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Multiple Home Plans
Become Important

It Is in connection with the small
multiple homes, hundreds of which
will be erected IN the United States
in the next few months, If materials
and labor become available. that
what Britain Is doing at the moment
is of especial interest to us. These
dwellings need not be ugly or rough
and plain-it is all a matter Of
taste and design. This. however, We
should remember: Britain has al
ways built slowly and soundly-
whatever the British build is meant
to last. Our weakness is building all
for today, with little thought of the
morrow. In the end, our way is the
most costly-it involves waste.
In physical assets. we have lost
much less in the late war than
Britain but this very fact makes our
obligation greater. The public works
that we put into effect in Washing
ton must be we'll considered and
planned for both today and to-
morrow. We have a beautiful Cap
ital City, and must conserve its
aesthetic charm. This is an obliga-
tion we owe to our city planners,
to our people at large throughout
the Nation, and our neighbors over
seas,
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aged mother on his arm, speaking
reverently to her. He was her last
born and best beloved. When the
poor old lady heard of the cruel
crime, she wept and cried: why do
they want to kill my baby?"
Garfield's body was removed to
Washington from Long Branch on
September 81. and arrived here
about 4:30 and was taken to the
Capitol to remain on view the fol-
lowing day. On the afternoon of the
23d, after impressive ceremonies in
the rotunda of the Capitol, the cof :
fin was borne to the station which
he had entered hale and happy two
months and a half before, and from
here the train carried his remains
to Ohio, where he was inferred in
Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland
A few years ago the writer re-
ceived a card from j. NJ Kelly
Sioux City, Iowa, in which he SAID
that the first doctor to reach the
Presidents side after he was shot
was DR.. Joseph A. Harrington, whose
address was pit D street Northwest
Upon this point, the late DR.. Viii.
liam Tindall, then secretary of the
District Commissioners, said:
Upon arriving at the room where
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Lonny Budd Survives Another Chapter
In His Iona, Adventurous Career

third. 1t looks as If we are to have
MIN with us long time and, then,
in the manner of Elsie Dinsmore, we
may even have his progeny.
am glad to report, however, that
in at least one respect this novel is
an Improvement of its recent prede-
cessors. In it Mr.. Sinclair has con-
sented to do some of the work him.
self. In the past, whenever he got
Lanny in desperate fix, he
shrugged off the labor of getting
him out by allowing the spirits Of
the friendly dead to take over. In
the present book there is less of that
kind of evasion. To be sure, there is
also less need for it, there being
only a few of those desperate fixes.
Indeed, Lanny has progressed so
far now that he seems to need no
aid from any source. He is the oracle
of the world. The governments of all
countries, both Fascist and demo-
cratic, consult him eagerly; his ad-
vice determines the conduct of the
war on both sides. He stiffens Vichy
up against the Nazis-as far as is
possible He shuffles the members of
Churchills cabinet. He has a hand
in Hess flight to England He
discusses with William Randolph
Hearst plot to kidnap President
Roosevelt and then warns the Presi.
dent accordingly. He secures aid to
Britain. advises the democracies
of the I plan to attack Rus.
i (See A., . 'RLD, Page C-3J
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w. G. H. Newman; S. A. H. McKim
and johnson Eliot.
The old building in which head
quarters was then located was his
toric because it had once been the
boarding house of Mrs. Peyton
where lived such notables as John
c. Calhoun, Vice President with
John Quincy Adams, and who con-
tinued on as such with Andrew
jackson. but resigned In 1892, Henry
Clay, member of Congress and
statesman; Senator Robert Y
Hayne, who in 1880 debated the
Constitution with Daniel Webster;
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~ HERE are thousands of peo.
pie throughout this lane
who will recall the assassi-
nation of President James
Abram Garfield, on July 2, 1881. the
65th anniversary of which will oc-
cur on next Tuesday. From this
time on to the dhy of his death, a
grateful Nation knelt in almost con-
tinuous prayer asking Divine Provi-
dence to spare the life of one of our
most beloved Presidents The
stricken President closed his eyes In
peace on September 10, following.
1t was the second time that a
President had been laid low by the
hand of an assassin, Lincoln being
the first of the Chief Executives to
die in this manner. The people OF
Washington had the same admira-
ton for President Lincoln as had
the people of the States, and when
he was struck down they mourned
with the rest of the Union. He had
been President for four years dur
ing the most trying period of the
Republic and had just entered his
second term. The people had grown
: to know and love him. His death
appalled, the Nation.
The people of Washington, how
ever, were in closer touch, probably
with GARFIELD, he having served in
Congress for II years from 1868,
when he resigned from the Union
Army with the rank of major gen.
eral, until 1880 In that year he
declined election as Senator from
Ohio in order to run for President
and was elected November 4, 1880,
and inaugurated March 4. 1881.
.,During all this period he lived here
7 mingled with the people of the Dis
trict, joined their fraternal organ
izations, became an active member
of the Church of the Disciples of
Christ and was a regular attendant.
and sent his children to public
schools.
-Four months after his inaugura-
tion the dastardly crime was COM
mitted while the story of his rise
from an obscure mule driver on the
canal to a general in the Army and
thence to Congress, was still fresh
In the minds of the people. None
but those then living can tell of the
profound sorrow that overwhelmed
the country few months later
when he died. Houses and public
buildings in Washington we're
draped in black as they had been
on the death of Lincoln. Until the
crisis, there was nothing that ap-
pealed more to the public than
bulletins telling of his condition
from day to day.
On the day of his assassination
The Star issued three extras that
told the story of the crime. The
radio at that time was scarcely in
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Stars Extra Told
Of Tragedy at Depot.

