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Killed by Falling Rifle.

SCRANTON. Pa, Sept. S.--Lyn-
don Knorr. twelve years old, OF In.
dian Orchard. Wayne county. ran
into the summer kitchen of his home
today and SO Jared partition that
a rifle fell from the wall, discharged
and sent a bullet through the boys
heart, killing him instantly. -.
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those DANES are dolled up like
q plush pony, they amt ever salts.
Ded. II their guy gives 'em . six
carat diamond and some other
DANES sweet daddy gives her .
seven-carat one, they're al broke
up about Il.
Nine times outta ten they arc
consumed with envy and once
that green-eyed plague gets you
It's tough on happiness.
Danes have been dragged mp
from farms to fame, from alleys
to palaces, but mighty few OF 'em
finished big.
Plain comfort and contentmcnt
that lasts.
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.SE|NNACHER IN
! SUIT AGAINST
GRIFFIN STAR
Declares He Developed Jaequs.
line Logan and She Did
Not Pay Him. Il.
BY GUY PRICE.

tcopyriEht, 1922: by Cosmopolitan News
Los ANGELES, Cal, Sept. s.
Just how much is It worth tn rpake
a film star. The local courts will
decide the question In the suit Of
b Al Semnacher against Jacqueline
Logan. Semnacher, who figured in
the Arbuckle case, asserts Miss Lo-
gan promised to pay him certain
salary and percentage during the
time she was climbing the screen
ladder and didn't. Miss Logan will
tell her side Of 1t in court.
Walter HERS refutes the state
ment that nobody loves a fat man."
Walter Is home from brief vacation
in Syracuse, N. Y, which he do
voted solely to proposing to q young
miss Of that city, Miss Ada MacWiI.
liar1s. " He was accepted-and wed:
ding bells will ring in the autumn.
See where some gent has invented
q motion picture camera which will
teke in more scenery. The lens Is
made SO that a greater panorama is
CduBuL Oii INC HcSdtiNc' VI SOuIoc,
we expect 1t will be denied but the
inventor. In giving his mite to science
figured on the entry Of Trixie
Friganza in the film field. q
James Young, the director, defends
temperament in the movies. Yis said
James has plenty of II himself. Ask
any Of his three former wives, or all
Of them.
II you care a whoop about 1t, Owen
Moore is giving all his spare time,
We are informed to- the study of
physics In an effort to master the
principle Of gyroscopics..
Douglas Fairbanks had a birthday
and Mary presented him a cocktail
mixer. Now II she had only pre-
sented him Without why whet your,
thirst, too?
Since Bull Montana came home
from that dear old Italy, where he
mingled with royalty, not to mention
the roughnecks, he has displayed so
much savoir faire that his intimate
friends are noticeably alarmed.
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built q magnificent mansion on
the land which IL now bounded
by New Jersey avenue and Sec
ond street and D and e streets
southeast. He called II "Dud-
dington Manor" and here he
lived In regal splendor, One spec
ulator offered him half million
for his property. He only laughed
and made his price five million.
The hamlet Of Carrollburg, which
his father had founded and the
broad fields which he had sue
cessfully cultivated, were turned
into city lots and held by young
Carroll at prohibitive prices. E
VICTIM OF A GANG. ....
Carroll began to speculats In
land in other sections of the city.
He assumed heavy financial obli-
cations, became a victim Of a gang
Of land sharpers and was defrauded
Of many thousands Of dollars.
The high prices of his lots on
Capitol Hill kept purchasers away.
Those who wanted land for bust.
ness or residence purposes could
buy II much cheaper In the north.
west. and they chose to settle
there. This is doubtless the rea-
son why the northwest section Of
the city became the business cen
ter Of Washington, for few could
afford to buy from Carroll. His
taxes and the interests on his
notes finally became a burden that
he could not carry. He was COM
PEELED to transfer "Duddington
Manor" to a relative In order 10
retain q roof over his head, and
bis vast p6ssessions passed into
other hands. The old.timer In
Washington can stili remsn,ber
"Duddington Manor" that gloomy
looking mansion that oncs ptood
directly in the rear OF Providence
Hospital. :
Suffers Tavern In oeorsstown
was the headquarters for the
wealthy planters In those days.
and II was TO Suffers that usorge
washington would come from his
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Hill the "Tiber River" Another
paper tells us Of q Robert Troop,
who presided over q plantation
which comprised all of that land
which is now Southeast Washing.
ton. Troop called his plantation
Scotland Yard" In 1851 William
Lang settled on the land that now
constitutes the Northwestern Sec
ton Of the city. Not to be out
done by Pope and Troop. he paint
ed q sign and stuck It UP about
three miles from his front door
informing the world that here was
the Widows Mite"
Not much Ia known Of these
, early settlers beyond their names
and the dates Of their settlement
here. 70 can be surmised. how
ever. from paragraph here and
there in old papers that they and
their descendants grew wealthy on
this land down through the follow
ing hundred years.
We are next introduced to Jacob
Funk, a German farmer with
vivid imagination. Funk dreamed
Of founding beautiful city on the
