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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17

have been caused by the narrow span. <.
 Improvements Suggested
 Attorney Barnett, representing the railroad, recommended that plans for improving the bridge be made so as to limit expenditures to $6,0O0 or $8, 1000. !.
 Attorney Vincent Scully, repre- senting the City of Waterbury, asked that either a new bridge be built or the present one improved. He agreed to ask the Waterbury Board of Aldermen to submit forma, request to the PUG. for improve. ment of the bridge.
 East End residents have been ac. lively campaigning for improvement of the situation. Harpers Ferry road is direct route from the east. ern part of the city to the southern part, and the narrow bridge acts ar a bottle-neck, slowing up traffic and causing accidents.
 The plans submitted by the ratl road will be taken up by the PUG. at later meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
KING FOG ENTERS
 GREAT PROTEST

Istanbul, May IT. (PU-King Fog of Albania protested vigorously and officially" to the League of Ma tions today against Italy's forced occupation of his country and de- manded that the league take steps to restore tn eoriginal rights of the Albanian people"
 Citing Albanias membership in the league, the exiled king said that it had maintained cordial relations with its neighbors and had been a true factor" of peace.
 He charged Italy with breach of the Italo-Albanian defense treaty, the Kellogg -Briand peace pact, and "all laws governing international relations" by the military violation" of Albania and the bombardment of ports and open cities. He recalled that the London conference of 1912-13 and the ambassadors con- ference of 1921 in Paris had rec ognized Albania's independence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17

fiexibility and general appearance of well -groomed indifference. A soft Tahitian straw, woven in the South Seas, is new, soft and comfortable. The cocoanut is climbing to greater popularity. Well-dressed collegiates are even donning them for informal evening wear!
 For color enthusiasts the de- signers have brought out multi-col- ored straws in many snazzy weayes. Even bananas have felt the urge for improvement and now appear in lighter weights and new shapes, Borrowed from felt hat models. Not to be forgotten are bankoks and raffias which have also been stream lined.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
NEW HAVEN ROAD
 HOUSES PROTEST
Railways in Area of 800 Miles in Massachusetts to Be Abandoned

Boston, May 17-(UP)-Officials and commuters in 50 southeastern Massachusetts communities organ ized today to fight plan to wipe out all passenger train service in the area of over 500 square miles.
 Governor Saltonstall meantime re- assured aroused citizens that the station abandonments definitely will not go into effect on June 13, as some at first understood. He ex- plained that the date given is a deadline for presentation of the plan to the interstate commerce col..- mission.
 The discontinuance plan would af- feet the three lines of the Old Colony Railroad, operated by the New Haven Railroad, including that between Boston and Middleboro through Quincy, Braintree, Brock ton and Bridgewater and e!! service east of that.
 Legislators representing the area threatened to organize a drive, should the railroad abandon the service, to take away its rights to operate it's purportedly highly pro- fitable main line.
 Officials of Quincy, Braintree, Weymouth, Brockton and Plymouth, largest centers in the affected area, denied that the railroad was losing considerable money in the section and charged that any loss was due to poor service. Trustees in bank ruptcy of the road said the plan was formulated because the lines are losing over $2,000,0o0 yearly.
 Governor Saltonstall promised swift action by seven-man citizens committee, named to find alterna- tive plan. and Attorney General Paul A. Dever swung the states law forces anew into the court battle against abandonments.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
MoosEHEAD LAKE OPENS

Augusta, Me, May (UP) = Moosehead lake, this states largest inland body of water. was open to fishermen today. Fish and Game Commissioner George ]. Stobie said late yesterday that the ice had "en- tirely cleared" the lake. With the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
BY PAUL ROSS

A
 NEA Service Staff Correspondent New York + The "sportswear trend, as male kinds revolt against sartorial dullness is quaintly called has caught up with the straw hat.
 Hay bonnets have gone hey- hey. It is no longer necessary to choose from among: l, sennits, 2. bananas, 3. leghorns. Now you can pick out one of dozen new porous, lightweight colorful straw weaves And if bodies are snappy, bands are positively insolent.
 The traditional sailor will, of course, remain the favorite for town
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
Scovill Co. Opposes
 'Burying' R. R. Tracks
Attorney Reeves Intnates Factory May Receive Large
 Educational Order'- Government Interested
fspecial to The Democratl

