hat" was SEN
tenced today by Justice Stafford in
Criminal Division 2 to serve 80 days
In Jail on an old liquor charge to
which he pleaded guilty. The case
was pending since December II, 1923,
when the late James l.. Asher, proiii-
bftion agent, claimed to have found
four quarts of liquor under the seat
of Cassiday's automobile. ....
Caseiday was arrested March "a
last on a charge Of leaving a small
suit case with four quarts sof whisky
In the House ONCE Building when
asked by a member of the Capitol
police regarding the contents of the
case. Cassiday got away, but was
later arrested. A motion for the re.
turn of this liquor is pending in the
Criminal Court.
Evening star., 1926-05-29
HEAVY LOSSES OCCUR
IN CHINESE FIGHTING
Many Wounded Continually Arriv'
ing in Canton-Reinforcements
Being Sent.
Nv the. Associated Press.

CANTON. May 20 @.-Large num-
bers Of wounded are continually ar
rivins here from the fighting area on
the northern Kwangtung border,
where northern Chinese are in con-
f1ict with Cantonese forces. Rein
forcements are leaving for the north.
One Kwang tung tCantonese) gen
eraI is reported to have surrendered
with all his forces to WI Pei-fu. un-
der whose banner the attacking
armies are fighting.
Servants are threatening a strike at
the Canton asylum. which is under
American management. The manage
ment has asked the Canton govern
ment to intervene. The nature OF the
servants grievance was not revealed.
but it is regarded as part OF the local
unrest. .zs.s..
An anti British strike and boycott
have been in effect here some time
which. added to the fighting in the
north. make the general situation a
cause for concern. Ferdinand Mayer
counselor Of the American legation
at Peking. is to leave for Canton Mon
| day under orders Of the Secretary Of
state to investigate conditions here.
Evening star., 1926-05-29
By the Associated Press.

PARIS, May 29.--Abd.el.Krim
RifYian chief, in a dramatic interview
with a correspondent at Camp Gira.
dot, where he IL now a prisoner. told
why and how he had fought Spain
and France.
He rejected limitations that some
unnamed power had aided him finan.
cially. declaring he got the money
that helped him carry on soi long, in
the form Of ransoms from Spain for
the release of Spanish prisoners.
The Mathis correspondent in Mo
rocco succeeded in getting to see
Abd.el. .Krim, notwithstanding strict
orders against interviewers. Krim was
sitting in q room with a dozen. other
persons. He was dressed In a light
drab djelaba and wore a white tur.
ban. His feet. were bare. Throughout
the conversation he kept his hands
crossed and appeared to be sad.
The interviewer asked the Rifian
leader why he had not accepted the
Evening star., 1926-05-29
Convicted Murderer Says He Paid ST 200
And Strolled Out of Joliet i'm Crowd

a prison official and 5000 to a friend.
Records show that Thomas 1vers,
while serving a sentence for robbery,
on December %, 1924, killed a fellow
prisoner, and was convicted Of nnur.
der. He escaped on August 20, 1925.
Sullivan, or Ivers, said he had
walked out Of prison, accompanying
visitors, and wearing clothing he had
to New Mexico, he said.
Evening star., 1926-05-29
By tn. Associated Press.

CHICAGO, May 29.-Thomas Sulli-
van, "a, arrested today on suspicion of
being a safe cracker, told the police
that while serving sentence in Jo-
liet prison under the name of Thomas
Ivers he was permitted to escape
with visitors by the payment Of $1,000
through o friend, who arranged the
plan.
sullivan declared $1,000 was to 20 TO
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REHEARjNG IS REFUSED.
Massachusetts, Supreme Court De
nies Sacco-vanzetti Plea.

BOSTON. May %. R.-The Massa.
chusetts Supreme Court has refused
a rehearing of arguments on excep.
sions taken by the defense in the
Sacco- -Vanzetti murder case A mo.
diately after the Supreme Court dis.
missed the exceptions on May s, and
sustained the verdict of the trial jury.
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Tables on Terrace.

