Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1926, Page 2

BERG GASE TACKLED [N FENNING PROBE, Mother of Former Ward of Accused Commissioner Is Heard by Inquirers. The entire case of Phillip Berg. a mentally incompetent war® veteran, who, while a patient at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital and three months hefore his death, was permitted to make a will! on order of the court, which was peti- tioned for by Commissioner Frederick ! A. Fenning. was reviewed today he- fore the House judiciary subcom- | mittee investigating impeachment charges brought against the Commis- sioner by Representative Blanton,, Democrat, of Texas. i Utilizing one of Mr. Rlanton's wit- | Hadley Hull of New | attorney for the h(!\"fl" J. Hogan, chiel de-| fense counsel. was able emphaticully | to deny charges by Mr. Blanton th the mother was never notified hy N Fenning at the time the will was pro- | bated. Davis Called to St Just hefors recess was taken for incheon, Auditor Herbert L. Daivs of the District Supreme Court, who | vecently ruled against bond premiums and a committes fee in one of Mr. Fenning’s guardlanship cases, was called to the stand. Mr. Blanton ves. terday declared that although Mr. | Fenning had been ordered by the | court to turn over the estate of | Roley Lee to Mra. Filza Lee, the new guardian, the Commissioner had not done s0. The audito, was asked by Mr. Blanton today if a final account- ting had heen made and_Mr. Davis veplied it wax fil ¢ 17, the court order turning it over to him was dated May 20 and the auditor's of- fice received it this morning for a final statement. Mr. Rlanton’s fir was Mra. Ma decessed veteran. case as shown by court that Mrs. Anne Post, repr eif an heing the sister of the veie filed a petition appointing Mr. guardlan and declaring theie o other relatives excapt two Post Ix a_cousin of Mrs. Rerg. the mother the petition of Mrs witnes today - Rerg. mother of the The facts in the records are testified. In Post requesting that Phillip Berg be | allowed 1o make a will. the charge ia | made that the mother led an immoral life and the son wished to disinherit her. Good Reputation Assumed. The commiitee today declined to go into the question raised in the petition against_ Mrs. Rerg, hut Chairman Dyer. Republican. Missouri. asserted that the members would assume Mrs. Berg tn he a good woman and of good reputation, in spite of statements set forth in the petition. Mrs. Rerg declared tirough a di tant relative she iearned her son was il in St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, and that through the Red Cross, two months later. she was informed of his death. She further testified she never was informed of the norice published in re- gard to the probate of the will. Mr. Hull then waz called by Mr. Rlanton and he subatantiated the statement that Mra. Berg was Phillip's mother and that he knew her to be # hard-working woman and of good reputation. He made reference to some correspondence he had with Mr. Fenning. which Mr. Blanton did not take up, but which Mr. Hogan went inte 1t proved to be a complete file setting forth the fact that following the boy's death, Mrs. Berg. who pre- viously had heen informed by Mr. Fenning that the son had made a will, emploved Mr. Hull to protect her interests. Mr. Hull corresponded with Mr. Fenning, recelved a copy of the will and also an official notice that the document had been filed for nrobate. The will now i being con- teseted in a Connecticut court by the mother. who war disinherited entirely by the lunatie son. The Lee Case Is Closed. The Roley Lee ease, to which many hours of discussion have heen given before this and other econgressional committees, was clored yesterday aft- ernoon when Mrs. FEliza Lee of Grundy, Va.. completed her testimony hegun severa) days ago and was eross- v Mr. Hogan and excused from further appearance on the stand. Mre. Lee testified she came to Washington more than two years ago and found her son Roley without any rlothes. other than night shirts and a bathrobe. She hought the first suit for him, which Mr. Fenning later pald for out of her son's estate and since that time has personally purchased the wearing apparel. During this pe viod, Mrs. Lee testified, she saw Mr. Fenning only three or four times at the institution. He supplied her with fundx on her arrival here, she deciared, and when these hecame exhausted, he gave her $60 nad, she recalled. said. “I'd ha 10 20 home.” Mrs. Lee added that thin “almost hroke my heart, hecguse 1 wanted to sta my b til he either died or got well." Nevertheless she declared. she was forced to carry | out the instruetions and went hack to Grundy, where she kept hoarders un- | il she accumulated enough meney to return to Washingten. ! Allowance Was Raised. ' “Mr. Fenning put me off with $30 a meonth,” she declared. but explained this later was increased to $57 through the efforts of C. Bascom Slemp. She had qualified as a guardian in 1 the Virginia courts, she also deel Mr. Hog: witne developed Grundy had been ence with® Mr. { | 'enning. which sulted in the latter sending her the necessary papers to sign appointing re- him guardian. Previous testimony had made no mention of the negotia- tions leading up to the anpointment of Mr. Fenning by the mother. Mr. Hogan also developed that when Mrs. Lee came to Washington the first time her son was unable te leave hix bed for two or three weeks. owing to the nature of his iliness. This was offered to explain the lack of clothing. Without anneuncing his purpese. Mr. Hogan questioned Mrs. Lee on the number of children had and the reply shawed she was the mother of six grown sons and daugh- ters and two miners. y8 Records Are Missing. William H. Havden, a clerk at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. gave [(urther testimony regarding the rifling ot h files and declared a number of h records had been missing for mo) than a year. He testifled that Saul G. Lichtenberg. another clerk at the institution, had ‘“‘broken open” the files, and ne warned the man