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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-12

May 3. 1902. aud wi!tten by Thomas
jefferson and addressed 10 Joel Barlow.
then residing In Paris, The letter IN
part reads There Is most lOyc,y
scat adjoining this city on high nil,
commanding n mort extensive view VI
.. the Potomac now for sale. suburb
mouse. aHrdens, etc, with 80 or 30 acres
Ut ground II will be sold under circum~
stances OF distress, and WIN probably
90 for the half % what u has coal
II WAS built by 0ns5avus scott. VINO IL
dead "a bankrupt Scott died here ~
Washington In 1901. most hkeiy al
KalorhIna,
Barlow was not quick enough ana the
b,op. rty Was bought ~ by Col William
Augustine Washington, nephe" OF NE
FIRST President. and who Ienohe'rd me
, mansion and made additions Which
added 10 H. utility ana sttractiyeness,
However, Col Washington waa not ~
tskea with the place that he IeIt
Obliged 10 keep II In the face al good
o.:sY. and b. IN 1907 he sold u Ia joel
| barllw TN ~ 0D0s~sti mere baHattlie
wheu VIZ recall that the Harding home,
not nearly w good building as The
Hoover home. sold IN 1921 for home"
thing like 500 600 OF GotiiHe there
WA d slight difference IN time of over
100 years. but the difference even al
that strikes one NJ being very Wide
| one
Barlow waa a distinguished diplomat
and poet aud waA glad VI The 1ppore
| tuniiy IN purchase Ralntaiaa, where hr
could entertain, which hls nsanA per"
| mltt1d him 10 do, and II WAS while Nv"
Ing hera thai he wrote his famous poem
The GHiufnblad Alter taking p6a"
ssasIoH ~ The propefiy lie made many
Improvements. atllhE upon HE advice
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Buildings Cause Winds.

