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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-04-21

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Evening star., 1949-09-18

First-day sales figures on the
GAR stamp at Indianapolis, Au-
gust %. were 1,1S5,000 copies
sold, All ,696 covers Cancelled.
Evening star., 1949-09-18
Here's q Sure Bet
MAKING MONEY ON THE

RACES
BY George Sexton. (Amer-
pub; s5J
With 80 major race tracks oper.
ating in season, crossing millions
through the mutuel machines, and
a handful of lesser ovals handling
as much as a quarter Of a million
daily or nightly as the case may
be, horse racing Is in a lush era.
It calls for an analytical, dispas-
sionate and understanding treat
ment such as Author Sexton has
produced.
Mr.. Sexton, editor Of the Amer
ican Turf Monthly. has had 16
years experience. some Of 1t as a
professional player, and is able
to excise the magic out Of
wagering and logically discuss its
angles in a long series of "don'ts."
Intelligent absorption of these an
giles will be Of value. but the diff
ference of opinion, which makes
horse racing, will remain.
@. r. M.
Evening star., 1949-09-18

Wheeler. the junk dealer, and the
restauranteur, Sebastian Aman.
qualifying.
Only a few blocks south of the
Bates home at HOO Michigan
avenue, which was formerly the
Bunker Hill road, stands a large.
picturesque frame residence, just
to the west of where Randolph
street stops at Twelfth street. 1t
is owned and occupied by John
Alden, whose wife is the daughter
of the late Clarence F. Norment.
The appearance of the structure
indicates that it was built a long
while ago.
Other Garfield Avengers
No doubt thousands of other
Washingtonians will recall an
other spectacular attempt to cut
short the life of President Gar
fields assassin-this one by John
A. Mason on September II, 1881.
eight days before the President
died.
Mason was sergeant in Bat
terry B, I'd Artillery, United States
Army, and was on the contingent
sent to guard the prisoner at the
jail. but instead tried to shoot
him while he supposedly stood
peering out Of one of the upper
Jail windows. on Nineteenth street
between B and C streets Sc. But
though Guiteau was accustomed to
stand at the window. for once he
was not there.
Sergt. Mason was arrested, tried
by a general court-martial. con-
,victed. sentenced to serve eight
years in the penitentiary, and was
soon on his way.
Mason had a good record as a
soldier in the Union Army dur
ing the Civil War and was married
and had a child. BY the masses
he was looked upon as a hero. and
subscriptions for Betty and the
baby" netted quite a sum of
money. which was increased by
the sale of bullets sold as facsim-
lies of the one fired by the in
discrete sergeant.
George H. Bethard did not get
as far as did Sergt. Mason in his
desire to wreak vengeance on the
unbalanced assassin, for when he
triel to borrow a pistol, during the
trial. from a detective in the court
room. whom he did not know at
the time, he was Immediately put
under arrest.
Evening star., 1949-09-18
By DonoId H. Mueridqe

The summer OF 1949 is likely TO
remain memorable as the time
when the chess players of the Dis
trict of Columbia issued from
their 10 miles square and made
their mark in tournament play
throughout the country.
While Hans Berliner was taking
a good second in the New York
State Open at Rochester, no few
er than five District experts were
competing in the Virginia Open
at Portsmouth. and one of them,
Richard S. Cantwell. brought
home the title and the plaque
which goes with it.
The new champion succeeds
Russell Chauvenet. who had won
the event for three years in sue
cession but was unable to defend
this year.
Cantwell, by winning five games
and drawing two, scored six points
and took a half-point lead over
his three nearest competitors.
Two of these three were Dis
trict players: Stuart E. Wagman,
who received second prize on the
Sonneborn-Berger system. and
Oscar Shapiro, who received third
prize.
Leonard Helman of Charlottes-
vile. Va. also reached 512 points,
but had to be content with fourth
place. receiving in compensation
the Wilbur L. Norman Trophy of
the Virginia Chess Federation and
a special prize for the best score
made by a resident Virginia.
Morton L. Seidelman. who plays
his chess in the District but is
technically Virginian since he
lives in Arlington, scored 3la-3h
Edmund Nash had to forfeit his
st-1ound game, and so finished
with 3.4. but his draw with Wag-
man was an important factor in
determining Cantwell's victory.
There were in all % entrants in
the tourney and seven rounds on
the Swiss system were crowded into
three days.
Cantwell and Wagman met in
the evening round Of the three
round day and the issue. very
understandable, was a somewhat
listless draw.
Richard Cantwell has been for
two years the mainstay of the
Georgetown University team. but
the rigorous pre-dental course
which he is pursuing has left him
little time for other competition.
This summer has given him an op-
portunity to demonstrate that he
has nevertheless been steadily de-
veloping in steadiness and
strength.
There is probably no one in the
District who has better know
ledge of the modern openings and
recent master tournament practice.
His game Is characterized by great
soundess and solidly constructed
positions.
In the following game, the de-
cisive encounter of the Ports
mouth tourney, the crafty Shapiro
tries hard to divert attention from
the essential weakness of his game,
a backward and vulnerable center.
but Cantwell is not to be dis
tracted:
Evening star., 1949-09-18
Dollar Talks Confusing