if the Aci was repeated he would “knock heck out of him.” Hayden explain- ed he had specific instructions from the superintendent not to let any one ®ee certain records under his care. and he has followed them out to the letter. Although Mr. Klanton several days ago in explaining the purpose of the Lichtenberg angle said the man had been heard calling up Mr. Fenning, Hayden testified such was not the | case, to the extent of his knowledge. Capt. Albert eadley, whose de- motion from the rank of inspeetor was brought into the proceedings with testimony given a: the outset of the session by Inspector Wil- s THE EVENI NEW YORK-ARGENTINA FLYER REACHES CUBA Island's Army Planes and Officials Greet Duggan on His Arrival LN N TAYES HELDONEDTOD.C Corporation Counsel Tells Gibson Subcommittee of Delinquent Corporations. in Havana. Br the Associated Press. HAVANA, May 28. gan, the Argentine sportsman who is fiving from New York to Buenos Alres, landed here at 9:58 o'clock this morning. Under a headwind of five miles an hour and with clear weather, the Argentine sportsman arrived here, followed by a convoy of Cuban army planes which went to meet him. He wan received by a delegation com- posed of representatives of the presi- dent, the state, the army, navy and diplomatic corps. MISS MELLON WEDS ‘Bernardo Dug- Millions in_dollars are owed to the District of Columbia by some six or eight large corporations, some of it for 16 vears, and there i8 no pressure through the courts for ita paymen! Corpration Counsel Francis H. Ste phens declared under cross-examina- [tion by members of the Gibson aub- -ommittee of the House District com- i mittee investigating the administra. ‘fon of municipal affairs in the caucus room of the House Office Building BRUGE TOMORROW Breakfast After Ceremony to Be Served in Open at Pan- American Building. Miss Allsa Mellon hax consulted the Weather Bureau, with sufficient ance to-plan that the weddi fast following her murringe avid Kirkpatrick Este Bruce at 12 ek ton W shall be served in the open. The 200 or more guests in- vited o witness the ceremony in leth lehem Chapel will repuir to the Pan American Building, on Seventeenth street, facing the Mall, where they will meet six or eight thousand other guests bidden to the reception and breakfast. While the reception will be held in the Hall of Natlons, plans have.heen laid to place the tables for the hridal party and near relatives vn the ter racé to the north of the building, over- looking the Aztec Garden. with iis reflecting pool. Tables for the huffet breakfast for guests will be luid in the map rovm. Presents Still Secvel. Great secrecy ix maintained in ref erence tu the wedding presentx sent to Miss Mellon. the naty f the gifts us well us theiv value being carefully guarded. The President aud Mrs. Covlidge have never attempted o give large or vuluuble things at such timex, and the cubinet members and their wives huve clubbed together body vn u KIft. su inscribed as to historic ax well as Intrinsic lue. ‘The gifts from both foreign and native-born society are known to be both rich and beautiful. Secretary Mellon temporarily has taken another apertment in e same building with his own quarters on Massachusettx avenue, and _there many of the members of his family who arrived thix afternoon or will arrive tomorrow will take residence until_after the wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Mellon have reserved a svite at_the Mayfower Hotel. as have also Mr. and Mrs. George ilus brook and Mr. J. Dennis Lyon of New York, and Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Hil- liard of Pittsburgh. Party Is Kutertained. Miss Sarah Mellon, duughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Meilon of Pitts burgh, one of the i, 18 14 iece Mellon [ burgh, maid of h der Mclaughlin and M Slater, matrons for the bride, huve also arrived. Almost the entire bridal party attended the dinuer and dance given last night by Mme. Hauge in honor of Misx Mellon and M Bruce. The bridal party will be entertained tonight by Mr. and Mrs. James K. Curtis. but Miss Mellon and Mr. Bruce will dine at the White House, when President and Mrs. Coolidge enter- tain for Swedish rovalty. —_——m liam 8. Shelby. testified he did not know why the change was made, that he didn’t attempt to find out, but “obeved orders.” He was asked Charles E: by Acting Supt ns to reprimand Polic man Go he testified, and Mr. Blan- ton asked “for what? Unable to Give Reason. “I do not know just exactly what for.” replied Capt. Headley. *[ivans aid Commissioner Fenning had com- plained about the conduct of Gore toward his driver, who had parked in a restricted zone and during pro- hibitive hours.” Mr. Blanton inierrupted to say that because “Inspector Headley didn't knock heck out of Officer Gore he was demoted.” The officer explained he asked Policeman Gore vhat troubie he had had with Mr. Fenning’s driver, atter which he said, “By direction of In- pector Evans. vou may consider vour- self _reprimanded.’ “What happened June 19. 1925, or ral days Iater?’ asked Mr. ton, ‘T wan demoted.” “W there any reason given?" o “Were any charges preferred against vou?” asked Representative Periman, Republican, New York. “e.” “Did you attempt to find out why you were demoted?” Mr. Pearlman axked. “I did not. them.” Mr. Hogan did not cross-examine Capt. Headley and he was excused. Woman Takes Stand. Mrs. Florence C. Pickrell, sister of Lieut. ¥rank Allen, a patlent at St. Elizabath's Hospital. aud a resident of Newport New: tentified re- garding her part in the appointment nning as guardian for Mowt of the corry prior to the appointment y by her attorney, C'. C. Rerkley, who, she aald. declined to turn over the original letters to her when she had been subpoenaed to appear hefore the committes with them. The com- inatructed the lawyer to com- th its request. The lawyer her, she testified, that it would 1 got orders and obeyved he t not to take them, that ne and Fenning were good friends, e . vary much ard ks didn't want me fo say anything ageinst