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Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-08-23
Three Grades Of Citizens.

The discomfort in Republican ranks
ia Democratic discomfort How much
of It has reached the point where,
wearied of the bad workings of a good
system, it is willing to topple that
system over and try something new
cannot prophesy. But l am quite sure
that, whatever badges men may wear
in America this year, whatever ballots
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-08-23

The contending forces of political
life are commonly denominated reac-
tionary and revolutionary. They are
the paternalistic forces OF the Repub-
Ilcan party. which would draw our
government out of its orbit and con-
sumo it in the fiery heat of the lust and
greed Of the favored few, and the So
cialistic forces, which would draw
away from It's constitutional conce
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26

A number of improvements have been
made during the past season i'll the block
on F. street between 9th and 9TH streets
northwest, in the way of remodeled build
ings for business purposes and by new
structures Some are still in process of
completion notably the new home for
the Washington Six Per Cent Bui'ding
Association. The alterations in the build
ing at 637 street so as to adapt 1t for
store and Office uses are completed
In addition to the Barrister building. be-
tween those two structures, another COM
paratively recent addition is the large
structure at the southwest corner of 9th
and F streets. which was erected by the
Oriental Building Association and where
its offices are located. To the west, on
the same SIDE of the block. is the Owen
Office building, which. following the usual
practice, has stores on the first floor and
offices on the upper floors. Farther
along and next to the corner of 1th
street is the Casino Theater, which is one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26
CONCEALING RADIATORS.
Ordinary Chair Cane Can Be Used to
Advantage in Informal Rooms,

Once the register was proven amenable
to Improvement architects turned their
attention to the more difficult task of
concealing radiators those hideous OBJ
jects made even more SO by bronze
a minimum or japanning. Here, besides
the stubborn heating engineer to be over
come was the fact that the size of the
radiator was determined by exact calcu-
lation, and its position i'm the room by
the question of efficiency rather than by
mere appearance. Efficiency generally
meant under the most prominent win
dow.
In brick or stone houses it was found
possible to conceal the radiator in tbs
thickness of the wall under a window
boxing it in to form a seat with screene
front and top This gave considerable
surface for radiation, though not enough
to satisfy the man whose eagerness fol
"a good heating job justified no end
eye sores in the house.
This is now the approved method, an
is not very expensive if ordinary chair
cane is used for the screen; cane being
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26
BUILDERS OF ENGLAND
ADOPTING OUR IDEAS
Take American Heating Sys.
TENS and We Follow Their
Types of Houses.

The ENGLISH home of today is far
different home from that constructed ten
or fifteen years ago. There has been a
vast Improvement indeed. | am an Eng
hshman by birth and an American by
adoption, says writer in the American
Carpenter, and have spent years of my
life on both sides of the Atlantic. Con-
sequently l am in a position to write in
an unbiased manner.
The English builder is slowly but surely
adopting American methods. just as the
American builders in the larger centers
OF this country are adopting English
methods. However, the American is in
many cases adopting English types of
houses, while the Englshman is adopt
ing the American me. hods. of heat .ng.
of eouipping the home with labor-savins
1aI-iNas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26

Leaving the question of heat out Of
consideration. the modern home of Eng
land is an attractive place in which 10
live. True, you don't see many houses
with beautiful verandas as we do here
in America, but 1 suppose the climate is
responsible for this.
Practically every house. whether me-
chanic's or millionaire's, has fence of
some description surrounding 1t. and
figured it out that the higher the cost of
the house the higher the fence These
fences give the streets a narrow appear
ance. What the Englishman's object is
in shutting off his view of the street /
have not been able to fathom. Possibly
it gives his home seclusion. and if he
wants seclusiOn and privacy it Is his
inalienable right to have it.
To me one Of the most beautiful and
artistic things about the English home
is the window scheme They have given
up the lone large plate" idea entirely.
With an infinite number Of smaller panes
a diversity Of harmonious decorative
schemes is being worked out to give the
house distinction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26
EXPECTS TO SELL HOMES.
Fisher Company Starts Separate Blu.
reau to Handle Residences Only.

