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and he left it to his two ha f-brothers,
Dick and Will Johnson. None of them
is living around here now, and / be-
lieve they are all dead"
X.
Half a mile west Of the johnson place
and on the Columbia pike was a series
of batteries on and opposite the Graham
place. The owner of that property dur
ing the civil war was Curtis b. Graham.
His son, also Curtis B. Graham, lives
there today. He told The Star man that
the old Graham home was torn down by
the federals soon after the laying out OF
the line of Notifications along the Ar
lington ridge; in fact, it was about the
first house to be torn down in that part
of Virginia that it might not mask the
fire of the fort guns The Graham fam
lily moved away after the destruction OF
their home, but returned when peace had
been restored. Then Graham the senior
bought suffers house that had been
erected on his land and lived in 1t for
some time. The present Graham house,
which stands not far from the site Of the
old one was built a few years ago. Gra-
ham, senior. before the outbreak OF the
war had planned the erection OF a large
pike. The foundation was dug and build
ing material hauled tc the spot. War
caused the stoppaga of work. Years
after the present Graham house was
built on part of the foundation tnat was
put down before the Arlington hills were
occupied by troops. The earthWorks be-
hind which the batteries were planted on
the Graham farm are as they were when
the war closed, excepting. of course, that
the embankments are somewhat worn
down. Some that were on the north side
of the pike running in the direction OF
Fort Craig have been leveled. Fort Craig
is still standing. People who owned the
land on and about which Fort Craig was
built were William Elliott, Septimus
Brown and Bushrod Hunter. Some OF
the land is still in possession of the Hun
ter family. The only wartime house
standing in that neighborhood Is the Per-
kins house. Warren Perkins lived there
The Perkinses were northern people. and
some of the Union officers stationed in
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One Escaped.

a PROPOS of the opening of the rabbit
season. W. Goadby LOew. while driv-
ing the coach Pioneer from New YORK
to the Piping Rock Club at Locust VAL
ley, said:
There's a man out this way who in
vited some friends to his place to shoot
rabbits last year. The first days shoot
ing was very poor. Not rabbit, In
fact. was located. Accordingly, that
evening the host bought some rabbits
from a farmer and turned them loose IN
mis- grounds.
HE couldn't hunt himself the next
day, so his guests set off without him.
When they got back he asked them how
they had made out.
'''Oh, pretty fair, they answered. LOOK,
We've got five.
There should have been six, he said =
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so valuable have been his services to
the EAustro-Hungaria government that.
three years ago, he was given the Golden
Cross of Merite by the Austrian emperor,
and before that he had been given the
Golden Sixtieth Year Jubilee Cross His
two decorations are of the heaviest ans
purest gold delicately chased by hand
They are two of the most handsome in
the city.
Dr. Frederick A. Kline is another
Washingtonian to be hOnored by the Aus
trian embassy. Four years ago. in recog-
milton of his work as physician. he was
of Franz Josef-the same order which
was recently conferred on DR.. Ernest
Sellhausen, although the latter was given
only the rank of chevalier. DR.. Sell
hausen's decoration came as mark or
the appreciation Of the emperor for his
services to the Austrian embassy here.
DIR. Sellhausen is the embassy's physician
OF all the Washino tonians who have
been decorated, perhaps none is more
saIer Berry, who for many years has d.
ternately pursued business interests in
this city. and. diplomatic affairs for
Uncle Sam. In fact, he has combined
the two, for he has specialized in foreign
law, and at various times has been Of
fetal counselor to the French. Italian
and German embassies here. Italy has
recognized his services in this connec-
ton, creating him member Of the Or
a chevalier of the Order of the Crown of
Italy France has a.'o recognized his
services by making him a member of the
Legion Of Honor. According to rumOrS
in diplomatic circles. too, it is not i'm
probable that Germany will follow suit
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:
Washington scientists are, speciall,
prominent in the lists Of Americans wis
have been decorated by ..foreign govern
ments and In seeking to interview then
and get the story of how and why the,
were honored, The Star man ran across
a peculiar coincidence. In the new off1c'
building Of the National Museum and th'
Smithsonian Institution, in rooms no
more than 100 feet apart, sat two men
each of whom had been decorated by
had ever worn his decoration, and neitheI
knew that the other had ever received
one.
