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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-01
ANTI-FLY CRUSADE AND
CLEANUP CAMPAIGN

mammoth cleanup campaign, result
ing In the removal of tons OF filth and
rubbish from the city. followed by five
month anti-fiy crusade, which produced
a total slaughter of approximately TWEEN.
ty-eight millions of the disease-spreadin9
insects. constituted the organized effort
of Washingtonians during the year just
closed to improve sanitary conditions iu'
the National Capital.
Both the sanitary campaign, which last
ed from April 10 to April 20. and the war
on flies, were inaugurated by The Star.
DIR. Arthur L. Murray of the District of
Columbia health department in each I'm.
stance being designated to supervise the
work.
The District Commissioners and the
health department co-operated in the
movement to make Washington a
healthier city. the former naming a come
mittee. consisting of representatives of q
large number Of civic organizations to
promote the cleanup campaign. while
DIR. William c. Woodward. health Off.
Ger. took an active interest i'm the work
Photographs of insanitary alleys and
premises We're published In The Star, and
the committee gave attention to these
places and others of like character that
were reported to ii. There was a general
response on the part of citizens to the
plea for a cleaner Washington and, at
the conclusion of the campaign, the com.
mittee formed permanent organization,
Immediately following the war on dirt
The Stars second annual anti-hy cam
paign began. Cash prizes of the total
approximate value of 5000 were awarded
by The Star to children competing in
the campaign who destroyed the largest
number of flies each month.
Monthly prizes We're awarded in add.
ton to district prizes, DR.. Murray having
divided the city into eight districts for
the purpose of making the war on the
insects general. AT the conclusion of the
campaign grand prizes. ranging in value
from 500 down, We're awarded to the
children having the highest scores for
the five months of .'fiy swatting," Lay.
ton H. Burdette of the Industrial Home
School winning first honors. The total
number of flies killed was ~, So, 200.
The benefits of this campaign from q
health standpoint were described by DR..
Murray in a paper read before the con.
vention of the American Civic Associa-
ton held in Baltimore in November. DIR.
Murray stated that deaths from diarrheal
diseases among infants under two years
of age during the year just closed showed
a big decline, and attributed the reason
to the heavy destruction of flies.
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velopment of this property.
Massachusetts, Avenue Heights.
A large holding has also been acquired
on both sides of the District bounds on
a line with Massachusetts, avenue ex-
tended. while an extensive tract lying
between Rock creek and Wisconsin ave-
nue. has during the twelve months been
graded and supplied with streets and
sidewalks and water, sewer and gas
while beginning has been made In
erecting houses in this locality, which Is
known as Massachusetts, Avenue Heights.
The building of houses and apart
ments has gone on with somewhat les
sened rate. as compared with last year,
but still bringing out In strong RELIEF
the continued growth OF the population
Of the city. The large and handsome
building Of the Army and Navy Club
was completed during the year and occu-
pied. The University Club home is I'm
ished A commencement has been made
In erecting on the site Of the Arlington
Hotel a great hotel structure, while at
Pennsylvania avenue and 18th street the
Powhatan Hotel was finished and opened
for business.
An addition was made to the number
Of large Office buildings by the erection
Of the building at 1902 F street for
the use Of the interstate commerce COM
mission. while at the northeast corner of
Pennsylvania avenue and 10th street a
site has been secured and plans made for
building for the Department Of Com
merce and Labor.
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LIBRARIES.

