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Valley frontiersman., 1951-03-09

I948 FORD Club Coupe; excellent condition; complete with radio heater, new seat covers and five new tires and tubes. At Coop Garage, Onkka.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-03-09

194l V-S A-TON Pickup. Al Brager, Hi-Way Service, Mile
 45 c-f9-tf
Valley frontiersman., 1951-03-09

.s41 4-DR. CHEV. Al Brager, Hi
 Way Service, Mile 45. c-f9-tf
Evening star., 1951-11-18

self never was personally involved.
His troubles arose from the activities
Of his friends and those in whom he
had placed confidence troubles
which have plagued other Presidents
for similar reasons.
Grant rendered great service to
the country when he vetoed a bill for
the imitation Of the paper currency
and demanded the passage of a bill
for the resumption of specie pay
ments. His last years in the White
House. on the other hand, saw low
ebb in the political morale OF the
country. The Salary Grab" the
Whisky Ring Frauds" scandals in
the Treasury Department and the i'm
peachment Of Grants Secretary of
War, Belknap, all brought criticism
upon the administration.
The result of these scandals on
popular sentiment, in the fall Of 1876,
was so strong that Samuel j. Tilden,
the Democratic candidate for Presi--
dent. received a majority of the popu-
lar vote. He would have gone into
the White House, too, had not a
special electoral commission ruled
otherwise. Rutherford B. Hayes, Re-
publican, was declared elected.
The opposition to military man
as President, therefore, rests its case
largely on the Grant administration.
But Grant, when stacked up against
several of the civilian" Presidents
the country has had, does not suffer
too much by comparison.
Evening star., 1951-11-18

of the situation is lost In the tedium
of long narrative.
GATES OF DANNEMORA
BY John L. Bonn. Doubleday &
Co., S3.) .. ...
This is sentimental account of a
true life hero, Father Ambrose Hy-
land, chaplain of Clinton Prison at
Dannemora, N. Y, known to its in
mates as "the Siberia of America"
Father Hyland introduced liter
ally constructive note into the lives
of these unruly convicts and incorri-
gibleS. He had them build church
with their own hands. 1t was called
the Church of the Good Thief" and
the men did it all themselves, includ-
ing the statuary and the portrait Of
the patron, st. Dismas. It was the
first time sectarian church had been
built within prison walls by convicts.
Men of all creeds contributed. The
church not only provided employment
and purpose for idle, purposeless men;
it was a source of tremendous pride
and continuing inspiration.
Father Bonn has fictionized the
story lightly. and, in this readers
viewpoint, unnecessarily. Also he has
introduced flashbacks into the lives Of
the prisoners before their incarcer-
alton, and much dialogue which
does not ring very true. In
fact. the story is in itself dramatic
enough without these Hollywood en-
bellishments and might better have
been told straightforwardly and in
half the length. ..~.
Evening star., 1951-11-18

parties when Washington was elected
President in 1889. Presidential elec-
tors. in accordance with the original
provisions of the Constitution, voted
for two persons for President, with
out specifying o first and second
choice. Under this system. the total
electoral vote cast was always double
the number of electors voting. The
man who received the greatest num-
rs Der of votes became President, pro-
vided his total was majority. and
the runnerup became Vice President
Dewey Boom and Bust
Following the Spanish American
War in 1898. Admiral George Dewey,
the hero Of Manila Bay. was put
forward in some quarters as a posi-
BILE presidential nominee His boom,
if it could be called that, was short
lived; Mckinley was in the White
House and obviously in position to
be renominated on the Republican
ticket in 1900. william Jennings
Bryan was the darling Of the Demo-
Gratis still.
At the close of the First World War,
Gen. John Pershing. commander of
the American forces in Europe. was
a popular aforementioned as presi-
Dental possibility. But that was as
far as he ever got in the field of poll
tics. Another soldier. however, Gen.
Leonard Wood. was very much of
candidate. Wood. who had a fine
military record and had been a great
friend of President Theodore Roose-
Evening star., 1951-11-18
Back When Form!qnds and Forests Bounded Street