Thomas ]. Fisher & Co, Inc. announce
the establishment in connection with it's
regular sales service of 81 ecial depart
ment to handle home properties exclu-
sively.
The head Of the new department has
not yet been selected. but the s.aff to be
engaged upon this work of handling home
properties will be selected from men who
have an especially good knowledge Of
future give any of their time to sales of
business or investment property, so that
in a short while the Fisher company eX-
poets it will have staff of experts Or
gan.zed and at work handling home prop
critics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26

The new and also the comparatively re-
cent changes in the character and in the
uses of the buildings within this brief
compass of one city block mark the de-
veloI ment of business in this section. 1t
is quite evident the character of business
in this section has changed. as shown by
the larger and more substantial buildings
old-time res dences. To a large extent how
ever the old homes that lined both SIDES
of the block are still standing. although
the high steps and terraces have been
taken down. In place Of former eel at
windows the open,ng are broad and high
and filed with plate glass Sometimes a
change has been made in the fronts of
the parlor floors. but the balance of the
fronts remain the same.
Now, however. these remodeled resi-
dences are being removed and the sites
improved by the erection of thoroughly
modern buildings. The change is not con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26
Living Closer to Nature.

For the most part it is only a matter
of umbrellas or overshoes with man
who lives at the side of a paved street
whether 1t rains Or blows.
The situat' on is quite d 'fferent with the
man who lives in the country, the subur-
ban dweller and those who are think ng
of doing So They live closer to nature
and are out in the weather more than TIL,
city dweIler. Their intere SITS are more o.
less bound up with the kind of weathe,
which prevails at various periods. Fo'
they have their lawns and gardens. and
perhaps, some animals. They have Their
preparations for the winter
In the wider range in the intere SITS OF
life the suburban man can give the c ty
man points, and perhaps it is in part the
appeal of something outside of the rou-
tine of daily life that is drawing men
and women away from the city ST. Gets
The sa esmen Of suburban property mus,
be highly successful in b. ncing out these
points to prospective purchasers. for the
suburbs of the city are yearly extending
and the circle of which the city is the
center has a diameter that is constantly
growing larger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26
BUYS HOOD BUILDING.
Clarence Norment Transfers Office
Structure to Joseph Ferrero.

The office bui ding known a the Hood
building, at So + street northwest, has
been transferred by Clarence Norment To
Joseph Ferrero No consid ration WAS
but trust Of $4,000 Was as
uEed-
deed was also recorded by which Jo-
epll Ferrero transferred to Clarence
torment the residence 1:3l 18th street
northwest. Ii is the purpose OF Mr. Fer
ero to continue the + street property in
Is present use.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26
English Homes Substantial.

1 think I am safe in saying that the
average English home OF today is a more
substantial structure than the American.
The American home, however, even il
not so well constructed, affords far great
er convenience for the housewife. far
greater home comfort for the owner. and
far more satisfaction for all concerned.
In England there are compa at.ve few
homes in which heating plants are Install
ed, inasmuch as the milder climate of
England does not seem to require it
that is. it does not seem essential to the
average Englishman'S happiness. Still.
in some of the better and more expensive
homes and many of the apartment build
ings, especially in the Larger cities. heat
ing equipment is very often found, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26

The best time to grind cnisel IS not
just before you need it on some job
neither is it matter of cer.a.n stage of
the moon, or of the greatest convenience
to Yourself, but it is the first time you
get to the grindstone after the ch.sel is
dull. More ch.Sels have been sent to the
unk heap from be ng laid aside when
dull till some convenient time for grind
ing than from any other one cause.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26
DETACHED HOUSES IN
MINNEAPOLIS SUBURBS
Concrete and Stucco Struc-
lures Stand R.gor of North
ern Climate Well.

