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La gaceta., 1935-06-22
REBAJADA LA
DE UN CONSUL

Madrid, JUNO 22,-Al con-
sui general de Espana en- Gu
ia Sc lie ha rebajado la catego
ria que tenia, de secretario de
embajada, de primera clase, a
secretario dc segunda class.
La partida para csc puesto,
con la consiguiente dismina-
ci6n, figura en- los nuevos pre-
~supuestos.
La gaceta., 1935-06-22
RATIFICO
Ell P~ROTOGOLO

Buenos Aires, juni) %. - I'll
congresO de Bolivia, reunidO en-
La Paz, aprdb6 aver Ell protOco-
10 que en- esta ciudad sc firma-
ra, la Semana pasada.
lnmediitamente Sc pOndra en-
acci6n la maquinaria para q a
rreglO de la disputa del Chaco.
La ratification Sc hizo por el
Paraguay el pasado martes.
La gaceta., 1935-06-22

Ash Sc pensaba por los seno.
res fabricantes y por distingui-
dos ciudadanos de Tampa en-
1888.
Vamos a terminar por hoy,
aunque todavia nos quedan al
gunas notas en- carriers.
81 Mr.. Davis sc sale con su
capricho, rebajando j~ornaies J
lanzando a la mayor pobreza a
centen3res de obreros, la indus
tria sufriria las cOnsecuencias
en- su credito.
mo es possible convertir en-
I'm badulaque al hombre que ira
baia y sabe Uivir y morir!
La gaceta., 1935-06-22
CUMPLIO AVER 30 ANOS
Ell A HOLT

Washington, JUNO 22.-Al
cumplir aver los 80 NOS tom6
possession de su cargo de sena-
dor mas j6ven desde q. Henry
Clay prestara juramento = la
edad de % amos.
Masticando daicle Y sonrien-
do, el nuevo Senador de West
Virginia entr6 en- la sala de Sc
stones, debidamente acompana-
do. Su padre que pasa de los 80
amos, le vic tomar possession.
La gaceta., 1935-06-22
Ell TEMPO

NCbEados con lluvias locales.
Temperature minima, aver,
n grades maxima, 80.
Marea alta q las 6:37 a. m. y
6:22 ,. m. Marea baja a las
a. m. Y 1854 p. m.
La gaceta., 1935-06-22

Alamcd Cal, JUNO 22.-Sa
Ii6 aver de Honolulu con rum,o
a este puerto, 81 hidro2lauo
american Clipper, mandate
por Ell captain +. c. Musick.
Los tripuIautes del gigantcs-
aparato csperan haccr 81 cru
&C del Pacifico en- 10 Eoras.
La gaceta., 1935-06-22

Ell lunes Sc efectuara una
ceremonial, en- Arroyo Naran-
10, para enaltecer la memoria
de Daniel Buttari, una de las
victimas de la tirania macha-
dista. Organizan el acto dos
1ficiales de la policia, eOmpa-
neros que fueron de Buttari.
La gaceta., 1935-06-22