The men are DIR. Walter 1Hough, Gu
rator in charge Of ethnology In the Ma
tional Museum, and DIR. Leonhardt Stej-
meyer. curator in charge Of reptiles in the
same institution.
DIR. Hough was created chevalier OF the
Order of Charles. XII of Spain nearly
twenty years ago.. The honor came as !; =
result of his services in connection will
the exposition at Madrid in 1898. during
which he was practically in charge of the
American exhibit.
Il heard 1 was to be decorated before
/ left Spain," said DR.. Hough, ."but ]
didn't take much interest in the report
OF course, l had worked hard-but
didn't think / had done enough to deserve
a decoration. But few weeks after
got home I received a message from
the Spanish minister telling me the king
had awarded me diploma. l didn't get
any medal or cross with my diploma
They don't give, them in Spain.- Instead
they take the position that the mere con-
ferring of the right to wear q decoration
is enough. If the recipient of a diploma
wants cross, he can buy one. / under
stand the cross ! am entitled to wear Is
some sort of jeweled affair, but Tn
not certain. l never bought tone--didn'
see any use in it--and if / have ever seen
one I have forgotten what it looks like
I think though. ! have the diploma put
away somewhere at home"
DR.. Stejneger's decoration came from
the King OF Norway shortly, after the
separation of Norway and Sweden. He
was made knight Of the second class
OF the Royal Order OF st. Olaf.
II don't know just why / should have
been given a decoration" said he. When
a country bestows an order on one of Its
this is not always done when foreigner
is decorated and no reason was assigned
when / got mine. / suppose it must have
been just sort OF recognition of the
Norwegians in America who have worked
themselves up to positions of prominence,
although l don't know why they should
have picked me out
Friends Of DR.. Stejneger, however. de-
clared him far too modest. They pointed
out the fact that he Is the author OF
ing with Norwegian and Swedish sub
jects, and that he has a reputation for
learning extending throughout practically
all the civilized world. It was for these
reasons, they said. that he received his
decoration. DR.. Stejneger, too. has never
worn his cross.
Some countries are more quick to award
decorations than others, and naturally
enough, the fewer tne decorations the
more they are to be priced. Austria Hun
gary is especially chary with her orders
and hence Frank J. Sobotka is especially
proud of his
Mr.. Sobotka is confidential secretary OF
the Austrian embassy here. but for all
was born here, married a Washington
girl and has lived here all his life. Yet
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and also award him decora ton
Probably more Washingtonians have
been given the Cross of the Legion of
Honor than that of any other order.
Among these are Samuel Wesley STRAIT
ton, director of the bureau of standards.
who received his decoration a little less
than two years ago; Gen. William
Crozier of the United States Army, whose
home is at 2239 Massachusetts, avenue:
Admiral John Mitchell Hawley of 1914 r
street northwest. Capt. Joseph Newton
Hemphill. Rear Admiral John Francis
Higginson, Francis B. Loomis of the
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Safe Department, Admiral Richard
Wainwright, who became a national hero
during the Spanish-American war. and
who for many years has made this city
his home. and DR.. Harvey w. Wiley of
pure food fame.
Ministers of the gospel. too are in
cluded in the list of Washing VINO
have been decorated by foreign govern
ments. Only three in all America have
been so honored, but one of them lives
in Washington. He is the Rev. Paul A.
MenZel of the German Evangelical
Church at Goth and G streets northwest
Several years ago, on the day of the
fiftieth anniversary of the founding of his
church. DR.. Menzel was given the cross
of the Prussfan crown, the presentation
being made by the German ambassador,
at the instance of Emperor William of
Germany. The decora ton came as a
recognition of DR.. MenzePs services in
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LAVE Been Decorated for
! 1 All Sorts of Services
Decorations Come From
Nearly ALI Foreign Countries
The Various Grades of
Foreign Orders-Scientists of
Washington Who Have Been
Decorated-War Correspond
ents Who Have Been Re-
membered by Foreign Rulers
-Veritable Array of Medals
and Crosses Owned in Wash
ington-Ceremonies Are Usu-
ally Missing When Decora-
tons Are Bestowed.
