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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-26
Text of Letter.
The letter follows:

The letter follows:
ITO stimulate interest in gardening
and the proper cultivation of the soil
as a matter of food preparedness and
practical vocational education the Capt.
tai Garden Club of Washington has Sc
cured a fund, which will be placed al
the disposal of that organization in the
city which is most far-reaching in its
scope and is in most intimate touch
with the children of the city through
out the summer months.
with this in mind, and believing
that the matter is of city-wide impor-
lance, l have been directed by the Capt.
tai Garden Club to request your CO.
operation and support. 1t is the opin-
ion of the club that such a campaign
should be under the direct control OF
the city government, which is the only
central organization having the neces-
sary machinery to carry on affairs OF
purely municipal concern.
Experience has shown that wherever
the city government has been in charge
of home and community gardening it
has been successful. In most cities
where success has been attained the
recreation department has been respon-
sible for the enterprise. 1t has, there
fore, been the consensus of opinion
of the Capital Garden Club that the
fund which has been secured be placed
at the disposal of the department OF
Fairgrounds of the District, provided
the Commissioners approve.
We respectfully request. therefore
that your honorable board take the
matter under Amusement. and if posi-
Bile instruct the department of play
grounds to undertake tie work and ac-
cept the fund referred to above
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Yield.

Potato yields vary so greatly that
only an approximate estimate can be
given. If an early variety is grown it
is not too much to expect IL. to Is
bushels from a plot of ground so by 100
feet. Under favorable conditions this
amount may be very considerably eX-
larger yields may be expected.
Full information regarding the prepa-
ration of the soil and the cultural re-
quirements of potatoes is given in the
following numbered farmers bulletins:
365, Farm Management in Northern
Potato-Growing Sections: 407, "Pota-
toes as a Truck Crop; 533, Good Seed
Potatoes and How to Procure Them"
544, "Potato-Tuber Diseases. All these
may be obtained free from the United
States Department of Agriculture.
Washington, ID. C., as long as the sup
ply for free distribution lasts.
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TO BE BURIED WEDNESDAY.
Funeral Plans for Mrs. George Hay
Brown ARRANGED.

Funeral services will be held Wednes-
day afternoon at o'clock for Mrs.
George Hay Brown, who died suddenly
Tuesday of acute influenza. at Yuma,
Ariz., while on a visit to her son. Maj.
Orville Graham Brown. u. S. A. The
body OF Mrs. Brown arrived in this city
last night. being accompanied by Mai.
Brown.
Services will be held at the residence
of her daughter. Mrs. Daniel Webster
Prentiss. who was Miss Kathryn Brown
prior to her marriage. 1213 NJ street
northwest. Rev. Or. Wallace Radcliffe,
pastor OF the New York Avenue Pres
byter!an Church. of which Mrs. Brown
T-as an active member and worker, viii
oificiate. Interment will be in Con-
SreSsioaal cemetery. Mrs. Brown was
the widow of George Hay Brown, who
for forty years was landscape gardener
for the District of Columbia.
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attempting to produce as early crop as
possible some risk must always be in
CURED of the plants being injured by late
spring frosts AS a general proposition
it is best to plant potatoes as soon rs
there is little likelihood of killing frosts
after the plants are up and the ground
Is in condition to work.
The following dates of planting for
various cities should be regarded only a s
the approximate time at which early po-
tatoes might safely be planted
March l5-25-Washington. Baltimore.
Philadelphia. Cincinnati, Louisville, st.
Louis
March 25-April New York. Indian
apolis. Detroit. Chicago.
April 5-15-BoSton, Albany Rochester,
etc.
In the northern cities late varieties
should be planted from three to four
weeks later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-26
MANY LACK EMPLOYMENT.
Reports Show Number Of Returned
Guardsmen Need Work.

Replies from returned District ma
tional guardsmen who indicated their
desire for positions. but did not per-
sonally visit the District employment
service at the Department Of Labor.
indicate that perhaps two-thirds Of the
100 men have not yet found daily work.
In todays mail there were thirteen an
swers from men who had signed cards
on the border asking for work who did
not apply to the bureau in person.
These thirteen stated that they were
still in need of employment In the
mail there were six answers stating
that the writers had found work with
out the aid of the employment service
This ratio was expected by the officials
to hold.
The service has directed 400 men to
positions since the men returned from
the border.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-26
SPEAKS ON JEWISH PROBLEMS.
Julius I. Peyser Addresses Junior
Temple Society.