bank Is nOLNlng more LQdn q
dollar-lending institution man
aged by Americans at the top
and carrying an extremely ex-
pensive deadweight of highly paid
executive directors and alternates1
of various nationalities. For the
most part the executive directors
neither execute nor direct; in
deed many find 1t hard to keep
busy. With the adoption Of
changes recommended to this
years meeting by a special COM
mittee, it is hoped to make a
moderate cut in this heavy over
head. If member governments
will permit the bank to lend the
currencies they have paid in as
capital, there will be at least the
appearance of an international
lending institution. Obviously,
the bank has no great need for
the soft currencies. since almost
all borrowers seek only United
States dollars.
One development behind the
scenes at the fund and bank
meetings during the past week has
a good many people in Europe ex-
cited. II it goes through. it will
be front-page news; but it Is too
early to predictSwhat will happen.
This is the ECA-inspired efforts
to get the countries on the con-
tinent to lower the barriers now
Impeding intra-E European trade
Along with lower trade and ex-
change barriers would 60 re-
alignment of exchange rates of
the currencies concerned. The
plan would affect the Benelux
countries, France and Italy.
AS is well known. Paul Hoffman,
ECA administrator. has lately
been campaigning for the OPEN
ing of a single trading area in the
whole Of Western Europe. Only
In that way, he maintains, can
Europe's economy become healthy.
To knock down all the national
economic barriers such as tariffs
and quotas means, Of course, that
some interests now protected be-
hind national walls will be in
jured. But, SO long as nationalism
is put ahead of intra- European
cooperation there will never, In
ECA's view, be any real recovery
or economic progress in Europe.
The failure of ERP to date is
openly confessed in the recent
statement of the OEEC secre-
tariat, Messrs. Marjolin and Snoy.
Where the present behind-the-
scenes effort in Washington may
break down Is in the matter of
exchange rates. To realign cur
rency rates within Western Europe
In the manner intended while
sterling remains un- devalued
would give rise to 'disparate cross
rates" and thus play havoc with
the World Fund structure.
BY now the 200 delegates to the
fund and bank meetings and the
tripartite Washington monetary
talks have started dispensing to
the four quarters Of the globe.
Some Of them probably had ia
vorable bilateral conversations
with Secretary Snyder. thereby
perhaps feeling happier than
when they arrived. On the whole,
however, this is still IAN ailing,
sickly world and it is difficult to
see how its course in the months
to coI1e has been materially al
tered Ill this talking.
Evening star., 1949-09-18
Continued From Page C-l.)

mony?" Was the last part Of
Bevin's statement an after
thought? Had their been inter-
governmental disharmony?
The future of the pound sterling
has been uppermost in the minds
and private conversations OF the
governors of the World Fund and
World Bank, assembled here this
week in their annual meeting. In
addressing the opening days
gathering President Truman, with
cordial and friendly simplicity
urged the view that the world
should buy from us what we can
make best, while we should buy
from the world what it can make
best. Maybe the Swiss can make
watches best, but how are we
going to persuade the watch
makers Of Massachusetts, to shut
down? The question is still
with us.
Something of a shock was ad-
ministered to the governors by
the gloveless punch in the address
of Eugene Black. The president
of the World Bank did not limit
his address to bank matters. al
though he had a good deal that
was pertinent to say on them. He
advised the governors and the
world that the time has come for
both Europe and America to make
fundamental adjustments in pres
ent patterns Of trade and pro-
duction through a system Of
realistic exchange rates and lower
costs, through giving foreign
traders incentives to sell in the
United States, and through clear
ing away the web Of bilateral
trade agreements.
Mr.. Pack also advocated allo-
eating ECA funds SO as to reward
performance, instead Of rewarding
AS heretofore -non-perform-
ance. He would, wisely, make ECA
grants freely spendable by the re-
cipients anywhere in the world.
While MIR. Black read his address,
Sir Stafford Cripps, the Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer, with serious
mien, followed word for word on
a copy before him. Cripps was
seen to underline his copy in pen
Gil while Black was reading: "' . .
Many countries cannot now afford
ambitious programs Of social serv-
ices without either reducing their
living standards in other respects
or cutting back their productive
investments designed to make pos
sible a better standard of living
in the future"
Banks Overhead High
Speaking of World Bank mat
ters, Mr.. Black deplored the fact
that the institution has not yet
lived up to. the international
character supposedly given 1t at
Breton Woods. This arises out
of the unfortunate fact that the
capital contributions which the
several dozen member countries
made. to the bank in the form
Of their local currencies are un-
available to the bank for use in
its lending operations. The bank
lis not permitted to lend those
local currencies unless the coun-
tries which paid in the money
consent. With very minor excep-
tions, they have refused to give
their consent.
TheI result is that the World
Evening star., 1949-09-18
Carpenter
(Contin,led From Page C-1.1