Two tables were set on the terrace
1ust to the north Of the building and
overlooking the Aztec garden. with
its rejecting pool. green-striped mar
Quee sheltering the tables, which bore
tall crystal vases Of lilies. AZ one
table the bridal couple stood and
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The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Evening star., 1926-12-08

In the subject was aroused and the
practical cooperation Of Andrew Car
negie and of Congress secured.
I'VE have seen the Potomac Flats,
whose malarious surface was alter
nately covered and exposed by the
rising and falling of the tide. trans
formed into the health-giving expanse
of Potomac Park.
1--WE have seen the erasure of that
degrading blot on the reputation Of
our city which made a large section
between Pennsylvania avenue and the
Mall the resort of the panderer and a
conspicuous object of shame to all
visitors to the city who passed through
1t by rail on the way to the sacred
home and tomb at Mount Vernon.
1--WE have seen with amazement the
development Of the city over the entire
District until we are obliged to con-
template its extension beyond the
District boundaries. From a city of
| 200 900 or less we have seen Washing
ton grow into a metropolitan area
| populated by over half a million. It's
future expansion will involve problems
of municipal import as difficult as
those with which we have had TO deal
and require the application thereto
of the wisdom and public devotion of
our people"
Mr.. Bryan announced Engineer
Commissioner Bell as an official
"who from the start has thrown
himself into the task of Capital up
building with enthusiasm and who
has placed himself in sympathetic
touch with the people of Washington
and their needs" Mr.. Bryan ex-
pressed the hope that Col. Bells
Continued on Page Thirty)
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grand order of centenarians as vigor-
Gus and as content with life as they
are today.
'sAt the invitation of the House sub
committee Washingtonians are volc-
| ing their views of the Capitals needs.
Our associations response to this
| invitation is condensed in it's per-
manent slogan which demands Fair
| Play for Washington; and under the
| banner thus inscribed our association
| fights to win for Washington ID f1nan.
cial equity, (2) political equity. and t3,
| physical and spiritual health and
| heautv. involving concern for the men
| and women Of the Capital as we'll as
| for it's material equipment and
development.
Political equity means national
representation, voting representation
| ir Cong ess and the el ctofal college
| When this vital American right and
power is won the campaign for finan-
cial equity and for the satisfaction of
every other wholesome need OF the
District will be distinctly strengthened.
1--WE fight for Greater Washington,
the City Beautiful and city OF
parks and avenues and buildings and
monuments; but we fight distinctively
and with special enthusiasm. for the
animate as distinguished from the in
animate material city; for the men
and women of the local community of
half million who constitute the real
Washington.
Need for Unity of Effort.
. "In this home-folks gathering of
WaShingtonianS not another word is
necessary to explain and sustain the
associations slogans. Indeed, there
are present in this room representa-
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tives of the great civic organizations
which have co-operated in citizens
Joint committees to fight harmoni-
ously and effectively for both finan-
cial and political equity.
Unity OF effort, as thus exemplified
by these cooperating organizations. Is
an obvious outstanding need in the
development of the National Capital.
with this unity of effort on the
part of WaShingtonians the Greater
Washington of which we dream will
be made reality, not only the City
Beautiful, but the Americanized
City, the City Healthful, the City
Intellectual, and the City Good-the
City of it's People as well as the ma.
terial city of the Nation.
''The Washington of our affection
and pride is not all dream of the
future. The Washingtonian of today
wells in no mean city
1.-The Washingtonian and the Old
est Inhabitant suffer from certain
tell known INJURIOUS discrimina tions
which ought to be removed and which
must and will be removed. But in
spite of temporary disadvantages it is
an honor and source of pride to be
a Washingtonian. We are proud of
our city's material development and
superficial beauty in' buildings, ave-
nues, trees, parks and monuments.
We are. proud of an honest and eff
cient municipal government and of
it's fruits in good works. We are
proud of the real Washingtonians-
upright, capable. energetic. inspired
by intense civic loyalty-whom the
President has appointed and is ap-
pointing as the city's municipal exc
cutive heads.
1--WE are proud of the people of our
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aldson, John F. Donohue, Lemuei
Ergood, John F. Freeman, Clarence /.
Gessford, William B. Hartley, Alfred
Holmead, James w. Hughes, William
r. keenan,, Michael j. Lane, Charles
D. A. Loeffler, John B. Mccarthy,
Frank L. Ourand, John b. Peyton,
Anthony Schilling, Charles H.. Scott,
Thomas H. Smith, Julius Strobel, H.
G. Thyson, William P. Van Wickle,
Aston c. Whitney, Henry K. Will
lard, William w. Window.
George H. O'Connor. accompanied
at the piano by Matt Horne, also
brought back memories to the oldest
inhabitants by singing songs that
were popular many years ago.
John Clagett Proctor added to the
entertainment Of the evening a
humorous poem, in which he also
carried them back to days of long
ago. The program was brought to
close with the singing of Aud
Lang Syne," by the entire gathering.
Rev. ]. J. Muir chaplain of the
United States Senate, delivered the
invocation, after which Vice Presi-
dent Bryan read the message of Mr..
Noyes, in which he said:
Commends Patriarchs.
Tonight the association celebrated
its sixty-first birthday. The youthful
veterans of its membership number
451. Six venerable members are over
80 years of age: Patriarch j. Willard
81; Patriarch C. S. Bundy, 95;
Patriarch Owen T. Edgar, 95;
Patriarch L. A. Delwig, 81. and
Patriarchs S. F. Rynix and j. T.
Petty, 80.
MAY these patriarchs enter the
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faithful and efficient official In his
retirement from the District govern
ment.
No Lights on Moonlit Nights.
Addressing the association for the
first time as a fellow-member, former
Commissioner Rudolph drew a sharp
contrast between the Washington Of
80 years ago and the Washington of
today. He provoked laughter when
he reminded his audience of the long
gone days when the District was 50
economical that 1t extinguished the
street lights ION nights when the
moon was full enough"
Touching on his retirement from the
Board of District Commissioners, Mr..
Rudolph declared:
II shall always be with you and my
other fellow-citizens in spirit and in
effort to make our beautiful city the
worthy symbol of our National
| grandeur.
mo one of US is SO young" Mr..
Rudolph continued. "that his memory
| does not reach back to the time when
! there was no organized public service
for the relief Of the sick and helpless
dependent upon public aid except the
insane asylum and the almshouse.
Slowly. step by step, new and better
conditions have been developed
through the work Of the Associated
Charities. the Board Of Charities and
the Board of Children's Guardians.
until we have attained the comprehen-
sive machinery Of the Board of Public
Welfare,
I'VE had no city library until, under
the persistent agitation for that great
public need by our honored president,
Theodore w. Noyes, public interest
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MEMORIES AND VISIONS BLENDED
AS OLDEST INHABITANTS DINE
Association Observes Sixty-First Ami
versary-Speakers Recall Past and
Forecast Future of Capital.

