Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1927, Page 6

OLD-MILLS FORM | HTOREA TUDY Allen C. Clark Visits Sites of 17 Plants in and Near National Capital. The story of 17 water-powered mills that long since have ceased to grind for Washington from, their stations on the banks of nearby Maryland and Virginia streams -has been comp hy Allen €: Clark; president of th Columbia ‘Histerica) Seclety, whe. du ing recent months, has visited - the ruins Mr. Clark often - followed make a photographic record of them as they appear today In his tramps in search of the mill runs, Mr. Clark often followed the path’ of the Rambler of ‘The Sta: from whose articles he has yuoted length in his own account. Payinz tribute to the Rambler in the prefave of his story, the president of the Jumbia Hidtorical Society recalls that the first “ramble’ was made July W 1912, and of the writer he says: “1 do no: believe n the life of the city any has given one-tenth the pleasure hich Mr ung mill, from which the land in the n: 4 derived its sobriguet e first of the old mills w < Notle Tract Was on Tiber Branch, “It was on 8 branch of Tiber Creck. Mr. Clark writes of Netley. Young's “and it was near the south side of N street between First and Second streets northeast. Latrobe, the archi tect and engineer, figured its water supply together with that of Cool Spring, near Fifteenth street north east. would suffice to make a dock yard.” remembers seeing ion n account of Riggs Mill located on what i the bank of the northwest branch of the Anacostin River,. My..Clark has quoted the Rambler, who reported on June 7, 1914, that he had talked with H. T. Freeman, resident at that time of the brick house adjoining the milt house. The mill itsel? on the west side of the rcad’and th2 miller’s house is on the east and in- the material quoted from the Rambler it is set forth that Mr. Freeman was born in the ad- Jjoining brick house in 1857, where had Jived his father, William H. Freeman, and his grandfather, Thorhas Sheckles. From them Mr. Freeman learned the | mill was erected 150 years before 1914. Still quoting the -Rambler. Mr. Clark has written: “Mr. Freemman had learned frdm his i - father, who got it from his father and mother, that an English family named | Scofield moved.into that part of the country a god many years before the American Revolution and built the brick house on the hill, the stone house opposite the mill and then the mi:{. .Il was operated as Scofleld’s il * s o Later Became Riggs’ Mill. | The property later was acquired by another English family named Lo- gan,” by whose name it long was known. The Riggs family subse- quently came into possession of the plant and shortly before the Civil War, it became “Riggs’ Mill.” It was said by Mr: Freeman. that ships once were moofed in the branch near the mill, and Mr,, €lark suggests this is likely because vessels from Liyerpool frequently were seen at the point mear Bladensburg where the North- west and Eastern Branches mmerge. Burnt Mills, on the Coles road, adjoining the Northwest Branch, has no substantiation . in fact fer its name, the 1. Society.: presi- dent beljever. <" ;. “The nearest {c substantigtion in fact, Mr Clark writes, “is'the' tradi- tion that gnrby and long since, stood a mill which .was destroyed by fire. The Ramblér, May. 14, 1916, was in- formed by Mr. Troth, tHe miller, that he (Troth) was told by a very old colored man who had lived in the vi- cinity all his life that he did not re- member a mill which had been burned, nor did his father, who lived to a good old age. “The Rambler then quotes from Sam- uel D. Waters: ‘When I moved to Burnt Mills in 1578, 1 talked with an old resident, Louis Patten, then 90 years old. The date of his birth would carry us back to 1788. He told me that the mill had not been burned down in his lifetime, but that the story was handed down to him as a boy that a mill which stood above the site” of- thi burned.” ‘He never heard the. date of the destpuction of the mill,.But he thought “it had occurred three fiuarters of a century before his birth* ™ Mill Important Historically. Mr. Clark considers Nelson's Mill, the ruins -of which are still 1o be seen in a humble pile of stone, which once was part of the building’s wall, on the Big Pimmitt Run at the Kirby road, adjoining the Virginia bank of the Potemac just above Chain Bridge, one of the most. important mills histori- cally in the country. It was here, he records, that Stephen Pleasonton. a Government auditor of the State De- partment. stored the original *Declara- tion of Independence, the laws, the secret journals of Congress (then not published), and the-correspondence of Geny Washington." dyring- the Brit- ish upancy ‘of Washington in the wn'o!