Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1927, Page 3

R_SECTI AND_MFG. Corcoran Courts 23rd AND D Opposite U Naval School, near Lincoln Memorial, 5 min- utes’ walk from Munitions Builde ing. Navy Department and all Government Buildings. DE LUXE.APARTMENTS Furnished or Unfurnished $39.50 to $135.00 « building qu vironment A in the switchboard and elevator Cafe. Manager on Premis 1 0050, CAFRITZ 14th and K Main 9080 with Best Main PHILLIPS TERRACE APARTMENTS 1601 Argonne Place Just North of Cofumbia Rd at 16th St. Overlookine Beautiful Rock Cree We have left_a few of these 1 apartments rang- e room. bath. 5.00. $57. X Two rooms. recention b nine aicove and hath .50, $72. X Four rooms and hath, Marohy bed . overlooking Rock Creek d ' 16th Street. $03. $105. . 'rlr‘a € gooms. reeeption hall and bath. 100.00. ive rooms. reception hall and bath. with Targe Doreh: 150,00, Convenient to All Car and Bus Lines Inspect them Today Befors Deciding. 24-Hour Telephone and Elevator Service Resident Manager and Rent Aeent on Premises. WILLIAM S. PHILLIPS & CO, INC, 1516 K St. N.W. Adams 8710, Main 4600. ull Protection for your Car The fullest protec. tion for your car, the greatest conven- if““h for yourself plus the finest invest- Per Mo, ‘nen you can make. Handsome metal weather- board construction gives both strength and beauty. Call Lincoln 10-100 ASHINGTO Shrewd Buyers —have investigated and are_investing Home Sites A few choice sites still available PHONE or CALL for lithograph map showing sizes of lots Hedges & Middleton, Inc. Realtors. 1412 Eye St. N.W. Frank. 9503 FANT “TO ™ BE] ACK A LOAD OF {riture from, New York Philadejgnia or Wilmington to Washington. SMITH'S ER & STORAGE. Norih 3343, TH. FORMERLY OF Oth street . ashington. D. C. 1 will not pay_any bills made in my name. SMITH. Convent. N. J. SIBLE FOR ANY one other than' m: TT. 4602 l(aula!fla.\e, ONAND AFTER THIS DATE, SEPT, responsinic for_debts cont any one but myself. J.ST. ELMO BY 1608 15t W, 8 PAPERHANGING—ROOMS. Will br . P Call_any MANY LEG iearning about aling’cream, the cs pain promptly and heals. t0o. is s0ld by your druggist. or we will send free sufficient treat. Jnents 19 convince. Replies strictly confiaen: tial. _Write or phone WASHINGTON CHEM CORP.. Barr Bldg., Wash., D. C._Main 4343 CONGRESS HALL HOTEL CO—THE R wlar_aunual meeting of the stockholders the Congress Hall Hotel Co D. € for the election of directors and t transaction of any other business that m: properly be brought' before the meeting, Wi held at the hotel at 8 o'clock D.m.. Tues- day. October 11. meeting o dridge-Langdon ~ Sa Bauk of Washington, D. C.. will b the banking house of said hank. Island ave. ne. on Sept. 14. T { directors’ of said ock 0 September 14, Notice s also given that a meeting of stockholders of this company il bo held “at the n sfer closed from September 4 both inclusive, * eonsider. approv tify and actions previously taken at meetings of stockholders beld de of the State of Arizona and for the transaction of such ©thor business as may properly come before the meeting. ROBT. S. CAMPBELL, Secretary, 8¢ ROOF TROUBLE? There's al one place Just_call Main 933 and'a reputale roof- ing firm will be at your command: try it KOON 11 A MILLION-DOL —printi g plant equippe¢ to bandle every kind of nrinting job. ‘The National Capital Press 42101212 D Rt. N.W. ___ Phone M. 650 T NEVER DISAPPOINT BYRON S. ADAMS " _PRINTING IN A HURRY ade. but not high pri ek el B Aol 3 ere you AVENUE BUILDING HISTORY RECALLED Topham Reads Paper to As- sociation of Oldest Inhabit- ants on Collapsed Edifice. Washington newspaper history and { reminiscences of lower Pennsylvania | evenue, brought forth by the recent collapse amid a_furor of bomb rumors [ of the Fellowship Forum Building, | near Third street and Pennsylvania avenue, was recalled by the Associa- tion of Oldest Inhabitants of the Dis- trict of Columbia_at its meeting last right in the old Union Engine House, Nineteenth and H streets. Following the regular business ses- sion, at which the association voted to | receive John F. Jarvis and Charles McCauley Emmons as new members, Washington Topham, a vice president of the organization, read a paper in which he reviewed not only