The year 1912 has seen a continued in
crease In the Public Librarys usefulness
to the District. both i'm the amount Of
work done and In the efficiency of the
service rendered. Because of insufficient
appropriations, the growth Of the library
has not been, however. as great as It
would be with more adequate support.
A striking instance of this Is the Ia
koma Park branch. which since July 1
has been closed three days a week be-
cause the appropriation was too small
TO administer IL properly If kept open
daily. Residents in many other sections of
the city are practically without library
urbs-Brookland. Tenleytown and Con-
gress Heights-the citizens have vigorously
pushed their requests for branch libraries.
Experience with the Takoma branch,
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fires were Grace e. Grinder. Frank San
tell, Joseph A. Daniel Karl d. Fox and
Paul K. Lee.
During the month Of September men,
bers Of the fire department responded to
seventy-one alarms, three IF them hav
ing been false. Losses amounted to
Sc. 21O
One fire resulted from an explosion of
powder which burned John w. Harris
about his face. George Hume, Harry
Johannes. Mrs. c. NJ. Ricketts, and Capt.
Ernest Howard OF No. Z engine COM
pany were injured during the month at
fires.
The total estimated loss by fire during
the month of October was SIS. 494. Twelve
false alarms were sounded during the
month. No casualties were reported.
During the month Of November firemen
responded to lat alarms. Seven were
Alarms in December.
Fire losses for the last month Of the
year amounted to something like $4,000,
more than 100 alarms having been
sounded. The most disastrous fire during
the month occurred in w. ]. O'Donnell 8
drug store at Wisconsin avenue and NJ
street, where the loss amounted to $4,000.
A fire In the Irene apartment house at Sth
and X streets southeast did $500 dam
age, and a blaze in the Lehman building
resulted in about 5000 damage being
done.
Mrs Jennie v. Bischoff. first wife Of
the late Prof. J. w. Bischoff, organist,
was burned to death at fire in her home
about the middle of the month and a
young woman leaped from the Ell Reno
Hotel while the building was burning.
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REAL ESTATE.

A marked feature Of the realty market
has been the activity In buying along
Connecticut avenue from NJ street to Du-
pont Circle. Following the change in
ownership of a number of pieces Of
property, improvements have been made
either by the erection Of entirely new
buildings or changing what has been
purely residence property SO as to be
used for business purposes. What has
been done in this particular may be re-
gartled as an advance of the business
section, for 1t had already made consid-
cradle progress along Connecticut avenue
as far north as M street.
New sections OF the suburbs have also
been placed on the market and progress
made in developing them for residence
purposes. A large tract Of land along
the Rockville road north of Bradley lane
has been subdivided and houses built
This subdivision. which is laid out in
large building sites, with park arrange
ment of the roads. is known as Edge
wood. Nearby is the beginning Of Brad
ley Hills property, an extensive tract
extending from the Rockville road across
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BOARD OF TRADE.

The year just closed has been one Of the
most prosperous the Washington Board
of Trade has experienced. Numerically
the board is stronger than ever before
It's membership has been increased from
III to 1,O4O, due chiefly to the activity of
the membership committee under the
leadership of Chris ]. Gockeler and Cliff
ford Bangs.
During the calendar year the board has
had three presidents, an unprecedented
occurrence in the organization. The late
Thomas c. Noyes, who was elected at the
annual meeting in November, 1911. to
serve for a year, was the first. After
his death last August Arthur c. Moses.
the first vice president. was elected presi-
dent and served until the annual meeting
in November Edward H. Droop. the pres
ent president, was elected by the new
board of directors, and the other officers
are: First vice president, Adds B. Browne;
second vice president. E. c. Graham: sec
rotary, William John Eynon; treasurer
Chris J. Gockeler: general counsel, John
B. Larner. and assistant secretary, Will
liam NJ. ShuSter.
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LOCAL POLITICS.

