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west-extending to Eleventh street
owned by the Christian Schneider
heirs, was purchased.
OF the original purchase made. the
Schneider mansion was added to from
time to time, and in 1912 the Henry
A. Willard Memorial Building was
dedicated-a worthy monument to q
worthy man, who loved his adopted
city and all there was in it; but best
of all loved humanity.
1t is the writer's belief that the
Schneider home forms a part Of the
Garfield Hospital as it stands today,
surrounded by the other buildings
added from time to time rs additional
room was needed. If so, 1t is an old
building, having been occupied before
1t was sold to Mr.. Schneider. by DR..
James Crowdhill Hall, who, as far back
as 1843 at least, had his medical Office
on the north side of Pennsylvania
avenue between Ninth and Tenth
streets northwest and who most likely
erected the Schneider house rs his
home.
nR. HALL was a product of the Dis
trict of Columbia. having been
born in Alexandria January 10, 1905,
Al years before our neighbor city was
retroceded to Virginia. A few years
after graduating in medicine he be-
came professor Of surgery in the med
ical department of Columbian College
(now George Washington University
and carried on a general practice as
well until his death here June 7. 1880,
his residence and office then being at
909 Pennsylvania avenue, where B..
Robinson Il Co. had their clothing
store for many years and over which
were held the meetings of the Central
Union Mission in 1885.
A sketch of DR.. Hall, appearing in
one Of the publications of the Medical
Society Of the District Of Columbia,
quotes the statement that this eminent
practitioner was family physician to
every President Of the United States
from jackson to Lincoln; attended the
family Of every justice of the Supreme
Court through many administrations.
As well IS numerous Senators, cabinet
officers and members OF the diplomatic
corps. Indeed. it seems fortunate
that his country estate should have
been saved to the public for hospital
purposes.
One of the earliest improvements to
be made in Columbia Heights WAS the
building Of the little stone structure
which became st. Stephens Church.
The Rev. Mr.. Gray was its first pastor.
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and about 1887 Rev George Fiske Dud-
ley, recently retired, was assigned to
this church, where he became q worthy
and successful rector and . man and q
preacher whose name will live long
after he has passed on.
The fine stone residence erected by
A. L. Barber, where are now the Cliff
ton Terrace Apartments. on Clifton
street east Of Fourteenth, WAS, until
removed, one Of the show places Of
this neighborhood. It was once the
home of Chief Justice Fuller. The
residence Of Dr.. William A. Ham
mond, at $500 Thirteenth street, Is
still one of the finest houses In this
subdivision. The doctor was . former
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and other distinguished persons were
present to honor the man who was
being memoralized In bronze 1t was
also one Of President McKinley's last
public appearances in Washington, for
it was In the September following that
he was stricken down by the hand Of
an assassin 1T Buffalo, and the coln-
try lost one OF its greatest and most
beloved Presidents. Senator Depew
lived to be nearly ~ and died in 1928.
William Jennings Bryan was among
the notable persons who later occupied
Calumet place.
THE GARFIELD Memorial Hospital,
which occupies the tract to the
east Of Columbia Heights. also brings
back fond recollections to the writer,
for many times he has romped over
its fields with Ferd Schneider, the
youngest son of Louis H. Schneider,
who kept the hardware store at 1910
and 1912 Pennsylvania avenue for 30
many years, and who produced some
of the earliest parts that made the
Morse telegraph success. Mr..
Schneider's gardener, whom he also
used as his coachman, was William
L. Courtney. When we first moved
into the neighborhood Mr.. Courtney
lived in a little brick house In the
extreme southeastern corner of the
hospital grounds. Mr.. Schneider had
this house removed, and built another
house for his gardener at the ex-
treme north end OF the grounds.
facing Sherman avenue. It Is prob
ably still standing, and is q small two
story frame.
Adjoining L. H. Schneider,s prop
erty lived his brother, Christian c.
