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Evening star., 1915-03-13
MRS. MARY Lillian ROSS,
CLERK IN TREASURY, DIES
Injuries Received in FAN Given as
Cause-Funeral Services to
Be Private.

Mrs. Mary Lillian Ross. for the past
twenty four years clerk In the Treas
ury Department. died Wednesday at
her residence. 725 Massachusetts, ave-
nue. northeast. death being due to in
juries received in a fall recently. Ow-
ing to the age OF her mother, the fun
eral services to be held at . o'clock
tomorrow afternoon at the home Will
be private. but it Is announced that
friends OF the deceased will be received
between the hours of , and 10 pm. to-
day. lnterment Is to be at Newport.
KY.
Mrs. Ross was born in Cincinnati. be-
ing the daughter OF Xenephon and Su-
san Sine. Her husband, DIR. John NJ.
Ross. died within one year after their
marriage. Following the death of her
husband Mrs. Ross was principal OF
the Newport High school. In which city
she spent her childhood days. Follow
Ing three years Of study in the Uni
versity Of Cincinnati. she was appoint
ed by President Hayes postmistress at
Newport. which position she held for
another term under President Arthur.
and for one year under President
Cleveland.
In November, 1889. Mrs. Ross was ap-
pointed under the civil service to a po-
sition in the census office. soon after
receiving an appointment as clerk in
the Treasury Department In the ONCE
of the first controller OF the division OF
accounts. She was also employed in
| the division of the auditor for the In
terror Department. Her last work was
as statistician in the United States
public health service.
Mrs. Ross had taken an art course
| and at various times remembered her
! friends in this city and in the middle
| west with oil paintings OF her own
execution.
Evening star., 1915-03-13
UNDERGOING REPAIRS.
Tug Winship and Miller Lighter Be.
ing Prepared for Service.

Repair work to the tug Edith Cod
dard Winship. belonging to the Con-
solidation Coal Company. is in prog
ress at the wharf foot of 7th street
southwest. and she will be ready for
service In the latter part Of this
month. about the time the Chesapeake
and Ohio canal opens for navigation.
The Winship is used to shift coal-laden
boats from Georgetown to points about
the harbor and to take them to river
points when necessary. She is receiv-
ing boiler repairs as well as having
house and hull overhauled.
Though good progress is being made
on the repairs to the Miller lighter at
Benefits poaryard, the work to be
done to the vessel Is SO extensive that
1t probably will be two weeks before
she Is ready for launching. When put
overheard she will be practically a new
craft AS soon as she is off the rail-
way another Miller lighter will be
hauled out at Benefits for needed re-
pairs
Evening star., 1915-03-13

white perch, and succeeded in catching
! sixteen Mississippi catfish.
While the sport was enjoyable" said
| Sparrough. "the fish were not large,
the largest of the sixteen weighing
| only three pounds
DR.. Randall Parsons fished from a
| boat near the two anglers. He caught
, only one fish He would have caught
more, he said, had he been on the river
earlier in the day.
! Al Buchler, Charlie Porter, Lester
| Whitmire and James Conway have pur-
| chased a launch for use during the
| fishing season, and numerous interest
| ing trips already have been Planned. "a
| The boat will be launched tomorrow or
! Monday, and the initial trip VIII De
made the coming week.
I Porter and Buchler probably Will be
| on the river several afternoons each
| week, while the other members OF the
quartet will enjoy weekend outings
| and vacation trips.
! 1t is highly probable that buchier
and Porter will give white perch triai
| tomorrow Bloodworms have been re-
when such bait is to be had, said one
| of the anglers. the prospects for CATCH
| ing perch are bright.
| Harry Tennyson and Dick Mullet were
among the anglers who tried their luck
| on a weekend outing. The two anglers
! went up the river to point near
| Swimming. and fished as far down as
down as the outlet lock.
| Their best fishing was at point op-
posite the school building near the
! reservoir, they reported, and when they
returned in the afternoon they were
able to display an attractive string OF
Mississippi catfish.
| Edward O. Craig and William White
| fshed between Reynolds and Fletchers
Wednesday afternoon. They used shao
bait considered to be the most attrac-
tive bait for Mississippi catfish. and
landed a string of twenty-three fish.
! Joe Fletcher caught mississippi cat
| fish that weighed fifteen pounds. He
also caught seven smaller fish,
I'm trying to get the biggest one oi
reached win Wynkoop's eighteen
| pound fish,
| Austin Savage has planned trip to
small stream that empties in the rfV-
er below Leesburg. A message received
from a Leesburg angler gave the in
formation that large white mullets are
| being caught in the stream. and while
the fishing is not as exciting as trout
! fishing, said Savage, the sport IS IN
teresting.
| n. L. PuIliam, who probably spends
as much time on the river as any
| Washington sportsman. went to the
! sport. He caught nine bass, the larg-
est weighing five pounds and four
| ounces. One was a three-pounder and
the others weighed from one to two
| pounds.
| William Topham and Taylor Bobb
! spent part of yesterday at the tidal
| basin spooning for bass. They made a
! ca tcll Of fourteen Ash, several of them
| Weighing as much as two-and-a-half
| pounds each.
Evening star., 1915-03-13
MINE PLANTING TO BE TAUGHT
Fishermen in Chesapeake Bay Will
Aid National Defense Plans.

