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DIED.

ADDISON. saturday, February. .. 1921. at
am, LOUISE. the daughter # Ada NJ. Addi-
son and great granddaughter Of the late
Louisa posanS of Alexandra va. nh' =
survived by mother. two anntS ana h"S'
of relatives and fre"d>. Funeral S"fNir.
for the deceased will he held at Roberts
Chapel N. Z. Church. Tuesday. February >:
at pm. tNew York papers please copy
BARNARD. At his home. 1896 18th st. NV
February g. 1921. at noon. EpW ARp 'HtS-
TER BARNARD international boundary
comm ssioner. United States ana saha"a
Funeral Tuesday, 1880 am. from his late
residence. Burial private.
BARNES. On Sunday. February 6. 1921, at
the Emergency Hospital. CHARLES A.. be-
loved husband of Mayme Barnes. aged ~
years. Funeral from his late residence 81.
18th st. Sc. Wednesday, February .. ii
3 pm. Relatives and friends invited to at
tend. Irterment at Congressional cemetery
BATES. MRS f. C. BATES. widow of the
late F. +. Bates. aged ~ years; mother OF
neral from Shippsrt's undertaking parlors'
2ooS Pcnna. ave, Tuesday at > pm.
BoLDEN. Departed this life February g. 1927,
ANNIE B0LDEN, faithful servant OF Mrs
May f. Burke beloved sister of Kate Simms
Remains can be viewed Mt John T. Stewards
Undertaking adjustment. 80 II ST. ne,
Tuesday. February 8, otter pm. Notice Of
funeral hereafter.
CLARKE Saturday February 3. 1921. at noon,
and Mnna Herhst. mother of Harold 7.
Clarke. and sister of Mrs. \. II. SAWYER.
Mrs. G. Richter and Miss Emma Herbst. IN.
neral services at her late residence i1't
Gallatin ST NV. Tuesday. February s. at
pm. Relatives and friends invited to attend
Interment at Prospect Hill cemetery. =
FARRALL. At Providence Hospital. Monday
February Z. 1921, at 2:30 am, AuGtSla
SMITH, beloved wife of ]. Cecil Farral
Notice of funeral hereafter tBethiehem
Pa, papers please copy
FEATHERS. Entered into rest Saturday, Feb
ruary 5. 1921, at his residence. 1882 IND st
NV, ALLEN H.. beloved husband of AIDE
1ade II. Feathers. Funeral services Will ne
held at his late residence. Tuesday, February
s. at o'clock pm. Relatives and friends
invited. Interment at Bergen. n. Y, at con
verience of family.
GROSS. Suddenly. Saturday. February :: 1871
at 4:30 pm. at her residence. 1927 33rd st
NV. BLANCHE NJ, youngest daughter OF
the late John and Virginia Gross of George
town, D. c. Funeral Tuesday at $50 am
from Holy Trinity Church. Relatives ana
friends invited to attend.
HILL. At Columbia. S. c.. Friday. February
a. 1921. WILLIAM c. HILL. Members OF
Widows Son Lodge. No. Z. F. A. A. NJ. ars
requested to attend his funeral. Tuesday
February s. 1 O'Clock pm. at Lincoln TEN
ple corner 18th and sts NV. Lodge viii
assemble at Winslows chapel, 10Th and Il
SITS. BY order Of
THEODORE NJ SAUNDERS. W. VI.
J. S. GEORGE, Secretary. -
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! Edward Chester Barnard, commits
sioner of the United States section Of
the international boundary commission
of the United States and Canada. and
prominently identified with the United
| States geological survey since 1884, died
Yesterday at his home, 1886 10th street.
| Death was caused by a complication
F.! of diseases, following months illness
Funeral services will be held tomor-
row morning at 1890 o'clock at his
| home. Rev: Charles Wood of the
Church of the Covenant will officiate.
The body will be taken to Lancaster,
KY, for interment
Honorary pallbearers will be: Frank
Sutton. James Fl. Van Wagenen, Mar
Gus Benjamin, r. l.. Paris. T. J. Peters,
Frazier Head, w. H. Heron and T. c..
Gerdine.
Had brilliant Career.
Mr. Barnard, the son of the late Mr..
and Mrs. Owen Howard Barnard. was
born in New York city November 10,
1863. He was graduated from the School
of Mines, Columbia University, in 1854.
Immediately following his graduation he
entered the services of the United
States geological survey, in which capac-
ity he had been actively engaged until
! the beginning Of his illness in January.
During his survey work he mapped
sections OIL heHIuChS, 1tiHeSSte, VIZ
ginia, New York, California. Montana,
Oregon and Washington. He was in
charge of the party that went to
Alaska in 1898 to map the Forty-mile
and Nome districts. Later as chief
topographer of the United States and
Canadian boundary commission he
surveyed and relocated the boundary
line along the forty-ninth parallel
from the Pacific coast to the Lake of
the Woods. He was appointed COM
missioner of the United States inter-
national boundary commission, United
States and Canada, in 1915.
He was a member of the Cosmos
Club, the American Forestry Associa-
ton, the Washington Geological So
ciety. a past president of the Washing
ton Society of Engineers and member
of the American Society of Civil En-
gineers.
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs
Juliet Gill Barnard, formerly of Lam
caster, KY. whom he married in 1908:
a brother, William H. Barnard. of
New York city; sister. Mrs. William
Maxwell of Towanda. Pa. and step
son, Joseph Rogers, a senior at the
University of Pennsylvania.
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OLD CONFEDERATE DIES.
George r. Lee Turbervi1le Served
Under Col. Mosby in Civil War.

