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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01
Explanation at the Embassy.

In an official notice published by the
German embassy in every important
city Of the United States today. Ameri-
cans were given renewed warning that
they travel on ships flying the flags of
Germany's enemies at their own risk.
Count Won Bernstorff. the German
ambassador, was away today, but off,
Gals at the embassy said SO far as
they knew today's published notice was
intended merely as warning to
neutral travellers of their danger and
did not indicate new naval operations.
Secretary Bryan said it would not be
proper for him to comment on the ad-
vertisement. The State Department,
however, has refused to issue pass
ports to Americans who intend to visit
Europe for pleasure or recreation
alone, but issues them to Americans
who say they are compelled to make
the voyage on business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01

Because you haven't got four feet
retorted Peter. "A Quaddy is a little
quadruped.'
THAT is no reason at ALL" replied
Sammy. I've got two feet and two
wings and the wings just take the
place of feet. From what I've heard
supposed the Quaddies were just band
Of little forest and meadow people. and
don't see why you should shut out
anybody just because it happens that
Old Mother Nature hasn't given them
four feet. Take Mrs. Grouse. for in
stance. She's good friend of yours,
but, of course. she can't be a Quaddy
If she wants to be. ] don't think much
of that kind of a society,""
Peter sat up and stared at Sammy
Jay thoughtfully. IT hadn't thought of
that" said he. "Of course / should like
to have Mrs. Grouse to be a Quaddy If
she wants to be- She is very nice,
splendid neighbor."
And there are Tommy Tit the Chick
adee. and Winsome Bluebird, and We'll
come Robin and a lot more. But, of
course. they can't be Quaddies because
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01
tcoerss,,, .e,,, By n. 7. wessse.,

NJ EXT Sunday will be Mothers day.
Inn The idea of the institution Of
this festival. for such it has
grown to be. originated with Phlla-
delpaia woman, Miss Anna Jarvis.
There is now Mothers Day Inter-
national Association which was Or
eanized to promote and protect the
celebration of Mothers day. and it
works in the United States and foreign
countries Any son or daughter of any
country is eligible to membership in
the association. The object of the day
as officially announced is IAN ALMA
tons and simultaneous observance Tor
the well being and honor of the home
mother who ever lived-the mother of
your heart" The time of the OBJ
servance is the second Sunday in May
by the churches of all creeds The day
is observed by schools on Friday pre-
ceding the second Sunday in May and
by business and other organizations on
Saturday preceding that Sunday.
The House of Representatives and
the Senate passed resolution on May
10, 1913. commencing the observation
dent and his cabinet and other heads
of government departments. Repre-
sentative Helm introduced in the
House, at the request of the founder
OF MOtnefS day, a JOINT TtSoluLioH THAI
the President of the United States
should designate. through an annual
proclamation, the second Sunday in
May as Mothers day and that he re
quest the display of the American flag
on all government buildings, homes and
other suitable places.
President Wilson, on May of last
year, issued the first national Mothers
day proclamation, asking that the next
day. Sunday. May 10, be observed as
Mothers day in accordance with the
joint resolution of Congress, and it was
given out in the news at the time of
that proclamation that the United
States was the first nation to give such
a national patriotic honor and tribute
to its homes as the fountainhead of the
state and to it's sons and daughters for
their work for the home. moral uplift
and religion" for the good of the gov
eminent and humanity.
1t has been the custom Of the gov
errors of most of the states for several
years to issue Mothers day procla
nation urging the churches. schools,
business organizations. homes and ci,
zens generally to enter into the fine
spirit of the day. In an official an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01
DENIED
TO 0UTF|ELDER KAUFF
National Base Ball Commission Re.
fuses Application of Fed
eral Lacquer

CINCINNATI. May THE national
base ball commission today refused the
application for reinstatement OF Benny
kauff. Brooklyn Federal League play
er. who signed a New York National
League contract last Thursday.
Not a Desirable Man.
Chairman Hermann in discussing the
Kaufr case today said:
so far as / personally am concerned
YOU can say for me that player who has
twice violated a contract Is not a desirs-
BILE man for base ball kaur violated
one with organized base ball and has now.
according to reports, violated one with the
Federal League II this is true he should
not be permitted to play with any club In
organized base ball
Pending the decision of the commission
Chairman Hermann announced that
kauff would not be permitted to play with
the New York Nationals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01
WOULD ABOLISH LIQUOR.
Baltimore Conference of A. M. E.
Church Also Denounces Segregation.

