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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-19
WANTS TROLLEY
POLES MOVED

Removal Of the centsr trolley
poles on Georgia Avenue as FAR as
the District line was demanded by
william Mex Clayton. chairman OF
the utilities committee OF the Fed
GRAFTON Of Citizens Associations, at
public hearing in the District
Building today.
Clayton told the Utilities Com.
mission that in the interest Of pub
lie safety and civic pride the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Com
pany should follow the example Of
the Capital Traction Company,
which replaced the center po4es on
Connecticut Avenue with poles
along the curb line.
The federation at first petitioned
the commission to order change
from overhead to the underground
trolley system, but the consensus of
opinion showed that this would not
be feasible at present.
BurIefth Bus
Other matters taken up at the
hearing included the request OF the.
Burleith Citizens Association for an
extention OF the bus service pro.
vided by the Washington Railway
and Electric Company from its pres
ent terminal at Tenth and e Stress
Northwest to the Union Station
plaza.
1t was pointed out by r. M. Heth,
president of the association, and ].
A. Thames. chairman of the utilities
committee. that the railway COM
pany had requested permission To
extend the service in their first
petition for an increased fare.
The Washington Railway and
Electric Company based its objec-
ton on the grounds that such an
extension would add to the length
OF the present route and would coz.
approximately $50 a day more to
operate, and asked that decision be
deferred.
Oppose HyattsviIle Line
Little opposition was registered
to a discontinuance Of the bus
service from Alabama Avenue and
Nichols Avenue to Blue Plains, but
serious objection was made by both
railway companies to granting a Pc
tition from Harry N. Hopkins for
permission to run a bus line from
Hyattsville Hills, Nd, to Tenth and
K Streets Northwest. The Wreco
indicated that it would extend its
Rhode Island Avenue service II
required.
The hearing was concluded with
the testimony of E. d. Merrill
president of the Washington Rapid
Transit Company, who asked fol-
permission to change the route OF
buses operating from the Lincoln
Memorial to upper Sixteenth Street
1t was requested that these buses
go from the Memorial to the shop
ping district.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-19
SEIZED | QIIQR
DEST R0IED


Al chorus Of Obs and What q
shame were heard in the vicinity
Of 141s Pennsylvania Ave. y. W.
early today as ! number cf men set
about destroying large quantity o.
confIscated liquor
In all, containers holding 946 gal
Ions Of nine different species were
trundIed to q rear court ana
smashed They don't even feed II Is
the fishes nowadays.
The liquor. which represented 106
separate seizures during the past
year, consisted Of $50 gallons or alco-
hol. 574 gallons Of spirits. consisting
OF gin, corn and red whiskey TT gal
Ions Of wine, gallons Of cider. rs
gallons Of beer. gallons Of extracts
and lone bottle Of champagne.
The wreclxing crew was under the
direction Of Deputy Marshals p. A.
Sackey and p. a Rock and the exs
clamatIons of grief came from those
who were carving out the execl
ton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-19
u Il titles MEN
ACCUSED

Charges that employees Of the
Public Utilities Commission are on
the payroll Of the North Ameri-
can Company. giant utility holding
company and largest stockholder
Of the local street railways. were
made today before the House DIS.
trict Committee BY Representative
Hammer, Of North Carolina.
Hammer also charged that one
District Commission ard other
employees Of the District Building.
including the employees Of the utilk
ties commission, have been specu-
lating on the stock market III
stocks of corporations owned BY
the North American Company.
Offers Proof
Hammer declared that he II ready
To prove these charges il the COM
raittee will let him call certain enl-
pIoyes OF the District Building for
examination.
His charges came during con.
sideration Of the bin authorizing
the washington Gas and Light
Company to absorb the Georgetown
NNSA5eAet
stock for expansions.
The bill was attacked vigorously
by Representative Oscar Keller, OF
Minnesota. who declared that II
was intended merely as q subter-
fuge for allowing the watering Of
stock OF the gas companies. After
more opposition developed, the bill
was laid aside by Chairman zihl-
man.
Police WOman's Bin Up
Another attempt was made at the
committee meeting today to report
out the bill enlarging, and making
permanent, the Police W0men's Blu
reau. Vigorous opposition TO the
measure was shown by a number
of committee members, with the re-
suit that the session passed before
any appreciable progress WAS made
in considering the measure. Agree
ment was reached, however, TO
hold q special meeting OF the com.
nnittee Saturday to consider the bill.
The committee favorably reported
to the House bill amending the
law relating to the procedure for
condemning land needed for streets
and highways. 1t also reported the
bill authorizing the Washington
Market Company to lay a conduit
across Twelfth Street Southwest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-19
HELLO GIRLS TIE
Up traffic

