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ton could not be effected in less
than two to four years, as some
plants undoubtedly would escape de-
struction the first year or two. and
there is a possibility some of the
nuts would not germinate until the
second or third year.
The primary effort the first year
would be to develop a method for
destruction of the plant on a large
scale in the succeeding years. Air
photographs of the whole infested
area during the period of maximum
growth are proposed as a primary
step.
due to the large extent of the
infeStation and the manifest diff
cultles involved in the complete
eradication of the water chestnut, it
is believed that complete elimina-
ton from the Potomac River and
its tributaries should properly be
considered on 10-year basis" it is
stated in the engineer report.
The experimental program would
include the testing of underwater
moving machines and rakes, under
water steel blade cutters, chain drags
during the first stages of growth, rigs
for removing plants from the water,
for crushing or cutting, and poison
ing.
Nationally Important.
The Potomac River infestation has
elements Of national Importance, ac-
cording to the report of Col. Thomas.
If the plant is not eradicated. he
pointed out, it will undoubtedly reach
other great river systems Of the
United States and the fresh water
bodies of the interior.
From what is known Of the
plant he said, "a considerable por-
ton of the waters of the United
States are probably suitable for its
growth. The same injurious and re-
strictive effects would follow in other
waterways. The injury that would
be caused if this plant got foothold
in the great duck feeding grounds
in the neary Susquehanna River and
Upper Chesapeake Bay could hardly
be estimated, and this menace is
felt to be very real by the United
/ States Biological Survey"
The public should be warned Of
the danger of planting the seed in
other bodies Of water and the CO.
operation Of public bodies and pri-
vate interests should be enlisted in
campaign to prevent the spread
OF the water chestnut to new bodies
of water, he said
"On the basis of the clearly DEM
onstrated injurious effects of this
plant and the benefits that would
accrue Col. Thomas reported, "it
Is concluded that a program to eradi-
cate the water chestnut from the
Potomac River Basin by some agen-
cy of the Federal Government is
| warranted"
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water chestnut constitutes a menace.
1T is believed" he said, that the
greatest menace as far as the Dis
trict Is concerned lies in the danger
of an epidemic of malaria within q
comparatively short time. The ano-
pheles mosquito, which transmits
malaria, is known to be in this vicin-
ity. If the water chestnut is allowed
to spread into the shallow waters
around the District of Columbia, the
mosquito situation will become grave.
Not only will the citizens be dis
turbed by ever-increasing numbers
of mosquitoes of the more common
varieties, but there will be malarial-
bearing mosquitoes as we'll. It
seems as though the Capital of the
United States should be the last place
in which such a situation should be
allowed to develop, especially when
this menace can be eradicated."
The water chestnut causes eco
nomic losses to bathing beaches,
aside from the nuisance aspect, it
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women Of means are buying lands
once used for corn, wheat and cat
tie and converting them into private
estates.
In recent years many clubs have
been organized at Upperville, Mid
dleburg, Fairfax, Charlottesville,
Warrenton, Leesburg and Richmond,
and at Rockville, Meadowbrook, Oh
ney, Silver Spring, Sandy Spring,
Travilah, Poolesville, Baltimore,
Laurel, Red Lands, Potomac, Lay
Hill and elsewhere in Virginia and
Maryland. Local leather merchants
assert that such organizations are
five times as numerous as they were
a few years ago.
AS such clubs increase, one-gallus
fox hunters, the men who hunt for
the love of the chase and the music
Of the hound, retire. Changed con-
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continue until the dogs or foxes
had enough.
Two sizable packs were entered.
At 8 am, after IL hours of steady
running, one hunter had three and
the other two dogs in the race.
Several foxes had been denned, but
the last one started was a rangy,
tough old red and did not 60 in
until after the sun rose. The three
dogs won. No man except one who
loved his hound would endure that
sort Of showdown, but that is what
gave the Maryland and Virginia
hounds their Nationwide reputa-
tions. That Is what made them val
liable to owners.
A Virginia farmer disposed of
$4,000 worth of hounds one season.
A good hound now is worth from
SIS to 5000, and the demand is
growing.
Many Virginia and Maryland
hounds, or their descendants, are
being sent to the Southwest to
hunt wolves and coyotes. In recent
years it has been discovered that a
pack of well-bred foxhounds Is the
best sort to cope with those West
ern pests.
A Washington hunter, tn an arti-
Gle in Maryland weekly news
paper, had this to say Of the de-
velopment Of the fox-hunting pas
time and business In nearby Vir-
ginia and Maryland: "The section
of Virginia where fox hunting and
the raising of fine horses is almost a
definite industry, such as around
Middleburg, Upperville. Warrenton
and adjacent sections, finds its most
valuable asset in the presence of
well-to-do fox-hunting clubs. I am
informed that so years ago, before
fox hunting started there, $50 to $50
an acre was top price for good farm
land. Today the prices of the same
land run from $400 and up. Millions
have been spent in the erection OF
magnificent homes and the land
scaping Of beautiful estates"
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for several years to keep clear an area
about S acres in extent. An under
water drag has been used through
the growing period with reasonably
satisfactory results Some minor
work by local property owners has
been done in clearing approaches to
their shores. There has, however,
been no attempt on a broad scale to
attack the problem.
Cutting the plants a foot or two
under water in the period just before
maturity and prior to blossoming
was apparently effective, as the plant
did not again send branches to the
surface for blossoming and the cut
portions of the plant did not con-
tinue to grow and mature seed. There
is a period of two or three weeks in
which cutting or moving before
blossoming can be carried on and
when it is not necessary to destroy
or remove the cut portions Of the
plant, the Army engineers found.
After the seed begins to mature,
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Of Georgia, and, finally, the July,
named for q famous dog bred IN
Maryland by the Gosnells and sent
to Georgia:
American hunters have never bred
to colors as the English have, but
the tendency now is to prefer white,
black and tan saddle-backs. Ameri-
can hunters are devoting more and
more time to packs that look pretty
and perform with uniform precision
to encourage riding and club hunt
ing. They are adopting the Eng
lish style, and Washington prom
ises to be the most popular center
of that kind of fox hunting in
America.
Demand for Horses.
Riding and hunting clubs are null
tiplying and the demand for jump
ing horses increasing. Men and
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was reported. The sharply spined
seeds will penetrate even rubber
soled shoes and often inflict painful
wounds. At the present time every
bathing beach from Washington to
the mouth of the Potomac River is
said to be more or less affected by
these nuts, seriously lessening their
recreational value and in some in
stances running the beach.
Prior to 1896 there is no record of
any effort to control or eradicate the
water chestnut in the Potomac
River. In that year the National
Capital Parks, with Civilian Con-
servation Corps personnel, cleared
Reaches Run. An improvised under
water mower was tried but finally
discarded and the area cleared by
pulling the plants up by hand.
Keep Area Clear.
At Sweden Point, Md, bathing
beach on MattaWoman Greek, %
miles from Washington, the owners
have by intensive effort been able
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however, it was found that some of
the cut sections and branches con-
tinue to grow and mature seed. Dur
ing this period of about four weeks it
is necessary to remove and destroy
the cut portions of the plant After
the seed begins to drop in July it is
too late for any effective work.
Experiments have been made with
the use of chemical sprays in de-
stroying the water chestnut. Nom
poisonous solutions, including salt
and unslaked lime, were tried with
out success. The plants can be killed
with poisonous sprays. but with dan
ger to wild life and stock as we'll as
to the personnel. The period when
spraying is effective is only about 10
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Continued From Page CAY