-u% 2 ing Mr. Pleasonton, the pres- riter, includes:in hxsd accutiny; 2Wifereupon - 1 procee 10 “pur- chasd coarse .linen and, causéd it to be: made. into bagw of convenient size, in~hich the gentlemen of the office, assistéd by me, placed books . and other spapers, after which I obtained carts and had them conveyed to a grist mill, then unoccupied, belong- ing to Mr. Edgar Patterson, situated a short distance on the Virginia side of the Potomac, beyond the Chain Bridge, so called;; {wo miles above Georgetown. The mill was visited by Dolly Madi- .aon on her flight to Falls Church August 24, 1814, and the incident is recorded by Ida P. Beall, who quoted her grandmother’s account of it, § which the mill is called “Nelson Mill” Two old mills_of Bladensburg are included in Mr. Clark’s account. They are the Avalon and the Carlton plants. The former sometimes called Calvert mill, was located at the eastern end of Bladensburg and Was operated in 1861 by Taylor & ‘Berry. The stream which operated thls mill, the chron- icler says, supplied the community with water, and he has seen it work- ing. The latter plant is often known as Penn mills and it is near Bladens- burg on the original road leading out frém Washington. It was near this mill, Mr. Clark declares, that the bat- tle of Bladensbyrg was fought Loughborough Well Liked. TLoughborough Mill is located on the estate, “Milton,” which until recently has remained in the family of Nathan Loughborough, its founder in 1808, and derived its power from the Falls Branch of the river not far north of Tenleytown. The mill race of this plant ‘was nearly obliterated by high waters at the time of the Johnstown, Pa.. flood Mr. Clark - had included in_his article several mills situated on Rock Creek. The first of these, Paper Mill, known also as Lingan's Mill, stood Just where the abutment of the pres- ent P Street Bridge is built. The ford of the creek ran close by and was replaced by an old-fashioned covered :r:: e.h'l}l:: writer declares. This mill “ . yilf By Gustayus Scott an Nichdtas ',xné»_m'# ar before 1800." Pierce Mill, pefhaps one of {he best this now Riggs road on | the | 5| | Upper: Burnt. Mills, situated on the Northwest Branch of the Potomac the Colesville pike. er: Riggs’ Mill located at Rigas road and the Northwest Bran. Lower: Part of the foundation wall Nelson’s Mill on the west bank of the Potomac River just above Chain Bridge, where the original manuscript of the Declaration of Independence and other State documents were stored during the British occupaney of Wash- ington in 1814, known of the old mills to many Wash ingtonians, is situated on Rock Creek in what is now Rock Creek Park. It | was built by Isaac Pierce and his son Abner C. Pierce in 1801 on a farm the | senjor Pierce had purchased in Decem ber, 1794. Upon his death in 1841, | Mr. Pierce devised the property to his nephew, Pierce Shoemaker, the father | of Louis P. Shoemaker, a m the Columbia Historieal Society. mill was operated last in 1897 as 2 grain mill, Lyon Mill is another of the Rock | Creek plants the site of which Mr,; Clark has visifed. 1 was erected, he believes, in 1795 by John E. Rowles and subsequently™ ated by a fam- ily of millers—the Lyons. It s on the north. side of the ‘créfk, across from the eastern boundary of Oak | Hill Cemetery, he writes, and it was | approached from Georgetown by Mill road. The plant is now in ruins, Mr. | Clark reports, and was last used as | a hall for barn dances and picnic | grounds by thie people of Georgetown. | Richard Parrott’s mill, located on | the road leading southward from Lyon’s Mill, was in operation in 1813, Mr. Clark -found. Its ruins can be seen today on the northeast corner of the intersection of Twenty-seventh and Q streets. Mr. Parrott himself lived in an attractive section of George town Heights in what is now Mont rose Park. It was at thiz mill Dolly Madison stopped to cha horses with