Politicians within the District OF Coz
( lumbia had their quadrennial opportunitN
to campaign for delegates to the national
conventions in 1912; and the resulting
complications would have done credit tn
politics OF a vastly larger territory. The
republican and third term politics in the
District fared brightly for brief sea@
son. and died away after the Chicago
convention. but the democrats fell into q
wrangle early i'm April and the dissension
in their ranks is not healed yet.
The republicans took the field In Feb<
ruary with Aaron Bradshaw and Calvin
Chase as regular republican candidates
for the Chicago convention. They were
avowedly for Taft. Sidney Bieber and
James r. Wilder made short run for
favor on an ''uninstructed" ticket, but
they turned out to be Roosevelt sup~
ed Bieber and Wilder contested tho
election at Chicago without success.
Brown National Committeeman.
Chaplin Brown was made national come
mitteeman for the District: and at the
bull moose convention Frank Hogan was
made national committeeman for the
District Bieber and Wilder were among
the boiling delegates who held the Roose-
welt convention In Harmony Hall at Chi
cago.
The democrats started their campaign.
ing early in the year. The original trou-
bic lay in the fact that a faction known
as the Costello democrats" made .
straightaway play for Clark votes E. A.
Newman, then national, committeeman
endeavored, with Others to send an unin-
structed delegation to Baltimore. After
unending discussions. the smoke cleared
and three distinct factions were seen IN
the field. These were known as the New
man democrats. the Costello democrats
and the Carr-Darr democrats. All OF
them claimed the election. which was
marked by bitterness: and all OF them At
tended the Baltimore convention.
Newman Won at First.
The national committee seated the
Newman delegation. and later all three
factions argued their cases before the
credentials committee. which ousted the
Newman delegation. turned down the
CArr-Darr faction. Of which Henry z.
Davis was chief speaker, and seated the
Costello democrats. John +. Costello was
elected national committeeman. This dele
egation voted for Clark until the last
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MONUMENTS AND MEMO
RAILS.

Several important additions to the
sculptural adornments of the National
Capitol were made during the year 1912
Chief OF these is the marble fountain In
memory of Christopher Columbus erected
in pursuance of an act of Congress on
the plaza in front of Union station on
the axis Of Delaware avenue. That me-
mortal was dedicated with elaborate mill
itary and civic ceremonies June last
Secretary Knox presided and President
Taft made an address. Nearly 10000
members of the order Of the knights OF
Columbus took part in the parade follow
ing the act Of unwilling.
Statue of John Paul Jones.
The statue of John Paul Jones at the
18th street entrance to Potomac Park
was formally unveiled April H. Secretary
Meyer presided and Admiral Dewey pulled
the string which resulted in uncovering
the bronze effigy of his illustrious pred
ecessor. President Taft was among the
speakers and the corps Of midshipmen
from Annapolis took part In the parade.
A statue Of Archbishop Carroll. erected
on the campus Of Georgetown University,
was unveiled May in the presence Of
a distinguished gathering Of officials and
clergymen.
The Maine Memorial.
Memorial services for the dead re-
covered from the wreck Of the battleship
Maine were held at the Arlington ceme-
terry in February, and in the same month
memorial services were held in the Capt.
tol over the statue Of Francis E. Will
lard. During the summer, the Spanish
War Veterans unveiled a shaft In honor
Of Rear Admiral J. B. Coghlan, in the
Arlington cemetery. The corner stone Of
the Confederate monument In the Airing
ton cemetery was laid with appropriate
ceremonies November IL. A contract
ton in Franklin Park of a statue of
Commodore John Barry. Arrangements
were made for the erection in the Presi-
dents grounds of a joint memorial to
Maj. Archibald Butt of the army and
Francis D. Millet, member of the fine
arts commission, who lost their lives in
the Titanic disaster.
Grant Memorial.
The artillery group of the Grant me-
mortal in the Botanic Garden was put
in position during the summer and it was
announced that the memorial would be
ready for dedication in the fall of 1914.
Congress authorized the use of the north
east corner of Armory square as the site
of the proposed George Washington me-
mortal building.
The Lincoln memorial commission Sc
lected Potomac Park. opposite Arlington,
as the site and Henry Bacon of New
York as the architect of the memorial
to the martyred President, for which
Congress has provided the sum of 1000;
600. The action of the commission awaits
the approval of Congress. which is ex-
pected during the present session. In
that event the work of erecting the me-
mortal will begin the coming spring.
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C0RoNER'S OFFICE.

