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Evening star., 1921-04-06
Clubs and Plant Preservation.
Js4bf Editor Of The Star:

1B1ff Editor Of The Star:
The desire expressed in The Sun
day Star by Mrs. Patten, and in the
editorial Monday. to form John Bur
rSushs clubs, to perpetuate the name
and work of the famous naturalist
Isl iscomrlendable. There is however,
akyxSional society, with several thou
sz4d members, that is doing for wild
fHBers what the Audubon Society
t9doing for birds and what the
lfg for trees. 1t is the Wild Flower
I1Eservation Society of America,
w@h chapters in many parts of the
c3Antry. 1t was organized in Wash
ert&ton in 1907. and the Washington
Chapter now numbers more than 200
a9alt members. including many of
the. government natural science staff
aud public school science teachers.
among which Mrs. Alburtis is a very
active member There are at least
three Junior clubs and several hun
dred Junior mem bers around Wash
ington. 1t therefore seems hardly
Advisable to have two local COM
psting organizations in exactly the
same field. A chapter has just been
started in Baltimore and others in
Virginia and Massachusetts are about
TO be organized. There has been
come talk recently regarding a pos
0ibfe change of name on account of
MS length. and possibility of uniting
win another national society known
oEs Society for the Preservation of
Our Native Plants. 1t is not fmpos-
sipie. that the Burroughs name might
be acceptable to all. but in case il
is impracticable to make a change
in name or combination of the two
existing societies it is much more
proba that the name John Bur-
roughs clubs would be an acceptable
designation for the Junior Wild
Flower Preservation societies. If
those interested will cooperate /
shall be glad to bring the matter
before the national meeting In New
FORK on May 25 and see IL action
,nittee appointed" for further con-
sideration The above society Is In
eorporated and all life memberships
2 nd most, yA~H not all, larger dona-
tiops 90 into an endowment fund.
p. L. Kicker.
Evening star., 1921-04-06
Pus " ROCK oRta Es AZ APPEARED TODAY FOLLOWING
GROWERS HOLD TOBACCO.
Much Of Last Years Crop in North
Carolina Unsold.

Acreage planted in tobacco this
year in North Carolina will probably
show a slight decrease from last year.
according to reports to the Depart
ment of Agriculture, issued today. A
considerable portion of last years
crop was said to be still In the hands
of the growers.
Transplanting was reported as prac-
tically completed in Florida, and the
plants growing fast in Tennessee.
with the possibility that q few buds
may have to be replanted as a result
of the recent freeze.
Virginia bright" markets were
said to be closing up. and organiza-
tion of Growers Cooperative Mar
keting Association progressing salts
factorily.
New England reported that it's acre.
age this year probably would be re-
duced. with much of last years crop
still in the growers hands. while re-
ports from Wisconsin showed very
little tobacco was being purchased
and prices continued low.
Evening star., 1921-04-06
WANT TO RAISE $4,000
TO AID VISITING NURSES
Meeting of the Society to Consider
Means of Continuing It's
Work Among the Sick.

Announcement of plans of the In
structive Visiting Nurses to raise
$4,000 during the last week of this
month for the continuance of the So
ciety's work was made yesterday
aIternoon after meeting at the resi-
dence of Mrs. William Corcoran
EuStis, 1900 Rhode Island avenue
Mrs. Corcoran Thorn. member of
the board of managers, presided, and
introduced the. president of the So
ciefy. Mrs. Whitman Cross, who out
lined the origin and the work of the
organization.
The instructive Visiting Nurse So
ciety was organized about twenty
years ago. The work was started with
one nurse during one summer as an
experiment. This experiment proved
the need of such work in Washington
The work is now the care of the sick
people of Washington who are not in
hospitals.
A short time after the society was
organized it was discovered that there
was not one school nurse in the city
An appropriation was secured from
congress and now there are ten
school nurses in Washington An
other constructive work Accomplished
Is that in connection with the Tuber-
culosis Association. At the request of
this organization two nurses were as
signed to tubercular work and con-
tinued this work until it was taken
over by the city.
At present maternity service is
conducted for the mothers of new
born babies who cannot go to hos
pitfalls. These mothers are also in
structed in the proper care of their
babies.
Mrs. Herbert Hoover. Mrs. Eustis
and Miss Mobray. one of the nurses of
the society. also made brief addresses.
Walter Bruce Howe, chairman of
the mems committee. explained the
work that the men will do, and said
that when the purpose Of the society
is fully understood by the people of
Washington they will give the sup
port needed to continue its work.
Evening star., 1921-04-06
BIG CHANGE NOTED
IN EARLY MAILING
U. S. Departments Hasten to.
Post Letters Before 4 Pm. ,
in Answer to Hays Flea.

