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Mr.. Thomas Twining. you are so like yonr
father" This unceremonious stranger was Mr..
Law, just arrived from Washington. l took him
into the parlor. on the ground floor. and there We
had long conversation about India, where he
still had many friends.
Under date of April %, 1896. Mr..
Twining recorded this:
Mr.. and Mrs Law set out in their chariot and
four horses for Washington. l had not seen
such an equippage in America. They invited
me to accompany them but besides my un-
willingness to add TO their inconvenience on the
bad roads they had to travel, had some en-
gagements which prevented my leaving Balti-
more until the next day.
In Twining's notes on the 9th. 2Sth,
Goth and Both of April, 1896. are these:
Mr.. Law sent servant to Georgetown with
my horse, with direction to bring back my port
manteau. Spent the day with Mr.. Laws family.
NJ. Talleyrand. ex-Bishop of Autun. whom the
hostility OF parties had driven across the Allan
tic, was expected from Philadelphia, but. much
TO my regret. did not come. Mr.. and Mrs Law
took me in their carriage this forenoon to intro
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He is big, handsome and conquering.
His uniform is shabby. Women ad-
mire him, puzzled, while he tells line
of whoppers to the waiter. 'Liason
service" moving about the Somme,
special mission to Paris" mot a real
permission"
Now, | know that party. He is rem
dering France more service than five
poilus, yet he never sees the fighting
front. Most of the time he is in Paris.
devising fake batteries and scenery"
to deceive enemy aeroplanes. Before
the war he ran an atelier for theatrical
scene painting. The army utilizes his
talents. He directs force of artists
and they work like dogs, day and night,
turning out trick landscapes to be set
up in real landscapes. l cannot go into
details, but what would you say to a
Paris by might" twenty miles from
Paris-all the muffled lights of a great
city hiding from Zeppelins, in the mid
die of an empty plain.
Yet the man is sham. He pre-
tends to be a poilu and he moves heaven
and earth for the privilege to wear
chevrons.
We went to the Cafe Tourtel
AS dear little American lady with
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Samto Domingo and the Proposed American Naval
Base at Sannama Bay Again Coming Into Linn@Mght

commission found some of their de-
scendants. but most of them had been
incorporated into the Santo Domingo
people as part of the native popula-
ton.
The possibility Of the United States
acquiring Samana bay as a naval base
must be determined in the light of
present circumstances rather than of
historic sequences. There are students
OF history who think that the annexa-
ton of Santo Domingo as proposed by
president Grant would have been of
greater Importance than Stewards pur-
chase of Alaska, the value of which
was so little understood at the time
But ali this is mere speculation.
The question now is how badly the
United States wants Samana. and how
willingly Santo Domingo would cede it
and under what conditions During
President Grants term the country was
not looking fifty or hundred years
ahead. Now, there is disposition to
look ahead at least quarter Of a CEN
fury. If the United States is likely to
need a naval base in Santo Domingo at
Samana twenty-five years hence enough
progress has been made in educating
the public on this question to take the
necessary steps without waiting until
an emergency may arise. The vision of
the american people has broadened
Should Denmark fail to ratify the
treaty for the annexation of the Danish
west Indies to the United States the
need Of Samana bay might become
urgent. Should the treaty be ratified
and st. Thomas pass into the possess
sion OF the United States the i'm
portance OF Samana would not how
ever. be lessened
Whatever is done. the people of Santo
Domingo. or the politicians there, are
not likely to forget what has happened
IN the matter of the price paid for the
Danish West Indies Doubtless there
was good reason for the United States
onering $25000.000, as against the offer
or S5,o0O,000 few years ago or the
Senate would not have ratified the
treaty. 1t may be that the controlling
influences in Santo Domingo, there
fore. Will place much higher none
tary value on Samana bay than they
would have been content with before
the outbreak of the European war
Assuredly, there must be cash con-
slderation II Samana is to pass into
possession of the United States, but it
is difficult to estimate what this con-
sideration should be. This country,
through its actual overlordship in
Santo Domingo. is not under the neces-
sity of making terms as it was with
the European power Santo Domingo
is not in the same position as Den
mark. Yet, while the United States can
exercise both a moral and physical
compulsion. this should not be neces-
sary. The principal point in reference
to any monetary consideration should
be to make sure that the money paid
over is spent on public improvements
so that the people of Santo Domingo
shall have the benefit Of it.
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duce me to Mr.. Lear and his family. residing
near Georgetown. Miss Custis, sister Of Mrs.