llaba de vigilancia a la puerta
del Diario de la Marina, no VIC
NADIA eXtraordinario en- L. es
quina de Zulueta Y tambien du
da del relate de esos hombreS.
-Visitaron hoy la Lonja del
Concrete, siendo atendidos
por ell Sr. Guardiola, presider
te de la Association de Conner
%ciantes, ell Secretario de ina
cienda, DR.. Smith, Y ell alto EN-
pleado de esa secretaria DR..
Miguel Angel Carbonell.
Ell sargento Morales de-
nunci6 aver al abIgado DR..
Andrew, defensor del consul de
Honduras, Sr, Pinel, porQue esI
tie lie dijo: "Marineros somos
Y en- la mar andamos. "EStima
ell sargento que esas palabras
conStituyen una amenaZa.
La Srta. Gloria Soils, jefe
del Registro de ~Extranjeros de
la Secretaria de Gobernacion,
manifesto aver que a los cuba
nos no Sc impondra ell Garnet
obligatorio de que han habla-
do los peri6dicos, Zen plan nc
es MIC y no cuenta con mi apo
20, como Sc ha venido aflrman
do"
-Cuatro madicos, dos del
gobierno y dos particulares,
han presentado un informe
manteniendo que no es de ca
ballo la carne que la policia O.
eupara en- la fabrica de embuti-
dos situada en- ell numero So
de la calle Vigia, en- esta ca
pitai. La policia venia mantle
niendo 10 c%ontrario.
A las autoridades Sc ha
denunciado ell robo de % de
las 80 toneladas de marmol
que Sc habian comprado para
la base del monumento al ge-
neral Gomez. Los cuerpos de
policia investigaran, por orden
de la Secretaria de Goberna-
zion.
Ell gobierno firmara un de
creto imponiendo la circula
ci6n forZosa de los certificates /
plata, con la debida garantia
en- ell tesoro n%acional. Hasta
ahora no Sc venian permitien-
do cuentas de ahorros con esos
certificates.
Las fiestas de San Juan Sc
v~erificaran manana en- eta ca
pital, con gran lucimiento. FL
alcalde ha concedido tres pre-
mics para las mejores fallas,
muchas de las cuales Sc levan-.
taran en- ell Malec6n, con mate
riales de los Fosos Municipal
les. La policia permitira can
deladas" en- todos los barrios,
de acuerdo con la tradici6n es-
pamela.
-Por haber dido decir a An
tonic Gonzalez Fernandez que /
iba a dejarlo cesante de un EN- :
pleo que tiene en- un cabaret,
Armando Tosco Barcena lie a.
gredi6, hiriendolo en- la espal-
da con una navajo. Gonzalez
Fernandez declare que 81 no
habia hablado de la cesantfa
de Barcena, sine de entrar en-
Ell puesto de administrator con
"manos libres" y casa lin
-Absueltos fueron aver por
Ell tribunal de urgencia No. /
los empleados de correos de
Bejucal, a los que Sc acusaba
de haber tornado parte en- la
Ultima huelga. Tambi6n Sc abb
solvi6 a un obrero del mismo
pueblo, a quien acusaba su pa
trono. Ell tribunal de urgencia
No. 2 absolvi6 a varios indivi-
duos a los que sc habia proce-
sado por SABOTAGE,
La gaceta., 1935-06-22
CUBA AL Ola

Para aprobar ell Codigo Electoral y senalar la
fecha de las elecciones estan reunidos Secreta-
rios y Consejeros de Batista y Mendieta. No
Sc pedira a los cubanos ell Garnet de Identical
cion. = RobarAn 25 toneladas de marmo1 del
Monumento al General Gomez
La gaceta., 1935-06-22

ell teamwork" en- OtrOs tama.
nos Y figuras.
Evening star., 1935-05-12

passed through the side Of the box,
ripped a piece of Guiteau's coat and
raised the blood on his arm. The
horseman Immediately put spurs to his
horse and galloped along First street.
THE a. horses we're whipped up
in pursuit. and chased the fugitive as
far as First and H streets northwest,
but without avail.
"Offcer Edelin,. who was seated with
the driver on the van, fired at the fly
ing horSeman, and thought that he hit
him, as the man threw up his right
arm.
Across Boundary street the pur-
suit was taken up by the county Off
GERS, who emptied their pistols after
him, but could not catch him, as he
was too fleetly mounted. He disap-
peared from view before the Maryland
line was reached.
Later, intelligence was received by
the police that led them to believe that
william Jones, a young farmer, living
near Queens Station, was the man.
The country was secured, and Jones
was found at the house of Mr.. Lord, on
the Bladensburg road.
Jones was brought into the Second
precinct station. officer Edelin,, who
visited him there last night, declared
positively that Jones was not the man.
Perry Carson, the guardsman Of the
van, however, was as positive in de-
claring that it was the man.
Jones was visited by his lawyer
Mr.. r. K. Elliott, yesterday, and by
his advice refused to talk about the
shooting. He declined to admit any
thing, and said the government would
have to prove the charge against him.
Jones Is noted as a crack pistol shot,
and told friend II he had undertaken
the job he would have done it better"
Jones'" The Star goes on to say,
lis native of Prince Georges County,
Md, of English descent, and is about
"a years of age. He has two brothers
Zone engaged on the farm and one in
the employment of a telegraph COM
pany) and one or two sisters. He Is
farmer by occupation. and has been
all his life. Some four years ago he
married Miss Catharine M. Bates. She
is the sister of Fred and William Bates
of this city, and owns the Pomona
estate, the old Bates family home
stead, besides property in this city.
Jones is a resolute man, of strong
impulses and determined character,
and has borne q fair character. Jones
will, apparently, have no trouble about
bail, for hundreds of people express
themselves ready to justify as soon as
he Is brought up.
Jones Is known as one of the best
horsemen in this fection. and has
Evening star., 1935-05-12