State Capitol, Hartford May IT - Elimination of the present HaTpers Ferry Road bridge by filling in the Attorney Francis T Reeves, counsel for the Scov Man
 featuring Company the ground that the tracks would which would as storage place for explosives in case of war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17

clearing of ice from Mcoseheac, practically all of Maine's approxi- mately 2.50O lakes and ponds are now open for fishing. Stobie said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
ONE QUINTUPLET
 HAS OWN CURTSY

Callander, Ont, May 17-(UP)- Emile, mischievous member of the Dionne quintuplets, had the entire nursery staff in diplomatic dither today through her insistence that a royal curtsy must take the form of a head stand. Her sisters Yvonne, Annette, Cecle and Marie are letter perfect in the gestures of homage they will pay to King George and Queen Elizabeth at their audience on May 22. At the practice sessions they made graceful curtsies in the best court manner, but Emile stood on her head.
 The trouble is, Nurses Molly O'Shaughnessy and Louise Corriveau admitted ruefully today, that they made the mistake of laughing when Emile first performed the stunt. They fear that Emile, the marked individualist of the five girls, will perform her upside down curtsy to get royal laugh.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17

One hundred and twenty-ninA monks were promoted to higher ranks during the impressive Acces sion ceremony in Bangkok, Siam.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17

For a cool head on a hot day, get under the wide sweeping brim of this rough weave Panama. men. Note the dia- m0nd-shaped telescope crown and "hatband" of multi-colored
 cords
 and business wear. But even these stiff sennits have been air. vented and lightweighted, and now appear draped in bright bands. Alternative for conserva- tive gents is the hanoki straw, which grows in importance. It now comes in colors such as green, too, and boasts tyrolean shapes and pongee or straw bands.
 Progressive will head straight for the madagascar, a loosely woven bonnet which promises to be rather cool. It comes in nat ural straw colors. College boys will give a new kaotted hemp bonnet a big run because of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17

tleaags from diEintesEatio flzFelsh age. The committee voted a zntoT@ able report on bin apbr1triatiua $1 900 annually to repair the fIass,
 some of which go back to pre-nevo-
 lution days.
Evening star., 1939-03-12
Honor Bright and Honor Boy Nth the late McCauy
Hoo1ng he re1s He driving gentlemanS 80

stables here and in GEORGETOWN, and
some of these, at least, took care of
more than 300 horses, besides which
there were many private stables
throughout the city. The street car
lines doing business in Washington
at that time included the Columbia
Railway Co.. which ran along H
street and New York avenue and
from Bladensburg road northeast to
Fifteenth street northwest. the car
barns being near Fifteenth street
northeast; the Anacostia & Potomac
River line: the Capitol. North O
Street & South Washington Railway
Co.-probably what we used to call
the Belt Line: the Metropolitan
Railroad Co., which then included
the F and Ninth street lines: the
Washington & Georgetown Rail-
road Co., which included the present
pennsylvania avenue. Seventh and
Fourteenth street lines, now known
as the Capital Transit Co., and the
Brlghtwood line
These carlines employed many
horses, as did the herdic line. the
express and ice companies and the
hacks, long since replaced by the
present cabs. And there were ever
SO many other uses to which the
morse was put, and if the automo-
bile had not been invented and the
number OF horse-drawn vehicles had
continued to increase in proportion
to the demand for their use. the
chances are that traffic conditions
would be far worse today than they
actually are.
Blame for Horses.
Very seldom does an automobile
run away and when it does it's the
drivers fault. But in bygone days
1t was old Dobbin who was to blame
when he picked up his ears and
raced down the street with the
vehicle stringing on behind. In
deed, as recent as 1896 a horse
owned by Charles C. Wilkinson.
While on one of his runaway flights,
ran through the back door of an
Avenue cable car and out of the
front door, carrying a broken seat
with him. But he was so badly
injured he had to be shot.
RunaWays were of daily, and not
lnfrequently of hourly, occurrence
IN the early days and sometimes
they ended tragically, as did the
accident that resulted in the death
OF Mrs. Pendleton, the daughter
OF Francis Scott Key, who was
killed in a runaway that occurred
IN New York City on May 20, 1886.
OF this The Star prints the follow
ing account:
Mrs. Alice Key Pendleton, wife
OF George H. Pendleton, United
States Minister to Germany, was
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from the British, resulting in his
writing our most popular patriotic
ode, and the probabilities are that
she also lived at 308 c street NV,
where her father maintained a resi-
dence up to the time of his death,
which took place in Baltimore at
the home of his eldest daughter,
Mrs. Charles Howard, on January
II, l843
The G street residence stood with
in the area upon which are to be
erected buildings for the District
government. The Key house was
considerably remodeled and modi-
fled some years ago. Originally it
was built by Henry Weightman,
brother of Gen. Roger @. Weight
man, along about 1885, and Francis
Scott Key occupied it for some
years subsequent to that date. Here
Mr.. Key also had his law office in
what was probably an addition to
the west side Of the house. as so
many lawyers combined their homes
and offices in those days.
Upon one occasion when Mrs.
Lincoln was making a tour of the
Civil War hospitals she was thrown
from her carriage, though not SER
iously injured. But Secretary Will
liam H. Seward, whom Payne tried
to kill at the time President Lincoln
was assassinated, did not fare so
we'll as will be seen from an old
item which tells the following story:
"At about 4 o'clock yesterday
afternoon Secretary Seward left the
State Department in his carriage.
and passed up Pennsylvania avenue
to Fifteen-and-a-half street to his
residence, where his son, Mr.. F..
w. Seward, and wife and Miss
Titus got in. While the driver was
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Veil OF Mystery Has Long Obscured Birthplace reand Patron
SAINT but If Latest Native. Claim Is True March17
Ought to Be a Scotch Holiday