the history of the Fellowship Forum Building— named Jackson Hall at its dedication— but the newspaper publishing events preceding the structure’s completion including the press reports of the Congressional sessions prior to the founding of the Congressional Record. Lively Discussion Held. Mr. T tuted a lively d exact location in part: ter on August 7 and consequent destruction of the rear of the Globe office on Pennsyl- avenue, awakens in the minds paper, which instl- cussion_concerning of Tiber Creek. pham’ | of the oldest inhabitants many memo- ries of this historic old structure and neighborhood. Few buildings in Wash- ington have a more interesting and important history, both from a local and national viewpoint, than the old Globe office, or Jackson Hall, as it was better known in its earlier years, and as it was named at its dedication. “Here the Congressional Globe was printed and published, which became the recognized official Teports of Con- gress for over a quarter of a gentury, from 1848 until 1876, when Congress began the publication of the Congres- sional Record. “The corner stone of Jackson Hall was laid July 4, 1845, but the building was not completed and dedicated until July 4, 1846, just ome year later. The occasion of the laying of the corner stone®was an unusual and im- pressive one, including Masonic cere- monies, a parade, the erection of a hickory pole in front of the building and addresses by Judge Shields and others. Blair and Rives Builders. “Blajr and Rives were the builders and proprietors and a wealth of his- torical interest is associated with these names so closely identified with the business and political life of our city as well as that of the Nation. “The National Intelligencer of De- cember 1, 1845, has an interesting article in reference to this building, under the head of new buildings erected on the Avenue that year, as follows: “‘Among the improvements on the Great National Broadway of this metropolis, so well known all over the Union by the name of Pennsylvania avenue, is the spacious and mag- nificent structure, ':nown as Jackson Hall. This superb edifice contains, beside two large basement rooms, two spacious and elegant store rooms on the first floor, and on the second and third floors two splendid and spacious halls or rooms, to be used for public plurnoseu. said to be the largest in the city. ““‘Jackson Hall is yet in an un- finished state; it is being erected by Mr. Zephaniah Jones, bricklayer; Mr. Barney B. Curran, carpenter, and Messrs. Emery and Gault, granite cut- ters. In the rear of Jackson Hall, the same master workmen have just com- pleted for Messrs. Blair and Rives a large and commodious three-story building for a printing office. It is already provided with steam and other mechanical apparatus for carrying on an extensive business.” “Jackson Hall proper was 84 feet long by 50 feet wide. The building was_considered a lofty one in those The Magic of $10 Thru the New “Insured Savings” Account ‘This Modest Deposit Takes New Dignity Ak how a $10 deposit starts a $1250 account today. R. GOLDEN DONALDSON, Pres. Commercial National Bank 14th at G days, for the height of the second floor. was 22 feet and the third floor 20 feet. k “The Emery mentidned, as the gran- ite contractor for this stfucture was Matthew G. Emery, the twentieth and last mayor of Washington. “Francis P. Blair of Frankfort, Ky., a farmer, banker and newspaper writer, came to Washington at the request of President Jackson to estab- lish a paper in the interest of the ad- ministration. The only daily papers here at that time were the Intelligen- cer and the Telegraph, both large and influential journals. Introduced by Jackson. “After the arrival of Blair in Wash- ington, John C. Rives, of Virginia, who had been connected with the Gov- ernment here for several years, re- signed and formed a partnership with Blair. We are told by the granddaugh- ter of Blair, that Blair and Rives were introduced to each other by Andrew Jackson, “The first number of was issued December 7, over two years it was issued as a semi-weekly, and in March, 1833, t after Jackson's second inaugtration, it became a daily and exerted a pow- erful influence in favor of the