in fact. Which simply means that go
per cent of the appraised value has to
be turned over to the Customs Bureau
before the item can be brought into
this country. Rather than pay this
heavy duty, the owner exported it
shipped it right back to Europe. But
this wasn't the end Of the matter.
Four months afterward the chandelier
once again turned up in the United
States, this time at the port of New
York. Another man served as official
custodian and he declared the value
was not, 1900 as an antique, but only
S225 as a modern!
While regular entry was being made
it was revealed that the self-Same
firm had sent in the chandelier as in
the previous case at Baltimore. An
official appraisal was made and not,
it is important to note, at S225. but at
So, 200, the amount really paid for it.
Actually the duty amounted to over
$1,000. So it would seem that 1t
doesn't always pay to try to f1amdoodle
your wise old Uncle Samuel.
1aklQS u pTOful1IeI1G RloSc III oAASA@A
customs records is the case OF q
large real estate development firm In
one of the Southern States quite .
few years back F1amboyantly, this
company announced to an interested
public that everybody who bought one
Of their lots would be given, free Of
charge, an imposing assembly OF
marble statuary including coy ladies
not overburdened with clothes, husky
male riders Of prancing steeds and
massive columns of the much-prized
Greek and Gothic types. All these
would be genuine antiques" pur-
chased from duly qualified dealers in
France and Italy.
The very first shipment containing
an enormous quantity of these orna-
mental objects was presented for the
of1cial supervision of a certain Gus
toms officer, highly regarded as an
antique specialist. Even so, he didn't
want to take all the burden Of re-
sponsibility. There were at least q
hundred separate pieces involved and
II their quality was as advertised, then
some other trained mind ought to help
pass judgment. Therefore tbs Federal
Evening star., 1935-05-12

cleaned from customs files, about a
society woman from Atlanta who
bought herself a highboy from an an
tique dealer in Paris. When it came
up for entry at the port of New YORK
she emphatically declared the highboy
was well over 100 years old, that she
had paid S700 for the piece and that
since it was the real Mccoy it GER
tainly ought to be duty free. The
highboy looked like a good one, sure
enough. But the examiner was one
of those careful fellows. First OF all
he opened one of the imposing look
ing drawers. Right away he found it
was fastened together with round
nails. The melancholy truth was that
such nails weren't even in existence
100 years ago. Furniture makers then
used either square nails, wooden pins,
or both.
YES, the whole thing was spurious.
To make the inspectors judg-
ment seem even more conclusive, he
proved to the furious dowager that
clearly visible to the eye on the hand
some highboy were the marks of mod
ern-day cutting machinery. Whereas,
as is well known, only crude saws were
known way back in the early nine
teenth century. Anyway, real or
false, the antique" was a grand piece
of workmanship. Probably it cost its
manufacturer at least $100 to devise.
Though, of course, a profit Of $500
isn't to be sneezed at.
A beautiful glass chandelier was de-
clared to be over 100 years old at the
port of Baltimore not so long ago.
The owner, an impresSive-appearing
man, insisted it was worth 50 200 as a
real antique. At least, he pointed out,
he had paid $4,000 for the ornament
in Rome. Furthermore, he produced
papers which backed up his assertion
But it took customs appraiser just
five minutes to decide that the "an-
tique" must have been made within
six months. Machine made glass
fastened with up-to-date gadgets told
the real story.
Now, the rate Of duty on modern
imported articles of this general sort
Is very high-6o per cent ad valoren
Evening star., 1935-05-12
Relic of Civil War Stands in the BroOlland Area