David NJ. Davis, Helmick & Alleman,
r. H. T. Leopold, George Mason. j. A.
Patterson, Joseph T. K. Plant. Will
liam F. Quicksail. John c. Williamson
and Thomas Wilson seemed to have
been sufficient for the controversies
of the day. ...
Thomas Walsh was keeping q
saloon at No. 942, and Charles L.
Windholtz was engaged in the same
business nearby, as was William
Wright. and the Georgetown Law De-
partment had its quarters at 915 F
street. The Domestic Sewing Ma
chine Co. had an office at 905; George
H. Maurer, stamping, was across the
way at 902. Fred Koehler, tailor. had
his place of business at 918, while
Harvey, the we'll known undertaken,
was at 934, w. r. Speare being but a
few doors away. William S. Tappan.
watches and jewelry, was located at
905 F.
Others Listed
Between Tenth and Eleventh we
find Theodore F. Gatchel, Joseph c.
Berger, Land g. Co., w. N. Lawrence
& Co., DR.. Joseph G. Stephenson. DR..
Mary E. Walker and Patrick ]. Burke.
George A. Seal and Thomas M. Shep-
herd, plumbers; Cooley and Gibbs,
printers: George McGinniss and L.
A. Mclean. shirt makers; w. L.
Prince, Louis Kettler, George T. Shell
don, dancing teacher, and the Ameri-
can District Telegraph Co.
In the HOO block were Edward
T. Harris. barber; George Frei-
tag, John .Killian, Mary G. Gar
ret, w. w. Warden, Francis M. Hunt
er, T. H. N. Mcpherson, Sarah L.
Ainsman, DR.. William v. Marmion,
the oculist; L. F. Clark & Sons, To-
bias burlington, I. C. Rosse, William
scherger's restaurant and Theodore
Vandoren, tailor
Evening star., 1951-11-18
By John CIoeett Proctor

F street from Ninth to Fifteenth
street was one of the first sections to
be built up after the "Ten-Mile.
Suuare" was selected as the Nations
Capital, and for a number of years
marked the boundary of the city: the
area to the north consisting mainly
Of farms and forests.
Passing east along r street from
Fifteenth street, at least as far as
Eleventh street, the observer can cas-
ily see the decided slope of the land
toward Pennsylvania avenue. Farther
on to where once ran Tiber Creek,
later converted into the Washington
Canal, the Avenue, especially as it
approaches the Capitol, is low. and
was once marshy ground.
Not only was there marshy ground
to the south of F street, but much
wet ground to the north as we'll An
early writer in describing this area
tells us that: .s
THE Presidents house and Offices
were situated on grounds between F
and G and Fifteenth and Seventeenth
streets, on what was termed F street
ridge The rain and snow falling on
this ridge divided. and part ran of
to the north and part to the south
That to the north of the ridge flowed
irto what is now called G street and
that which ran from the ridge to the
south flowed into what was then the
Avenue, below the Presidents house
r onSen,1entlv there was no outlet af
that time from Twentieth street in an
easterly direction to Eleventh street.
by which the water produced by rain
eno snow could run off into Tiber
Greek, so that large body of water.
as far up as street, flowed to 6
street until it found an outlet to
Eleventh street. This caused it at
times to have the appearance Of a
anal' eek."
Evening star., 1951-11-18
By Howard |. Dutkin

