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Evening star., 1938-09-04
The Travellers Notebook
Scribblings about O.Hi.On-Hi.Io, Sailing Into
London via the Mduretdnid, Dead Mans
Chest and Ifaly's Gas Price Cut.

man shortened the name to the Ohio
The Mauretania Cunard-White
Stars forthcoming ship perpetuating
one of the Atlantic's most famous
names. will not dock at Southampton
as most liners touching England do.
but in the great port of London itself.
according to present plans. Space is
being built in the ship to carry 10
cars OF the average American size.
Competition of Diesel engines and
other types of motive power on trains
has not stopped the development of
steam locomotives. Speeding passenger
trains over the rails of the Canadian
National Railways will be new giant
locomotives which. with tenders, will
weigh 1872 tons. The firebox is the
size of den in a small home-10 feet
I long, 7 feet wide and 10 feet high
Pressed into extraordinary service, it
would swing along on the level at 10
miles an hour string of 260 loaded
freight cars weighing so tons each.
Jamaica, in the British West Indies,
is catching on as a stay-over tourist
spot. This type Of visitor to the
/ island increased more than 81 per
cent during 1887, and there were II
per cent more cruise visitors.
At the National School of Cooking
and Linguistic Training at Frankfort
/ on-Main, Germany's walters are learn
ing to serve meals with English and
Italian acoustics
Among the 500 classified varieties
| of ferns in Jamaica is the umbrella
| like tree fern. Struggling for the sun
t In shady gullies, it sometimes grows
! 20 feet high.
| Scotland's heather is more than a
! decoration for the landscape and
! coverage for grouse Besides being
practical and characteristic thatching
material. it sometimes even now is
built into houses, alternating with
layers of mortar. Time was when it
! was used for bedding and served as
handy pot scourer. 1t also makes
ropes and furnishes a dye in home
crafts.
ITALY has done something more
about taking the high cost out
Of automobile travel abroad With
the proper planning. motorists in
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out that case than anybody I ever
heard Of" Hines said he was glad to
hear 1t.
The Police.

OUT tAaG case Cndn ANYBODY ever
heard Of" Hines said he was glad to
hear 1t.
The Police.
Tammany's system of control Of the
civil service police force is more nebu-
lously traced in the record, but there
is ample testimony from John F. Curry
himself, ex-boss Of the towns political
works, that 1T was iron bound. Mr..
Curry, testifying against the man who
made him boss of the town and then
broke him because he stuck with AL
Smith and refused to 60 along with
President Roosevelt. described the sys-
tenn in exactly nine minutes on the
witness stand.
1t seems that, if any district leader
wanted a policeman transferred all
he had to do was drop note to Curry.
Curry, without making any inquiries,
turned the note over to his secretary.
The secretary passed 1t on to the
police commissioner secretary and the
police commission complied with the
request invariably" Thus civil serv-
ice employees were placed directly under
the thumbs of men who had absolutely
no official standing in the city. The nub
of the matter seems to have been that
the police commissioner himself was
not land still isn'D civil service en-
ploye, but was appointed by Tammany
Hall through the Mayor.
Il naturally believed" declared Mr.
Curry from between his thin lips,
these requests were made for a good
purpose" Such as, suggested defense
counsel, transferring policemen to
beats nearer their homes so they could
spend more time with their wives and
children. But, reported witnesses, po-
licemen were also transferred off extra
pay jobs and to beats far from their
homes for telling thugs: 1--WE got a
job to do and I'm going TO do it what
ever you say"
The evils Of the system were pointed
out by the testimony of witnesses who
had joined the Dutch Schultz policy
racket. The testimony Is that the
racketeers first advertised in various
ways that they had an "okay" from
Hines and then handed out cards with
the address of their headquarters to
the various Offices of the combine
When raidng policemen saw these
cards-tacked up in conspicuous places
they turned around and walked out
and raided somewhere else, thus help
ing the racketeers by driving their
competitors out of business.
The District Attorney.
The specimen put under the micro
scope for observation was William c.
Dodge, an up-and-coming magistrate
who played ball with the Tiger. The
story told is that Hines went down to
the hall and got him the Democratic
nomination for district attorney be-
cause he is stupid, respectable and my
man" Gangsters declare they had
hand in the selection. They wanted
to know if Hines was sure he could
handle" Dodge. They said Hines told
them he was sure and then the gang
sters approved the selection of the
man responsible for prosecuting them
They provided $33 900 of racket money
and votes tin manner that will be
disclosed later and elected their man.
The rest followed the formula
developed for handling judges. When
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q Republican assistant Of Dodge led
grand jury too deeply into the
activities of the mob, Hines sped
up to Dodge's apartment and had a
half hours talk with him. At the next
hearing. Dodge had displaced the
Republican assistant with himself.
The questioning lasted fruitless and
desultory Is minutes and the probe
was squashed. When the grand jury
insisted on the appointment of
special prosecutor, Hines once again
shuffled up to Dodge's apartment
and told him whom to appoint. The
newspapers and Gov. Lehman roared
for Thomas E. Dewey. Dodge, obeying
the master that made him, fought,
lost and permanently destroyed his
own career.
Vote Foctory.
The election considered during the
trial is that of 1888, when fusion rode
the tiger out OF every office in town
except that of district attorney.
Schultz's gangsters we're backing up
the tiger in that Office. Such political
scientists as Lulu Rosenkrantz, Bo
Weinberg. Abe, the Horse, Landau;
Marty Krompier and Abadaba Berman
gathered up more than 100 men on
election day and brought them to
the Monongahela Democratic Club.
There the boys were given great piles
OF cards, each card bearing a name
and address and the location of a
polling booth. There is no testimony
as to how the names and addresses
were collected, but the boys were
instructed to use them when casting
their innumerable ballots. They voted
all day long.
Vote Foctory Annex.
This would be the favor system and
jobs are the backbone of it. When the
policy racketeers decided to give their
Evening star., 1938-09-04
MORE FUN DECREED
Turkey Cuts Taxes to Permit
Cheaper Prices.

