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through the efforts OF Gen. o. o.
Howard, several OF the buildings were
transferred TO the Freedmens Hos
pital and became the nucleus of that
institution.
CT. PATRICK'S CHURCH. on Tenth
- street between F and G, one of
the finest church ediflces in WASH
ington and the principal memorial to
the Irish patron saint in the Capital
City. had humble beginnings. and
started with a little frame church
which stood on the F street side of
the block in which the present stone
building stands.
According to Mrs. Virginia King
Frye, its history began on April II,
1894. when Father Anthony Caffrey
purchased from the Commissioners
lots S and in square 376. which is
bounded by F and G, Ninth and
Tenth streets northwest. These lots
faced F street. and they were pur-
chased for the small sum of f80. In
June of the same year lot z. next to
the corner of Tenth street, was also
purchased. and in later years the
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:First and Third streets, back Of which,
extending northward, was Moore S
lane, through which ran a small
stream forming part of the source
OF the Tiber.
Adjoining the cemetery on the east,
pior to 1860, and subsequently also,
was the farm Of Mrs Emily Beale.
widow Of George Beale, and to the
west OF the cemetery were tracts of
land belonging to z. D. Gilman, Da-
vid McClelland and C. Miller Gil
man. a druggist. The last-named
and McClelland resided on the prop
erty.
The Miller property, also included,
was later laid out into building lots
OF one-quarter acre and upward, and
, became the well-known subdivision of
LIE Droit Park.
This subdivision, which was put on
the market by A. L. Barber. was in
tended to be one of Washington's
most exclusive sections and, as such,
maintained its reputation for a dec
ade or more. During the Civil War
Campbell Hospital covered a part Of
this ground. At the close of the war,
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Is not obtainable. Just when he came
to this locality, and the circumstances
are mostly conjecture. and whether
or not he was able to build any or all
of the little church he had planned
on the new site Is undetermined. The
lots we're decided by him to Bishop
Carroll on September T. 1904, for the
use Of the Roman Catholic congre-
cation worshiping in St. Patrick's
Church and for their use forever
Father Caffrey returned to Ireland in
1904 or 1905 and died there some
years later"
A LETTER. printed in Greenleaf and
= Law in the Federal City, by Allen
c. Clark. shows how grateful this
good priest was to Robert Morris for
a subscription he had made for build
ing the church The note is dated
City Of Washington, October l. 1894" !"
and follows:
Il thought I could have the pleas
ure Of seeing you before your de-
parture from this city 1t is more
than probable we shall not be ia
voured with a visit from you before
your return. from Europe. That God
may take you under His providential
guard and protection will be my daily
prayer until I enjov the happiness
Of seeing you once more.
DIR. Sir
"Yr. Ever obliged g. obedt. Servt.
"ANTH CAFFRY. D. D.
p. S. You'll be pleased to tell Mr.
Lafette that wish him a most pros
porous voyage g. anxiously expect the
happiness of seeing him once more in
this New World. I hope I'll have
the pleasure of seeing Mr.. Delagarene
shortly. As could not hear that he
is to be on your expedition. you'll
be kind enough to give him my good
wishes"
About 1909 the little frame church
was found to be inadequate. and a
new church Of brick was erected in
its place, Archbishop John Carroll
officiating at its dedication.
In 1920 the church was enlarged
and remained the only Catholic
church in the western part of Wesh-
ington until 1888 when St Matthews
church was organized, the building
being dedicated November /. 1840.
The present St. Patrick's Church on
Tenth street was dedicated in 1884
Just when interments ceased in
St Patrick's churchyard no one
seems to know, though it must have
been nearly a hundred years ago
The body Of James Hoban was
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ported bit Of Irish architecture here
in the form Of the palace of the Duke
Of Leinster. which it resembles. When
the British burned the White House
in 1914, Mr.. HOban was called upon
to restore 1t. and at times he was
also employed as superintendent in
constructing the Capitol Building.
When Hoban died, December 80,
1881. he was buried in ST Patrick s
Cemetery. plot of ground attached
to st. Patricks Church, which then
stood on the north side of F street,
between Ninth and Tenth, near Tenth
street.
At very early date this church
laid out another cemetery. which
went by its name. located on the
north side of Florida avenue between
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People of the
Emerald Isle
Ah1aw Found
the National
Capital a
Magnet, and
Haze Taken an
ACtlUR Part
in War and
Pe1Ce-.SOme
Heroes Wh0
Weye of Irish
Race.
By John Clagett Proctor.

