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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-15

In The Star for two days later is
the following:
This morning John s.. Staples.
President Lincoln's representative re-
cruit, was arrayed in the uniform Of
the United States Army, and accom-
panied by Gen. Fry, Provost Marshal
General, Mr.. N. D. Larner of the
third ward and his (StaplesO father
was taken to the executive mansion,
where he was received by the Presi-
dent Gen. Fry introduced him by
saying: Mr.. President, this is the man
who is to represent you In the army
Tor the next year. Mr.. Lincoln shook
hands with Staples, remarked that he
was q good looking, stout and healthy
looking man, and believed he would do
his duty =. Mr.. Larner then presented
the President with a framed official
notice Of the fact that he had put in
a representative recruit and the Pres
1dent again shook hands with Staples
and expressed a hope that he would
be one of the fortunate ones and the
visiting party then retired"
Lived Through Year of Service.
Staples was, indeed, zone Of the for
tunate ones; Abraham Lincoln was
not The military substitute lived
OAHAA bAAC yCdL Va CCIf1CC, tkG RES
ident, whose battle front was much
more dangerous, did not. Staples was
mustered out at Alexandria, Va, Sep
TENDER IL, 1865, four months after an
enemy bullet had taken the life of
the great man in whose stead he had
had the honor Of wearing the Blue.
Lincoln perhaps would have preferred
it so.
Noble D. Larner himself was q lieu
tenant in the old National Rifles, a
Washington militia unit and was one
of those Washingtonians who stood
under arms on the North side of the
Potomac during the critical first week
or two of the war, grimly holding the
Capital until troops from other Sec
lions of the country could arrive. His
mother, it Is interesting to note, was
one Of the slave-owning Washington
ians who met the wish of President
Lincoln and made the Capital an ex-
ample for the country by freeing their
slaves long before the Emancipation
Act.
The Larners attended the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church, where
the LincolnS also ,worShiped. John
3. Larner was only years old when
the President was aSSaSSinated, vet to
his own last days he carried q vivid
recollection of the last time he looked
upon the 2urrowed features of the
martyred President. His mother took
him to- the Capitol and there lifted
him in her arms that he might see
the strong outlines of that impressive
lace, frozen in death. The picture
never passed from Mr.. Larner's mind.
Observed Golden Wedding in 1901.
Noble D. Larner, after the war,
found that his personal interests had
undergone considerable change. His
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ME death last week Of Jol

TINE death last week Of John
Bell Larner removed "the cen
trail pillar" Of the fourth
generation Of a family that
has been prominent in the
history of Washington for 13l years,
according to material compiled by Ed
win Melvin williams in the course OF
genealogical research, Mr.. Williams
points out that although Washington
as the seat of government OF the united
States dates back only to 1900, 1t Is as
a peopled region, much older. The cent
sllS of 1900 showed that 1887 wnlte
families then lived in the Maryland
portion of the District and many OF
these families carry back into the Co
lonial period In local residence. Some,
he tells The Star, through the genera
lions have become or remained op-
scure, while others have been proml-
nent. Among those that have been
prominent since the very beginnings OF
the city are the Larners, along with
such families DIS Beall. Dorsey. Peter
MaTruder, Thornton, ofutt, Belt, Hol-
mead, Gordon, Henderson, Corcoran.
Riggs, Dunlop, Stoddert, Coombe, King,
Lingah, Orme,Mp Wise, Shoemaker
Semmes, hewitt, Duvall and Dulany..
The first of the family to settle In
the Capital was James Larner, VINO
came from Philadelphia ABOUT l6Uu. dE
son, Michael, was born May ID, 1903,
and by this time the Larner clan had
become prominent in the third and
fourth wards, parts of the city in which
their interests were important up to the
moment of the death of the last bearer
Of the name.
Gideon Family Wealthy.
Michael Larner, on January IT,
1928, married Christianna, daughter of
Jacob Gideon, IT., and his wife, Mary
Coons. The Gideons were wealthy.
Jacob, jr., was the printer of the Con-
gressional Record" He also published
Washington's leading newspaper, THE
National Intelligencer." His printing
establishment was at Sill Ninth street
Northwest and his residence at 46S
Seventh street northwest. Mrs. Gideon.
Christianna's mother, was one of the
prime movers in the organization of
the Fourth Presbyterian Church, anc
she instituted the female free school
conducted for many years after 1888
in room in the church building.
The Larner family. as well as the
Gideon family. had printing interests.
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The Larner Family
Name Has Been Identified With Washington Since
the Dawn of the Nineteenth CentUry-Bdnker's
Death Recalls Its Local History.