Schneider, and his family, at first in
a large frame cottage. which later
gave way to . more substantial one
Of brick. In this family there were
four boys and two girls. namely: Louis
H.. Julius NJ. Carrie A., Ella, George
A. and Walter E. believe all of
these have passed on except Carrie A.
Christian G. Schneider for many years
carried on q bell-hanging business
on F street, being later succeeded by
his sons.
Louis H. Schneider, who was the
hrst OF the two brothers to sell his
property for the Garfield Hospital.
had several daughters and two sons:
Harry, who was in business with his
father for many years, and Ferd,
whom the writer went to school with
and knew quite well. OF the girls,
little Is recalled. One married DR..
A. c. Adams.
G 20 RTLY after the death of
President Garfield, it was decided
that hospital should be erected here
as q memorial to that most lovable
and kindly man, and among those
closely identified with the movement
were Henry A. Willard, Justice Samuel
F. Miller. Reginald Fendall, Associ-
ate Justice John M. Harlan and j.
Ormand Wilson. Among the spe-
cial committee appointed to select the
site were Mr.. Willard and Justice Mil
Ter, and of the two sites proposed
the Columbian College ground on
Fourteenth street and the Schneider
tract-the Schneider property was de-
cided upon and purchased.
Some time after securing the L. n.
Schneider holdings, the hospital di-
rectors saw that more ground was
needed and so the property to the
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surgeon general Of the United States
Army.
In many ways Columbia Heights
proved . great benefit to all the other
subdivisions IN this part Of the Dis
trict, since Its development and i'm
provements did away with muddy
Fourteenth street and brought about
the paving Of many Of the intersecting
streets from Florida avenue to Park
road and resulted In the continuation
Of transportation from w street to
Mount Pleasant. And though, as q
matter OF fact, only a bobtail and a
Scent fare were obtained at first, yet
1t was this start that resulted in better
and more satisfActory service later on.
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DR.. Marsh Develops
New Poison Identi-
ficatiOn Methods.

which a poison has been purchased
within few hours, and in some case.
within a few minutes, Of the time the
crime involving its use has been dis
covered.
NOW by this new short cut to the
determination of the poison
used and the manner and time OF its
use another stride in mans battle
with anti-social forces has been taken
For today, with the radio, high-pow-
cred automobile. the airplane. zephyr
trains and highly organized GRIM
inal society, even q few minutes may
be sufficient to stop q flight, a voy-
age-in short, an escape. That's the
practical value to the man in the
street Of anything which speeds up
the processes Of forensic chemistry.
The reporter asked:
1T isn't so simple, then, this busi-
ness of hiding mysterious poisons in
rings"
"Ah, rings!" said DR.. Marsh, en-
Enthusiastically. lingering a large and
beautiful blue stone IN a ring on his
left hand. Nov, you're getting back
to something interesting. As I said,
the sapphire is the only stone we have
been able really to reproduce"
What about the reproduction of
the diamond?" the reporter inter-
rupted.
Yes, scientifically it is true that
the diamond has been reproduced
but it has been microscopic and not
practical"
But suppose" asked the reporter,
that these rubies and diamonds were
reproduced on . large-a commercial
scale?"
1T would never affect the sale
price and values Of the naturally pro-
duced stones. Why, when the ruby
process became 80 general as to be
commercially attempted there was a
furry Of excitement; the ruby mar
ket dropped with a bang and then
rose again until now it Is at its old
very precious normal. The same
thing would be true Of diamonds.