Special Dispatch to The star.
BALTIMORE. May aggregation
and other Determinations against the
negro were denounced in the report Of
the committee on state of the country
at the session this morning of the
ninety-eighth annual meeting of the
Baltimore conference of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church.
That the liquor traffic should be
abolished was urged in the report OF
the committee on temperance The
disciplinary questions were taken up
and the characters of nearly all the
ministers passed.
Bishop L. ]. Coppin. who is presid-
ing, named committee to suggest
plans for meeting the financial needs
of the conferences. This afternoon the
ministers have gone on an outing to
Lincoln, Md, as the guests OF j. n.
Galloway.
The various churches in the District
of Columbia yesterday made crafty
ing reports, the Metropolitan Church
leading the conference in collection
for general church needs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01

, Der trees, and this industry Is en-
largins. But above all the production
of natural rubber looms the possibility
of the production of artificial or syn
thetic rubber. 1t has come in a labora-
tory sense and it may arrive in a
commercial sense.
1t was in 1928 that a German chemist
-Wohler-proved that inert chemicals
could be combined in such a way as to
produce an organic compound That
discovery marked the birth of synthetic
chemistry. Because of this epoch
marking discovery various natural
products have been supplanted, or
| practically so. by synthetic products.
| Artificial alizarin has supplanted the
madden plant for dye, and natural in
digo is being pressed to the wall by
iavoring Is in the race with the prod
uct of the vanilla bean. Synthetic
| camphor is being produced from tur-
pentine. and nitrate fertilizers and
many other useful things are being
produced by chemical processes Great
brains are busted with the thought of
synthetic rubber, and in a German lab
oratory set of automobile tires was
created out of compounds that never
had any relation to rubber tree
1t is one Of the curious things of his
tory that rubber paving has been ex-
perinented with and found successful.
though figures of cost. wear and depre-
citation which would lend interest to
the experiment have not been pre-
served. Charles Dickens, in House
hold Words" written more than sixty
years ago. said The enormous thor
oughfares through the streets of Lon
don have given rise to vast number
OF inventions to combine hardness and
elasticity to form an easy and effective
foothold for horses and passengers"
He mentions among those experiments
one with vulcanized ribber. and says
that. the only relic left of this con-
trivance is the courtyard of the admit
rally"
1t was in the mid -forties that the
British government, or the admiralty
department of that government, laid
down rubber paving in its courtyard.
Perhaps today there are Americans who
recall that in the early seventies an
approach to st. Pancreas station. Lon
don, was paved with rubber. The rub
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01
Mothers Day Now an
International Holiday

nouncement as to the proper observ-
ance of the day. it has been written
that it should be commemorated
through some distinct act of kindness.
! visit, letter, gift or tribute showing re-
membrance of the mother and father
to whom grateful affection is due" and
1T has also been written that Mother
day is equally Fathers day and is de-
signed to deepen and perpetuate~ all
family ties
The outward symbol Of Mothers day
is white carnation. though the de-
mand has been SO great upon that
flower on previous Mothers days that
other carnations have been worn in
token of the memories of the day.
Two years ago a charter was granted
by the state of Delaware to Charlotte
K. kirkb b. Carrie Sternberg and
others for the celebration under the
laws of that state of Fathers day" on
the first sunday in June of each year,
and Representative j. Hampton Moore
of Pennsylvania introduced in the
House october 2. 1913. bill which
in each and every year thereafter
should he designated as Fathers day
as an expression of sentiment CORE
spending TO that of Mothers day, and
shall be regarded as the emblem.
Mother rhymes run through the
literature of the English speaking as
well as that of all other peoples of the
more numerous than rhymes relating
to the father. When the poets twang
their Tyre in the name of father they
most often become flippant.
Following are a few famous mother
rhymes and mother lines
had not much Of man In me,
But all my mother came into mine eyes
And gave me up to tears.
Shakespeare.
Absent many year
Far Ger the sea. his sweetest dream were still
Of hat dear voice that soothed his infancy.
-Southcy.
There is none. IN all this cold and hollow world,
No fonnt Of deep. strong, deathless love, save
that within
= mothers heart. Mrs Hemans
A mother is mother still
The hottest thing alive.
-Coleridge.
What matters If the cheek show no, the rose
Nor eyes divine there, Queenly gracef
The mothers glory lights the homely face
Sir Lewis Morris.
The loss Of mother ia always felt Even though
her health may incaparitatc her from taking any
active part IN the car" Of her family. still she
IS sweet rallyins point around which affect ion
and obedience and thousand tender endra vors
10 please concentrate: and drcary is the blank
-Lamartine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01
COLORED SCHOOL PUPILS
GIVE MUSICAL PROGRAM
Audience Filling Convention Hall
Applauds Efforts of 1900
Choristers.