Law, arrived. Today Mr.. and Mrs. Law were
good as to make a party on my account to
Alexandria, which had a desire to see, as one
OF the principal towns In Virginia. Accom-
panied by Miss Gusts and Miss Westcott en-
barked in large boat and were rowed down the
Potomac.
Twining also wrote of Law that his
house. built by himself, was only few
yards from the steep bank of the Po-
tomac and commanded fine view
across the river. here half mile wide.
The position was at least favorable,
being on a point of land between the
Potomac and a tributary stream called
the Eastern branch thus offering a
double water front"
Allen c. Clark, in his comprehensive
and important work, "Greenleaf and
Law in the Federal City" used this
description to identify the general To-
cation of the Law house-Greenleaf
Point and Immediately north of the
arsenal grounds-and the following
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Steei-capped soldiers. holding hands
with wives or sweethearts, what do
they judge calmly? Old men. what
do they count, with a baneful glitter
in the eye. or old mems tears of love?
BriSques, chevrons!
Two boys pass, in faded uniforms and
steel hats. One has, embroidered on
his right sleeve. two "V's" upside down
Two wounds we count; The other
has plain right sleeve. No wounds.
we register. and yet the steel cap tells
he's from the, front. There goes a
white-mousta tached captain, spick and
smart mo wounds" We don't ex-
pect them-probably stay home.
by age. But who is this saucy party
in a uniform too new and clean? He
has no chevron on his right arm.
soft cap eases his head.
The women rubber for glimpse of
his left sleeve. Plain cloth? They sniff
contempt. He is probably shirker.
safe at Tours or Orleans.
These chevrons ("brisaue" is just
another name) tell a mans history
in the war They can't be shirked.
"Chevron" means "rafter." because the
inverted 'eV" is like two rafters meet
ing at the top. officers wear them en-
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WATER POWER IN sANTO DOMINGO.

was another offer. but there were some
limitations. The proposal was that the
United States should acquire Samana
and make 1t a free commercial port as
well as a naval station. Both France
and England were very much opposed
TO such action. and since the Buchanan
administration was not an aggressive
one their objections were respected.
During the civil war. when Spain re-
occupied Santo Domingo and the Mon
roe doctrine was suspended because
the United States had too much on hand
to enforce it. the question of European
influence through the possession OF
Samana again doomed up. Spain, how
ever, unable 20 retain her SOW
eighty very long and Santo Domingo, at
the close of our civil war. was free to
do what she pleased with her own ter
ritory. including the Samana peninsula
and bay.
She thought. or the president who was
in power there thought. that the best
thing would be to turn the country over
bodily to the United States and become
part of the American Union. The mis-
sion Of Gen. o. E. Babcock. President
Grants private secretary. had been ac-
complished before anything was known
of its nature. and Santo Domingo then
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that skillful diplomacy may bring the
controlling influences in Santo Do
mingo to the point of opening negotia-
tions. or being in receptive spirit,
when the United States seeks to open
negotiations for voluntary cession of
Samana bay to this country.
Tourists and travellers have exhaust
in picturing the attractions of SANTANA.
Navy people, while not insensible to
picturesqueness and beauty, have had
in mind chiefly the utility of the Sa-
mana waters for a naval station. The
bay is literally, as so many writers
have described it, superb both from the
scenic point of view and from the more
practical one of shelter for the largest
fleet that can be conceived.
Historically, Samana is closely identi-
fled with Columbus and the early dis
coverers 1t was in the cove Of Las
Flechas that the natives had their bat
tie with Columbus marines, whom they
regarded as invaders.
During the Napoleonic era the ad-
vantages of Samana bay were not over
looked by the French navy. and even
in that early day its Importance as d
strategic base was recognized.
The eyes of the United States do not
appear to have been turned to Samana
until the middle of the last century In
President Pierce's term there was a
tentative proffer. of which nothing
came. 1t was during this period that
survey was made under the direction
of brilliant young engineer officer Of
the army, Lieut.. George B. Mcclellan.
In the Buchanan administration there
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the disorderiy conditions in Santo Do
mingo.
1t is possible that the work OF keep
ing the peace between the different
factions in Santo Domingo mas caused
the naval officials to think Row much
more easily this might be done II we
had an established naval base at Sa-
mana bay. the same as at Guantanamo.
in Cuba Or il may be that the
tivfties of the marines in Santo Do
mingo simply have caused them to recall
what a superb shelter Samana bay is.
and to wonder whether the period OF
failure in acquiring the naval station
there is not past and the era Of
ouirement at hand. To the State De-
pArtment will be left the question of
securing the consent of the Dominicans.
possibly by a profrer on their own part
Of a perpetual lease for monetary
consideration. This is a matter of
diplomacy.
