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Evening star., 1917-10-07

Maryland shore south of Oxon run with
Alexandria
4
During the civil war the country be-
tween the AQueduct bridge and Alex
andria was virtually a military reser-
vation. There were camps on the low
lands and camps with major and minor
fortifcations linked up by rife trenches
on the highlands. At the south end Of
the Long bridge was Fort Jackson. and
half mile to the southwest was Fort
Runyon, which covered a. larger area
than any other Of the fortif1cations
around Washington. Forts Lincoln,
Thayer, Slocum and Reno were the
Thayer, Slocum and Reno were the large
forts on the north side of the Potomac,
and Ethan Allen and Fort Lyon were the
large ones on the south and west sides
Of the Potomac, but Runyon covered
more ground than any of these. 1t
bia turnpike and the road leading from
the Long bridge to Alexandra. Nearly
all of Fort Runyon and the elevated
ground 1t stood on has been made into
brick and Is now part OF the walls
of Washington. Half a mile to the
south of Fort Runyon a private lane
led west for .three-Quarters OF mile
to one of the Addison homes. which
stood on the east slope Of the ridge
south of the big brick house. still
X
portant flour, mills were on Four-M1le
run, somewhat less than mile west OF
where the railroad now crosses the run:
The name of the Addison family OF
that part of the environs OF Wasning-
ton is preserved in the name OF the
electric railroad station and the settle
ment of Addison. Half mile soutn py
a trihe west of the Addison place was
of Anthony Fraser, whose wife was
Miss Desha Lee of Montgomery county.
Md. The Fraser home stood, and stlil
stands, on the west side of the ridge
through which Long branch flows to
join its waters with Four-Mile run.
about a mile west of the Potomac: A
quarter of a mile south OF the lane
which led into the Addison place was
another lane leading from the Long
idge-Alexandria road into the Nellie
Custis lands of Abingdon, which at the
time of the outbreak of the civil war
was the property Of Alexander Hunter
Soon after the oncoming of the war 1t
was confiscated by the United States
government, Alexander Hunter being
in the Confederate service. He earned
military distinction and became gen
eral. He was son of Bushrod w.
Hunter, whose lands lay farther to the
west along the Columbia turnpike. and
he inherited Abingdon from his uncle,
Alexander Hunter, whose wife was
Elizabeth Chapman. The Hunters and
Alexanders were related and these fam
lilies were. of course. related to all the
old landholding families of Virginia
and many Of those of Maryland.
4
So
After passing the Hunter place the
road skirted Four-Mile rup, where it
was about 400 yards wide, and crossed
it at a point where 1t was very narrow.
Near this point the Long bridge-Alex-
andria road cross.d the Georgetown
Alexandria canal and there lane led
west to one of the Alexander homes
which stood on the shore of the Poto-
mac river, just south OF the mouth OF
Evening star., 1917-10-07
BY CHARLES M. PEPPER.

E1HE japanese diplomatic mission
departs. The japanese business
q This is the program that the
mikado's government appears to be fol-
lowing. 1t is a program that promises
well for the future relations, CONNER
cial and political, Of Japan and the
United States.
The diplomatic mission, headed by
Viscount Ishii, has been described as a
ceremonial one. This may or may. not
mean that too much was not to be ex-
pected from 1t in the way of definite
arrangements with the United States.
The veil of diplomacy is still drawn
over it's exact purposes. Whether it
was anticipated that a new treaty
would be negotiated which would permit
unrestricted Japanese immigration into
Evening star., 1917-10-07

