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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-22
Married ut Hotel.

AT 1880 o'clock Wednesday light
in the par1or Of the Deison hotel oc-
CURED the marriage Of Miss Orpha
Davis and Mr. Russell Corder. Of
Miletus, Doddridge county. The GER
emory was performed by the Rev.
C. D. Smith, pastor OF the First Meth
odist Episcopal church. in the pres
ence of a few friends of the contract
ing parties. Mr. and Mrs. Corder re-
turned to Miletus Thursday morning,
where they viii reside.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-22
INSPECTiBUILDING.

The city board Of education and
Superintendent "a. u. Burdette Thurs
day afterno noon inspect school build
ingsS for the purpose Of ascertainingl
what repairs are necessary. III
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-22

From the bottom OF the deepest
hole in the sea to the top fRthe high
est mountain on the land there is a
distance Of 81, O90 feet. ls#t
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-22
l5WATcHNIAN 4 THERE q /, &; NOW.

Complying with 4 recene. --.-solu-
ton of the city council, the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company
has stationed watchman at the
West Milford grad crossing IN the
West End. ~ s z3 SO 81 S Ss NJ 5Fs
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-22
.iflll5fF 'lI76lIl'.T T7IF1l7 -
TOIN1TIATE.i

The local lodge Of knights OF
Pythias will initiate IN the rank OF
esquire tonight IN Castle hall on Third
street. All mem oersg and sojourning
knights are urged to be present.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-22
BOND ! ) j ! |:
For Street Paving Purposes At
SteaIey Heights Carries by
"a Good Majority

Stealey Heights again showed its
progressive spirit. when Wednesday,
at an election it ratified bond issue
of $4,000 for street paving pur-
poses The vote stood "a for ratffi-s
cation and fifty-three for rejection
and 176 for the levy and sixty-eights
against the levy. The issue carried
by a vote of forty-tWo more than
necessary.
CONSUL Felix S. S. Johnson reports
that an order has just neen sent To-
Chicago by a Kingston, Canada uner
chant for SO, 900 pounds Of American
corn.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-22
Real Estate.
BROAD OAKS.

Al 4I5 Buckhannon Pike We nave have
4 six room cottage with bath. large
porch and basement Lot 2 SAl-o y lest. leet.
with chicken house and barn
PRICE $s,3Oo.Oo.
On time. --4
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-22

lean and National League baseball
games: and the results of the Federal
League games appear in q HE SUN
DAY TELEGR RANT every Sunday morn
ing Buy the Sunday Telegram for
baseball ews next Sunday. s
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-22
one MARRIAGE LICENSE.

AimarTtaEealtc enae# has been issued.
w Nincenzosc, Fra gomenoEand
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-22
SI,EALEY HEIGHTS.

-Four room cottage with bath and
basement. good lot 40x12O feet. This
property lis located on Stealey Avenue
and il III ID good neighborhood
I'KICE $2,4OO.OO
0 On time. 55s g 55
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-22

J. IA. King is here from Parkers-
burg.
transacting business here.
Ell nj. II. Maddox. of Charleston, is IN
the city on business visit.
ID. M. T:mberlake was here from
Weston Thursday. 5
w. NJ. Miller OF Parkersburg, is
here on business mission.
Alex F'orman of MorgantoWn, Is a
visitor here.
w. II. Field, Of Charleston, is a
". ii: Jones, Of Grafton, is Is the
city.
Walter d. Nutter, cashier OF the
Harrison County Bank at Lost Creek,
was here Thursday on business.
Mrs Carrie Morrison, OF wilson
burg. was here THURSDAY shopping
IN. 4P. Keekle OF Mt. Clare, visited
the city THURSDAY.
]. q. Smith, of Lost Greek, is q Wis
- Mr.. and Mrs. "a. q. Shelter. Of Min
eral, were city shoppers Thursday.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-22
NeetlIecraft Club Entertained.

The Wallace Needlecraft Club was
very pleasantly entertained by Mrs.
l. J.. Musgrave in her home at Wal
lace Wednesda v9 afternoon. After
spending a few busy hours on various
kinds Of needlework, a beautiful pi-
ano solo was played by Mrs. w. @
Durham and delicious refreshments
were served by the hostess.
Members present were Masdames
w. o. Durham, L. J. Musgrave, G.
II. Williams. T. c. Gibson. w. II.
Miller, G. T.. Myers. S. C.. fMcCune
and G,#B. Lenehan, and as guest,
Mrs. w T.. Newton.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-22
DUFF STREET.