Santo Domingo. II is quite well
known. is very sensitive of her SOW
oreignty. She has watched the estab-
lishment of the fiscal protectorate in
Haiti. with disquiet. il not with dis
trust. She fears. or her politicians pro-
fess to fear. designs on her territory by
the United States. Yet 1t is possible
Evening star., 1916-11-12
The German Socialists.

66N ERMANY." said Upton Sinclair. the
socialist author, during visit to
Chicago. ''is the most autocratic country
in the world. The German socialist vote
Is enormous-the socialists are in the
majority in the reichstag-but the social
lists. as matter of fact. have no say
whatever in the governing of Deutsch-
land.
The German governments relation to
the German socialists reminds me Of Mrs
Blanc.
Mrs. Blanc manages that headed
George Blanc beautifully said one day.
Yes said my companion, with .
wink. She lets him have her own way
in everything.'"
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being a continuation of mis- trouser leg.
with leather sole.
Not sad" case.
Where are the armless men?" in.
quired the American; where are the
blinded men. the wooden stumps?"
Jean squirmed
"They wouldn't come in empty
sleeves" he answered. low. 1.-TWO, over
there Cndicating), have got their me.
chanical legs. And that aviator boy,
beyond. with the Legion of Honor, he
has a beautiful mechanical arm from
Chicago. Otherwise. he wouldn't como
and trouble the public"
All changes. yet all remains the same.
In the dusk, in the Champs Elysees. I
saw a military chauffeur waiting be.
side his chiefs limousine, outside q
grand restaurant. Amid flowers and
greenery. luxurious women 'fluttered
like butterflies. amid smart officers and
rich men.
The chauffeur waited at the curb.
Before the war he was rich. young
fashionable-a laughing. fiattered lead&
er, in this restaurant beneath the trees
Tonight a whistle blows. and he Jumps
to the steering wheel, Q servant.
STERLING HEnI0
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Rambler Writes of Richard Bland Lee and I

~ NE Of the distinguished MEM
m " bers of the First Congress and
u " one of the leading advocates
" of the plan to establish the
permanent seat of the government of
the United States on the Potomac river
was Richard Bland Lee. This man was
one of the early lot holders in the Ma
tional Capital and later became an es-
teemed and influential citizen of Wash
ington. The memory of Richard Bland
Lee was brought to the Rambler's mind
by standing within the shadow of a
great old house in South Washington.
For several years that house was the
home of Mr.. Lee and in that house he
died on March II. 1927. There are so
many threads and so many interesting
facts in this story that the Rambler
cannot hope to gather them all up and
record them within the space of one
narrative.
That house. which was the home of
Richard Bland Lee. stands at the north
east corner of 9Th and n streets south
west. 1t is three stories high, with a
deep. we'll lighted basement. Two broad,
heavy chimneys rise above the roof
The house has had several occupants
whose names are famous in local annals,
and its present use is told by two signs
upon its walls. On the west front oy
the side of the main entrance is th1s:
washington Sanitarium Mission HOS
pital" and on the basement wall at the
south front is this: "Dispensary and
Clinic for Men, Women and Children
Daily 1 to PM. except Sunday
Richard Bland Lee bought this prop
erty, together with several other lots
in that square, which is square No. oo2.
bounded by 9th. AZ NJ and N streets. in
1916. Though some persons are strong
ly tempted to refer to the house as
1.-The Richard Bland Lee house, there
are those who prefer to designate 1t as
"the Law house., or the home OF
Thomas Law. son of Lord Ellenbor-
ough an officer under the government
of India who came to the United
Washington in 1873. married Eliza
Parke Custis. a granddaughter of Mrs
George Washington. in 1896; became
one of the builders of the federal city,
died here in 1894. and was laid to rest
in old St. Johns buryins ground. HIS
remains were removed from that cefile-
terry to Rock Creek cemetery. and pre-
sumably at the time of the removal OF
his remains his gravestone had dis
appeared for his ashes repose among
the unknown" His biographer. Allen
c. Clark. has written: Laws life was
q success Brick and stone are monu-
ments of his usefulness. His gentle
words and kindly deeds have made i'm
perishable impress No tablet marks
his resting place. Though his grave IS
unknown. his fame will not fade away
The house at the northeast corner OF
9th and streets was standing in 1875.