IN addition to the complaints
against the asphalt sheiks' Of F
street. criticism was heard today
of the traffic congestion caused by
the Notwithstanding to the
telephone operators. particularly Ii
front Of the exchange on Columbia
Road, between Fourteenth ana
Fifteenth Streets Northwest.
SO many complaints have been
received about the congestion caused
BY parked automobiles In front Of
the Columbia exchange that Assist.
ant Traffic Director Moller. through
Inspector Brown, today requested
the captain OF the Tenth precinct
to detail b policeman to keep the
street clear. The policeman VIII
put IN his first appearance tonight,
It was indicated.
Alexander Shapiro. manager OF
the washington Rapid Transit
Company, admitted that his drivers
and other motorists required TO use
Columbia Road were continually
complaining to him because Of de-
lays caused BY the phone girls
heaux.
Small cars, poorly lighted. park
ing abreast for half the block on
both sides of the street have
caused many near-accident8 when
the ponderous buses move down
Columbia Road, and 1t was limited
that parking on one side Of the
street may be banned.
Traffic Director M. o. EIdridge
has not as yet, asked Major Hesse
or the captain OF the First precinct
to assign a patrolman to # Street
between Ninth and Thirteenth
streets, to keep the collegiate pud-
dle.jnmpersP on the 60. He hopes
that the asphalt sheilSs'' win take
warning before such action Is re-
sorted To.
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JUST SERVED 2so-DAY
TERM, ARRESTED AGAIN

Despite the fact that he has just
finished serving ESQ days In jail
for obtaining money under false
pretenses, the lure Of easy money
was too much for j. Myers John
son, 81, according to Detective
Messer. of the First precinct, who
arrested Johnson again last night.
According to Messer, Johnson
was sent to jail for obtaining
money from colored boys by promis-
ing them jobs If they paid him a
fee. The fees were paid but the
jobs never materialized.
He finished his term on May IL
and was arrested when the detec-
tive saw Arthur Williams, colored,
16, getting a S. bill for Johnson,
who had promised him job as an
elevator starter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-19
c. |. STRIKERS
WILL MEET

with both sides standing pat, but
each indicating plainly q disposition
to settle differences as soon as 3
basis OF settlement can be reached,
the virtual strike, OF twenty-seyen
members OF the faculty Of George
town Dental school continued today,
but with classes at the school going
on, IL not as usual, at least In q
way that kept the class rooms and
lecture halls fairly well crowded
with students.
DIR. Peer b. Balm, president OF
the facul v. and one OF the twenty
seven VITO resigned, said today that
a meeting OF the faculty viii be
held tomorrow night at the dental
school auditorium, go Fl st. AZ. W.
Charles w. Lyons, president Of
Georgetown University, win present
at that time q message that = ex-
pecte4 to clear up the differences
oyer the prospective appointment
OF + new dean Of the school.
The Rev. G.. w. Summers. regent
or the medical and dental schools
OF the university, emphasized today
that none OF the designations Of
fered to Father Lyons had been
accepted, and he also stressed the
fact that DIR. William Neal Cogail,
reported slated for dean Of the
school as soon as his retirement
from the Navy becomes effective,
has not vet been appointed dean
Of the school.
The 81 members who offered their
designations do not compose the
entire faculty of the school,
Father Summers said.
According to at least two mem
bers of the faculty. who refused
to be quoted publicly, there is no
disposition on the part Of the II
members who have resigned to
cripple. the school.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-19
BURGLARS START SUMNER
WITH TEN LIGHT SUITS