Mr. Fenning.” Mr. Hogan then introduced sev- eral letters written by Mrs, Plckrell to Mr. Fenning regarding the ap- pointment of the latter as guardian for her brother. On redirect ex- amination by Mr. Blanton, the wit- neas testified that since his appoint- ment Mr. Fenning had never re- ported anything about her brother or his estate. although directed to do so by Edward Al another brother, in Richmond, Va.. Three Others Heard. Schafer, Republi- can, Wisconsin: C. M. Towers, col- lector of taxes, and Herbert D. Brown. chief of the Bureau of BM- ciency, were called just before 5:30 o'clock when the committee ‘ad- journed. Mr. Schafer sought to give testimony concerning one of Mr. Fenning's wards in a Wiscongin hos- pital whom the Commissioner hasn't seen for five years, put be 9 - Representativ last night. The list of the following: More thun $961,000 in taxes by the Washington Terminal Co. (whose we- unt runx buck to 1910), the wn Gas Light Co., the Wasl Gax Light Co., the Bult Ohio Railroad and the Pot wer Co. (since 1917). lighting, approximately $150,000 the \Washington ‘Terminal Cu., 4, und by the Philadelphia, Bal- and Washington Rallway Co., indebtedness includes by $70.0 n Rallway anla Rafl- minal Co.. Baltimore & n Co., Waushing Co., the Pennsy . the Washington and the Philadelph Washington o, | Raliroads Owe Mouey. one-hulf the costs of the HBen: Viaduct and bridge, $98,000, against the Pennsylvania 1| and the Baltimore & Ohio ad. e of these items have been in litigation for 14 yes and the Cor- poration Counsel said candidly that this was a “sorry spectacle,” was not falr to the taxpaving public, when private owners were sold out for non- payment of tuxes and forced to pay 12 per cent and s to recover th propes The Corporstion Counsel shouldeced ull the blame. Representative Gilbert, Democrat, of Kentucky, who was the principal questioner on these items emphasized thut the District not only allows the Washington Terminal Co. (v hold out un paving tuxes for 16 yeurs but alse has puld 1ts light blll for 12 yeurs, and does not to collect it. Both Mr. Gilbert and Chalrman Gibson repeatedly stated thst they were sincerely trving to remedy the shtuation #nd do not hold the Corpora- ton Counsel wholly to blame, feeling that 1t is too much to expect a §6,000 a year man to fight in court the a of astute and highly paid lawyers rep- resenting these corporations. Representative Blanton, Democrat, of Texax, pointed out 10 caxes as the only cases in litigation between . the District and corporations in which action has heen taken, and some of these lnvolved as high ar $67.000 and resulted in the case being ““dismissed.” that the District really lost and ux put 1o the expense of court costx. he muid. Blanton Volees View. - Blanton insisted that what was needed wax a first-class law- fu the corpuration counsel's ver office to push these ol The corporation nxel sald he d eight asaistants, has been in th rporation counsel's office for nd for € veurs hax heen heud 1w department of the Dis- rmment. 1le now receives trict v $6.000 for handling all the legal work of the Distriet, including service as Iy under the admin- istration of Commissioner Rudoiph. Mr. Gilbert questioned the col poration counsel regarding the opin ion he had written that Mr. Rudolph -onnection with the hardware firm of Rudolph Weat did not “di qualify” him to be Commissioner. } asked if since Mr. Rudolph owns more than a third interest in this concern payving 20 per cent divi- dends and sharing in $71.000 worth of business with the District. he had heen asked for an opinfon whether it would be valid for him to take hix one-third shal f those profitsy he comes di and Mr. Stephens sald he had not. Mr. Stephens agreed with Mr. Gil- her ibson and Mr. Blanton that these cases. in which the big public service corporations vwe the District large snms of woney, hsd heen tou Tong. Warns Agalust Compromise. Repeatedly Mr. Gilbert advised the cu po‘:l‘llon counsel that hould not “compromise” on any of t| that either the money wi the public fund or it wasn't, and this should be settled by a tribunal in falr- ness to the taxpaying public. Mr. Glibert also drew from the cor- poration counsel that he had advised the Commissioners that they “‘might use a little administrative discretion at the outset of enforcing the Glibert mocial direase hill.” v administrative order the Commissioners instructed the health office that one reqyirement of this measure passed by Congress need not he enforced. Mr. Gilbert sald that such considerations ought to ad- Aress themse!ves to the intelligence of Congress rather than to the apinion of a corporation counsel, and Mr. Steph- ens agreed thai should be done ‘“on principle.” He argued, however, that “if the law s unpopular to start, a strict enforcement might have the ef- fect of nullifying the law.” Mr. Stephens agreed to submit to the Gibson subcpmmittee his recom- mendations for remedyving the situa- tion in the form of legislative meas- ures. He advocated removal of the District from the statute of limitations with regard to its claims against cor- porations. He also explained the dif- ficulty he had in retaining trained a: nd advocated a special Gilbert read a letter from a r service man in Norfolk to #i- lustrate the difference in treatment of private property owners and corpor- This man ations in arrears for taxes. wrote that the had to pay quency, absorbing ¢ ) the New York State concern that had taken over the property under back tax sale, Mr. Gilbert displaved a book of 1,320 pages. containing 19,000 items. printed at & cost of nearly $7,000, and only 14 of which had heen sold—stat- ing that if a man could hunt through that and find hi property listed it was the only notice he had that he was to be sold out for non-payment of taxes. On the other hand. he emphasized, big corporation owes taxes for 14 years and gets its light bill paid for 12 years, and is not even pressed for payvment, . . Blanton urged that when the . is to be sold there should be an affirmative bid in behalf of the had