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The Washington herald., 1908-04-12
Among the lecturers viii be
BOYDs PIKE BILL DIES.
Gov. Crothers Strikes on ApprOpria-
tiOn for Road 20 Virginia.


Special 20 Tie Washington Herald.
Boyds. Nd, April lin the general
appropriation bin for the State, passed
at the last session of the Maryland gem
eraI assembly, was an item of $4,000
for road building from Maryland to
Virginia, which was to include the
piking of several miles of bad road
leading from Boyds TO Dawsonville and
to Virginia. which has been in i'm
passable shape each winter for years.
Gov. CrOthers struck of this item and
destroyed the last hope the people had
of some relief
The action of Gov Crothers is not
criticised as many believe the item had
no business in the general appropria-
ton fund, and the issue should have
been met fairly by proper presentation
Of a bill to have the district through
which roads run to pay the cost of the
piking.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-12
Married in Rockville.

Special TO The Washington Herald,
Rockville. Nd. April 11.-Ernest B. Boil
ton and Miss Elizabeth Evock, both
OF Pendleton County. " Va, were mar
ried here this afternoon by Rev. S. r.
White, OF the Baptist Church.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-12
EIopers xed in Hagerstorrn.

NiNtIdI . AHd HtsiiHtlVl HFfHiAs
Hagerstown. Nd, April 11.-Afiss Catha-
rine Ketterman, aged seventeen. of Fair
field, Md. and John ". Carey. aged twen-
ty-one, OF Green Castle, Pa. eloped TO
HageTstown to-day and procured license
and were married by Rev J. H. Jeffreys.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-12
UNION MEETING PLANNED.
Services to BE Held IN Laurel To-
morrow Under c. Il. Auspices.
Srecisl IN The u.sh}rrto, r4.-,4a


Special TO The Washington Herald
Laurel. Nd. April l1.-On next Mon
day, under the auspices OF four church
es. a union service will be held in the
Presbyterian Church, on Main street.
conducted by representatives Of the
Maryland Christian Endeavor Union
under the direction Of General Secre-
tary William Shaw. An elaborate pro-
gramme has been arranged.
At 1880 p. n. mass meeting will be
held at which time addresses viii be
made by General Secretary Shaw, Rev.
A. r. Bird, Rev. Mr.. Alexander. and
several speakers from other places.
a number Of delegates from Annapo-
lis, Hyattsville, Riverside. Berwyn, and
ether places are expected 10 be present.
Arrangements are being made for
fine musical programme
The Washington herald., 1908-04-12

Boston. April 11-Benjamin f. Ste
Vens. for more than nfty years presi-
dent of the New England Mutual Life
Insurance Company. died at his home
on Pinckney street to-day, aged eighty
four years.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-12
UNIVERSITY PLANT BURNED.
Washington and Lee Heating and
Lighting Service Crippled.
Sysoss1 q, tn. Ur..hs,,-,,, Ia

Special 10 The Washington Herald.
Lexington. Va, April 1.-THE heating
and power plant OF Washington and Lee
University was partially destroyed by
fire last night
The alarm was given at midnight. and
when the firemen got to the building If
was enveloped in flames.
The damage is estimated at 5000 par
TALLY covered by insurance.
The machinery Of the lighting and heat
ing apparatus is supposed to be only
slightly injured The upper story Of the
building, together with the carpenter shop
and tools. is a wreck. The origin OF the
fire is unknown
The Washington herald., 1908-04-12
DR.. DONEY TO LECTURE.
Former Washington Pastor Booked
for Mountain Chautauqua.

Special 70 The Washington Herald.
Cumberland, Md. April IL The
Mountain Chautauqua at Mountain
Lake Park will be held from August
TO 2S. One day of the Chautauqua
viii be given to the annual Lutheran
reunion.
Among the lecturers viii be:
Rev Dr Csh G. Doney, president Of Wesleyan
College Buckhann0n W. Va. and formerly pastor
Of Hlmiine Methodist Episcopal Church. Washing
ton, D. c.; Gypsy Smith, Rev. George r. Stewart,
Frederick WBTde. the actor; A. Wirt Loather Dr.
Russell b. Conwen, Jehu De Witt Miller Dr Robert
S Macarthur Rev R. E. Smith. n. J. Corey Rev
Henry 4. Rose, Rev. Alexander CoTsey ID. W.
Howell. Rev H. C. Milligan. Harry spillman Riggs,
Mrs Philip SnoWden. Of England: Dr. Richard
Wilkinson, who win lecture on Robert E. Lee
and DR.. Wesley Hill
The Washington herald., 1908-04-12
STORM AT HAGERsT0wN.
Wind Does Damage Throughout
Western Maryland.

