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Evening star., 1918-05-19
Crops to Be Grown.

Nelson DOGGY read a letter from her
nephew. Lieut.. Elmer DOGGY. who is
on the firing line in France.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Henry New
comb dispenced the hospitality Of the
evening.
The honor guests Of the meeting
were Mrs. William Gregg Of Rich
mond, Va, and Mrs. George N. Beall.
National Congress Of Methern.-The
executive board Of the state branch
of the association met Tuesday At
the home Of Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter
and formed plans for the work OF the
coming year.
It was agreed to have the regular
meeting of the congress Friday a.
the home Of Mrs. E. s. Neuman. 2e"o
Tilden street (take Chevy Chase carr.
All members Of the congress are IN
vited to bring a friend and lunch
at noon and join i'm rally. as 1t is
to be the closing meeting of the sea
son. DIR. Frapcis will be one OF the
speakers. Other entertainment also
will be provided.
The Woman's Club Of Sixteenth
street Highlands met Wednesday at
the home of Mrs. c. Johnston. the
president. Topics for next year were
chosen.
Mrs. NJ. Porter. treasurer. reported
that SIS had been given by the club
to the Red Cross this year. and 1t
was decided to continue contributions
through Mrs Porter for another year.
Evening star., 1918-05-19
GROW SOME EGGPLANTS
IN VEGETABLE GARDEN
Hot Weather Plant Requires Rich
Soil, But Yield Repays for
Work and Space.

Variety is the spice Of life and
among the numerous vegetables
which are becoming more and more
popular in American homes are egg
plant and peppers. For that reason
there should be few plants of each
in every home garden this year.
If you have made a seedbox you
probably have eggplant and pepper
plants. which will soon be ready for
setting in the garden. After all dam
ground by digging and manuring. Be
sure to nave 1t rich. Lay off the
rows thirty to thirty-six inches apart.
and set the plants two feet apart In
the row. Cultivate often, and keep
the plants growing vigorously.
the most popular garden plants with
several kinds of hungry insects.
Spraying does not always keep these
pests away. They chew of most of
the leaf surface and punch holes in
the rest. Fortunately the Older plants
get the less severe is the attack, SO
all that is necessary is to protect the
plants while young or until halt
grown. ,
Half-gallon tin cans from which
both tops and bottoms have been re-
moved make fine protection for young
eSSplantS. anu tHcy dIe SqudiAy eoN
for affording protection to canta-
loupe and cucumber plants that have
not attained sufficient size to with
stand insect attacks.
Cut the tops and bottoms out OF the
cans. making the edges as smooth
as possible. Over one end fasten
piece of cheesecloth drawn as tight
as a drum. Invert the cans over tho
sggplants and allow them to remain
until the plants have made a fair
growth. The cheesecloth allows light
and air in plenty to reach the grove
ing young plants and at the same
Evening star., 1918-05-19
PRACTICAL POINTERS
ON CANNING WORK

Painstaking thoroughness and care
in every stage of the work are nee
essary If canning operations are to
be successful. The cans and jars, with
their tops, must be made absolutely
sterile to begin with; rubbers must be
new and they must be sterilized
Fruits and vegetables must be fresh,
without trace of decay or mold, and
they must be plucked or gathered at
the time when they are in prime con-
dition-neither too ripe nor too green.
canning expert gives the following
rules in the current issue of Farm
and Fireside: 4
zation is the most important thing in
canning All jars, covers and rubbers
should be thoroughly washed and
cleaned When the open-kettle
method is used. the rubbers. covers
and jars should be washed and then
thick pad to prevent them from rest
ing on the bottom of the pan. They
should then be covered with cold
water. which is brought slowly to
the boiling point and allowed to boil
ten minutes.
lutely necessary In preparing vege-
tables and some fruits for the cold
pack 1t consists in immersing the
prepared vegetable in boiling water
or steam and leaving 1t there for a
few minutes. This process shrinks
the material.
The cold-dip process should always
Immediately follow the scalding and
blanching. 1t consists merely in Dip
ping the blanched material into very
cold water. II the sack containing <
the material to be blanched is fast
ened on the end of stick there will
be no danger of burning the hands.
"Sirups are usually added to fruits
and brines to vegetables. When the
Jar is tightly packed with materials
the brine or sirup should be poured
into the jar until it is completely full.
Canning sirups are prepared by
mixing two cupfuls of sugar and
three cupfuls OF water and boiling for
different lengths of time. Thin sirup
is just brought to a boil. medium thin
is boiled two or three minutes, medi-
um thick sirup is boiled eight to
twelve minutes. With the present
sugar shortage. corn sirup should
take the place of at least part of the
sugar"
Evening star., 1918-05-19