The first impression made on a visitor
to the residential districts of Minneap-
oils is that he is in suburb OF an east
ern city. The wide streets, detached
houses among trees and the architecture
of the houses all contribute to this i'm
preston. While Minneapolis is city OF
more than 100000 people. it has no solid
rows Of dwelling houses such as one
finds in most large cities. but it's resi-
Dental section is spread over an i'm
mense area, with each house standing
by itself on it's own plot of ground This
arrangement adds greatly to the attrac-
tiveness of the city and gives wide scope
for individuality and variety of archi-
lecture.
Minnesota Forests Exhausted.
When Minneapolis could draw OH the
apparently inexhaustible forests at the
headwaters of the Mississippi river for
her building material and wood was the
cheapest means of construction, it was
naturally used almost exclusively in
houses of moderate cost. With the ex-
haustion Of the Minnesota forests and
the increased cost of lumber. the quest
for ether building material began. Con-
crete. or stucco, which a decade ago was
not thought suitable to stand the rigors
of the northern climate, was perfected SO
as to endure IN any degree of cold. and
brick soon became little or no moro ex-
penstve than wood.
Change in Architecture.
Immediately great change in archi-
lecture took place. Concrete, or con-
crete and brick or wood combined. gave
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26
r. T. Warwick Buys Farm.

r. Warwick has purchased for a
home Whitehall farm" located at Blue
mont, Va The estate contains 81 acres
and is improved by a fifteen-room house
with five bathrooms. The house was
bull: by the late ]. c. Hooe who was for
many years private secretary to Mrs.
Phoebe Hearst. The price paid was about
$50, 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26

a wide range for beauty and variety in
construction. AS yet, moreover. while
there are some examples of tendency
to run wild, and while Srotesque and
senseless extremes in the use of Stucco
are seen, on the whole good taste and
correct architectural ideas prevail. and it
would probably be hard to find anywhere
greater number of comparatively in
expensive houses of equal attractiveness-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26

not only cheap and easy to replace, but
also harmonious in rooms of informa i
treatment Even In frame houses where
there is no wall tn 'ckness to help so.ve
the problem. architects are deVisine box
ing-in schemes which do away with the
former unsishtiy> radiator in all it
nakedness.
The heatin engineer still crumblcs.
but If this Improvement interferes with
radiation. then it is his business to rem
edy his system and make ii commcnsu-
rate with good looks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26
LURE OF OUTDOORS
Suburban Property Statesmen
Still Busy.
IMPROVING SHINING HOUR
Drawing People Away From City
Streets to Wider Interests of
Life in Country.

Statesmen of suburban property still con-
tinue to do a good business. and their
automobiles have been crowded the past
three or four sunny Sunday afternoons
with prospective purchasers. as they Will
be again tomorrow. if the day is fair.
The first touch of winter has been a
gentle one thus far in this latitude. and,
aside from the dropping and wilted tops
of some of the more delicate plants and
the corn stacked in the fields for fodder.
there have been few indications that the
reign of summer is coming to close
Now. however. that the high winds have
begun, the leaves are falling more rapid
ly and soon the bare branches of the
trees will maintain the real time of the
year in the face of the mild temperatures
and congenal suns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26
Suburban Statesmen Busy.

This is one of the busiest times of the
year for the salesman of suburban prop
erty, and he is improving his shining
hour during the Indian summer weather
All the signs and Indications of the moods
of nature belong 10 the outdoor life OF
the country, for. while they are to be
seen by city dWel'ers and more especially
by those living in this city, yet for the
most rart they pass unnoticed For who
is interested in knowing the direction of
the wind or whether, in fat. it bows or
not when his outdoor existence is linn
tied to a walk of a few blocks from his
house to the street car and thence to his
office or perhaps only from the mouse
20 the curb, where he can reach his auto
mOhile2
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26

The two-story brick residence 1340
Spring road northwest has been sold to
Frank w. Haldeman for a consideration
OF $500. 1t was sold through the Office
or Shannon & Luchs. Mr.. H&ldeman will
occupy the property.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26
Insurance Building Walls Up.