nNE may learn many iaserestn
things about air currents and q
way storms develop hv Watching th
movement W pieces Of paIer ~ pes
haps his hat as II II whuted Aesus IN
street 4 variety VI miniature Wind
storms are caused by the high euslSsa,s
NJ our estieS or the forms ~ streets
which Well repay study,
en- 4 hot day when the air h MI
feety quiet the Atmosphere - II ec
comes heated tends to rise aAa,x IN,
sides at rocks ar hulsdnugS. and II /
travels high enough u ieVeleps ioto /;
strong Wind which de$renSis ii. the on
p'sSste S'dr and plays queer ,GAnks
small whttlwna h often pxp>l,,xx>
by the aetkA NJ wind against a gxNI1,s,
fetMed by several eui.dins~ As IN
wmd travels dawn street. eSssseialN /.
nartuw N,s, II rapidly nleieASssS In Yel,N,
ny A little VIII spill tntn the ,ld
>tfeetS, but the mA,n strvaM Win NAN
en- gathering a,NnaentNM NeOeyse tht
MMd strike against the site III q hss !
htlitsng and notice how IL '1auSl.gysuns
"at Na all siteS, ssl,ttlng Into a.Any Al,
ensfents apd trace theSe tn thai v>,me
" rest. but he suite o. held gIshgN b.
sef has IN the meantime.
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Abraham Baldwin. Mrs. Barlow's cid.
est brother. was the FIRST 10 be buried IN
the tomb. his body being removed there
from Rock Creek Cemetery upon It's
completion, Baldwin WAS disting uished
United States Senator from Georgia,
lie was . Revolutionary patriot. and
served An member Of the national CON-
stitutionai convention, II Ii said the
original draft Of the Constitution was
found among his effects after his death,
The French Minister. NJ. aerurier.
only occupied Kalorama for short
while, al Mira BARLOW returned here and
1913, and here abe continued 10 reside
until her death IN 1919, III the follow
ing year the mansion was occupied by
Henry Middleton. member of the
Houar III Representatives from South
Carolina. but upon his being appointed
Minister To Russia ho turned the prop
efty over 10 Baron Frederick Won
urruhme. flrAt Minlhter from rrussia,
and who had married tho govefness OF
tho family Of Gov Middleton.
After the death Of Mrs, harlow the
eatate went To her husbands avn
nephew and adopted con. Tom Harlow.
who sold the property soon aftetward
10 Henry Baldwin Mira Harl0W's broth"
81, who Immediately transferred Il a.
Col. George homford. titst chief IT ord"
nance. United htat1a Army. Col, HON
ford was \ brother -in-iaw 10 Mrs, joel
Harlow. having married her siater, and
here the nomtords resided for nearly
30 years.
IN laA6 the estate, which then In
eluded pi acres. and which extended
from Woodlcy lane and Rock Greek to
Florida avenue. crossing the creek NJ y
street, was sold to Thomas II. tnvutt. ~
trustee for his mother Tor $4,000, In
this sale hon,ford reserved the acre
about the tomb. hut this provision waa
evaded and the bodies requesting there
were finaily renewed IL Rock Greek
Cemetery,
A. the beginning " the CNll War,
u became apparent that the uov-
eminent would mead a hospital to eon-
taaious ana ofuplt.e dlanases and, the
mansion heina pleasantly situated. Was
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rag Of sail. as gray as the outlook from
the bridge. escapes the watch officer,
as 1t does the bridge lookout. until it Is
suddenly and clearly seen not mile to
windwatd and coming down wind like
a frightened gull.
1t Is flying from an open dory. and
the seas are handling the small boat
roughly AS 1t comes closer lone occu-