This is expected to win Assembly
approval but will not be effective
if the Russians do not cooperate.
Little Assembly: Boycotted by
the Soviet bloc. the Little Assem-
bly, has carried on in committees.
It decided to recommend it be put
on a permanent basis. It has dis
cussed ways and means Of inter-
national cooperation in the po-
litical field.
U. N. field service: This came
up last year as a Lie proposal for
a guard force. Several countries
objected to a force for Admiral
Lie" A special committee drew
up a plan for a field force of 300
men to protect missions in the
field and for U. N. panel of field
observers who could be called on
in connection with truce enforce
ment, plebescites and other mat
ters. The Russian, Polish and
Czech members of the special
committee objected.
Take Up Mindszenty Case
Human rights: The delegates
are expected to take UP again the
issue Of human rights involved in
the cases Of Josef Cardinal Minds
zenty Of Hungary and of Prot
estant clergymen Jailed in Bull
garia. To these issues, Australia
has raised the separate point of
alleged violations of human rights
in Romania, but it likely will be
merged with the Hungarian and
Bulgarian cases in the debate.
Southwest Africa: The Union
of South Africa informed the U.
N. Trusteeship Council on July
IL. 1949, it would not send any
further reports on the inundated
territory Of Southwest Africa. The
Assembly last year called on
South Africa to make such re-
ports.
Three new members of the Sc
curity Council must be elected this
fall. Argentina, Canada and the
Soviet Ukraine will retire from the
Council December 81 at the end
Of two-year terms. They cannot
be reelected. Ecuador, India and
Czechoslovakia are reported strong
contenderS for the three posts.
Six of the Is members of the
Economic and Social Council re-
tire after serving three years.
They may be reelected. The six
are White Russia, Lebanon, New
Zealand, Turkey, United States
and Venezuela. The United States
is expected to be reelected, but
the field is wide open on the
others.
Iraq and Mexico retire from the
Trusteeship Council after serving
three years. Their places must
be filled.
The Assembly also will tackle q
proposed convention on freedom
Of information. Last spring the
Assembly approved convention
on the international transmission
of news and the right of correc-
ton.
distributed by the Associated Press)
Evening star., 1949-09-18

There are many attractive
homes in Brookland and vicinity,
but when the age of a building is
taken into account, undoubtedly
the Mud House." at 1900 Rhode
Island avenue N. E., is the Oldest
dwelling in and around Brookland.
The Department of Agriculture
says that the main portion of this
house was built of rammed earth
in 1773, and there is certainly not
another building to match it any,
where around Washington. In
the 176 years this dwelling is said
to have stood. notifications and
additions have naturally been
made, and in recent years rooms
were added to the rear and the
portico at the front built on.
'Rammed earth" walls are not
new process by any means. and
because of the simple way of
erecting them. the wonder is that
more houses of this type were not
built. And even now. we are told,
all the builder has to do is to
select kind of earth containing
a suitable amount of moisture for
ramming between wooden forms,
which. on drying out, will become
surprisingly hard and durable
Forms can be removed as soon as
the earth is compacted.
"Rammed earth must be pro-
tected from water, and founda-
tions, exterior surfaces and open
ings in walls must be designed
to prevent damage from this
cause" a description says. Sum-
mer is the best time to build, but
lit can be done at any season that
lis dry with no probability Of Sc
we're frost.
Though commonly confined to
one and two story buildings. walls
have been carried to a greater
height, as in the instance of a
church in France which was 80
feet long and 40 feet wide. with
walls 18 inches thick and so feet
high. After standing 80 years
the church was burned and the
walls remained unprotected from
the elements for a year before an
attempt was made to tear them
down. They were so difficult to
demolish that they were used in
the restored church"
Builder Is Unknown
Just who built this house it is
hard to say. though it does seem
to have been one of the Queen
family enterprises. From a map
of the District of 1878, it appears
to have then been occupied by
one Of the Mcdaniel family. Not
so many years ago the tract OF
land upon which this house stands
was purchased by Denison and
Leighton, and today the section
Is known as South Brookland.
In what was once an old farm
house, in the Brookland area
north of where Tenth street stops
at Varnum street, is a building
that gained considerable publicity
nearly 68 years ago as the home
of Bill Jones the Avenger," who
on November Is. 1881, according
to the press at that time, tried to
assassinate Charles j. Guiteau
the murderer Of President James
A. Garfield. Garfield died on Sep
tember 10.
This William Jones, according
to reliable account. followed the
police van from the neighborhood
of the Courthouse then on its
way to the jail. and just as the
vehicle was emerging from the
Capitol Grounds into East Capitol
street, and was numbering over the
Evening star., 1949-09-18
Bridge PLoyers
By Margaret L. Fisher