The person able to own either a ruby
or = diamond scorns to wear one
made by hand The chief value of
the synthetic stone, Is I see it, Is In
Its remarkable adaptability to the
needs Of the jewelry designer-he
can make the stone At into his de-
sign instead OF having to fit his de-
sign to the stone. And then, too,
those Of US whose fortunes never will
admit Of the purchase of collections
OF naturally made gems of great
rarity build up very respectable and
beautiful collections Of synthetic
stones-the equal In every respect of
those our richer neighbor owns. Thus
the beauty Of the thing becomes its
real worth. Now, II you'll excuse me,
I'll get into the class room. We are
beginning our analyses Of some of
those inorganic poisons, you know"
A series Of 10 informative lAc-
lures by academic leaders in the So
cial sciences emphasizing subjects
relating to crime prevention, conduct
ed by the Institute Of Criminal Science,
viii be held on successive Tuesday
evenings 1T $50 o'clock, beginning
October 5, at the Wardman Park
Theater.
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Hobby of Reproduc-
ing Precious Jewels
Has Results.

~ I'D you know that science can
and doeS-make q ruby
that is finer IN color harder
In substance, more brilliant
in refraction and of exactly the same
constitution as natures, at a cost 30
ridiculous that nobody wants 'em?
It's like the man standing on the
street corner with gold dollars to sell
at dime. No takers!
Yet G. Everett Marsh, professor Of
forensic chemistry at the Institute of
Criminal Science, l741 K street north
west, can toss you of a ruby almost
at the snap of finger that IS really
and truly better than those for which
the sweating Burmese delve into the
bowels OF the earth.
Not only rubies, but all OF the pre-
cious stones which belong to the sap
phire family of gems can be so repro
duced. In fact ruby is nothing but
a sapphire in a high degree Of blush
ing. And if you prefer yellow in your
sapphire, DR.. Marsh can turn you out
one which, after a lapidary has
cracked the boule, which is the mass
of matter remaining after the COM
mon old stuff you contemptuously call
iron rust-iron oxide-has been heat
ed for six to twelve hours at 3,700
degrees Fahrenheit, will be called an
Oriental topaz. You see it has to be
called an Oriental topaz, because
it's really a yellow sapphire-and sci
ence, says DR.. Marsh, cannot dupli-
cate the topaz.
1t is really a little confusing to
realize that the ruby. second precious
Of gems, can actually be duplicated,
and so can the sapphire. but none of
the other semi-precious or precious
stones can be. They can only be imi-
tated, which is something else.
A IL this was made clear yesterday
by the man whose hobby-the Gre
alton Of these gems-is in such odd
juxtaposition to his somber profession
al task-the tracing Of poisons Great
geniuses have often been personalities
Of these startling opposites-Benven-
uto Cellini, who wept at the lines Of
cast-gold flgurine and gleefully
plunged daggers into the backs OF his
military enemies; Leonardo da Vinci,
whose deft fingers shaped with deli
cate touch the immortal evanescence
Of Mona Lisa's smile, and who dealt
with equal ease with the problem Of
engines designed for slaughter in war
fare. Charles Lndbergh's fame Is an
aviator Is known to every living being
yet his skill as a biologist has led
him to remarkable achievements in
that field. So perhaps it is not as odd
as 1t seems to find . man who cher
ishes the scintillance Of a precious
stone no less than startling achieve
ment in the field Of forensic chemistry
DR.. Marsh has developed in his
forensic chemical researches a meth
Cd whereby the inorganic poisons
most commonly encountered in the
crime field. the arsenics and cyanides,
may be more quickly and surely dis
covered in the human system.
There are several kinds Of cyanides
and several kinds Of arsenics, rang
ing al the way from paris green to
more potent and less subtle poisons.
Until recently the processes Of ao-
curately determining the presence
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Early type OF residence in the Dcnity OF Columbia Heights
the south side OF Florida beeen Thirteenth and Four
teenh streets 1t Is believed to hdDe
Of Robert Peter Of cvs original propeors (Dra0ng
bu w. C, 1922
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When it gets up to seven or eight he
knows it's time to pull his legs under
him and get up-if he can.
A referee in college boxing
must whisper the count He
is not supposed to even give
clue with his fingers or arms.
And IL you ever have been
punched hard enough to knock
you down, you readily can re-
call the sensation of people,
thousands of people, celebrating
New Year and ringing bells in
your ears. A whisper Is simply
unheard.
