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politan Hotel, completing that year
and the following two years at 1853
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cried: why do they want to kill my
baby?"
This early church building had an
interesting career 1t is said once to
have been the meeting house of the
Mount Vernon M. E. Church, when
it was at the northwest corner of
Ninth and M streets northwest, and
upon being bought in 1858 by the
Disciples of Christ was moved to the
lot on Vermont avenue, where it was
consecrated June 81, 1859 The first
pastor there was Rev. F. D. Power and
it was he who filled the pulpit at the
time Garfield was President and for
number Of years afterward. At one
time he was chaplain Of the United
States Senate.
When it was necessary to clear the
ground for the laying of the corner
stone Of the present building July 2,
1882, the little frame church was
moved back on Fourteenth street
little nearer to Rhode Island avenue
and there the congregation met until
the new church was dedicated, Janu-
airy 20, 1884.
w. P. Lipscomb, who superintended
the construction Of the new church,
states that after its completion the old
building was raZed, as the authorities
would not permit it to be moved.
/ IKE many other Congressman,
President Garfield spent nearly all
OF his time in Washington, and from
1870 until he moved into the White
House he resided at 1927 I street
northwest and although remodeled
with an additional story and change
of entrance, the building occupying
the present site is the same one in
which he lived
Before moving to this corner he had
resided at several different places In
1868, few months before he entered
Congress, he boarded at 435 Eleventh
street northwest moving from there to
386 c street between Third street and
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was taken to the Capitol, where 1t
was exposed to view the following day.
On the afternoon of the 23d, after i'm
pressive ceremonies in the rotunda of
the Capitol. the coffin was borne to
the station which he had entered hale
and hearty two months and half
before, and from there the train car
ried his remains to his native State,
Ohio, where he was inferred in Lake
View Cemetery in Cleveland.
In no place in the country was the
death of President Garfield more sim
cerely mourned than in Washington,
for from the time he entered the
House of Representatives, on De-
cember 5, 1868, to the day of his death
he had been practically a resident of
the District of Columbia and person.
ally interested in its affairs, though
representing his State in Congress.
After first coming here he soon
became interested in the city's religious
life and its social and fraternal activ-
tiles, and naturally the news of his
death here caused profound grief
among all classes of people, and the
highest and humblest put crepe on
their homes
HE woRsH1PED at the Vermont
Avenue Christian Church, or the
Disciples Of Christ. as it is also called.
This modest frame church stood on
the west side of Vermont avenue, lit
tie above N street, the site now being
occupied by brick church in which
worship members of the same denom-
ination, and here the writer, when
lad, frequently saw the President as he
and his family drove up in their car
riage. Invariably Gen. Garfield was
accompanied by Mrs. Garfield and his
mother, the latter being always shown
the most affectionate respect and
attention, for he was his mothers
youngest born and best beloved, and
in her lamentations at the time he
was stricken down she wept and
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cality from which it came, and brief
notes as to its uses. This applies
equally to seeds. Frequently of course,
the name is not known and the botan-
ical name must be determined before
the record is complete. These plant
and seed immigrants, by the way, are
listed in quarterly publication known
as the Foreign Plant Introduction
Inventory, and almost 100000 separate
introductions have been recorded in
the pages of this bulletin Many of
those recorded have failed to grow
Others have taken their place among
profitable crops.
In this connection there is now
under the Division Of Foreign Plant
Introduction here in Washington one
Of the finest collections of seeds in the
world. This is, in fact, the only COL
lection of its kind anywhere, and it is
presided over by botanist who has
specialized IN plant Identification by
means Of seeds, and who is responsible
for the $4,000 or $4,000 specimens
that range in size from microscopic
seeds to seeds the size of coconuts.
While it is important to our agri-
cultural industries to keep a steady
stream of these plant immigrants
flowing into the United States. it is
also important to keep out new insect
diseases and pests, and so plant
inspection and quarantine are part
OF rigid program. Plant specimens
that are mailed or shipped in or
brought in by returning explorers. are
delivered at the inspection house in
washington. Trained entomologists
and pathologists make detailed exam
nations for diseases or pests and give
proper treatment to those found to be
infected. Following treatment, the
material is ready for the plant in
PRODUCTION gardens. When plants are
to be grown in quarantine no treat
ment is given. They are placed in
specially constructed houses and kept
until fresh growth is secured for
propagation, after which the original
plant is destroyed
.ERTAIN types of plant material
are always handled under special
restrictions. including all citrus except
seed, sugarcane varieties, and several
OF the cereals. including wheat and
rice.