The Washington City Directory for
1877 lists q Thomas Larner, printer,
his address being given as ID n, btw.
Franklin Inn and Office Of the Ma
tional Intelligencer. The same Direc-
tory indicates that Michael Larner re-
sided on the "w. side w., btw. . and
n" The City Directory for 1855
shows Thomas Larner as living at "407
e, and m. Larner," presumably
Michael, at "441 F." Noble D. Larner.
son OF Michael: Is listed as printer, +"
Noble D. Larner, father Of John B.,
was in 1855 just IS years old. mar
ried, and identified with the printery
OF his grandfather, Jacob Gideon, ir.
However, he was not destined to re-
main q printer. The City Directory for
1850 lists MIN as such, but the next
issue (1862) describes him as "clerk
in Int. Dept" In 1862 also he was
elected to the City Council. So was
his father. They represented the third
and fourth wards, respectively.
Chosen for Unusual Mission.
In 1854 Noble Larner was singled out
for an unusual mission, one that fur
nishes an interesting Sidelight on the
personality of Abraham Lincoln.
An item in The Star for October 1
of that year reads
LINCOLN PAYS BOUNTY.
Yesterday, Provost Marshal Fry
sent for Mr.. Noble D. Larner, of the
third ward. and announced to him
that President Lincoln desired to have
a representative recruit put in for him
(the President), and credited to the
third ward. Mr.. Larner at once set to
work to procure young man, 20 years
of age, named James Summerfield Sta
Piles. Mr.. Staples is not as tall as
the President, but Is well formed, stout
and healthy, and there Is every indi-
cation that he will prove an excellent
soldier.
"The recruit was accompanied by his
father, Mr.. J. L. Staples. who gave his
consent to his sons enlistment The
bounty was paid the recruit and the
money was handed over to Mr.. Lar
ner by General Fry, who was author
lied by the President to draw upon
him for the amount Staples was at
once sent to the barracks, and thence
will be sent to Col Alexander's I'd
District Regiment"
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mother died In June, 1868; his grand
father, Jacob Gideon, IT,, in 1864. It
is not clear whether these personal
losses brought Noble additional wealth,
but 1t Is certain that from 1855 until
the end of his life, almost 40 years
later, he was a leading citizen In the
Capital, figure in the financial world,
a man of substance, an astute and ca
pable executive in the field of busi-
ness. He was widely celebrated In the
Masonic fraternity, was grand master
of the Grand Lodge of d. c., in 1881,
and grand high priest Of the General
Grand Chapter of the Royal Arch Ma
sons in 1886-1889. For more than four
decades he was active in the New.
York Avenue Presbyterian Church, and
it was within It's wall that, while dis
cussing some church matter, he sud-
denly faltered and ''painlessly sank to
rest March 10, 1903. His wife. Ann
Margaret Fuller. survived three years.
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They had observed their golden we'd
ding anniversary in 1901.
In his fathers career, John .. Lar
ner had an inspiring example Of al
ship. The press reports of the past
week have told the story of his major
achievements. His friends knew him
also as a talented amateur of letters; ne
wrote interesting verse and philosophical
prose.
Mr.. Larner Is survived by his widow,
the former Anne E. Parker; five daugf1-
ters and eight grandchildren. But it
falls to another Washington branch
Of the Larner clan to carry on the
name. Mr. and Mrs. Larner had no
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An address before the ChGnri1Gde
GIee Club of Washington on the oc-
cGsion OF its tenth annual banquet
November 10, 1881.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-15

