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Evening star., 1927-05-15

v you may read in this rdmble ex
" tracts from The Evening Star
Y of 1869, picked by the Rambler
in his quest for facts of Can
terbury Music Hall - facts
given you already. He thinks these
things may jog the memory of old
men and give hints TO young men on
Washinston's history. You will have
Your opinion of this. You will read
the extracts il they interest you. IT
YOU yawn. you will turn TO another
part of the paper.
In The Star January ], 1869, was
this:
"W. ". Corcoran, in an interesting
letter to the Georgetown Courier, re-
fers to Col. kurtz's "reminiscences OF
the War of 1872, and says. relative to
the Georgetown Artillery Company
"'There are two names omitted and
those are of world wide fame-George
Peabody, now of London, and Francis
Scott Key, author of The Star Span
Eled Banner" The former is the
great phianthropist of the age. Mr..
PEABODY was the rammer and sponger
Of gun No. |. ] have often heard him
speak of tho fight with the British
frgates OF the Potomac, when his
company was acting under the COM
ruand OF either Commodore Perry or
Commodore Morris. Mr.. Peabody, in
one of his visits TO his native country,
obtained . land warrant for 100 acres
for his services in the war with the
intention Of having it framed as a
men1ento.
Lieut.. now Judge, Morsel, was
the intimate friend of the late Chief
Justice Tanev. with whom he started
in life more than 20 years ago in Cal
1-ert tonntN Md and the venerable
lieutenant IS still hale and hearty 1T
the age uf - The survivors of this
large company number at this date
eight unly~-James :. Morsell. John j.
Clarke. James Dunlop. Robert +. Dun
IoD, John Dickson, George r. Gather,
John Marbury and George Peabody
The Courier adds: We regret to
learn that since the above was written
the venerable Judge Morsell has been
stricken with paralysis
The New Town of Rosslynn.-The
Alexandria Canal & Bridge Co.. which
recently purchased the estate opposite
Georgetown known as Rosslynn have
lust laid out a town there for the pur-
pose OF making il q thriving place, in
view of the important railroad and
other interests to he centered there.
The new travel bridge over the AQue-
duct has Just been finished, and it is
contemplated 80 make that structure
the main railroad connection between
the North and South. while a turn
nike road 10 Falls Church, railroad to
Alexandria and branch OF the Lou
ioun & Hampshire Railroad are
among the enterprises soon to be
initiated. 1t is also their intention TO
have the street cars from Washington
tfVR SeTcss the AGueduct TO Rosscnn
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From Messrs. kilbourne & Latta, real
estate brokers, Seventh and r streets,
we have received a map of the new
town."
Woman's rights meetings were fire.
quent in Washington In 1859. Here Is
one account: "A meeting of the Uni
versal Franchise Association was held
last night at Union League Hall. j.
II. Crane presided and the following
made brief addresses: Judge Brown OF
Mississippi, in the negative; Judge
Blood Rev Mr.. Dennison. Mrs. Jo-
saphine Griffing, J. II. Crossman. A
Myatt of Vicksburg and Mr.. Stebbins
Of Fredericksburg. in the affirmative
A petition will be circulated for names
TO be presented to Congress asking the
passage of a law to carry out the OBJ
iects of the association" A few Gays
later the National Womans Suffrage
Convention met at Washington.
COLD water had not been thrown
~ on New Year receptions in 1853
take what follows from The Star:
"T;x. Mayor Wallach and lady, assisted
bv Mrs. Marshal Brown, received at
their residence, at / street ana
New Jersey avenue. J. I. w. McGreW.
chief clerk Of the Sixth Auditors of'
hce kept open house at his residence,
Sixth and l. streets. Hon. John WI
son. third auditor, entertained at MS
residence. corner of | ana EieNenth.
The residence Of Gen. n. NJ. WHIT
tieseY, on ! street. was tnfonEed
with visitors throughout the day. Mrs.
Whittlesey and daughter were as
sisted By Miss Eva Mills. daughter OF
In
John A. Stewart, ut Duddington place;
Joseph Redfern, George w. Piggs.
W, G. Restor. Gen. Hunter, Maj,
Henry Rathbone, William l.. Chandler,
col Drinkard. Admiral Goldsmith.
Gen. s. Eastman, X. II. Lathrop, j.
A. Criswold, ]. A. Welles, Gen. Rick
ctts, John r. Given, Commodore
Sands. Theodore Mosher. c. NJ. Colts,
DR.. s. r. Lecompte. Col. L. J. Mid
dIeton. DR.. +. $. Walsh, r. b. French,
W. II. Ward. w. Blanchard. A. +.
Perry, r. b. Chew. w. Fl. Clagett, DR..
| c. F. Nailey and Henry Polkinhorn;
! GEORGETOWN. n. u. Cooke, Judge
Fisher, r. B. Williams. Maj W. 3.
! Boggs, Samuel Cropley, &. a. Nc
! Laushlin. j. +. Davidson. Col. Mex.
I Holiingsworth, DR.. George NJ. Soth-
oron, Capt. Manuel Caustin, and
many others
The Washington Temperance So
! ciety marked its third year with n
meeting in Odi Fellows Hall. John
II. Thompson presided and speeches
were made by Rev. Z. w. Dennison
J. s. Hollingshead, William Ne
/ Pheeters, +. NJ. Bradley and w. f.
Drew quite a number of signatures
/ were obtained as pledges. 1t was
stated that s65 persons signed the
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nance Department. Another was
"Wilf' Horton, now Col. William A
Horton of the Quartermaster Corps,
while still another was Col. Henry
Clay Fisher at present in charge of
the Army Medical School at Walter
Reed Hospital. Linnaeus T.. lie Fetra
was major of the cadets, but felt the
call of i'll humanity stronger than the
siren notes of martial music. and has
become one of the country's leading
authorities on children's diseases.
"Of those who entered the medical
profession and built up large local
practices are DIR. @. A. Mckimmie and