no personal knowledge of the case he wasn't permitted to go very far. Mr. Towers testified regarding the removal of certain duties from his office, and Mr. Brown’s testimony was with reference to Mr. Fenning's practicing law while an officer in the Army. All three lines ef testi- mony were S B e attorney for the Public Utllities | husband attempted to bribe persons| Commission. He submitted u list|to sxwear falwely against her and| of all the cases pending, and guve! threatened to discharge . all hix| a history of some of them. He said vants unless they would testify [BROOKHART HOLDS SLIGHT EDGE ON CUMMINS IN IOWA PRIMARY (Continued from First Page.) h 1 ure food law, first " which helped to | Place Towa on the map as one of thi 1 INOAL progressive of the States. He re- fers to his support of prohibition and Iwumln suffrage in the Senate, to his work for tariff and labor legislation, for the soldle; bonus, the KFederal farm loan act and many other meas- ures. Senator Cummins defends the Esch-Cummins raliroad , which he insists has been entirely misconstrued by it ies and his opponent. M k hits at both his oppo- lt.)lr Cummins as whaling Senator Brookhart be- s proposal to have the Gov- rnment take $1.500,000,000 out of the tax-pavers’ money to finance the mar- keting of the crops of the farmers. Mr. Clark has a program for lows and 1 States that is ail his law, and many ot not stated openly his op- ary-Haugen bill however, put for- v for the farmer's position to the M principles, ward his own re; problem, 80 thet agriculture ted ux an fndustry and its vum materials us basic commodities.” Would Give Farmers Control. e will he trea Mr. Clark insists that the speculat- ing and gambling process through which the farmers’ raw materials un- nuslly puss must be done away with flnuncial disadv the farmer is work! d. In this way, n, individual nizations under hiz own command the eting of dn, w hol th ntrol, 1 products, h “Withdraw the crofit facilities from the gumblers und speculators, and the business will be reduced to the buying und xelling of the actual product of the hl‘m)," he says, Col. Iroad brotherhoods, te Federation of Labor and he has a great following among the farmers and many voluntry workers. The return of Brookhart from the Nenate to enter this contest has been he has the 're the Sta a sad blew to the Clark supporter and they admit particularly their ir ability to wean away the farmers trom the colouel. The Clark people maintain they will yet surprise their | opponente. | Nu one here claims that the labor vote will be cust solidly. The Brook- hart cump, however, is counting on a koodly wshare of (. Thousards of copler of a special edition of Labor, the ovrgan the raflroad brother: heuds and unions. have been sent into 1 10wa 1o be used in the campaign, ex- wiling Brovkhart and denouncing senator Cumimins, Lacks Plerce’s Support. One Smportant element of strength which Brookhart had in the past he now lacks—the support of the lowa Homestead and its publisher, Dante M. P It was the Homestead aad Mr. Plerce that -pushed Brookhart | forward a half-dozen vears ago, when | WIFE SUES RICH NEGRO. Asks $500 Monthly From Sherman H. Dudley in Counter Action. Mrw. Denden | 121 Sixth st na Dudley, colored . toduy petitioned th reasonalble dency of ¢ during the divorce suit hrought ugulnst her Ly Sherman . Dudley, colored. a wealihy theatrical promoter. The wite han tled & croms bill seeking a separation on grounds of drunken- ness. cruelty and desertion. Attorney Raymond Neudecker, council for Mrs. Dudley. asks for her $500 per month. The wife claims her | ven- inst her. Dudley is said to own $250,000 real estate in Washington be- sides a ck farm at Oxen Hill, Md. 15 YEARS FOR HOLD UP. BALTIMORE. May 28 (®).—Arthur H. Kinner, who t police he came here from Manhattan Beach, Calif., to- day was sentenced to 15 vears in ryland penitentiary for an attempt- ed daylight holdup of the Brooklyn- Curtis Bay branch of the Annapolis Banking and Trust Co., on April Kinner was shot and serlously wounded by two bank officlais, who dropped to the floor of their cagex and Opened fire on him through crevices. ——eeeeen. District government, and that would bring the corporation to time, or get u very valuable property for the peo- e l’Al'l-(lnl District Attorney Albert A. 8tern and Thomas .. Jones are to be called before the Gibson subcom- mittee _as a result of testimony by Sergt. Milton . Swith of the Traffc Bureau. He reviewed attempts made under his direction and supervision to bring before the court one Benjamin Chesvoir, who, he sald, w a torious bootlegger” and whose car w being chased out of the alley off Penn- sylvania avenue near the Capitol when Senator Greene of Vermont was shot several vears ago. Sergt. Smith complained that while the assistants in the corporation coun- sel's office co-operated fully in traffic cases, there was decidedly little co- operation, or even respect for metro- politan police officers in the district attorn office. He said there has been t! sort of trouble with the dis- trict attorney’s office ever since the traffic law was passed. ‘White's Aide Testifles. Mr. Gibson had Monie Sanger, ad- ministrative assistant to Dr. Willlam A. White, superintendent of St. Kliza- beth’s Hospital, before the committee to anawer questions regarding the fon. This had cost, 1916, $69,240.07; 1917, $62,- as follows: 50: 1918, $102,641 19, $158,- 1920, $130.468. 