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FINANCIAL NOTES.

senator SmOot Will introduce bill FOR
embargo on foreign wuols as soon Is Con
ress con venes
Kansas has $ 500 orr acres sown 70 win
ter wheat third largcSt ia history 0f Stat
according 70 STATE Board - Agriculture
Because of ths improved coal situation
ne Interstate .umfucrrc Commission ha-
t-nuovel an orders giving priority 10 coal
'op coal cars 70 - moved exclusively 70
the mines
Estah.ishment of steel prices on tho IL
dustrial Board level maintained BY the.
steel Corporation for the past eighteen
months which may now be regarded as at
accom- plishcd fact vii inquest lonal4y tend
I'd clear the atmosphere IN the industry ana
% crcate the basis for substantial trade
revival
CasE dividend payments Of 80 .66z .s22
uladr Us the standard oil companies during
tl. fourth quarter Of 1920. make total dis
t4rsrIitht, fpr the year Sll5.s 600, the
largest aunlal amount eyer paid This Is
Pc larsest dividend payment ever made in
fhs ,ast quarter u Is the biggest payment
ever mad' i ans .art"r. except IN the first
quarter - s-lt when an extra payment Of
approximately So HNpn0 was made by
t1s standard 0u 20 - New Jersey
While indf, dulls many small and IN
known except iu narrow circles. few big
an prominru the public eye, came q
gf.sf ln the violent breakdown which the
securities markets recently experienced. the
cifert nr the general situation has been
greatly la clear sud strengthen it u
was striking and sensational when " q
Durauf c4ne te a position where he had 70
give over into strong hands ? 500 600 shares
~ General Motors stock The really in
comprehensib ble and amazing thing was not
Tho outcome hut that any individual
should baVe had the temerity TO carry such
. vast speculative account The position
~ The General Motors Corporation as
nov tsat sufi account il removed for II
ssl-tt TED hutt % dangers
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-29
PHYSICIANS REPORT
ON CONDITIONS At
HARE'S CORNER HOME
Findings. Made Public by Chil'
dren's Bureau Office, Were
Shocking
FINDING HOMES FOR
THE LITTLE WARDS

Arcord,nc 10 Niss Aida Armstrong,
executive, III the Childrcns Bureau. IN
yeS,isation shows that conditions At the
pclaware Orphan Home and Industrial
School were worse than was AT hrst
s,i~pectcd Facts have come 20 hight,
sbe sa,s that children formerly cared
tar ~ tho INSTITUTION could easily have
bern taken care ~ hy the parents, hut were
preventcd from ioing A. 10y lack oi inter
rst ~ certain officials
tlue story Is nf = hoy who was placed IN
,he institution accused ~ stealing ana
lent there m spite " efforts 10y the par
,.ots ~ Obtain ms release ni the Ia chii-
dr.n lnilud NJ the home when William
IN. former head of the institution. was
arrested TIVE we're taken home 10 much
better surroundings. SLY were taken by
,.pectahlc colured families where there
&, rrc no children and the other three are
t,lnpnraril, detained
nnc ht,le hoN cight wears old cannon
y. placed - far as relatives are con
: Incl Two boys, about nm years oid'
ant one lItte cirl ~ ten Will have 70 be
treated Tor disease.
/, appears that n some cases the chii-
drcn wcr, taken from the parents while
me mothers were cIppluycd ~ servants IN
shue fapillc. Childnen. Miss Ann
.trnns saws. were shockingly abused. ac-
c,rdlug 10 reports 81 llr J. Stuohs'
sai Dr Harvey Murray. colored' VIII"
f.,tstigatcd conditions n the home ~
ta,, request at the State Board oi hari-
ffcs ,
The rrport asvs that practically all OF
+, +. ,,hil5reu were under nourlshedr and
re,rly All hal rckcts. also that the low
mental d,vclapmcnt appeared 20 he the
r,sul nn, i much 81 innate mental
development rs lack of trainrng and IN
.trnctian and the conditions under which
ihc childrvn lived
With thr assistance of the County
poer5s of Welfare IN Kent and SUISSE
counties some % the children wer" found
mes among relatives One l3-year-old
~, found homo with q cousin Of whose
,st,nce she did not know
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AGED WOMAN DIES OF PARALYSIS

Srwport. Nov p Mrs Katherine
~,srho-ough VIE " John Scarborough
ol,d 4t her hum. On Nalnur street. SatuI-
ast morning after an illness of several
(, eek. IRON para.vs's Funeral services
81. l., hid tnis afternoon at ? o clock
f. rharg, IS Re1 Z = Nichols Of Smyrna
DcI former pastor of Newport VI (
Ctrc. lutvrneur ar It James Gene
TORS \cWport
Mr. Scarborough Is survived bv- her
husband John " Scarborough, Mrs
MargAr Hall of Baltimore Md. Mrs
I.dward Mitchell Of Wilmington, John T,
Scarborough u Chester Pa. Miss Edna
Scarborough q Newport Mrs Elsie
Patton 81 Chester Pa Clarence Scar
borough and Mis- Mary Scarborough
a Newport
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-29
PITTSBURG MEATS DROP.
Butter to Tumble 6 Cents Today-Bread
10 be Cent Cheaper.