Insurance Building Walls UP.
Around the corner and to the south on
7th street the walls of the new home
of the German Fire Insurance Company
of the District have been finished and the
interior work is being done. The stone
of the front and the pillared entrance har-
monies in color. and also harmonizes In
d gnity and appropriate ness with its
ne.ghbor, the modernized building OF the
Second National Bank.
On the other side of 9TH street extends
Che stretch of buildings occupied by
Hecht & Co, while on the corner to the
south is the large bu ld.ng Of the Bank
of Commerce and Savings. The ent re
range is of comparatively recent origin
as the individual buildings are either new
or have been remodeled and modernized.
Appearance of Block Improved.
In making the changes, especially in
the elevation of the fronts of these build
ings, the appearance of the entire block
has been much improved. as what has
been done by private enterprise on the
east side of the block is more in keeping
with the facade of the public building
that covers the entire " est front than the
irregular and low structures of former
years.
To the south. beyond street. work
men are engaged in provid ng large ad-
dition to the establishment of Lansh ur yh
IL Bros building, which i'll not only in
crease the long frontage of the range of
buildings occupied by that concern, but
also. of course. Will prov de the additional
facilities and space which are required.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26
LARGER BUILDINGS REPLACE
OLD F STREET RESIDENCES
Washington Six Per Cent? Association
and German American Insurance
Homes Being Completed.
Mark of Development.

of the largest places of the sort in
CITY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26

fined to this block, but appears to be due
to the influence of what is going on in
the larger business center, of which 1th
street is the great and busy artery, just
as it has been for SO many years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26
Minnesota Forests Exhausted.
Change in Architecture.

Immediately a great change in archi-
lecture took place. Concrete, or con-
crete and brick or wood combined, gave
The Washington times., 1912-08-26
ROCKEFELLER GUARD
WATCHES WORKMEN
Trouble On Estate Is Threatened
Following Killing of An
Italian.

TARRYTowN. N. Y. Aug. 2s.-John
D. Rockefeller, jr., and his armed guards
today were busy trying to manage the
Italian laborers on the Pocantico Hills
estate of, the oil king. who We're in a
panic following the shooting OF one of
their number. supposedly by black
handlers" The injured man was thought
to be dying.
Two hold-ups of Italians preceded the
shooting, almost under the guns of the
were with difficulty restrained from
leaving the estate in a body.
With the discharge or several Italians
working on the big new stone house
Rockefeller Is building, Superintendent
Briggs, recently received threatening
letters, supposedly Black Hand mis-
sives. The sheriff swore in extra depu-
ties and armed them, and John D.
Rockefeller. jr.. hurried from a vacation
in Maine to take charge of them.
The Washington times., 1912-08-26
QUEEN AND KAISER
SEND TRIBUTES TO
DEAD SALVAT|ON|ST
Special Services Held in
Army Hall Filled to
$50. Capacity.

LONDON, Aug. 26.-Great crowds
gathered outside Congress Hall all OF
yesterday, hoping to view the body of
the late Salvationist leader. Gen. VIII.
liam Booth, which for the past two
days hos been lying In state. The body.
however had been removed to the gen.
erals private room, and the hall was
used for the regular Salvation Army
services.
The building was filled to it's capacity
of 1900 persons at each of the three
services. OF the floral tributes massed
on the platform, those OF Queen Mother
Alexandra and Emperor William were
the most notable.
Commissioners Whitemore, Railton,
and Lawler conducted the services, and
the famous silver band from tine StaI
College played the hymns. All the
preaching dealt with the life of the late
general, and was composed largely OF
"reminiscences by sthe commissioners
Tributes were paid to the dead evan
and in most of the pulpits Of the Estab-
read in the Catholic churches.
At Nottingham. General Booths birth
place. a special service was held in the
ZIONIST attended in his youth.
Brigadier Wood and Pastor Lake will
officiate at the funeral ceremony in
Olympia Hall, which will be of formal
character.
The hall is too large for speakers to be
heard, and the service will consist
mainly of hymns, while prayers, Scrip
ture selections, and quotations from the
utterances Of the late cofnmander-in-
chief will be thrown upon screens by
lanterns.
Forty bands will play Handers Dead
March in Saul" and to this accompani-
ment the body will be brought into the
hall by a procession of Salvationists of
all ranks and of both sexes, bearing the
flags of the nations they represent.
Bramwell Booth, the new general OF
the Salvation Army, and his wife and
other relatives will follow. the coffin
to Abney Park Cemetery, where the
service will consist of prayers, ad-
dresses and songs. Miss Eva Booth.
commander of the army in the United
States, will speak, and Bramwell Booth
will read the commitment services.
The Washington times., 1912-08-26
HOWe'S Travel Lecture
PleaSeS at Columbia

