Evening Star Newspaper, December 13, 1925, Page 93

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (., DECEMBER 13, 1925—PART 5. Tradition Must Be Chief Reliance For Parts of Queen Family History “Jinx of Navy” Cause of Disasters, As Explained by Men in the Service Are the Sailors Right When They Attempt to Find Cause of the Series of Serious Accidents Rambler Continues His Study of Land Ownership in Early Days of Chapel Which Pre- on Sea, Under the Sea and in the Air? ceded Church of St. Francis de Sales. HEN the Church of St | Francis de Sales was con- | secrated in May, 1908, and | set in April, 1807, Washing- | ton newspapers printe those ceremonies and _stories Queen’s Chapel. If you have not re: other rambles telllng of the Queen family and Queen lands in northeast Washington, and If you insist on read ing this ramble, you ougl to know | that the h of St. Francis de Sale: » of Queen’s Chapel, that successive < have stcod there, | ese churches has | rhood name 0 That is because r of the Queen“family built a | chapel on the farm. In that chapel the Queens and their Catholic neigh came together for prayer and| meditation, and at times that were far apart priests came to that chapel from far-away churches in Maryland to say mass. A matter sought to bhe cleared is whether Queen’s Chapel, which was on the Queen farm an undetermined time before 1793, was in succession to a chapel in the Queen farmhouse. | During ¢ the English | rehs, A and Mary, and| the 'Blackistone-Coode revolt § nd, the Legislature of the | province forbade Catholic worship. | The Legisiature made a law that Catholle priest shouid be fined £50 and imprisoned six months for say : - i i Ing mass. that no Catholic was com % A S e 3 £ HE s W {petent to buy or inherit land, ete = A = : = Catholic_familles, numerous in the WRECKED GONDOLA OF THE DIRIGIBLE SHENANDOAH LYING A FIELD NEAR CALDWELL, OHIO. part of Maryvland now the District of | Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Columbia, worshiped secretly, and | ¥ i 4 priests who visited them made no z ! | | written memoranda of thefr visits BY MARVIN H. McINTYRE. Many lives were lost in these vic- |seamanship in the face of desperate |surfack navy. On January 4 the de-1" Eariy in the reign of Gueen Anne. | bl b orles of Davy Jones and his lieuten: 5. stroyers Bambridge and Reuben Jamesi the Maryland law against Catholics HIS trouhle h this ma i c | o re 5 v % was brought before the court|came together during maneuvers. Thel| was modified and mass was allowed ants, the four winds of heaven. It iS|ihyt the commanders of the ships fol- | ships were damaged, although noulto he sald “In a private family of the not too much to say that the Years|,wing the Delphy were sailing under | seriously, and no lives wero lost P e am Yol e much of 1925 as has | the “follow the leader” pollcy, a{ On January 12, off Lookout Bight;l home was made a chapel After i ¢ 1 3 el S s " ; St pokland. | probably in 1 the mansion in | “ceean-gc ton safest for small crait in|during a severs’ gale, the destroyer| ragtoration of the Proprietary govern n Brookland. | pro 1722, nansion - {n | ing ships” he open sex except in unusual con- | Coghlan, mamed for Dewey's heroic pane® 5% £ 0 C FCERFEAT, BONEEE | o ) as 2 priest | w one wing was dedicated to di k towns of the litions. Only one ship in this type [captain at ) 4 ANl s le home nilght Bofd )| from the Apostolie ) vine servi > mos (o formeion, that of the or offi- | chors and wen 608 on. his farm. K the article § TRe ey ba iTot tevilment in | Of three to f o . | cer. usual i rings, this | with small ds If the Queen ownership of the lands d Slie: cver £ ragraph. T ct ““Haddock | the load of ey I : emploved to avold in | huppily, a “Enclosure” and “Haddock Hil n | v us not granted to Richard | It IS possible > together | o e nd +| “Enclos T add - Q ited to ixg| TE8 posstil s the visi i Ly 6. however, four lives northeast \Washington—the seat > on the list did not embrace ‘practieally | Queens had knots iswere lost, including the captein Brookland, Langdon and Wooc 1urche the District of Col | two countles,” and out of it wers not | Prigs trading hold | the ship, when the second line cruiser] goes back to the time of ic | - it is identified with the arved Richard holdings |4nd a foreign tcoma struck a reef while approsch ersecution in Maryland, S z slerance and fts v | Barbadoes ard Seaman's Delight.” {1742, It was en maintaining that sp 1z Harbor, Mexico, in was probably the issue of a mis - those who wrote Haddock Hills, was granted | Man to take case il dowet: snpedn due to changes in ns »el In the Queen farmi Anne | their es, sometimes in blood, in to Benjamin Had April 17, 1685, | Side of becaine Queen of England in 4, and | the an A viand. When the he > mure’ was | Werv not the earliest record 1 have come on of | modest structuce, which has become | granted to Ninfan Beall September 4. | that were THe shi T Lhe cree Queen ownership fn the District s iden 1 wit » evangelization 1687. 