1921, $204,- 1922, $123.251.07; 1923, $200,- 1924, $150,462.40; 1925, $147, and 1926, to date, $11 4.10. Mr. Blanton questioned Mr. Sanger regarding the disbursing officer of St. Elizabeth's and his assistant and from what company they bought their $60,- 000 bonds. He brought out that now funds paid in for the benefit of pa- tients are paid to Homer Smith, the disbursing officer, where Mr. Fenning used to make payments to Frank M. Finotti, the chief clerk, whom Mr. Blanton has tried to show was in the employ of Mr, Fenning, Questioned About Homes. Mr. Blanton also questioned Mr. Sanger about the cottages built at St. Elizabeth’'s at a cost of $7,500 and which are occupled by unmarried doctors. Mr. Blanton asked for the official record on a Texas boy named Hester, who was at S8t. Elizabeth's for two weeks before_they could find him at at Mr, Blanton's solicitation.” He ked to be shown where the boy was uring those two week: Mr. Gibson asked about George C. Tisdale, who was released on habeas corpus proceedings by order of the judge of the Supreme Court and who a week later was sent back to St. Elizabeth’s by Gailinger Hospital. He asked how such a proceeding can be Ju | ring was announced to he resumed tomorrow night at 7:30 |'clock in the caucus reom of the [Housa Qffics. Building. he made his first race against Senator Cummin Ids he was elected Senator in 1922, and stood by him steadfastly in 1924. The Home- stead is saying nothing about Brook- hart. Nor is it supporting either of the other candidates. It does not stand for the principles of the Mc- Nary-Haugen bill, but points to the growing prosperity of the farmers. In past campaigns most of the ud-slinging has been done by Bruok- t. But the Cummins followers are taking shots at Brookhart now. They seized on a remark “made by him suggestive that after bard roads have heen further developed the mers would be independent of the railroads. They are feeding this to'the railroa workers and believe they have shaken some of the hold which Brookhart had on them. They are makingw play for the votes of the members of the American Legion by connecting up Brookhart and the late Senator La Follette. As Brookhart was himself in the | Army during the war and his cam- palgn manager is Maj. Frank J. Lund, unother veteran of the war, it is doubtful that this last effort of the Cummins' supporters will prove espe- cially effective. May Ald Clark. &ed {n some quarters that x Klan was instrumental in part In bringing about the unseat- ing of Col. Brookhurt and that the aguinat him in the at. The Klan support may go to Mr. Clark, it is said, {n the present ruce. Huck of Senator Cummineg in this fight are many of the old guard Republicuns of the State who op- posed him vears ago when he w 10 the Nenute ax one of the most progressive of URTeRKives. The line-up fs significant of the change n the viewpoint of many of the Kini voters here regarding Senator Cum- | mins. It is current critfelsm among the Brookhart and Clark supporters that Senator Cummins has left the Progressive wing of the party, that he 1s more representative of the East than of the West. This is vehemently denied by the Cummins peo Already estimates are heing made as to the strength of the candidates in the different congres- stonal districts. Brookhart is rated atrong in two northwestern districts, the tenth and eleventh. lle whonld carry them by more thun 10000 and 8000, respectively, perhaps copsider- ably more. These the so-called distress districts. where the drop in the corn price was felt particularly. A Cummins stronghold is the Afih distriet. which Includex Cedar Rapids ited by Representative the and Is repres Cyrenus Cole. the, only embers of the Hou who has come out for Sena min« directlv. The others taining a hands-off poll Senate race. It ix estimated that Renater mins will have a plurality of in the Afth district. The mavor of Cedar Rapids, however, has just an- onnced his support of rk for the one of Senute. which has clonded the issue samewhat. Cummins’ supporters console themselves by saving that Mavor lLoftus i= a political accident and that he hax not much influence. In 1he seventh district, where Des Moinex is located, the vete will be pretty evenly divided. Vote Difficuit to Check. e astiinate for the entire 11 dis tx zlves Cunini ver Brookhart. ov # source wiich Is not friend} Hruokhart. although {t is inde: t of the Cummins organt “These estimates are estimates and nothing else. lowa's population ix 64 per cent rural and it is almost hle to check up the farm vote tely. It is in the farm dis- that Brookhart is especially 13 o trictn atrd There are vari totul vote which will be polled. Some put the total as Jow as 375,000 in the Republican senatorial primary. None of them run higher thap 500,000, When Senator Cummins héat Brook- hart for the nomination in 1920— with Brookhart making his campal on the Esch-Cummins bill—his lead ookhart was hetween 19,000 000. In 1922, when Brook- hart won the homination a five other candidates, he had 30,000 more votes @han the nece ) per cent of the total to prevent the nomination from going into a State convention. Two years later, Brook- hart in the primary ted former Representative Sweet by 40,000 with much of the regular organization uguinst Brookhsrt. In the general election of 1924 the vote by which Brookhat wus origi- nally weated was given at 447,706 to 446,951 for Steck. In that same elec- tion President Coolldge received 587.- 635 votes, or approximately 90,000 more than were cast for Brookhart. About 80000 ballots were cast for Senator La Follette, who ran as an independent for President in low which did not designate a candidate for Henator. The Brookhart support- ers say that these voters really in- tended to vote for Brookhart. If they had so indicated on their baliots, there would have been no contest for the senatorinl seat, resulting in the seat- ing of Steck. Organization for Cummins, The Republican organization of the State went out to “get” Brookhart, after his announcement that he in- tended to support La Follette for President. It is estimated that they swung some 300,000 regular Republic- ans into line for Steck, which was a considerable achievement from the organization point of view. Most of this Republican State organization is sald to be backing Cummins today, and it is on its abllity to get the vote to the polls on election day that the Cumming support is basing its greatest hopes. ‘The Republican State central mittee 18 not supporting Cumming n organization, but its individual members are working for him, though the Clark headquarters inmi Clark has some of them and also a number of the county