Special to The Washington Herald
Hagerstown. Nd, April ia wind
storm of exceptional violence swept over
Western Maryland this afternoon. doing
much damage.
The brick dwelling Of Harry o. Beck,
in the west end Of Hagerstown. was so
badly damaged that it win have to be
rebuilt.
Telephone and telegraph lines were
blown down and many trees prostrated.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-12

When you have lost or found anything,
telephone an advertisement to The Wash
ington Herald and bill will be sent you at
cent a word.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-12
SHIP PULLED FROM REEF.
Norwegian Bark Rescued After
Three Weeks Aground.

Norfolk, Va, April l1.-Although she
had been aground for three weeks on
Hatteras Beach, the Norwegian ship
Antonio Lanasa was pulled OF tonight
by wTecking tugs, almost uninjured.
The Lanasa went aground while bound
from Jamaica to Baltimore with a car
gO of fruit.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-12

Prom the London Globe.
The manuscript of a farce 1000 years old
has been discovered at Oxyrhynchus. 1t
Is full Of the latest pantomime jokes.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-12
WILL AID THE POOR
Washington's New -Four
Hundred for Charity.
SIX MORE NAMES ARE ADDED

Project Has for Its Object the Rais-
Ing of Four Thousand Dollars 10
supply a Deficit in the Funds Nec-
essary to Carry on Relief Work.
List of the New Members.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-12

Robert Walker. of Walkers Chapel.
Alexandria County. has been appointed
by Judge J. B. T. Thornton, a member
Of the county electoral board, to III the
vacancy caused by the death of George
O. Wunder
The Washington herald., 1908-04-12
NEWSOFALEXANDRIA
Bethany Church Resolves to
Continue Existence.
RECORD SHOWS PROSPERITY

Action Is ResuIt OF Refusal OF snow
hin Conference to Take in Alex
andria COngregatioE-Impr
Company SELLS 20 PhiIAdeIphis
Syndicate, According TO Rumor.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-12
WARNING TO PARENTS.

The Mix Conference appointed by TIRE Dis
trict Commissioners in view of the MANY
DANGERS OF RAW MILK. has recon-
mended the home-pasteurizing Of all raw MIX
By bringing it TO the boiling point. then
withdraw. cool. and keep cold until used
The conference has thereby indorssd ths
advice given By this society taE a uuubsr
Of years to
ScRLo ALL MILK
fer children.
Parents are particularly warned against
the erroneous opinion held By scne that pas.
tsuriring Affects either the diEes;ibility or the
nntFiti7s value Of the milk. or that as q
rule. it win produce any bad effects xhas.
sosEes.
SOCIETY FoR PREVENTION o.
aIckHESs.
Z. BsrlineF. Secretary
The Washington herald., 1908-04-12

Miss Josephine Lavinia Harrison
daughter OF Mr. and Mrs Joseph Harri-
son. of Damascus was married Tues
day to John william Fraley. of Deer
wood, this county. Rev. J. e. James
officiated. Last evening a reception
was rendered the bride and groom at
the home Of the groom's parents near
Deerwood, after which they left for
Baltimore and Philadelphia.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-12

The remains of Mrs. Edith I.ober. who
died in Baltimore yesterday. were brought
here this afternoon and prepared for
burial. The deceased was twenty-five years
of age. and was sister Of Justice of
the Peace Isaac c. Burrell.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-12

Miss Marian Gregg to-day reported TO
the police that she lost a valuable gold
open-faced watch on the streets this
morning.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-12
.lAHTIC ClTY 3e-BEbR00M HOTEL

pi fsih 70 Ocobef ier se1i slznliHS ternlLiHe ~
siuded. Cottages and apartments fr0a Ss4 up for
sessCn. Ten Us what yen want. WALTER i.
kEED 20. lsl5 Atlantic Ave. Atlantic Cll.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-12
KLEE-CRAwFORD WEDDING.
BOyds Man Wins a Pretty Bride from
Pennsylvania.