1t contained 3 acres—a large | Hon by it feaves (akem off ‘withautfloss, {the will of Samusl Queen, 1733, be n of the region w | tract. What probably happened was | 4nd inn the captain and t - queathing the land to his son, Samuel | the s o apital, was | that a Queen bought a large acreage | M&N e He does no! tion the chapel in first d t nal laws overing perts of Haddock Hills anc . v e his will, but no significance s In | force and it ided In the closure, but ither tract entire nd ¥ A i S et ot e monster waves | that. Richard Queen, 1 think his| errors : ag of those | The Ramb} looked for the deed Arguello, i the actual posit 5 Fie shoal waters | grandson, mentions the chapel in his| times. I rishfoners of | in the courthouse at riboro, has R the radio bea receiv will of 1798. The newspaper stories | Queen's Chapel were Colonfal mgg- | not found it, and will try again ilure to chi the ¢ tioateld, o RS Laants ;’nr},l;‘: 1a¥ | of 1207 and 1908 relating to the church ' nates and later Revolutionary heroes.' That deed will settle several thi : ngs. ubmarines -3 S-49, which _col- | & 5 . § led on that date in New London Har- ; y i . % resent under the| and soon after tak- | oft-satd A. Sou is egtate he erected, | misleads. I kno e accider erned ' chunnel fcal moment mis e signals cusiomarily exchanged un such conditior Happily were Rejoictn 4 latter fact had hardly sub At the time of the s i when word re 1 the v hick fog over partment on Sep n the Delphy got a royers we 1 loss, .two more ' beari headed in and officer ) oniy three m Youn - . ¢ ! 5 = e up under hor, Conneet "he boats not it imaged and no wero 1 jut on June 12 the jinx oncali sl )t in some frightful work. The great 2 i S ttleship Mississippl, while at target & 'v wctice off San Pedro, Calif., suffered explosion in which 38 officers 1 outright or died hours after the ex of the worst 4 happened to a 7 5% i B capital ship fn our Navy. ‘ T A \While it has never been discovered =y cnused the explosion of the pow: Carroll Roman Cath hetnz part « Inclosure.” It the newspaper st tion states fire he caused erected on the ©. there were cases of hern- e ism 1 connection with the dlsaster. which are in accord with the highest traditions of the Navy. The men be- low the turret in the handling room closed the doors of the magazine to keep out the flames and made every effort 1o extinguish the burning pow- der hich fell into the room into which 21l the powder magazines opened It was 1, on entering the tur- ne of the men reached up | § and pulled the lever : device. thus & of several powder. If the 1, it Is altogether flames would have reached wrrying the | ship ana men to destruction 5 | Wht - zrieve over the loss of the JEEN'S CHAPEL. {brave » the turret, we cannot | overloc cour determination, | 1 scrifice which | of St. Francis de Sales do not give first pastors those intrepid | T think that the deed was made abou the aceldent many facts about Queen’s Chapel that | rs of faith who have left | 1 and that date will kill part of | of July had its|the Rambler has not found in deeds | brilllant memories of their labors; the Queen's Chapel tradition. That | quota of accidents, there were no lives |and wills in Washington and Marl- | that is, the traditions suggest their would be under the rastored |1ost. On th 1 of the month the |boro, but they give the “tradition” of | heroism and but_unfortunately | ts overnment. and if 506 a let 150 served on weel 1 schoolhouse. G e : £ Z a - | destroyer Lavalette ran aground near | the chapel. Tradition is a handing | they left no re ¥ had a private chapel aloldait I S BE G N s 5 = SHENANDO GRAPHED BE | Fort Ross, Calif., and on the 5th, dur- | down of words and a_tradition ought Historics lents hs e in | home It was because of piety or for ONCE THE PRIDE OF THE NAVY. A PART Oll; THE‘{.LL éggnrfi?)};?