ANKARA. Sept. 3-Turkey today is
getting more fun for less money. To
give the public more amusement the
government has abolished certain taxes
on theaters and movies and reduced
prices for seats in them, while certain
cities have also forced restaurants to
cut the price of drinks. In Ankara.
for example, cakes, ice cream, cocoa
and coffee have been lowered in cost
and even hair-dressing parlors and
public baths have reduced their prices.
Cheaper entertainment is making a
gay man of the average Turk, and
amusement places are now packing the
public in.
Evening star., 1938-09-04
Eagle Battles Plane.

Diving 1000 feet. an eagle attacked
large passenger plane flying at TO-
600 feet in a mountainous region of
New Guinea and badly dented metal
wing Of the machine.
Evening star., 1938-09-04

THE Iroquois Indians were impressed
by the beauty of Americas we'll
known bodies of water, and to ex-
press their admiration called it the
"O-hi-on-hi-io" River. The white
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Seek New Mountains.

Swiss Alrinists have gone to Iceland
TO explore mountainous district
known as Switzerland and to climb
some OF the peaks in their countrys
nAMesAke.
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Plays Numerous.

While theatrical troupes of Moscow
and Lenlngrad toured the Russian
provinces during the summer the
leading provincial companies gave
performances in Moscow
Evening star., 1938-09-07
Rod and Stream