Housewives Of Australia are buying
more electric labor-saving appliances
than for some t.1nGo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-30
Mat Matches
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON. - Henri de Glane, 225,
Montreal, defeated Jim Browning, 2l5,
st. Louis, two out of three falls
Drowning, 16:45; De Glane, 1884 and
0:54. Referee awarded De Glane third
fall because of injury to Browning; Ed
Don George, 220, North Java, N. Y,
N. Y. Commute limit; Jack Sherry,
215, Ohio, threw Bull Martin, 220, Je--
sey City, 1907; George zarynon, 1870,
Russia, drew with Charlie Etrack, .205,
Oklahoma Gao minutes.
TORONTO, Ontario. Fred NV
ers, 400, Chicago, defeated George Was
sell, 205. Los Angeles, two out of three
falls (VaSsell, 1903; Myers, 7:34 and
1850; Al MERCER, 1877, Springfield
Mass, threw Louis Lowe, 1877, France,
24:22; Joe Cross, $50, Cleveland, threw
Bob Green, 1876, Batavia, N. Y, 1912.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.-Dick Davis
court, 225, Escondido, Calf, threw John
Maxos. 2o5, Greece, 26:51: Earl Nc
Cready, 226, Oklahoma, threw George
Wilchewski, 201, Boston, 14:24; Joe
"Toots" Mondt, 220, Colorado, threw
vanka zelesniak, 213. Russia, 2O:2o;
Middlekauf, 201, Florida, 20:30; George
Hagen, 212, New York, threw Gene
Bruce, 400, Finland, 1910.
DETROIT.-JimL ondos, Greece, de-
feated Jim Clinkstock, two straight
falls, 45:35 and $40; Hans Bauer, 201,
Milwaukee, threw Bill Jacobson, 189,
Cleveland; Kola Kwariani, Russia,
threw Jean Ladue, Montreal.
MILWAUKEE,. Wis.-Joe Malcewicz
defeated Joe Devito, st. Louis, two
straight falls, 32:14 and 1850.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-30
PING PONG PLACES OPEN

Two Teams Sought to Fill Out
Washington Circuit.
Six Of the eight teams sought for
the Washington Ping-Pong League,
now being organized, have been signed.
Teams interested should communi-
cate with William O. Shreve, at Ma
tfoY1al 6165
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-30
International Loop Poves Great Feeder for Clubs Major Organization
Chips From the Mapleways
BY Francis E. Stan

@HERE appears 70 be plenty Of
contenders for this seasons
Grand Eose-dive Title" but at
this stage of the campaign Jack
wolstenholme Is way cut in front. far
ahead Of even Howard Campbell. Make
Rosenberg and the Rendezvous and
Lucky Strike teams.
Jack, In the last two weeks. has had
his troubles. It wasn't so long ago that
he rolled q 4O6 set. Since, he has
bowled 299 set and 27S.
His delivery alone locks good for at
least $50. But that happens to the best
Of 'em.
CERTAINLY one Of the most unusual
~ features OF this season. and feat
perhaps unprecedented on local
mapleways. occurred last night at the
Columbia in the c. & P. Commercial
Department Telephone Girls League.
The "Stct" team rolled three team
games of 393 eachl
Consistency? Even down to the re-
suits. They dropped all three. the last
by q single stick.
DIED MEGAw. captain of the league
n leading Northeast Temple team in
asked whether he thought he could
maintain his las average.
Red was noncommital. That's lot
Of duckpins," was Megaw's answer.
This week. against Convention Hall,
he rolled only 325, which dropped his
pace almost points.
To the average bowler q 325 set
would be warmly received He some
times fails to appreciate the strain a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-30
MATMEN ADD $500
TO JOBLESS FUND
Give Great Benefit Show and
Cash When Patrons
Are Scarce.
THERE are $500 in the Golfers OF
/ the District of Columbia Com
1 mittee on Employment today as