Under Col. Mosby in Civil War.
George Richard Lee Turberville,
seventy five years old, who served in
the civil war in the Confederate Army
under Col Mosby, and for twenty-nine
years an employe Of the government
printing office, died yesterday after
noon on the old homestead Lection"
near Fairfax courthouse. Va. He had
been in declining health for the past
two years, and died from a complica-
ton Of diseases resulting from old age.
Mr.. Turberville, the great grandson
of Richard Henry Lee, one Of Vir-
ginia's sIgners of the Declaration of
Independence was born at Lection,
April Is. 1915. At the age of sixtene
he joined the Confederate forces under
Col. Mosby and served under him in
many thrilling raids and skirmishes.
He was with Col. Mosby at the bat
tie of Miscal barn, when they and
about seventy-five others were sur
rounded by troops led by Gen. Clin-
ton of the Union Army. Awaking
from sleep in the hay NOW, the Con-
federates broke out of the barn. many
of them riding horses unbridled and
unsaddled and succeeding in captur-
ing the Union forces and killing Gen.
Clinton. Another time Mr.. Turberville
was with Mosby at Fairfax Court
House, when with two other men, they
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! O. WITHERS, FORMER
, D. C. MERCHANT, DIES
in Dry Goods Business for Many
Years and Veteran Of Civil War.
Funeral Tomorrow.

James o. withers. civil war vet
Gran, and prominently identified in
the dry goods business here many
years ago, died yesterday at his home,
100 Rhode Island avenue. Mr. With
ers was etghty-three years old.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow afternoon at 1870 o'clock at
his residence. Rev. Bernard Bras
kamp will officiate. Interment will be
In Glenwood cemetery.
Mr.. Wfthers, the son of a large
slave owner, was born in Warrenton.
Va, In 1888. He came to this city in
1S47, and at the outbreak of the civil
war enlisted in the I'd Battalion Of
the Union Army. Later he entered
the quartermaster service and served
in this branch OF the Army through
out the remainder of the war.
Following the war he was employed
in dry goods store at Sth street and
Market space. the present site of S.
Kann Sons Company. Later he was
associated with the general dry goods
firm of Perry Brothers, which occupied
resent site of Parker, Bridget
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MRS. NEWCOMB DEAD.
Widow of Astronomer to Be Buried
at Arlington.

Mrs. Mary C. II. Newcomb. widow
of DR.. Simon Newcomb.z the astron-
omer, died yesterday at her home
1920 P street. She was eighty-one
years old and was born in this city.
Mrs Newcomb. who married DR..
Newcomb in 1864. was with her hus-
band while he pursued his studies at
the Paris observatory during the
stirring DAYS of the communalist gov
eminent set up at the close of the
Franco-Prussian war. They were
forced to leave the French capital
when it was attacked by forces which
overthrow the communalist commit
tee.
Interment will take place tomorrow
at Arlington national cemetery. where
Dr. Newcomb, who was at one time
a rear admiral in the United States
Navy, also is buried.
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DR.. &. D. BALL TO TALK.
Will Address City Club Luncheon
Forum Next Wednesday.