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Mile run. During the civil war the first
high ridge west Of the Potomac, which
Washingtonians generally call the Airing
ton Heights, extending from the hills
above the Aqueduct bridge four miles
southwardly to Four Mile run. was top
ped with earthworks and batteries which
were, in the MAN, connected by lines Of
rifle pits.
This line of works was not straight. but
a waving line following the strategic val
ues of the land. On the heights one mile
west of the Aqueduct and on a road run
ming to the Chain bridge was Fort c. r.
Smith. A quarter Of mile south of Fort
Smith was Fort Strong. A half mile far
ther south and slightly to the east was
Fort Morton. An eighth of a mile south
east, and more east than south. from Fort
Morton was Fort Woodbury.. quarter
Of a mile due south from Woodbury. was
Fort Cass: ha.f mile farther due south
from Cass was Fort Tillinghast: another
half mile to the south, with three inter-
vening batteries. brought one to Fort
Craig, and still another half mile south
brought one to a large battery, the name
of which does not appear on old maps.
The left of this battery. facing west,
quarters of mile west by south Of the
point where the road from the Aqueduct
to Alexandria, along the east front of
Arlington, crosses the Columbia pike.
Eastward Of this long fortified line-that
is, nearer the river-were Forts Bennett.
Corcoran. Haggerty. Whipple and Nc
Pherson.
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lily in King and Queen county, Va. and
came to Freedmen's Village directly after
the occupation of Richmond by Union
troops in April, 1885.
few rods south of Fort Albany is the
brick homestead, gloomily shaded by big
trees Of James Roach, one of the old
landho.ders. Roach owned the grist mill
on -Four Mile run marked on old maps
as Roach's mill, and as a contractor he
had much to do with the building of the
Loudoun and Hampshire railroad. The
place has changed hands several times
and none Of the Roach family lives in
that neighborhoOd now.
<
Three hundred yards west, along the
Columbia pike from the crossing of the
Georgetown Alexandria road, one comes
to an abandoned house of no great age,
but surrounded by tree growth showing
that dwelling house has long marked
the site. An old brick meat house stands
nearby as does a venerable cabin"
which probably was an ante-bellum
kitchen. This was the Johnson place,
John Johnson living there, and being the
owner of many acres roundabout, in
cluding the land on which Fort Albany
was built. Two hundred yards west of
the site of the Johnson house is the relic
of a battery that looked across the ya.e
through which Long branch flows. 1t is
now a jungle of sassafras, sumac and
vines. Standing on the embankment. one
looks down into the colored Odd Fellows
cemetery. In the Johnson field The Star
man met a colored man. John Simmons,
seventy-one years old. He said he had
belonged to Nina Shears in Prince Georges
county. near Marlboro, Md: that she had
willed him to William Wells. and that
he in turn had bequeathed him to Nor
decai Plummer of Prince Georges county.
He left his owner in 1862 came to Freed
mems Village and helped in the work Of
building forts.
X :;
''All this land" he said. belonged to
John Johnson. who came by it through
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Old Civil War D@&ems@s Easily Located Around Washington

the adjoining Notifications boarded with
them. Mr. Graham indicated to The Star
man the Perkins house close by and
within easy pistol shot of the wireless
towers southwest of Fort Myer
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pr LEONARD STEJNEGER
Cross OF .ST.OLAT


ditions among those sons of the father
land who have found home in the land
of liberty. DR.. Menzel in his church
work has kept alive the German Ian
sermons in German and conducting a
German Sunday school in connection with
his spiritual duties.
Mills Thompson is another Washingto-
nian who has been decorated and Is one
of the few Americans who has received q
cross from the far-off kingdom of Siam.
He was given the royal order OF the
crown of Sam, the cross being awarded
as a general recognition of his work In
the field of art and especially for services
rendered direct to the land of the sacred
elephant. Mr.. Thompson decorated the
Siamese pavilion at the st. Louis expo
stion, basing his work largely on knoWl-
edge gained in travels through that
quaint land. So artistic was the result
that the Siamese commission, which came
to America to attend the exposition.
recommended that he be decorated, and
the king accordingly made him chevalier
in the second highest order of his king
dom.