Dr. J. Ramsay hewitt, District coroners
had a busy time during the year, attend
ing to approximately 1900 cases in that
period. Deaths upon which he was re-
quired to pass involved suicides. homi-
cides, those resulting from accident and
deaths Of persons who had not been at
tended by a physician during their last
illness.
BY reason Of the peculiar character Of
the business of the coroner it frequently
happened that he was called upon to
visit several distant parts of the District
in a single day. most of the long distance
drives having been in cases in which per-
sons had died without having been at
tended by a physician.
Homicides and many accidents which
necessitated the holding Of inquests occu-
pied much of the coroners attention,
while investigations to distinguish be-
tween suicides and accidental deaths &C.
cupied much time.
When Suicides Are Most Frequent.
Much thought has been given by Cor
oner hewitt and others to the question Of
what time Of the year most people COM
init suicide, many holding that the straw
berry season is the time of the year when
the greatest number become Respondent
and end their lives, while others hold to
the theory that hot or cold weather has
some bearing upon the question.
Statistics for the past year fail to as
sist theorists In reaching a conclusion
upon the subject Of suicides. the greatest
number Of the year having been recorded
in October when fourteen persons ended
their lives. eight by inhaling gas, four
with poison and one each by drowning
and shooting. the smallest number hav-
Ing been in January. when three persons
ended their lives. employing poison, gas
and pistol as the means.
May and June, the months in which
strawberries are In season. eight persons
committed suicide, three in May and five
in June. The May suicides used carbolic
acid and gas. while in June three used
gas. one carbolic acid and one a rope as
a means of taking life
Two Respondent persons shot them
selves and two others inhaled gas in Feb
ruary. The succeeding month three sui
cides inhaled gas, three shot themselves
poison. two from illuminating gas and
one from a knife wound of the throat
constituted the suicide record for July.
Ten Suicides in August.
Ten suicides were recorded in August
The means employed by four of the de-
spondent ones was carbolic acid, two in
hailed gas and one each ended their lives
by drowning, shooting, hanging and cut
ting throat
Three persons shot themselves, three
swallowed carbolic acid and two inhaled
gas in September. In November the sui
cides totaled five. strychnine, carbolc
acid. shooting, inhaling gas and cutting
throat having been the means employed
Christmas day passed without a single
case Of self-destruction being recorded.
Earlier in the month the coroner was
called upon to investigate five suicides,
however, two of the respondent ones
having swallowed carbolic acid. Hang
ing, shooting and inhaling gas were the
means employed by the others.
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preparation Of $13, 629. Se7 go. were sub
mitted to Congress by the Secretary Of
the Treasury December 2. On the day
following. December 3. the Commission
ers' report for the Year was submitted
to Congress.
Criticism Of the system Of purchase and
supply maintained by the District gov
eminent was contained in a report sub
mitted to Congress December IL. The in
vestigation of the system. conducted by
Representative Redfeld. had continued
practically throughout the entire year.
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Half-and-Half Principle.

The board has been very active during
the year. 1t made hard fight on the
movement in Congress to do away with
the half-and-half principle of appro-
priating for the District of Columbia, and
the fight was successful. In this connection
the municipal finance committee published
a booklet. showing the history of the re-
lations between the federal government
and the District Of Columbia, copy Of
which was placed in the hands Of each
member of Congress.
The board also vigorously opposed the
plan of the board of charities to concen-
trate all the care for INDECENT patients
in the District in a municipal hospital,
doing away with the Emergency Hospi-
tai and making no appropriation for Co
lumbia Hospital for Women. The chart
ties and corrections committee made an
exhaustive investigation into the plan
proposed by the board of charities and
into existing conditions before 1t made
its recommendations. Congress finally
threw out the board of charities plan
and appropriated as usual for the exist
ing hospitals. and made appropriations
for a new Emergency Hospital building
and for plans for a new. building for
Columbia Hospital.
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Better Coact. Service.

Largely due to the efforts Of the public
transportation committee, Congress pass
ed law providing for better service
by the Metropolitan Coach Company on
10th street and giving the District Com
missioners the supervision OF the opera
ton of the vehicles.
The late President Thomas c. Noyes
inaugurated q custom of having the meet
ings Of the board addressed by men of
prominence. Among those who made
addresses were the British ambassador,
the German ambassador and Secretary
Franklin MacVeagh of the Treasury De-
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IN LABOR CIRCLES.

