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Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been reported
TO the Health Department in the past "a
hours:
Henry NJ lie Due. 90. 5410 33rd St
Margaret NJ. Ieih, Si. 70l Whittier at.
Oliver II. beavers. 80. q. s. Soldiers Home
Hospital.
Henry B, Dunnavant. -, 1913 y. Capitol
ST.
Annette Cook, -, Homeopss,hic Hospiial
Isaac Fddlesop. ~. Sibiey Mem. Hospital.
Emma e. Garrett 81. piS o ST.
Christine Dogen. 6s, Providence Hospital.
Walter Underwood, 81. Home for Aged
JAIME. b. Ko,nsr. 81. George Washington
William Johnson. 81 Sihley Hospital.
Frank E.. Turner 81. Walter Reed Hos
pital
Harry o'Hars 81. Providence Hospital.
joseph Gallagher. As. 55.1 18th st.
Marion VI, Tialkens. 20. IL 8 Pa. ave.
Bruce Andrews. :. Ch,ldrsn's Hospital;
James =. Pratt ID. go At
Ella Sidney. 20. St. tlzabeth's Hospital.
Fannie Goats. So. 3 Naiior Court.
Margaret Bennett. So. Tubefculosis Hos
Mabel King. 10. 1878 end sw.
Marion Fenton. 20 months. Children e
Infant Of BECKER Jones. 81. months.
Calfnger Hospital,
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TIA JUANA RIVER DAM
PLANNED BY MEXICO
Big Irrigation Project Near U. s
Boundary to Be Built by
New York Firm.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK. March 8.-The AM
bursen Construction Co., Inc. of New
York yesterday announced that Gen.
Abelardo l.. Rodriguez. governor of the
northern district Of Lower California.
Mexico. had signed contract for
about $4,000 900 OF irrigation construc-
ton In the territory Immediately south
of San Diego and the California inter-
national boundary.
The first construction would be that
of a dam rising 255 feet from the
bed Of the Tia Juana River 80 miles
from San Diego and IL miles south
OF the boundary. at a cost Of $4,000. 900.
Further development would follow on
the Tecate River. which joins the
Tia Juana 3 miles below the dam site.
Other items on the program include
the extension of the Pacific Coast
Highway from the boundary 10 miles
to the port OF Ensenada and resump-
ton of the San Quentin irrigation
project. 200 miles south, begun In
1886.
Gov. Rodriguez and Gov. Young OF
California will confer at San Diego
Tuesday on connection link with
the proposed Ensenada highway.
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INSULL MAY CONTROL
$17,000,00O COAL co.
Reported Consolidation Would
Give Utilities Magnate Pea.
body Corporation.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March "a consolidation
by which the interests OF Samuel In
sull, public utilities leader, would gain
control OF the $17.000.000 Peabody Coal
Co. Of Chicago was reported under ne
gotiation today.
The company operates "a mines in
Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana. Oklahoma
and Pennsylvania. Stuyvesant Pea
body, president of the coal concern
was understood to have completed ar
raneements for the consolidation with
the insult group. with plans ready to
be submitted to stockholders Of the Goa
company for approval within a few
days.
Details of stock transfer were with.
held. Neither Peabody nor insult woulc
confirm or deny the consolidation plan
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Births Reported.