admin- istration. “The departmental printing was given to Blair & Rives, who also be- gan the publication of the proceed- ings of Congress, which was to ex- tend over a long perlod of years. “From 1830 to 1845 the Globe office was on E street, just west of the Natlonal Theater, in a row of three buildings. In March, 1845, the Na- tional Theater had burned to the ground. “In 1836 the business had prosper- ed to such an extent that the prop- erty was purchased by the Globe owners, who continued its tion here until April 30, month after the fire at adjoining, when the last numb the Globe was printed. “After the inauguration of Har son and Tyler, in 1841, the Globe 1830. Kor tion, lost the printing of Congress, as well as that of the departments, but continued to print the proceedings of Congress In the Congressional Globe, Scene of Many Functions. “During Polk’s administration, in iay, 1845, the Globe, which had been the organ of the Jackson and Van Buren administrations, was sold to Ritchie and Heiss, who published the Washington Union in its stead, as the representative of the Polk ad- ministration, the first issue appearing May 1, 1845. “Jackson Hall was the scene of many important functions over a long veriod of years. The inaugural ball of Zachary Taylor, March 4, 1849, was held there, and it was selected for that of Franklin Pierce in 1853, which, however, was not held on account of a death in the President’s family—the President’s son. Jackson day, January 8, was often celebrated in this hall, that of 1853 being especially notable. “Historic old Jackson Hall is now owned and occupied by the Independ- ent Publishing Co., and is the home of the Fellowship Forum, a fraternal publication of wide circulation. The five-story structure-in the rear of old Jackson Hall, recently destroyed, is being rebullt and connected with the old Jackson Hall Building, as was the original one, as the front building was practically uninjured by the re. cent disaster.” A discussion waxed lively between the members of the association when J. F. Duhamel recalled that in 1882 or 1883 the rear portions of several buildings in the neighborhood of Jack- son Hall collapsed in much the same manner as the recent cave-n oc- curred. Mr. Duhamel expressed the opinion that since those buildings are erracted on gound which was once the bed of Tiber Creek, the settling of the earth might cause the collapse, Creek Location Debated. One member immediately insisted that Tiber Creek flowed down Second street some distance away from the buildings. Mr. Duhamel retorted that the bed of the creek, including the swampy area surrounding it, “was nearly half a mile wide,” and there- fore would embrace the site of the buildings which collapsed. J. F. Kee- fer enterad the discussion long enough to identify one of the fallen build- ings of 1883 as the United States Hotel, and Henry L. Bryan, vice president, who was presiding as chair- man in the absence of T. W Over 1,000 Cafritz Lifetime Homes Built and Sold Greater Value for Less Money! 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Mr. Topham reca that the first railroad depot Washing- ton ever had was located at Second street and Pennsylvania venue and by the Baltimore & Ohio Mr. Duhamel remembered that station, too, and explained that the site was originally intended for the United ates Mint, and that George \ hington wrote a letter to the Con- congratulating it upon the \\'|~¢" site with such an abun- | dance of water Thig brought up the Tiber Creck i ain, apd J. R. Mahoney, opined that most of that ter- ritory surrounding Second street and Pennsylvania avenue “must have been under water at some time or another” because “they used to think it was a big joke on ‘homas Corcoran, the father of W. W. Corcoran, when he bought ground down there ‘in the swamp.” Hhere the discussion was ended. Just before Mr. Topham read his paper, John Clagett Proctor, another vice president of the association, pre- sented to the organization a large framed photograph of Capt. Isaac Bassett, for years one of the door- keepers in the Senate chamber. The presentation was made for Miss Alice Lilllan Bassett, granddaughter of Capt. Bassett, who was present at last night's meeting. In présenting the picture for Miss Bdssett, Mr. Proctor reviewed briefly the life of the man who became famous as the official who turned back the Senate chamber clock when that body was trying to complete its business before the hour for final adjournment was reached. Mr. Proctor read a paper which A. H. Ragan had read at a meeting of the Asociation of Oldest Inhabitants January 1, 1896, just after Capt. Bas- sett’s death, December 18, 1895. g Dies Fleeing Sentence. TOLEDO, Ohio, September 8 (#).