John w. tJack) Fihelly, 57-year-
old head of the United States Attor-
ney's Criminal Division and chief
prosecutor in the Charles E. Nelson
gambling case, is nothing II not
consistent For after day Of close
contact with assorted thieves, thugs,
yeggs, sleuths and gunner. he re-
turns to his modest bachelor apart
ment at 1887 H street NV. and
relaxes with detective story.
He admits that the true stories he
runs across at District Court some
times are lot stranger than the
fiction. But he finds the latter a
welcome change from the dry. heavy
stuff have 10 read in my work"
This big (6-foot 1-inch) 1rishman
might have himself stepped from the
pages of a detective tale-but as the
bluff. heavy-fisted police sergeant Or
homicide squad head rather than as
the fancy-Dan type hero The blue
serge or cheviot suits that Mr. Fihelly
prefers look a shade too small for
his bulky frame. He's put on excess
weight the last few years, but this
doesn't worry him. Il just quit
weighing myself" he says.
Like Most lrishmen
MIR. Fihelly reluctantly admits to
having a bit of hot temper. Like
most Irishmen," is the way he puts
Z =
sometimes the effort is obvious. At
these times his massive cheeks be-
come the color of a stop light, and
his blue eyes strain in their sockets
like sprinters before the crack of the
starting gun.
Associates and lawyers who have
opposed him cite as his strong points
a thorough knowledge of the law. a
metlculous preparation of each case
and a natural aggressweness that
keeps his opponents OF balance and
cn the defensive before the jury.
The Fihelly thoroughness is point
ed up in story told by Attorney
Leonard Walsh, who. as defense law
yer for Eugene (Sniper) Ecklund,
multi-slayer. opposed Mr. Fihelly in
that trial.
During our cross-examination Of
a Government witness" Mr.. Walsh
recalled, "a question was put to test
the witness judgment Of distance.
Evening star., 1951-11-18

We are told that lot in square
224 was purchased in 1892 by
James Hoban and Pierce Purcell, and
that it started rs feet east of Fiji
teenth street. 1t was upon this lot
that Mr.. Hoban erected the Little
Hotel, which was in use as early as
1895. This property Hoban and Pur-
cell continued to own for some years,
renting it in 1899 to William Rhodes
OF course it is possible that Mr..
Hoban erected this building prior to
August 8. 1874, and leased or rented
it to villain Coglan. who conducted
it at least for awhile from that date
on, and that it subsequently became
the Little Hotel, but that it was one
of the first buildings in the block
there is no question.
In this same block, On the north
side of F street, there stood in the
rear of the present structures q build
ing which for while was occupied
by the city post Office. soon after the
government departments were moved
here from Philadelphia. Thomas
IMOlIO VIC, Jl., Wdo tliC1I tliC RUoI1ldoGCl,
and his home was in the same build
ing, which was on lot 8. This after
ward became one Of the Willard prop
critics.
EorIy Residents
On the same side of the street
between Twelfth and Thirteenth
streets, at this early date, lived Lewis
Clephane. Samuel Mcpherson, MI.
Bond, a stonecutter, and David
Tweedy. while in this block to the
south lived Mr.. Sweeney and
Mr.. Tolmey.
Between e and F and Tenth and
Eleventh streets, John Hines, great
great-grandfather. of the writer.
erected a home for himself in 1900.
Itxwas the first house in the block.
ard here he died on October 6, 1876
Evening star., 1951-11-18
Jack FheIy May Look Clumsy, But Don't Count on 1t