AS a part of the national defense
plan being worked out by army and
navy officials. it Is proposed to use the
fishermen operating in Chesapeake bay
and along the Atlantic coast as mine
planters. With this object in view. 1t
is planned. during the navy maneuvers
in May. to conduct school in which
the Chesapeake bay fishermen will be
taught how to handle and plant mines
for national defense.
The program has not yet been fully
announced. but 1t will affect nifty men
haden fishing steamers in the Chesa-
peake, and include fishermen all along
the Atlantic seaboard. The experience
of the British trawlers in the North
sea in the European war is thought to
have suggested an application of a de-
fense system to our large fleet of fish,
ermen.
Evening star., 1915-03-13
Program as Agreed Upon.

As d matter of fact, according to the
program-and it is now getting whip
ped into pretty definite shape-later on
] shall be able to contribute very sub
stantially to the success of the UNDER
taking. So far as we are able to figure,
the following is the best combination
we can make for Sunny Knoll:
Small fruits-To be marketed as jel-
lies and preserves.
chickens-An ultimate plant of 500
laying hens.
Bees-Aiming. in time, to attain and
lHaintaIn, POO hives of workers
II goes without saying that we shall
nave TO proceed with more or less eau
tion with the preserving venture, keep
ing two things in mind. The first of
these is that we have yet to learn how
large a market there is for this line
OF goods at fancy prices. and, secondly,
We will have to be careful not to man
ufacture in such bulk that the Kitchen
r1nge flavor will be destroyed.
one reason we are not disposed to
accept financial fayors from the mer-
chant who handled the goods last year
tiat We don't want to tie ourselves
down TO him. Necessarily, there is a
-ather narrow limit to the amount of
GOODS he can handle, and we see no
rtason Why we should not look for
other outlets II our output grows be-
ond his capacity. We would continue
% feel obligated to him to the extent
of giving him all the goods he wanted,
but that ought to let us out. He never
would have taken them up had he not
thought they would please his Gus
toners and pay him a profit.
We already have been figuring on
building a separate Kitchen especially
Tor preserving. and If we can succeed
IN maintaining the flavor and quality of
the goods We have an idea the business
may grow into a very considerable
manufacturing industry. The advan-
tage OF the combination of fruit, chick
ems and bees is that none of them will
interfere with either of the others-all
three can occupy the same land at the
Sarne time
Evening star., 1915-03-13
Wants to Be a Dairyman.

The kind of farming l would like to
do. the kind in which I know I would
find perfect happiness and content.
would be to build up herd of fine
dairy cattle-Jerseys preferred-real
register of merit, blue ribbon winners.
With only eight acres of land such an
ambition is, Of course. an absurdity.
Besides, as one COW whose record of
production entitled her to advanced
registry would cost me from 5000 to
$500, ] reckon / wouldn't get very far
toward herd with the amount of cap
ital we have to work with.
But 1 mentioned this only as the kind
of farming / would like to do. Few
people in this world are so fortunate
as to be able to do the things they
prefer and the problem Immediately
before me is to justify our adventure
back to the soil E. s. NJ.
Evening star., 1915-03-13
Wants a Big Supply.