Thomas Twining. an English tourist
and author. in recording his obserNa-
tions and travels in the United States,
entered in his account under the date,
Baltimore, 1886" what follows:
/ had not long returned to my own room after
breakfast this morning before l was told that
gentleman had called upon me and was waiting
in the passage below When was within a few
steps Of the bottom of the stairs gentleman
advanced hastily 10 meet me, and. taking me
warmly by the hand, said: Il you
Evening star., 1916-11-12
Abuse for Abuse.

G ENATOR LA TOILETTE was talk
ing about a corrupt political ma
chine
But it's no use upbraiding these
men,. he said. They only abuse you
in return. To take them to task is only
to be treated like the Lady Bountiful
"a good Lady Bountiful said to a
bad little boy who was swearing fright
fully:
"'Oh. YOU little wretch, aren't you
ashamed? Why. l never heard such
horrible. dreadful cursing since the
day ! was born"
"'Yeh.' said the wicked urchin. I bet
dere wuz lot of cussin' de day you
wuz BORN"
Evening star., 1916-11-12
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
PARIS, November 1, 1915.
a n American, arriving on the
IN Lafayette, was astonished to
~ find the streets of Paris bright
u a and crowded. Even on the
boat he had been told that the Ritz
Hotel was closed, >ehe Grand Hotel a
hospital, the theaters shut up, the
great shops running half shifts and
Paris sad and empty.
Paris is Paris" he said. and the
boulevard is the worlds kaleidoscope,
thes anne as ever.
1 fingered on the boulevard with this
American. We watched the human
river flow. 1t is the heart of Paris,
avenue of shops, hotels, cafes and trees
An endless multitude promenades. An
equal multitude sits on the sidewalk,
at thousands of little tables under the
cafe awnings.
NO exaggerated skirts wondered
the American. Look at the furs; lurs
and straw hats. What d crowd! Have
they nothing to do? What strikes me
is the mixture. Quantities OF PLAIN
family people, smart women and work
ing girls on a holiday. Look at that
trio: I'll bet they're South Americans
See those four English girls, how they
get themselves up. There's two Amer
leans who came on the boat. Hello,
jim. Some crowd. hey?"
He was struck by the number Oh
flower sellers.
.-Variegated," he said. flowers, col
ors."
And the next minute:
Did you ever see SO many women IN
black"
1t is true. There are many women
in black, yet they bring out the color
by contrast.
We counted Out of 22O girls and
women passing, SO We're in black-on a
holiday On week day afternoon,
between st. Augustin and the Made
leine. AZ out of 81 were in black. But
the soldiers are sky blue, dark blue,
golden khaki and red. striped gold and
yellow The younger set of French
troops look like corn flowers. The
Belgians look like sun flowers and the
English like rutabagas-eXcept high
English officers, who look like Whls-
tier landscapes. their faces being YER
million. purple. orange, canary and
liver-color.
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lots. In the assessment of 1874 the
Richard Bland Lee lots were still in
the name of Francis a. Dickens, and
the other property holders in the
Knippel. Zadock Williams. Thomas
Smithson. William Richards. Hall Nell
son. William H. Ward, Bank of Wash
ington. James Gill. J. Z. Kleindest.
Amelia Young and John Van Riswick.
Under the assessment of 1859 the lots
of Richard Bland Lee appear in the
name of Sebastian Bangert. or Baugert.
and the other lots holders in the
square were Thomas SmIthson, Will
liam Richards. Reuben CLARK. William
r. Riley. Margaret Brooke. ~ nry
Johnson, John Wall. John y. Kleinaest.
James Z. johnson, Andrew Mile.
Amelia Young. John II. Elvans. 6 II.
Thompson, James McCauley. Nicholas
Callan. Francis Mallard and {. II. b.
Ashton.
Richard Bland Lee was Judge of the
Orphans Court of ;he District of Co.
lumbia and he qualified as a justice of
the peace in 1873. and again in 1924.
In Ben Perley PORES Political Register
there is this scant Geographic sum-
mary: Richard Bland Lee was born in
Virginia in 1862; was elected a repre-
sentative from Virginia In the First
Congress: was reelected to the Second
and Third Congresses. serving from
March (. 1889. to March 3. 1895: died
March IL. 1921"
Richard Bland Lee and Alexandria
White of Virginia and Daniel Carroll
of Maryland. members of the First
Congress, by changing their votes cast
at first against Alexander Hamiltons
measure for funding the federal debt
and assuming the debts of the states
contracted in the revolution. no doubt
which established the seat of govern
ment on the Potomac river. II was Lee
who introduced a resolution September
,. 1888, which indicated that this was
the proper locality for a permanent
seat of government and Lee a little
later introduced another resolution in
which the Potomac country was spe-
cifically named as the most desirable and
eligible site for the capital of the
United States.