cutor. solicitously caring for a wit
ness called by his opponent"
Mr.. Fihelly's voice lacks the gentle
rise and fall and the fine nuances
of infection which are the SPELL
binders stock-in- trade. 1t is loud,
strong sometimes harsh to the point
OF discord. Yet one of his proudest
recollections is his winning of the
individual debating championship
while a student at Georgetown Law
School in 1920.
A native of Plymouth, Mass. the
son of immigrant Irish parents. Mr..
Fihelly graduated from Boston Col
lege before attending Georgetown.
His father was a stationary engineer.
He came to the District in 1919 after
being mustered out Of the Avny as an
infantry second lieutenant In 1923.
he joined the war frauds division Of
the Justice Department as an at
torney and the following year became
q member of the staff of the United
States Attorney at District Court. He
has been there ever since. He has
headed both the civil and criminal
divisions, and has served as the United
States Attorneys first assistant for
many years. He plays an important
role in helping determine what sort
of indictment should be sought in the
various cases and what type of charge
the Government should try to obtain
conviction on.
Prosecuted Toio
The Justice Department put Mr..
Fihelly in charge of the successful
war crimes prosecution Of Jap Pre-
mier TOTO in 1945. But with the in
creasing business handled by his
office. he has been increasingly bur-
dened with administrative work which
keeps him chained to his desk and
away from the more exciting job of
trial prosecutor.
Among the major cases which he
has prosecuted to a successful con-
clusion are: Theodore Jarvis Cato.
murder and rape: Marine William
MacFarland. murder and rapei Gun
man Joseph Medley, murder: Brig.
Gen. Bennett E. Myers, subornation
of perjury; the Puerto Rican, Oscar
Collazo. who attempted to slay
President Truman, Eugene Dennis,
Communist Party secretary. for con-
tempt Of Congress; former Repre-
sentative j. Parnell Thomas for
defrauding the Government, and
many other cases.
Evening star., 1951-11-18

In the block where the main build
ing of Woodward g. Lothrop's de-
partment store stands were homes of
a Mr.. Crawford, a constable. and a
Mr.. Person. and Presbyterian
Church, with St. Patrick's Church
on or near the northeast corner of
Tenth and F streets. In the block
which faces the present Catholic edi-.
fee, was the old st. Vincent's Or.
phan Asylum, established by Father
Matthews under the Sisters Of
Charity. -. F<.
st. Patrick's Church had very
early beginning in the new city, pos.
sib1y as far back, as 1892. when
Father Caffrey, its founder, is be-
ieved to have come here at the in
vitation of his friend and fellow
countryman, James Hoban. archi-
tect of the White House. The
ground upon which the old church
stood. and where the present stands,
was purchased April II. 1894.
Many changes have occurred along
F street during the recollection of the
writer, when but few stores lined this
thoroughfare. BY 1878, however, a
number of business and professional
men had located here. D. w. Classic
and George E. Lemon. patent agents,
were then located between Ninth and
Tenth streets, as were Albert F. Fox,
a past president of the Columbia
National Bank, and one of Wash
ington's grand old men: r. o.
Hoffman, Richard H. Marsh, George
w. Stickney, B. H. Warner 8, Co.,
Hammersley g. Co., Louis P. Shoe
maker. T. A. Ofterdinger, Frank v.
Parker. John j. Wilmarth and E. j.
Mcpherson. The Morton House was
on the south side of the street, as was
the Warner Building. just then erect
ed. Nathaniel Carusi was at 915,
while Siles Boyce, Journalist, was at
934. OF the lawyers. c. 8. Chesney.
Evening star., 1951-11-18
TroNope Saw City
90 Years Too Soon
NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA
BY Anthony Trollope. fKnopt; s6J
The famous English novelist based
this book on visit to America in
1861. 1t was first published in 1862
and has long been out of print.
Trollope was dubious about the
future of the Washington he saw in
the early months of the Civil War.
He called the city "but ragged,
unfinished collection of unbuilt broad
streets. as to the completion of which
there can now, imagine. be but
little hope" He added that "if you
are a sportsman you will desire to
shoot snipe within sight of the
Presidents House" He conceded that
the dimensions laid out for the city
were adequate for million inhabi-
tants, but he could not see that the
Capital ever would need this space.
II he could have looked 80 years into
the future -.
His guesses about other cities were
shreWder. He saw Chicago, then a
new town. as the future big city of
the Middle West, surprising St. Louis,
which he visited He wrote: Putting
aside Boston, which muss, I think. be
generally preferred by Englishmen to
any other city in the States, should
choose Baltimore as my residence if
were called upon to live in America"
Trollope did not think much of
American newspapers of that day.
They were not only not to be believed.
he said, but we're unreadable.
Donald Smalley and Bradford A.
Booth have edited the new edition
and written an informative introduc-
ton.
CARTER BROOKE JONES
Evening star., 1951-11-18

