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FOR ASQUITH

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LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE Earl Of
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In the Asquith family vault in the
burial ground at Morley, near Leeds,
on Saturday.
A memorial service for the famous
Liberal statesman and ex-premier,
will be held in Westminsters Abbey
on Tuesday.
It was the wish of Lord Oxford
that his funeral be simple and that
he be buried at Morley. This fact
was brought to light when the dean
of Westminster, with the concur
renee OF the government, made an
offer to Lady Oxford that the I'D
mains be inferred in Westminster
where so many of England's ia
nous statesmen and soldiers lie.
In requesting that his body rest
with those of his ancestors in the
family plot, Lord Oxford followed
the request of Earl Haig, who died
recently.
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Capt. Ted Burke Plans
Paris-NeW York Flight

RALEIGH, N. c., Feb. 16.-Capt.
Ted Burke. veteran New York
aviator, who has been here for the
past three months, is planning a
transatlantic flight from Paris to
New York this summer, 1t was
learned today.
Captain Burke stated that he al
ready had the financial backing Of
Sheldon Clark, jr., chief engineer
of the Sinclair Oil Company, and il
now negotiating for a plane. Cap
tain Burke plans to take two COM
panions on the flight, Roger VIII
Jams, of New York, and Lee K.
Holland, Raleigh aeronautical ex-
pert.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-16

Rumania General Held
As Courier of Carol
EUCHARIST. Feb. Is. - General
Rakovica was arrested today as he
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Southwest Citizens
Push Police Paw Bill

The Southwest Citizens Associa-
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the Nhlman bill for increases in pay,
from $500 a year up, for police and
firemen.
At last nights meeting the associa-
ton also indorsed the stand OF the
Northwest Citizens Association in
recommending that the Patterson
tract be used exclusively for park
and playground purposes.
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returned from Paris. He was charged
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-30

PLANTATION. The time was set for IL
O'Clock, and, true to promise, Mr.. Adams
was waiting for the French visitor and
the Commodore; but when they alight-
ed at the door of the Executive Man.
sion, the President, it is said, stepped
forward and shook hands cordially with
the Marquis, took his arm and left the
Commodore standing under the front
portico, without taking any notice of
him whatever. This gratuitous insult
to both Lafayette and Commodore Por-
ter was not explained nor was the mat
ter referred to while the interview last
wished to teach the Commodore les
son in diplomacy. or intimate to the
Nations guest that he must not NEEDLE
with what did not concern him."
Between Mr.. Adams and his sue
cessor, Andrew Jackson. there was also
an unfriendly feeling, because the lat
ter believed Adams had countenanced
the story directed against the name OF
his wife So on the morning of the
Sd of March, 1929, Adams left the White
House and walked out to the Porter
Mansion and caused notices to be
published requesting that the usual call
on the retiring President be omitted.
d There are probably only few per-
sons living who ever saw the old Por-
ter Mansion. DR.. Benjamin w. Sunny
told the writer he saw 1t burn down
in 1863, while he was attending CO.
lumbar University NOV George Wash
ington University, which was then on
the tract of land to the east of Merid-
ian Hill.
Winding its way from its source
somewhere to the north was Slash
Run, the course of which was between
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-30