Julius I. Peyser and Miss Zip Falk.
executive secretary of the Consumers
League. were the principal speakers
at meeting Of the Junior Temple So
ciety last night in the Eighth Street
Temple. Mr. Peyser spoke on Inter
national Jewish Problems" After tell
ing of the constitutional form of gov
errment established by Russia. he said
even with this wonderful transition
in view, however, an international
problem stili confronts the Jewish
race.
Miss Fa'k spoke on the activities OF
the Consumers League and told of the
work accomplished in improving con-
dItions. The program also included
Shakespearean readings by Saul NJ.
Chuck, president of the George wash
ington University Dramatic Society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-26
CHURCH DEDICATION.
Week of Services Planned for Rose.
dale N. E. Congregation.

Dedicatory services for Rosedale
Methodist Episcopal Church at 416
Tennessee avenue are to be held at
3 O'Clock. Sunday, April 8. with Bishop
William Fraser Mcdowell officiating.
Rev. H. y. Huddleson, pastor af the
church. will assist.
Rev. John r. Edwards, district SUI
perintendent OF the Washington Metho-
dist Episcopal churches. will conduct
the service at 7;30 pm.
These services will be followed by
others each night of the dedicatory
week. the speakers and dates being as
follows: Rev. John MacMurray. pastor
of Union NJ E. Church, Monday. April
.: Rev. w Z. Burnett. pastor of
Foundry NJ E. Church, Tuesday,
April 10; Rev. Harry Dawson Mitchell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-26
HURRIES MILITIA LAW TEST.
U. S. Supreme Court Advances Case
on the Docket.

Litigation to determine whether state
militiamen enlisted under the old Dick
law may be compelled, under call of
the President to give federal service
under the new militia law today was
ordered expedited by the Supreme
Court of the United States at the War
Departments request. The test cases
are habeas corpus proceedings of AL
eXander NJ. Emerson and Alfred p Low
ell, cavalrymen, who declined to take
the new federal oath, and the Supreme
Courts decision will affect the status of
many thousand guardsmen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-26
Held as White SLAYER.

ATLANTA. Ga. March 26.-V. ]. Piec-
Zynski, one of two German mixers
held by the police for several DAYS and
Intercepted on whether he obtained
information of military value, toda Y
was transferred from police eadauar-
ters to the county Jail on a charge OF
violating the white slave law. 1t is
charged PiecZynski Travelled with a
German woman who stated she was the
wife of A. t Enden, another German
mixer" Hugo Coutandin, arrested
with Pieczynski, still is held on "sus-
picion.'
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AGENTS NOW IN NORTHWEST.
Young Women Collecting Data on
Cost of Living,

A big spring drive on the households
of the northwest section of the city
by young woman agents collecting
data on the cost of living in the Dis
trict for the bureau of abor statistics
began today.
More than dozen agents are at work
in the northwest section, collecting the
$50 schedules remaining to be secured
of the 1000 which is the limit of this
phase of the investigation being made
under resolution of Congress.
The agents expect to finish work in
the northwest in several weeks, and
then there will remain only few
suburbs to go over before this phase
of the investigation is completed A
second phase will consider the incomes
and expenditures of wage-earnins
women in the District, and a third will
go into the existing wages of both men
and women.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-26
GARDEN COMMITTEE
ORGANIZED FOR CITY
Central Body Formed and Off,
GERS Elected With John
DoIph as President.
ACTIVITY BEGINS AT ONCE