swift red fox, which invariably left
pursuers so far behind the race
gradually became a trail, and at last,
with exceptions, a dead loss.
about 1872 Bolton jackson, q IA
nous fox hunter of Maryland, sent
to Ireland and imported q pair of
hounds. After a few years they fell
into the hands of Col. Sterrett
Ridgely, fine old Maryland gentle
man, whose far-reaching hospitality
and great horsemanship are still
characteristics of his descendants in
this State"
"The hounds, Mountain and Muse" "
said Mr.. Bentley, were given, about
1922, to Gov. Ogle, who was so i'm
pressed with their excellence he bred
them pure"
Later on, old Mountain was pre-
sented to "Mr. Carroll of Carrolton." "
Mr.. Bentley added: $50 superior
were these hounds for chasing the
red fox that every fox hunter in this
part of Maryland promptly bred to
the Ogle pack, and other Irish
hounds were imported"
Found in Dozen States.
With variations the Washington
hounds, which came from England,
and those of the Jackson-Ogle-Car-
roll strain, from Ireland, are to be
found in a dozen or more fox-hunt-
ing States. Hundreds of Maryland
and Virginia bred foxhounds were
shipped to Kentucky, the Carolinas,
Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Mis-
sissippi, Louisiana and other South
ern States. The two lines of blood,
the English and Irish, have been
kept up.
An English hunter breeds hound
that will pack, do team work, while
the Irishman tries to produce fast,
hard-driving, tough dog that can
cope with the best of red foxes and
outheel his neighbor's pack.
John S. Skinner, editor of the
Maryland Farmer, writing in 1927,
said: "A most extraordinary run was
made by red fox last week in
Montgomery County before pack
of high repute from Maryland and
Virginia. He is estimated to have
run 80 miles and was not killed
until late in the afternoon. This
was trying to the mettle Of the dogs,
and it is reported that the two
leading dogs throughout the chase
belonged to Roger Brooke. AS they
ran with ambition and performed
with success. In the service for which
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ditions, caused by the popularity Of
the automobile, and the multiplicity
Of hard-surfaced roads, are grad
ually eliminating type of hunter
that f1ourished in Maryland and Vir-
ginia for 100 or more years. 1t has
become almost impossible to take
hounds to the field unless they are
loaded into motor vehicle and
transported across busy highways.
One morning, following a night hunt
after reds in Montgomery County, a
hunter in search of a missing hound
found four dead ones along a road
leading to country club. One was
his, one belonged to Walter johnson,
one to the late Arthur w. Briggs, and
one to Walter E. Hamilton. Cars
had hit them on their way in from
chaSeS.
The rural hunter is, generally
speaking, the man who likes his
hounds, and is stickler for the right
sort Of blood. He has preserved the
best strains for many generations.
To hunt, he would ride cheap mule
or horse, or walk, but he cared not
for a shoddy hound. Scarlet coats
and boots did not interest him. II
necessary to prove that his hound
could outrun, outstay and outpoint
that of his neighbor, he would sit
on top Of a rail fence all day or al
night, or all day and all night.
The late Judge Ed Peter of Rock
vile was fox hunter in his prime.
Once, after he had quit the chase,
he was asked to judge a contest be-
tween two country friends who had
up wagers on the merits of their re-
spective hounds. The test was to be
of hunting, driving and staying
ability.
Judge Peter told the contestants
to meet him at a certain point in
fine fox territory, with their dogs
and plenty of leashes. He ruled that
any hound that came out would be
tied and not permitted to go in
again. The hunt was to start ut
Of . pretty, moonnt night and
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Looks like a hopeless task!
. This cutter-bodt makes
slo10 progress through the
Japan eSe U1ter chestnut
plants 1Dhich are rapidly
Transforming nearby maui
gable bags and streams into
inland SargasSo seas. The
rboDe scene 1DdS made on the
Potomac RiDer across from
Alexandria, Va.
Star staff Photo.
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BY BARBARA BELL.