Dp JOHH ItUSeEE ITOCIOT
"oh! Blest be the days when the greer
banner foated
Sublime o'er the mountains Of free
Innisfail;
When her sons. to her glory and
freedom devoted,
Defled the invader to tread her
soil;
When back DER the main they chased
the Dane
Ard gave to religion and learning
their spoil.
When valor and mind together COM
bined.
But wherefore lament DER the
glories departed?
Her stars shall shine out with as
vivid ray;
For ne'er had she children more
brave and true-hearted
Than those she now sees on st. Pat
ricks day"
n YOT only has the green banner
of Ireland ELLA suDlmsly ely. ostee s2s.
4 has followed the Irish to the
four corners of the earth, anc
in no place has it been more promi-
nently displayed than right here at
the Nations Capital where on St.
Patrick's day, particularly in years
gone by, it has conspicuously blended
with the Stars and Stripes, for which
Irish blood has been shed on every
battlefield in which our troops have
-,
they have freely sacrificed their lives
not only for the cause of independence
but for the maintenance Of American
freedom and it's institutions.
Indeed the first general officer in
the American Army, in charge of
troops, to make the supreme sacrifice
for his country during the Revolu.
tionary War was an Irishman-Brig.
Gen. Richard Montgomery, born in
Dublin December 2, 1876.
He was the son Of Thomas Mont
gomery Of Convoy House, whose other
children included Alexander. John and
a daughter who married Lord Rane-
lagh.
Gen. Richard Montgomery, for whom
was named Montgomery County, Nd,
served first in the British Army, a
commission having been obtained for
him in 1754, when he was but IS years
Of age.
Subsequently. however, he decided
to abandon the Kings service and,
accordingly, in 1772 sold his commits
sion. and in January, l773. arrived In
New York, where he purchased q
farm.
1t was here that he either became
acquainted with or renewed the
acquaintance with the Clermont
branch of the Livingston family. We
know that it was in the following
July that he married the eldest
daughter of Robert r. Livingston,
then one of the judges Of the Superior
Court of the Province, but chancellor
of the State of New York when he
administered the oath of Office to
President Washington, April 80, 1888.
When Montgomery was appointed
an officer in the Continental Army, he
accepted it as a duty he felt he owed
to his adopted country. and, like many
other capable Irishmen, gave the
cause his whole-hearted support. In
letter which he wrote to a friend
soon after his selection he said:
THE Congress having done me the
honor of electing me brigadier gen.
eral in their service. it is an event
which must put an end for while,
perhaps forever, to the quiet scheme
Of life I had prescribed for myself;
for. though entirely unexpected and
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undesired by me. the will Of an op-
pressed people, compelled to choose
between liberty and slavery, must be
obeyed."
THE Irish have always been numer-
GUS and prominent in Washington.
and as early as two years after the
Capital was moved here we find the
sons of Hibernia" parading on March
II, 1902, with shamrocks III their hats.
A few years later D. B. Warden de-
scribes the laboring class of the city
as being mainly Irish, which was not
only true, but some of the more
prominent people were also of this
race, notably James Hoban, the Dublin
architect. who designed and built the
White House, and in doing so trans
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FIRST DIVISION.

m. Shugrue and T. Sullivan, as.
sistant marshals.
knights Of st. Patrick, Q nns
drilled body, Comdr. Ragan, uni
formed with green baldrick, belt,
sword. chapeaux with green and
white feathers and carrying the
CONTINUED on Page ., Column s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-27
Buses Must Continue.

When the bus company in Manila,
p. l., wished to quit recently the
City Council passed an ordinance
ordering 1t to continue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-27
Shakespearean Library Large.

Birmingham, England, the capital
Of Shakespeare's county, has in its
public library $4,000 volumes Of the
works Of the bard in So languages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-27
Movies Used in Schools.