welt, was one OF the three leading
candidates for the Republican presi-
dental nomination at the conven-
ton of 1920. The two others were
Senator Hiram johnson OF California
and Gov. Frank Lowden of Illinois.
The convention deadlocked-and out
Of "smoke-fllled room" came the
decision to nominate Warren G.
Harding. Senator from Ohio. a ci-
william.
One outstanding military figure in
the Civil War, Gen. William Tecum-
sch Sherman. put the final quietus
on efforts to bring him forward as
a presidential candidate. He said
with emphasis that he would not ac-
eept nomination, that he would not
run II nominated and that he would
not serve II elected. His declination
to be considered presidential can
didate has become a classic.
Eisenhower. Too
The other famous general who put
an end to talk of nominating him
for presidency was Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower-in 1948.
OF the military men in the White
House, Washington, Jackson and
Grant were all elected for two terms.
William Henry Harrison died month
after his Inauguration. Zachary
Taylor also did not live to serve out
one term. He entered the White
Evening star., 1951-11-18

House Match s, ls4s, and died July
8. 1850.
Washington and Jackson have gone
down in history as two Of the strong
est and most successful men ever
to occupy the White House. Grant,
who was regarded as the foremost
citizen OF the country when he was
elected President. now is popularly
considered the classic proof that a
military man should not be Presi-
dent.
He was both reticent and taciturn.
He filled his cabinet and his imme-
diate official family with personal
friends, for which he was criticized.
He was not experienced in civil ad-
ministration. A group Of reformers,
calling themselves Liberal Republi-
cans, attacked Grant for nepotism.
The Gould-Fisk attempt to corner
the gold market, resulting In BLACK
Friday" was attributed to a New
York speculator who had married
into the Presidents family. Grant
was plagued, too. by the Credit Mo-
bilier scandal. Nevertheless, he easily
won reelection for second White
House term over his Democratic
Liberal Republican opponent, Hor-
ace Greeley.
InfIotion Veto
Grants second administration
came under even more severe attacks
on the ground of alleged scandals.
some Of them actual. But he him
Evening star., 1951-11-18

The author of "Oil for the Lamps
of China" is here discussing the con-
sequences OF unorthodoxy in the
medical profession. Her hero Is a
gifted physician named Alan Towne,
who takes on the whole American
Medical Association on the question
of socialized medicine. and thereby
brings on himself the. wrath OF col
leagues and community.
into this account she has woven
other ethical and emotional dilem-
mas. each of which she handles with
q sobriety, sincerity and understand
ing that are much to her credit. The
only trouble is that she has tried to
work in too many strands, and despite
the length OF her novel lover 400
pages) has not time to develop each
theme as it deserves.
The work is further burdened by
Mrs. Hobart's pedestrian style and
dialogue that creaks In every phrase.
Her husbands and wives address each
other in the periods of the board
meeting.
j IllS ID COO UdQ, lOI NILS. k1OUdIl
is entirely serious and seriousness is
an admirable thing in a novelist.
Moreover, she is on the side of the
angels. She thinks it's too bad a
doctor can't disagree with his breth-
rem without being accused of COM
munism. She knows how doctor
must treat mind as well as body. She
understands the difficulties of being
a doctors wife. She is also mindful
Of the ravages of race prejudice on
the human mind and deals most
vividly with its effects on Alan's half
Jewish wife Esther.
Most of the drama is in the sub
plot which shows Alan's successful.
confident surgeon brother self-right-
eously demanding the impossible
from his wife and daughter. But
because Mrs. Hobart has neglected
to delineate the characters involved
with sufficient care. the full impact
Evening star., 1951-11-18
Crime and
Mystery
By Miriam Ottenbera