| Representatives of the various or
CARNATIONS interested in the home
garden idea met at the District build
| ing at noon today. and after discussing
a general plan of action elected John
Dolph president of central garden
committee. Miss Gertrude Marley sec
rotary, Howard S. Reeside treasurer
and Mrs. Giles S. Rafter vice president.
A smaller committee was created for
the purpose of getting into concrete
form plan of action whereby the gen.
eral city and home gardening plan can
be furthered by means of a central Or
ganization.
Mrs. Rafter presided at the meeting
today. The discussion was opened by
Harold Keats, secretary of the Capital
Garden Club. who asked what definite
plan of action had been put forward
Other members of the committee, in an
Swer. offered suggestions that the gar
den work of the city be done under the
Department of Agriculture. or under the
supervision of the public schools. Nh
keat Is himself suggested that the play
grounds organization would be the
proper organization. He said the Capt.
tai Garden Club had raised SLIGO and
would raise probably $4,000 in all which
he hoped would be placed at the service
community and home gardens through
some city department., such as the play
ground department.
of the Commissioners. to be spent on
1t was also suggested that the organ
ization of the Department of AGricul-
ture now engaged in operating under
the Smith-Lever agricultural extension
act could be called into service for the
benefit of the District.
The committee, having organized. now
intends to get to work actively. A res
olution by Albert Douglas, adopted by
the meeting today. declares that the
object of the committee is to get Wash
ington vacant lots into gardens as
quickly as poSSible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-26
George v. Bacon, Spy, Sentenced.

NEW YORK, March 26.-Sentence Of
a year and a day in the United States
penitentiary at Atlanta and a fine of 81
was passed in the federal court here to-
day on George VauX Bacon. American
newspaper man. who pleaded guilty to
going to England as a spy for Ger
MANY,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-26

pastor of Metropolitan Memorial NJ. +.
Church. Wednesday. April IL; Rev IL
e. Tuddleson, pastor of Rosedale
Church, Thursday, April IL. and Rev.
Guy A. Luttrell, pastor of Lincoln Road
M. Z. Church, Friday. April 10.
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To Plant Plot SO by 100 Feet.

If a late variety is planted the spac-
ing should be greater. say 81 to 30
inches between the rUWs and u to Ia
inches between the plants in the row.
The closeness of planting should be de-
termined first by the variety, and sec
ond by the amount of available plant
food and moisture in the soil, or that
can be applied to it.
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BAPTIST Ministers to Meet,

The Baptist Ministers Conference of
Washington is to meet this evening at
o'clock at the Mckinley Memorial
Baptist Church. 4th and l. streets
northwest DR.. NJ. w. D. Norman, pres
ident of the conference, is to address
the ministers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-26
Russian Troops Invade Turkey.

LONDON. March 26, 1926 p.m.-Rus-
sian detachments in Persia. pursuing
the Turks. have crossed the border into
the Turkish vilayet of Mosul, according
to an official announcement as for
warded in a Reuter- dispatch from Pet
rograd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-26
Commissioners Asked to Aid.

officers of the Capital Garden Club
today addressed a letter to the District
Commissioners stating that the Sl,0S5
offered by the club to carry on the gar
den work on Fairgrounds has been
pledged, and urging that the Commits
sioners cooperate in the general move
ment for home gardening.
The letter was signed by Mrs. Charles
W. Wetmore and it is stated that Off
GERS of the club have concurred in the
requests made in the letter. These Off
GERS include Carl Nrooman, assistant
secretary of agriculture. vice president:
James Parmelee, second vice president;
Miss Nellie Sedgeley. secretary, and
Howard S. Reside, treasurer.
The names of the board of governors
also are attached. This board is made
up of Mrs. Newton d. Baker. David
Fairchild, Albert Douglas, William
Phelps Emo, Mrs. Henry Marquand, Will
liam GUIDE. Peter Bisset, Mrs. Henry c.
Perkins, Mrs. Teresa McCagg, Mrs.
Theodore w. Noyes and Mrs. Henry F.
Dimock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-26
Depth to Plant and Spacing.

Plant the small-eye cuttings from one
and one-half to three inches deep. depend
ing upon the character of the soil--the
lighter the soil the greater the depth of
planting Larger sets may be planted
four inches deep.
If an early variety is planted and the
work is to be done by hand the rows may
be spaced close as twenty-Six inches.
whereas, if cultivation is TO hH done WIN
a horse 80 TO "a inches usually is al
lowed. In order to give the gardener
some idea Of the number of sets required
to plant a plot of ground so by 100 feet
at different spacings the following table
is submitted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-26
PLENTY OF POWDER FOR WAR.
Du Pont Company Ready to Meet
Needs of Government.