People here are responding readily
to tho request of the Post Office De-
partment that letters be mailed con-
tinuously through the day. instead of
being held until o'clock, according
to figures compiled today by City
Postma ster Chance.
Ever since Postmaster General
Hays informed the President and his
cabinet that a large per cent of the
lcitY's mail. especially the mail of the
departments. was being handled at
/ the city post office in the evening,
Postmaster Chance has kept tab on
the receipts.
Such checking up has led to a graf
Postmaster Chance said today. big
increase of letters handled from
am to 4 pm. every day is shown.
Taking Monday as an example,
Grew g" the shift of postal employees
which works during the hours named,
handled 175,S47 letters, as against
107.615 on the same day q week ago,
an increase of ss.2s2 letters or a 63.40
per cent increase.
Big Improvement Noted.
This means, the postmaster pointed
out, that 81. .232 letters which normally
would have been handled after 4
o'clock by the shift which works from
pm. to midnight were cancelled and
gotten into sacks during the COM
paratively slack early hours.
On April crew 2" cancelled 200.016
letters, as against 145.363 on the. same
day a week previous, an increase of
54,653 letters. or 37.59 per cent in
crease. b..
One night recently crew /. which is
on from midnight to-8 am. handled
40.253 letters against s0.33s. the same
day the week before. a decrease OF
50.0S2 letters, or 55.44 per cent de-
crease. A decrease was welcomed In
the shift, because it means that more
letters are being handled during the
daylight hours. thereby relieving the
enormous pressure which has always
been the portion Of the night work.
ers.
First Figures Given Out.
These figures are the first to be made
public showing the actual results Of
Postmaster General Hays campaign
for constant mailing. hour by hour.
and are supplemental to the general
statement made by Postmaster
Chance before the conference of pos
masters. that owing to the lessening
Of pressure Of night work he had been
able to transfer twenty-four men to
the day shifts.
Evening star., 1921-04-06
TODAY 4TH ANNIVERSARY
OF DECLARATION OF WAR
No Official Recognition Of Event
Takes Place, But it is Dis
cussed Generally.

Four years ago today the United
States Joined with the allies in the
great war against Germany and her
allies and contributed materially to
the subsequent overthrow of the Ho-
henzollern dynasty. No off1cia.
recognition was taken of the ami
versary, but 1t was the subject Of
general conversation among the peo-
pie.
The declaration of war was con-
tained in a joint resolution Of the
Senate and House. passed April 6.
1917, declaring that the state of
war between the United States and
the imperial German government,
which has been thrust upon the
United States. is hereby formally de-
clared."
That resolution was formally pro-
claimed by President Wilson on the
day of its passage and receipt by him.
Russia is the only great gold-pro-
Evening star., 1921-04-06
Fiue Brothers, CiUiL
Var Veterans, Meet at
Confederate Reunion

e RICHMOND. Va. April g.
Five brothers, all of whom
served In the Confederate army,
recently attended a reunion of
their comrades In Christians
burg. They aFes Ad0lph Moore.
efghty-three, OF SpanishburE,
w. Va; Mansfield NJ. Moore,
eighty, OF CambFni. W.; o. NJ.
Moore. seventy-eight, of Ellis
ton, Va, K. r. Moore, seventy
flve, of Bradshaw, Va, and Ben
5amin Moore. seventy-three. Of
Shawsville, Va.
The oldest two of the Moore
brothers have about seventy
defendants each and the third
IL childless. They are probably
the only FIVE brothers. natives
of Virginia. still living. who
served In the civil war.
Evening star., 1921-04-06
PHYSICIAN DIES IN AUTO.
Dr.. s. 8. Hepburn, Annapolis,
Found by Wife In Machine.