"A presbyter in the early Christian
church was a man whose functions
were not clearly distinguished from
those OF bishop. AS you may re-
call your Bible, Paul summoned the
elders (Acts, ii.1O and told them
to take heed to the flock in
which the Holy Ghost hath made
you bishops.
I'm the Eastern or Latin church" !"
Mr.. Munro continues, "a presbyter
was bishop. In the Presbyterian
churches, presbyter is an elder
especially a teaching elder or a
minister"
Torch to Pagans.
Immediately, Mr.. Munro disclaims
that st. Patrick was a Scotch Pres
byterian. For" as he says, "even
I must admit there were no Scotch
Presbyterians in those days-the
days of the early Christian church
st. Patrick, of course, was a Cath
olic. He is credited, and with truth,
with bringing the torch of Christi
anity to pagan Ireland-to the land
OF the Druistic priesthood. They
were wild Irishmen in those days,
and no mistake.
I'm ancient Gaul, Britain, and
Ireland the Druids were natural
philosophers. They knew the course
OF the stars, the size of the earth and
the properties of certain plants.
Also, they were Judges in disputes
and taught the children of the
Gaulish mobiles. In Irish and Welch
sagas, and in later Christian legends,
the Druids appear as conjurers
rather than philosophers. They
worked black magic. And 1t is here
that the good Scotchman, st. Pat
rick, proved their match. With the
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his only son, was one of our number.
He grew to manhood and was
thrown headlong from his horse one
day and was picked up with his
neck broken. His father became
very wealthy, and was first president
of the Bank of Washington.
DR.. Gunton resided at the north
west corner of Ninth street and
Pennsylvania avenue, and here was
also his drug store, or apothecary, as
it was once called The doctor was
one of the early comers to WASH
ington, having arrived here October
l8, 1907, after leaving his home in
Norfolk. England. In giving his i'm
pressions of the city at that time,
he says;
Near the corner of Seventh street
and the Avenue were one or two
buildings, in one of which a Mr..
Samuel Harrison Smith had estab-
lished newspaper. Nearby was a
little building called the Mash Mar
ket,' which has since been replaced
by the splendid structure of the
Centre Market of this day.
Many parts of Pennsylvania ave-
nue. touched the waters edge, and
the road was corduroy Logs were
piled to fill up the mud holes and
miry places along the route Once
crossing the Avenue at Seventh
street our young druggist lost a
shoe, which sank into the ooze and
was with some difficulty recovered" :"
One of the reminders of the horse
days that we now rarely see is the
hitching post to which horses were
tied to keep them from straying or
running away. One of the oldest of
these that survived for many years
was of cast-iron and in the form of
Chinaman. 1t was about 3l2 feet
in height and stood in front of a
livery stable on Sixth street between
Pennsylvania and Indiana avenues.
1t was placed there in 1862 and was
one of the familiar landmarks of the
city
During the Civil War" we are
told Gems. Grant. Mcclellan
Hooker and others who patronized
this stable great deal tied their
steeds to this hitching post and other
distinguished personages have had
occasion to use this post during
every presidential Inauguration since
Lincolns second term.
Historic Place.
GAS matter of fact, this much of
Sixth street NV. between Penn
sylvania and Louisiana avenues. is
historic locality in more than one
sense. 1t was on the corner of this
street and Louisiana avenue that
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By John Jay DAILY.
IAN IriShmdn.)