Pittsburg, Nov 2o.-The prices of
dressed meats took a record drop Saturday
and will be followed today by break
of 6 cents in butter. Bread will be cent
n pound cheaper. The reductions III meats
according to the buyer for one of the larg
est retail dealers in Pitt burg, bring pork
and beef products to their cheapest figures
since 1916
The retail prices per pound quoted
Saturday for the finest quality meats
were: LON roast. 30 cents, off cents
pork shoulders, 25 cents, off : cents
best bacon, less rind and ends, 65 cents,
off 3 cents; tendcrloin stoak, 65 cents,
off cents; hams. 81 cents, off ) cents ,
roll roasts (boef). 30 conts, off 3 cents !;
round steak, ~ cents, off ; cents
The drop in butter prices will bring
Elgin prints wholesale. down to 60 cents
Philadelphia, Nov 29--The price Of
bread in Philadelphia will he reduced one
cent loaf December |. according 60 an
announcement by Frank B, McClain Fair
price commissioncr for Pennsylvania The
present retail price IS cents for a one
pound loaf and Is cents for a 24-ounce
loaf
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". Y. ". II. & II. LAYS OFF 5000.
10 Per Cent Of Force Retired Ito Reduce
Expeuaes'

Boston, Nov 30 About 5000 en-
ployes Of the New York. New Haven
and Hartford Railroad were laid oil Mt
the close Of their weeks work Saturday
night it. became known today. The men
include mechanics employed in the shops
Mt various points about the system, to-
gether with ro,Indhouse employees,
trainmen and men in other departments
The number is understood 10 represent
about 10 per cent
Substantial numbers have been let out
at the New Haven, Conn; Van Ness,
v. r., and Readvillc shops. At these
shops n smaller number were let go n
week ago, il is undt rstood.
Reduction Of expenses" is said 10 be
the reason given by executives
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q. 8. SHIP SAVES LOST Crhw.
Wcst Maximus Reaches Brest With
French Victims ~ Storm.

Brest, Nov. 70 The American steam
ship West Maxirnus successfully enacted
rescue role IN terrific nOrthwesterly
gale near The rshant Light, il developed
when The steamship arrived ifere with the
crew ~ the French three uaated schooner
Hcrminie. which had been wrecked on the
Bhoais IF the light
The West Maxnus vas Last previously
reported ~ having arrived at Rotterdam
November IL from Buenos Aires
A storm Of extreme violence was rag
ing yesterday along the entire French A.
lantic zeal abOard
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FREE TO.
ASTHMA SUFFERERS
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Anyone Can Use Without
Discomfort or Loss Of
Time

We nave a method FOR tho control 81
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expense 30 matter whether your casa is u
long standing Or rerent Development
whether II is present as occasional Or chrnn
ic Asthma you should send for q free trial
~ our method No MATE IN what clirnate
you live no matter what yUur age or prcil
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our method should relieve you pTumy pity
We especially want 20 aend IL - those aE,-
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TWO KILLED IN CAR WRECK.
Trolley PiunQes Over Embankment NsaI
Bethlehem. Pa.

Bethlehem. Pa, Nov % Two per
SONS were killed and dozen injured early
yesterday when Lchgh Valley tfansN
car, bound from Nazareth to this city,
jumped the track on stecp hill and
plunged down mn embankfnent near the
Nazareth Fair Grounds.
The car, carrying about thirty pas
sengers, overturned 10 n cornfeld
Officials Of The company said the ac-
cident was caused by the locking of air
brakes mud slippery rails.
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Son Killed In Arqonne Two Years Ago

Mr.. and Mrs. Fbtr H. Wibraham Of
Conveys Point. n + have received word
from the War Department. Of the death
Of their son Samuel Wilbrahan, IN the
Arg0nne forest more than two years sgo.
CornrBdes Of Tie boy reported that he had
been wounded and the parents had long
ago given him up for dead Private vii
braham was 23 years old when he enlisted
in the Third Regiment. Company y Of
Camden on July ~, 1917 Later he was
assigned to the nth Infantry At Camp
Mcclellan and served ovcrscas with thot
ropfrncnt
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-29
How To
Revitalize Wornout
Exhausted Nerves