The following births have been reported
to the Health Department in the pas" -
hours: -,
panl A, and Anna Maris Stewart Stewart girl.
Thomas i. and Tula Kitsoulis. boy.
Frank H. and Mary f, Allen. boy.
Louis s and Dorothy e. Poats. boy.
Rudoiph and Mary Bird, girl.
Harry NJ and Bessie f.. Fridley. girl.
Thomas r. and Beulah f. Winchester
girl.
Grorgp F. and Mare aret NJ. Norris boy.
John r.. and Minnie A. Bowen. hoy:
Charles f.. and Mabel A. Hanson. hoy
sIohn e. and Frances A. Paine. girl.
George NJ and Lucy 8. Provost. boy
Lloyd B. and Octavia Horton. girl.
Charles and Alice I.omax, boy.
Francis and Anna Cooke. hoy.
Willis =. and Mildred Smith. girl.
Francis and Marie Baskerville. girl.
John I. and LOrene Coins. glrl.
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stances was being hurried today In an
effort to save from death their uncle,
who is seriously and mysteriously Ill.
Orvilla, 2, and Richard. 4, children of
MIR. and Mrs. George A. Bohle. died
suddenly several days ago of a inalady
which baffled physicians. William Sims,
their uncle. spent several days In the
Rohle home prior to the sudden deaths.
He was stricken yesterday Doctors
hone the examination of the two boys
will give them information that will
save Sims life.
Other members OF the Bohle and
Sims family are being kept under close
observation by physicians. Coroner May
field said a post-mortem examination
Of the boys pointed to a slow-acting
poison.
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t,I hag IN \. ave, ear or oa Il ave
t'ol, bila. l,:s kttt"uitie vi. kewart.
Mt.t.tol.n black. drivers icrnsa, nn,on
Calti OH ruin nnd NtS raan, otc silver dollar,
G, \, hampton "oo lnd,sna ave. nv; re-
nRArgl.ET. white geld. dtsn,ond, !. sap.
phltra. II tour"I teiutn 10 a%o ian st Sc
tsii"oit -
hti.Lnuu, hriudls male, Monday mgh,,
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l,h~rai reward, Adams pdls or return @
in}G. ,'emsn, Police. dats eru~n teaale,
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naslas, going irsm iapa 0,FaSi M 20 iSs@
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Ntemant ave, city -
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hitiata n VI, So aundas eSeAtns, Nal9ea
A. sitt tfom mother Reward, uaa iaAs -.
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Evening star., 1928-03-08
INVITES PRESIDENT.
Asheville Man Offers His Estate as
Summer White House.

President Coolidge was invited to-
day to spend next Summers vacation
In North Carolina by Philip 3. Henry
Of Asheville, who was introduced TO
the President by Senator Overman OF
that State.
Mr.. Henry offered for the Summer
White House Zealandia. MS l5O-acre
estate on Beaucatcher Mountain. at
Asheville.
He told the President that zealandia
would provide an ideal Summer resort
and that its 5000 feet altitude would
provide many features which he knew
were agreeable to the President
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1n mfmoriam.

RANTER. HARDING. In sad sat iexias
HRsni%S Hssnhs"S' "t. "t ""f haSsr sSts '" .aS
ntne,esn wears ase, nesemser, Al, iso>,
and JAMIE r. RAXTER, who l.i, y:
~ piRl X se esHxTEs. o"'s wSs lsts u. ':n ax,seS ,
wears aS" 'odsy. Nsrch :, iais.
Savior In Thy gracious ke~n,ng
Leave us now our 1oNes: ones sisering, =.
Il ny a.s. ',sr,ss.d der S.S iSS fr,." EiIssssrH
A. RNSIpN, NAo IepaFsNf thts NE
wears asn t"tay, March s la:e,
Although YOUR hand cannc, elase.
Bu, lei this htile lnEen tell
| st,il remember thec.
COZ, ,EMt>. In sad but losias remer,crs snsv'
e nur Oar husband and father, WEI
FORD, who departed ,ais his ene wear aso
to,tSt, March 1877.
Jus, tine ot sweet remembrance,
l",, = n,-e,cry, iN"d and true;
That our hearts st'ii s sSns tcrSS
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fiEins taNSER% %Ss sSo sS,'tS sss ss.a,s sSS ss.a.
es,n sSdsS ., March : lnoS sad saw,
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Peacefully sleentns, r-ssing st last
llte's weuy trials and snheslas nass:
Ia silence Sou suffered, IN esuecS~ yrN
up'tl aot called you homie 90 msee NJ
MOTHER, sAgAN riEIrs I.
ENGEt~ In .evtnx memory ut s,x beloved
hnssasd father and sraadta,eet, JOHN
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aee stroke @saas More Than ssNsNs can
The waelA seems another iptaee
WtlhnVN the sM,le NJ p,ethes's Igsa
Evening star., 1928-03-08

Instead OF extending It's street car
lines. Hull. England. Is adding ID ne"
! omnibilSes
Evening star., 1928-03-08
Georgia Official Dies.

MARIETTA, Ga. March 8 GAD.-Col.
Walter I. Hayward. rs. sheriff OF the
Georgia Supreme Court and distiu-
guished In legal and military circles in
the State for many years, died yesterday
of penumonia contracted after a serious
fall two weeks ago.
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Lynchburg Bar Elects.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LYNCHBURG, Va, March 8.-The
Lynchburg Bar Association has elected
S. Garland Hammer. president: James
r. Caskie. vice president. and e. Thur
man Boyd. secretary treasurer.
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Caro of Tbanks

lACkSON Ee wish 10 extend 10 our rela
uves. ueighbors and friends our sincere
thanks and spretiation for their ,expres:
stons of sympathy and heanitM nor1
WIFE AED FAMILY.
Evening star., 1928-03-08

Unsatisfactory results from exhibi-
tions at fairs and expositions have
caused the National Association Of Shoe
Manufacturers OF Germany to decide
not to stage any exhibitions this year.
Evening star., 1928-03-08
SEEK POISON CLUES
IN BOYS ODD DEATH
Indiana Physicians Hope to Solve
Uncle's Queer Illness by
post.Mortcm.