DR.. E. D. Ball. assistant secre-
tary Of agriculture, will address the
City Club luncheon forum next We'd
nesday at 1890 o'clock on "A Policy
Of Natural Development"
DR.. Ball believes that the nation
RAPIDLY is approaching critical
period of it's development. Although
the nation now is the greatest 1000
producer in the world, furnishing ~
per cent Of the wheat. 60 per cent OF
the cotton and IS per cent of the corn,
the population has increased even
more rapidly than food production; ana
to DR.. Ball, within htteeh
years. IL the present rate is MAIN
tanned, the United States will be buy-
ing food instead of selling it.
John Walsh. chairman of the GIVES
and forum committee, will preside.
The clubs music group Will meet
at o'clock tomorrow night at the
clubhouse.
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GoUCHER-STANISLAU At St Mary
Catholic Church. Annapolis. Nd. February
!. 1921. THOMAS Il. GDUCHER and MARY
T. STANlSLAUS, both OF washington
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STREET TRAFFIC IN DRUGS.

NEW YORK, February drugs
valued at approximately 500, 900 are
sold daily on the streets of New
York and most of them are smuggled
into this country. DR.. Carleton Simon.
GepvSy- qe3.cc ossnntas&tsuee * EtN-s;p
of the narcotic drug division, declares.
Reviewing his activities since his
appointment last November, DR..
Simon said nearly 500 arrests had
been made and that drugs valued at
more ,thap three-quarters Of million
do,lans had been seized.
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Company. He was forced to retire on
account Of impaired eyesight.
For the past two years MT: Wltn err
had been entirely blind, but TO the
last he retained his interest In cur
rent events, and his recollections of
the growth of the nations capital.
Surviving him is one daughter. Miss
Mamie E. Withers of this city, en-
ployed at the bureau or engraving
virginia Latham of New York city.
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Few people are aware of the fact
the automatic machine was invented
more than 1000 years ago. by Has
of Alexandria, who flourished from
III to 81 B. c. 1t was actually
slot machine, which in return for a
coin of 5 drachms offered a cup of
wine, and was similar to the modern
slot machine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-02-07

Five Presidents of the United States
were past sixty years old when they took
office-John Adams was sixty-one, Will
liam Henry Harrison was sixty-eight.
Andrew Jackson was sixty-one. Zachary
Taylor was sixty-four, and James
Buchanan was sixty-dve.
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POTTER. Suddenly. Saturday. February 5. 1921
at 1:3o pm. WILBUR HERMAN. beloved
son of William H. and Cora NJ. Potter Of 49,
1871 st. Sc. Funeral services will be held a,
Christ Church, G st. bet. 9Th and 7th SITS
Sc. Tuesday, February g. at o'clock pm
Relatives and friends invited TO attend. In
terment at Congressional cemetery.
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CARD OF THANKS.

AEhhITT. We wish TO express our sincere
thanks and appreciation to our relatives,
Trends. the deaconess board OF the People
tongrega tionai Church. the Red Cross he
ladies' of the National Museum. an- the
teachers OF 10. II. L. and IS primary de,
fartments for their Kindness. sympathy ann
beautiful! floral tributes on the occasion o.
the death of our husband and father. JOHN
W. MERRITT.
HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN
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HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN
BOls
MARRIED.

DEANS. To Robert NJ s and Loretta Deans
OF 30l2 Sherman ave. NV February 6, 1921
daughter, LORETTA NAOMI.
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srans and are liking the experiment.
Heading the municipal machinery
Is Mayor George q. Leach, who never
had taken part in politics until after
he had commanded the One Hundred
and Fifty-first Field artillery Of the
Forty-second division. His city attor-
ney Is Neil M. Cranin, who had COM
pany Of infantry in the One Hundred
and Fiftieth regiment, Eightieth divi-
sion. A. G. Jensen, his chief of po-
lice, commanded a battalion In a
depot brigade. The mayors secre-
tary is Frank R. Cullen, who led a
platoon Of engineers.
Mayor Leach was elected after a
bitter contest, fight In which his sup
porters declared disloyalists and luke
warm Americans lined up solidly
against him. His platform was straight
Americanism and straight business.
Bringing home his artillerymen Of
the Rainbow division after the armis-
tice, Mr.. Leach made a successful at
tempt to get every man Of them a job.
He and his staff are members of the
American Legion In posts In Mime
apolis and vicinity.
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force lost 500 traffic coppers, plain
and fancy patrolmen, detectives. desk
sergeants and police officers, when
America sent out her general alarm
Tor the roundup Of Germany. Ten per
cent OF these men received commits
sions In the army and navy, and 30
per cent Of them won promotion, both
In the ranks and among the shoulder
straps. Nineteen bluecoats were
awarded the Croix de Guerre for gal
lantry In action. and the same number
were killed In battle. Tse 9oIice post
buried the 10 dead with military and
police honors.
The soidieNpolicemen have their
own summer resort, maintained by
the post, at Broad Channel, Long Is
land, where they may spend their an
nual vacations. They will form an
auxiliary to their post this fall, as
most of the force are married.
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Ole
ORIOLE