TIMERS are $500 In the Corners OF
the District of Columbia Com
mittee on Employment today as
a result Of the benefit wrestling
card at Washington Auditorium last
night. but not because the National
Capitals sports public turned out for
the matches.
The $500 fund Is the result Of dona-
tons from the wTestlers themselves.
The show the biggest financial Mop
and the best, from q wrestling fans
standpoint, Of the year, attracted only
2,2eS customers. who paid $3,465. The
expenses amounted to $500, but Pro-
moter Joe Turner, who staged the show,
requested and collected the sum of $500
from the 10 matrnen who appeared and
gave those 2,2o6 customers the widest
evenings mat entertainment of the
season.
Paul Jones, a strong local favorite,
lost to Ray Steele after 80 minutes.
while Rudy Dusek and Matros Kire-
lenko went to a 30-minute draw.
Jones, the underdog, gave Steele a great
beating before losing. Dusek, Wash
ington favorite, lost much Of his hard
earned popularity when he roughed
Matros Kirelenko.
In other bouts, Pat O'Shocker threw
Cy Williams IN II minutes, Tiger Nelson
conquered Benny Ginsberg In "a and
Sander S2abo won over Al Pierotti in
IL minutes.
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star pinman, such as Megaw, Is under
when striving for a record average with
the eyes Of the local duckpin world
focused upon him.
INCIDENTALLY Megaw's reluctance
i to hazard n guess as to carrying q
las average can in no way be at
trihuted 10 the failure of his arm around
this time last year.
The Temple star, 1t may be remem-
bered. had almost as high a mark a
year ago. Then his bowling wing went
on the blink, Except for his victory
In the Potomac Sweepstakes, he passed
from the picture. His arm functioned
only Spasmodically.
This year If he fails to click. Megaw
has said, It won't be because of a sore
arm. That trouble developed from some
molars which severed connections with
Red during the Summer via the dem
fist route.
I UCKY STRIKES District League
- team finally displayed a flash of
the form expected earlier in the
season when 1t twice downed Conven-
ton Hall last week. A shake-up of the
bowling order seemed to help.
Tonight the Howard Campbell-cap-
tanned crew, including, besides its leader,
Earl McPhilonly. Aston Clarke. Glen
Weidman and Carroll Daily, win attempt
to prove that last weeks victory was
no fash in the pan when King Pin Is
entertained at the Lucky Strike.
Both uuints represent Meyer Davis
establishments. but there Is no family
affection on the drives.
In the National Capital League, Tenn
pie is expected to walk all over Barnes
Auto at the Lucky Strike.
TWO season team records were estab-
l. lished last night by the Treasury
girls in the Federal Girls League.
Rolling 554 and 1889. they gave the
rest Of the loop new high-team game
and set mark to shoot at.
AS a result of last nights matches at
the Columbia the first division OF the
Jewish Community Center League is
in first place. No less than four of the
eight teams are deadlocked for the lead.
Vista, Beta Phi Epsilon, Theta Sigma
and A. 2. A. are the leaders. Vista won
two from Phi Lambda, A. 2. A. took
three from Phi Beta and Beta Phi Ep-
silon swept over Theta Sigma to create
the tie.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-30

TRAPSH0TS TO TRAVEL.
washington Gun Club trapshots win
60 to Annapolis tomorrow to engage the
clay pigeon team Of that city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-30
Connie Feared for Pennant
Tells Diners He Doubted Success at Start-Waived
Chance to Crimp Street

Despite injuries and weak bat
ting" said Mack, they pulled
through, aided by the greatest
pitchers in modern base bali, Grove
and Earnshaw, and the excellent
work of our substitutes.
cit Just wasn't in the wood for us
to win the world series this year."
added the veteran manager.
Eddie Collins, one OF Mack's assist
ants, revealed for the first time that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-30

Gabby Street, st. Louis Cards man
ager, submitted a wrong lineup to
the umpires before one Of the games,
which would have cost st. Louis the
services of two players. Mack, Collins
said, graciously waived the rules and
permitted Street to make the neces-
sary substitutions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-30
CARDS LEARY OF BUYING
shy FROM Possible Litigation Over
Dixie Loop Franchise.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. october 30 up.
Branch Hickey, vice president and
business manager Of the world cham
pion st. Louis Cardinals, said last night
possibility Of litigation over the Knox
vtlle-Mobile franchise OF the Southern
Association stands in the way Of Its
purchase by the st. Louis club.
Hickey said the AEobile-Knoxville
franchise els not an inviting PROPOSE
ton as 1t now stands" and added that
"the possibility OF al litigation must be
removed before any major league club
would consider its purchase"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-30
PERKINS IS RELEASED

Erstwhile Yankee Ambitious to
Become Golf Pro.
NEW YORK, October 30 CP).-Cy
Perkins, veteran catcher, has been
given his unconditional release by the
New York Yankees.
Perkins shoots q mean game Of golf
and has visions eventually Of becoming
Q golf pro.
Barney Dreyfuss, owner Of the Pitts
burgh Pirates, has signed Otis Crandall,
1882
Dreyfuss still is seeking q manager
game. The last two mentioned elevens
says he will have no announcement on
that score until the December base ball
meetings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-30
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
~ PHILADELPHIA, October 30
- Connie Mack, guest Of honor
ct O Penn Athletic Club
luncheon yesterday, said he
had doubts at the beginning of the
1891 base ball season that the
Athletics would again win the
! American League pennant.
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LEAVES SCANT ESTATE
Frank J. Farrell, Former Owner of
Yanks, Died Worth 81, o7e.