In order to check up as closely as
possible on the details of this crime,
the writer got out The Star of July
2, 1881, and found the following
Ditem:
About $50 o'clock this morning
the startling news rapidly spread
throughout the city that the Presi-
dent, who was about to depart from
the city, had been fatally shot at the
Baltimore 81 Potomac Railroad
Depot, the horrible intelligence COM
ing SO unexpectedly. but was soon
proved to be true. The city was soon
full of excitement, and as various
officials were galloping up and down
the Avenue, vast crowds of people
made their way to the depot.
president Garfield was shot this
morning at $50 o'clock in the
ladies' room of the Baltimore &
Potomac Depot. He had just alighted
from his carriage to take the cars
for the North. Secretary Hunt and
Mrs. Hunt, Secretary Window, Post
master General James and the rest
of the party had taken their seats
in the car. Col. Jameson of the Post
Office Department, who was to have
charge of the transportation Of the
party, was standing at the gate
leading to the cars He heard ashot
quickly followed by another. There
was a rush to the ladies room
whence the sounds came. President
Garfield was found lying on the
floor, having fallen to the left. Sec
retary Blaine came out OF the room
following a man and calling: Rock
we'll! Where is Rockwell?' The mar
was seized by Officer Kearney ano
Mr.. Parks, the depot policeman. The
President was taken upstairs, Dr.
Bliss arrived soon afterward. II
was soon discovered that both shots
had taken effect. One struck him ir
the right arm below the shoulder
The other went in at the right side
of the back, between the hip and the
9 kidney. It then passed forward, ane
went down into the groin. 1t was
probed for, but could not be found
DR.. Bliss says that it is a danger
GUS wound, but not necessarily ia
tai
THE wound in the arm does not
amount to much, except being pain
full. There is hope for the Presi'
dents recovery, but he is in very
critical condition.
: THE shooting occurred when the
President and Secretary Blaine were
walking arm in arm through the
ladies waiting ROOM
The Police Department at this
time included in its personnel: Maj
and Supt. William G. Brock; prop.
erty clerk, William j. Dunivan; cap.
tain and inspector, Charles R. Yer.
non; clerk, E. D. Appleton; surgeon
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the President was lying upon the
floor, I noticed about a half-dozen
persons in the room, but no ply
sician. I asked the President If I
could be of any service to him. to
which he replied that he was very
comfortable except for the tingling
in his 1eet which reminded him of
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World Looks II pom New Building Era