At the quarantine maintained In
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Washington by the division and also at
the introduction garden at Bell Md,
houses used for such plants are pro-
tected with two screened doors at
the entry and all ventilators are
screened against insects. In connec-
ton with the citrus houses there are
oil moats around the entire building
to prevent the entrance of crawling
insects. In addition, benches stand
in oil cups, so that insects coming up
through the ground cannot reach the
plants on the benches Only those
directly concerned with handling
quarantined plants are allowed to
enter the buildings. With cereals,
first out-of-door paintings are made in
places where there are no commercial
cereal paintings nearby, to prevent
ss-pollination.
The next step for these plant i'm
migrants is propagation, which is
undertaken at field stations or plant
introduction gardens. The new vege-
table immigrants are being propagated
at Beltsville and there a history of
each is being recorded. Gardens in
various sections of the country re-
ceive the seedlings or young plants
that are to be grown under the
climatic conditions of each section.
Thus, the vegetables intended for
introduction into the South will be
experimented upon, when species have
been found that look promising. in the
gardens in Charleston, S. C. In
Savannah, Ga, the Barbour Lathrop
Plant Introduction Garden Is pri-
marily concerned with the propagation
and testing of bamboos and there is
beautiful bamboo grove at this
station.
TN CoCONUT GROVE, a short dis
stance below Miami, Fla. is an
introduction garden Of the Washing
ton division, devoted to the props sya-
ton Of subtropical and tropical plants.
especially ornamentals. They are at
present carrying on experiments in
this station with avocados, maneos and
pineapples. In the Sacramento Valley.
at Chico, Calf. is still another such
garden, this one devoted to propaga-
ton and testing Of deciduous and sub
tropical fruits, and conducting in
addition cooperative tests with other
workers In the bureau. dealing with
grapes, nss, cotton and hardy citrus
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F street (between Eighteenth and
Nineteenth streets. In 1868 he board
ed at 307 Delaware avenue, corner of
c street, and divided the year 1859
between that address and 282 G street
(between Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets, northwest). The addresses
given are according to the old system
of numbering.
His connection with the Masonic
lodges In the District of Columbia be-
gan in 1865, when he was knighted by
Columbia Commandery. No. 2, whose
members later escorted his body from
Washington to Cleveland In 1869
he became charter member Of Pen
talpha Lodge, No. %, F. A. A. NJ, and
in 1871 and 1872 received the Scot
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GARFIELD, MARTYR
Anniversary of His Death Today Brings
Memories of One Who Was Greatly
Attached to National CITY.

flooded the lowlands of this part o.
Washington.
The National Gallery of Art. pro.
vided for by the late Andrew Mellon
will possibly cover the old depot site
or come very close to it.
From the depot the President was
removed to the White House and here
he lay during the warm months OF
July and August and until September
s, when he was removed to Elberon,
N. j. However, by this time the pa
tient had become quite weak, and as
a precautionary measure to make his
trip to the depot as free from jarring
as possible, exacting preparations and
care were taken, and even the street
railway tracks at Ninth and Seventh
streets were covered with sawdust
NO ONE can successfully predict
the future, and surely no one
who saw Gen. Garf1eld's triumphant
entry into the White House grounds
on March 4, 1881, could ever foresee
his leaving it for his inevitable death
struggle six months later But such
is fate! 1t was pathetic spectacle,
as one may judge from an account
written at the time, which says:
"As the wagon approached the end
of the drive, the gates were thrown
open, and the mass of people who had
collected to witness the departure
obtained momentary glimpse of the
President He was lying nearly upon
his back. with his face turned to the
left. He had been carefully covered
with sheet, and light white blanket
or spread, which came close up to his
chin. A wet cloth had also been
placed over his forehead and temples
to mitigate in some degree the sitting
heat, which even at that early hour
began to manifest itself.
"As he passed out the gate his eyes
We're closed and that part of his face
which could be seen looked pinched
and pallid with suffering. In the
general contour there was something
to suggest the face of President Gar
AVN W eAAoSC WIN lldNc h1iOWu him
long and intimately. but there had
been a great change. 1t was not the
face of a dying man, but there was
something intensely pitiful in the
wasted features and quiet, passive
manner of the Nations Chief Execu-
tive as he was thus driven out of his
official home.
"At the station the Presidents bed
was carefully lifted from the wagon
to the car which had been expressly
fitted up for his journey, and in few
moments, the special train, preceded
by a pilot engine, proceeded on its
way. The trip was accomplished with
out incidents of any kind"
GARFIELD fingered until September
19, when he passed away at El-
beron. His death was sudden. The
attendants observed some unfavor-
able symptoms and sent for the doc
tors. Before they could arrive the
President was gone.