some of the fastest running horses in
the District. Perry Carson, who is in
charge of the van, was on the rear,
and seeing no demonstration on the
part of the man, had no right to draw
his weapon"
On November %, Jones was released
on a $4,000 bond, E. G. Wheeler. the
junk dealer, and the well-known
restauranteur, Sebastian Aman, quail
flying.
The old second police precinct, to
which Jones was taken after his ar
rest, still stands at 2040 Georgia ave-
nue., opposite the ball park. Lieut..
James johnson was then in charge,
and his territory included nearly all
Of the county of Washington.
TODAY the Bates home looks
l. somewhat forlorn. Most likely it
is intended, when the property is i'm
proved. to remove it entirely. Some
time ago, when the writer visited the
place, he could not help but feel what
a great pity it was to remove the
many fine old trees that lined the
long carriageway on either side, up
until within a few years ago.
Some of these trees, the stumps of
two of which may be seen close up
to the house in the picture accom-
panying this story. were more than
three feet in diameter and the few
remaining ones clearly indicate what
beautiful grove they once must have
formed.
Only a few blocks south Of the Bates
home, at 100 Michigan avenue, which
was formerly the Bunker Hill road,
stands a large, picturesque frame resi-
dence, Just to the west of where Ran
dolph street stops at Twelfth street.
1t is owned and occupied by John
Alden, whose wife is the daughter of
our well-known fellow citizen, Clarence
F. Norment.
The appearance Of the structure in
dicates that it was built long while
ago. During the period of the Civil
War. or shortly after the war closed,
it belonged to Gen. o. E. Babcock,
Engineer Corps. o. S. A., for whom
Babcocks Lake was named-an arti-
fetal lake In the Monument grounds.
which afforded good skating in Winter
for many of Washington's early resi-
dents.
WHEN President Cleveland was
" buying Rosedale In 1886 and
william C. Whitney was developing
Grassland, which he purchased in
1885 from Lewis E. Means. it is said
that the latter also owned the Michi-
gan avenue property. then known as
the Means farm. iTo the rear Of the
Evening star., 1935-05-12

expert was granted permission to
enlist the aid of celebrated artist,
well known in European art circles
as well as Latin America and the
United States, as bona flde authority
on antiques.
First of the antique" objects to be
shown the artist was a beefy male
athlete, presumably about to hurl a
wee ball high into the heavens. That
is very lovely indeed" quoth the artist
enthusiastically. He then proceeded
to tell exactly when, where and in
what approximate year it was made,
even sketching the home life of the
sculptor whose genius was responsible
for the ornament.
RUT the artists enthusiasm imme-
- diately perished when the GUS
toms officer next f1ourished a mag
nificent looking statute Of a gorgeous
lady, unencumbered by clothes, astride
handsome horse. Hand me q
knife" he beloved to the astonished
Federal man. This request complied
with, the artist, not whit disturbed
bv the fact that the owner of the
ornament was watching him, clipped
off a piece of the lovely lady's nose.
Nothing but a piece OF junk,
cleverly designed, made OF cheapest
cement and ingeniously painted" the
artist explained. Sure enough, the
entire statuette was soft and crumbly,
very easy to scrape off with the dullest
knife. and probably made within a
period of six months. Needless to say,
the real estate company paid heavy
customs duty. Later investigation re-
vealed a ratio of about one real an
tioue to five spurious pieces.
The most striking part of the whole
proceedings was the way the various
pieces of fake statuary had been aged
or checked" as the technical term
has it. After being manufactured on
a wholesale scale they had been deeply
embedded in clay in q certain Italian
province. The result was startlingly
realistic. The chemical action of the
clay 80 marked and discolored the
statuary that many connoisseurs would
be fooled completely-at least at first
| glance.
OF all the antique frauds attempted
from time to time at the expense OF
Uncle Samuel, probably the largest
scale one on official record concerns
a comparatively simple and plain COM
modity-roofng tiles, of all things!
It seems that during the Florida real
estate boom a good many years back
when Spanish type houses were all the
rage. certain builders conceived the
novel idea Of importing tiles from
Cuba that had been on roofs for many
years. Those most In demand had be-
come discolored by the elements, tax
ing on particularly desirable shades or
Evening star., 1935-05-12