. ANNAPOLIS. Md, April s-Dr. S. 8.
Hepburn. a physician of Annapolis In
active practice. died last night of q
sudden heart attack after he had been
visiting patients during the evening.
His wife found him sitting in his au-
tomobile. which was in his garage.
DR.. Hepburn was forty-seven years
of age and was born in Loudoun
county. Va. He began practice in tho
West River section Of Anne Arundel
and had been In practice in Annapolis
for twenty years, He ts survived by
his wife. who was Miss Burweu OF
West River, and one daughter.
Evening star., 1921-04-06
TRADE MAY COME TO q. s.
Britain Likely to Lose Coal Ex-
port Business, Due to Strike.

NEW YORK. April s.-Ths United
States bids fair to win the English coal
export trade. il the present strike in
Great Britain lasts any length Of time.
said a statement issued here tonight by
the Wholesale Trade Coal Association.
Foreign buyers have been much dis
pleased by the recurring troubles in the
British coal mines and the subsequent
interrupted shipments on contracts" I"
read the statement. Americans are
very anxious to secure this business.
This increased demand. IL it ma
ferializes. will enable the bituminous
mines of the eastern part of the coun-
try to operate with more regularity and
thus make 1t possible to keep their or
ganization together, so that when the
expected demand from Industrial con-
sunfers Of bituminous coal in this coun-
try materializes. as. 1t probably will
within the next thirty days. the mines
will be able to take care of it."
Evening star., 1921-04-06

fore the next session Of Congress
conyenes.
1t is understood that the applica-
ton of the Lehlbach classifcations.
which classifications and integral
salary rates have the Endorsement of
organized federal employees. is asked
IN order to ind out what the cost OF
the new rates would be-
1t is not definitely known to gov
efnment workers that the reclassifica-
ton measure. known as the Brown
BILL is the same as the measure
which Senator Smoot proposed to in
tr4auce. but it is generally supposed
that such is the case.
Tne reelassification commi ssion's
ortt seems lost in the shuttle, and it
10 not anticipated that 1t will be
br6hght up at the next session in
anT forrse except insofar as some of
its provisions may be carried in one
OF the other rival bills.
- 1.z0O Classes Of Workers.
VA. ,reclassification. commissions
III catried some f.7oo Glasses or
4eoups of workers. and it has been
ann OF the Lehlhachg measure to
H4ief Brown of the bureau of ef-
hc14ncyf made 1t. plain several months
aSU tha1 his rec.assificaiion measure
would 90 the Lehlbach bill "one bet
terf in the matter Of reduced number
o44lasses Of employees -.
,E4s Is regarded as likely that the re-
qeaeft for the application of the Lehl-
bach bill to the departments has been
made in an endeavor: to arrive at the
exact sum. needed to give increased
rHfes to government employees, with
ke4probable desire of the proponents
oEfhis bill to be able to demonstrate
that IL Gan be done more cheaply to
tkfa agovernment than the rival bill"
eeDn be put. into operation.
Mhe labor involved in attempting to
aS3fy the Lehlbach ciassifications to
tk6sgovernnent' departments at, this
time has nonplussed officials, who as
stzted. hardly know what to do about
TIE matter.
Evening star., 1921-04-06
WHATS THE USE" WINS.

Speaking on the subject. whats the
Use" Oscar H. Lindow won the Davis
prize-speaking contest OF the depart
ment Of arts and sciences Of George
Washington University last night In
the assembly hall OF the Institution, 20a3
G street. Bernadette 8. Michaeison
took second honors and Robert Nelson
Anderson third. Miss Michaelson spoke
on 1.-THE Presidential Election Of 1872
and Mr.. Anderson on "The Challenge. 81
The judges were Prof De Witt Crots.
SAINT. Prof Henry Grattan Doyle ana
Prof. Robert Whitney BolWell. Dean
William Allen Wilbur presided.
Evening star., 1921-04-06
CHERRY TREE in PRESS.
@. w. q. Student Year Book to Be
Distributed In May.