Your nerve - EnF dtpfuda .n blend.
g0pd. rich red bind - ~ Ftna N.Y.
ganic iron hurafrl ir',r ~ maze
atad frpn ls ike 1f iron Is sf.,t t.l... Z.
liks the trnn in spinarH lsr re arf aet...
Nhile rnetallio .ren Is IrYF ..sI ~
from the artiDn ~ sfrpng ~ ~ ~
inRs NuHafed ron dfes r..f = .... -
nor upaft the stornaeh y. Is ..t.
forent thing frru 1Ff.rarr .f
o. quickly helps maxi -.et .rr
VlthilZn sprm0elt eHhaunfaf r.. ..s
you neN strength auf .rfrgv f5ga. =. +.
people annually afr #.sIrg H.~-.
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Missionary Meeting.

The regular monthly meeting ~ the
Woman missionary Society ~ First
Central Church will be held TOMORROW
evening AZ 7.f5 o'clock The chairmcn
are Mrs John Hyatt and Iisa Clara
Whaler Dcvotions will be lei ~ Nss
McAllister The topic, Sew Roads ~
the Mountains, md Siam all hc Dis
ctseed Fy Mrs CLARK. Mrs Boyd and
Mrs Williams John J Hayes. y vll
sing A social hour wiil follow
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kXtLAAl,=l,LGII
AWAITING
HEADACHE

vsaehaehs ls WON AVS hshf
Nsits n Tread FOR lna neHt at'a
Tbs Test thing ~ A. 20 guard egalff
ais trouble % 70 - stH a
bert's ~ No Nor Capsglss -
arm handy ana a. 90
aehs IN any PAT - ne ~ aim
t-starfly Pain ras ~ Raef
80 Ak-N0- Nor CapslfeH Pre-
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sQrs they Contain ~ az gNa
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IRON WORKERS END STRIKE.
tecept Reading Company Offer After Five
Months Idleness.

Reading. Pa Nov 2q-The Read
ng Iron Company resumed operations
lr ~ ~ plants today after an idlesnes>
a fve months 4 majority OF tn, strikers
vo.ed to accept the company offer az
90 IS per ton FOR pudding over 5000
uier employed IN the plants IL this CITY.
pottstovn. Brdsboro Columbus and Dan
vile are affected
The company has agreed o re-employ
~. he mer. but vii not dismiss any Of
those who remained al work during the
g1ug >trlke The plants are expected 10
.. q full operation within a week
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-29
DIR. Sumwalt nj Federal Council.

Rev John " r. Sumwalt. pastor Of
Grace NJ l. Church, representing the
Washington area Of Methodist Churches,
will leave tomorrow for Boston, Mass +,
where he will attend the Federal Council
of churches 10 be held in that city from
December | 20 December 8 The Fedora !
Council meeta everY four wears
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Junior nos,d DON Sal.

One day iDterveru until fhs annus
doll sale n tie HumUDphfhis u0aflltnl -
Wedr eHfiay, December ~ thr tsa
Century lub Apr0ns. d0ns rakes ps
Chrnffnns gifia, pys ard rnd tl
sold There vii - interest gnu.s. I...
the children. a SPECIAL .ut fkru f,f
business men wlll he held n van %
sale begns ~ D.clork
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The housewife IL a most practical
person herself. and although she
may appreciate some little trnket,
still the thing that would please her
most would be something she could
Use IN her home every one of the
three hundred and sixty-6ve days
Before YOU definitely decide on a
gift for the woman doing her own
houseWork, read the ads under
Christmas Gift Suggestions Let
these little ads be guide to you in
making a wise selection.
Read The Ads In Classification
64-A.
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POWDER QUOTATIONS..
Rep c ried Daily at Noon by Laird & Co,
du POnt Building.
For Iewish Orphans' Home

Wilmington Lodge, No. 7O4, Inde-
pendent Order B'Naj B rith held meet
ing last night in the interest Of the B mai
Birth Orphans Home at Erie, Pa The
evening was the seventy-ffth anniversary
Of the B mai Birth day celebration
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Our Way Of Handling
Baggage

insures It against any ordinary m
Jury. No smashing or banging
lowed in our transfer servlc
Fvery empl0ye is instructed I
handle every piece with the sam
care as If It were his own Phon
US if you are gong away Or hav
uIst come back and want your bag
gage quickly
7 a. m. to 5 p. m. u. q A. 4<2
15S.
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FREE TRIAL COUPON