Mr. Parrott when was in flight from the Capital, writer adds. Initials on Chimney. Edes Mill, situated near Chain Bridge on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Mr. Clark writes, was for many years operated by William E Edes of Georgetown. The land upon which | it stands was acquired by Amos Cloud, | November 4, 1791. and his son A ner built the mill and the miller’s house. The initials “A. C.” and the date *1801" are etched in the chim- ney of the house. George Washing ton once stopped at this building. Barcroft Mills, near Columbia - Pike and the dam of the Alexandria Water Works, is unusually well preserved. the historian found, and it is situated in a beautiful glen. Arlington Mills, another of nearby V = antiqui- ties, located on Fou Columbia Pike, was destroyed by fire in 1925. Adams Mills, a group of waler-pow ered plants, appear 1o have been erected in 1820 by Roger Johnson of Frederick, Md. The property was ac-| quired by John Quincy Adams in 1825 and was stricken from the tax books in 1867. Not a vestige of the cnce- active plant could be found by Mr Clark when he visited the site, he writes. The last two mills historical society president a for were Murdock’s, situated n i intersection of Murdock Mill and | Massachusetts avenue extended, and | Blagden's Mill standing. DISTRICT HEADS REVISE | AUTO PURCHASE SYSTEM she the which the { 1014 Survey Board Abolished and | New One Formed to Begin | Work at Once. The District Commissioners today abolished the old automobile survey board and created in its stead a new automobile board, which will work immediately to revise the meth od of purchasing automobiles for the municipal government. : The duties of the new board will in- slude hte formulation of standard spec view and affirm before issuance of specifications for bids, examination of bids and recommendations for award of contracts, inspection of cars, recom- mendation as to disposition of those worn out. recommendations for gen eral regulations to goyern the use of District cars and sampling and test ing of gasoline and lubricating purchased by the municipal govern- ment. The board Is composed of Maj. L. Atkins, Assistant Engineer Commis- sioner; John D. Murray, master me- chanic of the city refuse division; H. M. Luckett, chief clerk of the Police Department; O. F. Fearn, superin- tendent of machinery of the Fire De- partment, and E. P. Brooke, assistant superintendent of the District Build- ing. e glass a short Opening of a number of r plants in Belgium has cau 2ge of labor :h-, .. | States National Mu ounted ) Dr. ¢ the | rine invertebrates, United S The former is still} Whe, | manazg begin | ifications for the different classes of | equipment bought by the District, re-| THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, . v, | | | | | l | Youth and-Girl Badly Hurt. Woman, 53, and Son Hit by Taxicab. . Miss Caroline Knapp, 23 years old. 1410 Euclid street,and Gustave Hoag- land. 23, of 2112 O street, were seri- ously injured about 2 o'clock this morning when their automobile skid- ddd and overturned in the 5000 block of Conduit road. The sound of the crash brought, as- .atane 2 the victims ‘were taken to Georgetown Hospital. Hoagland, the- more seriously injured, received a fractured collarbone and it is thought was treated for shock and Woman Is Injured. Mrs. J. 1. McDonald, 53 years old, and her son. H. D. McDonald. 28, 1741 Lanier ‘place, were knocked down at Thirteenth and F streets about 9 o'clock last night by a taxicab driven by Ralph Tweedale, 23 years old, 1736 G street. Tweedale took them to Emergency Hospital. where Mrs. Me- Donald was treated. The. son refused treatment. Tweedale deposited $25 col- lateral on a charge of reckless driving Margaret: Backus. 