Editors note: Various na-
t1onohttes haDe claimed st.
Patrick as their oUn. including
Scotland and France. and his
origin and birthplace haze been
the subject OF debate among his
torianS for generations. The fol-
toDing story. based on recent re-
search, presents neD proof that
the apostle of the Irish first sa1D
the light in the Land OF the
Thistle.
Scotsmen the world over celebrate
st. Patrick's Day. Not because of
any Scotch-Irish affiliation, but be-
cause st. Patrick was a Scotsman
not an Irishman.
So says Wallace Munro, world
traveller, man about the theater,
wearer of the Victoria Cross and
other honors under the English
crown, native of Scotland and a
naturalized American citizen.
The gallant Wallace Munro puts
forth his statement as an averment.
Something he can prove by official
documents when the time comes.
Through bit of research work,
Mr.. Munro came across positive
proof, so he says, that St. Patrick,
the patron saint of Ireland, was
born in a little town near Dunbar
ton, Scotland-a town called, oddly
enough, Fitzpatrick.
You will find in various accounts,
says Mr.. Munro, that St. Patrick
was the son of Calpur-
MUS. That he was the grandson OF
a presbyter named Potius.
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instantly killed about o'clock yes
terday afternoon in Central Park,
New York, and her daughter, Miss
Jennie Frances Pendleton, was Sc
verely, though not fatally, injured.
Mrs. and Miss Pendleton were
enjoying drive through the park
in an open victoria, which had been
hired, and Hugh Reilly, an inexperi-
enced driver, was on the box They
were going up the center drive and
were within 300 feet of the Webster
Statue when the horses became
frightened at some rumbling noise
in the distance and ran off. The
driver, pulled suddenly forward by
the start, tried to balance himself
but was pulled over the dashboard.
thrown to the ground and dragged
along the driveway.
"The horse dashed along until he
was within $50 feet of the statue.
The two ladies screamed for help
and were beside themselves with
fear. All this time the horse was
dashing on, and no one was visible
to check his course. Miss Pendleton
stood up on the seat of the carriage
and after calling to her mother to
follow her, jumped over the side and
landed on the lawn which borders
the roadway. There she lay uncon-
scious. Mrs Pendleton, when she
saw her daughter spring out, fol-
lowed her, but struck the pavement
with terrific force She was hurled
by the speed of the carriage against
the curblng and was undoubtedly in
stantly killed.
Police Action.
Officer Hill of the mounted police
appeared on the scene of the acci-
dent. Miss Pendleton was uncon-
scious, but the officer produced res
piration artiflcially and with the aid
OF water and other restoratives
brought her back to consciousness
Mrs. Pendletons body was lying
some distance off, and when the off,
Ger examined her he found that she
was dead. A call for an ambulance
was sent out, the coroner notified.
and Driver Reilly was placed under
arrest.
AT the hospital DR.. Sherman ex-
amlned the young girls wounds and
found that they were serious. vet
would not prove fatal. There were
Slight contusions of the head and
face, the skin slightly abrased.
Ihere was more to fear from the re-
suits OF shock than anything else.
AT the coroners inquest the
driver said he thought the ladies
jumped from the carriage at dis
tances OF about $50 and 155 feet
from the statue. Other testimony
was taken and the case was given
to the jury.
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wasr removed IN