Jane was in the city one day this
\, eek and the merchant who handled
her output last year urged her to make
= "hig pack" the coming season He
guaranteed to take all she would pro-
duce in the lines she established last
ear, and also to handle a reasonable
quantity of whatever novelties she
cared to undertake He also offered to
furnish whatever financial backing she
needed, but after putting $500 more
into the chicken fund we Will still have
about $500 of free capital, and we both
think ii would be better to be on an in
dependent financial footing. She has
decided to buy a second and larger can
ming outfit and to hire plenty of help
during the busy season. OF course, We
shall have to buy the bulk of fruit. but
we expect to have between 200 and 400
quarts of straw berries and considerable
other small fruit, besides apples. cher
ries and pears. All the blackberries
she will want are TO be had in nearby
fields for the picking. and Jim and Ned
summer picking ferries for their moth
er. Bud" also has applied for a sit
uation as berry picker. and Jane has
agreed 10 take all he brings at the
same price she pays Jim and Ned. The
stipulation is that the boys shall be
paid ) cents Il quart below market
prices. Jane insists that this is fair. in
view of the fact that the boys will have
their market right at home and that
she will have to pack lunch for the
I,i"kerS.
Mrs Brown. Buds mother, had
talked of going into partnership with
Evening star., 1915-03-13
Grapes Get First Place.

In our small fruit program, Concord
grapes are to have first place this year.
James grape jelly was the most popu-
lar thing she put up last year. People
are still asking for il at the store.
though the supply has been exhausted
since Christmas.
II is possible to raise a lot of fruit
On eight acres We figure on putting
two acres to small fruits this fall. and
increasing gradually If the preserving
business justites. until We have all our
land In fruit, except quarter of an
acre for the kitchen garden and an acre
or SO Of pasture for the COW. Of this
years planting, one acre is to be given
over to grapes, half an acre to red
Evening star., 1915-03-13
Mrs. C. F. Ward to Read for Blind.

At the National Library for tho
Blind, 1929 H street northwest. at 81
o'clock Tuesday evening, Mrs. Court F.
Ward is to read a number of selections
from Browning and will also read Joel
Chandler Harris humorous story, I'm
Gle Remus at the Telephone" At 81
o'clock next Saturday afternoon Mrs
George F. Richards is to give an ac-
count of the work of the coast guard
service.
Evening star., 1915-03-13

which will be in bearing next year, and
] think the half acre / plan to plant
this fan will be about as far as 1 will!
go with them.
Black raspberries. or blackcaps, are
a much more satisfactory market crop
and 1 am going to have a lot of them
two acres / figure on eventually. They
will remain on the stems for a con-
siderable time without damage after
they are fully ripe. and they will keeI
well and ship well. They also find g
ready market. though they do no,
bring as good prices as the reds. l,
is pretty hard to beat black raspberry
jam and preserves. and we would hope
to market most of our crop in that
form. We would be perfectly safe
though. in putting any amount of lane
into them. If we got too many fol
hand picking, they have successful de.
vices for uicking them mechanicallY.
Evening star., 1915-03-13
Always Market for Fruit.

Even If the demand for James jellies
and preserves does not keep up with
our increasing supply of fruit. the fruit
itself always can be marketed at re-
munerative prices. l will have to be
careful, however. not to get myself
into a position where picking will be
too big an undertaking. l can only
avoid this by the selection of kinds
and varieties that will extend the fruit
ing period over the longest possible
season. There is a wide range, for in
stance, between the earliest and the
latest Strawberries Raspberries come
on about the time strawberries are
gone, but their season. especially of
the red varieties, is very short There
probably is no fruit that brings better
prices, or for which there is a more
ready market than red raspberries, but
it isn't very satisfactory market crop
to grow. The fruit, being soft and SO
easily mashed that it will crush under
it's own weight. has to be picked with
extreme care, in small boxes. and sent
TO market almost on a feather bed.
shall not attempt. therefore, to grow
more red raspberries than we can make
use of on our own ia BILE and for pre-
serving. Combined with currents Jane
said. they make a jam that was second
in popularity only to her grape jelly.
already have 200 red raspberry plants,
Evening star., 1915-03-13
Fakers and Crooks!

The advertising columns Of
The Star are edited as caro-
fully AZ tho news columns.
Fakers and crooks are barred.
Every advertisement known
to contain an untrue or mis-
leading statement has been re-
jected.
Every reader is asked to be
on the Vigilance Committee and
help police the columns.
Evening star., 1915-03-13

David Firor, the Thurmont (Md.) mer-
chant who disappeared March while
on a trip to Baltimore, was located in
Jacksonville, Fla. by a letter to his
wife. He stated that he knew nothing
Of his whereabouts until put ashore
penniiess from a dredgeboat in jack
sonville.
Evening star., 1915-03-13
Not a Grape Country.