Benny Dement,, Chuck johnson, Jaw
Reed, Lou Gramlich. Horace johnson,
Doc Holton and host Of others are
cunning for his crown. and most of
them have been out limbering up on
Saturday afternoons at the regular
weekly contest.
AS usual, there will be trophies and
prizes for the winners. All of the
fishing tackle is worth having-so are
the silver loving cups for that mat
ter-and they will be on exhibition in
the Baltimore & Ohio window, Fiji
teenth and H streets NV, in a few
days.
More Blues in Middles.
Now for some real fishing. Skip
per Brady Mckay of Ridge, Nd, has
blues right in his front yard. Well,
out on the Southwest Middles, any
way. And they are getting larger.
The 1-ponders have been replaced by
3-pounders. and still they groW.
| Norman Brown and John
Hayes fished with him two days
and caught u blues, 50 by
| trolling and the rest chum-
| ming.
Capt. John Willoughby had q party
consisting of DR.. John Brown and
DR.. Argy Of Georgetown and L. L.
Cobb and Charles Brown Of Upper
Marlboro, and they caught ~ troll
ing in the Northwest Middles. Capt
Raub Drury also has been making
some good catches during the last
week or so.
All the above report comes from
Capt. Mckay, and it speaks well fol-
him when he lets you know that
the other shippers are doing we'll also
Evening star., 1938-09-07
CURTIS CUP GOLF
SEEN AS T0SS-UP
Repetition of 1886 Tie Is
Likely as U. S. Women
Meet Britishers.
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
MANCHESTER, Mass, Sept. IA
repetition Of the 1896 deadlock in
England appeared likely today as six
outstanding woman golfers prepared
to tee of against a half dozen Ameri-
can stars in the fourth renewal of
the biennial Curtis Cup matches at
the Essex County Club.
The international competition will
include three Scotch foursomes this
afternoon and six singles engagements
tomorrow Scoring will be on the
basis Of point an international match
The domestic forces are the Cup de-
tenders. for United States teams have
won two victories and q draw since
the competition, inspired by two for
mer national champions. the Misses
Harriet and Margaret Curtis of the
Essex County Club. ITO stimulate
friendly rivalries among woman golfers
Of many lands" was inaugurated in
1882 at Wentworth, England.
Mrs. Andrew Holm OF Scotland, the
current British titlist. and Carrie
Tiernan, 2l-year-old Irish beauty, will
match strokes against Mrs Estelle
Lawson Page, 1887 national cham
pion. and Maureen Orcutt of White
Beeches, N. j., in the opening four
some.
Jessie Anderson, present Scottish
champion. and Elsie Corlett of Eng
land, who played in the 1882 match
will oppose Mrs. Glenna Collett Ware
three-time internationalist and q
slven-time national champion, and
Patty Berg, youthful Minneapolis star
and the third and final foursome will
comprise Mrs. j. B. Walker of Ireland
and Phyllis Wade of England and
Marion Miley Of Cincinnati Ind Kath-
ryn Hemphill of Columbia. S. c.
The pace settlers in the practice
rounds. Charlotte Glutting of West
Orange. N. j.. and Nan Baird of Scot
land. were held out for the singles
matches. Miss Cuttings best round
here was y, four under women's par
and the 21-year-old Prestwick girl
who won the 1884 Scottish champion
ship, turned in 73.
Evening star., 1938-09-07
GOLF ACES CLASH
IN SECOND ROUND
Thompson Faces Skinker in
Columbia Tournament as
Seeding Is Spurned.

They don't believe In seeding the
low medal shooters in tournaments at
the Columbia Country Club. That's
the reason one of the two lads who
shot the lowest scores in the club
junior championship must go out in
the second round today. In some
ways it's shame that Jimmy Thomp-
son and Earle Skinker were drawn
in the same half OF the pairing. But
they were to met today in the second
round because they were not seeded
Thompson won the medal yesterday
with 70, with Skinker next at "A.
Earle took shots from the edge
of the eighteenth green when 2
shots would have tied him with
Thompson. The boys will wind up
their tournament late this afternoon.
First-round results in the three flights
were: First light-Earle Skinker de-
feated Pete Wilson. and S: Jimmy
Thompson drew a bye; Solon Kemon
defeated Charles Stockell, 4 and 8:
F. Rita defeated Ben Hartig, 4 and 2.
Second flight-Joe Barse drew a
bye; George Rita defeated w. Wood
son, 8 and 6: Charles Ferry defeated
Frank White, 6 and S; Charles Riner
drew q bye
Third flight-Owen Williams de-
feated Grimm Holland. s and S; Dan
Walser drew bye; Gene Gott drew
a by,A. NJ
Wilson. 8 and 7. Buddy Pope won
the title last year, but was ineligible
to defend.
Evening star., 1938-09-07
Cap1ta Golfers Paired With Stars for Amateur Medal Round
LINE E|Sb|G TASK
At CENTRAL HIGH
Pearce's Material Mainly
Green, but Backs Appear
to Be Plentiful.