The popularity of the Lyman H.
Home travel talks was attested
by the large number Of people that at
tended last nights lecture in the Co
lumbia Theater, the subject being
France and Germany. The speaker
took his audience through the pictur-
esque Rhine country, stopping at quaint
old Heidelberg. Frankfort-on-the-M Main.
Elberfield. Rothenburg. and other Ger
man cities famed in song and story. He
ended with a picture from the dlrigiblc
balloon, which makes regular trips from
Gotha to Dusseldorf. Versailles, the
magnificent" with its fountains, its
sculptured garden, the famous apart
ments which were once occupied by
the Louis, and the other famous rooms
of this wonderful palace were then
shown.
The burial of the Maine, together with
the repetition by request of the scenes
in connection with the return of thu
TitaEic survivors, closed one OF the
most absorbing lectures in the series
which have been given by Mr.. Howe.
The Washington times., 1912-08-26
F|GHT|NGFORTESCUE
SMASHES IN DOOR
At NEWPORT HOTEL
Former Cavalry Officer Is
Peeved at Not Being Able
to Get His" Room.

Granville Roland Fortescue, former
IL a first lieutenant in the Fourth cav
airy, a s!epson of Robert Roosevelt and
once aide to Colonel Roosevelt, has up
held the "Rolly" tradition. This time
he broke down a hotel door in Newpor.
Fortescue and his wife, who was
Grace Hubbard Bell of Washington,
decided TO leave Newport for New York
Saturday night. Then they changed
their minds. In the meantime their
room at the fashionable Riggs cottage
had been rented to DR.. E. NJ. Hart
we'll, of Boston. and e. T. Bliss, Of
Lexington, Ky. When Fortescue
changed his mind he found it not quite
so easy 10 change the mind of the hotel
clerk nor Of the two new dodgers. He
took the law into his own hands, keep
ing up the "Rolly" tradition. and brok :
down the door to the room when the
new corners would not admit him.
Now, the former first lieutenant IL
a short but a two-fsted fighting man.
His appearance Is deceptive, as he looks
much less formidable than he is. The
row at the fashionable hosiery had
about to show the new lodeers what
one fighting man could do. Then tho
police arrived. Fortescue and his wife
finally obtained quarters for the night
at the Adirondack, the new dodgers
propping a chair against the crippled
door and retiring
The "Rolly" tradition starts from u
row with an English gambler on the
Kronprinzcssin Cecile several yeals
ago. "Rolly," as his friends call him,
caught gambler cheating. He jump
ed astride the gamblers neck, and theIt 4
was tight smart mixture of English
and American yells aid broken furni,
ture. "Rolly" traditions were upheld
little later when Fortescue made q
dive into a runaway horse in New
York and thereby saved the Rev. Dr.
George c. Houghton a spill. Later, lr
San Francisco on the eve of sailing fol
China, Fortescue mixed 1t, and ther,
was much ado about the matter as II
was then thought that he was cousir
of President Roosevelt.
Fortescuc was a football player a.
Yale, a crack cavalryman, and Is dig
tinctly athletic.
The Washington times., 1912-08-26
Clarendon School Must
Have Larger Quarters

Citizens of Clarendon will meet to-
morrow night at o'clock in the town
hall to discuss the educational facili-
ties of the place. More room is needed
in the Clarendon public school, and it
is said that as a result of the crowding
of children in the grades, many come
to Washington for their education.
At least two additional rooms could
be used. AS 1t is almost time for the
school to open, the citizens declare that
to accommodate all pupils 1t will be
necessary to rent a house and employ
one or two extra teachers.
But the main point at issue is where
will the money come from to rent the
needed space and to pay the salaries
of the teachers. The county board of
education has been invited to attend the
meeting.