pant signals wildly. trying to dousc his
ragged sails, keep the dory from broach-
ing to and spilling him and signal the
steamer at the same time. Now the
dory Is clearly visible. HALF full OF
water an empty water key floating be-
tween thwarts. some scrap, OF raw fish
or fish bait perhaps. crooked pole Of
a mast and spirit fish club and gaff
and the man, whiskered dirty. soaked
With salt water and fish slime and wear
ing the look Of one who has KEEP: rem
devious with death.
When he had twice missed the line
thrown 10 him. 1t was seen that he had
only one working hand Then sailor
from the ship went down a line tum-
bled into the dory. made 1t fast and
helped the castaway up the pilot ladder
Somebody steered him toward the doc
tor. but before he could be urged one
fathom from the rail he Enclt and
kissed the deck-a resounding smack Of
a kiss that carried conviction.
The steamer at once got under way
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mariner with war record-gathers in
his cronies for O bridge table.
In the morning there Is still fog.
There Is a bothersome sea. too. The
mark buoy at times is all but carried
under by the drag. In all the gray
waste Of sea and fog. with fleeting
glimpscs OF a sky as gray. neither sight
nor sound of anything but tumbiing
waters breaks the ghcstly quiet. Men
go to fishing again.
On the bridge the master and one or
two officers scan the prospects. Now
and then watery sun peeps through
overhead. There Is no horizon visible
and no genius has yet devised prac-
ticable artificial horizon for use at sea.
Nothing to do but keep nosing to the
mark buoy until the weather clears or
run In and sight the land. securing a
new departure that way. The ship cam
not be far from her cable, that's GER
tain; and the nearest land. Miquelon. Is
no sort of a neighbor In foggy weather.
The master glum!y orders continue
ton Of mark buoy watching.
When a man has fastened his two
human eyes upon floating speck. with
o threadlike pole above and a wispy bit
OF sodden bunting and q lamp which
may or may not be dead--on a mark
buoy, in fact~-those eyes are likely TO
falter wh,n another tink specS crosses
their line OF vision. Thus fluttsry
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so or 100 hundredweights. Then It's
stop hert III hurry and heave in the
toWline.
The ship steams ut moderate speed
at right angles to the track of the
cable Forward the master studies the
equality of the strain. watching the
dynamometer whenever there Is jerk
After an hour Of towing the strain
remains at steady IA hundred-welghts.
The ship stops and In comes the Crap
mel rope. while dozen men down be-
low work like galley slaves coiling 1t
down. This rope Is Of wire. and II
there Is kink in 1t at the next lower
ing of the grapnel-well, the surgeon
has his busy moments.
THIS is now the fifth day of what
seemed certain TO be a thyee-day
Job. 1t Is less easy to get CHEEKY
good morning out Of the master The
grapnel goes down again. In 20 min
utes 1t comes up. empty. The fog Is
creeping along again. evening Is al
ready passing into night. The mark
buoy has been left where the first tow
ing began and the ship once more
sticks her nose to 1t. while the crew
start up a sing song aft. snug in their
main-deck quarters. musical with a
rented piano. The Old Man--wl,o Is
not An old man, but young master
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aes Noted Americans Associated With KaoramaS History