Special 10 The Washington Herald.
Boyds, Nd, April Hilary NJ. Klee.
connected with the Baltimore and Ohio
at Boyds, and Miss Gertrude L. Craw-
ford, well-known young lady of Har-
risburg, Pa, are to be married in Salem
Church at Harrisburg, on Easter Non
day, After the ceremony, the bride and
groom are to visit Washington. Balti.
more, and Philadelphia. and then re-
turn to Boyds, where they will make
their home.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-12

Special 10 The Washington Herald
Fredericksburg. Va, April m-W. z.
Merrill, young man Of Richmond. Va.
was convicted and sentenced 10 serve
The Washington herald., 1908-04-12

Fitzgerald McIver. charged with the
larceny OF fruit from the store of I'M
manuel Travers. a Brazilian fruit dealer.
and held for the action Of the grand
jury, was to-day released from Jail upon
furnishing surety in the sum Of 500. HIS
father. ]. y. McIVer. became his surety.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-12

&c PstiteibaRY ia the
spottsylvania County
isuse of a young girl
promise of marriage.
he Is out on heavy
The Washington herald., 1908-04-12

De LEON, ss9sS si5ssSia .iI.S,,s Ave; sse g., =
Spring Rates. ALFRED E. GkINDRoD.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-12

Darkness and light viii be the sub
ject Of an address, at $50 o'clock to
morrow afternoon, at a mems meeting,
which will be held In the Young Peoples
Building of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South. Rev. c. l. Pate, Of Wash
ington. viii deliver It. Miss Vierkorn
viii sing.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-12

The remains of the unknown white
man, who was killed by d train in the
Potomac railroad yards several days ago,
were this afternoon inferred in Bethel
Cemetery, as were also the remains of
the unidentified c0lOred man who was
killed by a train near the union pass
enger railway station Friday morning.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03
A Pessimistic Contract.

"Then got down to the talk about .ns
roysities That was the cream. Pretty
r,ord ROYALTIES. Only this pessimistic
contract had such grewsome way OF
smelling everything. 1t would go along
like this: .h.,, he
and the royalties or any shaii pe
paid to the party Of the second part one
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

violin out. The violin maker does not
take piece of wood of the proper thick
ness and bend it, in order to get the
swell. Instead he takes a piece about an
inch thick and trims out the "insides''-
that's the best way to express it-leaving
it the shape wanted.
And it is not all the same thickness. 1t
is three slxtyfourths thick in one place,
four and half sixty-fourths in another,
and so forth. And the maker must know
just how thick it must be at certain
places. in order to get the tone. II meas
ure with this" he says as he shows a
funny looking pair of calipers. Slipping
it over the piece of wood he shows how
much it registers then slips piece of
tissue paper under. Tho registration Is
so delicate that the G inge is plainly
visible; the caliper VIII ell the thickness
of a hair.
After the violin is cut out, the work
of sand papering and gluing and var
nishing commences. The varnish is al
most as important as the wood. Cheap
varnish, or varnish improperly mixed
or too stiff. interferes with the vbra-
ton of the wood. So this part of the
work is not trusted to paint manu-
facturers. Mr.. Kicker makes his own
varnish, six or seven coats are put on
every violin and each coat dries for
at least a week before anoth err is ap-
Piled SO at the very best Violin
cannot be made to order under two
months. and oftener it is three months.
Mr.. Kicker started work in man
dolin and guitar factory and thus be-
came interested In violins. He worked
with many masters. but they were
chary of teaching any moro than they
had to, so Mr.. Kicker has learned by
experience nearly all he knows about
making violins. He has turned out
about % In the four years he has been
making them and he is now at work
on four more. In the time he is not
working on new violins he is busy with
repair work with which his shop Is
filed.
But two kinds of wood are used IN
manufacture. The back and sides are
of maple and the front of spruce.
Ebony is used OF course, for the finger
board.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03
of Greater Birmingham:

To the Citizens of Greater Birmingham:
greater city means larger opportunity,
keener inspection, a broader horizon of
endeavor and a wider field of usefulness
for every citizen within the limits of the
proposed Incorporation.
Every business man must recognize the
benefits to accrue. Every patriotic citi-
zen should rejoice that he can by his
vote aid in the upbuildng of community
that will be the wonder of the world.
Let's get together for Greater Birming-
him Let's bury our fractional differences
if we have any for the good of the COM
munity that has done SO much for US.
The interest of one is the interest of all.
Those outside as well as those inside the
city will benefit alike in the impetus that
will be given to municipal growth in the
capital that will be attracted to Birmng-
ham, IN the lower rates of interest on
private and public obligation and in the
qulckening of community spirit that must
follow eonsolidation
Every patriotic citizen will be humlh-
ated and every interest will suffer if We
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03
Whv the Panic win Be Brief.