Seven rooms and bath. with base
lot. 4Ux12o feet.
PRICE $l,25o.Oo. 4.
Easy payments.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-22
MAITLAND.

SIX room house with basement
Front and back Dorches. Nice level lot
tAOxIotJ feet
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-22

rs LUZ.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-22
BASEBALL NEWS.

Complete BOX SCORE Of all Amer
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CONVENTIONS.

"A convention day" might well be
adopted as a slogan for Washington II
is safe to say that no other city of like
many conventions, large and SMALL dur
ing year as does the National Capital.
Among the more important national Or
ganizations that held their 1914 gather
ings in Washington were the American
Society of Political Science, the Society
of Constructors of Federal Buildings, the
Womal's National Democratic League,
the Eastern Fruit Growers Association,
the American Forestry Association, the
National Drug Conference for Uniform
Laws, the Single Tax League, the Inter
national Association of Custom Cutters
the National Liquor League, the United
States Chamber of Commerce, the
National Council, Boy Scouts of Amer
ca: the National Association of Civil
Service Employees, the Workers for tin.
Blind, the Daughters OF the America
Revolution. the National Academy /,
Sciences, the International Congress O
Child Welfare. the Colonial Danes o.
America, the National Wholesale Liouo
Dealers Association, the America
Library Association, the conference O.
WOOL growers and wool manufacturers
the convention of railway surgeons of the
baitlnore and Ohio and Southern rail
ways, the Association of Rural Mail Car
rfers, the Daughters of Liberty. the
american Association OF Public Account
ants, the National CaSket Manufacturers
Association. the American Bar Assoc
atlon, the Eastern Ice Manufacturers A.
ISOLATION. the National Rivers and H.~.
bors Congress. the American Civic A
sociat!on, the American Institute of Arcili-
tectS and the National Consumer,
League
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Vital Decisions Have Been Rendered
andCasesFiled the Court Of Appeals,
Supreme Court Of District and
Police and Juvenile Courts.

tania. which docked in New York
March Is
Easter Sunday and Easter Monday
we're the next of the annual spring cele-
oratlons. and the Easter Sunday parade
vi connecticut avenue and on + street
was as brilliant as on any preceding
Easter AS usual. the children were
thade Tree of the White House grounds
Tor the annual egg rolling the day fol-
For the first time. Mothers day was
gwen governmental recognition May
~; ~. an government buildings display
ing nags in honor of the day The
usual patriotic observance of Memorial
day. May 30. was held, the ceremonies
at Arlington. in the afternoon, being
Iiarred by shower. which forced
PRESIDENT Wilson to make "a hurried
retreat to the city. Flag day. June
1S. was also observed with lavish
diSpiay of the Stars and Stripes from
an public buildings and on residences
ana places of business as well.
Safe and Wet Fourth.
me weather man put a sudden end
TO Washington's safe and sane Fourth
OF July. After n day of lowering
CLOUDS, which had failed to send the
downpour they had threatened-a day
during which long program of sports
was carried out near the Brightwood
Sc 'oir, at tne upper end of 18th
street-about 100000 men, women and
children We're drenched to the skin
When the clouds at last grew tired O
iorDearance and bucketed torrent.
upon the unprotected throngs gathered
on the Monument grounds to watch tn
nreworks. Washington never saw soc
draggled. dripping, soaked muititut.
as that which hurried rs RAPIDLY 3:
the clinsing of drencned clot:sia
would permit toward the cars OH y
Avenue.
HalioWeen-well, everybody kuoo
what occurs in Washington on d.
night when spooks, ghosts, imps. dew,
ana whole brood OF uncannv ere,
lures troops forth and has iun wi.
other and more sedate individuals
thanksgiving this year bore an addeA
significance in that, while all OF f.u-
rope is an armed camp Or a huge b.
tleheld, our own United States is .
peace and enjoying to the full the pro-
perity and plenty that come from avoid
ance of war
And then the last and the best ceie-
oratlon of the year-Christmas only i
week past: SO recent that the gayl
oecked Christmas trees have not ye
found their way to the ashbox. And
tonight Washington's people with the
people of the civilized world. begin
again the round of the years celebra-
tlons.
Evening star., 1915-01-01