The 1921 edition Of the Cherry Tree
student year book at George Wash,
ington University. has gone to press
and will be ready for distribution
early in May. 1t was announced to-
day by its editors. The book viii be
replete with illustrations. historical
sketches. biographies. jokes and other
features. There also will be q special
commemoration Of the Centennial cell
ebration in February.
Evening star., 1921-04-06
100000 FOR MRS. sHoNTs.

NEW YORK, April 6.-Surrogate
Foley has directed the Guaranty
Trust Company. temporary adminis-
traitor of the estate of the late Theo-
dore P. Shonts, traction magnate, to
pay his widow the 100000 claim
which she had against the estate un-
der an agreement Of separation. Sur
rogate Foley granted the company
permission to sell enough securities
to meet the claim.
Evening star., 1921-04-06
INDUSTRIAL CRISIS
HALTS FOR MOMENT
CONTINUED from First Paxe.)

coal strike, in Cowdenbeath, In Fife
shire. Scotland, s.accordfng to q Gem
trail News dispe4ch from Dumferm-
line. - Ss-'
The police attacked the strikers
with batons, but the strikers hoisted
the red nag and beaeged the police
station: Tho satNation 10 assuming q
critical aspect the dispatch says.
The trouble arose when- the strikers
captured the undermanager Of a mine,
who refused To- cease nanhing the
pumps The police responded to a
call for aid and rescued the man, but
the police were surrounded by the
miners whose forces had by this
time been increased to thousands.
Evening star., 1921-04-06
PROTESTS GERMAN ACT.
Barring Of British Ship From Kiel
Canal Subject Of Note.
BY the Associated Press.

PARIS. April &-The council Of
ambassadors today approved the
draft of a note to Germany protest.
ing against the refusal OF access to
the Kiel canal last month - the
British steamer Wimbledon, 1pund
for Danxig under charter by . Rench
company and loaded with ~ ma
terials for Poland.
The protest recalls that the treaty
Of Versailles declares the Kiel canal
shall be free of access to the ships
Of war and commerce of all nations
not at war with Germany.
Evening star., 1921-04-06
CoRCoRAN CADET MEETING.

The Corcoran Cadet Corps Veterans
Association will meet Monday night
at o'clock at the National Guard
armory. Important business will be
brought up and final plans for the an.
nual outing will be made.
Evening star., 1921-04-06

It has always been deemed unlucky
to kill q robin or swallow. In some
lands the ill-luck. II tho killing be
accidental. Is cancelled II burial as
counted sacred because they 6ew
round tho cross Of CalvsrJs
Evening star., 1921-04-06

The prevalence of spots on the sun
makes the mariners compass erratic
and unreliable. but the reason is one
of natures riddles that has never
been solved
Evening star., 1921-04-06
DISORDERS AT MINES.
Strikers Interfere With Pumping
in Lanarkshire District.

By the Associated Press.
LANARK. Scotland, April 6.-Dis-
orders were reported from many dis
tricts in Lanarkshire this morning.
at several mines the striking work.
men having interfered with pumping
operations. Several arrests are said
to have been made.
Evening star., 1921-04-06
REcLAsaFIeATIos ~
TO BE LAW July !,
. WHEN BONUS GOES
fore the next session Of Congre
conyenes.