A few years back the old heavy
weight, Les Kennedy, furnished
queer case. He was idling in Alex
andria, in the last stages Of senility.
The local matchmakers didn't even
want to use him and so. when New
York promoter offered Kennedy 500
to fight the then up-and-coming
Stanley Poreda, old Les snapped 1t
up eagerly.
Kennedy was supposed to be a soft
touch for Poreda's murderous punch,
and in the second round, sho' nuf,
Les caught one on the chin and ev-
erything went blank. The bell rang,
however. before he was counted out
and when the third round came up
(See POPPING OFF, Page C-3)
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Indiana-Purdue
Game Title Kew

CHICAGO, January IS P.-
Purdue's high-scoring Boiler
makers, pounding down the trail
which leads to the Big Ten basket
ball championship. battle Indiana's
Hoosiers tomorrow night in the
standout game of a full conference
cage program.
Every one Of the $500 seats in
the Hoosier Field House at Bloom
ington has been sold, with fans ex-
pecting to see one of the cam
paign's hardest fought tits.
The outcome either should stamp
the Boilermakers as prohibitive
favorites to retain at least a share
Of the title, or throw the race wide
open.
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Big League Managers Neuer Rest Louis Defeat Held Ring He
Lay Groundwork
For Shore Loon

SALISBURY, Md, January IS
(P.-BaSe ball fans and civic
leaders in eight different Maryland
towns launched a concentrated
two-week drive today to round out
spadework preliminary to formal
revival of class D professional ball
on the Eastern Shore.
The deadline date is January "a,
when the scene will shift to Cam
bridge, where representatives of the
eight clubs will meet and effect
permanent organization of the new
Eastern Shore League-eventually
to be a key farm" loop for major
and minor leagues.
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College Quints

George Washington. IS; Wake
Forest, 80.
Maryland. 4s; Western Mary
land, SO.
st. Johns (Md.), 40; American
University, 80.
Roanoke, 4S; william and Mary,
30.
Mississippi, 40; Louisiana State,
~.
Western Kentucky, 40: Mill
saps, 2s.
Providence. 20; Lowell Textile,
Is.
Hendrix, A.; Arkansas State
Teachers, AZ.
Union, 81; Birmingham-south-
ern, "a.
Clemson, SO; Wofford, 81.
South Carolina, 40; Erskine, "a.
Union College, IL; Centre, SO.
Michigan State, "a; Kentucky,
23.
Depauw, 20; Butler, %.
Vanderbilt, "a; Chattanooga, 28.
Princeton, 81; Cornell, 81.
Geneva, 81; Waynesburg, "a.
Glenville, 81; Alderson-B Broad
dus AZ.
Salem, 50; West Liberty. 20.
Findlay, 81; Heidelberg, SO.
Washington and Jefferson, 81;
Nuski1gun, 20.
Cederville, 80; Defiance, 10.
Ohio, A.; Xavier, 20.
Denison, 36; Wooster, IS.
Swarthmore, IS; Johns Hop
kins, SO.
Southwestern, 47; Mexico City
7. M. c. A., 16.
Michigan Tech, IS; Northland.
81
California State Teachers, A;
Edinboro, SO.
West Virginia Wesleyan, 46:
Fairmont, 40.
Parsons, SO; Fem College, 80.
Carroll, A.; st. Norbert's, a.
Virginia, 81; Hampden-Sydney,
Rhode Island State, "a; Maine,
20.
y.rman. 76: Charleston, 10.
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Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY.
Basket Ball.

Basket Ball.
Catholic University VS.. st.
Thomas. Scranton, Pa.
Wilson Teachers VS.. Shepherd
College, Shepherdstown, W. Va.
Eastern VS.. Wilson, Tech gym
public high title series), 3:15.
