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DEATHS.

One of the most nota BILE figures in
American naval history. Admiral
George Dewey. hero of the battle Of
Manila bay. and ranking officer of the
United States Navy, died Tuesday. jan
uary IS. at his home in Washington.
The entire nation mourned the loss of
the distinguished naval officer, and paid
elaborate and impressive tributes to his
memory. Highest possible honors, civil
and military. attended his funeral serv-
ices
Many other distinguished persons
from all walks of life succumbed to
time and nature. The ranks of those in
the military service. especially in the
retired list. was thinned considerably by
the deaths of many naval and army Off
GERS.
Several Congressman from both the
national houses succumbed during last
year. They included Representative
Michael F. Conry of New York. who
died March 3; Representative Cyrus
Sulloway Of New Hampshire, victim of
pneumonia, dying here March IL: Rep
resentative Henry T Helgesen. who died
April 10; Representative Daniel w. Com
stock of Indiana. who died Saturday, May
-. Senator Francis G. Newlands of Ne
vada. distinguished figure in the ma
tionaI legislature died Monday, December
"a. at his home here.
Mrs. Belva Lockwood, pioneer in
women's movements, and the only
woman candidate for the presidency of
the United States, died in this city Sat
urday. May 10
Judge Arson S Taylor, United States
commissioner of the District OF Column
bia. justice of the peace and at one
time judge pro tenn. of the Police Court
here died Thursday. January
Justice Seth Shepard. former chief
justice of the Court of Appeals, died
December 4.
Maurice Joyce, a pioneer in the en-
craving business of this city, died i'll
February. Edward Minor Gallaudet.
founder of GaIlaudet College here, and
prominently identified in education for
the blind, died in September. James
Lanshursh. prominent business man of
Washington, died in October
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CIVIC BODIES.

The drive recently launched for the
passage of the Chamberlain amend
ment to the Constitution giving the
people OF the District representation
In both houses of Congress and in the
electoral college was the outstanding
feature of the work of the Board of
Trade and Chamber of Commerce dur
ing the year. The Retail Merchants As
ISOLATION has been equally active in
endeavoring TO relieve the freight con-
gestion. which threatened to deprive
the city of needed commodities during
the closing months of the year.
AS a result of its forward Washing
tom movement conducted early in the
year, the Chamber of Commerce in
creased its membership from 500 to
1900. The campaign was conducted by
a. committee of 100, headed by Charles
]. Bell.
Both the Board of Trade and the
Chamber of Commerce took an active
part in the home garden movement
during the spring to stimulate the pro-
duction of vegetables. The two or
CARNATIONS also played a big part in
the organization of the Home Defense
League.
Seven hundred attended the annual
shad bake of the Board of Trade at DC
coquan. Va, on May 10. An equally
large crowd went on the annual outing
of the Chamber of Commerce to Chesa-
peake Beach on July II.
movement started in May to con-
solidate the Board of Trade, Chamber
of Commerce and Retail Merchants. AS
ISOLATION ended unsuccessfully. A Left
witch Sinclair resigned as president of
the chamber to open a way for the
merger, but no further progress was
made.
The Chamber of Commerce was
forced to move in October from its
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REAL ESTATE.

Although home building in the Dis
trict of Columbia to some extent did
not progress as rapidly as had been ex-
pected during the past year. due to the
entrance of the United States into the
great war. the erection of buildings by
the federal government to house its
greatly increased army of employees
and places to turn out armament
caused a big gain in building opera
lions.
During the past year the government
erected many large structures through
out the District. The largest achieve
ment was the erection of the temporary
Army and Navy building on the old
erins the area from b street northwest
TO b street southwest and from 9th to
18th streets On the old Patterson tract
on Florida avenue, also. the War De-
partment erected a score of large build
ings Other large operations by the
government were the erection of homes
for the food and fuel administrations.
together with large addition for the
ordnance department of the War De-
partment.
The new Hotel Washington. number
of large motion picture theaters and
several large apartment houses have
been erected during the year. The
National Bank building,
14tn and G streets, is under construc-
ton. while the large addition to the
District National Bank. across the
street on G. street. is also under con-
struction.
There has been big demand for
homes here as a result of many fed
eral employees coming here for war
service, Because of the high cost of
materials. the builders. however. to a
large extent did not undertake any
extensive construction operations.
Rental properties. which for some time
lay idle were overhauled and are now
practically all occupied There was a
demand for high class residence prop
critics during the year.
1t was recorded July that the prop
erty at the northeast corner of 10th
and D streets was transferred to
Charles C. Glover. by reason of the ex-
piration of ninety nine-year lease,
which was executed by his grandfather
July 1, 1918, to Gem Peter Force
The Real Estate Brokers Association,
in existence for several years. was re-
organized during the past year and
has made wonderful progress. With the
election of new officers and the formu-
lation of plans for progressive work
the association has gradually grown,
until practically all of the real estate
brokers in the District are active mem
bers of the organization. Charles w.
Fairfax was elected president of the
association with Herbert T. Shannon,
vice president: A. s. Gardiner, treas.
urer, and Charles S. Shreye, secretary.
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NATIONAL GUARD.