WILMINGTON, Del. March 26-The
governments needs. so far as powder and
other explosives for military purposes are
concerned. should this country become
involved in the war. will be met prompt Y
and fully, according to an official of the
Du Pont Powder Company.
Domestic requirements he said would
be met without in any way interfering
with steady flow Of powder to the en-
tente allies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-26

become dry. A day or two should SUI
fee for this, and potatoes then should
be put in a shallow box or tray and
placed where it is still cooler. Amy
storage condition that will insure them
against frost on the one hand and un-
due shriveling on the other should
prove satisfactory.
These seeds can be started indoors,
provided it is possible to secure suit
able soil and boxes. In such cases it
may be desirable to plant the eve cut
tngs at once. and allow them to start
into growth indoors, with the idea of
transplanting them into the open
ground when danger of frost is past
and the ground is dry enough to be
cultivated.
SmalI-sized Sets Require More Care
The smaller the size of the set. or
seed piece. used the more thorough
must be the preparation of the soil
The more finely the soil is pulverized
and the more uniform the moisture
conditions which can be preserved in
the soil, the better is the chance for
the small seed piece to establish it
self A small set in rough, lumpy, or
dried-out soil has little chance to live,
let alone make a crop.
Generally speaking. the smaller the
planted in the row if maximum yields
are TO he secured. Such sets may be
expected to give the best yields if not
spaced more than 10 to IL inches apart
in the row.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-26
Preparing Soil for Potatoes

| The types of soil in which the potato
| plant thrives best are those designated
as sandy or Sravelly loan soils. 1t
may be grown with fair degree OF
success on any type of soil except loose
sand and a heavy, sticky clay sou. pro-
vided the land is well drained and con-
tains the necessary plant food.
Successful potato production IS de-
pendent to a large extent on the thor
oughness with which the land is pre-
pared before planting the crop. Where
a horse can be used, the land should be
plowed from eight to ten inches deep
provided the surface soil is of SUI
ficient depth to permit it. 1t is never
advisable to turn up more than one
inch of raw subsoil at any one plow-
ing, so if previous plowings have not
been over six inches the maximum
depth at which it should be ploWed IS
seven inches.
Where hand labor is employed. the
same rule should govern as to depth In
spading, especially on grass or waste
land. turn the earth bottom side up.
Whether the land is plowed or spaded, 1t
diately afterward 1t is bad practice
to allow the freshly turned soil to bake IN
the sun and wind, and thereby become
cloddy. and. at the same time, lose large
per cent of its moisture.
Where horse labor can be used, the land
after blowing should be thoroughly disked
first, then spring -toothed, and finally fin
shed with a smoothing harrow. where
land must be prepared by hand, II is good
practice to puIverize the soil much as
possible when spading it up, after which
it can be put in fine condition of mellow
ness with a steel garden rake. The i'm
portance of thoroughly filming the soil can
not be overemphasized for II lncreas es the
water holding capacity of the soil. renders
more plant food available and reduces the
number of weeds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-26
Varieties Adapted to Localities.

Early Norieties.-In the northeastern
United States and along the south At
lantic seaboard the Irish Cobbler, Early
Petoskey or Early Standard, all of which
are practically identical, may be ex-
pected to produce larger crops and be
more generally satisfactory for an early
crop than the others mentioned. Quick
lunch and new queen would be regarded
as second choices for this section.
In the south central and southwestern
states, the Triumph may be expected to
give results equal to or even better than
the Irish Cobbler.
In the middle west, the Early Ohio
should do well, while the Early Harvest
and Early Rose may be regarded as sec
ond choices.
Late Varieties.-In the New England
states, Long Island and northern New
York. the Green Mountain. Gold Coin,
Delaware and other late varieties of that
class do best.
In northern Michigan. Wisconsin and
Minnesota the late varieties named above
do about. as well as the Rural New
Yorker, No. 2, and are superior to it in
table quality.
In western New York southern Michi-
gan. and Wisconsin. and Iowa the Rural
New Yorker, No. .: Sir Walter Raleigh
and Carman, No. 8. are the best adapted
Green Mountain in the northern portions
of these states.
Throughout Maryland, Virginia and
the Carolinas, Tennessee and Georgia
the variety known as Mccormick is
quite generally grown as a late va
riety. In a favorable. season the Green
Mountain can also be grown.
When to Plant Potatoes.
The date of planting necessarily must
| be governed by climatic conditions. In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-26
Getting Johnnie
Off to School and

nuSDa1l0 on TO business are
problems that tax the nerves
and strength of tho house.
wife who runs her own
home. So easy and delight
full if you know Shredded
Wheat Biscuit, the ready
cooked, ready-to-eat whole
wheat food. Children like
its delicious, crisp aroma
when served with hot milk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-26

Swans keep water completely free OF
weeds.
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How to Grow Potatoes.