the late Dr. William II. Heron.
Not a few of the grads of 'S6
went back to school in the capacity of
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Monday evening, and injured himself
severely, is rapidly recovering and eX-
poets to make his temperance this
evening. The French Can Can is still a
prominent part of the performance at
the Canterbury"
The Star printed letter January
Is, 1869. from William w. Duncan of
Rosslyn, Va, to Col. Richard ]. Cox
of Aldie, Va, telling that it was pro-
posed TO build a railroad from the
Loudoun & Hampshire r. r. to cross
the pass at Aide. follow Little River
to the plains Of Fauquier County, on
to the Manassas Gap Railroad and
thence to Staunton. to connect with
the Chesapeake < Ohio. "of which 240
miles is now built, with it's western
terminus, Cincinnati"
Lucretia Mott and Eliza beth Cady
Stanton were lecturing free at Carroll
Hall on the justice of woman suffrage.
In number of 'womans rights"
meetings in Washington, DIR. Mary l..
Walker took a vocal part.
January 10, 1869, bill for paving
Pennsylvania avenue was reported by
tho Senate District committee. Ed.
ward Clark. 4. i. Mullett. Styles !
Bowen and Gen, Michler were named
Il committee to choose the kind of
pavement to be laid from First to
Fifteenth street, II the Eamblers
memory is not fun of carbon and il
his tires are on straight. the commit
tee decided in favor OF a wooden block
pavement. | seem to see that they
were rectangular blocks. and not
blocks that were short lengths OF ce-
dar tree trunks. Many OF YOU have
more memory of that pavement
than |. Perhaps some of YOU helped
10 lay it, You should not he ashamed
to avow 1t. You may live far up in
the northwest and come to Office in
an automobile that cost more than
your old house and lot on the Navy
Yard Perhaps your wife gives teas
and would be shocked If the neighbors
knew that you helped to lay the Penn
Sylvania avenue pavement. Well, for
your own peace at home. perhaps you
should keep the matter quiet.
THE Winter of 1S6S-69 was a hard
one on the poor. One of the i'm.
portant orga nizations in the town was
Provident Aid Society. DIR. Peter
Parker was president: Chief Justice
Chase, W. w. Corcoran, George w.
Riggs and Henry D. Cooke. vice presi
dents: Alexander r. Shepherd, treas
urer; Il. O'Beirne. secretary, and a. *.
Browne. general agent MIR. Shepherd
resigned February 22, 1869, and a. s.
Solomons was elected treasurer. Com
mittees in all the wards solicited food.
fuel and clothing for the poor. The
society had a depot at one of the COR
ners of Sixth and Louisiana avenue.
and in January. 1869, it operated free
soup houses at Seventh and l streets
and at Maryland avenue and Four.
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nence. 1t has produced a brigadier
general n local high school principal
nationally recognized medical au-
thority, several lawyers of the high
est grade and scores of other business
and professional men and women of
rare ability.
Mr. Bates knows the who's who
of his class completely and can re-
cite it with the expertnes of a Latin
scholar quoting Caesar.
The year 1886 was one Of the first
in which the high school cadets had
uniforms asserted Mr.. Bates. 'and
many of the boys felt the urge to fol
low a military career. One of them
was Golden 'Hommedieu Ruggles,
today a brigadier general in the Ord
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instructors, foremost among them be-
ing Allan Davis. principal Of Business
High School and a recent vice presi-
dent of the class. Miss Eliza OAR
nellie, principal of the Addison
School. and Miss Blanche Beekham.
principal of the Monroe School, got
their secondary education at the same
time and the same place as Mr.. Davis.
Miss Della 2. Mussey, another girl of
'86 taught locally for some time and
is now an art instructor in the public
schools of New York.
The Government service proved at
tractive to many of the members of
the class" continued Mr.. Bates.
&C. H. Buckler cast his lot with
Uncle Sam and has risen to the posi-
ton of superintendent of the regis
try division of the Post Office De-
partment. George Herbert Ross also
entered the postal service. became
postmaster at Rutland, VT, and often
journeys to Washington for our re-
unions.
THE lure Of printers ink enticed
II. &. Bursley and Waldo G.. Hibbs
into the journalistic profession, both
becoming attached to the editorial
staffs of local papers. Miss Annie
OHagan achieved considerable sue
cess as writer.
Edward w. Dom. jr.. one of
Washington's best known architects
was classmate of ours back in SO.
while Lieut.. Comdr. Lewis P. Gle
phane. Il landscape and marine painter
was another of our associates in those
days
TIE class turned out a prodigious
number of lawyers. and Mr.
Bates, refusing to mention his OWN
attainments. spoke with increased en-.
thusiasm as he told Of the success
of his colleagues to whom he Is at
tached by the additional bond Of pro-
fessional fellowship.
Several of the boys and girls who
sat on the stage at Albaugh's. June
l6. 1856. became life partners. and
there is at least one instance of two or
them forming 4 business partnership.
George J.. Wilkinson and Hervy S.
knight comprise one of the lead
ing firms Of patent attorneys In the
United States, with Offices in Chicago.
Louis 2. Whitaker likewise is a pre-
mier in patent law in New York City.
George Francis Williams. Wash.
ington attorney, has for some years
past been secretary of the class and
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you may read in this ramble ex-
I tracts from The Evening Star
of 1869, picked by the Rambler
/ in his quest for facts of Can
terbury Music Hall - facts
Evening star., 1927-05-15
By GEORGE rGKTER.