banks Of the Potomac. He owned
Q tract of land near the present
Twenty-sixth and c streets north
west. FILLED with the ambition to
make his dream a reality. he lured
a few retired sailors and farmers to
u his possessions, threw up a few
shacks and established the village
Of Funkstown. The name was
later changed to Hamburg.
HAMBURG WAS DESERTED.
Many unsuccessful efforts were
made to lure early settlers there.
but Hamburg soon became deserted.
Charles Carroll, the father Of
Daniel Carroll. followed Funk in
the real estate business. He
founded q little hamlet at what
was later known as "Greenieafs
Point" Laying out q hundred.
and sixty acres Of land on the
Eastern branch Of the Potomac
river, he divided them into city
lots and then sat down to wait for
the rush. Three or four families
did locate there, but like Hamburg.
the village of Carrollburg proved
q dismal failure.
On January "a, 1871, six months
after Congress had passed an act
locating the seat Of the Govern
ment here, George Washington
issued a proclamation defining the
territory he had selected. BY his
request Congress later amended
the act to include section, Of the
country below Alexandris. The
land selected was about 100 miles
square and Included one county
IN Maryland and ono In Virginia
Gen. Thomas johnson. the Hon.
Daniel Carroll and DR.. David
Stuart. were appointed . commits
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county and began to plunge wildly
In land speculation. Ambitious to
become q multimillionaire. and
having unbounded faith In the
future Of the city. he exhausted
his great fortune in unluclSy in
,vestments. He became involved
In many lawsuits and was stripped
of all of his possessions. The
death of his wife was more than
he could bear and he returned to
Scotland where he soon died,
broken-hearted man.
Davidson kept his little store
in Georgetown and personally
waited on his customers after he
became wealthy. His land ranged
over the northwestern part Of the
city and included the present site
of Lafayette Park. II was only
after a bitter contest that he
turned this parcel OF Land over
to the commission for a park
site. He realized that land 'front.'
ing the White House would be-
come very valuable and with
Scotch thrift he waited to. turn
It into city lots. He died in 1910
and his heirs traded all his vast
holdings for land in another sec
ton that proved worthless.
CARROLL A LAND BARON.
The most prominent Of all the
land barons was Daniel Carroll,
He fully expected to gather in
many millions in land speculation
and he died almost q pauper.
Carroll was member Of Con-
gress and had labored long and
earnestly to have the seat Of the
Government established here. His
lands were in the southeast sec
ton OF the city and II was
through his great influence that
the Capitol was built on a hill
which he owned.
His prospects were brilliant. He
was young and dominant figure
In the social and political life Of
the city. He had plenty Of money
when the city was born. hut ne
longod for more milIions. He
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Still visiting with Burns,
we can gaze to the east and
see q drab-looking building Of
white sandstone that looks more
like q dingy county Jail than
an edifice dedicated to the
making Of the country's laws.
A little stage coach plows
its way through the mud and
we can hear the loud walls Of
despair and disgust that 60 up
from those early august law
makers, as it comes to a stop
in front Of the Capitol Build
ing. ~.
CITY LAUGHED AT. -
washington. as a city. was al
most laughed out Of existence a
few days after 1t was born. The.
few papers published in the United
States devoted columns to ridicul-
ing It. Visitors here gave one
look AROUND and then began fight
ing with the driver Of the stage
coach for putting them off at the
wrong place. Strangers from
England threw up their hands. and
after chatting with the bartender
In the nearest alehouse, returned
home to make fortune by writ
ing witty articles about Wash
ington for Punch. In spite Of all
this. Washington struggled along
and managed to grow until tJday
Il stands without q rival as great
and beautiful city.
Capt. John Smith was the first
white man to sail up the ''Pata-
womeke" river, and In 1910 he
partially explored the country
that In now the District Of Co
inmbia. Henry Fleet. an English
trader. came fifteen years later.
He, traded extensively with the In
dians then living in this part Of
the country, and wrote glowing
letters to friends back home. tell.
ing them Of q beautiful place OF
sunshine and flowers, a land Of
eternal youth and happiness. A
-,ar-like red man tried to puncture
rIenry with an arrow one after
noon and he quickly changed his
mind and hurried back home.
DEPARTED THESE SHORES.
Forty years after he departed
from these shores. a sturdy little
ssnd OF people from Scotland and
ireland formed the first white
settlement that was ever made In
what IL now the District OF Colum-
AIa. Several documents relating
10 these settlers are still available
and they make very interesting
reading. One dated June s. 1853.
tails us Of Francis Pope, who
owned and occupied h big trect Of
land on Capitol Hnl. He called
this tract the Roof OF Rome" and
named q small stream that flowed
a the Western base Of Capitol
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"Hard Times" Plaint
of London Doctors