His body was removed to Wash
ington from Long Branch on Septem-
ber 81, arriving here about 4:3O, and
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By Lucy Salamanca.

- |N(
Vt is very probable that in five
years from now. more or less, you
will be sitting down to strange
L vegetable at your dinner table,
with the exclamation, What do you
call that?" or Where did this come
from?" You will be told that the
curious vegetable came from India. or
it may be Turkey and you may be sure
there will be tidy American name at
hand for identification of Uncle Sam S
latest agricultural importation. Then,
if the new vegetable appeals to the
American palate, there will have been
launched another agricultural industry
that may prove as dramatic and profit
able in time as that incredible little
soybean that came out of the Orient
in 1929 to cover 100000 acres
annually with a crop valued at be-
tween s75,000,o00 and $l00, 100000.
/ say this may happen. AS matter
Of fact, it is still early to predict
results of the two expeditions that
have gone forth from the Division of
Foreign Plant Introduction of the
Bureau Of Plant Industry here In
washington, to look for q succulent
vegetable that may serve as new
crop for the South, where vegetables
now flourish from February. to May,
and where there is great need of a
seasonal variety that will carry on
from there and so be able TO withstand
the dry. hot climate Of the Southern
Summers. For these reasons, two hot
countries, where vegetables form a
large part of the diet of peoples re-
strained by their religion from eating
meat, were chosen for field work, and
lone botanist set sail for India, while
two plant specialists from the bureau,
recently returned, headed for Turkey.
THERE has flowed into the division
here in Washington a steady
s. am of strange, foreign vegetables
| and plants ever since, as result OF
/ these expeditions. And of the hun
dreds of bundles that have already
made their ways from plant quarantine
TO the experimental station in Belts
Vile, Md, where they will be nurtured
as tenderly as young chicks until they
die or bloom. about 40 per cent of the
specimens belong to the squash OF
melon family Thus. upon the word
of B. Y. Morrison, who now heads the
Division of Foreign Plant Introduction
in the Department of Agriculture, that
new vegetable. when it turns up, i,
very likely to be an exotic member OF
the squash or cucumber family.
1t was from foreign source that we
derived an astonishing number of thu
fruits. vegetables and nuts that we SEE
daily now on our tables in this country
and 1t was also from foreign lands thai
the great majority of our commercial
crops-with the exception OF tobacco
and corn which are native plants
were drawn. Did you know that the
grapefruit or orange on your breakfast
table originally found its way to thi
country by way Of the Malay Islands
and that you are indebted to the
Orient for applfs. for pears. for JAP
anese plums, fo vinifera grapes, anc
Persian walnuti and figs? AS a
matter OF fact, Zen among those prod.
uc'~ which We rave come to regard a.
l-ative to the United States-througt
long associatl pf2 "a considerable list
might be checAeG on as the direct con.
tribuEion OF tfoge quiet. patient little
men who unnhGrusively track, down
new grasses, iATdy fruits, OF strange
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been found to be the best adapted
Winter rye in the corn belt and in th<
States north Of it. In the Southern
States Abruzzi rye, introduced in 1906
from Italy, is extensively grown.
They have introduced, as we'll, valu-
able grain sorghums from Africa, thu
production Of which has become al
important industry in the drier part
Of the Mississippi and in the South,
west. Introduced from Egypt in 1906
Of these the Feterita is one of the mos
important and we grow $4,000 acres
of it annually.
AS for forage crops, these agri-
cultural explorers have made many oi
their introductions an indispensable
part Of agriculture. Hairy Peruvian
alfalfa, now the most important vari-
ETY. grown in California, and Ladak al
falfa from Northern India are two ol
the many alfalfas now established
and extensively grown. More than
1000 varieties and strains of soybeans
have come into this country from
the Orient as result of agricultural
expeditions during the past Is years
From these types have been developed
which form now the basis OF a crop
grown over 100000 acres, and con-
tributing, as we stated. 100000, 900
annually to our agricultural income.
Sudan grass, introduced in 1909
from Africa, is now grown on at
least 100000 acres annually, and
Rhodes grass, also an important forage
plant, is another contribution. The
purple vetch, which is important as a
Winter cover crop in the citrus groves
Of California, is another immigrant
from ITALY, introduced in 1899.
A MONG the cottons the Alcala va
riety has assumed an important
role. Introduced by bureau repre-
sentative who found it in Mexico, it
has been developed into that variety
around which the cotton industry Of
the Southwest largely centers, and its
production reaches a value OF $50, ,o00,-
900 year.