Central VS.. Roosevelt, Tech gym
public high title series), AIS.
st. Johns VS.. Western, Western
gym. $3.50.
st. Adams VS.. Friends, Friends
gym. $3.50
Manassas VS.. Washington-Lee
High Ballston, Va, 8.
Hampton Institute VS.. Howard
University, Howard gym, 8.
TOMORROW.
Basket Ball.
Duke VS.. Maryland, Ritchie Coli
scum, College Park, Md. 8.
Gallaudet VS.. American Univer-
sity, American U. gym, S:15.
Catholic University VS.. La Sale,
Philadelphia, Pa.
st. Paurs VS.. Episcopal, Alexan-
dria, Va, $3.50.
Gilman Country School VS..
Georgetown Prep, Garrett Park,
Md, $3.50.
Boxing.
Richmond VS.. Maryland, Ritchie
Coliseum, College Park, Md, 9:15.
Duke VS.. Catholic University,
Brookland gym, 8.
Bowling.
Virginia Open Sweepstakes, Ross
lyn Alleys, Rosslyn, Va, afternoon
and evening.
Evening star., 1937-01-15
Brooklyn Warned Mungo Will Ask SIS 900 for 1887
ShmeGngs Tou-Hokey In

to give the Boston Bees q regular
place to eat In st. Pete this
Spring! The hotel where the club
was quartered last year had
everything but a dining room
So Prexy Bob Quinn gave each
player $6 per day and told him to
put on the feed bag where he
pleased needless to report,
most of the money went into slot
machines this year the Bees
will move into a hotel down the
block.
If the anti-fight boycott goes
through, Joe Jacobs will cancel
Max Schmeling's Southern exhibi-
tion tour Chuck Dresser says:
"The Cubs will be weaker, the
Giants no better and the rest Of
the league stronger" So, there
ynu ases
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Wants Louis Schmeling Encore.
MY OWN personal hope is to see
" another Louis-Schmeling bout.
do not wish to detract from Schmel-
ing's great victory over Louis in New
York, but believe another contest be-
tween these two might very well pro-
duce an entirely different result
One of the big disappointments to
boxing fans this year was a practical
resembling of the so-called no-foul
rule, which has been in effect since
Immediately after the Sharkey
Schmeling bout some few years ago
in New York.
One of the large Eastern commits
sions has determined that the referee
in the ring shall be the sole judge of
whether a low blow is struck inten-
tionally or by accident. This is a
terrible spot in which to put any
referee. He has to rule on intent, an
almost impossible question to answer.
The National Boxing Association, at
its meeting in Houston, voted to keep
the no-foul rule intact.
believe that during the last year
the sports writer's on boxing have
been eminently fair to all concerned
in this great sport, and to them should
go a great measure of the credit for
the revival of the boxing game.
Evening star., 1937-01-15

Hynie Caplin took violent excep-
ton to Wednesday nights decision
against solly Krieger to the tune Of
q couple of thousand words (most
of them expressed with his hands)
). Fresno, Calf, has three past
and present big league pitching
stars living within the city limits
:. one is Orville Overall, once an
ace right handler on the Cubs; an
other is Dutch Leonard of Boston
Red Sox and Detroit Tiger fame.
and the third is Monte Pearson, who
beat Carl Hubbell in the last world
series.
And Larry French holds forth at
visalia, only a whoop and q holler
from Fresno ). Overall is o bank
president. Leonard runs q winery
while Pearson hunts and fishes
th.uukhout the a. sea1gR
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Hockey clubs hold skull practice
Just like base ball teams before
each New York Ranger game,
Trainer Harry Westerly Shoes
guests out Of the dressing room
then Coach Lester Patrick gets .
players forum going :. every man,
regular and rookie, gets chance to
shoot OF steam and advance ideas
for the common good.