LONDON. Juno 24.--London doc
tors are complaining az loudly. AZ
their professional dignity win per
nit Of hard times.
They complain that fewer people
seek medical advice nowadays than
ever before, and that they complain
more loudly Of the tees charged by
specialists.
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Blackish Diamond
Has Emerald Hue

JOHANNESBURG, June st.---A
biaokish diamond Of I'VE and one
half carats was recently found IN
the Bieemhaf district. which. ON
cutting. proved 10 be almost smer.
aid IN celor.
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Duddington Manor House,
which was the home Of DAN
lei Carroll. It stood In the
block bounded by Second
street, Ne,S Jersey avenue,
e and @ streets southeast.
After Carroll died the house
was believed haunted.
plantation In Virginia to confer
with the land owners and plan the
laying out Of Washington. II was
In Suffers that Burns, the fiery
Scotchman. drained his glass Of
whiskey. and. dashing II to the
floor, insulted Washington by say.
ing: "1 suppose. Mr.. Washington.
that you think people are going to
take every grist from you as pure
grain; but what would you have
been II you had not married the
rich widow, Custis?" History does
not record how Washington re-
ceived the insult, but he never
spoke TO the scotchman again. 1'"'
WORKED IN SUFFERS TAVERN
TT was in Suffers tavern where
Pierre Charles L'Enfant drew the
first plans OF the city Of Washing
ington. In the division Of maps
In the Congressional Library is
q torn and dingy-looking paper,
yellow with age. This map II
the original one drawn by L'En-
FAINT. This plan was never pub
lished by the Government be-
cause II was in L'Efant's pos
session until his death. 1sS
The agreement between the
Government and the land ba-
rons was finally signed on April
IL. 1871. BY the terms Of con.
tract the land owners were to
get no money for the land that
was made into streets. but for
all lands upon which public build
ings were to be erected. they
were to be paid at the rate Of
S6e.es per acre. Thomas Beall
and John Mackall CAN'T were
named as trustees by the Presi.
dent. and all the lands were con.
veyed to them. On April 15.
1871, the commission laid the
first boundary stone Of the Dis
trict at Jones Point" in vh-
ginia. The Masonic Lodge Of
Alexandria conducted the cere-
monies and the District was
formally named the Territory OF
Columbia"
LENFANT IN CONFLICT.
L'Enfant, the brilliant young
Frenchman lorded It over the
President. Congress and the Com.
mission. 1t was not long before
his overbearing ways, brought
him into conflict with the high
or authorities and the President
dismissed him on March /. 1854,
and appointed Elliott to finish
the plans and surveying the city.
After his dismissal. L'Enfant So
ciuded himself In the manor
houses of the Digs family In
Maryland. He died on the Chcliuin
Castle estate of Dudley Dikges,
near Bladensburs. January 4,
1894. The last resting place ,of
the young engineer was MARRIED
eniy By a tall cedar tree.
In nnfol,ar Ilnn fha louarn-
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ground where David Burns
died within sight Of the
Van Ness mansion, built
and occupied by his daugh-
ter, Marcia Van Ness. Both
were located where the Pan
American Building now
stands.
sion. to run the lines, survey and
lay out the new territory.
When the plans for establishing
the seat Of the Government here.
were being put into execution.
about twenty-four men owned the
land now constituting Washing
ton City. With the exception Of
David Burns. Daniel Carroll, Not
ley Young, George Walker and
Samuel Davidson, nothing 10
known Of these early land barons.
Even their names have grown
faint with the passage Of time.
From all accounts, they were q
selfish lot and the records Of the
negotiations would indicate that
every concession they made to the
public good. came after long and
bitter arguments, and much bick-
ering and contention. Before the
coming Of the Government, the
lands could have been bought for
a song. With the advent Of the
Government. the men caught the
fever for wealth and for months
there were brawls and contentious
that even the presence Of George
Washington could not avert.
BURNS A sCOTCHMAN. ~ .
David Burns was a scotchman
and he bitterly opposed the coming
Of the government here. He
fought the authorities bitterly and
his little shanty on the banks Of
the river was the scene Of many
indignation meetings when Burns
and his cronies got together and
downed Congress and plentiful
supplies Of Scotch.
When his lands were finally
cut up into city lots. he became
very wealthy. but money made no
difference in his mode OF living
and although his daughter. Mar
cia. who afterwards married Gen.
John H. Van Ness. a member Of
Congress, built q beautiful man
sion within q stones throw Of the
cabin. old man Burns stuck to his
shanty and lived there until his
death.
Marcia inherited all of his vast
wealth and devoted much Of 1t to
charity. She founded the Wash.
ington City Orphan Asylum in
1915 and that Institution has been
successfully conducted to the pres
ent day. She died in 1882 beloved
and respected by all.
Motley Young was a retired
English sea captain, His land
comprised much of the river front
below the Long Bridge and ex-
tended to the center OF the city.
He built q magnificent home In
the southwest section of the city
and lived q life Of case and COM
fort. being one OF the prominent
figures In all Of the big social do
ings of that time. George Walker
and Samuel Davidson wcre Scotch.
men. Walkers farm consisted OF
900 acres In the northeast section
Of the city. He married the
daughter Of Daniel Crawford.
4
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FOUNDERS RIDICULED
FOR CHOOSING SITE
NOW WORLD MECCA
Writers and Travellers OF Early Days, Who
Scorned Swampland and Wilderness 0yerrun
Y With Weeds, Would Marvel at Development
That Has Made City Famous.