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The success of vacation ward
robe depends upon careful planning
to include the most necessary things
only, and to cut down as much as
possible on packing. A good time
suit for active sports and outdoor
fun, a soft, fattering afternoon
frock and little suit" to travel
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Here are three patterns that give
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Trinity Commencement
Week Starts Saturday

The commencement week of
Trinity College starts Saturday,
when the Dramatic Society will
present Philip Barry's THE Joyous
Season" at 4 pm.
Solemn high mass will be cele-
brated on Sunday, June 4, at 1890
am. by the Right Rev. Patrick j.
Mccormick. vice rector of Catholic
University, and the baccalaureate
sermon will be given by the Right
Rev. John K. Ryan.
On Monday, June S, class day
exercises commence at pm.
The degrees are to be conferred
on 83 students at II am. June
by his excellency, the most Rev.
John M. Mcnamara, auxiliary
bishop of Baltimore. An address
to the graduates will be given by
Frances Taylor Patterson of Column
bia University and of Trinity Col
lege, 1914.
The elections for the new officers
OF the Washington Club of Trinity
College revealed Rosemary Maw-
Kinney of SIS Webster street NV,
succeeds Beatrice Carroll as presi-
dent. The other elections were Vir-
glnia Hunter, vice president; Teresa
karnes, secretary, and Ellen Scho-
field, treasurer.
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first decoration Of the graves Of
Union soldiers in the United States.
Extensive preparations were made
for the decoration of the soldiers
buried in Arlington, and, "the
probabilities are" according to Mrs.
LOgan's account of this occasion,
that greater number Of ex-Union
officers and soldiers took part in the
ceremonies than have since partic-
ipated."
Notables Listed as Present.
among those listed as present
were Gen. and Mrs. Grant, Mr..
Dent, Mrs. Grants father; Secre-
taries Fish, Rawlins, Borei, Bout
we'll and Cox; Postmaster General
Cresswell, Sir Edward Thornton, the
British Minister (America had not
then been elevated to ambassadorial
rank with the European powers;
Senators Nye and Warner, Treasurer
General F. E. Spinner, Mayor Bowen,
Gen. Sherman, the venerable Amos
Kendall, patron of Gallaudet College
for the Deaf; the Swiss Consul Gen.
eral, Mr.. John Hitz, and Others"
The custom of a memorial day
spread through the South also. SUBJ
sequently, Confederate Memorial
Day was observed on April 26 in
Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and
Florida; May 10 in North and South
Carolina: the second Friday in May
in Tennessee and June 3 in
Louisiana.
After 1899 the celebration of Me-
mortal Day in both the North and
South was extended to include Span
ish War casualties, the national Me-
mortal Day of May 80 becoming
more and more generally observed.
Virginia now generally observes
May 80 with the rest of the Nation.
But Petersburg, while it follows
the Old Dominion and the United
States in general in the observance
Of May 80, also hallows June 8, its
first Memorial Day. that inspired
the Nations concept Of it, at Mrs.
Logan's suggestion.
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BelImun Will Address
American u. Graduates