Larz Anderson, another Washingtonian.
a close friend of President Taft and
widely known in diplomatic circles. Is the
only American who was ever made COM
mander of the Order of Saints Maurice
and Lazarus, an Italian order of high
rank. The decoration came at the con-
clusion of three years of service as sec
retary and charge d'affalres OF the
American embassy at Rome in 1898. Mr..
Anderson during the present admins
tration has at various times been promi-
nently mentioned for appointment to high
places in the diplomatic corps.
Numerous cabinet officers have been
given foreign orders from time to time
the decorations usually coming after they
have concluded their official service
this for the reason that they could not be
accented while the recipients were In
office. Usually the cabinet officers thus
honored are connected in some way with
the diplomatic corps large majority
of them have been Secretaries of State
A notable exception. however. occurs In
the case of George Won Lengerke Meyer.
Secretary of the Navy, who holds deco
ration even while in Office. although he
probably would not wear it, at least not
until he retires.
Secretary Meyer was decorated shortly
before the end of the Roosevelt admin
istration in 1907. during the briefest o. in
TERMS between two official posts. he
had been American ambassador to Rus
sia. filling that post just after the Rus
sian-Japanese war, and in 1907 was re-
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y the mai, of a
W ashington physi-
clan "A few days
ago there came a
heavy. square, Off
cial looking envel-
ope, in the upper
left-hand corner Of
which a d o II b | e
eagle was blazoned
in bright gold. In
side was a parch-
ment not unlike a
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An irregular triangle was formed by
the railroad and the dirt road running
south from Fort Runyon. half a mile
southwest of the south end of the Long
bridge. to Four Mile run. the Columbia
pike running west and south from Run
yon TO Arlington Mills station, and the
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The japanese cross was conferred on
Mr.. O'Laughlin for his services as
member OF the American commission to
the Toxic exposition in 1902. He was
made a member of the Order Of the
Rising Eastern Sun by Emperor Mutsu-
hito, and In 1905. following the Russo
Japanese war. during which he served
as a correspondent. he was presented
with set of god cups by the emperor
and was promoted to the second class Of
the order. a signal honor. Following
the war Mr.. O'Laughlin was appointed
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vHE remains Of a number Of the
civil war defenses of Washing
ton may be found in that part
of Virginia south of Fort Myer
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''.All this land he said. belonged to
John Johnson. who came by it through
marrying the Widow Stone. After her
death II went to her son Charlie Stone,
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of which lnere are only, twenty in all
america Director Barrett is also
member of. the Order of the Bust OF Boil
var of Venezuela.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-18
CUBS WANT DOOM
TO TRADE R|XEy
Johnny Evers Anxious to Get
Star Virginia Twirler and
Tyler, of Boston.

Chicago Ill. December LII
Johnny EVers can induce Charles
Doom. of the Phillies TO trade Eppa
Rixey, the Giant Nirginian. ana George
Stallings 10 let LEFTY Tyler of the
Boston Pilgrims, go. he feels confident
that the Cubs VIII be able 10 keep up
thar" or "thara3outs" during the
coming National League battle.
Evers has been after several PLAYERS.
pitchers and innelders particularly. bur
last night he stated most emphatcally
that IL he could land RiXey and Tyler
he would take the field with ciub
fit to give any aspirant for the cham
pionship a fight 10 the finish
When Evers was asked how he in
tended TO land these two young but
sensational southpaws from the Phil-
lies and Boston. respectively, I'VE
stated that he would offer both Doom
and Stallings good enough men in eN-
change to make the deal worth while
to them.
Evers thinks both Rixey and Tyler
are the two best ft-handers ia the
National League. no: even barring isrhe
Marquarl. slim Sallee. OF the Cardinals.
or Ad Brennan. of the Phillies.
According to the new Cub plot, ne
look upon Rixey as the greatest col
lege southpaw of the decade ana
thinks that next summer he VIII be
the wonder OF the league.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-18
New Force In Athletics at University of North Caroin

abundance OF bass to give the neces-
sary soiidity of foundation to the
choruses but II was also to be noticed
that the tenors sang with much less
OF the strained sound that has. I'M
fortunately. been heard so often
from them. The sopranos sang al
ways on pitch and with sufficient
volume.