I might be expected that high.
school raduating class which re-
ceived its diplomas from the
i President of the United States.
Evening star., 1927-05-27
TELEV|S|ON TEST
COVERS 438 MILES,
Expert Reports Successful
Demonstration Between
London and Glasgow.
By the Associated Press.

By tha Associated Press.
LONDON, May 27.-The Daily Mail
describes a successful demonstration
of television last evening by j. l..
Baird, the television expert, between
London and Glasgow, a distance OF
43s miles. He asserts that it eclipses
the test between New York and
Washington made last April because
of the distance. and says it is pre-.
Iiminary to an experiment between
London and New York.
Two telephone wires were used, one
for television transmission. and the
other for conversation to check the
results. The head and shoulders OF
a man at the London end were dis
tinctly shown on the receiver In Glas-
gov, which also reflected movements
of the head, eyes and mouth.
The Mail asserts that many tech.
,nical improvements were embodied in
the experiment, including more rapid
synchronization between the receiver
and transmitter, and quotes Mr..
Baird as saying that these improve.
ments make it mainly q question OF
greater power to enable the seeing of
sobjects thousands of miles distant.
The inventor intends to leave Eng
land for the United States next week.
TO arrange for a television test be.
tween London and New York. This
will be by radio. not by cable.
Evening star., 1927-05-27
200 SKULLS IN MEXICO
TRACED TO INQUISITION
Workmen, Excavating, Discover
/ Bones in Old Section Of Capital.
Believed tHeretics."
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
MEXICO CITY, May 27.-The ter
rible days when the inquisition oper.
ated in Mexico City were recalled
when workmen, excavating in one of
the old sections, dug up about 200
skulls and many broken bones.
The excavations are at the site of
one Of the inquisition offices, and the
newspapers, therefore, conclude that
the bones are those Of "heretics,
witches. blasphemers and others who
incurred the enmity OF the inquisition
several centuries ago and died under
torture, their bodies being dumped to.
gether in one big hole"
Evening star., 1927-05-27
Marine Corps Changes.