9 vears o, Glen sarlyn, Va:, was knocked down at: Wis- consin avenue and P street vesterday afternoon by an automobile driven by Roy D. Miller, Grass Lake. Mich.. and severely injured. The child was treat- ed at Georgetown University Hospital for internal injuries and possible frac- ture of the skull: Miller, furnished a hond of $1,000 for his appearance in | Traffic Court. Youth Is Hurt. 07 Sev collar. erday afternoon when struck hy an antomobile driven by W. H. Hottel of Colleze Park, Hottell reported Duke ran inta the side | of his.car at Fifth and E streets Stanley. Mosher, 12°years od. 1254 K street northeast, was slichtly hurt | early last evening when knocked down |at .Tennessee -avenue and Duncan | street . northeast, He was treated’ at | Casualty Hospital and taken home. In a' collision between the automo- biles of Elvie Foltz, 2713 Twelfth street notheast, and Roosevelt Ander- Wylie street northeast. at and T streets northeast short- Iy before 7 o'clock this morning, Mrs Catherine E. Justice, 40 vears old. 34 Randolph place, who was crossing th street, was: struck by Amnderson’s car and severely bruised and shocked. She was treated at Sibley Hospital. SHOP EARLY MOVEMENT | GAINS'NEW SUPPORTERS Scheme Has Brought Revolution of Shopping Methods of Stores, Shaw Reveals. | | | ec bone early yest | The shop . early—mail early move- | ment, which each year gains hosts of | new supporters throughout the coun- | try, has .brought about a quiet but dccided revolution in Christmas shop- ping methods and in the merchandis- 'ing. methods; bf the larger stores, ac- cording to Edward D. Shaw, secrétary of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ | Association, which is belind the mpve | ment here. £ “The plcture of tired’ clerks toiling | till_the midnight hours, of delivery | men plowing through sleet and slush {and ice_on 24-hour stretches, of postal employes who regarded the Christmas |.season as a nightmare, has thoreughly |caught the' public's imagination,!” Mr. Shaw said., e simpler, easier, more efficient and more pleasant method of MOVIES OF ANIMALS GIVEN PRIVATE SHOWING American Nature Association Holds Annual Building Inspected. Banquet—New Motion pletures of working beavers and mountain goats in their native haunts were projected at a private showing_for members of 4he editorial board of ‘the American Nature Asso ciation at_their headquarters, 1214 Sixteenth stree, last night, followins their anngal banquet in the Racque Club, Charles Lathrop Pack of New York chairman of the board, attended the picture showing and inspected Nature Magazine’s new -building with™ other members of the board. The pictures, made by Arthur New- ton P: and William 1 members of the tion into G | Canada, showed close-up vers rebuilding a dam which had ieen dynamited and “shot algo of moun tain goats in the fty and rocky perches, Among tlose wha attended the din ner at the Razguet Cub were: Vernon Baile chief field natutal United State: Biological Survey Paul Bartsch, curator of mollu; wn: C. W. Cil-| more, curator of variehrate )alecntol- | . L. 0. Howard, senior entomol- rean of kKnto- | . director Zoologienl Park: Arthur Newton Pack Percival €. Ridsdal-, managin: Waldo L. Schmirt, curator tional Museum: Ric ef, editorial staff; v, Wild Flower Preservarion So nd H. E. Rodcliffe, busines; er. Westwood ciety: TRIBUTE TO AUTHOR. Lr. Gjerset Decorated for Authentic History of Iceland. DECORAH. Towa, December 14 ). —Knighthood of the Order of the Falcon has been conferred upon Di. Knut Gjerset. professor of history it Luther College here, by the gov- | ernment of Tceland in recognition of his history of Iceland. |, The history is described as the firsy thorouzh attempt to record Iceland's { history in English. and the only com plete and comprehensive history of {Iceland in any language. Dr set previow; knight of the the Norwegian history of the v had been Order of St government Norwegian de a af hy {for his | people. | BUS SERVICE INCREASED. | Chevy Chase Line to Run on 10- oils | | Minute Headway. Service on the Chevy Chase Coach | Line of the Capital Traction Co. will be increased during the pre-Christ- mas rush season, the company noti fied the Public Utilities Commission | toda The de luxe busses will run on a | 10-minute headway from 9 am. to 6 pm., instead of the usual 20-min- ute headway. This additional serv. | fce will not take into consideration | the present rush hour service, which | in ths morning is on a five-minute jneadway and ‘in ‘tha evening on .] sevenminute headway. - 1 | employment United | © distributing the Christmas shopping | season over a longer period rapidly is becoming the rule rather. than the exception. “The public’s change to a more sensible Christmas shopping ‘nrethod has likewise changed the merchandis- ing methods of our Washington stores. CITIZENS URGE RETURN TO 60-40 FISCAL BASIS Barry Farm Association Asks Res. toration of