leaders. There are Cummins headquarters established in all of the 11 congres: slonal districts. There are Cummins chairmen and chairwomen in each of the counties and more than 3,000 in the 2,300 of the voting precincts. The Cummins committee predicts it will have practically all of the precincts organization by next week. Desperate efforts will be made by all factions to get the voters to the polis. The radio is plaving its part in the senatorial campaign. Brookhart made his first speech over the air last night. Senator Cummins is slated to make an address to lowa voters via the next Wednesday night, and it is an- < nounced here that Senator Borah of Idaho will speak to the voters in be. half of Brookhart also over the radio from Washington one night before the close of the campaign. Under the State law, a candidate, to be nominated for the Senate, must receive at least 36 per cent of the vot: cast. If no candidate receives the necessary number of votes, the nomi- pation is then cast into a State Re- publican convention to be settled. With three active candidates in the race, this might happen in the present election. But it is confidently pre- dicted that one of the candidates will obtain the requisite number of votes in the primary for nomination. Brookhart and his committee .are doing thelr utmost .to hold their strength. The Cummins people &re bent on a garrison finish. It's & horss race. various | 1s estimates of the | NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, MAY 28, 19%6. FOUR BATHING POOL, NICHOLSON LEADS SITES ARE SELECTED, White Tank to Be in East Potomac Park—Three for Colored People. The Fine Arts Commission virtual- | 1y has decided upon locations for four bathing pools, authorized by legisia- | tion which gave the commiasion au- thority to select the sites and dis- | cretionaryp ower in matters of thelr | sive, it was announced today, tollow- | ing a meeting of the commlission last night. | The white bathing pool will be lo- | cated in East Potomac Park, where once the temporary war buildings were located, just north of the tourist camp and east of the railroad tracks. The colored pools, uccording to pres- ent plans, will be located near the foot of Twentyweventh street, at the Lucretis Mott Schoul, and in a site on some of the Government Jand south of the Capitol, Capacity Is 300 Each, Explaining the aim of the commis- sion In _selecting such sites, Dr. Charles Moore. member of the cow- mission, stated tbat service to the | various’ clusses of persmons desiring paran ocations announced, It was are substantially in line with commendations presented to the insion by various representative ic bodies appeating before it in support of the extension of local bath- ing facilities. Each pool, it is planned, should | commodate approximately I decided upon for | bathing facilities was « | consider The tion. that a ministration and that a huge single pool for the ent! poj tion's con- venience is not as serviceable as the location of various smaller pools in | varius sections of the city. Anacostia Plan Vetoed. The Anacostia Park project for a lurge pool for colored persons was deemed not feasible. hecause its loca- | tion would be far removed from the enter of population of might wish to use it. The locations for smuller pools selected, instead of a large single one, were regurded capable of gi the greatest ser ice to the persons for whose benefit | the pouls were to be established. At present there is a pool at the Lucretia Mott School, which it is in-| | tended to enlarge and Improve xo that 1t will accommodate 500 bathers. The exact siter of the pools south of the Capitol and at the foot of Twenty- seventh street are open to further consideration, but a genernol decision has heen reached to place them in those neigh%orhoods. Appropristion Is Sought. The next step in the project will he to request appropriation from (‘on gress for bullding and maintaining the | pools. Authorization for the work is | miready ingorporated in legislation but | no_appropriation has heen provided. | The Office of Public Buildings and | Public Parks will work ont the detail- ed plans for these pools, it was stated. | and compile estimates as to the cost of the various operations for reference | to the approp At present th of eniarg- | ing facilities for white bathers in | nelghborhoods is being laid by for | future consideration. fnasmuch as sev- | eral sections of the city are ilready taken care of in this matter. 'SWEETSER ENTERS | BRITISH GOLF FINAL | N GOLF-TOURNEY Defeats W. L. Richardson, Jr., of Baltimore in Middle Atlantic Meet. Henry D. Nicholson of the Wash- ington Golf and Country Club. who won i the qualifying round of the ddle Atlantic champlonship at hington vesterday. continued to today the fine brand of golf he displaved in the medal round and de- feated W. I. Richardsom, jr., of Bal timore, runner-up in the champlon- ship last year, in the first round this morning. Other first flight results turned out as expected. Summaries those who | * Isons-who have MISS HELEN BYLU) Seventeen-year-old senfor of W d as the largest all-girls’ high school in the world, who will repre- sent the New York City territory in the natio) finals of the third annual National Oratorical Contest at the Washington Auditorium, June 4. ORATORY TIGKET ‘HOLDERS WARNED Seats Will Be Released After 8 0’Clock at Auditorium June 4. i 1 « ALL TICKETS TAKEN. it onal oratorical contest at the Auditorfum on the night of June 4, the supply has been ex- hausted. and though the con- tent management would like to accommodate all future re- quests, 1t will be impossible to 1] do wo. | Seats will not be reserved after 8 o'clock the night of the contest, at which hour seats not claimed will be given to the general public. | Warning that holders of tickets for the national finals of the third annual National Oratorical Contest, to be held at the Washington Auditorium next riday night, must be in their seats ipromllll_\' at & o'clock or forfeit their | reservations, was sounded today by | Randolph