stances, Herbert was among the
guests; and, though rather at dis
advantage, so far MS the conversation
was concerned, not troubled by the
handicap, The reason ne was at
converse tIonal disadvantage was
closely connected with the unusual
supply Of refreshments; Uncle Joseph
and Aunt Carrie had foreseen the
coming Of several more Atwaters than
usual, to talk over the new affairs OF
their beautiful r@,ative, Julia. Sell
dom have any relatives new affairs
been more thoroughly talked over than
were Julia's that evening, though all
the time by means Of various symbols,
since II was thought wiser that Her
bert and Florence should not yet be
told of Julias engagement, and Flor
ences parents were not present TO
confess their indscretion, Julia was
referred to as "the traveller" and other
makeshIfts were employed with the
most knowing caution; and oil the
while Florence merely ate lnscrutably.
The more sincere Herbert was as
placid; such foods were enough for
| him.
swell, all say is, the traveller bet
ter enjoy herself on her travels said
Aunt Fanny finally, as the subject
appeared to be wearing toward ex-
hausticn. "She certainly is In for 1t
when the voyaging is over and she
arrives In the port she sailed from,
and has to show her papers. l agree
with the rest of you; she'll have a
great deal to answer for, and most
of oil about the shortest one. My
own opinion is that the shortest one is
going to burst like balloon"
"The shortest one" as the demure
Florence had understood from tht
first, was her Ideal--none other thar
Noble Dill. Now she looked up from
the stool where she sat with her bach
against a plaster of the mantelpiece
uncle Joseph she said--'1 was JUS
thinking. What is a persons reasonT
The fat gentleman, rosy with hre
light and cider, finished his fifth glass
before responding. "Well, there arr
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persons never could find any reason
for 'em at all. "A persons reason !
What do you mean, "a persons rea-
son. Florencer
II mean like when somebody says,
They'll lose their reason" she ex-
planned. "Hns everybody got rea-
son, and If they have, what Is 1t, and
how do they lose It, and what would
they do thenT"
"Oh. | see" he said. you needn't
worry. ! suppose since you heard 1t,
you've been hunting all over yourself
for your reason and looking 10 see II
there was one hanging out Of anybody
else. somewhere. No; It's something
Won can't see ordinarily, Florence.
Losing your reason is just another
way OF saying going crazyP"
"Oh," she murmured, and appeared
TO be somewhat disturbed.
Az this, Herbert thought proper TO
offer witticism for the pleasure Of
the company
"YOu know, Florence" he said, III
only means acting like you most al
ways do" He applauded himself with
burst Of changing laughter which
ranged from a jdllfrog croak to a
collapsing soprano; then he added !:
Especially when you come around
my end Henry's newspaper building !
You certainly lose your reason every
time you come around that ole place y
"Well, course haf to act like the
peorIe that's already there" Florence
retorted, not sharply, but in a musing
tone that should have warned him.
II yns not her wont to use quiet
voice for repartee. Thinking her hum
BILE he laughed the more raucously.
"Oh, Florence!" he besought her
"sav not So Say not sof'
"Chldren, children" Uncle Joseph
demonstrated.
Herbert changed his tone; he he
came seriously plaIntive. well, she
does act that way, Uncle Joseph !
When she comes around there you'd
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-11-19
MAKES HIKE or 1000 MILES
Marine Corps Fellow Travels From
San Francisco TO New. York
Carrying 5t-Pound Pack.

After facing death from thirst on
the great American desert, being mis-
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uop.. From Sea and WEEDS.

Home again from the sea, Claudius
q. Pendill, Milwaukee, Wis, national
vice commander of the American LIE
gIon. recently has married Miss Ger
trude Elizabeth WolIaeger Of his home
city. A direct descendant of Don't
Give Up the Ship" Lawrence of early
American naval fame Pendill him
self established a record in the United
States navy when he cl.S;;--SSed from a
regular enlistment on May 8, 1917, to
the commission of ensign on May l,
1918. He was a lieutenant u. 81
at the close of the war. The bride
groom is a graduate Of the University
or Michigan and Mrs Pendill gradu'
ated from vassar. They will live In
the classic atmosphere Of B.'stop
MGss.
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ferred from his station at San Fran
cisco to a new post at New York, Pri-
waite Gilbert sought permission to hike
the dismace. He was given a fur
Tough and sent upon his way. He car
red 51-pound pack during the en-
tire trip.
Between marches the marine found
shelter and food from American Lee
gion posts along the way, and when he
reached st. Paul, his home, st. Paul
Post, No. 8, turned out to greet him.
The distance of 1000 miles hiking
was covered In little more than a
month. BE made the 2,200-mile walk
from San Francisco to st. Paul In IL
days actual time. Automobiles along
the way materially helped the marcher
by frequent and long lifts"
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WALLlE ToRBlN.