Smashing the glass in the front
door, thieves early today broke into
the mems clothing store Of j. +.
Rosenthal, 93l F st. N. W., and
stole 10 suits. valued by the pro-
prietor at $3.50.
Detectives Kane and Messer, Of
the First precinct, who investigated,
said they suspected the thieves
smashed window while street car
was crossing Ninth and r Streets
Northwest, drowning the noise
The. suits consisted of mohairs,
tropical worsteds and other sum.
mer weight materials.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-19
ST. ELIZABETH's PATIENT
TO SEEK HIS FREEDOM

Justice Hoehling, Of the District
Supreme Court, today issued writ
of habeas corpus directing DR.. Will
lam A.. White. superintend Of
st. Elizabeth's Hospital, to have in
court Friday morning James B. Val
entfne, q former resident of Georgia..
now at the hospital.
Attorney George f. Curtis, who
presented the application for the
writ, told the court that Valentine
never had been adjudicated as to
his mentality and had been sent
from Walter Reed Hospital under
4 commitment from the Veterans
Bureau.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-19
PAINTERS DEATH IN FALL
IS DECLARED ACCIDENTAL

The death yesterday of Walter
p. Flagg, 40. of 1905 Talbert ST..
s. E., was held to be accidental by
sued a certificate to that effect.
Flagg fell from q ladder on which
he was standing while painting at
1850 T st. N. w. on Monday. He
died in Emergency Hospital from
a fractured skull and internal in
ternal injuries.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-19
BUG HOLLOW NOTES

Miss Bala Hay has been picking mp
. good bic Of change writing cracks
fer the Sunday papers here lately,
and celebrated Tuesday by entertain
ing at Finch. in honor of HI Jinks.
who made the home run beating
CsPapiIad at baseball last sunday.
After the F1inch, which was won by
Miss Tuttie Bobb, little lunch was
served, consisting Of bol0ny sand
witches, appIeeauce and cream. q
grand time was had by all. and HI
says he feels like he had some more
home runs in mis- system.
Doc Tick arrived home yesterday
locking fine DR.. BewelI. who has
been among our midst during Does
ab6enee. has decided to remain and
win office up over Pfllsbury's Apothe-
eariuEA.
DR.. Bewen, Miss Prucie fillsbury
and Mr.. and Mrs. IzEie Slick attended,
the movies 60 Granville Sunday last.
Miss Collie Cox gave her usual
ninsic lessons down to Crawdad te-
dny, being m0t0red over there 0y
go. : - GENE BLOSSOM.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-19
HEAT AFTER RAIN KILLS
MAN CUTTING GRASS

Excessive heat, following the
storm yesterday, caused it's first
death Of the season,
Samuel Lee Carter, colored, 43,
OF 55 M st. s. W., was cutting
grass in the front yard at 355 M
st. S. W.. when he was overcome
by the heat. He died before the
Casualty Hospital ambulance could
reach him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-19

News Briefs
TAKEN FROM TODAY,S
CLASSIFIED ADS

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Tlle above wants and offers
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-19
MrND READTNG

TAs coiOred maid 4gos sent to a
hatcher shop for meat for dinner.
when she reached the store the
name Of the meat slipped her MEM
ory. she said. Well, done for
rot dc kind of meat 4 tcds told TO
Oft, but knolo tia 81 the Lords
Prayer. =
The mind reading butcher started
80 recife the prayer and got as far
as nde1iUer as from evil Then the
maid said "D0tss &c. De lsrer is
sphat ! acdnt." II. SMITH.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-19
Women's City Club

At a meeting OF the literary Sec
lion OF the Women's city Club to-
morrow night, DIR. Charles Moore,
chairman of the Fine Arts Com
mission, will lecture on 1.-THE Farni-
~ Life OF George Washington. -
Mrs. H. L. Rust will be hostess for
the evening.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-19
Angered Profs.