dences inspired in design by the
manor houses OF Britain.
The number Of buildings destroyed
by enemy action In Britain was al
most beyond belief, as was also the
quiet courage with which the loss
was met. Long before hostilities
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arts, architects and artisans, few OF
whom could expect to see the new
city, but still giving themselves to
their great task with enthusiasm.
Since then, two plans have been
drawn for the London that is to
be--a better city, 1t Is claimed. be-
cause Of new opportunities for re-
planning. This is not only great
courage, but far-seeing vision.
Outside Of the city, planning in
Britain is going forward for the re-
construction Of garden cities and
country towns, some of which have
been inspired, we are told, by a
knowledge Of our Tennessee Valley
projects, and announcement has
been made that co-operat ton on the
part Of American and British archi-
tects and planners Is now under way.
Cooperative Effort
To Plan New Towns
Obviously there has been Coop
Grafton with planners of other ma
tions than our own-Holland, for
instance. In the construction of
apartments and business buildings,
municipal and private, the Dutch
have gone far in current years. AS
in the United States, some of this
is good, and some very bad, declar-
ing itself and its eccentricities too
loudly and too soon. Monotony is
not altogether Objectionable, but
eccentricity must be used with cau-
ton and reserve. The immutability
of beauty is the foundation stone of
art, and building without art is
valueless indeed.
Great impetus was given town
planning before the World War by
the planners of Britain and their
colleagues in America, and much
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Lanny's death, to occur in Hong
Kong in the near future. Bearing
that prophecy in mind, I started "A
World to Win" with optimism. In
vain. Lanny in the new installment
goes to Hong Kong. to be sure, and
gets In q very tight corner there,
but he survives. He not only sur
wives, but marries . new wife-his
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ended, plans were being made for
rebuilding. The spirit is similar to
that Of the rebuilding after the fire
when a workingman brought to
Wren a stone he had found among
the ruins, on which was inscribed
the word 'RESURGAM"-I shall
rise again.
One Of the memora bic occurrences
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A WORLD TO WIN

By Upton Sinclair. Viking,
So
1t goes without saying that this
work is another chapter in the ca
reer OF Upton Sinclair's fictional Sill
Galahad, Lanny Budd. Lanny has
occupied the Sinclairian attention
now these past half dozen years and
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until he comes
to a mortal end,
there is small
likelihood that
his author will
write about any,
thing else. There
was hope at
least I regarded
it as. hope that
that consumma-
ton was ap-
preaching when
the last novel
Dragon Har-
vest" appeared
In it Mr.. Sin.
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were overridden or left hitched to a
post, And yet there is no reason
why the practical cannot and should
not be beautiful as we'll. This is a
lesson that the British have taken
to heart since so many Of their
homes have been destroyed and must
now be resurrected by their own
hands. In some directions, stand
ards have risen.
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Of World
the neghbohood of
Cathedral its
rebuilding utilities
Those attenance
leaders church for
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the mind of the scientist, and only
the newsboy conveyed the news tc
the public, which awaited his cry
upon this occasion with startled
ear. as he proclaimed: Extra Star
Extra Star-Garield is shot, Gar
field is shot"
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Henry A. Wise, member of Congress,
Governor of Virginia and diplomat,
and Henry Wilson, Vice President
during the second term of U. S.
Grant.
The old police headquarters was
removed many years ago, and the
present building, the Office of the
director of traffic, was erected by
the Ford Motor Co.
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Avengers Try Twice
To Kill Assassin.

Two attempts to kill Guiteau by
unconstituted authority occurred
one on September II, 1881, by sergt
John A. Mason, Battery B, I'd Artl-
lery, U. S. A, whose duty it was
to guard the prisoner, and the Other
on November 10, by William Jones
who afterward was styled, Bill
Jones the Avenger"
There has been some question
regarding the pistol used by the
assassin. At the time it was sale
to be a British Bull Dog" and wa!
purchased from the sporting good.
store Of John U. OMeara, ther
located on the northeast corner oi
F and Fifteenth streets, opposite
the Treasury Department., Guiteal
purchased it for $40 and practicec
with it before doing the, shooting
1t was used in the trial as an exhibit
but its present whereabouts seems to
be uncertain
AS to Guiteau's skeleton. Upor
apparently good authority it was
once said to be in the Army Med
ical Museum. Some years ago the
report was also current that the
head had been stolen and exhibited
for while at Atlantic City, and a
more recent story informs us thai
certain Government officials pur.
posely scrambled the bones, or placed
them untagged with other homo
skeletons in order to lose then
identity, which, is probably entirely
without foundation.
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Baltimore & Potomac Depot
Used Government Land