AGED and the property subdivided into
.lEding lots.
On approximately the spot where the
Historic old home stood for so many
years q home was erected by William
A. MearnS II Is now the home OF Z.
y. Steuwagen and Is numbered 230l S
street. .>- ...
4 LIVING reminder Of the days when
Anthony Holmesd sold hts home 70
GuStavus Scott Is the dwelling still
standing on the north side OF s street
facing Twenty-second street. This OLD
home dates from 1885 just prior 20 the
World War the building and site were
bought for erecting here q German en-
bassy building. but time changeth al
things and the building has not yet
beer erected The old building Is still
ir fairly good shape and could De made
quite comfortable with q small outlay
Of money. The story that the bricks
used In It's construction came from Eng
land Is. like similar statements made re-
garding 50 many OF our other cid build
ingS, purely bunk. A search Of the
neighborhood might even reveal the
brick kilns where the bricks were actu-
ally made. So also can be discounted
VIC SNAtCuaCtit tkiAt htl6fCtiN ftNltleNC
stood here on his front porch and said
good-oy 10 the Indians when they were
driven from this vicinity by the white
settlers, II Is doubtful II an Indian
was IN this vicinity even q hundred
years prior 90 this
IAaily Rock Greek still flows on, bur
the landscape Is q far different ore &c
what Il was few decades back. Ole
Lyons mill Is not III be seen. nor do the
swimming holes in Summer ring With
the merry laughter of boys taking a dir
outside the reach III one ot Lieut. John,
sons mounted squad Imagination neyei
more can picture old kaloyaina To tins
Younger generation II Is more eSaG,ifu
~ IL Is today, fM as has been said
what the eyes dc NO. see the hear, doe
not srieve after and since they hav
never seen the stately oaks and IN,
beautiful wooded hills and Wales. or Ia
Beaten paths and the COOL shady S,nSi,,s.
how could they he expected 10 appyeci
ate the Splendor their eyes have new
looked upon. However ~ the other SEN
Grafton those " the mere mature AsS
Kalorama Is not near So beautiful NOV.
and never will be.
Owned occupied and visited BY Ee,c
mtionAry patriots. even by Thomas Jet
ferSon. the author VI the pSSarasica o
Independence. and James Madison
another stalwart ~ American liberty
the very atn,oSph> ~ The place SeSn
permeated with American freedom
t surely Is charming place ta live In
even tw presidential candidates.
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OF Iabcte. the architect, and Robert
Fulton, the inventor. Fulton was FOR
quite a while hts house guest and some
say It was during this time that he tried
out the model OF the Clermont on Rock
Creek, nearby. As matter OF fact
there Is not the slightest real evidence
- prove this statement. although II Ii
undoubtedly true that he did give DEM
onstrations In Rock Greek In 1909. be-
fore members OF Congress. OF his In
ventions OF happening and torpedo
attacks. During Barlow's ownership
President jefferson was frequent
guest. as was afterward President Mad
ison. Noah Webster, one Of his school
mates. also came 10 visit him here. and
In 1924 when Gen. Lafayette visited
Washington he participated In Its hos
pitality.
In 1911 Barlow was sent as Minis.
ter TO France In the hope Of preserving
peace, our country then being appar.
entity on the verge OF war with that
country. and the premises were leased
10 NJ. Serurier the French Minister
After nine months Of diplomacy he wa;
invited by Napoleon. then absent from
Paris on his Russian campaign. to NEE
him at wilma. Poland where the treat,
would be signed. Barlow set out for
wilma. but upon reaching this place
found the French Army In full rctrea.
on that town from Moscow, Becoming
involved In the memorable retreat, he
was overcome by cold and privation anf
died In Poland on December -. 1912.
His body wss never brought back TO this
country. although his name appeared
on the tomb which stood until 1892
where Is now the intersection Of MaSsa-
chilkHfts and HftAPiIa
In Mrs. Cora Bacon Fosters well
written story OF Kalorama. which shf
read some years ago before the mem.
bers OF the Columbia Historical So
cictv. copy Of the inscriptions on the
,omb IL given, and they are here re .
peated:
Sacred TO the Repose OF the Dead
And the Meditation OF the Living
JOEL BARLOW
Patriot. Poet and Philosopher.
Lies buried In Zarniwica
Poland. Where lie Died
gath Dec 1912
Act 50 Years 0 Months
RUTH BALDWIN BARLOW His Wife
pied 20th May 1919
Act 90 Years
ABRAHAM BALDWIN Her Brother
Died n Senator In Congress
From Georgia
sth March 1907 Act 81 Years
Ills Memory Needs No Marble
Ills Country Ii His Monument
Her Constitution His drcatest Work
GEORGE BOMFORD
Colonel Of the Ordnance of the
United States
Died 2bth March iaA8
Act "a Years
HENRY BALDWIN, nOMFORD
Ills tiOn
Sept, 9th la4a
HENRY BALDWIN.
Associate J,istiGe of the
Supreme Court
OF thu United States
Died April alst tHA4
Act "a Years
TO this t0mb were conveyed The body
Ut Commodore ntnpiien Decatur att
cf hin death following his duel with
CoInmnd0rs haIIun IN iha0. and here II
fai,osad until iHad. In which year u WAS
removed 10 ht Peters GhugGhyard IN
philadelphia You, Ut au,irAe, remember
his t0aat which win live Tor many gen.
sratiDns ~ come. II waa thla' "fNif
o0untryl IN her intercourse with f0ts
aign natians may che always he IN The
right. but VuI country. right ~ wrong
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leased from the Lovett family. who soon
afterward moved to Philadelphia, 1t
continued 10 be n hospital until 1856.
when II was given up by the War De-
partment Those IN charge at that
time. feeling that farewell ball would
DO the proper thing, decided to do so
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a LTHOCGH Kaiorama, or WASH
n ington Heights, as 1t Is now
IA called. has been q noted place
4 u for more than century and
Evening star., 1928-04-22