FAILURE or THE Rev. Charles
w. Lyons. 8. j., president Of
Georgetown University, TO consult
the dental school teachers on ap-
pOintment Of q new dean, caused
the entire dental faculty to Re.
sign. New instructors Were ap.
pointed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-19
Radio css''

WHO WILL PLAY In the bene-
re c0nceft 81 the Jewish Com.
mnnfty Center roof garden tOnl0r-
row evening nc Sis o'clock. Gran
ilnIps saturday Nft6Fs are p
feattEte Or an interesting concert.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-19

Certainly fish enjoy good music;
In apprecIafion wag their tales.
The reason for that h simple
They're familiar with the scales.
Gold fish will break down and weeT
And you can see them shiver
when they hear us sing; shall
Re Gather at the River?
MARMALADE MIKE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-19

HE came osst all right,"
originated at the time Jonah
objected to the iUhale.s
apartments. g. Il. q.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-19
WAS SHE MISTAKENg

~ once knew = husband. =
said Mics Katie Mcphat,
eeEYho uever raised : ruSus
when his wife bought q SO hat
ale mnat have died long ngos
SAID ATfB. Isabel MeSnootss
&For al know anything about
Are different kind OF bfutes.
MAH1EALADE MIKE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-19

Uncle Zeb Says: Life may
not be all its's cracked up to
be, but the graVeyGrds are
fill of guys tOho Mould gLGd'
In exchange Nth you.
OTDONO.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-19

EdscGrd BroaUning's young
aUife may be Peaches" but
the old guy himself is hand
ing out a lot of Iovey-doUey
appIesdHce. G. II. ID.
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Hblu Pace
Rfc us.PN oFrIcE

Greetings to yoa, little check,
adore yoar epery fi00er,
But I'd Iovs you more, bV heck,
n you .eere little bigger.
adore your every letter.
4cowld meier another seek,
But I'm sure I'D Ike you better
n sac you euerv meek.
SO let's form nep third party.
All together. clear the decks.
Here's our slogan, loud and hearty:
@Were for bigger, better checks
ROY M,GREGoR.
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>~~-
1.-TWO can live ~ cheaply as one."
Said the flea to the restless dog,
card cost OF living hasn't increased
And he slipped to another cog.
STEAMBOAT STEVE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-01

Y r IS house in not q mansion
of glass but a durable |
structure of stone. built to
4 Il resist the attacks of time |
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-01

not vet old enough to vote. It's owner
salyaged it from ruin, and with the
labor of his hands and the orfgi-
nality of an amateur architect he has
recreated the house of history. 1t is
now fortified to withstand one or two
more centuries of service. VINO can
tell how long it will endure? AS long
as it's shingle roof and wooden
fixtures are maintained properly this
stone structure will survive. Only
powerful explosive, an earthquake or
a more terrific tornado than has ever
swept Washington could loosen 1t from
its secure anchorage.
When Mr. Evans purchased the
large lot upon which the stone house
stands. it's owner threw in the green
granite ruins as boot" He did not
believe that any one could repair that
abandoned structure which for many
years had been occupied only by the
west winds blast. a furry of drifting
snow or the deluge from torrent1al
rainStorm.
Mr.. Evans, however. after pains
taking examination of walls and
foundation and careful inspection of
roof, rafter and dormers, thought
otherwise. He knew that he had
tackled a tough task. He knew that
to remodel the stone ruin to his satisfac-
ton would be not an assignment of
months but a personal contract which
could be fulfilled in no less time than
three to four years.
The spice of romance and adventure
put lure into the manual job--to raise
and rescue, from historic ruins, a
picturesque and charming home.
In the dawn days of Bladensburg
communication with Englih trading
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-01