All District National Guard units were
on the Mexican border at the begin
ming of 1917. Steps to bring about
the return of the District troops for
the inauguration of President Wilson
March ) were advoca ted by tho civic
bodies of the District and by Col. Rob
ert n. Harper during January, as tine
trouble on the border seemed to have
subsidized. Gen. Frederick J.. Funston
reviewed the District troops of Battery
= at Douglas. Ariz. January II.
Battery Il. Field Artillery, arrived
here February and was mustered ont
February 16. The War Department,
ordered all troops on the border de-
modified February 10. The first drili
of Troop Il, cavalry. under Capt. Leroy
ID. Heron. was held at Fort Myer Feb
ruary 10. The Sd District of CoIumbf,
Infantry and Troop A. cavalry, reached
Washington March !. and Troop A and
Battery were mustered out March 4
the Sd Infantry being mustered out
March L.
April the Sd District OF Columbia
Infantry was ordered 70 mobilize Nav
] the War Department ordered all ma
tional gnardsmrn not in service would
DE required to register for the National
Army. Following "A busy month of re-
cruiting for all District Guard units
recruiting was closed I'm August
Troops Is. G and d went into tempo
rary camp at Camp Drdway. at 9Th and
Florida avenue northeast, and left for
Admission, Ala. in September the 3D.
District of Columbia Infantry follow
ing later in the same month. shortly
after Batteries A and B had left for
the mobilization camp. Leroy D. Her
ron was named major in command of
the mounted unit of the District OF
Columbia Guard in August. A month
after their arrival at Admission the
cavalry troops were changed by order
of the War Department into field ar
tiNery companies.
The District Coast Artillery Regi-
ment has been in training at Fort
Washington since early In September.
The LIST Separate Battalion. n. G. ID. c.,
vas given charge of guarding the
bridges about Washington and was en-
camped in Potomac Park. Certain units
of the District Guard left with part
of the Rainbow Division for France
early In December and arrived safely.
A project for the formation of a new
District Guard was put into effect in
November by Col. j. A.. Dapray, adju-
tant general of the District Of Column
bia. and is gaining many recruits.
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SPORTS.

In the District of Columbia. as else
where. war laid heavy hand on all
sports. Base ball. track and field ath-
letics. foot bali, golf and tennis suf-
fered setbacks.
The base ball team representing
Washington in the American League
had somewhat of an "in-and-out" sea-
son. Attendance was kept down by the
heavy duties imposed on government
employees Financially. the year was
not the success that many former ones
have been. The development of Sam
Rice as an outfielder probably was the
most encouraging part of the season.
Manager Griffith Instituted a policy of
rebuilding. illustrated by the trading
of Bert Galiia to St Louis for Shotton
and Lavan. Griffith is said to have
paid $4,000 besides Gallia for the two
ST. Louis stars.
Foot ball encountered in the colleges
n somewhat stormy season. but among
the schools enjoyed a splendid year.
Georgetown had another brilliant
eleven. Gallaudet had a fair team,
though it was handicapped by green
material. George Washington and
Catholic University were not repre-
sented. Central High School won the
best record any scholastic eleven in
Washington ever attained. 1t was
about the best in the section.
Track and field sports for colleges
were practically eliminated in the
spring. The high school championship
events were held. though, and after a
very good meet Central won. Central
also captured team trophy in the
Maryland State College outdoor games,
held June 80.
Only a few base bali games were
played By collegiate mines and only
four amateur leagues We're launched,
one going under at the start. Maroons
captured the championship. both in the
city and III the Rosedale League
Golf and tennis got almost Knockout
blows. Several tournaments, mostly
war benefits. were held
Bowling flourished without visible
effect from the war until autumn, when
it fell far below standard.
Basket ball enjoyed a remsrka bly,
good season. Georgetown and Catholic
University had the best college teams
and Technical High School won the
scholastic championship
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PARKS AND MEMORIALS.