Peter, jr., decided the property to Wash
ington Bowie.
y X *x
TN 1916, as stated, 10 acres of the
= Peter property were carved out of
Mount Pleasant and sold by Washing
ton Bowie to Commodore David Porter
for $4,000, and on the brow of the
hill the commodore erected a hand
some residence from plans by George
Hadf1eld, designer of our City Hall and
other structures in and around Wash
ington.
Admiral David D. Porter, in his
Memoir of Commodore David Porter
says the tract of land purchased by the
commodore consisted of 157 acres,
However. what the admiral tells us
about this area Is interesting reading.
He says:
considerable prize money had fallen
to the lot of Rodgers, Decatur and
Porter, and they determined to build
residences in the District of Columbia
Capt. Porter accordingly purchased a
farm Of 157 acres on the heights about
one mile due north of the Presidents
house. which, being directly on the
meridian of Washington, he called
Meridian Hill. Here he erected a large
and elegant mansion overlooking the
city of Washington and the broad Po-
tomac. The chain of hills, on which
the house was built, forms an amphi-
theater around the city, and the hills
we're. at the time, covered with fine
growth of forest, the whole forming IN
extensive landscape which, to this day,
has lost little of its beauty. Here was
to be found everything that money
could procure to make the time pass
pleasantly after the life of toll and war;
fare through which Capt. Porter mad
passed, and here he delighted to dis
pense that hospitality which made his.
house a place of reunion for some of
the wisest and greatest in the land. .
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During his residence at Meridian
Hill Capt. Porter became much inter-
ested in farming His friend, Mr.. John
Skinner. was the editor of an agricul-
tural paper and the various hints in
regard to the proper cultivation of the
soil the captain endeavored to put in
practice on his gravelly land. where
crops did not seem to thrive. In truth,
though an excellent sailor, he was no
Judge of land for farming purposes,
though, If he had suspected the exist
ence of that deposit of white sand
under his estate, which since the estao-
lishment of the Board of Public Works
has been made manifest, he might have
made the place pay good dividends.
James K. Paulding, an intimate friend
of Capt. Porter, in his amusing book,
John Bull in America good naturally
satirizes the nautical hero's system of
farming.
"All sailors imagine themselves COM
petent to manage farm and are never
satisfied until they own one. The his
toric Pennsylvania Dutchman may not
have understood the theory of farming,
but in practice he was certainly sue
cessful. for what vegetables he could
not sell he gave to the pigs, and what
the pigs wouldn't eat he ate himself.
The captain, on the other hand, was
so proud of his farming that he sup
piled his acquaintance with the best
of vegetables for nothing. He had a
kitchen garden of five acres, and had
to buy vegetables for Winter; he had a
hundred acres in corn, oats, wheat. etc,
and was obliged to purchase grain for
his stock
HE imported English bulls at twelve
hundred sllars apiece; people would
not patronlze them. He had the finest
piggery in the country, but alas, 1t did
not pay. Thousands Of carloads Of
manure were hauled upon the farm,
only to be washed away by the Spring
rains: the place was in beautiful order,
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Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets, until
it reached little north of the stand
pipe, when 1t took southwesterly
course, following the present Kalorama
road
During the untold number of CEN
turtles that this stream had existed 1t
had cut its way deep into the earth,
some places being Is or more feet lower
than the surrounding surface of the
ground.
On the south bank of this stream,
about where the French embassy stands,
could be seen, for many years, the
meridian stone, which was placed on a
direct line with the initial stone erected
at Jones Point on April Is, 1871. and
from which the longitudinal and merid-
ian center of the District was located
by Andrew Ellicott.
This line from the initial stone, -
as an old item tells us, extended
through the Presidents House, north
along the center of Sixteenth street
and thence over Peters Hill, afterward
called Meridian HILL to the intersection
of the diagonal lines at the north point
of the District, about mile due west
from Silver Spring, Md. Upon this
line. about 80 yards south of the present
standpipe, near the brow of the hill,
Commodore David Porter had manA
sion, the entrance door of which was
due north of the center door of the
Presidents House. On the edge of the
south lawn, in close proximity to the
house, was placed the meridian stone.
ut was wrought and near two feet
across, and of the same height. The
north edge of it was circular, and upon
it was afterward placed brass sun
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leased by John Quincy Adams, upon
his retiring from the White House. BY
this time it may be assumed that the
property had substantially passed out
of the hands of the commodore, for
there was surely no love between him
and Mr. Adams, and no apparent reason
which would have warranted the for
mer in leasing it to him. especially
since the ex-President had upon one
OCCASION when Lafayette was visiting
this city in 1924, deliberately. and
cruelty snubbed Porter, who. it seems,
had enlisted the aid of the Marquis in
his behalf to try to straighten out a
difference between the two men.
Lafayette had been granted an inter-
view with the President, with permis-
sion to bring the Commodore along, and
the latter was to make personal ex-
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highly satisfactory to the casual OBJ
server. but it yielded absolutely nothing.
THE captain then introduced an
English farmer on the premises. estab-
full little farmhouse and supplied him
with half a dozen assistants. At the
end of the year the crops realized just
about enough to pay the expenses of
this party, without any over surplus in
the way of profit.
"On the whole, Capt. Porter found
that he had been more successful in
ploughing the sea than he was ever
likely to be in ploughing terra firma."
X X X X
- EVERSES caused Commodore Por-
AZ ter to dispose of his property, and
in 1929 the mansions and grounds were
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JRING the busy hours of the
day Roden street, that bottle
necked thorougfare connecting
two of the great arteries of
northern london iS Oyer-
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DAVID CRANMER, a clerk in the
War Department, became a resi-
dent In 1902, when he moved house
he had purchased. which stood in the
way OF the extension of Sixteenth street
above Columbia road. He placed 1t on
lot at Columbia road and Seven
tenth street, where it still stands. Mr..
Cranner was enterprising. and, previous
to this, purchased from the District
colored school which faced Columbia
road between Mozart and Sixteenth
streets. and converted 1t into four or
nve dwellings,. just outside the Meridian
HUI subdivision, and across the street
from this old school, lived Columbus
Eslin. The site where his house stood
Is now covered by the Argonne Apart
ments. 1t was considered a Landmark
In this section.
The Calvary Methodist Church, at
Sixteenth street and Columbia road, is
the site OF the residence Of Mr. Stew
art. brother-in-law of Columbus Eslin.
and All Souls Church, at Sixteenth
and Harvard, rests upon ground once
used as Jewish slaughter ncriSe.
Where the embassy buildings :==.=.i:d
were just few small one-story snacKs.
Meridian Hill was taken possession of
during the early part of the Civil War,
ana some OF the earlier troops were
quartered here before being sent to
Brightwood for service at Fort Stevens.
Indeed it is a very interesting place,
and much might still be said of 1t. /
recall, upon one occasion. years ago
when Sixteenth street was being
widened, that a human skeleton was
dug UP nearly in front of All Souls
Church. Sufficient fabric remained in
tact to cause the authorities to con-
clude that 1t was that Of woman My
recollection Is that it was sent to Potters
Field.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-27
The Heart Stasy ' Av10e A vl0kanannn 0fs
 AVvV S1W00VSSA1SA Steadfast Wonan
By Adele Garrisoa