Coach Hardy Pearce Of Central High
hopefuls passing, kicking and blocking
in early-season practice and from
these he must choose an almost en-
tirely new machine to replace last
years team. torn apart by graduation
and age restrictions.
Only two lettermen, Buck schlegel
and Shannon Cramer, both tackles,
are left from the OUTFIT which last year
finished just behind Eastern In the
inter-high championship series. A
few second-string players and junior
varsity members are out this year, but
for the most part Pearce must shape
his team from boys who either did not
make the team last year or who are
out for the first time.
Well Fixed With Ends.
His line particularly will give him
trouble. Bob Burns and Charles Sui
livan from last years squad are out
for the guard positions, but these two
cannot carry on alone. Schlegsl and
Cramer probably will be the starting
tackles, but here again substitutions
will be necessary, and Zip Zimmerman
is the only player left over from last
year. Candidates for the line, how
ever. are as plentiful as for the other
posts. and Central should not be lack
ing man power there. Charley Jones,
the schools all-high center, has
graduated and his post will have to
be filled with green material
-On the ends Pearce is in better
shape. Jimmy Clark. fast little pass
snatcher. and Dick Farr are leftovers
and big bunch of good potential
wingmen is working out daily.
Two of Centrals backfield main
stays OF last year. Wilbur Barr and
Ralph Pickett, both lettermen, will be
in school this year, but age restrictions
will keep them from playing. Bob
Goldsworthy. quarterback, and Bill
Ickes, halfback, were graduated. Those
were the aces of the Central machine,
but in spite Of their absence Coach
Pearce will have something to build
around back Of the line.
Backfield Outlook Bright.
Gus Plakas Harry Martin and Ben
ny Steiner, who were on the second
squad. or junior team, last year have
shown possibilities Of developing into
good passers and kickers. Martin has
the inside track for quarterback, but Is
being pressed by Dick Rozzell. who also
was a reserve last year Another back
field candidate who looks good is James
Zuppa. member of the track team
who is out for football for the first
time.
However, the backfield posts are by
no means settled. and with Jimmy Por-
ter, Tony De Blasi, Harvey Doughty
and Sam Aed out there Pearce will
have plenty Of good material from
which to choose.
Tomorrow the squad will start work.
outs in the morning and afternoon. and
will begin to run through light scrim-
mage work. Right now Pearce has
them worAng on the rudiments Of ths
game with Assistant Coaches Nick Pis-
tolas, former Central player who
starred at Columbia Billy Richard
son, the little Central flash who now Is
with George Washington. and Ed
James, another G. w. player.
He also will start trimming the squad
soon and getting it down to working
limits. A scrimmage session at Ma
tional Training School is scheduled for
next week.
Evening star., 1938-09-07
Shot of Insulin
Wins Golf Title
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SHERWOOD FOREST, Md. Sept.
IA shot of insulin, Mr.. Golfer,
may cure that slice. Consult young
George Domhof1. new golf cham
pion Of Sherwood Forest.
Less than "a hours before George
played the defending titleholder,
Vernon Kelly, in the final, he re-
ceived slug of insulin that knocked
him out. It was a case of insulin
or default.
Both Domhoff and Kelly, Johns
Hopkins medical student. Rugged
par for 18 holes as Domhoff, ap-
parently waxing stronger as play
progressed, won up.
In winning the women's cham
pionship. Mrs. Kitty King made an
ace of the 129-yard first hole of the
Sherwood short course.
Evening star., 1938-09-07
BY GEORGE E. HUBER.
lSAnfenhAr 1QQSl

The fishermen who are good plug
and fly casters, but who have had
no tournament experience with tour
nament tackle, have not been forgot
ten by the National Capital Casting
Club. The club is going to hold its
sixth annual District championship
tournament on Sunday, October 3,
and two special events have been
arranged for fishermen
These are plug accuracy and a
wet fly accuracy event. You may use
any tackle you want-your regular
fishing tackle will do-with the one
specification that the line must be
Q pounds test or over. Tournament
casters use az to Az pound line you
know, which gives greater distance
and accuracy, but which Is bit too
light for actual fishing
There is no entrance fee for
these two tests, and they are
limited to anglers with no tour
nament experience.
Tournament casting is done at float
ing rings placed at unknown dis
UAAlSOS dP w OO ACCO 4IC 4OSdl ClQl
uses the Seventeenth street end OF
the Lincoln Memorial Pool, and you
are welcome to come down any Wed
nesday or Saturday afternoon or Sun.
day morning to practice.
For the flshermen's events, regu-
lation ss-ounce plugs and wet flies
will be loaned contestants.
Other Events on Program.
This years tournament is going te
be one of the biggest in the club.
history, as membership has beer
nearly doubled this summer Six tour
nament events for the experienced
caster using regulation tackle art
listed. They are the y and y dis.
tance and accuracy and wet and dry
dy accuracy.
George Cook, member Of the
National Mediation Board, Is
the defending District cham.
pion, and he Is going 10 be
hard pssssed - retain his title.
Evening star., 1938-09-07
SET FOR HORSE SHOW
Arthur Maui of New York Will
Manage 1nter-American.