ITURRY. hurry. harry here-step right up ladies and
N gentlemencone closer and observe the Wonders of
another dayi
Come look through the magic mirror at the terrors
Of 0nother time a0hen Washington ss0d,nplond
Uhen goats and shoats ate buckwheat on the Capitol
grounds, when gigs and pigs roc'ed the Vags streets
t0hen vsitors batted for coaches leaving toan.
Surrounded By your current comforts, convcniences
yon take casually beauty that goes begging, improve
naets that yon give thoughtyou tnk 1t all here
forever past.
Come. pause page and lear, sohat you Just
missed By 100 years Step up to the lens that
telescopes the bygone century and tears the time
betsoeen.
Hurry, hurry. hurry here-come gaze at history.
The performance takes you through the labyrinth of
schdt has gone before. YoS uu marvel at the AWful
Age, the clmsiness of early csstom the bgng of the
brave beginning. The mighty sontrust aoiu make you
think your present city truly greaS! 81.
Step up admission free-the shoao is Just beginning
Boom, Boom, Boom! -. ~ .sa .r,..
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WASHINGTON CITY BEAUTIFUL, BUILT ON SWAMPLAND,
WAS JOKE OF ACE WHEN FIRST MADE GOVERNMENT


b ma
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BY HARRY sHREvE.

VTI HAT contrast to the Washington of 130 years
w ago! Pennsylvania avenue, now considered the
finest thoroughfare in the world, then
mudhole and the favorte stamping grounds of countless
goats and pigs accustomed to dispute the right of
with the Of the two streets Washington
boasted of at that period. ~. ~. .-sse. . . .~
Let mentally bridge the time between 1922 and
1871 and visit with David Burns the fighting Scotch
man. in his little shanty the banks of the Potomac.
Standing there in the doorway, look up toward
the spot where the White House stands, and see
dozen unsgy onestored shacks surrounded by swamps
and half hidden in wilderness of undergrowth and
bushes Magnificent buildings the homes of the wealthy
occupy the swamplands Of those days; and where
Burns sat before his cabin door with his bottle of
Scotch there green lawns marble buildings and
nrohibtion ..s H% -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-26

A Number of Handsome
II Dresses for Young Women
Are Reduced
MOT many, less than hundred in all, but every
represents and exclusive fashion and there is
scarcely duplicate among them.
There lovely dinner and theatre dresses afternoon
street froks in Canton de chine
Georgette and other silks All elaboraey
braided hand embroidered and in the wocoor
styles
The color range wde from navy blue black many
the novel shades of the and also white Sizes
And, best of all, the prices only $35 to $s5.
DO
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-26

Have a Chair?