By the Associated Press.
MICHIGAN CITY. Ind. March g.
Examination Of the vital ORGANS of two
boys who died under puzzling circum-
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Deatts.

BROWN. Suddenly departed this life March
,, ls;s Ira ., NJ gp, M. HELEN II rs risiS rsRsoiwS
Geside her husband, . daughters. 3 sons
sif,er. Is srsnNchlIdren anu host Il
chnroh. % ard st Il. between New. YORK ave-.
aud l. .t nv THURSDAY. March s. at
] nm,
CIaiBuRN. Departed ,hi. life Nondsy.
Sisa. Ma,Ea ao!p,,.i. rna 'sE5RSEs' s'0't 'ttLklBdKS
sx@asd eyns erohsr 1sinsr Of Eass1a leaves
to mourn their loss his devoted som and
leyns nto,nfr 1ssd and hos, OF ,m ",hss ss reen
n Grice's funeral narlors, l@th and \
-. nv. Funeral Friday March p a. !
sSb,cs sl"eS from Vermont Avenue BAPTIST
Dear father. ee often think oi you:
And speak of what good father you
rs sad the way you died
and rot even chance 30 say good bye
His pEvoTED son. EDWARD CLAY.
cL.ynrR>., The eeuces; and mer,ee1. & &
81 qsss'T eaT bslsyed sis ei'f Sra,hsr stdReE CAY
fun"isi on Friday Msrcn ., la!s., a, |
nm frnn Vermont, Avenue Rapi,,,,
church between q and X ats. NV. Ali
WALTER BAppY. secy.
Cf.AYBtR< To the officers and members
of A. X Manning Lodge. No: "3bi. q. Z. q,
,aO. y: lom are requested Ia I've present
al Odd Fellnws. Hall inot n St NV
arranss "ass'S Tor ~ fine funeral ot Rrc,hrf GEORGE
CLAYBrRN. by order ot the y g.
k0HERr ", FlNKErr. r. :,
CLAtBuR>. Cot. Chas, Senns Reuef M.
GEoRGE CI.ANBURN, fuucr3l from
Vermont Avenue baptist Church. FRIDAY,
March 1928 I pnt,
PAULINE MARSHALL. President
MARY Il. BOWMAN, Rec. secY
CI.AfRtRN. Widows Son Loise No. :,
p. 4 A. NJ. will hold q special conmnn'
cation FRIDAY, March u, - oclock moon.
Ia aticnea the innstai NJ Hrother GEoRGk
j. uLANBURN. services AT Vernon,
Avenue baptist church at ! o'clock pm
THOMAS T., CLIFFORD W. NJ.
J. :. george, Secy.
CItNUtR< Orhcers and members Of the
HeiptnS Hlnd ASS,Ntatton. You are re-
aueste,i tn aiteao the ,a,i meeting, Thur,
,tay Marrh n loss. at $50 PM, at
Udsis florida ave, 10 Attanso tor the
funeral ut cHr late brother, GEukUE
Gl.ASbtikS funerai services on FRIDAY,
Mach y. At .s1mer, ASnnns ,, sarns'
SARAH n TURNER, kec, Seey,
SATURDAY. Msrch t. ip:s. Jud> iil'S.
tt,Ak hetuVest husband at Rosantund
Harvey. SON ~ J"rl anu tntneia r.
trun'e Relatives and friends who wish
Ia view the remains may ,to 50 az Lees
thll@t Washington, un "Wednesday aud
1hur-uas Mareh atsi = tntrrment IA
Ar.,nstun CEMETERY Nat,,n later
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the mail after dark. not being willing
to take any chances for fear OF the
cars jumping the tracks.
When the Government was moved
here the stagecoach was. OF course,
the principal means used for this pur-
pose, and it carried. besides the MAIL
as many passengers as the vehicle
would hold.
The charges for carrying the mail In
those days would now be considered
unreasonable and prohibitive. For in
stance In 1916 the rates for single
letter were. for distance not exceeding
80 miles, 6 cents: over 30 and not ex-
ceeding so miles. 10 cents; over 80 and
not exceeding $50 miles, 1914 cents.
over $50 and not exceeding 400 miles,
1894 cents, and over 400 miles. 25 cents
The postage OF newspapers, magazines
and pamphlets was relatively high in
proportion.
When we stop TO compare the Gosh
of few items like this and others
necessary for our convenience and COM
fort In we olden days." with the
charges for the same things today, We
cannot but admit that top prices, In
some respects at least. have not yet
been reached all along the line
In 1900 1t took 10 days TO convey a
letter from Portland. Me, to Savan-
nah. Ga; from Falmouth to Savan-
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now the property Of the Chevy Chase
Club.
From MIR. Hines statement. and from
other reliable sources, IL Is evident thai
the Post Office Department did not re-
main long on this site, but soon after
ward removed into Southwest Executive
Building, where it was assigned four of
the "a available rooms,
The War. Navy and State Depart
ments were then also housed In this
building Here eight rooms sutficed for
the requirements of the War Depart
ment while the Navy Department got
along with six and the State Depart
ment which then included the Patent
ONCE, had to make out with but -four.
The Southwest Executive Building
was situated west Of the White House.
and was erected between 1890 and 1901
for the accommodation OF the State,
War and Navy Departments II con-
tlnued In this joint use until August
"a, 1914 when 1t was destroyed by the
British,
In 1910 the Government appropriated
$40, 900 for the purchase Of the Blod-
gett Hotel property. an unfinished
building on the north side OF Il street
between Seventh and Eighth streets
northwest, which was marked with a
bronze tablet by the Committee on His
toTie Sites not long ago.
After making such repairs as we're
necessary. the Post once Department.
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Letter Stamps Were Unknown Early Days of Postal Servc