Former Financial Rela- 3 5 larly that since the war, the pro- tions Between U. §. and District. | grexsive merchant today has his com plate holiday stocks ready for shop- o pinz early in November instead of National | waiting until well after the first of December. A return to the §0-40 hasis of shar- | ing the expenses of Capital hatween the Federal and Dis- trict Governménts of the | present $£9,600,000 lump s the inst um plan Was |ing number of peoplé who insist ‘on tmaminously | getting their .holiday shopping well thé; Bafry Farin Citizens | Started weeks in advance of the gen- Lion af its monthly meeting in | eral rush. *These people know that by s Methodist Episcopal Church | making their selections early they ¢ | have in opportunity to examine com ohition, which was framed | Dlete stocks which later will be great Fraetion, also commendedd |V ‘depleated. The® have the eppor rd of Commissionefs for ad- | tunity of leisurely ingpecting and comn uch-a change paring gift merchandise and values associatinn voted (o oppose the |and the pleasure of dealing with stor- of additional married | employes who are not rushed to dis teachers in the public schools or the | traction admission of married women to nor- o0ls. sement was given to the pro. | bill providing for an increase | School Contract Awarded. A contract for the construction of to policemen and firemen. lan eight-room addition to the Joh zie S. Hoffman, president of the | Barnard School was awarded by the presided. The citizens will | Commissioners today. to the firm of int reception with the officials | John B. Ginchesi, Tne. The adaition | Commiunity Center in the Bir-|will contain an assembly hall and ey School, December fwill cost $108,133. Bernstein’s Drug Store— 18th & Fla. Ave. N.W. Is a Star Branch Office Filling any want in your home or in yeur business need not give you concern—for it can’ be quickly actomplished through a Classified Ad in The Star. Just leave the copy at the St Branch Office near you—there one in nearly every neighbor- hcod in and ground Washington. It will be quickly forwarded to the Main Officc and appear in the first lable issue. No fees are charged for ek Branch Office zervice only reg- ABOVE SIGN ular rates. | DISPLAYED BY AUTHORIZED STAR BRANCH . OFFICES The Star prifts such anover whelmingly greatervolume of Classified Advertising every day than any ‘other Washing- ton paper that there can be no* question as to which will give you the best results. “Around the Corner” is skull may be fractured. His com- | Md. Based on recent experience, particu- | “The merehant has been forced. o | { this by reason of the steadily increas | WEDNESDAY, . DECEMBER 14. 1927. THE PHILADELPHIA - - 3 ORCHESTRA. | A program of orchestra] muysic pre- | senting many moods as reflected by | composers of varied nationalities was | presented by the Philadelphia Sym- phony Orchestra, ¥rita Reinér con- ductor, with Sophie Braslau as the assisting , soloist, 4t the, Washington | Auditorfulm yesterday’ aftérnoon be- fore the usual large audience. Miss Braslau, who is well known locally, seemed yesterday to have really two distinct voices—one a high voice of rounded tones and lovely fresh color; the other, a very deep voice of tones that were sometimes | husky and of a coloring that was al- most masculine. It was in this latter voice and range that Miss Braslau. be an the very interesting cantata for ne voice by Bassani-Malipiero. In this ancient composition as presented by Slgnor Maliplero, the .modernist. the original character of the music did not seem to have been disturbed by any modernistic improvements. More | warm and fascinating were Mis lau's other two selections, Russians, yet'so different. The “F of Rachmaninoff was such a musicis | iy plece of writing by this sophisti- cated, original composer with marvel- ous orchestration; the Moussorgsky | “On the Dnieper,” on the other hand showed the nationalistic rhythms and color und weemed perhaps the best | suited of the three vocal selections for Miss Braslau's spirited interpreta tion. The songs were both given in Russian with the ancient cantata in Ttalian. Miss Braslan was heartily applauded following each of her num bers. Of the purely orchestral works on the program, the two that haunt the v are the exquisite reading of Debussy's “L Apres-midi d'un