Motion pictures are now shown reg
ularly in more than 1000 elementary
schools In England as part Of the
educational system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-27
LETTER.OUT

each the
col
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-27

1. Cleverness.
4. Term.
10. Ribbon to secure falcon.
IA. TsetSe fly.
IS. Young COW.
16. District in Lucknow division, India
IT, Bituminous.
10. Spare.
90 Alloy of nickel and steel.
81. Petty ruler.
%. Grecian island.
"a Unclaimed domestic animal.
26. King of Judea.
u. Crescent point.
%. Chinese measure.
80. Brush.
81. The bar Of a balance.
80. Ancient Greek coin.
IS. Excited.
So. Tightens, as tackle.
, 81. Equal.
80. A drinking vessel.
80. Town in California.
40. Quoits.
Al. Pronoun.
a.. Part of an egg.
A. Below: It.
Is. PONIES.
Al. Trustworthy.
48. Momentous.
SO. The poplar.
So. City in Texas.
So. Nutritious.
81. Scandinavian navigator.
So. A slave ship.
So. Edible tuber.
go. Pitch.
81. Amplifies.
81. Further.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-16
SLAIN PASTOR
MANIAC, YOUNG
MATHERS SAYS
Drunkard, Alleged Killer of
Minister Relates on
Witness Stand.
BvUniied Prcss


LEBANON. Ind, April 16.-Theo-
dore Mathers, 81. Coalmont, charged
with murder, returned TO the wit
ness stand in Boone Circuit Court
today to tell his version Of how the
Rev. Gaylord " Saunders. former
Wabash minister, was slain.
Saunders was killed Feb. 2. 1884,
after a drinking party in Indian
apolis. where he and Mathers were
students at an embalming school.
Defense attorneys said Mathers
would complete his testimony today
and that they will rest after pre-
senting alienists to support an in
sanity plea.
Mathers described the former pas
tor ss a maniac, drunkard and de-
generate as he related circumstances
which preceded the killing.
The youth said Saunders forced
him TO submit to abnormal relations
under threat Of death.
Mathers testified that Saunders
was drunk almost every night.
He used my money to buy liquor
with. One time he named two
chairs in the room after his sons,
Jimmy and Billy. He kicked them
around the room in a drunken rage.
i prevented Saunders from kill
ing his two sons with a knife when
We were at his home in Wabash one
time"
Mathers testified that he was
forced into intimate relations with
Saunders wife while the minister
stood over them with knife.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-16
Teachers viii Meet

By Times Special
NOTRE DAME. April 16.-More
than ESQ high school and college
teachers of French will gather here
May for the annual spring reunion
of the Indiana chapter Of the Amer
lean Association Of Teachers OF
French.
The outstanding feature Of the
meeting will be the inauguration OF
the first annual contest for fresh
men students Of French from the
various colleges in Indiana.
Arrangements for the reunion are
in charge of Rev. c. L. Doremus, c.
S. c.. Benjamin Dubois and Earl
Langwell, members of the Romance
Language Department of the Uni
versity of Notre Dame.
Prof. A. Ratti. Butler University,
is president of the association.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-16
1858 GIVEN JOBS
BY STATE BUREAU
2124 Men, 1884 Women
Are Placed in Industries.

The Indiana State Employment
Service set a record in March by
placing 1853 persons in private in
dustry jobs, Martin F. Carpenter,
service director, announced today.
Of this number 2124 were men and
1434 were women.
The Indianapolis Office placed 800,
In addition to private placements in
the state there were 1195 Public
Works Administration jobs found
Employment in Indiana inanufac-
turing establishments increased 1867
per cent in March over February;
pay rolls Alb per cent and man
hours 442 per cent, Mr.. Carpenter
announced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-16
Two Await Trial
By United Press

By United Press
AUBURN, April 16.-Wilbur Sci
gal and Harry Richards, local youths
charged with criminally aSsaulting
a 15-year-old girl, will go on trial
before Judge william P. Endicott in
Circuit Court here tomorrow.
The alleged attack occurred last
Wednesday and the two youths were
arrested the following day. They
pleaded guilty to the charge but
after retaining an attorney changed
their pleas to not guilty.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-16
Union Leader Dies
By United Press

By United Press
TERRE HAUTE, April 16.-Wil-
liam D. Van Horn, 10, who served
nearly 40 years as an official of the
United Mine Workers of America
died yesterday.
He was a former international
board member and former presi-
dent of District No. IL.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-16
Santa'S Aid Ill
BIZ Tnited Press

bF JHFItW FTtS5
SANTA CLAUS. April 16.-Post-
master James F. Martin, who has
convinced thousands of children
that Santa Claus is a reality, is
critical i'll. He has been entirely
disabled by a paralytic stroke.
Mr.. Martins postoffice has been
swamped at Christmas time for rs
years by thousands of letters adj
dressed to Santa Claus in childish
scrawls, and more thousands of
packages and cards were sent to
him for mailing so gifts might bear
his reassuring postmark.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-16
Given Life Term