Before an audience which flied Con-
vention Hall. pupils of the colored pub
lie schools last evening presented a
musical program which was received
with hearty applause. More than 1900
pupils took part.
The program. which consisted of Ave
main numbers. varied from the Wood
pecker" song by the pupils of the first
and second grades. to the "Nightip-
gales Complaint" by the pupils of the
Miner Normal School. The latter was
accompanied with Spanish dances by
eight students of the school ard was
one of the best features of the pro
gram. The boys of the high schools
sang Loves Old Sweet Song AS one of
the numbers and received hearty APP
plause.
Among the audience were President
Henry F. Blair of the board of educa-
ton. f. l.. Thurston. superintendent of
schools: DIR. Creed W. Childs and Mrs.
Coralie Franklin Cook of the board of
education.
Directors of the Singing.
The songs of the primary department
were directed by Miss Josephine Worm
ley, Miss Charlotte Wallace and Miss
Virginia Williams; those of the inter
mediate department by Miss Beatriz
Chase and Miss NJ c. James: those Of
the secondary schools by Miss N. L.
Europe and Ernest r Amos. and those
of the Normal School by Miss Lola
Johnson Prof. J. T. Layton. asssta Mt
director OF music. directed chorus
singing steal Away.
The concert was held by the mus e
department of the schools for the bene
fit of the Public Schools Athletic
League. The officers of the league are:
Eugene A. Clark. president: Miss ]. E.
Davis. vice president: Edwin p. Hen
derson. secretary. and John c. Bruce.
treasurer. Edward H. lawson is chair
man Of the finance committee and j.
NORA Saunders chairman Of the COM
mittee on publicity and printing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01
Treasury Officials Out of Town.

The Treasury Department was shorn
of high officials this afternoon. Secre-
tary McA,loo is still at his home: As
sistant Secretary Newton was at New
mort News attending the launching OF
the coast guard cutters Ossipee and
Taliapoosa; Assistant Secretary NAL
huru is in the west, and Assistant Sec
rotary Peters. acting head OF the de-
nartment, went out for a game of golf
Chief Clerk Wilmer and Secretary
Cooksey were holding down things in
the absence of the others.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01
NETHERLANDS MINISTER
POLICE COURT VISITOR
Calls to Enter a Protest Because
His Chauffeur Had Been
Arrested.

When Chevaiier W. l.. r. G. van Rap
pard. envoy extraordinary and MIN
lister plea ipottntiary from the Neither
lands to the tEited States. strobe into
Police Court this morning and sought
the cf,tcc Of Frank SehTiu". clerk Of
the court, ti.rrc r!iSucd considerable
connection.
The Netherlands minister. clad in
Immaculate white fiannels. leaned upon
the desk and stated his grievance in
no uncertain tones. The various clerks
within earshot paused in the busy he
fore luncheon rush, as he proceeded
with his statement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01
RUSS STEAMER SUNK
OFF BASKET ISLANDS

LONDON. May IA Russian steamer.
the name of which has not yet been
ascertained. is reported to have been
sunk off the BASKET Islands on the
west coast of Ireland by a German
submarine. The crew of the steamship
was saved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01
His Chauffeur Arrested.

1t tranSpircd that Walter Anderson,
chauffeur to the minister, had been ar
rested recently i'll the District for fall
ing to carry a driving license with
him. Anderson had put up Slu. which
he forfeited on the following day, ow-
ing to his failure to appear III court
to answer the charge against him.
The minister from the Netherlands
told Clerk Sehring that his chauffeur
had told Chester Y. Samson, the po
iiceman who made the arrest. that he
was in the employ OF the Neither and $
envoy extraordinary. The officer, he
said, instead of releasing the man I'M
mediately. had int.mated that it made
no difference TO him whether Anderson
was chauffeur to the jah of Bramah
putra. he was violating the law of the
District of Columbia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01
Envoy Departs Smiling.