NEW YORK, october 80 OP).-Frank
! .. Farrell. who for 10 years owned the
new York American League base ball
team and string Of race horses. left
net estate Of e1,o72 when he died
February 10. 1915. an appraisal fled
here showed.
HIS widow. Mrs. Anna Z. Farrell, re-
ceived 1871 of the total
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-22
Published BY
IMPERIAL VALLEY
PRESS, INC.
THE FARM BUREAU
w. c. COSTELLO
Manager

THE old-fashioned axiom = "In union
there is strengths as true today as
1t was when the phrase was coined Am
erlca's colonies found it so in their strug-
gle against Great Britain; labor found it
equally true in striving for its rights in
the closing years of the nineteenth GEN.
tury.
1t is preached on the football field, in
politics-in fact it is accepted as basic
truth in every field of activity.
One of the latest groups to find it is
the American farmers, who, after years
of striving as individuals, have come to
recognize the American Farm Bureau
Federation as the instrument whereby
they can accomplish the greatest good
for the greatest number.
What the trade union is for the labor
ing man, or the chamber of commerce for
the business man, the farm bureau is to
the rural communities.
Imperial county's branch of the fed
GRAFTON, the Imperial County Farm Bu-
reau, is now conducting campaign for
new members. 1t should be unnecessary
for those conducting the drive to have
to spend any time in arguing a farmer
to join their organization.
It's achievements in Imperial Valley
are too we'll known to need any comment.
1t is a well-organized well-administered
constructive force, looking out for the
welfare of the farmer at all times, but
never in selfish degree.
The farmer who prefers to go it alone
is not only selfish but he is short-sight-
ed. In .one instance he deprives himself
of the Joy that comes from working side
by side with ones fellow-citizens, even
though all may not agree on every mat
ter that is considered. In the other in
stance he is flying in the face of the old
axiom quoted above, the truth of which
has been established and proven down
through the ages.
If ever the farmer needed to work in
unison it is at this particular time. Pre-
senting a united front, he can bring him.
self out of the slough into which he has
been forced largely by circumstances be-
yond his control. If he prefers to go it
alone he is entitled to do so of course,
but he must of necessity only go deeper
into the slough.
If the farmers of Imperial Valley have
one-half the sagacity and good business
sense we have always credited them with,
they will chase after the farm bureau
and willingly sign up for
instead of having to be
chased.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-22
III make them q Steamboat,

the Bad Chaps have broken in, this
rainy day, and are teasing our little
rabbits"
"Oh, that's just what it is" his
wife said. 1T must be the Fox, the
Wolf or the Bob Cat after our little
ones who can't get out to 90 to
school because of the rain"
Uncle Wiggily picked up the fire
shovel, which Nurse Jane had Just
brought in to take up some ashes
from the hearth, and he was going
to hunt around for a Bad Chap to
shovel out of the window, when the
muskrat lady housekeeper came in,
laughing, and said:
Now don't be frightened That
noise you hear is made by your own
little children rabbits
do you mean to say" asked Un-
Gle Wiggily, that the hoots, the
toots, the yells, cheers, whistles and
laughing are all made by our bum
nies?"
That's just what mean to say"
answered Nurse Jane. Listen to
them" and she laughed again as
more boots, toots and laughter
seemed to scoot all around inside
the bungalow from cellar to roof.
But why are they making those
noises?" asked Mrs. Longears.
Because they are so happy that
they don't have to go to school on
account of the hard rain" Nurse
Jane said. II heard Uncle Wiggily
say the children could not 90 out
in the rain went on the muskrat
lady housekeeper, $50 I told them,
thinking no harm. And at once they
began to chatter and chitter and
hoot and toot and make all manner
of happy noises. Here they come
row. she said. you can hear
them for yourselves she said, with
a smile.
Surely enough, into the big living
room, where there was fireplace,
came rushing Jingle, Jangle, Bingle,
Bangle, Tooter, Scooter, Baby Bum
ty and a lot of girl rabbits, with
Buster, Custer, Muster and a lot
Of boy rabbits.
"Hurray! Hurray! Hurrayl" they
shouted. mo school for us We
can't go to school because it rains!
Oh, how jolly! Make some fun for
us, Daddicums Make some rainy