Four-Mile run. The next point Of In
terest was half a mile farther along,
where a lane led across the Swami
Of buildings. That swann property was
Preston. The mansion house was taken
possession of by the Union troops di-
rectly after the opening tof the war and
was used as military hospital for
contagious diseases. At the close Of the
war the military authorities destroyed
it by FIRE. The great old house had be-
come a loathsome, deadly place.
When this house Of Preston came into
being, 1t was the home of Charles
Alexander, son Of that John alexander
who purchased the Howsen grant.
Charles Alexander built the house of
Preston Pres some time between 1870 and
house which John Alexander erected
on the Howsen grant. and which; Is be-
lieved by some to have stood on that
knoll on which now stand the princi-
pal buildings Of the agricultural ex-
pertinent farm. 80
The Rambler seems to have a shad-
owy memory that Just before building
the main barn Of the experiment farm
were taken over by the Department of
Agriculture workmen found some old
bricks that had been part of a house
long vanished on that site. 1t was
given out that these bricks probably
had belonged to the first of the Alex
ander houses. On the other hand, there
are descendants of the Alexanders who
maintain that the first house which
John Alexander built was the house Of
Preston. 1t was then log cabin
erected as a temporary shelter It
stood near the burying ground. Nearby,
In some spot long forgotten and prob
ably never to be identified. is the grave
of an Indian who played his part in the
history OF Preston. The Rambler has
seen brief manuscript written by one
Of the descendants of John Alexander.
He was informed that the lady would
be provoked by any publicity. but that
manuscript. but please rewrite it,"
The lady writes so much better than
the Rambler and the story is so good
that he feels constrained to improve
the quality of this narrative by taking
the following excerpt from that manu-
script:
Long before the days Of George Washington
and the revolution there was another grave ON
the lands of Preston not far from the present
By the whites Long Tom II is said that John
alexander, with his wife and friends and sery-
oT saop erasd uR . the wife fves
resting place while the gentlemen and servants
her voyage the lady retired to the log house to
rest. She soon fell asleep and dreamed that her
husband had = been attached IT. BY Long Tom and
from her bed and rushed to the door Or just in
the cabin. and Long Tom. with uplifted tonla-
hawk, close behind. snatching a areIock. the
colonial dame fired and Long Tom dropped Just
as he swung the tomahawk over John Alexan-
der's head.
4 -
AS the Rambler has the story, Charles
Alexander. the builder of Preston, was
very rich man. 1t is said that he
gave the square of land on which Christ
Church. Alexandria, stands and land
for road 100 feet wide from the Long
bridge to Alexandra, with the proviso
that If ever it was used for any other
purpose than an avenue it should re-
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thoritY to open, or cause to be opened,
books for receiving and entering sub
scr:ptions for raising capital stock not
exceeding $500, 900, in shares of 500
each, for the purpose Of erecting q
bridge over the Potomac river between
the new city of Washington and Alex
anders Island
That was Charles Alexander Of Pres-
ton. but he was q later Charles than
the first builder of Preston. The Alex
ander family was prominent in the
building and early support of Christ
Church. Whether the land was given
by that family, the Rambler does not
know. On nyleaf in George Wash
ington'se diary for January. 31773. is q
memorandum of the sale of pews in
alexandria Church" and these names
of pew purchasers occur: Townsend
Dade. G. Washington, Robert Adam.
Robert Alexander, Mr.. Dalton, Thomas
Fleming. COL Carlyle, William Ramsey.
Messrs. John Muir & Co. and John
West. tr.
The first Charles Preston married
Evening star., 1917-10-07

anese products as large volume as
before. This meant that Japan and
the United States sold more to each
other. since this country was able to
absorb larger quantities of Japanese
products and also was able to supply
Japan with everything that European
countries. including Germany. pre-
vicus!y had supplied. -
silk and silk manufactures. tea. porce-
lain, curios. camphor and similar prod
ucts. She also exports copper and coal.
Japan.s imports include some food
products, but the chief ones are raw
materials. such as cotton for the tex
tile Industries, machinery and mineral
oils. The raw silk crop is the great
staple export product and Is also the
basis of an important domestic in
dustry.
Japan's foreign trade in the form of
exports has nearly doubled on account
of the war. In 1918 they amounted to
632.000.0o0 yen. or approximately $316.-
1.127. 900 900 ven. aad this year it is
said they will exceed 1,2eo, 100000 yen.
The imports have shown no great in
crease In 1919 the they yoo wsse 5 .Ssoeoooo
This signifies that from having bal
ance of trade against her Japan has an
enormous balance in her favor. Be
cause of the increase In the national
wealth created by war business. she
in the future in order to develop her
More than 25 per cent of Japan's to-
tai foreign trade is now with the
United States. The balance is in favor
Of Japan. but this Is normal condi-
tion. and is no bar to a further increase
In mutual trade. The imports from the
United States last year were more than
double what they were in the. year be
Evening star., 1917-10-07