''Is this just ordinary blues or a case for a doctor?" she demanded. T haven't seen the old dear 90 dolorous since the hound pup lost Lis ear. What's happened this after noon? I've nearly slept the clock around, only wakened q few minutes ago."
 And a good thing, too." Kath- erine commented. If you carry out your plan of starting at daybreak day after tomorrow on that motor trip. I want you to do the same thing tomorrow afternoon, also. But being asleep. you've missed some of the vaudeville acts we've been stag ing. and which are responsible for the grouch of our revered hostess
 Then hurry up and serve the soup before it gets cold" Lillian tcld her impudently. settling deeper into her chair and curving her arms comfortably over her head.
 With voice cautiously lowered. Katherine told her of Katie's trip to Quogue. accompanied by the suit case bulging with flamboyant mourning garments of Mother Gra- hams tantrum at katies request to have luncheon half hour earlier for our little maids convenience, and of Mary's telephoned request to Prince Georges that he take her to Easthampton, which had made me drive hastily to that charming relic of old Colonial life on Long Island.
 ''But though Madge quartered the streets Of the village and the roads leading out of it, not sign of the young people did We sec" Katherine finished. No wonder she's grouchy with d whole afternoon wasted"
 T wouldn't call it wasted" Lillian said, as she changed her indolent attitude 10 an alert attentive one. "Shes proved pretty conclusiveiy that Mary didn't so to Easthampton. The corollary to that Is that she didn't intend to go there. and pur- posely misled any chance nearer of her conversation. Perhaps our super-sleuth, Katie, had better luck
 Continued Tomorrow
 Copyright 1928. Newspaper
 Feature Service, Inc.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-27
Des MOines Woman
 "Practical Politician"

Des Moines. Oct. 16 R-There are practical politicians among women. and noteworthy of these is Mrs Louise M. Dodson, former county recorder. who successfully ran for office before women could vote.
 Because she knows politics. Mrs. Dodson was chosen head of the wO- mems division of the Chicago office of the national republican com- mittee.
 In 1903 while her husband was campaigning for states attorney, he died, leaving Mrs. Dodson with . small son and an equally small es- tate. She had taught school in Pennsylvania. but teaching offered no attractions. Running for office did.
 The county recorders office was hers ten years. For several years she has shown republican organi- cations in middle western states how to get out the Women's vote.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-27
Cake
 That Is Winner
Sister Mary Quotes Delightful Recipe.
(BY SISTER NARY)