good thing to continue strictly above
board for very long. Anyway. after
a month or so the number of tiles
that came in became so considerable
that it was suddenly obvious that they
couldn't all come from the same
building, even though they were lab
eled as such. A thorough investiga-
ton was launched by the customs bu-
reau. Three ace sleuths were dis
patched to Havana. Painstakingly
they checked the building in question.
along with several others from which
affidavits. filed with the customs bu-
reau. claimed the tiles were being
taken. Most of the buildings were
found to be non-existent. Others had
been built within four or five years,
1t was further revealed that GER
tain Havana promoters had made ar
Evening star., 1935-05-12

an old Negro woman named Victoria.
who was supposed to be over 100 years
old.
Victoria. the sleuths found. smoked
long black cigars and seemed perfect
" willing TO talk. SO they drove her
to the site of the old building. Where
upon she announced: When I was
a little girl about y years old used
to play around this building while it
was being built"
Literally speaking, Victoria saved
the day for Uncle Sam. Since she
was now. by her own sworn testimony.
104 years old, the Federal investi-
gators put two and two together and
decided that these tiles lacked lust
eight years of being genuine antiques
under the strict Government inter-
pretation,
Evening star., 1935-05-12

perhaps aboundng in luxurient lichen
growths.
A IL of which was widely hailed by
"A the promoters as giving Span
ish type house an atmosphere of real
antiquity. So far. so good. The very
first shipment Of tiles reaching the
customs officers at the Port of Tampa
was. truth to tell, composed of gen.
uine antiques. Ample proof, in the
form of affldavits, was furnished the
Federal men that the tiles had been
taken off an ancient building in Ha-
vana that was well over a hundred
years old. Result? Not penny in
the way of duty had to be paid. Pretty
/ soft pickings for the real estate mag
mates.
Apparently this was too much OF
Evening star., 1935-05-12