Continued from First Pase.)
Evening star., 1921-04-06
The Story the Week Has Told

m Do you appreciate your obligation as
an American citizen to keep abreast of
~ the times?
lido you find it difficult to 30 assinilate and COL
late the news from day to day as to follow Co
herentIy the march of world affairs9
lido you feel that If this work of asoertaining,
dgesting and interpreting were done for you
by an expert it would be worth your while to
read the result Of his effort in your behalf7
HThen read THE STORY THE WEEK HAS
TOLD. which, starting April 10, will appear each
week in the Editorial Section of The Sunday
Star. These articles, written by Henry w. Bunn.
will be of real help to any thinking man or won,-
an. They will furnish you the FACTS as to what
has happened presented in a vivid and pictur-
esque style. They will not deal with opinion as
to those facts.
1.-THE Star has searched the field for a man fully
competent to render this service to the reading
public. In Henry w. Bum one most admirably
suited for the task in hand has been found. Ex.
tensively Travelled and read, a Bachelor Of Arts
and Doctor of Philosophy Of Yale University. q
student of history, biography and political econ
omy; he served lieutenant colonel during
the great Attached to the military inteIh.
xence department, he there had exceptional op-
portunity for intimate touch with recent world
affairs.
His work will be that Of getting the facts as they
develop in the news from day to day and making
report to you thereon each week. The Stas -
confident that in doing real and vital service
to the public will be performed.
Evening star., 1921-04-06

Russia is the only great gold-pro-
ducing country in Eurona.
Evening star., 1921-08-16

Mrs. NJ Duerst and Miss Duerst
have gone to Piney Point, Md for a
brief stay.
Evening star., 1921-08-16
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued to the
following:
Charles B. Finney and Emma c. Miller.
Homer H. Mcintyre and Sybil L. Edwards.
Of Norfolk, Va.
Leonard L. Burnett and Kate e. Meeks. both
Of Providence Forge. Va.
Carl +: Hooper Of Landover. Nd. and Mil
dred L. Ridgeiy Of this city.
Eugene c. Rice. tr.. and Julia E. Ruf.
Robert E.. Delaney of Richmond. Va, and
Loretta Frazier Of Ronceverte. w. Va.
John W. Thompson Of Spring Creek. w. va,
Walter N Hadley of Bangor, Me-, and Anne
H. Crawford Of this city.
John Bullock and Hattie Smith, both Of Ar
ALFRED T. swiggett and Cora L. Lynn:
.LeRoy n. Hodgson and Helena P. Norman.
James K. Wright and Ruth Miles:
John H: Riggs and Gertrude Il. Wallace.
Joseph Proctor and Mary Jenkins.
Charles H. Maske and Thelma l.. Mackey.
Harry E. Johns and Clytie NJ. Watson.
Clay G. Holmes and Dorothy NJ. GOOch.
Emanuel Saidman Of this city and Dora
Raymond A. Trail and Mary I. Gregory.
Russell L. Chambers and Lauraine Jones.
A. Lawrence Baldock and Eleanor v. Reams,
both Of Lynchburg. Va.
j. OCOnnOr Lord and Kathleen NJ. Burley,
Sherman Sanders and Fannie Jennings.
Robert c. Taylor of Rochester, n. T., and
Myrtle c. Jett Of this city.
Gerald A Ripp and Gladys G. Conway.
Louis J. Cozusnick and Lena Reith.
J. Edward Miller Of Plattsburg, N. Y, and
Mabel J: BeErriere of this city.
OWE NJ; Beach Of Woodbridge. Va, and
Charles Fischer Of this city and Rachel E.
Jones Of Staunton. Va.
Russell A. Yeager and Wilma A. Fisher.
Evening star., 1921-08-16

Mr. and Mrs. viii H. Hauser Of
Philippi, w. Va, are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. D. w. Gall at their resi-
dence, EOS East Capitol street.
Evening star., 1921-08-16
Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been reported to
the health department within the last twenty
four hours:
Dnny G. Waid. A. tx Haadolph street
northeast.
Frances NJ. set,achter. ss. COZ 14th street
northeast.
Jacob Coffin, 90, Potomac rt-er near
Fletcher boa thonse.
f.. Pleasant W. Pratt. "a. ~ 9Th street.
George johnson. "a st. sizsbeths HosritaI.
George A. Wall han. months. GIL E'uts
clementine Hawkins. ia acs 17r stree,
southeast.
william H. Scott. 25, HE Browns court
Lula Coleman, Al. 521 Clarks court south
west.
Pearl Turner. II. Columbia Hospital.
>, Robert L. Love. SO. Washington Asylum
Hospital.
Mary E. Smith. SO. st. Elizabeth's Hospital
Antonia r. Alden. 49, 919 II street.
Of Potomac street.
James E. Pierce, 4. III street southeast.
Leroy Jackson. 16 months, 1904 Jackson
street northeast.
augustus Gaddis. 81 months. Children's Hos.
pital.
Erma H. Dodson, months, 81 G street
southwest.
Evening star., 1921-08-16
AID FOREST PROTECTION:
SO States Have Provided for Some
Sort of Activity.