During the past year improvements
were made in nearly all of the 43G
parks and reservations in the District,
and in the towering season they formed
one of the most attractive features of
outdoor life in the National Capital.
They cover a total area of 1.2aS acres,
mostly in small spaces distributed in
different parts OF the District. Play
grounds for all kinds of outdoor pas
times were provided in the larger parks
and were literally patronized every IA
vorable day during the open season.
Good progress is reported by Col. Rid
ley, the engineer officer in charge of
public buildings and grounds. in the
improvement of Potomac Park, Me
ridian Hill Park, Montrose Park, the
\ large field house to ac-
commodate the people using the recrea-
ton grounds in East Potomac Park. es-
timated to cost 100000. is rapidly
nearing completion. and plans have
been made for the operation of ferry
from the foot of 9TH street to that sec
ton of the park.
Several tracts of land in the valley
of Rock creek were acquired on adj
vantageous terms during the year in
the execution of the project for making
a parkway connecting Potomac Park
with the Geological and Rock Creek
parks.
Considerable work was done on the
project for the reclamation and I'M
provement of the Anacostia river and
fats and the work is reported to be -
per cent completed. The principal work
in Rock Creek Park during
the year just ended was the widening
of Beach driveway for distance OF
about l,500 feet above and below Bowl
der bridge. Plans are under considera-
tion for a high grade traffic roadway
across the park from east to west a
short distance south of the Military
road.
Desired additions to the park area
include what is known as the klingle
valley tract, extending from Woodley
road on the west to Rock creek on the
east. That section of the Mall between
9th and 18th streets and street north
and b street south, named Henry Park
in honor of the first secretary of the
Institution, has been taken
out of the park system temporarily and
now is occupied by three large frame
being used as offices by
branches of the War and Navy depart
ments.
There are now thirty-five public stat
ues in the parks and one in course of
marble memorial to
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Botanic Gar
den. The $2.000.0e0 memorial to Abra-
ham Lincoln in West Potomac Park and
Continued on Fifteenth Pagc,1
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The prohibition law was enacted last
March. but it did not become effective
until November !. Under the law the per-
sonaI use of alcoholic beverages is still
permitted. and such beverages may be
imported for personal use. 1t is contended
by prohibitionists. however. that the
Reed bone dry" amendment to the post
Office appropriation law. which prohibits
the shipment of alcoholic beverages from
wet" territory into dry is really APP
plicable to the District. II the courts fail
to sustain this contention there will be an
effort to have Congress act to make the
District absolutely dry.
In the District appropriation bill pro-
vision was made for horizontal increases
in pay of government employees. those re-
ceiving up to $1,000 getting an increase
of 10 per cent and those receiving from
$1,000 to 1880 an increase of 5 per cent.
Similar increases in pay were given in
other appropriation bills to the thousands
of federal employees living in the District.
Efforts were being made at the close of
the year to have Congress still further
increase the pay Of the District and fed
eral employees.
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CONVENTIONS AND CELE-
BRATIONS.

Washington popularity as a con-
, vention city suffered considerably in the
past year, because of the lack of con-
vention facilities due to the war, but
among long list of those held here
Notwithstanding these handicaps were
the following:
National Parks Conference, Popular
Government League, the Confederate
Reunion, International Forestry Con-
ference. National Civic Federation, Ma
tional Security League, Congress Sof
Constructive Patriotism, Chamber of
Commerce Of the United States, Con-
gress of Mothers and Parent-Teachers'
Association. Eastern Fruit Growers
Association, Association of Collegiate
Alumnae, National Agricultural Society,
the Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton, National Academy of Sciences.
Daughters of 1912, National Society of
International Law. District Federation
of Women's Clubs, Yelled Prophets of
the Enchanted Realm, American News
paper Publishers Association. Ameri-
can Public Health Association, Middle
States Federation of Hebrew Associa-
tons. National Federation of Federal
Employees Unions. Anti,Saloon League
of America, International Association of
Dairy and Milk Inspectors. National
Council of Women, National American
Woman Suffrage Association. National
Association of Railway commissioners,
American Public Health Association. As
ISOLATION of American Agricultural COL
leges and Experiment Stations. the In
ternational Association of Chiefs of Po-
lice, and the National Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union.
For celebrations 1917 was not a very
good year. although a number of
minor character were held as usual. All
the regular patriotic and religious eel
ebrations were observed, although plans
made were more tinged with wartime
coloring. Flag day received special
prominence. and I4afayette's birthday
was celebrated Soldiers received spe-
cial attention at many celebrations. the
browning event being the serving of
home dinner to every soldier encamped
in and near the city. while the SOL
diers' Christmas received special at
tention, and. in turn. thousands of them
Joined in the community chorus that
gave Christmas carols on the Treasury
steps
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fix wages. hours of labor and rates for
the transportation companies and other
public utility corporations Of the District.
or that the District government purchase
the street railways and operate them it
self. Senator Pittman of Nevada, who
acted as chairman of the committee, gave
notice that he would prepare ana present
bills containing these proposals AMI that
he would seek action on them at the pres
ent session of Congress.
A law was enacted providing severe
penalties for the dissertation OF the
American flag or its use for adver-
Using purposes in the District of Co.
lumbia. Many OF the states already
had such law.
the fiscal year 1918 contained a num-
Der of changes in existing law, among
them a provision taking from the as
SCISSORS office duties properly belong
and transferring them to the tax coll
lector.
Heads of D. C. Committees.
Representative Ben johnson of Ken
lucky was again chosen chairman of
Columbia with the advent of the Sixty
fifth Congress, which met in extra ses-
sion last April On the Senate side,
Senator John Walter Smith of Mary
land continued as chairman of the
Senate District committee.
Among important measures affecting
the District introduced and still pend
ing are the following: Senator Cham
berlain's resolution proposing a con-
stitutional amendment granting the
right to the citizens of the District to-
elect senators and members of the
House and members of the electoral
college: d bill by Senator Hollis pro-
viding a retirement and pension sys-
TEN for the public school teachers; the
Shields bill prohibiting the owning and
carrying of pistols and guns in the Dis
trict; bill to increase by two the num-
Der of justices Of the District Supreme
Court.
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sequence in October, in Harvey's res
taurant and the Lyceum Theater. where
$4,000 damage was done. nearly one
half of LOSSES Of the month. $10.e50.
Alarms sounded during November
reached 202, and only four were false.
Many were for fires so trifling that
scarcely any damage resulted. and in
no instance did the damage exceed
$500. The total damage amounted to
$10,343.
The last month of the year was a
paratively quiet one SO far as losses
were concerned, although considerably
more than $50 alarms were sounded.
Most of the fires were Insignificant
ones and the losses totaled only about
$4,000.
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Measures looking toward increased
pay and retirement bill for teachers
in the public schools were advocated
by school officials during the school
year The board of education, Jam
uary 4, took the first step toward in
creased pay for teachers and for keeping
an efficient force in the schools by
adopting a resolution fayoring in
creased pay all along the line. The
passage of the teachers retirement bill
was called vital to the interests of the
schools by Supt. Thurston in a talk
before the Federation of Citizens' As
sociations early in January. The new
Dunbar colored High School was
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COURTS.