Faune" and the Vorspiel and Liebestod from Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde.” which was the finale of the program and | delivered in masterly style under Mr Relner’s direction. There were also on the program Beethoven's “Egmont’ overture, and Mozart's “Symphony in D Major,” both obviously well piay ed. Mr. Reiner's own individual stvie of eonducting came through very de cidedly. H.F RUBINSTEIN CLUBR CONCERT. The Rubinstein Club opened the sea “on of 1927-1928 with the first of fts series of concerts, under the direction of Claude Robeson, at the Willard Hotel last night. Genia Zielinska, coloratura soprano, was heard in sev- eral numbers as guest soloist, dnd she also sang the soprano obbligato for one of the outstanding numbers of the evening. Twpo colorful ‘songs, “Music -of. the | Spheres,” hy "Rubinsteoin, and “™ill |'0" the Wisp,” by Spross, were sung by the club as opening numbers. Ex- cellent choral unison was attained. especially. in. singing of the latter's | e, fast tempo. ’ 1y her: first’ humber, the Voee Poco Fa,” from Rossini ber of Seville,” Miss Zielinska revealed | herself as well trained in technique. showing full control of the trills and passages of florid ornamentation, The | club was next heard in two Italian folk gongs, “Cating.” a Venetian air.| | and “Serenata,” both portraying the zavety of, the Latin mood. Miss Zie- linska was: then heard -to good ad- vantage in a group of four'songs, “Vil- lanelle,” by Del Acqua, sung in French; “On the Steppe,” a number with soft. plaintive tones, by Gret- chaninoff; “Come, Child, Beside Me,” i which <he displayed exceptional | warmth ot tone and_expression. by Bleichman. and the “Norwegian Echo Song.” by Thrance. The club followed with the colorful “Dancer of Fjaard” number, by Gena Branscombe, ‘Amer- san composer, with Viola Schippert | linge and Edith White as soprano | and contralto soloists, respectively. | Miss Zielinska was then heard in the | “Bell Song” from “Lakme.” and in the | soprano- obbligato for. “Chanson Prov- with the club. + + | ernpon . of today ' | Against Members'in Persia, ; s | beveral ‘Trh?d medvepd or the ‘ [1ocaj Bana'is'y @ thembiirs ot(43 other | commumities oughbut the ' United | States and Canada have participated ina plea addressed to the heads of Mo. Phammedaniem in Tehetan, the capita) city of Persia. invoking their spiritua| | autherity 1o serminate the. famtica! outrages practiced? it ig‘claimed. upon defenseless and unresisting follow aha'Wilal ins auy Parts of ¢ y. These alleged outrages said sometimes to be with the direct knowledge and _even instigation .t Mohammedan priests. “his plea, which includes details or | the most recent religious murder in [ Persia, hag heen forwarded to Teheran [by~ the Natfonal Spiritual Assemn of ..the American Bala'is, from office. in New York City Richmand Murder Trial Moves Slowly, With 100 Venire- men Examined. By the’Associated Pres, RICHMOND, Va. Dedember 14— With only 14 tentative jurors selected for the panel of 20. after examination of approximately 100 men, a special dire of 75 was present when eourt opened its second day in the trial of John' W. Faison, Hermitage €ountry Ciub manager, charged with the mur- der of Mrs. Elsie Holt Snipes The slowing dosn of the jury-picking ma- chinery att sdion ves terday indi of “testi- mony would not be ite Gen. Robinson to Be Buried Here Ariz., Deceriber 14 (/) The body 'of Brig, Gen: Frank Up ham Robinson, . retired, today was en route to Washington for burial in Arlington Cemetery Gen. Robinson who served in the Ciyil War, Indian, campaigns dnd the Spanish-American war, died here Monday. His widow and a daughter) ‘M att Schenck, of Syracuse, Ten of the 14 se lépted” were, chosen iin_abput an hotr yesgérday, but only 4°were added by 4:30 andl o' night ¥ession: was ientirely unsuccesstul. Each side will be per mitged to strike 4 men from the panel leavihg the'12 16 hear the! evidence and icy the case: L Wadnon,' dvho: pleaded . ppt itd ffriler and who contends that woman fired the bullet intd her own n shortly before he carried her a hegpial in a dying condition en Wt of Nevember 16, sat eafinly courtroom, frequently tal Uttop A\~ short digtance % his wife, the nmother “of his I children, and Mr. and M Holt <ot Princeton, N. 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