By United Press
ROCKVILLE, April 16.-Richard
Sweet, alias Roy Stevens, pleaded
guilty in Parke Circuit Court yes
terday to a charge Of kidnapping and
was sentenced to life in the Indiana
State Prison.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-16
C0NVICTS QUELL BLAZE
Use Chemicals to Extinguish Fire
at State Prison Hospital.
~ United Press

bW JHIFfU FTfR8
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, April 16.
-Convicts used chemicals to ex-
tinguish a small fire at the Indiana
State Prison hospital yesterday.
Dust under the flooring caught fire
from an overheated steam pipe. A
hole was burned through the first
floor ceiling.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-16
News Survey of Indiana

b
S~ERRE HAUTE April 16Its blown benefit
fraternity Of this ciyto w.t. the recent dust storm
Local physicians especially specializing eye
the
estate from Colorado and other
rtated prevalent
but that the dust has affected the
great
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More Diaries Cleared

GRADUALLY the long fight against bovine
tuberculosis. which many experts declare
Is transferable to human beings, is winning.
Minnesota has Just become the eighteenth State
to win the accredited area designation, which
means that less than half of l per cent of
the cattle in the State are infected
or the nearby States. Virginia and West
Virginia are the only ones to be in that class.
The campaign for eradication always runs
into certain amount Of opposition. for o
dairyman possessing high-grade cattle is always
reluctant to see his stock slaughtered, with tho
compensation for the diseased cattle far les
than he would be able to obtain were tho
animals healthy. ... -.
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Are we headed for another
drouth? Experts disagree the
grounding is all washed up as
prophet and what we need
is an accurate man like Noah

skin Is very Lnlfl, Huu Will NW
ter's coming in moss grows W
thick on trees to protect them
when severe Winter storms and billiards are
in prospect, and so on ad infinitum.
Forecasting by signs is almost as old as man.
Joseph, 1t will be remembered, forecast seven
fat and seven lean years with no more mete-
geological information than was contained in
bad dream told him by his boss on the morn
ing after the night before.
Because the drought last Summer is the kind
of weather it is nice to know about in advance,
the United States Weather Bureau Is showing
new interest in long-range forecasts. A blunt
departmental memorandum directs the person.
mel to leave no stone unturned to investigate
any possible basis for long range predictions
The memorandum goes on to point out that
any forecast for longer than a week is only a
forecaster's. If you go to the bureau for a
forecast about next Summers weather you'll
be told
THE Summer of 1895 is expected to be hot,
usual
Note that cautious expected" If there's a
snowstorm in July-well that's just unexpected
and doesn't invahdate the observation.
Admiral Byrd hopes that his long and lonely
vigil through the Antarctic night will be re-
warded by data to shed light on the mystery
of changes in weather.
HE polar ice caps are popuarly believed to
be the breeding grounds of weather. That's
why Denmark maintains observation stations in
Greenland. why Russia's N. G. Datsky devotes
his life to studying the Siberian ice caps (he
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SO similar to those of a year ago-the drought
breeding condtions-the Department of Agrt-
culture is laying its plans for combating an
other drought. Quotas for corn and hog pro-
duction have been increased 12.5 to 20 per cent
While statistics back up the Department Of
Agriculture guess, old Mother Nature sides with
Prof See. If this year parallels last, the New
England district will go through another hard
Winter
When last consulted the birds and bees
snakes and flowers, and creatures of wood and
field indicated that statistics were all wrong
Daisies bloomed at Saranac until Thanksgiv.
Ing bears went into Information without their
usually heavy coats OF fat, woodchucks, snakes
and other creatures that hole up for the VIM
ter disported themselves far longer than GUS
tomary. All Of which, taken together Is sup
posed to spell a mild Winter In the Northeast
Climatologists report. however, that they are
making real progress In predicting general
trends OF what Is in store. British scientists
have evolved fantastic method Of forecasting
the Summer monsoons in India. It sounds like
recipe for meteorological hash:
Correlate the pressure in South America and
Australia Tor the preceding three months with
the temperature at Samoa and the depth of
snow on the hills north of India The intensity
and duration Of the monsoon season can then
be judged.
"a - AsAASObSOo dS irrelevant 1aCcS
sound the formula Is dead serious Omit
any factor and you can't make the prediction.
Arthur Feddeman Gorton of the Scripps In
stitute of Oceanography provides another exam
pie OF the distance to which climatologists 20
for their forecasting data
The growth of Los Angeles has made the
water supply an important problem. Hence It
Is necessary to know what to expect in the
future SO adequate provisions to maintain the
supply can be made. basis for making 10
year rainfall predictions is greatly desired 60
far, none has been found
Most California weather originates through
conditions over the Pacific, so it might be ex-
pected that Pacific Ocean conditions would be
studied for the forecast clue But that is nos
the case, according to Mr.. Gorton.
The weather at Rio de Janeiro on the South
Atlantic has been found to be the most accurate
index to what may be expected in California;
Unfortunately, even going to such lengths for
data doesn't produce 100 per cent results. The
predictions have proved to be In line with en-
suing events only three years out of each four.
And, strangely. it is the wet years that upset
the dope. Predictions are most accurate for
dry years.
That situation again suggests the need for q
Noah. If his talents for predicting wet weather
could be grated onto the predictions based on
Rio de Janeiro conditions. perhaps it would be
possible to develop accurate long-range forecasts
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predicts a milder climate in Siberia because
of the recession Of the ice). And, of course,
every flight made by Col Charles A. Lind
bergh adds to the data needed to forecast flying
conditions-just another phase of mete-
orology.
The long-range forecasts published from time
to time issue from climatologists and astrono-
mers. clmatologst is fellow who doesn't
care whether it rains today or tomorrow-or
even next week, unless he's going on vacation.
Long g-duration foods and droughts are more in
his line.
Prof. See consults the stars and the law Of
averages to make his predictions. Droughts
always end. The four-year drought must end
Sunspots usually are followed by storms. New
sunspots are developing now. So the earth is
supposed to have cooled off Bit rains are to
follow and end the drought.
Somewhere along the line the signals are
badly mixed In spite of new sun spots, the
temperature for the United States has been
about four degrees above normal; and, except
along the Pacific Coast there has been wide
spread deficiency in rainfall. The drought con-
ditions continue.
Because conditions H,rs''sha-.t the Fall were
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tIle pTcuNClOu OL
Summer weather.
The rustic fore
casters who based
their predictions
on observing ma
ture S e e m e d
mostly concerned
about w in t er
weather. IT. e y
believed t h a t
abundant acorns
mean a lon g,
hard Winter; If
the fur on rab-
bits and other
animals is long,
1t portendS much
snow and cold;
If the MONS
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BY GEORGE WIEDA.
NEW DROUGHT FEARED.