There were hints on the part of the
visitor that perhaps he had come TO
the wrong Office. and that possibly he
had better take the matter up with the
State Department, where such affairs
would be better understood, but Clerk
Sebring hastened to assure him that 1T
was obviously all a mistake.
Then there was a request that the $40
forfeited by Anderson be returned, and.
on receiving assurance that everything
possible would be done. Minister Chew
alier van Rappard left the court, smil-
ing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01
Arthur Lusby's Heroism.

w Arthur Lusby. with four other
boys, went to the Eastern branch the
afternoon of January %. 1912, after
leaving school and played about on the
ice on the river Navy tugs had brok-
en- the ice. and the boys amused them
selves by pushing big cakes about in
the water with sticks.
Arthur Ludge. ten years old. fell into
the water. and Howard Cummings
eleven years old. and Carl Feddon, ten
years old. went into the water to rescue
him. They were soon numbed with the
cold and could not get their companion
out of the water. 1t looked as though
all three would be drowned.
Arthur Lusby. aided by De Sales
Quad. nine years old. lay fiat on the
ice and by great efforts succeeded in
pulling the three boys from the cold
water. The Waterman on the bridge
across the Eastern branch and pedes-
TRANS. looking down on the boys, be-
lieved they would all be drowned. \
call for a police patrol wagon was sent
in. BY the time the patrol wagon ar
rived. however, the water-soaked boys
were on their way home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01
CARNEGIE FUND AWARDS
ANACOST|A BOY MEDAL
W. Arthur Lusby Recognized 70.
Heroism-Fifty-Two Acts
Are Rewarded.

PITTSBURGH. May AT the spring
meeting of the Carnegie hero fund COM
mission here yesterday fifty-two acts of
heroism in many sections of the country
were recognized. In two cases gold
medals were awarded. in fourteen cases
silver medals and in thirty-six bronze
medals.
A bronze medal was awarded to W
Arthur Lusby. 2417 Nichols avenue, Ana
costa, eleven years old. who saved three
boys from drowning in the Anacostia
river January %. 1912.
Ten of the heroes lost their lives. and to
the dependents of four of these pensions
aggregating $3.50 a year were granted :
to the dependents Of five of the others who
lost their lives sums totaling $500, to
be applied, subject to the direction of the
commission, in various ways. were
granted.
in thirteen cases sums aggregating
$4,000 were appropriated for educa-
tional purposes, payments to be made
as needed and approved: and in twenty
nine cases awards aggregating s30,-
500 were made to be applied toward
the purchase of homes and to other
worthy purposes. Payments in these
cases will not be made until the bene-
ficiaries' plans for the use of the award
have been approved by the commission.
Gold medals were awarded to Charles
Zolinger. Frederick. Okla. and Julius
8. Gordon of Houston. Tex. who helped
to save Oliver H. Brewer and Alvah
Okla, October %, 1913. They worked
for hours. Notwithstanding warnings
from onlookers that they themselves
would be buried by another cave-iu.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01
Something Adequate.

From Judge.
Henning-Hoetter's wife. who was
sworn In as a policewoman, isn't al
lowed to go on duty.
Hanley-Why?
Henning-She refuses to carry a
mace.
Hanley-Why?
Henning-She wants a rolling pin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01
STEAMSHIPS.
NOTICE.!

TRAVELLERS intending to
embark on the Atlantic voyage
are reminded that a state of
war exists between Germany
and her allies and Great Britain
and her allies; that the zone of
war includes the waters ada
cent to the British Isles; that,
III, accordance with formal no.
tice given by the Imperial Ger
man Government, vessels fly
ing the flag of Great Britain, or
| of any OF her allies, are liable to
destruction in those waters and
that travellers sailing in the
war zone on ships of Great
Britain or her allies do so at
their own risk.
IMPERIAL GERMAN EMBASSY. !,
WASHINGTON. D. C., APRIL q, 1918.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01
EDUCATIONAL.