gether to be blamed for their failure
to supply connecting link in a sys-
tenn Of transcontinental concrete high
ways They are sparsely settled and
lack the funds for adequate road build
ing.
'The military value alone of a coast
forecast pavement in time of national
crisis would be immeasurable, to say
nothing of its social and economic
value In times Of peace.
Holiday Bill.
There Is pending in Congress a bill,
introduced by Representative Holiday
of Illinois, calling for a $4,000, ,000, 900
Federal bond issue to finance the con-
struction of a comprehensive system of
roads to be built and
maintained by the United States. Such
a highway system should be regarded
not as luxury but as a necessity.
when once the motorist is able to
hop into his car at Fort Kent, Me-, and
journey to Seattle, San Francisco or
los Angeles without leaving the paved
road, 1t will be time to talk of Pan
American highways extending from the
Canadian border through the heart of
the United States, Mexico and Central
America. down the west coast Of South
America to Cape Horn"
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$4,000, 900 PERSONS VISIT
U. S. NATIONAL FORESTS

Motorists the country over are taking
kindly TO Uncle Sans forests. aceording
to figures for 1927. which show that
nearly 100000 persons visited the $50
national forests Of the United States.
and 80 per cent Of the total travel was
by automobile.
According to a check made By the
Automobile Club Of Southern California,
the national forests of the Golden State
attracted more tourist travel than any
of the others. The 1S national forests
Of California last year brought 1000, 600
visitors In search of outdoor sport and
recreation. This shows an increase Of
over TOO per cent in the last 10 years,
Angeles National Forest, which ig
close to the. City Of Los Angeles. with
some 100000 persons in its metropoIi-
tan area. led all others in number Of
vi-itors with 100000. Over 1000 600
Of these were transient motorists and
464,000 were picnickers
Other Western States with over a
million national forest visitors include
Oregon, with 2.905 900; Colorado. 21s3.-
900; Arizona. 100000. and Washing
ton 1I250O0
Evening star., 1928-04-22
PRIZES FOR PHOTOS.
Safety csmpsign Contest Designed
for Amateurs.

Twenty-Five cash prizes ranging from
Ako 70 a3 each viii ge & w6 Fded amateur
sglsotogfapl3eYA who submit L4e best ae-
S4ceuf prevention prints 10 = country
wgaee contest announced ny ti1A Rational
safety Council, which is engaged III
perpetual campaign 10 conserve lives
and limbs ano property.
a foilf page brochure presenting fun
particulars about tfle contest Wiil be
mailed free of charge, 10 any one who
requests Il Of tlas hssa1Isi Safety CouE.~
I'll I0s Esst Ohio street, Chicago
Evening star., 1928-04-22

is In addition to the so-called Federal
aid bill, which provides $75,000,000 q
year for Federal aid.
Passage of all three of these meas
ures would be of inestimable benefit to
the motorists of this country" accord
ing to Thomas j. Keefe, general man.
ager Of the American Motorists Asso-
citation. which is actively supporting
legislation for increased Federal aid in
highway construction.
Registration figures of the States
show that the use of automobiles and
motor bus transportation Is increasing
approximately three times as fast as the
countryS road building program. 1t is
elementary to say that bad roads are
the most expensive for the motorist. He
must pay for good roads whether he has
them or not, and speeding up OF the
Federal Governments highway con-
struction program is regarded by the
motorists as essential" General Man
ager Keefe declares. p,
According to figures of the Bureau
of Public Roads, highway construction
during 1928 will be at least equal and
probably slightly exceed that completed
and undertaken last year. 1t is esti-
mated that more than 10000 miles of
new highways are being planned by the
States for this year, consisting of 10000
miles of less expensive roads and 5000
miles of road adequately graded and
drained. suitable for motor vehicle use.
at a total cost of 81, 800, 100000.
Evening star., 1928-04-22
SENATORS FAVOR
THREE ROAD LAWS
Committee on Post Offices
Backs Bill to Aid High
ways improvements.

Favorable report on three measures
of interest to the automobile users of
the country has just been made by the
Senate committee on post Offices and
post roads.
Two were introduced by Senator II.
L. Oddie of Nevada, one of which au-
thorizeS the President to lend to Latin
American countries highway engineers
of this Government. with the end in
view that they might profit by our
highway construction experience. The
second measure authorizes an appro-
priation for the construction and main-
tenance of roads through unreserved
public lands i'll Western States which
will link up highway systems of the
country
The third measure was Senator Ken
meth McKellar's bill, which authorizes
separate and independent appropria-
tion of $50 100000 year for the fiscal
years of 1890. 1891 and 1882 for improV-
ing rural post roads The Mcclellan bill
Evening star., 1928-04-22