With the nation at war private strife
declined in the National Capital during
1917 If the record of litigation in the
District Supreme Court is to be ac-
and in equity fewer suits were filed
than in the preceding year Equity
suits numbered 7a5. as against $40 in
1916. while 1,101 law suits were filed
as compared with 1,147 in the previous
year. Only As bankruptcy proceedings
were instituted in 1917, while 81 fail
ures were recorded in 1916
The call of the young men to camp
and trench aided Dan Cupid in reg
istering the highest mark for years
Capital Col. William A Knoll. the
license clerk, issued a total of 5,729
marriage licenses in the past twelve
month This number exceeds by nearly
and shows an advance of nearly 33 per
cent over the highest number of
licenses ever before issued in WASH
ington in single year.
Crime was on the wane in 1917, al
though the death penalty was imposed
once when there had been no hanging
in Washington before within a period
of four years. total of 1921 indict-
ments Were returned and .544 eases
tried in the criminal courts for which
penalties aggregating 900 years were
imposed. Sentences were suspended in
so cases. Five men We're convicted OF
murder in the second degree and six
of manslaughter. Recreant husbands
to the number of so were convicted of
non-support and As joy riders were
sentenced during the year.
Divorce records for the year show 2S7
proceedings fled, of which 212 were
brought by women and IS by men. Abb
solute divorce was asked in 1928 cases
The remainder included limited di-
vorce applications, suits for mainte-
nance and for annulment of marriages
The retirement of Seth Shepard. chief
Justice of the Court of Appeals of the
District of Columbia, last spring and
his death December cast a gloom
over the year at that tribunal new
chief justice, Constantine J. Smyth of
Omaha. Neb.. was appointed and quail
fed. An innovation was made in. the
reading of opinions from the bench A
total of 165 appeals We're filed and the
court is we'll up with its work.
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LIBRARIES.

The task of providing reading mate
rial for American soldiers in camp, both
in this country and "over there" kept
the Public Library and the Library of
Congress busy during 1917
A committee. headed by DIR. George
r. Rowermau. librarian of the Public
Library, raised nearly $4,000 to carry
on the work of sending books, papers
and magazines to the boys in the
trenches This was independent of the
work done by the Library of Congress
In May the famous Bridgewater ii.
brary of London was purchased by G..
d. Smith of New York
The Library of Congress received S.
?ts books during the year ending June
30 last, a falling of from 1915 The
total number of books in the library
June 80 was 2.537922
The need for larger appropriation
from Congress TO Bring the institution
UP to a level with the libraries of other
large cities again was pointed out in
the report of the trustees of the Pub
lie Library this year. The report dwelt
also with proposed plans for the es-
tablisbment of branch Libraries in va
rious parts of the city.