WASHTNGTON-The similarity of the
Dedther last FaH and that OF 1888, ,Dhich pre-
e-ded the disastrous 1884 drought, leads high
officials in the Department OF Agriculture to
fear that the coming Summer mdy bring a
repetition OF the costly dry spell. As year
ago, Winter iDas preceded by an Autumn re-
markable for its unusual ,Ddrn,th and deficiency
OF rainfall in most OF the territory from the
Ohio valley ,OestDdrd.
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Inc PAIN PROBABLY goes TO Moan, at tnaC
because the ground hog leaves a lot of doubt
as to its talents what with having to go through
the routine of looking for its omnous shadow
every February. Noahs record is complete and
outstanding.
His record for accuracy Is 100 per cent and
he had faith in his own forecastS-he wasn't
like the modern weather man who says Fair
and warmer for the week end and packs up
bis overcoat and umbrella against the possibility
hes wrong.
OF course, when fellow gets along toward
his 600th birthday, like Noah he can be ex-
pected to be bit weatherwiSe. Ground hogs
don't live long enough to get that smart. But
the thing that made Noah invaluable to the
Mount Ararat meteorological service was that
he had inside information from the Chief
ForecaSter himself
When you get that kind of information you
can stake your last dollar on it; in fact the
A. A. A. would stake the taxpayers last dollar
on it.
F NOAH'S modern equal can't be found to
take over the forecasting job, It will be
necessary to string along with the ground hog
and the other weather signs that have been
used for centuries. February long has been
regarded as weather breeder. The ancients
said:
I'm February If thou nearest thunder.
Thou wilt see Summers wonder"
And:
If in February there be no rain.
ils neither good for hay or grain"
Also:
IF the 10 last days of February be
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Wet, and the first 10 of March, you'll see.
That the Spring quarter and the Summer too
Will prove too wet and danger to ensue"
On the other hand IF February is cold and
dry then will August be hot"
Strangely enough there are few signs for