No matter who is champion OF
the middleweights, he'll never feel
quite safe with guys like Teddy
Yarosz and Fred Apostoli hanging
around a.. Mike Jacobs is not
figuring on withdrawing from the
New York Hippodrome because he
feels the Braddock-Schmeling boy
colt will react against other sports
at the Hipp, but whether he renews
his lease this Summer Is something
e1ee aeAinv
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question asked me by a friend. He
wants to know how manager or own
er spends his time in the off season.
I am both an owner and manager
and find so much to do that I am
taking no vacation. Base ball now
runs SO weeks a year with the diff
ference that the owners play it in
the Autumn and Winter recess.
No Longer Lock Parks.
NO LONGER do we lock the park
gates and forget base ball until
the annual meeting as we used to do
years ago. I am thinking every day
Of ways to strengthen my cluo for
next season. I am more anxious to
stay around the park than ever, be-
cause don't want to lose any oppor-
tunity that might be offered If I
merely visited the park two or three
days week for a short time just to
collect my mail, I might be out when
an important long-distance phone
call came.
think of base ball all day. Think
OF players who might help and then
maneuver to get them. I go to sleep
with players on my mind.
Constantly think of trades that
over the reaction of the owner if I
! would like to make. I speculate
make an offer. Trades are the con-
tract bridge hour of an owners day.
Every one seeks to make deal where
he will lose little and gain much.
But If the deal turns out to be
beneficial to both clubs, the owner
will be satisfied.
wonder if any of my readers
ever heard of three-cornered deal
that resulted in three championship
teams. There was such a swap and
It did base ball more good than any
other transaction that can be named.
Swap Made Three Champions.
TT TOOK place in the month of
January in 1922, and the New York,
washington and Athletic clubs were
involved. I traded Third Baseman
Joe Dugan to the Washington club
and received in exchange Outfelder
Bing Miller. Clark Griffith, willy
leader of the Senators, Immediately
traded Dugan to New York for Short
stop Roger Peckinpaugh.
Badly in need of a third baseman,
its weak position, New York was able
to repeat for the pennant in 1922 and
won again in 1923. The acquisition
of Peckinpaugh plugged the Senator's
only hole and Washington won the
pennant in both 1924 and 1925. Bing
Miller was just the outfelder for
whom I had been searching and when
he took his place in my batting cast
we became pennant contenders. We
finally won in 1929 and repeated in
1880 and 1881, and everybody will
recall that it was Miller who batted
home the winning run in the final
game of the 1929 classic with the Cubs.
So this one shuttle of players in the
Winter of 1922 meant pennants and
worlds championships to three differ
ent teams. always have called that
the perfect deal of base ball.
tcopyrisht, 1887. Reproduction in whole
Or in part prohibited without permission)
Evening star., 1937-01-15
Schmarr of C.. u. Is Good Bet
To Top Basket Scorers 4 gai1,

TINE familiar name of Catholic
Uniyersity's Hermie Schmarr
was back on top of the list Of
local college basket balls lead
ing scorers and those who profess to
know courtmen are willing to wager
that for the third successive season
Evening star., 1937-01-15
Shake-up In Champs Due.

IT DOES not seem to the old-timers
that today's champions are all that
could be desired. In fact, there is no
question that quite few champion
ships will change hands during 1887.
The National Boxing Association,
with its 36 member States, is working
earnestly now on a plan to alleviate
some of the tribulations of DID, broken
down boxers. 1t is planned to organ
ize a fund to be earmarked for indi-
gent boxers. We believe boxing fans
all over the country would be willing
to stand perhaps a 1-cent tax on each
ticket to go toward this fund. How
ever, no really definite plan has been
adopted.
The heavyweight division certainly
is in a chaotic condition There is no
reason in the world why Jim Braddock
should not have been compelled to
defend his title within the year after
he won that title, or declare publicly
that it was impossible for him, owing
to physical disability, to continue as
champion.
However. there seems to be a rain
bow in the sky, and 1887, no doubt. will
see the heavyweight division represent
ed by a champion who not only is