The Baltimore & Potomac Depot |
was removed about SO years ago. It /
stood on Government ground, and
it's sheds extended for almost a
block south of the main building.
The tracks occupied Sixth street all
the way to Maryland avenue. Archi-
tecturally, the building was very
pleasing to the eye and from this
standpoint was not a discredit to
the city, although the placing of the
depot on North B street. and the
tracks in South Washington, did not
enhance the value of the property
in this section of the city. 1t un-
doubtedly was a asgreat relief to-
adjacent property owners when the
depot and the tracks were removed,
shortly after the completion of the
Union Station in 1907.
The Baltimore & Potomac Rail
road first opened for business be-
tween Baltimore and Washington in
the summer of 1872. The depot, ac-
cording to william Bender Wilson,
at that time "was very uninviting
looking frame structure, with a.
platform having pine shed roof
over it, and stood just outside the
present cne."
The depot in which Garfield was
shot was not sufficiently completed
to be occupied until 1873, and some
of the older residents may recall
chat the ground on which it stands
was piled with wooden poles to the
depth of IS feet, because of the ma
ture Of the ground hereabout, being
right over the course of the old
Tlber Greek, later converted into
the Washington Canal. a portion of
which is now large sewer, and
which upon several occasions has
backed up and flooded this territory,
one of the lowest points in the city.
After President Garfield was shot
he fingered until September 19,
when he passed away at Elberon,
N. j. His death was sudden. The
attendants observed some unfavor-
able symptoms and sent for the
doctors. Before they could arrive
the President was gone
Garfeld's Mother Wept
At News of Shooting.
Mr.. Garfield's family consisted of
his mother, his wife, four sons and
one daughter. His mother was
dear little old lady, to whom he
was most devotedly attached. 1t was
strikingly beautiful sight to see
the great, robust statesman on Sum-
day mornings walking from his car
riage to the plain little frame Camp
bellite Church. then on Vermont
avenue, just above N street, with his
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the feeling he had as a boy, when
his foot was asleep. Soon after he
said that he would like little more
air and suggested that the window
be opened. opened it slightly but
he almost Immediately said that it
made him chilly and asked that !
close it, which I did. He remarked
that the only distressing discom-
fort the shock had caused him was
the nausea at first, which was re-
lieved by the vomiting down on the
first floor soon after he was shot
BY this time several other persons
had come into the room.
Many Assisted in Giving
First Aid to President.
About Is or 20 minutes after
reached the President, DR.. D. VIII
lard Bliss, a prominent local ply
sician, arrived there"
Other sources of information tell
us that Mrs. Smith. in charge OF
the ladies waiting room, was at his
side in an instant and bathed his
face. DR.. Smith Townsend, health
officer Of the District, and Drs
Smith and Purvis were also early ar
rivals at the depot.
OF course, DR.. Tindall was one of
the most closely in touch with the
assassination of Garfield, but there
are probably others still living here
who played more or less prominent
part at the time of the shooting and
between that time and the death of
the President. The writer under
stands that Richard f. Weldon
drove the improvised ambulance
from the railroad depot to the White
House. Subsequently, MI. Weldon
served the police department for
many years and until he was retired
Charles Guiteau. the assassin. was
indicted for murder by the grand
jury on October g. following the
death of the President; he was
placed on trial November IA, found
guilty on January 25, 1882, and
hanged in the District Jail on the
following June 30.
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4 city, its planning and up
~ building is one of the oldest
and most comprehensive.
Aristotle, the great Greek philos-
opher, described a city as "a place
where men live common life to
noble end" This being the case
the art of the city is, indeed, deep
rooted, its source being in the
eternal springs from whence comes
world molding civilization.
The special reason for interest
in this subject at this time Is the
fact that nations of the world to-
day are entering upon great build
ing era, the greatest in many years
World War II devastated a large
part Of Europe, and to a great de-
gree Britain as well. The United
States mercifully escaped such
ruin, but on account of changed
conditions and redistribution Of
population has likewise vast city
planning and building problems at
this time.
| Attention is called to these mat
ters of widespread interest and sig
oificance by a publication recently
issued by the British Information
Service, a book with brief text and
abundant illustrations, dealing with
city building in Britain and America
. for the best part of 400 years, from
! before the great fire of London In
! 1866 to the introduction of modern
motives in building design employed
in America today.
Now British Borrow
American Designs
/ In architectural design one OF the
largest factors in city building
Americans, as did those before us
in the field OF portrait painting
have borrowed much from the Brit
ish, but now they are, it seems,
borrowing from us. In both in
stances the thread of art Is contin-
uous, unbroken. Sir Christopher
Wren went to the Italian Classical
for bis design of st. Pauls In Lon
don after its destruction by fire.
From this source came the dome
of the Capitol at Washington.
Wren's church spires. which once
did so much to beautify London s
skyline, have found echo in build
ings of public character in the cities
of Colonial America. Along the At
lantic Coast, from Maine to Georgia,
are still to be found stately resi-
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BY Leila Mechlin