FRONTIER ASTHMA % Room ~
Niagara and Hudson Ste Bu~aln S s
send free fria' - yGiir method ~
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THE HOUSEWIFE

Observation-Disclosures
The Benson signal., 1920-03-27
Leonard Woods Life

Here is Lonard Woods life outlined
in brief:
Born. October 6. 1850: Winchester.
N. II.
Lived In boyhood on Cape Cod.
Mass.
Graduated from Harvard Medical
school, 1884.
Worked among poor Of Boston as
hospital doctor.
Appointed army surgeon in 1885.
served few days in Boston and then
was transferred to Mexican border on
his request ''for action"
Fought for many months the savage
Apaches who harried the border and
successfully blocked the approach OF
civilization. Years later awarded Con
gressiOnal Medal of Honor for his
heroism In the Indian warfare.
In 1883 he surveyed Arizona under
General Miles.
Ordered back to active service ON
border for few months.
Made staff surgeon. in 1889, and sta
toned at Los Angeles.
Married Miss Louise A. COndit
Smith. niece of Chief Justice Field.
Sent to Washington In 1895 as as
sistant attending surgeon, and served
under Cleveland and Mckinley.
Organized Rough Riders in 1898;
made colonel. with Theodore Roose-
welt as lieutenant colonel.
Lead his troops in first battle at Las
Guasimas. June "a, 1893.
Entered Santiago July II, and was
promoted for valor to brigadier gen.
eral.
Made military governor Of Santiago
July 20, and turned city from pest
house to modern municipality.
President Mckinley appointed him
governor general Of Cuba, in Deem
Der, 1899. In next three years he
brought Cuba out of darkness and es-
tablished it as modern, law-abiding
self-g governing nation.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-27
HARDING I:IT BOND SALE

Columbus, O.. March In q
speech in the United States senate In
1915 Senator Harding from Ohio, in
speaking with respect to the sale Of
Liberty bonds, took exception to the
manner and methods employed to pro,
mote the sale of Liberty bonds, class
ing the public meetings. the appeals Of
orators and tie eloQuence Of literature
as "hysterical and unseemly." /
This same speech is remembered by
Nj. r. Jones Of Columbus, veteran OF
the Civil war and who had several
grandsons fighting in the world war
He is for Leonard Wood.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-27
SHORT LINE MOTOR CO.
Auto parts and accessories.
Tires, Tubes, Gas, Oil.
MRS. W. Y. MORGAN FOR WOOD
Kansas Suffrage Leader Says Women
Of Middle West Want Him as
Their Next President.

Chicago, March.-"Sentiment iT
Kansas is strong for Leonard WOODY
said Mrs. w. Y. Morgan, wife Of for
mer Lieutenant Governor Morgan Of
Kansas, in a recent visit to Miss Han
riet Vittum, cho irman Of the Woman's
organization, Leonard Wood national
campaign committee. Mrs. Morgan IL
from Hutchinson and is head Of thu
delegation from Reno county in thu
state Republican convention.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-27
Biz Crowd Hears Wood.

Chicago, March Thousands Of
requests for seats for Wood speeches
in Indianapolis last Friday night were
turned down. Every Wood manager
in Indiana and all Republican editors
attended a conference with Mr.. Wood
in Indianapolis. Paul Maier, state
senator, and w. L. Wood, state repre-
sentative, are two of the important
political leaders Of the state who came
out for Mr.. Wood during the latter's
visit
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-04-08
THANKS u. S. FOR AID
CARDINAL MERGER SAYS BEL
GUM OWES MUCH TO AMERICA.
Nation Saved by Assistance Given in
Food, Clothing and Money, He
Declares.

Baltimore, Md, April give owe
very much to the American people.
Their diSinterested participation in
the war when Russia failed us. and
the eminent assistance in food, cloth
ing and money which private initiative
brought to our country when famine
was ready to destroy our people have
created tor our henefactOrS titles to
our impcrishabe gratitude This is
one Of the many striking statements
made 10y Cardinal Mercier the heroic
Belgian preate, in a letter to the
Catholic clergy and religious com
munitlcS of his diocese Of MaIines
Belgium concerning his visit to Amer.
lea last fail.
IN this letter. a copy of which has
Just been received here, the cardinal
speaks Of his visit to Cardinal Glib.
hons and the people Of Baltimore
Chicago and many other cities.
Cardinal Mcrricr was struck by the
deep religious attitude of the Amcri'
can people, and ne says: "In no part
OF Europe have seen the religious de
votions asserted in public With a tran
quill simplicity, without osteutation OF
fear, rs have seen in the United
States
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-04-08
TEACHERS PLANK IS ASKED
New York and Illinois Men Demand
Increased National Support of
the Schools.