Successful potato growing. the gar
den specialists advise their correspond
ents. hinges. largely on the following
factors:
l. Good land, well prepared.
.. Abundance of available plant food
and moisture.
3. Selection of proper varieties.
4. Good seed and good tillage.
5. Thorough protection of the plants
against insect and fungus pests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-26
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC!

Three days before the strike this company advanced the
wages OF its conductors and a scale running
from 24 SOC per hour dependent upon length of service
and adopted method of paying one-half time
from the time of reporting for work until excused for the day
assigned to a
Ten days after the strike the Amagamated Association
agreed with the Capital Traction Company upon scale OF
wages running Csc SOC per hour and adopted plan
for
That the public understand that the question OF
the of the strike and involved only minor
degree show below in comparative FORM the scale of the
Washington Railway and Electric Company, decided upon
three days before the STRIKE and that of the Capital Traction
Company agreed by the Amalgamaed Association after the
strike:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-26

We reierae therefore, that the questions wages and
neutrality-suspicious. not the OF the strike and
involved only minor extent. The real issue is w> Il
err the Analeamated Association incorporated and IRE
sponsibe law directed by living out of town and
having no interest in the city of Washington, shall
quire this company surrender the proper management
and control of its affairs for which 1t held responsible
under its charter from Congress; and whether the Anal
eamated shall force the loyal employees of the
Company, by coercion intimidation and other reprehen-
sble PRACTICES to join that association against their will
Washington Railway and Electric Company,
By CLARENCE P. KING
President.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-22
OBITUARY
Mrs. Georgianna Alexander.

Died at the residence of her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Whitfield N. Gary, 2122 ray
lor street, at 4:3o A. NJ. July 2l, Mrs.
Georgiarna Alexander. in the eighty
third year of her age. She leaves nine
daughters. Mrs. NJ. E. Kelley Mrs w.
NJ. Gary. Mrs. w. T. Thompson ano
Mrs. NJ. T. Dowdy, OF Richmond; Mrs
Mamie 3. Long and Mrs. Susie Gar
nett. of King William county; Mrs.
c. p. Gary and Mrs. Tom Swicegood, OF
Spencer. n, C. and Mrs. W. l.. Ed
wards, OF NoGolk. Va. Three sons W
W Alexander, of Henrico county; .,
NJ Alexander, OF New Kent county, and
George Emmett Alexander, OF Pitts
burg. Pa. Forty-two grandchhdren
and fourteen great grandchildren.
Funeral services from the above res
idence at 4.30 o'clock. Sunday after
noon, July %. Interment In oakwoog
cemetery.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-22
GENERAL CROWDER
ISSUES REGULATIONS

Washington. July 21.--Provost Mar
shal-General Crowdrr tonight made
public the rules ara regulations pre-
scribed by the president for deternin-
ing the order in which persons repre-
day will be called for service by the
respective local boards, The regula-
tlons describe at length the order d.
Getting the scheduling of the mum
hers exa city as they were drawn from
the bowl.
Any registration card received after
July 10, or found TO have been inn
properly enormously or Illegally SER
tally mum bered or that has not In
some other respect been serially num-
hered in strict accordance with the
regulations VIII not be gwen serial
number. but will be sent to the adju-
tant- general of the state who. under
he direction of the governor will as
sign serial number to the card as
follows:
When any registration card Ia found
to bear moro than one serial number
there shall be assigned to such card
the lowest in numbc of the numher
which ii bears, provided such number
Ia not borne by any other registration
card in possession Of that board The
remaining number shall be disre-
Garded
When the serial number on a card
j. ioGun 90 be i3legtbIe and n con
secUtive number is found to CORE
sFond, such card also Is declared tn
haNe no serial number.