Lieut.. Col. c.. T. Westcott has been
transferred from Quantico, Va, to
Marine Headquarters, this city; Col.
T. n. Clinton from Quantico to 1st
Marine Brigade, Haiti; Capt. o. r.
Cauldwell from Quantico to Fort
Leavenworth, Kans.; Capt. M. Corbett
from the Sd Marine Brigade. China, to
San Francisco; Capt. A. F. Howard
from Quantico to the Panama Canal
Zone, and First Lieut.. w. G. Hall
from this city to Quantico.
Evening star., 1927-05-27
'OPIE READ IS SUED
BY HIS SONS WIFE
Author and Young Mans Mother
Asked to Pay $50, 900 for
Alienation.
Hy the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 27.-Opie Read. the
author, and his wife, Mrs. Ada Read.
were named defendants in a $4,000
alienation Of affection suit filed in
Superior Court yesterday. They are
charged with alternating the affections
of their son, Guilford Read, from his
wife. by Guilford's estranged wife,
Mrs. Beatrice Marcus Read, %, for.
merly a bathing beauty. 1t is alleged
that the parents Of her husband en-
couraged him to come home when.
ever any matrimonial troubles arose
and that he continually went home to
tell his troubles.
Mrs. Beatrice Read also asked for
separate maintenance, charging deser-
tion. Guilford Read. who is 20 years
old, was formerly University of Chi
cago foot ball player. He is now in
the real estate business. They were
married May 81, 1925.
Evening star., 1927-05-27

Spinet Desks
What Is more quaint,
charming or decorative
than a fine old spinet desk
done in solid mahogany
We are showing Spinets
now in solid mahogany,
priced all the way from
$3.50 to $235.
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The Wiscasset Suite of Colonial Charm, $340

The Wisse Bedroom Suite made for Bky and Gay Npy Colonial
character The dresser 4S inches wide and both and the chest fitted with p
toned jee The dressing table has sliding cosmetics Crotch
mahogany maple ul add and there pieces ALL marked
al Same Beds piees-$415
Evening star., 1927-05-27

Many fine old solid
mahogany Grandfath-
er clocks share in our
Colonial Week display
at specially loscered
prices.
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Poster Beds

There is hardly an end to
the variety of poster
beds in this display. A
suggestive few are
quoted below:
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through steady employment--in max.
ing their own clothing. In raising FOOD
for all the District institutions. as
we'll as making auto tags. bricks. iron
culvert covers and other industries
that are being studied with this
thought in mind.
The experience Of thus providing
helpful employment was well illustrat-
ed at the National Training School
| for Girls. where the inmates became
much interested in making clothing
! for wards of the Public Welfare Blu
reau-the delinquents making the
clothes for the dependents, their
sympathies being aroused. their
hearts touched for those in real need.
With the removal of the short-term
sentence men from the Jail. it is part
of the program being drafted by the
Bureau of Efficiency to have a rather
| general reconstruction of the old
wings in accordance with modern
methods. This bureau found terrible
conditions there, similar to those ex.
posed more than a year ago in The
Star when pete Martini" a Star re-
porter had himself arrested so as to
make first-hand study Of conditions
there. The Federal Bureau found is
men in one group OF small cells. with
|
only 16 inches wide for each man, If
they should lie down on the floor.
Public Health Phase.
| In regard to the public health phase
| of the investigation, a report has been
prepared for the Bureau Of Efficiency
by the Public Health Service on
health work and health needs of the
| District. The development of an ade-
Quate disqualification program and the
| supplementary clinical service is
| strongly advocated by Herbert D.
Brown, chief of the bureau. 1t will be
| argued that there should be a psychia-
| trio clinic and that the existing clinics
should be developed.
The Bureau of Efficiency also has
taken under very active consideration
the ACCESSIBILITY of supplying a central
business management for all of the
institutions that come under the
| Board of Public welfare, to have
supervision over purchase of supplies
and equipment and the materials
needed for industrial and vocational
work.
| In this connection it is emphasized
that there are two distinct sides to
! the public welfare work-the trained
professional social welfare admins
| trator-such as George Wilson, direc.
tor of the board. Then there is the
financial, and business management
side. for proper business supervision
Of the various institutions. This is an
important matter as they are now
handling more than 100000 a year
| So 1t Is planned to recommend q
business assistant to Mr.. Wilson, sc
that he may be left freer to attend
to the administrative detail of wei
fare work unvexed by somewhat CO
related business duties. A very care
full report on this has already beer
submitted to the District Commits
sioners by the Bureau Of Efficiency.
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DELEGATES
RETURN TO SOUTH
Alabama Group Believes Plea
for Lease Makes De-
NAL Difficult.