F ALL the arts. that of the
city. its planning and up
building is one of the oldest
and most commemorative
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Garfield Assassination Of 65 Years Ago

BY John Clagett Proctor
- HERE are thousands of peo-
pie throughout this lane
who will recall the assassi-
notto,, of pr,e,Iort I,x,
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1946-04-13

barrels daily of So q gravity crude, a greater
amount of oil than they had flowed when first
drilled in, Bigger pumps are being installed.
Now being closely watched is A. B. Cobb's
deep test, between Mosby Dome and the Hanlon
well While it was started with the original inten-
ton of testing sands below those now in produc-
ton in any part of the field it is coring and may
stop at shallower horizon if oil is found as did
the Hanlon we'll
Outcome of the Hanlon well will probably be
reflected April 90 in Washington, d. c., when
the five tracts shown on map will be auctioned
by the department of the interior
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1946-04-13
LEpPER DOME TEST
NEARING COMPLETION

Ike TayEor's wildcat on Lepper
dome, approximately six miles west
of the discovery well on Rattlesnake
Butte structure, made hole TO 1900
feet this week before mechanical
trouble forced a halt If punched
down with customary Taylor speed,
this well will probably have looked
AT all OF the sands that were tested
on nattlesnake Butte, by the end
of next week Location 10 Sc SE NE
15-13N-27E, about IL miles south
east Of xEinness.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1946-04-13
L our. Exceed
100 Barrels
OF Oil Daily

Continental OIL Company
recorded the best compile
ton of the week i'm the
Meshy Denae section of the
Cat Creek field i'm it's No. Id
Brown, that came in flew
ing 90 barrels OF high-grav-
ity oil fron total depth of
1870 feet, but the perform
anee of this well was ever
shadowed by results at
tanned following installation
Of paznning units LIN the
Schrock -Fifer discovery
wells.
0f these wells, she no. 4
came i'm flowing 1876 barrels,
the No. q, 82 barrels, the
No. 4, 2ss barrels, and the
no. s, IT'S barrels, Cor q fekml
nf mo baxxels daily iniaiaa.
The Nc. 4 had an initial OF
ee,omkszsss@ sci Fasx ~
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1946-04-13
Texas Company Starts Devonian
Test on Structure Near Chester

The Texas Company rigging up rotary tools for Devonian
the Utopia structure 10 miles northwest of Chester and
about % miles Of the KevnSunburs field The test will be
the companys No Nick Laas in NV NE SW 1433N4E
quarter mile north and quarter mile of the
company No LAS that had gagged flow in Of 20OO000O
feet of gas daily from the Ellis sand with LOIS pounds
and shut In This well cored oil at the top of the
Madison lime but found the lime too hard and tight to yield unlike
the field discovery well mile the west that found the lime top
extremely The discovery well filled with oil when drilled
but developed water and has been standing since equipped with
pumping unit
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1946-04-13

Belief that the spectacular shallow sand history
of the Cat Creek field is TO be eclipsed by future
developments was freely expressed by operators
this week, when Hanlon-British Dominion No. l.
shown on map, got oil in the second Morrison
sand, to extend the deep pay area Az miles to
the southeast and take in the hitherto unproduc-
tiye East Dome.
brought in flowing at average depths of 1400 feet,
added to interest when they were placed on pump
and began producing between 100 and 1900
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1946-04-13
Three Wells
Commenced.
North Field

Three new starts, with no
commercial competitions, were
reported during the week in
the Kevin-Sunburst field.
Most interesting Of the starts Is
Buscher-Overby No. 2, c NE NV
30-34N-2W.
This is four miles south of the
Kevin-Oilmont highway and four
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