l plan to grow currants and goose
berries only in such quantities as James
preserving trade demands, though
these. too. are good market crops, and
some growers think they are more
profitable than the raspberries
What Is true of currants and goose
berries is also true of grapes, though
we feel confident grape jelly will take
all l am likely to grow soon. 1 don't
believe market grape growing lis very
practical, for this part Of the country,
in competition with New York state,
where the soil and climate seem more
adaptable, where grape culture has
been reduced to a science and where
there is uniformity of pack and CO.
operation in selling, all these things
having given New York state grapes a
reputation which enables them almost
to sell themselves.
Another fruit of which the jelly and
preserve trade viii take large guam
tiles, but which there seems to be a
good deal OF local difficulty in growing
Evening star., 1915-03-13

Jane in the canning and preserving
business, but she has not been in good
health this winter and her husband
persuaded her not to undertake it
So l am to be the silent partner" at
least to the extent of doing all 1 can
to help the thing along
Evening star., 1915-03-13

women under sweatshop conditions,
| standards Of wages will advance ali
over the country.
The meeting. which was held in the
large ballroom at Rauscher's, was
largely attended.
Evening star., 1915-03-13
Plans to Plant Orchard.

Instead of giving raspberries land of
their own and growing vegetables be-
tween their rows. 7 may decide to use
the berries as an inter-row, crop for
the orchard / am going to put out.
am going to try apples of several
varieties. peaches and plums, and as
the trees will have to be from fifteen
TO thirty feet apart there will be
plenty of room for berries between
the tree rows. The number of trees
l plan TO plant will occupy about an
acre of land. As it is to be a con-
tlnuousiy cultivated orchard. and as
1T Will be four to eight years before
the trees come into bearing, ! have
got to devise ways of getting all the
use / can out of the land during the
period of waiting There is no good
reason why there should not be rows
OF raspberries between the rows of
young trees and strawberries or yege-
tables between the berry rows
Seine of the scrub brush land Jim
Gusts is clearing will be cropped with
corn and potatoes this year and again
next, and in the fall of next year will
be put in fruit, with continued cult
vation OF inter-row crops. BY this
means ] plan to get all of my eight
acres. or as much of il as seems de-
sirable. into fruit without losing the
use of it to any great extent for other
crops while / am waiting for the fruit
to come into bearing
Evening star., 1915-03-13

ten-cylinder motor for aeroplanes
that can develop 100 horsepower is q
French novelty.
Evening star., 1915-03-13
Minimum Rate of Pay.

In the addresses OF Mr.. Woolston and
Mrs Kelley IT was stated that inves-
tigation of factory and home condi-
tions conducted by painstaking work
ers had demonstrated that, taking the
country over, a wage of at least $S a
week was necessary for woman work.
ers if mental. moral and physical con-
ditions were to be maintained at the
maximum of efficiency. 1t was stated
that in certain large candy factory In
New York, where chocolate dippers are
paid Is cents an hour, an Increase in
the price of candy amounting to only
18 cents per hundred pounds would
cover the added expense OF a minimum
wage of $S a week for the women and
girls employed. The two speakers de-
clared that the question Of adequate
wages for woman workers Is one to be
solved by the consumers, and that as
soon as the general public, which buys
the product of the woman workers
united in the demand that the workers
shall be paid wages SUFFICIENT to main
tain themselves decently. and demon
strate their earnestness by a willing
ness to pay slightly increased prices
for those articles now made largely by
Evening star., 1915-03-13
wages in New York Discussed.

Howard Woolston of the New York
state factory investigating commission
told of wages paid in candy factories.
box manufactures, etc. in New York.
showing that a group of $4,000 woman
workers in selected industries aver
aged less than So week, and that a
group of woman clerks in large stores
averaged less than $40 week after
more than twenty years experience.
This condition, he asserted, was made
possible by the vast amount Of un-
skilled woman labor willing to work
for a pittance barely sufficient to keep
soul and body together, employers
regulating wages according to the
length of the waiting list of women
and girls applying for work. Such a
condition. he said. made a minimum
wage law an imperative necessity.
Mrs. Florence Kelley, secretary of the
National Consumers League, in a short
talk told of the Organizations 'activi-
ties during the past year. and outlined
briefly plans that have been prepared
for this years work. The establish
ment of a minimum wage law for wom-
en- in the District of Columbia. she
said, was an urgent necessity. because
of the need for such a law here. and
because Of the effect on state legisla-
tion throughout the country which
would be exerted if Congress enacts
for the National Capital a law. estab-
fishing a minimum wage for woman
unrkors
Evening star., 1915-03-13

William Topham and Taylor Bobb
spent part of yesterday at the tidal
basin spooning for bass. They made a
ca tch Of fourteen Ash, several Of them
Weighing as much as two-and-a-half
pounds each
Evening star., 1915-03-13
TAKING A FAMILY
BACK TO THE SOIL
Being the Experiences OF . Gov
ernment Clerk Who Sets Out
to Lower the High Cost Of
Living.