nah, 20 days: from Philadelphia TO
Nashville. Tenn. % days. and from
Philadelphia to Lexington, KY, 80 days.
Many of the roads then were almost
impossible and in such cases the horse
and saddlebags had to be resorted to.
Less than a year after the capital
was moved here. Thomas Jefferson was
inaugurated President. Gouverneur
Morris. who attended the ceremony.
stated that the road from Annapolis TO
Washington was so deep in mud that
the stage was stalled and stuck fast.
1t took him 10 hours to travel IS miles.
and after seeing the city he wrote: We
only need here houses. cellars. kitchens,
scholarly men, amiable women. and a
few other such trifieS to possess per-
feet city. In a word. this is the best
city in the world to live in-in the flu
ture."
Another visitor. who was here In
1906. says that the mail-Stage road
from Bladensburg TO Washington was
one of the worst roads In the country
Deep ruts. rocks. and StumpS Of trees
every minute impede your progress and
threaten your limbs with dislocation,"
according TO his description.
At that period washington had but
one penny-post. and 1t is quite likely
he was not overworked
y
BUILDING In this vicinity began at
~ an early date. The writer's ma
ternal great-great-gran John
Hines. built in 1902. the first house
In the square bounded by Tenth,
Eleventh, f and F streets. His dwell
ing was on the F street side, and here
he died In 1916, surrounded by his fam
fly. including his son, Christian, who
many years later wrote Early Recollec-
tions OF Washington City" A section
In this little book tells the number of
buildings standing In this city In 1900,
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shall permit. by the last of next week,
at which time MIR. Munroe viii move
his Office here
THE MIR. Munroe here referred to was
Thomas Monroe then the city
postmaster Soon after he moved his
office into the building with the Post
ONCE Department he found there was
not sufficient room for both and ne ac~
cordingly removed elsewhere.
Here the Post Office Department
seems TO have remained but short
time Christian Hines, IN his EARLY
Recollections OF Washington City
speaks Of the burning, November 8,
1900, OF the temporary quarters OF the
War Department, then located in Mr.
Jackson'E home, Oh the south side OF
Pennsylvania avenue little east OF
Twenty second, and says. THE General
Post ONCE was then kept In the War
once building Mr. A. Bradley
the Assistant Postmaster General, lived
then on Ninth street between II and II
streets. but shortly afterward moved To
his own house, in the vicinity Of the
General Post Office, nov the Was
Once" Incidentally, IL may be said,
this same Mr. Bradley IN 1914 plirv
chased Of Philip Barton Key and John
w. Claggett 2lS acres Of the tract then
and since known as Chevy Chase II
1919 he added Is acres 10 his h0idinea
making In all 23s acres. ina tract ID
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late in 1919, moved into this building.
and here IL remained until December
IS, 1896, when the structure was de-
stToyed by FIRE, together with all ae-
cumulated mail The City Post Once
and the Patent Once also occupied a
portion of this building, and all the
early models and specifications OF the
latter were lost.
y u Is VI
4 FrrER this disastrous fire, the de-
"A partment moved to Fuller's Hotel,
on the site OF the present New willard.
For this accommodation the Govern
ment paid rental OF $4,000 year,
with 81 500 for immediate possession
When the Post Once Department
moved TO Washington there were but
$50 post otfices In the United States.
Postage stamps were unknown. and.
indeed, did not make their appearance
until nearly half century later
Steam cars and steamboats, had not
begun to operate. Fulton was only
about this time trying out his model Of
the Clermont, and the first contract
TO carry the mail by this means was
not authorized until 1918 As for the
steam locomotive. 1t was as late as la3a
before the first train drew up 90 the
station at Second street and pennSyl~