Memories of Washington as 1t used
to be and visions of the greater Cap
ttal that is destined for the future
were blended by speakers who ad-
dressed the Association of Oldest In
habitants OF the District of Columbia,
assembled at the Franklin Square
Hotel last night for banquet in OBJ
servance of the sixty first anniversary
of the organization.
Smiles lighted the faces of these
Washingtonians as former Commits
sioner Cuno Fl. Rudolph and Commits
sioner Proctor l.. Dougherty turned
back the pages Of time and recalled
happenings of the past that still
inger clearly in the recollections of
an Oldest inhabitant. And they dis
played an equal interest in the word
picture painted by Engineer Commits
sioner Bell OF what can be accomplish
ed in the Washington of tomorrow.
Illness prevented Theodore w.
Noyes, president of the association,
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city, of their fine record Of loyal sac
rifice of life, of blood and of treasure
on the Nations altar in time of war,
of their high-grade intelligence and
culture, of their activities in making
the Capital an artistic, literary and
educational center, and of their rec
ord of public-spirited labors for the
community's welfare. both in material
advancement and in moral uplift. We
are firm believers In our own Ameri.
can form Of representative govern.
ment and we are proud of Washington
as the Capital of the worlds great
representative republic. We are proud
of organized Washington, of the civic
army to fight for Washington which
our strong citizens organizations
under able leadership are cooperating
to develop.
"And finally we are proud Of the
growing strength in man power, in
material resources and in the power
which comes from unity of the new
Washington, the city Of its people, al
ready half a million strong, with over
100000 residents of voting age, which
exceeds in population seven of the
States, which sends more soldiers to
war than eight of the States, which
pays more national taxes than fifteen
Of the States, and in which civic con-
sciousness, the community spirit. and
civic loyalty and pride grow stronger
and stronger every day."
Rudolph's Service Lauded.
In presenting former Commits
sioner Rudolph, Mr.. Bryan said that
Mr.. Rudolph has been active in the
civic life of the community for 80
years and that Washington has lost