rangements with the various building
owners to take all the old tiles of
their roofs and replace them, free of
charge. in consideration of brand
new and more modern-type tiles.
Which seemed to please the roof own
ers no little. BY far the largest num-
ber of tiles being checked by the FED
eral men had been listed on the Off
ciai customs affidavits as coming
from an old sugar central" or mill.
near Guantanamo. The investigators
visited the spot and found thousands
of tiles that looked exceedingly an
cient. However, no one in the vi
cinity knew how old the building was.
The officers stayed on the premises
three or four hours without throwing
a bit of light on the situation. Finally
some one tipped them off to question
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died. He was a sergeant in Battery 3.
I'd Artillery, United States Army, and
was of the contingent sent to guard
the prisoner at the Jail, but instead
tried to shoot him while he supposedly
stood peering out Of one of the upper
Jail windows, on Nineteenth street be-
tween B and c streets southeast. But
though Guiteau was accustomed to
stand at the window, for once he was
not there.
Sergt. Mason was arrested, tried BY
general court-martial, convicted,
sentenced to serve eight years in the
penitentiary, and was soon on his way.
Mason had a good record as a SOL
dier in the Union Army during the
Civil War, and was married and had
a child. BY the masses he was looked
upon as a hero, and subscriptions for
Betty and the baby netted quite a
sum of money, which was increased
by the sale of bullets sold as fac
SMILES of the one fired by the indis-
Greet sci geant.
ScOI Se H. ocIildIu ulQ 4lOI 5Cb Go AoA
as did Sergt. Mason in his desire to
wreak vengeance on the unbalanced
assassin, for when he tried to borrow
pistol, during the trial, from de-
tective in the court room, whom he
did not know at the time, he was i'm
mediately put under arrest.
But a real wild West show was
staged on Saturday, November 10
1881, when William Jones made his
spectacular attempt, that gained him
the title Of "Bill Jones, the Avenger.
A few years before this event hap
pened Jones had married the owner OF
the Bates property, before referred to,
which is now owned by Catholic So
ciety. Jones had his peculiarities. as
evidenced by his actions, and no one
was greatly surprised when he at
tempted to shoot the Presidents as
saSsin.
EIFTY-FOUR years is long time
- to remember the details of an in
cident of this nature, even if it does
relate to such a notably tragic affair,
and so, to refresh his mind. the writer
looked up The Star of November 21
and there he found the Bill" Jones
story, which covers the case very we'll
and is as follows:
"a horseman followed the van from
the neighborhood of the court house
AS the vehicle was emerging from the
Capitol Grounds into East Capitol
street and was numbering over ths
street railroad tracks at that point
the forseman rode up to the side OF
the vehicle and fred a pistol. The ball
Evening star., 1935-05-12
Some Are Antiques; Some Are Not.

Top left: Making antique
center: Filing the legs proper ancient"
genuine old bronze piece But such
liquids
Touching highboy Center Repairing the springs of
grandfather clock but right
genuine Chppendale which Heppel-
Colonial spinning wheel These
are often copied by workers. photos courtesy Simon
Evening star., 1935-05-12

dwelling at this time, and even later.
there was a drove yard beside the
Metropolitan Branch Of the Baltimore
G. Ohio Railroad, and few people had
the slightest idea that property in this
neighborhood would ever develop into
what it is today.
Maybe Mr.. Means made a mistake
in selling Grassland to Mr.. Whitney
(if he ever owned the place, as the
writer has been informed), for Mr..
Cleveland's Secretary of the Navy. in
two years time, cleaned up about
$4,000 clear profit on the deal. when
he disposed of the place to Arthur
Barnwell and William K. Ryan of
Charleston, S. c.
At Grassland, which was near
Tenleytown, was held on July 4, 1887,
one of the most enjoyable picnics the
Government clerks ever attended. MIR.
Whitney had a very warm spot for the
employees of his department, and few
days before this event each employe
received through the chief clerk, John
w. Hogg, the following invitation
THE Secretary of the Navy has
directed me to extend to the officers.
clerks and other employees of the
Navy Department and their families
the privilege of using his farm near
Tenleytown on the 4th instant for
recreation"
IT WAS the Secretary's idea, we are
told, to give the children of his
clerks a chance to celebrate the Fourth
in their own noisy way without being
kept in check by clumsy police regu-
lations.
From the corner of Wisconsin ave-
nue. and M street q number of con-
veyances went at intervals to carry
the guests to the farm, and about
275 availed themselves Of the op-
porunity afforded. The house and
grounds were thrown open and every
vided. The first thing done was to
give the little ones iced milk to re-
fresh them after their ride.
In due time generous lunch. pro-
vided by the Secretary, was served
by Welcker There were drinks In
abundance and substantials for 300
persons-peaches by the box and ice
cream by the freezer There were
also some day fireworks according
to an account written at the time,
"and the children and their parents
were treated to the spectacle Of ele-
plants climbing up trees. pigs floating
through the air, oxen cavorting 200
feet above the ground and porpoises
tangling themselves in the leaves and
branches Of the. trees.