Thirty-three states have provided
for some sort of forestry activities,
and twenty-five Of these share in the
federal cooperative forest protection
fund, according to an announcement
yesterday by the Department of Agri-
culture.
Public backing Of the movement to
preserve the remaining forests from
destruction by fire. and to put idle
forest lands to work growing trees,
is becoming widespread, the depart
ment says, and the. effects Of the
popular demand for action is shown
clearly in the state laws passed dur
ing the year.
Evening star., 1921-08-16
Society.
Vice President and Mrs. Coolid dge Likely
to Remain Away Until After Pro-
posed Recess of Congress.

white organdy. The bridesmaids.
were the brides sister. Miss Olive
Edmonds, whose gown was Of green
organdy over satin, and Miss Hilda
wore orchid organdy over satin.
The best man was Mr.. William
Clendaniel of Chestertown. Md.
brother of the bridegroom, and the
ushers were Mr.. ]. Banks Berry Of
Rockville. Mr.: Gordon Edmonds OF
of Rockville, and Mr.. Branson
Thomas Of Washington. Miss veda
Ellis played the marches. Kathryne
Leith of Rockville was flower girl.
and Nicholas Brewer of Rockville,
the ring bearer.
Immediately following the cere-
mony, reception was held at the
Montgomery Country Club, the guests
including the members of the bridal
party and out-of-town guests. after
which Mr.. and Mrs. Clendaniel LETT
for their wedding trip. They will
make their home in Rockville tenn
porarily.
Miss Frances Smith of Washing
| ton, accompanied by Miss Frances
Hays Hammond Of Philadelphia, was
| at the Casino in Newport yesterday.
Mrs. c. R. Millar and Miss Berta
Mfllar arrived last evening from Front
Royal. Va. and will spend few days
| with DR.. and Mrs. Fenton Bradford in
] their apartment in the Rochambeau.
Mrs. Millar and Miss Millar will go on
to New York from here.
| Mrs. Bradford returned Sunday from
Front Royal, where she spent several
weeks with Col. and Mrs. Millar.
Miss King to Marry
ON September II.
Miss Elizabeth Trueman King has
! selected Saturday, September II, for
her marriage to Capt Lawrence NC
Ceney Jones. Field Artillery. U. S. A..
which will take place at o'clock at
| ton will follow Immediately at :he
home of the brides parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. George Anderson King.
Mrs Peter Conover Field, wife of
Col. Field. u. S. A.. of Fort Myer, is
visiting her brother DR.. James D.
Voorhees, at his country place at East
Hampton, L. l.
Commander and Mrs. f. Douglas
are spending a week in Washington
| at the Powhatan.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. T. Moran announce
the engagement of their daughter.
Margaret. to Mr.. Edward j. Kyle, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. p. J. Kyle of Boston,
l
in the early autumn.
DR.. and Mrs Samuel NJ Pierre left
yesterday for an extended trip, when
they will visit Niagara Falls and the
Catskills. returning to Washington
about the middle Of September.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will H. Hauser Of
Philippi, w. Va, are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. D. W. Gall at their resi-
dence, EOS East Capitol street.
Mrs. ]. F. Sprinkle entertained at
a party Saturday afternoon at Rus
ticana, her home at Bradley Hills
for her son. Leland Wilfred Sprinkle
in celebration of his thirteenth birth
day. The guests numbered about
twenty and the afternoon was spent
in outdoor games, music and other
amusementS.
Mrs. NJ. Duerst and Miss Duerst
have gone to Piney Point, Md for a
brief stay.