Maryland shore south Of oxon run with
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-05

gether with the promise of regular
meetings, ought to awaken interest
among them again. Prof. Bryan prom.
ised the boys that he would visit as
many boy scout troops as possible on
his trip.
That energetic soldier, Mr.. Taylor
OF Troops TX and x, writes that he is
worried for fear of their getting more
mascots than scouts. 1t seems there
were 33 scouts, officials and 3 mas
cots at the last meeting. Harry
Strange has become one of their
mascots. McClain passed his tender
foot test. Mr.. Haehnlen assigned
these scouts to the following-named
offices in the troop band:
Drummers,, Lake, Kalama, De Bolt,
Watson; bass drum, Hemminger;
drum major. Taylor; buglers, Cockett,
Martin, Moichi, Dowse, Ami.
AS several of the troops are having
no regular meetings now, it is hoped
that those who are still keeping busy
will oblige the Star-Bulletin with let
tiers from the scribes the same as
ever. Let us be loyal to our new COM
missioner, and remember that as he
is a malihini, we must help him all we
can with news and information. While
we wave aloha nui to our faithful
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-05
BEAUTY CHATS.
A Dainty Skin :
By EDNA KENT FoRBEs

A beautiful skin win do more than
any one other thing, to make a
woman beautiful. For q beautiful
skin is the barometer Of health and
well being, IL It Ii clear with soft
eoloring, It shows that digestion Is
good, that exercise. bathing, right
living, have all helped to build up
Q healthy system. No amount Of ex-
ternal treatment can overcome in
ternal neglect
OF course, many skins are too oily,
these need to be washed at least once
. day with soap and hot water, they
need occasional steaming. to remove
superhuous oils; they must not be
treated with cold cream. At least,
they must have only q greaseless
cream, II any. Other skins are dry
In texture, these need cream daily,
and care just before exposure to sun
or wind. g.. -
One Of the dafntiest things to use
upon the skin is a lotion made by
shaking together equal parts OF
Elycerine and rose water. The
glycerine softens the skin, prevents
It drying or chapping, helps to pre-
vent freckles, makes the skin feel
wonderfully soft. The rose water 10
simply q fragrant medium used to
dilute the glycerine. The skin feels
delightfully."- dainty after It 10 rubbed
with this mixture.
Keen the skin clean, keep the di.
gestion rfght-and forget your COM
plexion. More harm II done BY over
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-05
GOLD FRITZ" IN heaven
PLEASED, SAYS KAISER

AMSTERDAM, Holland, June 90
On June 81 Emperor William, in re
viewing troops on the western front
made a speech in which, according to
q Berlin telegram today, he said:
l express to the troops gathered
here my fullest appreciation of
their conduct and my firm conf
dence that they as hitherto, when
ever they may be employed, will,
trusting in God, do their duty and
succeed in gaining the peace for
the fatherland which we need for
its further development.
: In conclusion the Emperor Is quot
ed as saying:
am especially delighted to be
able once more to congratulate
the we'll tried dragon regiment
Of Bayreuth Of Hohenfriedeberg
fame.
The regiment fulfilled the ex-
pectations Of its supreme war
lord and accomplished deeds
which will please "old Fritz" up
there in the Elysian Fields. We
shall not let loose our hold UHtl
a happy peace Is gained.
(By "old Fritz" the Kaiser referred
10 Frederick the Great.)
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Just Talks With Scouts
cnndI,cted Bv Nah ell Putnam Gibson