Synopsis-Proud possessor OF
printing press and equipment, the
gift OF Uncle Joseph TO his nephew,
Herbert Illlngsworth Atwater, Jr.,
aged thirteen, the fortunate youth.
with his chum. Henry Rooter,
about the same age, begins the pub
LEGATION of full-tiedged newspaper.
the North End Daily Oriole. Her
bert's small cousin, Florence At
water. being barred fiom any kind
OF participation in the enterprise,
on account of her intense and nat
ural feminine desire to boss" is
frankly annoyed. and not at all
backward In saying so. However.
a poem she has written is accepted
for insertion In the Oriole, on a
strictly commercial basis-cash in
advance. The poem suffers some
what from the inexperience OF the
youthful publishers in the Fart
prsservative." Her not altogether
unreasonable demand for republi-
cation of the masterpiece, with its
bauty unmarried, is scorned, and
the break between Miss Atwater
and the publishers of the Oriole
widens. The Sunday following,
Florence's particular chum, Patty
Fairchild, pays her a visit. They
are Joined. despite Florence's OPEN
ly expressed disapproval, by Her
bert and Henry. Florence win not
play. Patty and the visitors in
dulge In a series of innocent Sun
day games. Among them Is one
called Truth" the feature of
which is a contract TO write a ques-
ton and answer, both to be kept a
profound secret. The agreement Is
duly carried out. Florence is told
as family secret that her beauti-
full aunt, Julia Atwater, has appar-
emily become engaged to man
named Crum, altogether unknown
TO the Atwaters. Florence finds
the notes in the Truth" game, in
which both Herbert and Henry adj
NIT that they have pretty eyes.
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POLICE POST OF THE LEGION
Peter Masterson Of New York's "Fln-
est" Commands an Organization
of 1900 Members.
Twelve hundred members Of the
"inest police force in the world who

saw service In the
World war, have
b q n d e d them
selves together In
the General La
fayette Poll C g
post Of the Amer
lean Legion, New
York city. Peter
]. Masterson, a
lieutenant of po-
lice, commands
the organization.
The Now York
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"And her reply left him
paralytie with horror. 'Wallie
Torbinr p"
GRO BE CONTINUITY
Told Of John Burroughs.

John Burroughs. the naturalist, was
not interested in natures larger as
poets. Geysers and volcanoes bored
him. His one exception was the Grand
Canyon of the Colorado, which he
called "the Divine Abyss" Despite
his intentness on study when boy.
Burroughs was fond o. girls and kept
systematic record Of his engage
ments with them, writers on his life
say.
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O IflE O.
AMERICAN
LEGION

(Copy for This Department Supplied BY
the American Legion News Serviee.l
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taken for a bandit
and looked upon
with suspicion In
the communities
where the marine
uniform never had
been seen, Charles
e. Gilbert, United
States m ar l n Q
corps, arrived in
New York re-
c 9 n tly h a l g,
hearty and tired.
Ordered trans
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WORLD WAR MEN GOVERN CITY
Minneapolis Entrusts Entire Munich
pal Control to Veterans, With
George Leach az Mayor.
With the service men Of the United
States unwillingly beginning to be-

lieve that the peo-
pie thereof have
entirely forgotten
them, the city Of
Minneapolis Is a
fourishing oasis
In the alleged des-
ert Of dried-up
memory. The citi-
gems have en-
trusted their COM
plete city govern
ment to the young
World war vet
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Eortuitous Circumstance.

"Did you have good tine Il
Smiths last evenln@r' 'fnn'l soy
that did. Mrs Smith Is ~ nd .w@c..
heart Of mine and ! oNe Mr.. ,n"f
$40"
The Nenana news., 1921-09-24
GENERAL WOOD NOMINATED

WASHINGTON, D. C.. Sept. 24- President Harding has sent the name of General Leonard Wood to the senate for confirmation as governor general of the Philippines. Other made this week include: Irving D. Smith, register of the land office at Seattle; Col Mason Patrick, of the Engineers, to be chief of the air service, with rank of major general; J. C. Grew, now minister to Denmark, to be minister to Switzerland; John D. Prince, min ister to Denmark; Willard T. liar thorn, collector of customs at Seat tie; Burns Poe, of Tacoma, collector of internal revenue