Vania avenue, and even It's field Of postal
usefulness was limited for some years
after For instance, some OF the lines
refused 10 enter into contracts 10 carry
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some time. however, to convince them
| that the unaccountable loss of their
boats and crews had been due to human
and not supernatural means.
This done. began the long vigil from
the sand-hills which have already de-
scribed. Week after week, blistered by
the sun, / watched for evidence that the
half-casts' feet had put to sea, and at
| length my patience was rewarded.
My idea was to meet the "Dagoes" on
/, the open s.. and there. If possible, give
| them a lesson they would never forget.
To this end / contrived, through Lita,
| that Salvador should go back to his own
village with the news that the native
| fishermen we're desperate and were
about TO sail nTthward again, in spite
of their fears, in order to secure at least
one nights catch TO stave off the famine
that threatened them. l guessed that
the piratical half-breeds would not miss
| this chance of Selling more OF the ma
| tiveS' smackS.
| AS soon as I had evidence that my
plan was working called together the
shippers In whom 1 had confidence.
shippers in whom / had confided, and
everything having been arranged be-
| forehand and the crews chosen. few
curt orders sufficed to set things going.
| Then / altered my own appearance to
| that of a fisherman, loaded couple OF
heavy service reviewers. filled my cart
ridge belt, slung bag of spare ammuni-
| ton over my shoulder. and hurried to-
ward a bend OF the river, which con-
| cealed feet of Fl fishing snacks had
| had collected
Each boat was manned by six men,
| four of whom were to row. In few
words / exhorted the shippers to stand
by me and obey orders and the agreed
| signals. Only II life were threatened
were they to use their dangerous looking
| knobkerries.
| Then I boarded old Marcus boat.
which was manned by eight rowers. and
| rs the sun went down led the fiotilla
| gver the ar into q calm and CLASSY sea.
| disposed of my armada fanwise. 10
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n each side of my flagship" and in
lead silence we rowed off into the night
u meet what fate should decide to send
is.
1t was about midnight when, crawling
along the coast, well within the three
mile limit, with an interval Of some 80
yards between our boats, We got the
first sign of the marauders. 1t was dark
as pitch. with an oily sea, as gave the
signal to stop, and standing in the
stern of my own now fast-moving boat.
approached the scouting dinghy that
the c. ny had sent out.
In 1t I could dinly discern the forms
Of three men. who on our approach first
shouted and then rowed toward us.
BY way of reply l called out that /
was a police officer. whereupon they
turned around-no doubt to give the
alarm--but promptly Signaled to Mar
Gus, who held the tiller, and our craft
crashed into them broadside, upsetting
tn dinghy and hurting It's occupants
into the sea- We hauled them in, but
they sulIenly refused to answer any of
the questions I put to them. so / called
up one of the larger boats Of my fleet
and deposited them on board, first TAX
ing care to see that they were securely
bound.
This done, we crept cautiously for
ward once more, and presently came
across three more rowing boats, each
full of men. I slowed down, and with
wells of delight the half-breeds dashed
forward, seeming an easy prey. When
they heard my voice and saw the num-
Der of r. crew they tried to sheer of
but one boat ran alongside before Its
orr,,r,0ysfs cofiId siacker snaed and We
caught its gunwale with boathook.
made a grab at fellow standing
erect In the stern, and. both Of us
losing our balance. we toppled over into
the water clasped In an affectionate
embrace. With violent kick freed
myself, rose gasping to the surface and
climbed on board my boat--to find that
one of my rowers had been badly
slashed with a knife. His aSsailant.