Plans are complete for the spectacu-
lar international team jumping events
in which Chile. Mexico and the United
States will take part at the Inter-
American Horse Show at Meadowbrook
October 20.23
The show will be managed by Arthur
Maui OF New York who for the last two
years managed the spring meet Of the
Washington Horse Show Association.
At meeting of the board of direc-
tors yesterday, Melvin Hazen, presi-
dent, announced that Louis A. john
son, Assistant Secretary Of War. had
been elected vice president to fill
the vacancy created at the death of
Admiral Cary T. Grayson. Other
officers are Maj Gen Leon B. KRONER
and Maj Henry Leonard, vice presi-
dent: Thomas P. Morgan, IT,, secre-
tary; Robert Cottrell, H. Rozier Du-
lany. jr.: Fenton NJ Fadeley, jr.; C..
Marshall Finnan. John O. Green and
Lacy Shaw. members OF the Executive
Committee.
Evening star., 1938-09-07
DC. Virtually Refuses u. S.
Women's Golf Euent, Though
Congressional Is Yet to Act

| Mrs. Waldron said the golf chair
men at Chevy Chase and Columbia
told her their members would be I'M
willing to give up their courses for two
weeks or more during the height of the
fall season in September, which was
their reason for lack of interest in
the tourney. The championship takes
full week to run of, and the course
usually is closed to members for a
week preceding the tournament.
Offer Comes Unexpectedly.
The offer came without warning to
the local womens organization. al
though Mrs. Payne, while in Phila-
delphia in June with the w. D. G. A.
team, was questioned as to whether
Washington would be interested IN
holding the feminine national cham
pionship. Mrs. Estelle Lawson Page
Of Greensboro, N. c.. is the present
champion.
Three national championships have
come to Washington since 1908 when
the women's title tournament last
was held here. In 1921 Columbia
staged the national open, won by Jim
Barnes. The national public links
championship was held at East Po-
tomac Park in 1923. and was won by
Dick Walsh of New York. Congress
sional staged the national intercolle.
giate championship in 1885. with Ed
White Of Texas the victor.
Need Adequate Clubhouse.
One of the requisites Of national
championships as they are staged these
modern days is commodious cluo-
house, not only for the players, but
for the thousands of galleryites as
we'll. Many feminine players prefer
to stay at the clubhouses if adequate
living quarters are available. just as
some of the British Curtis Cup team
members were entertained at the
Chevy Chase Club in 1884. when the
international matches were held over
that fine course.
Chevy Chase and Columbia
are not equipped along that line,
but Congressional has ample
hotel facilities for 4 large group
Of contestants, II arrangements
are made in advance.
At present many Congressional
members live at the clubhouse during
the summer months. The womenFs
championship, if held in the North.
usually is staged in mid-September
and if in the South would be held
the last week in that month.
Any one of the three courses named
would be excellent for the champion
ship. The Chevy Chase and Columbia
courses have watered fairways. and all
three would be in their best condition
late in September or early in October.
The latter month would be better in
Washington, for summer heat some
times last through late September.
This will all be news, and good news
to hundreds of feminine golfers about
the Capital, most of whom never have
seen the topnotch women golfers in
action. Let's hope the tournament
can be staged at Washington club
next year. If not next year, in some
future year not too far distant.
Wouldn't 1t be hot stuff to SEQ
Helen Dettweiler, Marion Brown,
Mrs. Walter Stokes and Mrs.
Betty Meckley competing in
national championship on their
own doorstep amid familiar sur
roundings:
Evening star., 1938-09-07
Ey the Associated Press,

ST. LOUIS. Sept. THE late
season booming Of Johnny Mics
bat again may give him runner-up
batting honors In the National
League.
Last year the husky Cardinal first
baseman was second only to his
teammate, Joe Medwick, with an
average Of 1854.
And at the clip he was going,
many believed he would have been
the batting champion If the season
had continued another week or two.
That's why great things were ex-
pected Of Mize this year, and that's
why Cardinal fans were disap-
pointed as the 1888 season neared
its halfway mark and found Johnny
about all washed up-they thought.