Well, we had a fine party yester-
day, didn't we, Scouts? From the gov
ernor down TO the babies, everybody
appeared on good terms with the
grand old flag, as the AID Club mem
bers couldn't siEg without holding the
stars and stripes. and Mr. Andrus
couldn't beat time without using a
flag as a baton. Us that 0. K,
Daughters Of the American Revolt
tionD
When the Star Spangled Banner
was being sung, visiting naval Of
ficer lifted the hat off the head OF 6
foreigner and handed it to him, with
a repriInanG. The MAJ continued to
hold It till tie end of the song.
Never did the sun shine more
brightly nor the red, white and blue
wave more cheertul.y than yesterday.
The bardstand was particularly gay,
while the speakers OK the day were
never more in earnest. When the
governor addressed the scouts, he
meant every word that he said, and
he meant It hard; when ne calico
from the platform for the two eagle
scouts to como and receive the
badges, It must have been with a
thrill that these two worthy boys
stepped forward. We AZ knew months
ago, % course, that Alatan Wilder had
plenty OF merit badges, and for some
weeks back that Edward sylvia. de-
sorTsd his eagle badge. Now Edward
has "a merit badges, 70 Alatau's %.
These arc prstty good records, a-ent
they?
Whan Mr.. Huber said that a com.
munIty could not be governed we'll
unless the individual citizen held good
thoughts, he repeated In thought the
idea that Governor Pinkham had ex-
pressed nioud, when he called atten-
tioa to the high ideal Of the scout.
And while Mr.. Huber talked, and the
listening crowd every now and then
clappei, o group Of Japanese boys
stood wonderfully still, flags in hand;
and Corpora Pennington's scouts
from Troop VII passed trays Of cool
water among the thirsty crowd.
After awhile our new commissioner,
an arrow, gave the order for the
scouts to rest, and they all dropped on
the ground to relax. A BIT later some
Of the japanese hddies did the same,
on orders from their teachers.
Throughout all OF this, Mr.. Bonnie
ground away on his machine, when
ever there appeared anything worth
while to catch, and then the Star-Bul.
ietfn photographer snapped the scouts
hi group. Altogether It was some
What like . great big picnic, with
teter Kalani's musicians blowing
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According to Scribe Randall. the
scouts are feeling better, because Of
good prospects regarding permanent
scoutmaster. Their meeting was call
ed to order by Alatau Wilder, who
kindly went down to do a good turn;
then they were given their first aid
drill and some gymnastics by Mr..
Pennington. There were onH II
scouts present, but we hope that a
better number will turn out this week,
for Mr.. Wilder's announcement, to-
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esting to all Honolulu scouts:
He joined the troop on September
10. 1914; became q tenderfoot three
months later; second class scout In
five months more; then first class on
Sept 80, 1916, Star and Life on May
is, 1917, and Eagle on May 10, 1917.
Following are the names OF merit
badges that he holds:
Personal health. public health, first
hid to animals, athletics, first aid,
craftsmanship, carpentry, swimming,
flfemanship, safety first, handicraft,
cooking, pathfinding, camping, bird
study, machinery, ciVics, dairying, ma.
sourg, poultry keeping, pioneering,
life saving, painting, cycling.
Do you know that there are one
hundred clerks and officials employ.
ed at New York headquarters?
Somebody discovered Troop VIII In
q body the other night, just about to
eat up all tie ice-cream in a certain
shop. We found out that Prof. Bryan,
on the eve Of his departure for the
mainland, had q homesick feeling for
the little, fellows OF Troop VIM, and
this was to be his treat. 1t tasted ex.
ira good, being dessert to- some
dandy drilling that the new scout.
master-Cpl. Pennington-gave them.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-05

that is Absolutely harmless that I
know Of. This Is made from or
binary ingredients. u. -.
Constant Reader Once nfts get
into the hair even shampooing win
not rid you Of their eggs Go to the
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away under the friendly tres. Only Il
vas q serious picnic. and did not eat,
hut sang.
The beautiful silk flag belonging to
the Ad Club was held throughout the
ceremonies by the flag-bearer from
Troop II. accompanied BY q few other
scouts. among them being the bugler
from the Queens Own. Somehow the
gold eagle tipping the staff Of this
flag gave the wink to his bearers,
that be might be paraded in the sun.
shine. for there he sparkled away to
inspire the crowd with love Of liberty,
even while the grumbling OF cannon
was no doubt filling the ears OF peo-
pie on the other side of the world. !
And this makes US think that when,
at last after the ~Star Spangied Ban.
ner'' had been sung and three cheers
for the flag had been shouted, and
Gen. Johnson,s order for the first gun
TO be fired had been given. q sicken.
Ing feeling ran through some Of us;
for although we wanted the salute Of
as guns, the reminder of war was
stronger than ever before.
When 3 scoutmaster takes tho plaee
Of somebody In his troop and turns
gardener on q holiday, It shows not
only Sinking on some young scouts
part. but q very, very kindly spirit In
the scoufInaster
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commissioner, Hayward, wishing him
a good rest and plenty of fun on his
vacation, we place a lei around the
neck Of our new leader and say to him
aloha" also.
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Never let the skin become harsh Or
coarse IN texture. i
best doctor or druggist In town ana
get a regular cure from him. Most
Of these are In powder form to be
mixed with water and the paste al
lowed to dry all night, while the.
head IL tied up. The hair Is sham
pooed the day following.
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All passengers on steamships IeaF-
ing American ports win be searched to
see that every person within the mill
tary age has his blue card The law
il being vigorously pushed.
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WITH OUR VISITORS