That our grandmothers and great grandmothers were interested in politics and perhaps in gently in- nuencinE the voting members of their families and friends Is evident in their clever naming and baking of special cake.
 The traditional "election cake" is dark. rich. spicy and fruity, Q com hination that no man ever could rs- sist from the Hamilton and Jeffer- son days on down. So if modern women feel inclined to carry on after the fashion of yesterday they must bake an election cake at least week before the great day. Here's the way to do it: One yeast cake. cup lukewarm water. tablespoon granulated su- gar. l teaspoon salt. tablespoon lard. { cups flour, cups brown su- gar. eggs. cup seeded raisins. l meg. 1 tablespoon cinnamon. 1 tea- spoon clove. ? tablespoon lemon juice, 1 1-2 teaspoons soda. 1 cup butter.
 Dissolve yeast cake in lukewarm water. Add lard, sugar, and salt and cups of flour. Mix thoroughly and let stand in warm place over night. or six to eight hours. Then cream butter and slowly beat in brown sugar, beating until creamy. Add one-half cup flour, and mix thoroughly. Add eggs we'll beate~. Add raisins. citron and lemon juice. Add sponge or yeast mixture to cake mixture. Dissolve soda in little warm water and beat into batter.
 Mix and sift remaining flour with spices and stir into mixture. Mix thoroughly and turn into buttered and floured deep cake pans. Cover with a cloth and let stand in a warm place until double in bulk. Bake one hour m moderate oven.
 The cake can be frosted If de- sired. but the fruit makes a frost ing unnecessary.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-27
Salmon steak, Baked for Four

Salmon Steak, Baked for Four
 One pound salmon steak, 1-3 cup flour. teaspoon salt. 1-4 teaspoon paprika. tablespoons fat. 1-2 cup water.
 Wipe off the steak with a damp cloth. Cover both sides with the flour and sprinkle with the salt and rapiika, Place in buttered bak- ing pan and dot the top of the steak with the fat. Add the water and a lid and bake in a moderate oven for one hour. Inspect frequent ly to see if more water may be needed to prevent scorching.
 The steak does not need turning. as crust will form on the bottom. which will aid in easily removing the cooked fish from the pan.
 Egg Sauce
 Two tablespoons butter. 3 table spoons flour. 1-2 cups milk, 1-2 teaspoon salt, IA teaspoon celery salt. i egg, well beaten. 2 table, spoons lemon juice. 1-4 teaspoon paprika.
 Melt the butter in small pan. Add the flour and blend thoroughly. Add the milk and cook until Q creamy sauce forms. Stir frequently to prevent Jumping and scorching. Add the salt. celery salt, egg and lemon juice and cook for one min Ute. Serve at once. poured over and around the salmon steak. Sprinkle with the paprika.
 Graham Gems, Twelve
 One cup flour. cup graham flour. IA cup sugar, l teaspoon baking powder, l teaspoon soda. 1-l teaspoon salt l egg. 3 tablespoons molasses. 2-3 cup sour milk. 2 table, spoons fat melted
 Mix all the ingredients and beat vigorously for 3 minutes. Half fill well gr,ased muffin pans and bake in a moderate oven for 15 minutes. Serve hot with butter.
 Baked Fig Pudding
 (Ser>e hot or cold)
 -lohI LII cup lat, cup bu8di Is teaspoon salt. l egg. teaspoon nutmeg, cup milk, l-2 teaspoon vanilla. .-3 cup chopped figs. 2 cups flour, teaspoons baking pow der. IA teaspoon soda. Cream the fat and sugar for one minute. Add the rest of the inyfedi- ents and beat for minutes. pOul into shallow pan which has been fitted with waNcd paper. Bake in g moderately slow oven for 20 min. utes Cut in squares or bars. All cakes. cookies and buildings need tlaNorings. Some housewives think that chocolate and spice mix lures need no vanilla, but add some and note the improvement. For a change for afternoon tea i spread slices oi sponge or angel foOt cake with jelly or raspberry jam 1 and arrange in sandwich fashion.