ing direction were Mrs. Gregg
Custis and Laura Hunter. Mr.
and Mrs. c. E. Richter, Betty
Myer and Col. r. B. Carlton were
second.
Mrs. Boyle and Mrs. Reddy
added another master point to
their collection in the September
Mitchell at the Chess Club.
M. Cohee and George Dicker-
an were co-victors.
Saturday matinee awards sane
..oned by the Agriculture Club
,oosted the master point total
# winners Mrs. Ann Scruggs-
Major Mario Ciccone and j. G.,
Stone-Lewis Tubbs. Mrs. Lester
Gibson-A. E. Lane and Beverly
lmmert-Si Katz placed in this
Ceptember 10 match.
The preceding night Mrs. j. A.
Dearing-Mrs. E. A. St. John and
Mr.. and Mrs. James Lyon cap
tured the master points at the
Stephan Studio,
Tomorrow night it's team and
pair play at the Federal and
master point contest at the La
Sale Studio, 1923 Connecticut
avenue NV. On Tuesday at
7;45 pm, Chess Club members
and guests will begin a two-ses-
sion drive for the clubs individual
title, now in possession of Lloyd
L. Tubbs. Reservations are closed,
but any cancellations should be
reported Immediately to A. E.
Lane, Glebe 3155, as there are
many on the waiting list.
The same evening at 8 o'clock
Buckingham Duplicate Club re-
opens after the summer recess.
Duplicate matches under the di-
rection of Mrs. Edna Evans will
be held every Tuesday through
June. 1850. at the clubrooms, 313
North Glebe road in Arlington.
On Wednesday. Mrs. D. E.
Stephan holds her rating point
matinee at 1855 Euclid street NV.
That evening several hundred
members of the Washington
Bridge League will compete for
master points at the Hotel Roose-
velt. Thursday night it's back to
the Chess Club for another try
for national awards.
The Potomac Bridge Club has
changed game night to Thursdays
in view of the resumption of the
Buckingham schedule. The new
Potomac series features a master
point contest for residents of Ar
lington Farms and their guests on
September %. Advance reserva-
tions are necessary Owens 940O,
extension 1879.
On Friday evening members of
the Arlington Farms Duplicate
Club begin their two-session play
for the open-pair title and the
Marian Barre trophy.
At 11:45 am. next Saturday
members of the WBL's Women's
Auxiliary meets at the Hotel
Burlington, 1120 Vermont avenue
NV. Mrs. J. @. Fletcher and Mrs.
Gregg Custis will be hostesses at
the luncheon, followed by a mas
ter point contest for members
only.
The Shenandoah Valley tourna-
ment at the Hotel Ingleside in
Staunton. Va. and the Warren
district event at Warren, Pa, both
will be held next week end.
Evening star., 1949-09-18
By John CIoeett Proctor