By the Associated Press.
The Alabama Muscle Shoals dele.
cation returned home late yesterday
feeling they had presented an unan-
swerable argument in favor Of the
Government leasing part Of the
power at Wilson dam to the munich
pality of Muscle Shoals City.
Some members Of the delegation.
however, had their hopes dimmed by
the statement of Maj. Gen. Jadwin,
chief of the Army Engineers, before
whom the delegation appeared yes
terday. that the engineers wished to
avoid any action that might tie the
hands of Congress"
Democrat, Alabama, one Of the
spokesman for the group, declared
that he himself would be opposed ia
tieing up Congress, but that Muscle
Shoals City only wished temporary
lease similar to the one now held by
the Alabama Power Co.
Senator Cites Protest.
This company, the Senator added
was opposing the towns request or
the ground that It would set pre-
cedent for Government power opera
tons and II Muscle Shoals City OBJ
tanned the power other cities would
advance similar arguments and would
resist giving up the current.
"Of course, the other cities will
want power and they should have
it IL the Government Is to continue
to sell it to the Alabama Power Co.
Senator Black said. This proposal
will in no sense tie the hands of Con
gress unless the Alabama Power Co.'S
contract now does"
The senator explained that he hat
not determined what solution Of thu
Shoals problem he would support
but added that sentiment for Govern
ment operations was growing not onl!
in the South but throughout the Ma
ton.
The Alabama Power Co. was as
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SWEDES ASK PUBLIC !.
SACCO CASE HEARING
Wireless Message From Abroad Is
Received in Bay State, While
Australians Protest.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, June 25.-The Swedish
Sacco-Vanzetti defense committee. In
wireless message to Gov. Fuller OF
Massachusetts, made public at the
governors office today. called upon
the executive to hold his investigation
Of the Sacco.Vanzetti case publicly or
permit counsel for the men to be
present when anything is said against
them.
The message said the committee re-
garded with hope" the appointment
Of the advisory commission. which
Gov. Fuller recently named to assist
in investigation Of the case of the
two radicals, who are under sentence
to be executed next month.
A cablegram was received from the
Carpenters Union Of Sydney, Aus
tralia. protesting against the execu-
ton.
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sailed at the hearing yesterday as
opposing the request through a desire
to build up power monopoly in Ala
bama and would rather see the sur.
plus power so to waste than for a mu-
nicipality to make use Of It,"
Charges Power Wasted.
more than half Of the power"
Black told the engineers, lis now GO.
ing to waste at Wilson Dam and
Muscle Shoals City Is willing to pay
twice as much as the Alabama Power
Co. now is paying for a part of the
surplus power
After the case had been presented.
Gen. Jadwin told the delegation that
the engineers would give their claim
thorough consideration and would sub
NIT recommendations as soon as pos
sible to Secretary of War Davis.
But" he added. II wish to remind
you that there is only a few months
until Congress meets and you know
Congress has control of Muscle Shoals
and we do not wish to do anything
that will tie the hands of Congress"
In introducing the delegation.
Representative Almon, who repre-
sents the Muscle Shoals District in
the House, said the delegation bore a
simple request calling only for con-
tinuation of the policy of the War
Department set up when it leased
power to the Alabama Power Co. The
towns claim, he added, also carried
additional weight by reason OF the
Departments policy of giving munich
palities priority in such matters.
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GRAIN EXPERT SUES.
Magid Asks 100000 From Mar.
keting and Other Concerns.

CHICAGO, June IS @.-Leon
Magid, described as a grain expert, to-.
day instituted suit for 100000 dam.
ages against the Grain Marketing
Co, the Armour Grain Co., the Rosen.
baum Grain Corporation, Rosenbaum
Bros, E. F. Rosenbaum, George E.
Marcy. Harvey S. Austrian and Ed.
ward L. CHASER. Only a notice that
the suit was started was on record a nd
counsel declined to disclose the nature
of the case.
The grain Marketing Co.. a merger
which included the other two grain
concern controlled by the Rosenbaum
interests. was dissolved in 1925 after
internal difficulties as well as failure
of farmers 10 buy its stock to the ex.
tent ANTICIPATED.
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FOUL PLAY DENIED.
Radio Dealer, Found Dead, Held
Victim Of Natural Causes.

TORONTO. Ontario, June Is P.-
George Dodds. music and radio dealer,
who was found dead in his automobile
in a garage early today. did not come
to his death by foul play. as at first
reported. In the opinion Of the doc.
tor who performed an autopsy death
was due to natural causes.
Injuries to the mans head were at.
tributed to falling in the garaG..
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A discovering Summer school for
woman workers in industry will be
held at Barnard College June q to
August 10. 1t is announced at Column
bia University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-26

A dealer in Japan has solved the
used.car problem by accepting old
cars in trade and selling them before
he will deliver the new one.