THE jury brought in a verdict
declaring that Mrs. Pendleton had
come to her death through a COM
pound fracture of the skull. con-
cussion of the brain and consequent
shock. The coachman was exon
Grated from all blame.
Mrs. Pendleton was born in 1925.
Her maiden name was Alice Key
and she was the daughter of Fran
els Scott Key, the author of the ma
tional ballad, The Star Spangled
Banner She was also a niece of
the great Chief Justice Taney. She
was sister of Philip Barton Key,
who was killed by Gen, Daniel E.
Sickles. She had three children,
Sallie and Jennie and George H.
Pendleton, now of full age.
For Is years she was the leader
Of society in Cincinnati. The old
Pendleton mansion at the head of
Main street on the slope of Mount
Auburn in Cincinnati is still pointed
out as landmark to all strangers.
In the few years before Mr.. Pen
dleton was appointed Minister to
Germany the old residence was
abandoned and the family main
tained summer residence in the
suburb Of Clifton and a winter home
downtown. When Mr.. Pendleton be-
came member of the House of
Representatives she made her home
with him in this city, where her en-
tertainments and receptions were
one of the features of the society of
the Capital"
Georgetown Home.
The chances are that Mrs. Pendle-
ton was born in the Georgetown
home Of her father, where he re-
sided at the time he was called upon
to secure the release of DR. Reanes
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in the act Of closing the door with
his right hand and holding onto
the reins with his left hand, the
horses started, the driver following
them, still holding on and endeavor-
ing to close the door. Mr.. F. w.
Seward. seeing the danger. jumped
from the carriage with the hope
of heading the horses and stopping
them. They, however, got away
from him and the driver, and when
they reached the corner of Vermont
avenue and H street, Secretary
Seward jumped from his carriage,
falling on his right arm and break
ing it just below the shoulder and
bruising his face. He was taken up
in an insensible condition by several
gentlemen and carried to his resi-
dence
surgeons Abbott, United States
Army, and Verdi were called in and
set the broken limb. after which
the Secretary felt much easier. hav-
ing by that time fully recovered
his reason. The ladies remained in
the carriage until it arrived at the
stable. where party of soldiers
caught the horses. The driver was
somewhat bruised. The sympathy
for the Secretary is general, and in
the course of the evening the heads
of the departments and other Off
GERS of the Government and men,
bers Of the diplomatic corps and
many citizens called in person to
make inquiries as to his condition"
Neck Broken.
An old-timer, writing in 1892. tells
OF the accidental killing of prom
inent young man named Gunton.
He says: "Dr. William Gunton was
the only apothecary in town who
dispensed soda water. Billy Gunton,
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canny shrewdness OF the Scots, he
beat the Druids at their own game,
That is proved beyond shadow of
doubt by st. Patrick's biographer,
Muirchu."
Mr.. Munro. from his research
work, recalls the clash between st.
Patrick and Lucetmal, one of the
most skilled of Druidic magicians-
a man equal If not superior to the
late Harry Houdini.
After a long, hard winter in Ire
land the natives were assembled
to celebrate the arrival of spring
On the plains of Temoria, Lucetmal
noticed st. Patrick in the crowd
and challenged him to a duel of
priestcraft, as he called it.
Make it snow" said St. Patrick.
with a twinkle in his eyes as he
looked at the beautiful sky above,
and the green grass below. Make
it snow" And that's Just what
Lucetmal did. He invoked the gods
and they delivered the snow.
One-Way Trick.
Came to the fore then the Scotch
in st. Patrick, as Mr.. Munro AYERS.
What did he do?" Mr.. Munro asks,
and answers: He berated Lucetmal
before the multitude, pointed him
out as 'death-head at the feast
sour-puss who spoiled a beautiful
day-for the whole plain, that was
so wonderful before, was now covered
with feet of snow. The crowd,
irked, demanded that Lucetmal re-
move the snow-but he was no snow
remover. A good old-fashioned con-
jurer, his trick worked only one way.
He could make it snow but he
couldn't make the snow melt. And
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sa r 7,

A street car of the 90S stand
ing in front OF the car barn at
Florida Avenue, east of Four
teenth street. 1t ran dlonq
Fourteenth street and Penn
SylDanid dUenue.
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An early streamlined stage
coach that operated betUeen
Washington and Baltimore is
seen above. In the top roaD,
center, is one OF the Van Der
7Uerken buses that preceded the
horse car in prouiding service
for Pennsylvania aUenue. In
the inset is Gilbert Van Der
1Uerken, pioneer operator OF
the omnibuSeS.
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that's where st. Patrick, the good
Scotchman, had him. st. Patrick
made the snow disappear
So much for the miracles. st.
Patrick had bagful of them, ac-
cording to the authorities and to Mr..
Munro, who does not claim to be
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stands a unique and ancient town
of renown called Old Fitzpatrick
Its population today is about As, 900
inhabitants.
Around the purlieus of this little
burgh remains a goodly portion of
CONTINUED on Page C.5)
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an authority, except in this one in
stance-that st. Patrick was born
in Scotland.
st. Patrick, beyond doubt, was born
101a miles northwest of the smoky
city of Glasgow, on the banks of
the muddy River Clyde. There