BY John Closett Proctor
street railroad tracks at thai
point, the horseman rode up tt
the side of the vehicle and free
his pistol. The ball passed
through the side of the box
ripped a piece of Guiteau's coat
and raised blood on his arm. The
horseman Immediately put spurs
to his horse and galloped along
First street.
The van horses were whipped
up in pursuit, and chased the
fugitive as far as First and H
streets NV. but without avail.
Officer Edelin,, who was seated
with the driver on the van. fired
at the flying horseman. and
thought that he hit him. as the
man threw up his right arm.
Gun6re Ineffective
Across Boundary street. it is
said, "the pursuit was taken up
by the county officers. who
emptied their pistols after him.
but could not catch him. as he was
too fleetly mounted. He disap-
peared from view before the
Maryland line was reached.
Later police were led to believe
that William Jones. a young
farmer. living near Queens Sta
ton. was the man. The county
was secured and Jones was found
at the house of Mr.. Lord, on the
Bladensburg road.
Jones was brought into the Sec
ond precinct station. Officer
Edelin,, who visited him there that
night, declared positively that
Jones was not the man. Perry
Carson. the guardsman of the van
however, was as positive that he
was the man.
Jones was visited by his lawyer
r. K. Elliott, who advised him tc
refuse to talk about the shooting
He declined to admit anything
and said the Government woulo
have to prove the charge against
him. Jones was noted as a crack
pistol shot. and told friend if he
had undertaken the job he would
have done It better.
Jones'" according to The Star
at that time. lis native of Prince
Georges County, Md, of English
descent. and is about "a years OF
age. He has two brothers Gone
engaged on the farm and one in
the employment of a telegraph
company and one or two sisters
He is farmer by occupation, and
has been all his life. Some -four
years ago he married Miss Catha-
rine M. Bates. She is the sister o1
Fred and William Bates of this
city, and owns the Pomona estate
the old Bates family homestead
besides property in this city.
Freed on $1,000 Bond
Zones is a resolute man, o.
strong impulses and determined
character, and has borne a fail
character. Jones will, apparently
have no trouble about bail, fol
hundreds of people express them.
selves ready to testify as soor
as he is brought up.
Jones is known as one Of tn,
best horsemen In this section, anc
has some Of the fastest running
horses in the District. Perry Car.
son, who Is in charge of the van
was on the rear, and seeing M
demonstration on the part Of
the man. had no right to draw
his weapon"
On November % Jones was re.
leased on a $4,000 bond, E. G.
Evening star., 1949-09-18

1OSO-OO lOul SOAAlC oCdoOh oPCllS
tomorrow night. Team play, long
a speciality at the Federal, bids
fair to attract many new recruits
to that organization during the
coming year, particularly in view
of the sharply curtailed foursome
schedule offered at the Washing
ton Bridge League.
New rules for team play will BE-
effective tomorrow when the &C.
game series gets under way at {
pm. at 1900 New Hampshire ave-
nue. NV. Principal change, &C
cording to Mrs. Ruth Stevenson
president. will be the greater equal
jzation of strength between COM
peting foursomes growing out of
the new requirement that no moro
than two players credited with Is
or more master points may play
on one team in any single session
Teams are urged to begin play
in the initial session tomorrow
However, entries for the series will
be accepted by Director P. E.
Golden through October II. The
new schedule, which runs through
May. 1850. provides for team play
and concurrent pair match every
Monday night except the las:
Monday of each month. Custo-
mary open pair contests for master
point awards will be held at that
time.
Beginning last Monday and con-
tinuing through future pair con-
tests. those who score IS per cent
or better in each session will
receive credit tokens redeemable at
any subsequent Federal contest
Excepted are the winners of each
contest. who continue to receive
the usual prizes.
Ranking attraction of a week
that boasted seven local master
point events was the monthly
Winners Game under sponsorship
of the Washington Bridge League
held at the Hotel Roosevelt.
Mrs. Dora Schwartz-Mrs. Thelma
Surkin and Mrs. Stanley Beasley-
Mrs. Robert Dubois topped the
field in the 7:30 Mitchell to add
two master points each to their
record. Mrs. r. H. Skinner Lewis
G. Tubbs and Mrs. Edna Evans
Mrs J. r. McGhee netting COM
parable honors in the s o'clock
section of winners.
Earlier in the week, A. E. Cam
ire and Lynn Carrier led Howell
contestants to take the master
point awards at the La Sale Stu
dio. Mrs. Elizabeth Land-E. r.
Kenison and Mrs. Alma Byrne-
J. F. Overend tying for second.
1t was a flrst-time duplicate
victory for Otty Verhoogh, visitor
from Holland, when she paired
with Charles Lovenburg to earn
top score E-W at the Count Club
last Tuesday, when national
awards were in competition. Win
ners Ms we're Col. and Mrs. j.
G. Seabourne.
Last Sunday Mrs. T. M. Boyle
chalked up her fourth consecu-
tive win at duplicate. Her part
ner at the F. Arthur Walker ma
tionally awarded contest on Sep
tember IL was Mrs. M. r. Reddy.
Sharing top score in the oppos-