washington was free from strikes %
any serious differences between employy
ers and employees during the past year,
With the exception OF restaurant and
hotel employees and the proprietors Of
these places. The walters and cooks ana
a few of the other employees of the New
Willard. Raleigh and Powhatan hotels
and the Republique cafe went on q
strike for higher wages and better food
the night of October g.
The strike was called after many meetS
1ngs OF the employees. who had Joined
Washington Local No OF the Inters
national Hotel Workers Union. Tho
strike Is still on, except at the Powhatans
the other places employing colored help
No definite announcement has been mado
as to whether the hotels and the Cafe
Republique will retain the colored men
indefinitely. The union officials are now
organizing the colored men and a second
strike Is predicted.
Moving Picture Operators. I
For time a strike of the moving pic<
ture operators In the city was threatened,
but peaceable agreement was reached
without any of the theaters closing down.
Both the Building Trades Council and
the Central Labor Union report the orr
CARNATIONS OF worklngmen to be in
nourishing condition and point out that
the individual locals in the last year have
gained materially in membership.
The Central Labor Union at its regular
meetings. Monday nights. has been adj
dressed by a number OF representatives
and senators on labor legisla. On and or.
ganized labor has taken an active inter-
est in all legislation looking to the bet-
terment of conditions generally or the In.
crease in the pay of the workingmen.
Labor day. as usual was fittingly OBJ
served this year. Under the auspices Of
the Building Trades Council an all-day
outing was held at Benning. Many base
ball games were played. drill was given
by Troop c, 18th Cavalry. from Fort
Myer, Va, and exhibition flights in aero
planes were made.
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IN ART CIRCLES.

In art the year 1912 has been specially
notable. Many important exhibitions
have been held In the spring a repre-
sentative portion of the Freer collection.
which will at some future time be per-
manently placed In this city, was shown
in the National Museum under the aus
pieces Of the Smithsonian Institution.
Between January and June q series of
most Importance. among whom may be
named Cecilia Beaux, w. E. Schofield.
Jonas Lie, Charles Morris Young. Gard
ner Symons and Birge Harrison, was
held in the Corcoran Gallery.
American Painters.
In December the great biennial exhibit
ton of contemporary American painting.
which is still in progress. was opened in
these same galleries. Annual exhibitions
have been held by both the Society Of
Washington Artists and the Washington
Water Color Club in the hemicycle hall
Of the Corcoran Gallery.
At the Library of Congress, under the
auspices Of the print division, three ex-
hibitions of prints have been set forth
one of engravings by Bartoioxzi. another
of prints given by the Austrian govern
ment and a third Of colored prints, ltho-
prints, etc. The Public Library has also
been active in promoting the interest in
art, assembling and showing numerous
exhibitions of special significance and
educational value.
Lectures on Art.
Under the auspices OF the Washington
Society of the Fine Arts series OF lectures
on art have been given. one public
course, for admission to which more than
1900 persons made application.
In May the annual convention OF the
American Federation Of Arts wAs held In
this city, and in December the convention
Of the American Institute Of Architects
was held here, both OF which were at
tended by artists of distinction from all
parts Of the country - - a-sE
Among the losses should be noted that
occasioned by the death Off. d. Millst. q
member Of the commission OF hne arts.
secretary OF the American Academy In
Rome and Of the American Federation OF
Arts, who persisted on the Titanic. lost at
sea last April
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In Religious, Educational Art and Scientific
Circles the Record Made Has
Been a Most Not
able One.

however. compelled the trustees to go on
record as opposed to the establishment of
any new branches until both the main IL
brary and the Takoma branch are ade-
quately supported.
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Midnight Masses at Brookland.

service of deep interest to many
Protestants, as we'll as Roman Catholics.
was held at Mount ST. Sepulchre, the
Franciscan monastery at Brookland.
Christmas eve. Rev Father Godfrey
Schilling, the prior of the monastery.
celebrated the solemn high mass at mid
night. The masses continued until noon
of Christmas.
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Board Of Trade, Chamber of Commerce,
Citizens Associations and Other
Civic Bodies Led Many Cam
paigns for Betterment.

the country to Great Falls. A railway
line is included in the plans for the de-
velopment of this property.