. y HH
Antiques can supply almost
any quaint and interesting kind.
The little fush-seat chair that
locks so well tucked into an odd
corner Is here in quantities. +
II There are entire sets Of six
old rush-seat chairs, or sets Of
four, or pairs, or many interest
ing single chairs. The ladder
backs are high or low, and gen.
orally painted or stenciled.
Old Windsor chairs have a spe-
cial interest, because it Is said the
first American ones were made in
Philadelphia. Legend says George
I first saw one in an humble cot
tage at Windsor, and at once or
dered some for himself. Hence
the name. In cottage or palace,
they are equally at home.
Antiques shows some interest
ing old Windsor chairs of vari-
Gus types, some made about ITO
or 1880, but. most more recent.
Fine old Chippendale and
Sheraton chairs, quaint hanback,
chairs, old Dutch chairs, old Bos-
ton rockers, plank-seat chairs, old
Lebanon chairs, and old oak Lam
csshire chairs are among the
many attractive types used in fur
nishing the Antique Rooms.
All are for sale at reasonable
prices.
(Fifth Tloor)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-26

Linen Breakfast Sets From
Czech0- SlOUakia, Novel and Excellent
Sets that introduce charming of color into breakfast
napery
IN each set is one tabecoh and half a dozen napkins
A stinctye
s"s oue hemstchd and
and striking idea IN an elaborate alover floral
Priced $l2. SINH in
a the same price
but light blue color and
for the al
and six matching napkins
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-26
Tub Silk Broadcloth
a Boon to
WOmankind

IT enables her to have the most
cnarmlng summer silk frocks i'm
sGlnable, that will go into the
suD without harm, and do up as
rSss;iisectly as linen handker-
~ plain white it is refreshingly
'oyl' Priced SO a yard.
~ the lovely solid colors it is
dMgn'y successful. Lark tan,
Eye MY, gray, canary yellow, dainty
th' blue or orchid and prac-
s"ai navy: Priced $3.50 a yard.
Al 80 inches wide.
tFisst Flosr) ~.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-26
Certainly She Wears
Gloves
But Cool Ones

And coolest of all are silk
so light on the hand one doesn't
feel them, and yet a protection
from dust, and a necessity to
correct dressing.
To be satisfactory, silk gloves
must be thoroughly well-made, Of
the good silk that is strong vet
elastic.
Nothing better will be found
than fine Wanamaker silk gloves.
Eight-button from $1.35 up: 12-
button from Sl.65 up; 16-button
from 50 up.
The perfection of silk-ploye
making, fitting exquisitely, wear
ing we'll, and giving entire salts
faction. Black, white and fash
ionable colors.
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-26
Fine Negligees

Ever so many graceful and eX-
quisite colored things may be
found in the French Room just
now, beginning with simple slip
overs Of crepe meteor priced at
SIP, and ending with garments
that are nothing short Of en-
chanting at $95.
(Third Floor
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-26
Light and Comfortable Outing Hats
of Felt Are ONLY ST.

Either man a woman-a boy girl for that matter
them.
Easy little hats that becoming COOL
but smart be the picnic the sailing
With round crown and roll brim
they roll up into little bundle that easily will pocket
Beside black white and there fifteen gay sports
colors to choose from. o. f
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-26
New Hip-Length
BlouseS Come in
White Silk

B And many women are asking
for them to 60 with white silk
srorts skirts, thus making a
charming costume at a slight
cost. .r .f.
Although all the many styles
are in white crepe de chine, there
Is great variety in the way they
are cut and the trimming. For
example, some have rows of silk
iagoting, either with or with
out tucks, others are beaded in
white beads or hand embroidered
and still others have added real
lace.
/. All are new and extremely
pretty and are priced from 1915
to $1S.75.
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