Richard Bland Lee John p Van Ness
and Tench Ringgold were the commits
sionerS appointed to superintend the re-
erection OF public buildings destroyed
by the British in Washington in 1914.
There is eNtant petition which Daniel
Carroll of Duddington. Thomas Law
and Frederick May sent to these COM
missioners which had for its purport
the erection of temporary Capitol
that building on lst' street east which
all Washingtonians learned to can '-the
old Capitol prison"
The descendants and the collateral re-
latons Of Richard Bland Lee are nu-
merous in the District of Columbia and
the ncighbor counties of MARYLAND and
virginia and the Rambler has a treas
ure of notes concerning this good and
distinguished member Of the great Lee
family OF Virginia.
On the tomb of Richard Bland Lee
in Congressional cemetery is this
epitauh
Here rHr"e" TIE remains of RIchar,i Bland Lee.
y native "f virginia. As Patriot. Father.
titshaid aud Frlrnd he beloved and adj
mired. As fhiianihrppist and Man He was
Unsurpassed for the Benevolence aud Affection
OF l'ls Heart. If he had Enemy on Earth
thar Enemy knew him not.
lie died at Washington on the 18th of
March, 1927. in the d1th Year Of his Age
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~ of the plan to establish the
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-12-01
LABOR URGES FOOD
EMBARGO TO CUT PRICES
'Starye America First. Motto ef
Profiteers," New York Dele
tion Tells Convention.

Ea'tim"r'. N"g 30 The American
Federation 90 Labor r.nvention ,leciar. q
'-'.'i w. unanifn,u- vote fDr an erlbarg
70 no.. rs p.'rtstiyn ~ wheat AMI .al,..
''f~i.tpn- until pricr- arr restored
."rfnsi 10" vote islDweI -evera
f'.s'' % -i~vci.s--. ail iavoring tl.r erns.sr
-.
iiir u''tfo "i ti. pr.,fif.rr- '' -l,sn,..i
io-riii Gamma. of Nv No,k. q OBJ
'a'c. ''-'rin- o. i.e NJ 'Ani,.Iica fif-t. l,nf
-farec Au"rira iif--tf'
1ho r''s's n'i'u - a.iaf,ie.l urvs~I sf..n
're-iient wa anil Canrr,--- .tl.
'rr--iiy "f rac'rg sn efnl.arg. mon
'ife ssf-Yrfsti.,' of aiieaf snd ,.tl,.r f,..g
III. s- Jar ~ our international Iey,l .,
t'riiy ''si,i- H'i. permit. untl pri,.- m,
ret is.i io -. furlI.
ll.r n-tgiI,n a--rrtd the Det..-f
newt ni Agriculture e-tinaie- the fara
sheai rrsp AMI The -nrpiu- from a..
i'i, -rop sre barely sufficient 10 provide
real iDr our own T~DIie for the cosning
sesr. and That u D. alleged ag~nt- ri
''reign countries have contr4rted Nth
Arnsrican gram shippers for .ss,.yD.l.
.u-iie.- of Nheat
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-12-01
Hawaiians Have a
Howard Drew
of Their Own

New York. \"v. - -i.orriu Andrew
the delegate from the Hawaiian Athl.ti.
ASs1ciat'on, whO is hs ~ To- attend th.
annual meeting oi the Amateur Athleti,
Union of the Enite,i states. stated ye-ter
day that hiS association j. prou.lnf b"a~t-
Ing pi another Howsrd H. Drew. Tie
iad whom .le refers 10 l. a hinge study H.
ei'ony HIS name J. Gilbert, and he
rnrniber OF the 18th Infantry, stationed
IN lieuoluln
Arslre~s states that Gilbert = tall
fellow with a pair "f long. strong leg.
gilbert. according u Anirews. has b..rt.
CREDITED with doing loo yards i'm 10 $50
'nd- constantly, ard on two other "cca-
~l"n- run the distance I'm - > -,,,.onds.
An irr~S ais" says that athsetics l.
booming on the islshdS. swimming ha-
more admirers and participants than any
pti~r sport. and j. MT only the mot
popular sport from the competitive view
point, bar - the me~t lucrative 6nari.l-
ally lie -ay- tiset many a. 5.uA
I"-ople attend some of the big swimming
MEETS, AMI that olienfin~s the gate. r. -
c-iPt- run over s2.WS AMI s.;.Wo.