Leigh, national director of ! the contest. Mr. Leigh explains that there are | two reason why he must insiat iupon punctuality in attendance Fri- {aay night and refuse to hold a single xeat after 8 v'clock. The first is that start_precisely at ommodate WCAP, which ting the orations, and the second is that it is eminently unfair to the early speakers to have | late arrivals Aling through the aislex. Disposition of Seats. f Inasmuch as all tickets for th Itional finals have heen take Mr. Leigh added that a percentage of per: no reservations cun ! be accommodated in the seats of those who fail to arrive on time. Only in 1 AFTER JONES. LOSES | __(Continued from First Page.) | {with a 4. Bobby was lucky to halve | the ninth in 5s. His tee shot gave | him a difficuit lie just over the edge | of a pit in the middie of the fairway. | trom which he barely recovered with | his second. but & beautiful iron to the | green caught the Scotchman's third, {and each took two putts. The cards going out: Jamieson... £ 4 434535 Jones...... 55425534 Foe's Putting Deadly. | Jamleso deadly putting sealed Jones' fate on the fifteenth green. | where the Scotch lad mude & long put frum the edge of the green to the lip | of the cup for a 4. Jonea' putt of equal length from the other side ran |a yard past the hole. “That'll do.” sald Bobby, and Jam- feson picked up hin ball, giving Jones @ half in 4s. Fhe American was the first to con- gratulate the victor. The crowd stampeded onto the green with rousing cheers, men hoisted Jamieson to their shoulders, and he was carried away toward the clubho The cards for the lust six holes: Jamieson. 40443 44 Jones. . FeEFEFEFS Jamieson, a newcomer to champion- | ship golf, played faultlessly through- | out the 15-hole struggle. There was not the slightest attempt to establish an alibi for Jones, hut in | explanation of his slump from the supreme heights of yesterday, other members of the Walker Cup team say he caught cold last night and suffered a stiff neck this morning. He spent an hour with a masseur before going to the first tee. Sweetser Comes Back. Sweetser came from behind to win in the morning round. Although con- sistently outdriving the Scotchman, he was putting poorly, and won only on e of the first He took the ninth by 5 to 6, after a fine brassie close to the green and an approach which stopped a few feet from the cup. Scott missed a short putt. Sweetser lost the first in hollow style, being once in the rough and then in a bunker. He was bunkered again on his approach to the third, and fafled to hole a six-yard putt, while Scott laid his approach dead. Scott took the seventh when the. American missed another short putt. Both had bad approaches at the eighth, beipy slightly over the green, and they halved in Es. Sweetser snapped his fingers impatiently when he saw that his high straight iron shot was going over the greep. The cards for the first nine hol T4535445 ir | Sc 5 5 4—35—77 € 5—41—380 MISS CANNON VIEWS SEA. Weather Prevents Baltimore Girl From Swimming in Channel. CAPE GRIS-NEZ, France, May 28 P).—Miss Lillian Cannon, the voung Baltimore awimmer, who will attempt to conquer the English Channel this Summer, took a long walk along the cliffs todey to examine the place |said this is because Russia and the | wr from which she will start he, Willlam Burgees, the veteran accompaniea her. The weather. was unfaverable today swim. rainer, and it was not od that Mi: c-"nmm would l:fit to enter ll:: jon the occasion. | this manner. he emphusizes. however, {can he take care of additional guests The seventh and last district finalist will be chosen tonight in Philadelphia: {Of the six district finalisis already !'thosen four are girls and two are boys. Lf the law of averages prevails a bov | Wil be the victor tonight. inasmuch as six of the eight contestant in Philadelphia are bovs; but the girls !have overcome similar odds to win in | other districts, and it would not be surprising to have a fifth girl selected {this evening in Philadelphia. | Indianans to Attend. { Randolph Leigh, national director of the vratorical ntest received word duy that J. Van Osdol, chair of the committee on constitu- 1 education of the Indianu State ¢ Association ix coming to attend the finals, accompanied by 26 prom- inent Indiunans. Judge Van Osdol and the delegation ure coming despite the fact that their State hux no repre- seutative in the finals. Mr. Leigh states that due to the efforts of Judge Van Osdol the ora- torical contest was thoreughly organ- ized in each county in Indiana by t State Bar Assocfation and that than $8,006 was distributed in coun prizes for vrations on the Constitution. Announcement also is made that | Walter A. Strong. publisher wf the | Chicago Daily News, will be a speaker | on the night of the finals. Mr. Strong | will talk on “The Newspaper and Citi- | enship.” e will reprasent the Amer- | ican Publishers’ committee, which is ! composed of the following: Frank R. Noves, Washington Star, chairman: | Adolph 8.:Ochs, New -York Times: William L. McLean, jr., Philadelphia Bulletin: ~ Frederick I. Thempson, Birmingham Age-lHerald: R, E. Stout. Kansas City Star, and ‘Harry Chan- | dler, Tos Angeles Times. Impressed by the sportsmanship to be displayed by Kastern High School in equalizing the cheering for the seven district finalists on the night of June 4, the Wadleigh High School of New York City has notified Mr. Leigh , they will send twice the number of | rvoters they had originally planned. Miss llelen Bylund, the winner in her distriet, ix president of the | general organization at Wadleigh and director of courts there, which is equal to being a “chief justice” in- asmuch as she decided all disputes among the students, She declares that her outstanding life ambition = to be an artist and she is looking forward to her trip abroad as an aid in deciding where she can best go to study her intended profession. TRADING FIRM CLAIMS ARCTIC SEA ISLAND Title to Wrangell Island Must Await Resumption of Rela- tions With Russia. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, Wash., May 28.—Carl Lomen of Nome, Alaska, says that the Lomen Reindeer and Trading Corporation of Nome has filed claim to Wrangell Island with the State Department in Washington. Any immediate action to substantiate the claim, which he would like to press - bacause Arctic aerial expedi- tions this Summer have increased the of Wrangell Island as an aviation station, is impossible, Lomen United States are without relations. Lomen sajd the corporation pur- chased the Island in May, 1924, from Vilhjalmar Stefansson, who organized an -expedition of four men that went to the island in 1921, diplomatic feated P and 1; Gordon M. defeated Martin R. West, Washington, 4 and Columbi; Manor, defeal Washington, defeated R. B. Cum In view of the fact that there | | k1 have been 15.000 requests for | | [nER ¢ ."""“;::""j'm’l"‘f‘ "'-.."" ;d““ the 7400 tickets fxsued for the | | 43ter Conkressional. defeated ¥ | goud pu of the morning matches follow: W. R. McCallum, Washington, de- ge Hufty, Congressional, 2 ovods, Richmond, : John H. Davidson, Wash- ngton, defeated A. L. Christman, Co- umbia. 6 and 4: Miller B. Stevinson, defeated R. A. Loftus, ase, 3 and 2: Earl McAleer, ted R. T. Harrell, Wash 3: George J. Voigt. Ban- feated George Schenck, “hevy € ngton, 4 a ‘kburn, olk, ¥ and 7. “ourth flight results—Dr. J. T. Mc- ‘lenaham, Washington, defeated J. M. Willis, Washington, 6 and 4; C. H. Dofng, jr., Washington, defeated Fred D. Paxton, Washington. 5 and 3: Ben LeFevre. Washington, defeated Hugh Saum « George P. A. R 2. R lumbia, 6 and 5: Washington, defeated Bannockburn, § and 3; F. K. Columbia, defeated Frank Richmond, 1 up in 20 holes: . Tfautz, Bannockburn, defeated . Duganne, Washington, 2 and 1: V. Burr, Columbia, defe *. Dickey, Washington, 2 up: Evans, Columbia, defeated Sam m, Baltimore, 5 and 4. Fifth flight—George E. Truett, Washington, defeated Leroy W. Her- Lynd, tennett K 1in Jones ron, Columbia. 4 and 2: John Bryan, defeated T. D. Webh, H. V. Davidso Washington, Washington, 6 and 5; Heebe, Bannockburn, defeated . 1 Veerhoff, Washington, 3 and 2; Har B. Hoover® Indian Springs. defeaied k & Appleman. Columbia, 3 and 4. Sixth flikht —R. M. Waldron, Wash- defeated K. J. Doyle. Ban- . 4 and 3: Hugh McKenzie, defeated John T. H: Bannockburn, 7 and 6: E. Washington. defeated K. Cross, nal. 1 up in 20 holes; J . o¥le, Baltimore, defeated A. W Howard, Washington, 2 up: 8 T. Mosby, Washington, defeated J. Connelly, Washington. by defanit: H D. Cashman. Washington, defeated J. P. Worthington. Washington, 1 up in 19 holes: H. R. Thomas, Washing. ton. defeated . A. Watson. Columbia, 1 up in 19 holes: Ren L. Fuller, Wash: ington, defeated (i. N. t*hurch, Wash- ington, 3 and 2. Took Qualifying Round. Nicholson won the qualifying round vesterday with a card of 72—one ver par—on one of the most dificult ses about the Capital. Nichol- % 72 wax a sparkling bit of golf, marred on only one hole, the fourth where u second shot went awry and he took @4 G to the par 5 hole. He compensated for the slip at the sixth, where he ran down a putt for a birdfe 3. Out in Nicholson came hack in 35, exactly . fAinishing with a4 %5 6n the eighteenth hole. brightest spot in his whole round was The D2-lun eagle 3 on the fifteenth hole, where he wax home in two shote and sank a The Washington Golf and Country Club team, for which, strangely enough. Nicholson s not picked, wan “the team competition with a totad score for the five men of 389 strokee. Columbia's team finished In second place with a team total of 420. Washingiun'e second team, which in. Iuded Nicholson, was ‘third with 425. The members of the first team were Walter R. McCallum, R. T. Har- rell, Frank Roesch, West, 80, and J. Lagan H M. R. opkins, 87, Columbia’s team scoxed as follows: M. B. Stevinson, K. ¥, Kellerran, H ~ A. 8nead, Miller B. Stevinson finished second to Nicholson with a card of 74. while W. R. M llumn_of Washington was third with 75. W, L. Rl(‘h:nlfimm. ‘J . tof Ma . runner-up to Roland R. MacKenzie lust year, finished in fourth place with 76, s card follows: 43454445 43464345 43443544 43444344 Reveral of the leading players in the tournament failed to make the first flight, among them A. L. Honghton and Harry G. Pitt of the Manor ¢lub, Walter R. Tuckerman of Burning Tree, who wus tied for last place in the first flight and withdrew: J. F. Brawner of Columbia, George 1. James of Columbis and F. J. D. Mackay of Richmond. Today' in Congress Senate. ‘The migratory bird bill is still before the Senate, with leaders endeavoring to bring it te a vete S0 that the Senate may proceed with farm relief legislation. Commerce committee met on the question of the sale of certaln Sbipping Board vessels. Agriculture committee held fur- ther hearings on the Lenroot milk and cream bill. Subcommittee on agriculture held hearing on Capper bill making certain amendments to the packers and stockyards act. Military affairs committee held executive session. Public lands committee met in executive session. House. House continues general debate on rivers and harbors bill with expectation of completing general debate tomerrow afternoon. Judiclary committee continnes hearing on impeachment charges against Commissioner Fenninsz. Naval affairs committee eon- tinues hearings on line personnel. Ways and means commrres con- tinues hearing on Philippine tax bill. Forelgn affairs committee in executive session on committee calendar. Committee on agriculture holds hearing on Gilbert tohaceo bill. Rpecial joint committee continu investigation of Northern Pacific land grants. Military affairs committee con- tinues hearing on legislation to grant travel allowance to soldiers discharged in the Philippines. IR o French Courts Yield Pen. PARIS, May 28 (#).—The type- iter has at last tavaded the law ecour's of France. Hitherto the courts had reminded steadfastly faithful to the pen, hut Minister of Justice Laval now has {ssued instrie- tions . by which court registrare ‘am authorized to receive typed documents, instead of those written by hand. {