In the field of horticulture, too,
these Government explorers have
made important contributions, though
here results are necessarily slower
The Washington navel orange was
brought here from Bahai. Brazil; now
devoted to this crop are about 100000
acres, and it amounts to $35,000000
annually. The date industry of the
Southwestern United States, especially
In Arizona and Southern California,
has been based on the introduction of
varieties from the leading date-pro-
ducing countries Of the Old World,
with $500 acres devoted to this crop
and an annual value set at $75O,00o.
Plant hunters in Mexico and Central
America have brought in varieties of
the avocado, especially through the
explorations Of Wilson Popenoe, who
was formerly a member Of the bureau
staf1. Another newly introduced
exotic plant is the Quetta nectarine.
which is becoming a popular fruit in
this country. The seed from which
the original tree was grown was re-
ceived from Quetta. in Baluchistan.
Year after year these Government
scientists go out to pitch their tents
under tropic skies and face innumer-
able harships in pursuit of leaf and
blade and seed, adding thereby to the
beauty of our gardens. pricking our
appetites with strange new vegetables
or luscious unnamed fruit and fatten-
ing our herds with curious forage crops
that first waved across the hot plains
of Africa.
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John Marshall place.. For a time in
1865 he was registered at the Metro
The Washington times., 1937-04-22
10000 WOMEN
HIT COURT IDEA
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visers said it would be the largest
crowd of women yet to attend the
Senate hearings.
Miss Curtis also represents the
Women Investors of America
which has gone on record oppos'
ing the court plan. She is recog-
nized as an authority on finance.
particularly financial questions
concerning women.
Meanwhile, Dean L. J. Tepoel,
of Creighton Law Schol, Omaha
Neb., told the committee that en-
actment of President Roose-
velt's judicial plan would give him
control of Supreme Court decisions
and turn the Constitution into q
mere scrap of paper"
Dean Tepoel declared control OF
the courts decisions was the goal
of the Presidents program. He
warned that if any Executive oo-
tanned this power, all constitu-
tional guarantees of liberty would
be destroyed and human rights
made a hollow mockery.'
There was lack of develop
ments in the Senate battle over
the Presidents request TO- power
to name six new justices to the
Supreme Court if those over 70
fail to retire. 1t appeared lead
ers of both sides were awaiting
the end Of public hearings next
week before launching strateglcal
maneuvers. There continued some
talk of compromise. with Admins
tration leaders frowning upon
it, but with no signs OF progress.
Dean Tepole first asserted the
founding fathers established an in
dependent judiciary to protect a
growing democracy. He said such
a judiciary was necessary to set
tie disputes between the Federal
and State Governments and to pro
tect citizens against both govern
mentS. He warned:
Destroy the independence Of
the judiciary and you have de-
strOyed the dual form Of govern
ment, and you have taken away
from the individual citizen his
constitutional guarantees of lib
erty and have made them merely
matters of grace.
ut may be asserted that the
proposed reorganization of the
court will not destroy the indie
pendence of the judiciary. This
is no longer an open question"
The Washington times., 1937-04-22
CHILD CLINIC
DATES SET

AS a part of the observance of
Child Health Day, May l, a series
of medical examinations Of chill
dren of pre-School age has been
arranged by the District Congress
of Parent Teacher Associations.
Since May l falls on Saturday,
the examinations will be staged
Friday, April 80, and Monday, May
3. The examination schedule is
as follows:
April 30: DR.. H. Lynn Colvin,
Barnard School, 10 a. M; Dr..
Henry A. Monat. Brant School, 10
a. M: DR.. Roy A. Thornley,, Park
view School, 10 a. M. and DR.. Rob
ert A. Bier, Child Hygiene Center,
1870 p. m. All examinations, May
3, will be at 10 a. m. They are:
DR.. Robert A. Heitmuller, Henry
School; DR.. Monat, Fairbrother
School: DR.. Edward Lewis, Ben
ming School; DR.. Enoch r. Fenton,
Madison School; DR.. Edith Seville
Coale, Gage School; DR.. c. B.
Conklin and DR.. William Greaney,
Thomson School; DR.. Harry A.
Ong, Xenilworth School. and DR..
r. L. DeSauSsure, Child Hygiene
Center,
The Washington times., 1937-04-22
UTILITY PROBE DELAYED

Dirksen last week suggested a
study of the laws now in force and
asked that a subcommittee be ap-
pointed. The minutes of the meet
ing, however, failed to disclose any
action had been taken on his mo-
ton.
Yesterday he repeated the mo-
ton, but Representative Vincent
Palmisano, presiding in absence of
Mrs. Mary T. Norton, chairman,
objected.