How quickly American habits
have taken hold of France is indi-
Gated in letter recently received by
his mother here from r. w. Morgan.
an engineer in the overseas Army.
attached to general headquarters.
Speaking of the French youngsters in
the house where he is quartered. Mr..
Morgan writes:
The chewing gum supply is tenn
porarily exhausted now. and they
can't understand it. Guess I have
spoiled them"
Father Under the Sod.
The father of these French children
has been dead for couple of years.
adds the writer, and is under one Of
the little white crosses that dot SO
many French fields, but they don't
know which one. However. he adds.
one little boy, seven years old, has
an American godfather in Detroit
who sends him As francs a month.
and little girl has a godmother in
Ann Arbor who contributes the same
amount.
These new and valuable relatives
were contributed through the Or
phelinat des Armees.
Served as Page at Capitol.
Mr. Morgan, whose residence is 1900
Massachusetts avenue northwest, was
appointed as a Senate page when
twelve years of age, being trans
ferred to the Senate post Office when
he became sixteen. Two years later
he received an appointment under the
civil service and shortly afterward
volunteered to go to France as field
clerk where he is now attached to
Gen. Pershing's headquarters.
He is member of the First Congrega-
tional Church, this city. his letters to
the Christian Endeavor Society being
frequently read aloud there. A side
light on his character is contained in
the fact that on Mothers day he
cabled his greetings to his mother.
Mrs. Emma v. Morgan, rather than
trust to the delays and uncertainties
ut the mails.
Evening star., 1918-05-19

toriously. With only two dissenting
votes the House passed without
amendment the Overman bill giving
the President blanket authority to re-
organize government departments and
other agencies In whatever way he
may deem necessary to the winning
Of the war.
The Overman bill was more violent
ly opposed in the Senate than any
other war measure which the admin
istration has asked. but every effort
to amend 1t was defeated, and now
1t is sent to Mr.. Wilson for his sigma
ture in exactly the form he wanted
1t. The cotemporaneous Senate bills
creating a war cabinet and a ministry
Of munitions have been burned be-
yond hope of resurrection. No Presi-
dent ever won a more complete VIC
tory over Congress than came to Mr..
Wilson in this contest.
Evening star., 1918-05-19
Other Developments Of Week.

Final passage of the new draft bill,
under which there will be registered
for selective service approximately q
million men who have become twenty
one years old since June last, was
a development Of the week Of second
ary interest only because 1t was un-
opposed.
The shipping board, which only a
few weeks ago was under the fire
of criticism, seems now to be getting
things done, with the promise that it
soon may be basking in public favor.
1t was announced during the week
that the first million tons of shipping
built by 1t had been launched. and
Charles NJ. Schwab, director general
of the Emergency Fleet Corporation.
predicted that 10000 to 10000 tons
would soon be the average daily
launching.
Another highly favorable bit of
news was report by members of the
Senate military committee that ordi-
nance production at the Bethlehem
and Midvale plants now is proceeding
satisfactorily. after many delays.
Finally but not last in Importance
President Wilson. speaking last night
in New York, opened the Red Cross
campaign to raise another hundred
million-dollar war work fund.
Evening star., 1918-05-19
Borelum on the Defensive.

In the meantime 'Gutzon Barglum,
sculptor, the report OF whose tnyesti-
cation into the aircraft production
program was chiefly responsible for
breaking of the storm on Capitol Hill.
is forced from accuser into the role
of a defendant.
Some Of the evidence which he had
promised to lay before the Senate was
forthcoming during the week, but SO
far as made public it was evidence
intended to refute charges against
the sculptor. instead of to sustain his
charges against the aircraft program,
It 10 true that he xepsats his charges.
Evening star., 1918-05-19
SOLDIERS IN CAMP
MAKE WAR GARDENS
First Is Started at Camp Dix,
and Other Cant0nments
Soon to Follow Suit.