w. w. Wilson, a guest at the Young
Hotel, is registered from Milton, Pa.
Mrs. L. A. Beck and Mrs. NJ. A.
Teefy arrived recently from Berkeley,
Cal, to spend a,short vacation.
l.. Among the San Francisco residents
visiting in Honolulu is Miss Janet
Young, who is at the Young Hotel.
New York City is represented, at
the Young Hotel this week by Mrs. c.
Atherton Adams, who arrived on the
Wilhelmina.
Capt. Peter johnson of the Maui is
with Mrs. Johnson and their family at
the Young Hotel during the Maufs
stay in port.
DR.. C. Golding and DR.. ]. A. Ed
monds, the anthrax investigators, who
arrived on the Maui, are registered at
the Young Hotel.
Commercial men who recently ar
rived in Honolulu include John T.
Marshall, representing a San Francis
co drug company, ana J. r. HOFFMAN,
representing a carpet concern of the
same place.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Marquardt, their
daughter, Miss Marjorie M. Mar
quardt, and her friend, Miss Jessie B.
johnson, all of st. Louis, Mo, make
up a party arriving in the Maui that
is delighted with the islands. The
visitors are at the Young Hotel.
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The British Admiralty denied the
sinking of British torpedo boat OF
the L class by the Garmans on June
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The above note reminds US that we
neglected to publish the name Of Ed
gar X. Cook last month, as being one
of the winners Of prizes in the con-
test arranged by Boys Life.
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Regarding Eddie Sylva's splendid
record in Troop Xxx, here are some
data which will no doubt prove inter
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A Russian base on an island in the
Bay of Riga was destroyed by Ger:
man air raid.
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Doesn't Carl Mortensen's name look
good on page 81 of Boys Life for this
month? You know what it's for, of
course-eagle scout, which we have
published before.
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80 tnt1t>I0 p l-1|I'-IL. N'I<t ID '|.|
Be q fair but empty Phrase i must BE- given
structure OF force and alfty.-President vii.
SON. ~~
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Scoutmaster Hutton took an all
night snooze in one of the tents down
at the garden" a night or two ago,
and he likes to tell how he awoke
and peeked out at a. m. to discover
three of his faithful ones at work hoe
ing beans. Now that's real scouting,
isn't It?
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Anyway, that's what happened yes.
terday, after the ceremonies were
over. 70 he sure, most of the boys
In Troop / are already scattered, one
being on Kauai. one or two hard at
work, one gone to the coast, and two
jast leaving for Hitchcock Military
Academy. But from now on, each
day will see a certain scout from
Troop 1 busy with the hose, watering
beans.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-18
The SCAT souadron.R

Great Britain was the first naval
power to build the battle-cruiser. Close
On her heels came Germany, Russia
and Japan; but all others, including
the United States, have no battle
cruisers In their line Of battle. 1t was
In 1907 when the IndUmitable, the first
one. was begun. One year later she
crossed the Atlantic at speed of n
little more than 25 miles an hour. The
Inflexible and Invinclble followed, and,
when the European war came, Great
Britain had a squadron that proved
Of immense worth to her. In the Jut-
land battle, however, three of the Brit
ish battle cruisers were sunk, shells
penetrating their armor and explOd-
ing their magazines or boilers. The
armOr Of a superdreadnaught would
most probably have proved too strong
for the shells that destroyed these bat
tie cruisers. The famous "Cat Squad
rOn," so called because 1t included the
Lion and Tiger, is today the last word
In the battle cruiser; but In q few
years the American battle cruisers
that are now being built will far out
strip the 'cats" In every feature
Frank e. Evans, in st. Nicholas Maga-
zine.