New York. April 5.-Elghty-fiys
New York and Illinois schooteacherf
have joined In a demand that this
plank be inserted In the Republican
national convention platform:
Recognizing that the public schools
are the bulwark Of democracy and that
upon them rests the duty Of preparing
the future citlzenry of the nation ana
that the present shortage of trained
teachers constitutes serious menace
to the welfare of society, the Repub-
lican party advocates increased nation.
al support of schools, the creation of
national department Of education
with representation in the cabinet
and the development of public
school system that will furnish equal
educational opportunity to all the
children of every state in the Union"
Chairman VIII H. Hays of the Re
publican national committee has
agreed to submit the resolution to the
platform committee he recently ap.
pointed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-04-08
WORKERS TAKE $500,000,000
Huge Amount of Savings Taken to eu'
rope by Those Emiaratng From
the U. S.

New York, April 5.-While most OF
those emigrating from America are
wOrkmen who have thrown up their
jobs to take their savings, averaging
$1,000 each, to their native lands, i'm
migrants coming to the United States
are largely composed of industrial
non-producers, including thousands of
war widows, it was said by the Inter.
racial council.
Sixty per cent Of the immigrants Of
the past few months in this port have
been women and girls it was stated.
The council expressed belief that for
cign governments are placing obsta-
ces in the way of the emigration of
male workers. while encouraging WON.
en- to seek homes in America.
More than half billion dollars in
savings have been taken from this
country since the armistice by emf
grant workmen, it was estimated, and
another quarter billion will be taken
away when transportation and pass
port conditions are improved
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-04-08
BRILLIANT RACE MEET
DRESSES WORN BY FRENCH
WOMEN ARE SENSATIONAL.
Look Mannish- in Tailored Short
Skirts-Wear Glasses in Right Eye
and Use Walking Sticks.

Paris, April 5.-Easter'S brilliant
race meet at Auteuil brought new
sensation; so per cent Of the women
wore eyeglasses, jauutily stuck in the
right eye; also, walking sticks, thick
gloves, tailor-made suits cut in severe
masculine lines, and low heels 1t was
another demonstration Of the return
of the mannlsh type in womans APP
parel.
There was one concession to fem
mine coquetry, however. Skirts were
generally a few inches shorter than
heretofore, revealing the entire knee
faultlessly incloSed in priceless silk
stockings kept in place by garters
adorned with flowers, and, in some
cases, with jewels.
President DISCLAIMERS prize was the
feature of the program and the as
semblage was correspondlngly daz-
zling. Never before had such great
number of automobiles assembled in
one day.
The whole Bots de BOulogne was
turned into an immense automobile
park. Most women drove their own
cars. There were also large parties
Of fashionable men in the latest type
Of touring cars which do credit to
their reputation rs travelling bars
Artistically installed between the front
and rear seats are mahogany cup
boards containing every imaginable
kind of refreshing beverage, from
champaign to sodas, and from rare
liquors to iced gin. In short, there
was everything TO satisfy the most
particular connoisseur. The new type
of car Is exceedingly popular; one of
them fetched 10000 francs (normally
100000.
Not n few of the women present
carried parrots on their left shoulders
held captive by tiny gold chains con.
Meeting one of the birds legs TO the
owners wrist.
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Some folks are canned because
they are too self-satlshed. It's a COM
mon thing in life 10 find folks too big
TO take orders. They know the game
and refuse to take orders. That is
confession they belong to the small
class and never will be fitted to lead.
The good boss Is n master Of obedI-
cnce. He commands because he has
learned TO obey He's never satisfied.
There are always new goals to strive
for. He rises because he sees things
from a different angie. It's different
with the fellow who is sefsaushed.
He sees only what he wants to see,
and holds his opinion above that Of
everybody else You can't do much
with him. Exchange.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-04-08
Birds Increase In Numbers.

The beneficial effects of the migrn
tory bird treaty act are beginning to
be felt. The United States depart
ment of agriculture, through Its bu'
reau of biological survey, has conduct.
ed Investigations Of the breeding areas
of ducks IN North Dakota and Nebras
ka, says a bulletin of the department.
Compared with former years, graf
flying Increase of breeding waterfowl,
particularly IN North Dakota, Is EVIL.
dent. The fifth annual series of counts
of birds Of all species breeding on Sc
lected areas In various parts Of the
United States contained large pro
portion OF reports showing increases
In bird population. The total number
of reports received however, was not
large. Many of the persons who had
formerly taken part In the annual bird
counts were unable, because Of extra
duties assumed during the war; to find
time for the work required by the
fifth count.