Bakers Union elected officers in jan
uary.
President Samuel Gompers of the
American Federation of Labor, in jan
uary, urged Congress to probe the
Michigan mine strike. The House of
Representatives rules committee. in
January, reported favorably two strike
probe resolutions. The House of Rep
resentatives, in January. voted to in
vestigate the Michigan and Colorado
mine trouble. The Central Labor
Union rendered a dinner to President
Gompers in January. W. NJ. Leiser-
son was appointed to the industrial
relations commission in March. A num-
ber of machinists were discharged at
the navy yard in April. Gen" Coxey
and his army of unemployed" reached
Washington on its trip from Massillon.
Ohio. in May.
Officers of Columbia Typographical
Union were installed in June. Cen"
Kelly's army of unemployed" reached
Washington in July. The Central Labor
Union elected officers in July. The
local lodge OF the international As
sociation of Machinists elected officers
in September. Officers of the Night
Watchmen's Association were installed
in September.
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CELEBRATIONS.

When the big wireless station at
Arlington. precisely on the stroke of
II O'Clock midnight December 81, 1913,
flashed from its aerials the signal of
the birth of a new year the first of
Washington's annual celebrations was
in full blast. Scores and hundreds of
watch parties, in private homes or in
the downtown cafes, greeted the new
year, little thinking that months ere
another New Year should be born half
the world would be plunged into such
a war as had never before been wit
messed.
February %, Washington's birthday,
was observed in the usual manner by
Washingtonians. though, in spite of the
fact that this, the nations capital, is
named in honor of Washington him
self, the observation of the birthday
anniversary of the Father of His Coun-
try lacks here many of the features
which are a part of the days obsery-
ance in other cities and particularly in
college towns.
Wearing of the Green.
Everybody is Irish March II, and
even those in whom the Celtic strain
is diluted to the vanishing point Join
with the sons and daughters of Erin
in celebrating st. Patrick's day. Every
one, almost without exception, wore
some bit of green last st. Patrick's
day., and news items of the day told
of shipment of 1900 pots of sham
rocks brought to the United States
as part OF the cargo of the Maure-
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EXHIBITS.

Although the convention city par ex-
cellence. probably. among American
cities. Washington has comparatively
few big exhibitions. The annual ex-
hibit at the Corcoran Gallery of Art
and the permanent or temporary eX-
hibits at the National Museum, Smith
sonian Institution, etc, with the ex-
hibits that are features of many of the
more important conventions, comprise
the list.
Two big poultry exhibitions were
held in the city at the first of the year.
and Washingtons most pretentious
automobile show was held January 20
last The bench show of the Washing
ton Kennel Club, which drew together
a notable showing of the canine aris-
tocrats Of Washington and the entire
east, was held April IS.
Inc big horse show, annual spring
event in the National Capital, opened
May 2, affording equine kings and
queens opportunity to display all the
beauties of suerfine horsefiesh and
also gave Washington society oppor-
tunlty for display of sartorial elegance
and the creations Of modists of Wash
lngton, New York and Paris Aside
from these. exhibits and exhibitions in
the National Capital were few during
the year.
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the women of the civil war, for which
100000 is available. That structure is
20 be located in the square bounded by
18th and 18th and D and E streets, just
south of the Corcoran Gallery of Art
1t viii be devoted to the purposes of
the American Red Cross. Plans have
been prepared, and contract is about
to be awarded. for the construction of
a marble amphitheater and chapel in
the Arlington national cemetery to
memorial was selected with a view to
It's accessibility from the proposed me
mortal bridge across the Potomac river
from the site of the Lincoln memorial
Progress is reported in the construc-
tion of the marble Grant memorial in
the Botanic Garden. Owing to DELAYS
on the part of the sculptors it is not
likely that the memorial will be COM
pleted before the summer of 1915
Neither the statue of Grant nor the
cavalry group for the north pedestal
is yet completed. but it is reported that
the latter group will be placed in posi-
tion next spring.
Stones Put in Monument.
During the year memorial stones
were placed in the Washington Monu-
ment by the states of Connecticut,
Washington and Colorado. The Con-
necticut stone replaced an older one
that had deteriorated. In the fall the
authorities adopted the system of
keeping the Washington Monument
open to the public every day in the
year. including Sundays and legal holi-
days. In November the equestrian
statue of Gen. Philip Kearny of Mexi-
can and civil war fame was formally
dedicated in the Arlington national
cemetery 1t is the only mounted
statue in that reservation.
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PUBLIC PARKS AND RES
ERVATION.