Uncle Sans soldiers in the various
training camps all over the country
who have Joined the war garden
worked out by the Quartermaster and
subsistence officers Of the canton
ments and the National War Garden
Commission. are to grow the yegeta-
bles the men are to consume during
the training period.
Started at Camp Dix.
The first of these camp war gardens
was started last week at Camp DIX.
where selected men are to cultivate a
tract of about 400 acres, on which
they will grow corn, beans. tomotoes.
Food I. o. b. the mess tent door" IL
the slogan adopted by the training
camp war gardeners.
Men who are physically fncapaci.
tated for overseas duty and who ara
not otherwise available for military
service are to be employed in the gar
dening work.
Gardening Equipment.
Five motor trucks loaded with gar.
den ammunition" such as seeds. fer
tilizers. plows. harrows. hoes. rakes.
etc. were sent to Camp Dix from
Philadelphia during the week. and the
garden tract of d trifie less than 100
acres has been plowed with tractors,
narrowed. and much of 1t is already
planted. The equipment was donated
by the National War Garden Commits
sion.
The big garden is to be under the
direction OF the reclamation service of
the quartermaster's department Of the
Army. Col. J. S. Fair. assistant to the
quartermaster general, is in charge In
Washington, with Lieut. Champlin,
reclamation officer at Camp Dix, in
direct supervision at the camps The
garden tract was laid out by Lieut..
Champlin under the direction Of Lieut..
Col. Edmond Tompkins. camp quar-
termaster.
Crops to Be Grown.
Capt. Bethke. Subsistence ofYicer al
Camp Dix. expects the camp garden 10
be a great help in providing food
without the burden of transportation.
According to plans, about 175 acres
will be planted in potatoes. twenty
five to thirty acres in sweet corn.
onions, string beans and beets, and
the remainder of the tract in toma-
toes and other vegetables.
Capt. Bthke has laid out and plant
ed a miniature model garden at the
edge Of Camp Dix. which Is to serve
as a plan for the real war garden.
Evening star., 1918-05-19
Searching Inquiry Assured.

Appointment of Mr.. Hughes re-
moved the possibility Of making
dents opposition to an Investigation
along the lines of the Chamberlain
resolution was founded on a desire to
cover up shortcomings or wrongdo-
ing of any sort.
without this fanking movement.
luton probably would have had the
better chance of winning pop
ular support. The real controversy
over the wordink of the resolution
involved 80 fine a distinction that the
public would have had little under
standing of or patience with it. In
times like these the public wants
things done and Cone quickly, and
has little concern as TO whose toes
are trod upon. The President was be-
it would be made appear that he op-
posed a thorough and unhampered
investigation of the aircraft scandal.
Announcement that Judge Hughes
had been called upon and had agreed
to undertake the investigation cut the
ground completely from under this
maneuver. With his fame based upon
his ability and fearlessness as an in
vestigator, with spotless reputation
for private and public rectitude. and
with political sympathies not aligned
with the administration. the most sus-
picious and warped imagination could
not conceive Of Judge Hughes being a
party to the embarrassing" Of any
wrongdoer. 1t would no longer be
possible to make any one believe that
unless the Senate military committee
conducted an investigation the guilty
would go unwhipped.
Instead Of a question as to whether
there should be thorough investiga-
tion of charges against the aircraft
production program. the issue now
hinged on whether an additional In
vestigation by a Senate committee
was necessary or desirable. On that
issue there was no chance of ex-
citing the public mind. The public
had ceased to care hoot whether
the Senate did or did not Investigate.
Evening star., 1918-05-19
HETHER making for prog
ress or delay in prepara-
AN/ tion for effective warfare.
the controversy which
o,,,a <o a haad during the

came to a head during the
week between President Wilson and
a faction in the Senate, with investi-
CATION of aircraft production as the
bone of contention, overshadowed all
other developments. The week ended
with a final decision yet to be reached.
but with the victory apparently well
within the Presidents hands.
Mr.. Wilson not only outgeneraled'
but he "outgamed" his opponents in
the Senate.
He out generated them when he
called upon Charles E. Hughes. for.
mer associate justice of the United
States Supreme Court and late re-
publican candidate for President, to
assist the Department Of Justice In
probing into the aircraft scandal.
He outgamed them when he drew
the issue squarely againt the Cham
berlin resolution as an anti-admin-
istration measure and challenged
its supporters to a showdown.
Evening star., 1918-05-19
President Given Free Hand.