Charles NJ. Harvey, in Leslie's Weekly.
AS compared with the most recent
of the panics, that in Clevelands sec
ond term, our situation, at all points,
has been vastly improved. The treas
ury deficit of 1893 makes a sorry
1907. The $4,000, 900 of adverse
balance in our foreign trade in the for
mer year is replaced by a favorable
balance of s447.000,000 in the latter
year. While Cleveland could not keep
our treasury gold stock up to the $780,
900, 900 mark, even by his successive
bond sales amounting to $162 100000 in
the aggregate. Roosevelt has large
excess of gold over the $3.50 600 900
redemption fund. Our mines. which
produced s35,0O0,000 of gold in 1898,
turned out over s1O0,000,000 in 1907.
The money in trade channels has in
crea sed so much faster than population
that the S23 per capita circulation tn en-
has expanded to s34 now.
Bank clearing and railroad earnings,
which are an accurate index of the
volume of our great activities, nave,
since 1898, increased in a ratio several
times as great as our population. Saw
ings bank deposits have, between those
two years expanded in a far larger
proportion than has the number of the
working people of the country. These
register the great increase in wages
which has taken place In the interval,
and reflect the advance in the general
level of prosperity which has taken
place in the same period. The value of
the products of the country's farms,
which was $4,000. 100000 in 1893, was,
according to the report of the Secretary
of Agriculture, over $1,000, 900, 900 in
1907. The United States has expanded
so rapidly in recent years that while
we have only per cent of the worH' $
population, we produce 20 per cent of
the worlds wheat. rs per cent OF It's
gold. SO per cent of its coal, SO per cent
of it's manufactures, SO per cent of Its
silver. 40 per cent of its iron, AZ per
cent of it's steel. 81 per cent of its pc
troleum. So per cent of its copper, 10
per cent of its cotton and so per cent
of it's corn.
These things tell why We We're able
to get s90,OO0,00O of gold from the
outside world during the recent Hurry,
although the big government banks of
Europe raised their discount rates In
fine attempt to diminish the stream
which we drew to us. These things also
tell why it is that the monetary scare
through which we are now passing Will
be short and mild compared with the
financial disasters which often In the
past precipitated themselves upon the
country
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03
London the Place To Dine.

Thomas A. Janvier in Harper's Maya
zine.
Money for money. London is far
ahead of New York Git is out of sight
ahead of Paris) as a middle-class din
ing place. With the half guinea ordln-
aries no parallel can be instituted; our
prices do not go that high. The seven
and-six ordinaries we can meet on
even terms-I think that we can give
them odds. But | know OF only one
restaurant in New York where for 70
cents (the test is not quite accurate)
can be had dinner fairly comparable
in quality with the three-and-slx DIN
ners which may be had at a round
score of restaurants in London; ana
even In our dreams of avarice we
never get along here to anything that
will class with the dinners to be had
,, at half a dozen queer little cribs in
Soho for IS pence-though l will adj
nit that Ill you are a hasty eater yon
may have to eat two of these 1S-penny
dinners at one sitting really to get
YOUR fill. Wine is not included in these
lower prices-in the higher prices 1t
, sometimes is, and you drink it at your
peril!-but even in Soho. If you are
careful, and at pretty much all the
three-and-six ordinaries by exercising
no more than reasonable discretion,
you can get an unpretentious sound
wine for price in keeping with the
price of the food.
1t is no wonder that all London
with the excepted millions above noted
crowds nightly into this gay. bright
region; where it can eat and drink so
pleasantly and so cheaply; and where
it can have-at least in the case of
those who continue the economies of
Soho and accept the hard benches of
the upper circle-a satisfying three or
four shillings' worth of the play.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03
GREATER BIRMINGHAM
THE NEED OF THE HOUR

neglect the opportunity afforded by the
election next Monday, the last chance te
remain in the race for municipal SUI
premacy with such cities as Atlanta
Memphis and Nashville.
M w. DRENNEN,
JOHN l.. KAUL,
CULPEPPER EXUM,
j. ID. KIRKPATRICK,
S. E. THOMPSON,
r. NJ. GOODALL,
T. G.. BUSH,
RUFUS y. RHODES,
ROBERT .JEMISON, JR.,
GEO. B, MCCORMACK,
A. d. SMITH,
j, d. KIRKPATRICK,
HENRY b. GRAY,
ERSKINE RAMSAY,
NJ V. JOSEPH,
T. H. MOTION,
f. M JACKSON,
W. G. ESTES,
FRANK w. BARNETT,
GEORGE b. WARD,
w. p. G. HARDING,
c. w. UFFORD,
OTTO MARX,
JANE BOWRON,
FRANK S. WHITE,
~. t.atf raaS
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03
VIOLIN MAKING IS
ALMOST LOST ART
Columbus Maker Who Is Busy
the Whole Year
EXPERT HANDIWORKERS
Are Nearly as Scarce as In the Days
of Old Masters-Artists Are
Jealous of Their
Secrets.