STEADY progress was made during the
past year in the maintenance and de-
Velopment of the public parks and
reservations in the District, and pre-
imlnary steps were taken for further
improvements during the coming sea-
son. Potomac Park. created from the
reclaimed area of the malodorous flats
OF earlier days, has undergone many
improvements, and is now one of the
beauty spots of the National Capital
during the year the new boulevard
along the river front was extended
down to the end Of the peninsula in
east Potomac Park on the river side
and around on the Washington channel
side under the Pennsylvania embank-
ment, where it connects with the drive
way from 14th street. The completion
of this three-mile stretch Of ma
cadamlZed roadway affords access to all
parts of the park, and makes one of
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STATUES AND MEMORIALS.

But one statue was added last year
to the collection of such works in the
District of Columbia. but steps were
taken for the construction of a number
of other memorials. The work of erect
ing the statue of mmodore John
Barry in Franklin Park was completed
liz March and the statue was formally
unveiled May 16 with impressive cere-
monies. President Wilson made an ad-
dress.
There now are thirty-five statues in
public parks under the control of the
Office of public buildings and grounds.
Preliminary steps have been taken for
the erection of three other memorials.
Chief of these is the Lincoln memo
rial in West Potomac Park. The foun-
dation is practically completed and
work is about to be started on the
marble superstructure. The limit of
cost is fixed at $2,000,000.
Work is under way also for the con-
struction of the marble memorial to
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THE WEATHER.

When last New Year arrived in
Washington, winter had not even be-
gun to take itself seriously. But it
soon made up it's mind that the time
for real business had arrived. Janu-
ary 10 the first actual cold weather of
the winter put in it's appearance, and
Santa Claus had brought, and which
winter unused
snowstorm and blizzard, catching the
city unprepared and without funds
with which to pay for clearing the
streets and sidewalks Of snow Things
proceeded from bad to worse. and be-
low zero temperatures-whic are
mighty scarce in the District of CO.
lumbia-were registered February "a
The Gale of March 2.
Not satisfied with this, however, the
powers that rule the weather sent
along a sixty-five- -mile-an- hour gale
that struck this part of the country
March 2.
The wind blew the water out of the
Eastern branch until it forced the DOW
er house CT the Potomac Electric Pow
er Company to go out of business for
a day or so.
1t blew roofs off houses. demol-
lshed sheds. uprooted trees, drifted the
snow into huge windrows and made
things about as miserable as a hurri-
cane composed of completely frozen
wind could do.
More snow fell March and :, and
then some more March 20. But by that
time spring was so far on the way that
the snow didn't last long.
Heat Prostration in June.
The first heat prostration in the Dis
trict was reported June l, when ]. Ma
gruder. colored, was knocked out by
old Sol. June 1s set high tempera-
ture record all over the country; it was
some warm here in Washington also
that day. But just to show that high
temperatures weren't the only things
in his repertoire, the weather mar sent
along the coolest July Z ever recorded
in Washington. This was after that
Fourth of July deluge referred to else
where in the years review. Through
out the United. States prayers for rain
were being offered during July, the
entire country suffering severely from
4 protracted drought
The present winter was ushered in by
a cold wave November 20, which broke
November records extending over forty
years for such affairs. The winters
hrst snowfall occurred December l.
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LIBRARIES.