There were only some $50 in the
chorus. but when they were singing
in full voice, as notably. i'm the first
chorus and in the "Hallelujah" chorus,
the effect was tremendous and inspir
ing Yet Mr.. Baker had taught them
to release" as one voice. That trying
pause toward the very end of the
"Hallelujah" chorus was perfectly ac-
complsheS achievement in Itself
The drummer who played she pause
was probably an amateur. so he Is to
be forgiven, especially as throughout
the evening he handled his Cympani
most effectively
. Mr.. Bakers orchestra deserves much
more space than can be given to II.
The cornet merits a word for it's part
in the recitative, Behold, I Tell You
a Mystery and the flute. was played
in musicianly manner throughout the
oratorio, particularly In the Pastoral
symphony" which. b. the way. was
the best single bit OF wsk that /
have heard this orchestra dot was
q work Of art.
The solo parts were divided among
A number of singers The sopranos
were Mrs. w +. Mcneil. Mrs Walter
c Mercer. Miss Blanche 8 Thomas and
Miss Ada Kuyk. contraltos. Miss Amo-
rette Allen and Miss Julia s Culbreth;
tenors. Or. Maurice Koblenzer and
Lynn Tucker. and basses, Norman Cali.
Austin Martenstein and Howard By
ant. All OF these sang acceptably.
most of them admirably, and several
of them splendidly They had very
difficult tasks, and not only the Wed
nesday Club. but the city. should take
pride in the MANNER in which they
accomplished them.
After all. without minimizing in the
least the successful efforts of the In
dividual singers, the chorus and the
orchestra it is 10 Mr.. Baker that most
Of the credit is due. II is understood
that il was he who urged the mid
winter concert. against strong and in
fiuential opposition on the part OF an
element in the management of the
club. and Cniy succeeded In promoting
it after he had enlisted the support OF
the music committee. composed or
Messrs Norman Call, Walter c. Mercer
q. Jeter Jones and NJ. T. Spicer. That
he succeeded is "A matter for which
he deserves the thanks Of the entire
community, and. in particular. Of that
part of il that heard The Messiah
last night.
Let us hope that we will have no
more "glees," no more fragments OF
light opera. but oratorios, cantatas'
masses and other works worthy OF. and
fitted for the serious consideration OF
an oratorio society. The Messiah
was sung some eight years ago by the
club Elijah" two years ago let us
have more from the treasury of serl-
Gus music, or if necessary, sing them
over again. They are worth life
time Of listening.
W Douglas Gordon.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-18
NO FINAL ACTION
ON LI1ERACY TEST

Washington. December I7.-Deter-nins-i on
position D. minority. composed o. both
Republicans and Democrats. steered tv Re
puhiican Leader Mann. tonight held ID &C
zion IN the House on the .iteracy test i'm
migration hiii after second day had been
devoted 30 heated debate over :Ee measure
Apparently every method u obstruction
known 10 experts On parliamentary technI-
cailtics has been exhausted. and a anal vote
vs. about 20 % taken when Representative
Mann demanded the reading % the en-
zrosscd bin" The nin had not been en-
crossed. 80 thc Iiolse adjourned
The measure cannot b. reached again IN.
81 THURSDAY. tfc DAY sst Tor adjournment
sor the chr.stra holidays. u probably
vii be- passed thcu. ding out the In
d.sr appropriation biz. which had been
expected TO 90 through before adjournment
The Bennett amendment % fhc Diliinr-
aam BILL passed b. the senate. vas adopted
az fhe House. II 90 g.. al the close % the
dcba:~ to-day. A. the amendment struck
ost al % the original measure except the
cnacting clause. tbs practically vas q vote
On the Dill - rcported b. the commi.tee.
However the final vote the Bill -
amended remains 90 be taken.
Amendment sitter amendment was offered
On the floor and voted down to-day. Rep
rcscntative Moore. Of Pennsyivssia- sought
20 have peaceful. Industrious and law
Do estabusred by credited authority from
-.hich they come exempted from the 1T
enscy test Representative Baker. 81 Cali
fornis orerrd an amendment 90 require
Oriental immigrants 20 read some European
language.
Opponents Of the sia denounced It as IN
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