The Iron Virgin, by James NJ. Fox.
Little. Brown g. Co.; $2.509
Is the dentists red-headed assist
ant misguided girl on the loose or
the victim of foul play? That's prac-
tically the last problem solved by
the sleuthing Johnny and Suzy
Marshall in this hectic HOLLYWOOD
saga. Seems the girl is missing, and
right after breaking her engagement.
too Naturally, her ex-fiance and
another rejected suitor are suspect.
but a Mexican big shot who makes
dubious movies gets into the act
for few fast reels. The denoue-
ment in scrap iron factory is a
horror.
The Long Wait, by Mickey Spillane.
tE. P. Dutton & Co.; S2.50D- .E
Suspected of embezzling a bank
and numbering a district attorney, a
man lights out of town. His double
comes home six years later with three
goals-to kill man. to break the
arms of a second and to. lash
= woman into permanent scars. This
being typical Spillane. that is only
the beginning for Johnny Mcbride.
The pages are Uttered with blood and
lust. blonds and crude violence.
The Murder That Wouldn't Stay
Solved, by Hampton Stone. (Simon
.& Schuster, Inc; $2.500
Inner Sanctum
A drambuie bottle is the lethal
weapon in this slick tale of an obvi-
Gus suspect easily identifiable by the
tattooing of amour" on his knuckles.
He was too obvious to suit the astute
assistant D. A., jeremiah x Gibson,
who does most of his sleuthing from
hospital bed. Gibson, it develops.
is proved right when the violent
pattern is repeated while the obvi-
GUS suspect is lodged in jail. Sound
logic and a keen eye for character
detail distinguish this neatly plotted
puZZler.
The Man in Question, by John Cooley.
Doubleday & Co., Inc; $2.50D
Crime Club .
From the start of the intrigue,
everything goes wrong for Peter
Manning. ex-musician, ex-guerrilla
and now engaged on secret mis-
sim for the llnderCr0llnd oatrints
Of his Communist held land. He fails
to make contact with his opposite
number. finds friends acting like
enemies and vice versa, lands in a
hospital after crackup, gets
thrashed by a party liner and gen.
orally makes mess of his cloak
and-dagger assignment. An ingeni-
Gus plot suffers from the unrelieved
grimness Of this patriots quest.
Evening star., 1951-11-18

He was asked to estimate the dis
tance from the witness stand to a
point in the room. He said feet.
While the questioning was still going
on, Fihelly drew ruler and proceed
ed to measure the distance for the
jury. The answer was exactly
r;ght" .-~...
Mr.. Walsh is not necessarily con-
vinced that the prosecutor had-for
his own information-painstakingly
measured all the combinations of dis
tances between various objects in the
courtroom prior to the trial, but no
one who knows Mr.. Fihelly would be
bit surprised if he had done just
that.
In court, Mr.. Fihelly's movements
Evening star., 1951-11-18

are heavy and ponderous. and the
exertion Of oratory before the jury
leaves him painting and wheeling.
For all that, he is quick as cat to
seize an advantageous moment.
In one case. lawyer recalls. Mr..
Fihelly was the only person in the
courtroom to notice that one of the
defense witnesses was growing pale
and looking. When the witness
did fall forward in a faint. the prose-
cutor was conveniently posted to
gather him up in his sturdy arms and
carry him outside for first-aid treat
ment.
You can imagine what favorable
impression that had on the jury" the
lawyer sighed. There was the prose-
Evening star., 1951-11-18
Factor in History
THE RISE AND FALL OF
CIVILIZATION

CIVILIZATION
BY Shepard B. Clough. (McGrau-
HUI; $45OJ ..... .....
Dissatisfied with Toynbee's "chal-
lenge and response" explanation of
why civilizations grow and decay, DR..
Clough, professor of European history
at Columbia University. has set out
to find a more definite answer. His
own conclusion, after study of the
great civilizations of the past, is that
a vigorous economic development is
the most important, though. of course,
not the only factor. in making possible
a period of high cultural achievement.
BELMONT FAIRIES.