Two points probably stand out most
prominently in the sphere of library
activities for the year 1914. First,
the fact that the convention OF the
American Library Association was held
here, thereby drawing attention to the
activities of this city in ''bookland,"
and secondly, the request by officials
of the Public Library for greater aid
so that the work of that institution
may be ~idened and made more eifec-
tive.
AT the convention of the American
Library Association numerous discus
sions were held. These included the
proposition of charging the co-opera-
tlon between Libraries and other educa-
tlonal institutions, the fullest utlliza-
ton of children's bureaus and the
problems pertaining to that branch OF
service, the question OF the taxation
of imported books. the specialization of
service. and the pensioning of library
employees.
In his annual report DR.. George f.
Bowerman. librarian at the Public Lii
brary. declared that despite "handicaps
in the matter of having too few books
and two few and too poorly paid en-
ployes' the library has given the
unusually large returns in service for
the expenditure of public funds. Dur
ing the year, he reported. 2O,152 vol
umes had been added, the largest num-
Der ever added in a single year OF the
ibrary's history.
Increase in Expense.
Further. the librarian pointed out
that the increase in the expenses of
the library had been far exceeded pro-
portionately by the number of books
borrowed from the institution. Library
expenditures for 1904 totaled $49,S97.
he stated. as against S69.370 for the
year closed at the time of his report.
as against 64,473 in the earlier date
named.
In their annual report, the trustees of
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the library urged that larger and bet
ter paid force might be provided for
the institution They also noted COM
parative decrease in fiction and wider
use of non-fiction books Ernest L.
Thurston. superintendent of schools,
was appointed as member of the
board of trustees early in February,
succeeding DR.. William NJ. Davidson, his
predecessor, school superintendent.
The lecture room of the library was
used to great extent for lectures and
meetings of civic organizations during
the year. A training class for Ii
brarians was utilized by a number of
prospective aSpirantS for library work.
Through it's progress this year, cou-
pied with that made in former years.
the Library of Congress. became third
i'll size among the collections of the
world. According to the annual re-
port Of the librarian. Herbert Putnam,
the Conversational Library now con-
tains 2,253,309 books and pamphlets,
l41,412 maps and charts. 663,474 VOL
umes and pieces of music and SIC, ,S12
prints.
Gift of Jacob H. Schiff.
\ gift by Jacob H schiff Of 4,aoo
volumes as an addition to the Semeti
ca collection, given by him to the IL
important accession during the last
year. This second collection, as was
the first, was assembled by DR.. Ephraim
Deinard. Chinese literature at the Ii
brary has received an addition of 7,2Os
volumes through the services of DR..
Hing Kwai Fung in China. Twenty
eight thousand eight hundred and
seventy-siX volumes and pieces of
music have been added. An addition
was MADE to the collection of auto
graph scores by the following com
posers: Arthur Foote, Henry F. Gill
bert, Victor Herbert, Edgar Stillman
Kelley, Louis Victor Saar and Adolph
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lew OF 1914 IN THE DISTRICT SHOWS GREAT PROGRESS

property owners on both sides of the
street to be surfaced.
A big fight in the House occurred on
the Johnson-Prouty amendment to the
George bill for readjustment OF the As
sessment and taxation system of the
District. This amendment proposed an
equal rate of taxation on all property
real and personal, tangible and lntan-
sible. The purpose was to burden the
District with so heavy a tax that the
federal government would be relieved
of all its financial responsibility in the
upkeep of the National Capital Ihe
District committee approved thlS
amendment after a fiercely contested
and Crosser against Representatives
Johnson and Prouty, but the House not
only rejected the amendment, but re-
fused to pass the George bill.
Alley Bill Enacted.
Important measures enacted i'll the
year were the Kenyon red light bill.
by which drastic measures are applied
to wipe out the Segregated district"
and similar resorts of evil character;
and the ALLEY BILL designed to do
away with homes in alleys. This meas
ure was enacted in answer to the dying
wish of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. The
Senate passed a bill requiring snow re-
moval by property owners. and both
houses passed bills allowing school
to be used for supplementary
purposes, social centers
and similar activities.
After a long delay relief for the
owners of Union station plaza property
was granted by Congress. Original
awards for a large proportion of the
property condemned were held up by
the President on the advice of Repre-
sentative johnson of kentucky, who
to the amount awarded to the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Final ac-
tion created a new commission to re-
survey the awards and make payments.
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LABOR.

There were no strikes in local labor
circles during the past year, but much
interest was taken in Congress and by
government officials in connection with
the Colorado and Michigan mines
strike. One of the principal changes
in the hours OF work in the District
was that for women when the eight
hour law was adopted.
At a meeting of the Central Labor
Union in January two new battleships
for the United States Navy We're ia
vored. Officers of the Bakery Sales
mems Union were elected in January.
The Milk Wagon Drivers Union elected
officers in January. The Journeymen
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Weidig. The work of indexing the
statutes at large has been resumed.
Efforts to obtain employment for the
blind were made by the Library for
the Blind 1929 H street north
west. Plans were also made for
an interstate exchange Of books for
the blind. Miss Margaret Wilson,
daughter of the President and an officer
of the institution, visited the library
several times and took part in enter
tainments prepared for the sightless
Many entertainments were held for the
institution. A card party given for its
benefit netted $3.50