some going elsewhere. jammed into one
criSScross, tangled mass that reached
half a block III all directions.
This happened every day, and many
times each day on this corner and on
many other corners. The curses and
the SlaShing of whips on the backs OF
horses drowned the ineffective changing
of the car gongs. From somewhere on
horseback came one Of the small hand
full of traffic cops then just instituted,
and he came with more curses and a
polished club and beat his way into the
mess. hitting horse and man indiscrim-
inately. l never did figure out what
he was trying to do, but at the outskirts
of the mess two other mounted cops
slowly wriggled one truck after another
out of the jam. was paid by the week
then and / watched for two hours.
Then the Jam was cleared up and the
streams of traffic moved again.
The modern traffic cop handles 10
times the traffic. and he keeps it moving
if there is any place for 1t to move to,
He leaves his club at home and does 1t
with a whistle.
Evening star., 1928-04-22
PLEA FOR HIGHWAY
BUILDING IS MADE
Automotive President Says
us. Should Complete Coast
to-CoaSt System.

While an alluring prospect is held
out to motorists in the suggestion of an
international highway linking Canada
with the tip of the South American
continent, in the opinion of G. M. Will
lian1s. automotive president, we should
first complete our own coast-to-coast
system of paved highways before in
dulging in any Pan-American dream.
ut is all very true" said Mr.. Will
liams, that the proposed international
route would go far toward cementine
friendly relations among such States
as were hooked up by such a trunk
line, and would open up entirely new
and amazing possibilities to the motor
tourist
las a dream. 1t has everything to
recommend it. and I admit it chal-
lenges ones imagination. Nor am I
saying that 1t may not be realized
within the next decade, especially as
President Coolidge, the Mexican dele
CATION to the recent Pan-American
Congress and the American Road
Builders Association seem to be taking
the plan seriously and offering it their
support.
Evening star., 1928-04-22
Jumping off Place.

"At the same time, we must be prac-
tical and must consider our own high
way situation first. The system of
paved roads extending from the At
lantic seaboard westward narrows
down to an acute angle as it ap-
proaches the Mississippi Valley.
The present jumping-off place of
the West. the end of the concrete pave
ment, is the little town of Dover. Kans.
From that point on until the Pacific
Coast Is reached hiatus exists and
the connecting link is formed by roads
dusty and irregular at best. and. at
their worst hub-deep in mud.
Through such States as Kansas. Ne
braSka. South Dakota, Colorado Wyo-
ming. Utah, Idaho and Nevada motor
Ing Is still an adventure. and condi-
tions grow worse as one leaves the
Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers be-
hind him
THE Western States are not alto
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COHrfiHg Trouble
FROM A PAINTING BY REVERE r. WISTEHUFF

ask us to lean out and kiss his cheek
as we pass him in our car, He does not
ask sympathy He does not ask. us to
drop a tear for hun. He asks only ordi-
nary human courteSy-that We stop
when he says stop and go when he
says go. and not run over his feet.
Exactly 30 years ago this month l
stood on the corner of Broadway and
Canal street at about 4 o'clock in the
afternoon and saw the traffic. Four
streams of traffic, one up and one down
Broadway. one east and one west on
Canal street, including street cars, huge
trucks with four horses. small trucks,
horse cabs, carriages and wagons, some
going TO the docks and wharveS and
Evening star., 1928-04-22

A loose bolt may throw out of balance
or out of rhythm the entire mechanism
OF car and bring on "Shimmying. 4"
which means increased wear on tires
and frequently more serious troubles.
It is economy to have the car or truck
frightened up" at regular intervals.
Evening star., 1928-04-22
167 CARS LOST; 283 FOUND
State Police Recover More Autos
Than Are Stolen,

Than Are Stolen.
BALTIMORE, April 81 (SpeciaD -
Although there were only 167 thefts of
automobiles recorded in the State dur
ing the past month. members of the
State police department recovered 263
stolen cars according to Capt Harry c.
Butler. commanding officer of the de-
partment
In explaining the greater number of
cars recovered over the number stolen.
Capt. Butler said that large number
of the recovered automobiles were found
by the members of the force and re-
turned to their owners before the theft
was known.
OF the total number of automobiles
that were stolen within the State. three
were recovered by police outside of
Maryland and brought back. OF the
total number recovered by the police,
26l were owned within the State