Sir Harold Bellman, British busi-
nessman and statesman, will deliv-
er the commencement address at
the American University on June
5, according to an announcement
by DR.. Joseph M. M. Gray, uni
versity chancellor.
Sir Harold served for II years
as managing director of the Abbey
Road Building Society in addition
to serving as a governor of the
London School Of. Economics, a
member of the Advisory Council of
the Boys Public School at Clays-
more and governor of the Queens
wood School for Girls.
He has also served the British
government as a member of the
Central Housing Advisory Commit
tee, the Committee on Building Ma
terials and a special cabinet panel
on trade and unemployment.
In 1882 he was knighted by the
British government and was also
presented the Order of the British
Empire.
Sir Harold will speak on the
subject, Culture and Anarchy" The
exercises will be held in Memorial
Continental Hall.
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500 Seniors 10 Get
Diplomas June 5
Al Georgetown U.
Two Doys Being Devoted
To Commencement;
English to Speok

Two days only being devoted to the
commencement program at George
town University this sesquicentennial
year, the nearly 500 seniors In all
departments will obtain their d.
plomas June at picturesque out
door session.
Charles H. English, former presi-
dent OF the Pennsylvania Bar Asso-
ciation and one of Georgetown's
best known alumni, will deliver the
commencement address. He grad
uated from the Law School in 1905
and the next year earned the LIN.
degree. In 1885 the university con-
ferred on him a doctor of laws de-
gree.
Because of the sesquicentennial
honors to be bestowed next Saturday
at the convocation, the university is
not comforting any honorary degrees
at its commencement. There will be
many more alumni in attendance,
however, than at any time in many
years.
Sunday, June 4, will be busy day
from morning to night. The bacca-
laurate mass at 1890 am. in Dahl
gren Chapel will be attended by
seniors and faculty members. The
Rev. Edward L. Stephens, director
OF the Diocesan Missionary Fathers
OF Richmond, Va, will preach the
sermon. In 1916 he obtained the
LIB. degree from Georgetown. A
reception for seniors and alumni will
be held during the afternoon by the
Very Rev. Arthur A. OLeary, S. j.,
president; and in the evening at $3.50
O'Clock the quadrangle will be
crowded again. The award of prizes
to honor students and winners OF
competitions in all departments will
take place then. That will be fol-
lowed by William j. Driscoll's ad-
dress at the senior class day pro-
gram.
The School of Law is holding its
Glass Day exercises this Thursday
evening at 7:30 o'clock at the Law
School Building It will be featured
by the presentation of copy of the
famous Gilbert Stuart portrait of
Archbishop John Carroll, founder
OF the university. The portrait will
be the class gift to the Law School.
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receive similar decentralization upon
a specified dav

| receive similar decentralization upon
a specified day.
"IG seemed to my father" Mrs.
Logan tells you, referring to her
mothers written memoranda on the
subject as she does SO, "a beautiful
revival of the custom of the an
clients in the revering of their dead,
and he thereupon decided that, as
commander-in-chief of the Grand
Army of the Republic, he would is
sue an order for the decoration of
the graves Of the Union soldiers"
Col. Wilson, heartily in approval
OF the plan, offered the support of
the Chicago Journal in advocacy of
1t, and suggested that the press gen.
orally be requested to give its CO.
operation.
after much discussion and in
Vestigation as to the time of year
When flowers would be in their
greatest perfection in the different
sections OF the country" Mrs. Tucker
continues, 1T was decided that May
80 would probably be the appropriate
time when this ceremony should
take place"
Here in Washington, accordingly,
on May 5, 1868, Gen. Logan dictated
to his adjutant general, N. P. Chip
man, General Order No. II" for the
Evening star., 1939-05-28

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two-year course and was awarded
a B. s. degree.
Mr.. Ballard came here from the
School for the Deaf at Hartford.
Conn, at the request of Edward
Miner Gallaudet. During the Civil
War he tried to enlist but was re-
fused on account of his deafness.
He then even tried to get in as a
water boy.
Mr.. Ballard received a very COM
plimentary letter from President
Garfield, himself very interested in
the work of the deaf, for a trans
lation of some French work in
finance which Mr.. Garfield needed.
At the exercises this Saturday.
the Junior class will act as ushers
under Robert Clingenpeel, student
marshal, and the women as hostesses
under Frances May. Student ora
tions will be given by Catherine
Marshall and jeff Tharp. Both
have elected to deliver their works
manually. Valentine Becker of the
normal department will also speak