From the Columbus Dispatch
How many people have ever visited the
shop of a violin maker? How many know
how long it takes to make one? How
many know what kind of wood is used,
how thick it is, how it is vanished, or
anything else about the many details of
construction? Not many, nowadays, be-
cause violin makers--not the men who
work in factories which turn out volins
as another factory turns out wagons, but
the men who slowly and laboriously turn
out violns by hand-are almost as great
q curiosity as they were in the days of
Amati, Stradavari and the other famous
violin makers of old.
But in spite of factories and machin
cry, violin makers still live and will live
as long as there are men who love
violin music. Columbus has nearly al
ways had at least one violin maker.
They have been the men who have never
known the need of advertising, because
Columbus people have always taken their
wares as fast as they could, or would.
make them. They are always behind in
their orders. Good times or bad, year
in and year out, performers and students
grow to that frame of mind where fac
tory-made violin no longer satisfies, and
they want one made by hand. Lacking
the small fortune needed TO buy hand
made violin of one of the old masters.
they buy them of the living artists, pay
ing from $3.50 to $500 for them according
to the price set by the maker.
His Quaint Workshop.
Columbus present violin maker is
Joseph F. Kicker who has a shop above
the Lazarus clothing stores. He has but
uFha
volins hanging about the walls. violin
cases sitting on the floor, a little pot of
glue, lots of wood clamps and funny little
planes which look like toys. On the
wall is a picture of Jan kubelik, whom
Kicker considers the greatest violinist in
the world, next to E. Ysaye. There IS
also a crayon drawing of a violinist over
the mantlepiece, and on the opposite sides
of the room are two charts-one show
ing the construction of Stradavari, and
another showing the greatest violin play
ers of history-a tree, in fact, tracing all
players from two original great ones
down to the present day
On a row of shelves is a lot of old
dry wood. looking not much different
from ordinary wood, but MIR. Kicker takes
down one piece and says II came from an
old house in Boston and is 160 years old.
Another piece he shows which was inn
ported from Hungary; another piece from
Switzerland.
whats this one?" is asked as piece
of maple is picked up.
"Oh, it's not very old-only about 50
years"
Does 1t all have to be so old?''
mo, ii doesn't have to. I've used
pieces only Is or 20 years old. But the
older it is the more certain that it
we'll seasoned This piece Is | good.
There's some dry rot in it, and Mr..
Kicker points out a piece more than
hundred years old which has a little
black speck in 1t that the ordinary oh
server would never see.
A Delicate Art.
II takes from two to three weeks to cut
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03
Ferd Marx Store
Hundreds of Women Have
Waited for
THE MARX RULE !

To go They have proted in other years, and know
when Marx says he has CUT THE PRICE, he has cut it
indeed There is no debating no hesitation, quibbling,
but sharp, decisive cuts and lo the stock moves.
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Special Price Concessions or Tailored Suits Coats
Fancy Costumes, Evening Gowns, Day Dresses
In Our Departments of Dressmaking
and Tailoring
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Greater Birmingham Citizens Committee
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

1t takes from two to three weeks to {
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

The Study Circle will meet this after
noon at 2:3o o'clock with Mrs. Charles
sharpe at her homo ON Eleventh ave-
nue and Fifteenth street, south.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-15
THREE FALL TWENTY Fl.
Carpenters at Work on Gary
Building in Serious
Accident.

Yesterday morning at IL o'clock three
carpenters at work fell to the ground,
a distance of twenty feet, from the
scaffold upon which they were working
on the A. D. Meltier residence, corner
of Sixth avenue and Harrison street.
The men were badly shaken up. Those
injured were: Charles Kubal, John VAL
voda and Victor Morik.
The men were working on one side
of the house when all of the men had
occasion to get on the same scaffold.
Their combined weight proved too much
for the timber and it broke without
warning. The men were hurled to the
ground and fell among loose boards and
brick. which were scattered about the
yard.
Valvoda was the most severely in
jured of the three men and he was un-
conscious. 1t was thought at first that
he might have received internal in
juries which would rove very serious
All of them were taken at once to the
hospital where they were carefully ex-
amined for internal injuries. None
of the cases proved serious and the sis
tiers at the Mercy hospital said this
morning that they were resting easier
and that they would be out in a few
days. The men are all single and live
in the south end of the city.