%hg%%gr{“ggo\‘;?A H ing & heavy fok. while entering |to preserv fact, though it over+ vain the records of reh so | convenlence, and rot because of @ FORE THE OHIO WIND HAD STRIPPED THE C! A ST oS & A. Photos, | Portsmouth, "N. H., the destroyer|lay it with romance One trouble of Baltimoge, the We ock 1 Catholic 1a It would put Queen’s e 2 " | Prooks wény ashore. On the 1§th, dur- | is that many a g called a tradl- | and of ‘the Maryland His | Chapel in the class of those chapels |ing submerged maneuvers, Ifke two | tion is not “a handing down \-b'r. *| to Soe he 1 ; 'ds because the neares TR 1 . Sl e aounatng mmachy g he | Breat sightless steel fish, the subma- | from the t of the event, but 2| 3 urch was too far or the her commander | Somers also grounded, but were float- | with the sounding machine, Were the | n; g.33 and 8.35 collided, but in | fnbrication of later date. The Queen's : of Catholicity in this | read too bad. . w over Ava, Ohlo. on | ed with sllg e ane aften this wreat <mash. |all three of these accidents the dam.|Chapel tradition has marks of prob-| part of Maryiand s set forth in no| In the paragraph quoted above you ST L ey mher 38, the destroyer Me. | 280 to the vessels was not material. |ability. known document.” see the Queen family associated with | w Baltimore | [T _appears that 11 destroyers were | Foriand, during night maneuvers with | There were but two accidents dur = i ialhsot e | 5 LA the dates 1657, 1721 and 1722, and loss of | steaming along at a great rate of | the fleet, was rammed by the battle- | Ing -‘;’““f*‘» neither of which caused LLET us turn to the vellow, ragged | [ ET me turn to this paragraph: JOU also see the line “In those times| Mary's. Between 31 of her|speed. 20 knots an hour, when the|ship Arkansas. Prompt action on |loss of life. nor was there very great e e enid ke D Tradition in the Queen Jily | the sleepy old village of Bladensburg | second war wind an explo- | pe) Toitig s he | the part of all concerned kept the loss | damage done to the vessels. On the | = neSsPARCr pefert Mme Pl Pty P wots forth that Richard Queen came WaS @ port of much importance and | and was ret / Foom of the da. | o e e Soevils Jaw. Thie | of life down to one enlisted man and | 11th, Quring isD ansu s jedcrled |1 O o Pihe 'intraduction of many |to the estate deeded to him under | the Queens were locally famous as a | hurg affai s : fler Xoom of iheta s o I's Jaw. e e Mcradtand from sinking. |out without lights, the destroyers | tion 0 oyl S ; nautical people oo cent casualties of a long. ong ihe whole division, except two ships | Sinking of the submarine 05 in Limon | on !’led~ ;rh h!ho !“bmflr";e, 34 ran | Here 1% ‘the ancient belfry of Bruges, | Marys, the fir ital of Maryland, | tion. Bladensburg was created un-| The fou: happeni which emphas in the rear of the formation, followed | Bay, Panama, “'he;‘\ she d-"]rj;n fll‘l'“" A ‘; 98’[““';:;&3"::"2:";‘1' thrice consumed and thrice rebullded, | are now in pessession of the family authority of an act of the Mary- | n ot that a ¢ jinx hroad o Del or C11 2 <de | by the freighter Abangarez. Five lives Cis Sl : % o i ary- | and show that the property was part d Legislature of 17 It was al: b rever s units ave e Delphy to her cruel fate, Aslde Were the toll exacted by the Old Man | other submarine got into trouble, The | the venerable edifice known In Mary-| S0c, Show thit the Propert:, was by s a small villag we measure | tor of 1905-1907 : rom, ithe Vs lost 0 ety of the Sea for this performance. navy yardtug Woolay: iwhilsatiemnia| land annals as Queen's Chapel ds| 0 F/8 BHINC rown a8 L acoces B0 | VIS G SAC Vi a8, e o L e hetpoaner s osst ot ihe Sea for this pertommanct. e B S oolal Sle pttemnt | 1N, ST M A0 amony che | an catate “ehich e allotted to the | towns now, but I was un imporiant | sraves around estroyer | % maval court-martial found that the | Jinx seems to have stopped pursuing | Portsmouth Navy Yard, rammed the | Catholic churches e | hiced poactinaly e counios, aaf| Brotinal InvaROTalc ot Dyt Jderson | disaster was due to bad navigation, | the flect during 1923, but it kept right | 98 of S Tn el thontissous. oIl wad memorles cinging to | from it were carved out the Richard | chester, Port Tobacco, Piscataway Inlet and the division commander and the lon as far as naval aviation was con- | ¥ Yemaging 1f and without injury to | & tHE T8 TS B0 %5 ek edifice | Queen holdings, Barbadoes and Sea-|and Matildyville as great places. | whose inscript e - crew. | o familiar contour in country sec-|man’s Delight. Both names recall the | There were stores, taverns and |two Sundays ago - rth R !lloh —a sloping roof of slate, & bell| fact that in those times the sleepy | wharves and two or three hundred |trace of the Queens' graves, a few OTHER serious accident occur- | tower and wide, hospitable porch, sit- | old village of Bladensburg was a port | persons, merchants, artisans, laborers | yards northwest of the fenced lot, and ) ; ! red October 20, when a turret ex. | uated in the heart of the picturesque | >f much importance, and the Queens|and a few lawyers and physicians. | every trace of scores—perhaps hu cidents, the s of destroyers, |recelved letters of commendation for | s injuries and 25 minor injuries | 1ot C e o e e | e b bf Largdon. As did the zeal. | were locally famous as a_nautical | “Ocean-going ships used to dieds—of other graves have been ! f uncharted | herolsm in connection with the ex:|being suffered by the flying personnel |13 men on the cruiser Trenton. It has|ous artisans of the middle ages, the | people. Mr. Queen called his home|to thc docks at Bladensbure, e o £ = - b hag c & up the powder hoist | the church w . « storm.. | tion for fine discipline and superior | got busy with the surface and sub- | (o7 P38 COMINE LD, the powder holet | the church with fhelr owh MArCe: 70 Queen fan deliberately h, and frc he entire p no | commander of the Delphy were sen-|cerned. The annual report of the nt. But | tenced to the loss of 150 and 100 num- | chief of the Bureau of Aeronauties | . « 5 every in grade, respectively. On the | lists the number of alrcraft crashes | ng ir e, thmarine @e- [ other hand, several officers and men | & , with a loss of 24 lives, 4| jfar as surface and subsurface vessels |on an uncharted pinnacle rock, but JLVEN UNITED STATES DESTROYERS PILED UPON THE JAGGED REEFS AT POINT ARGUELLO, ON SENENEE THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA, Sopyrizhit b Tnderwood & Dnderwood. ’ known that the burning powder sack was grabbed by one of the men in the turret in an attempt to thrust it in a | tub of water standing near for that | purpose, and that another bag of pow- der in the turret was grabbed up by | another sailor, who attempted to im- merse it in a tub of water. Both bags burst into flames in the hands of the | |men who held them and they met | thefr death In their herolc effort to save their comrades. The month closed with only one other accident, the submarine R-1 running ashore near Barkers Point, Hawall, October 25. The boat was ‘::\‘ler floated and there was no loss of {lite. | The month of November was a hard jone for submarines. On the 11th the | §-2 and the §-16 colllded in Asfatic wa- {ters,and on the 22nd the R-5 and R-18 came together during maneuvers | while submerged. In nefther case was the damage irreparable and there were {no lives lost. On December 30 the {submarines S-3 and S-48 collided, near {Block Island, without loss of life or | serfous nage to either boat. | This closed the year's accidents as | any description has part in the work, unless he be of the congregation, and then his labor is for the reward to | come. Though the work has been | progressing barely three months and the artisans could devote themselves | only in their leisure hours after the regular labor of the day, the building is about half completed, and in a few weeks will be prepared for use every . Right Rev. Alfred A. Curtl: v Bishop of Wilmington, Del., | and now assistant bishop of Balti-| more, will officiate at the laying of the corner’ stone this afternoon, and ( invited guests will include many of the representative famllies of Mary- land and Virginia, with the faculties of the Catholic University and its affiliated colleges. The new church enterin Portsmouth Harbor, ran: aground. This disaster was similar to ! that of the S-19, no lives being lost, | but serious damage being sustained | Dby the underwater boat. The next ac- | cident took place in the Philippine | Islands, where on February 26 the second-line cruiser Huron grounded | were concerned, but the annual re.|she was floated off under her own | {port of the chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics states that during the vear there were 180 afrcraft crashes, I killing 18 men, serfously injuring 14, !and causing minor injuries to 26 oth: |ers. | January, 1925, found the hard-luck #inx still at work, for on the 13th the submarine S-19 was driven ashore off Cape Cod. No lives were lost, but sal- vage operations were difficult and the boat was badly damaged. On January 29 another submarine, the S-48, while power at high water, and inasmuch as the sea was calm she was not seri- ously damaged and there were no cas- ualties among her crew. Except for several aircraft crashes the hard-luck jinx went on leave of absence from the Huron mishap until September 3, when the rigid airship Shenandoah, on’ her way west from the naval rigid airship station at Lakehurst, N. J., ran into a “line storm,” unwarned. and was racked lgl {Continued on Fourth Page) i i