— After he was sentenced to 10 vears in the State penitentiary for highway robbery here yesterday, Clarence Hill, 29, ran across the courtroom, jumped through a window and fell three stories. He died 30 minutes later in a hospital. 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His 'fellow workers In the steel foundry demonstrated the high regard in which they held Mr. Miller by pre- senting him with a_purse and a gold fountain pen. The *presentation w: made at noon today by James E Crown, master molder, on behalf of the men in the shop. Robert H. Alcorn, who is chairman of the joint conference on retirement of Clvil Service employes and an as- sociate of Mr. Miller, also paid tribute today to his retiring fellow 'worker and took occasion to express the hope that the time is near at hand when Congress will enact a more liberal re- tirement law. NEW BUS LINE ASSURED. Commission to Map Cleveland Park Coach Route. The Public Utilities Commission vir- ually decided today to grant the ap. fon of the Capital Traction Co. * a new i-cent parlor car bus line understood that approval will await a de cision by the commission as to the best route to be followed by the busses om the starting point at Thirty fourth and Ordway streets to Tenth and E streets. Several alternate routes have been under discussion and members of the commission desire to the formal W.R. & E. IS GIVEN THREE ALTERNATIVES Improvement of Anacostia Service :Ordered by Public Utilities Commission. The Washington Railway & Electric Co., will be given an-opportunity to select any one of three methods of improving service on the Anacostia line, when the rerouting of that line to Eleventh street goes into effect, the Public Utilities Commission sn- nounced today. The company may use regular two- man cars, may remodel the existing type of one-man cars, by installing the rutomatic rear exit doors, or may re- place the existing one-man cars by | the new type ogpe-man cars now in | use on the Wisconsin avenue line. | The company will be asked to ad-| vise the commission within a definite time which plan they desire to follow. Work is progressing at the present time on installation of the new switch at Ninth and E streets, which is neces- sary before the rerouting of the Ana- costia line to Eleventh street can be put into effect. Under the rerouting plan_announced several months ago the Brookland line, which now goes up Eleventh street, will run to the wharves by way of the Bureau of En- graving and Printing. - Nebraska courts have awarded Her- bert Brannan, a Chicago & Northwest- ern locomotive repairman, $40,000 dam. | S ause his right arm was atro- the bite of a snake that drop- ped on him when he entered the en- gine pit. T S T RO RN S T AR BOOKS WANTED All Kinds—Any Quantity BRING THEM IN Or Phone Franklin 56415.5416 look over the territory before reach- ing a final decision. g For Sale Centrally lccated; able. OPPORTUNITY. Main 4884 a year or more ¢ efforts. This is a leadin satisfactory, an i MOTHE Elizabeth Hudson Clay The statesmanship of Henry Clay was the product of a plantation mother’s care. 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Fall is just around the corner —and in this sale we have hundreds of suits for Fall wear at HALF— and LESS than half~their regular prices. One and Two Pants Suits Worth $60 Are Now - They’re our Spring and Summer woolens, but many have the half- lined coats; materials of dark colors and plenty heavy enough for wear until the mercury is close to zero. Men will find all the regular and extra sizes. The larger boys can be fitted, and mothers should buy these bargains in school suits. The $45 Suits In This Sale & Are Now $ | 2.50 A small extra charge will be quc for alterations. «