Civil Service Examinations.
You can have the personal attention of q
former civil service examiner at THE Drill
LkRY 100 y. Y. ave. Phone ". 25oS
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-01

hOrdes of old maids who have nobody
to blame but themselves if they are
single. Women should learn to do
their own religious thinking as the
men do and there will be less and less
old maids as time goes on.
Why does the world need to be
coached by a lot of parasites and
clergy? A baby learns to walk alone;
so should the people. They don't
need any introduction to God Al
mighty. The best people are not
found in the churches. But people
who control by their own religious
development and reasoning powers
are best.
They do right because it is just
Church people do right because the
Good Book says so, or the clergyman
says so. Men are afraid of the church,
it's hypnOtized women, its doctrine Of
fast breeding and future OVerpOpu-
latiOn wars. They dread the women
in these places, hence old maids and
a perverted creatiOn.-Allen Steven,
1888 N. California aV.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-01
FAIR PLAY FOR ALL. II read

FAIR PLAY FOR ALL. - I read
your Day Book constantly. I can
safely that I never miss a day. am
with its policy and admire it. A fair
field and no favor - just what we
want. But, Mr., Editor, can you or
any of my companion readers throw
any light on the dropping of Miss
Murphy by the board Of education?
The big majority of people in Amer
lea want fair play for all-Jew and
Gentle, black and white, bond and
free, male and female-and this can
be said in particular of the people Of
Chicago.
We want and claim fair play for all.
So far I have been watching in
vain for light on this subject. She
has been ''temperamentally unfit"
whatever that means, according to
Mr.. Jacob M. Loeb. But with all of
US this can be said more or less.
should expect that Miss Murphy could
say the same of Mr.. Jacob Loeb as a
member of the board of education.
And somehow or other, judging from
results at the Tribune building for
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-01

WduL 10 Tell my lSlOW DdTu HAL
through The Day Book he is a big
stiff to fall into the company's trap.
He would be likely to develop into
frst-class scab. All we have obtain
ed is through the organization and
he should be kicked out of it.
What does this advertising scheme
the company is trying to draw the
men into mean? We do not need to
advertise. It is to square $65, 900
stars and sleuths with their stock
holders for allowing a strike to come,
showing them up too small for their
jobs.
The Examiner printed a story of
Blair helping himself to five millions
in stock. Do dividends on this stock
come out of employees pockets? The
company can have my good will if I
find a living wage coming to me on
pay day.-Kedzie AW Conductor.
OLD MAIDS.-If all the women
would keep away from the churches
there would be no wars and we would
have the happiest world just as the
Creator intends. The priests and
preachers with their hypnotism, SUI.
perstitions, theology and browbeat-
ing curses scare the women into
breeding like fish.
The clergy try to make all women
believe there is no self-respect in
staying out of the churches. Too
much breeding is the cause of the
European wars and the clergy are to
blame for this. If all women were
not held down by the superstitious
dogmas of the clergy they would not
breed for future wars.
The clergy teach that all seed that
is planted must be left to grow, hence
the international slaughter house of
Europe, hence the objection to eu-
genics and birth control Men will
not rush and hUddle themselves into
the churches because they are wise
,.oF,,ro - !, h.,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-03-13
FIRE ENDS NEGRO WAKE.
Corpsc. Child OF Dead Man And An.
other Negro Burned---Several
Mourncrs Injured.

Salisbury, Md. March ia Gc-
gro wake. held Wednesday night over
the corpse Of John Thomas, who
lived across the Maryland line in
Virginia, was broken up carly yester-
day morning when the house caught
fire and was destroyed
In the rush TO escape from the
building the mourners forgot the
corpse ana it was consumed. A p
mon5k-old baby Of the dead man ard
David Smith We're asleep ii IN al
joining room and We're burned to
death. John Smith was injured Sc
vcrely il getting the ranic-stric!:c7
guests from the house and is not eH-
pected 10 recover
Thomas was the foreman for John
s .amcs, a farmer. His funeral was
to he held today, and many Of the
colored people of Painter and the
neighboring country attended thc
wake. David Smith said the mourn
ers mad dropped off TO sleep and a
log rolled out Of the fire place, set
ting fire TO the pine floor. Several
Of the other guests were burned he
fore they could escape. =