word ''tistement" appears several
times in the paper. Witnesses to the
will were w. Gunton, James Adams
and Hugh B. Sweeny.
4 \ x
I EFT no man of much schooling and
no education mock the spelling in
the will. photographic standards vary
with the seasons. There are fashions
in spelling as in pronunciation, skirts
and pants. The man who wrote that
will, or directed the writing of 1t. was
a man of uncommon wisdom and or
Judgment, which many of us lack
the judgment which succeeds in get
ting and holding on to property. He
was a man of influence in Old. Wash
ington. His influence was not got by
having himself appointed on 700 com.
mittees which can do nothing, nor by
getting his name in the newspapers
without any excuse at all.
My impression OF this strong-minded
and Industrious man is that he was
not what the world calls a philan.
thropiGt, who is sometimes a man who
gives away 100000 which he cannot
spend and with the object of getting
5000 900 In advertising. also get the
impression that Griffith Coombe was
free enough .spender toward his fam
lily and other friends, and that he
was not a tightwad. Fellows-not
brethren-there used to be prominent
citizens in Old Washington who own.
ed mortgages on other peoples prop
erty that they itched to foreclose, who
would walk 10 blocks on a hot day
rather than spend a pasteboard car
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Washington, which is also reputed
to be of rammed-earth construction.
and which was so substantial and
solid when its owner tried to wreck
it several years ago that he found
the task too difficult, and finally re-
designed the building. which will now
outwear most of the homes of modern
construction.
In the outlying northwestern area
of our National Capital there are two
commodious residences built of
Canadian spruce and cedar-throw-
backs to the days when log cabins,
spinning wheels and homespun clothes
were the principal fabrications of
colonial life.
Concrete and steel, wood and stucco,
brick and tile. artificial stone and
plaster have all been used in the up
building of Washington homes. The
architectural styles are as numerous
as the articles in a mail-order cata-
logue. Amid this multiplicity of
styles and types. there is none more
outstanding or interesting than the
revised Evans home in Bladensburg.
4 \ X
THE pluck and perseverance of the
i pioneering period which trans
formed the American wilderness laid
the foundation and the first stones of
this building of granite Similar pluck
and perseverance, as represented in
the remarkable achievements of Mr..
Evans, have revampedf the ancient
stone dwelling and adapted it to pre-
sent-day requirements. The house
begun when George Washington was
a. small boy is still habitable. Tele-
phone, electricity, hot-water heat,
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member of the Second Chamber Of the
Fourth Council. Robert Brent was
mayor, Thomas Herty register and
Washington Boyd treasurer. With
the plan of pleasing members of our
old families and misleading them to
think that the Rambles are good
reading. 1 will hand you the names of
the Council of 1906: First Chamber
John Depsie, president: Charles Mini
f1e, George Collard, William Prout.
Joseph Bromley, Alexander McCor-
mick, William Emack. John Nc
Gowan, John Gardiner, secretary. Sec
ond Chamber Samuel Hamilton,
president; John Beckley, Griffith
Coombe, Robert Cherry, Peter Miller,
Azariah Cation, Nicholas Voss, Phin-
cas- Bradley, Michael Nourse, n. 3.
Van Zandt. secretary.
Griffith Coombe did not serve again
until the Twentieth Council, in 1922,
and he was member of the Twenty
first uS23), Twenty second QS24),
Twenty-third C1825), Twenty-fourth
QS26), Twenty-eighth QSS0l, Twenty
ninth QS31), Thirty-fifth QS37) and the
Thirty-sixth QS38).
] want to jog your recollection of
old property owners in the part of
Southeast Washington where the
Coombe family lived We will take
four squares, Nos. ITO, III, SOL and
802. Square ITO is bounded by Second,
Third, M and N; No. I'll is bounded
by Second, Third, N and Georgia ave-
nue.; No. sol is bounded by Third,
Fourth, M and N, and No. S02 is
bounded by Third, Fourth, N and
Georgia avenue. Under the assess
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iaunt from the British Isles to the
colony of Virginia was perilous
trip. The sailing ship which made
four to five round trips a year was
master vessel. On the journey to
America cargo of lightweight manu-
featured articles was carried COM
monty. The load was insufficient to
ballast the ship. Hence, two to three
carloads of stone from English
quarries were dumped into the hold
of the vessel as ballast This mass of
rock enabled the ship to ride stormy
seas and to make Roadway against
rough weather which, otherwise,
would. perhaps, have wrecked the
vessel or blown it far from its course.
On the return trip from America to
England the trading ships were load
ed to the maximum with tobacco
This cargo was heavy enough, so that
no additional ballast was needed. AS
result the ships would dump the
rock ballast along the Bladensburg
River front after each trip. A great
pile of granite accumulated. 1t was
from this green granite that the pres
ent residence of Raymond Evans was
built, some time between 1880 and
1740, the exact date being unknown.
The notable marior house at Bladens-
burg was completed in 1746. The
smaller cottage of stone had been in
use for q number of years when the
manor folks took possession of their
new home.
IF you have ever visited rural Wales
orr Ireland you will be familiar
with the style of cottage which
was >the first offspring of stonema-
sonry in Bladensburg. It was built