4 little later in the season you ma J
hear me crying "Stung." "Stung.' il
loud, stentorian tones If you do yor
will be safe in putting a bet down tina,
I've been stung, good and proper.
No one, of course. really wants to be
stung, but just the same, / am going
deliberately to place myself in the way
of such misfortune.
In other words. I'm going in for bees
! have ten hives of 'em engaged to be
delivered next month. If they arrive
in good shape and I survive getting
acquainted with their habits and their
whimseys, other hives are to be pro-
cured until / have fifty in all. That
VIII be all for starter, but next year
there's no telling how many hives I'll
have.
For, be it known, bees, instead of
lows. have been determined upon as
n. third money crop" at Sunny Knoll.
FIRST on the list. If for no other reason
han that they got there first. are pre-
~rrves-under that head being included
ellies. narmalades. apple butter and
the other fruit products for which Jane
las created market
Evening star., 1915-03-13
WAGE RATE FOR WOMEN,
THEME Of DISCUSSION
Miss Constance Leupp and Others
Address Consumers League
of the District.

Details Of the recent effort to obtain
legislation looking toward the enact
ment of minimum wage law for
women In the District Of Columbia were
given by Miss Constance Leupp, presid-
Consumers League of the District OF
Columbia, at Rauscher's last night. The
failure of the attempt to obtain an ap-
preparation Of $4,000 for a preliminary
investigation into living conditions of
working women in the District. Miss
Leupp said, will make it necessary to
begin the work over again when the
next Congress convenes. past work
having been lost when the appropria-
tion measure failed
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-18
ANNUAL plants FOR THE
newly GRADED GROUNDS
Those In = Short Time May Do Much
to Take the Place Of Tree and
Shrubbery Effects Which Are the
Work Of Years

Washington, ID. c., March 1S.-A
few well-chosen annual plants placed
on newly-graded grounds will do much
to take the place of trees and shrubs
until the latter may have time TO grow
according to the U. s. Department of
Agriculture specialist. 1t is often a
question in new community where
slow w-growing vegetation has not had an
opportunity, as to what may be done to
make grounds seem less bare. A lawn
can be made in few weeks and its
appearance may be greatly increased by
the addition of few well-chosen an
nuals.
The specialist suggests as particular.
ly suited for this purpose the follow
ing plants, which may be grown in most
parts of the United States.
Tall foliage plants, castor bean, cal.
adium, Gamma; tall Towering plants,
cosmos, scarlet sage, sunflowers; border
plants, alternanthera, alyssum,
ageratum, coleus; medium-tall annual
Towering plants, geranium, California
poppy (Eschscholtzia), Zinnia, marigold,
aster, petunia, cockseomb, larkspur,
nasturtium; climbing ANIMALS, cobaea
scandens, moonflower, japanese morning
glory.
Varieties in color and contrast, in
height and general effect should be
studied in placing the plants. The gen
eral appearance of plants on the home
grounds or in the garden is more or less
dependent upon the condition of nearby
lawns.
Lawns are the foundation of all dec
orative planting. A good, well-kept
lawn contributes more to the beauty
of grounds than any other single fac
tor. For this reason special attention
should be given to the grading, cult
walton and enriehing of the area to be
devoted to the lawn. After good prepa-
ration come good seed and care.
The variety of soils which will be en-.
countered and the special treatments
which they need render it possible to
make only the broadest generalizations
here. For localities north of st. Louis,
Mo-, and Richmond, Va, lawns can be
formed chiefly of bluegrass, redtop and
white clover South of this point Ber.
muda grass and st. Augustine grass
will have to be relied upon chiefly, al.
though it is said that in some places
alfalfa has been employed with good
results.
The United States Department of
Agriculture has bulletin on "Lawn
Soils and Lawns" (No. 494), and a
bulletin on Beautifying the Home
Grounds" (No. 1867, which will be
sent to applicants as long as the sup.
ply lasts.