The conflict between the President
and members of the Senate over the
proposed aircraft production inquiry
distracted attention from the end Of
another contest which Mr.. Wilson has
Yagsd with Congress- and Waged yict
Evening star., 1918-05-19
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Evening star., 1918-05-19
The Hero,

From the Passing Show.
Was Jack cool during the air raid
the other niEht?"
Rather. Why. he was SO cool his
teeth were ehattsrtnx all tia vAi2si'
Evening star., 1918-05-19
Knew Shed Bought One.

From the Boston Transcript.
Wife, attended the mammoth sale
today.
Hub-where are YOU going to keep
the darned thing?
Evening star., 1918-05-19

Flowers for weddings.
Consult Guide about the flowers and
decorations for your wedding. 1914 F.
advertisement.
Evening star., 1918-05-19
Many Interesting Possibilities.

Now that he has the Overman bill.
there is keen interest to know what
use the President will make Of IT..
All existing law defining the duties
for the several government depart
ments and separate agencies is set
aside for the period Of the war. The
President has a free hand to divide
work and responsibility as he sees Mt.
II he wants to place the battle fleet
under control of the Secretary Of the
Interior there is nothing to prevent
him. The possibilities are endless
and highly interesting. He might CO.
ordinate the food administration with
the Department of Agriculture, or
tell Fuel Administrator Garfield to
take orders from Director General
McAdoo.
There have been very few plausible
guesses. however, as to what the
President intends to do. About the
only announcement SO far that car
ries a coloring of authority is that
the War Industries Board is to be
separated from the Council of Ma
tional Defense and given Independent
and enlarged authority. Tho Council
OF National Defense. 1t is intimated,
is likely tosbe abolished.
Evening star., 1918-05-19
Demand for Revenue Bill.


That there may be still another con-
test between the executive and legis-
lative branches of the government
was foreshadowed during the week
when 1t became known that the
President is disposed to insist upon
the enactment of revenue-raisingb bill
before Congress adjourns. Leaders of
both parties in both houses are un-
derstood t. be opposed to tackling
that problem until after Congress re-
convenes in December. but 1t is stated
that the Secretary of the Treasury
deems revenue legislation at this ses-
sion imperative and that the Presi-
dent Is disposed to back him up.
A statement submitted to the SEN
ate during the week by Secretary Nc
Adoo showed an estimate Of $685.
$4,000 as the revenue receipts for
the current fiscal year. On this basis.
about one-third OF the years expendi-
lures will be met through taxation
and the other two-thirds through
loans.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-06-18
buques de cor.
ereto han demos
trado ser muy
efcientes
WASHINGTON, JUNO 12.-El

WASHINGTON, JUNO 12.-En
una declaration que ACADIA de hacer
ell Consejo Naval de les EStado5
Unidos, Sc c~ontiene Ia prueba evil
dente de que Ell go5ierno americana
estima que los barcos de concrete
hap .paSado va de Ia etapa de eNpe-
rimentaci0n para ser IN auXilio prac-
tico Y cficiente en- el sistema Ge
t-ansporta5 de Ia nacion, pues Sc
.afirma en- ella que NADIA mcnos que
cincc diferentes departamentos del
gobierno Sc proponen ronstruir BAL
COS de csta clase.
FL presidente del Consejo Naval
firmara pronto los contracts para la
construction de "a barcos mas de
concrete, ademas de los que Va sc
han dado V que comprendea la cons
truccion de IS buques, con 10 cual
asccndera el ~tonelaje total ordena-
do por dicho Console 4 22,509t to-
neladas de barcos hechos con este
material. La mayor parte de los nue.
vos barcos Seran tanqaes de $500
toneladas Y Sc les cocstrIira en- los
cinco arsenales del gobierno que fue-
ron anunciadoS haca cinco dias.
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Ell ex-primer Nitro.
Kerensky va @
Francia

UN PUERTO DEL PACIFICO,
.Iunio ia. Kencvaloff, eX-Minis-
tro russo de Concrete en- ell gabinete
de Alexandra kerensky, quien Sc en-
]cuentra en- eSta ciudad en- canine pa
RI Washington, Londres y Paris, dl-
10 anoche que el ex-Primer Ministro
Sc halaba tambicn en- viaje rumbo
a Francia, habiendo emprendido Ia
ruta desde Suecia, por Ia via de In
tg}aterra.
NJ. K~Onovaloff, presto sus servi-
tcios durante el regimen del Gobier-
mo provisional. como Ministro de
Concrete. V durante un tempo fue
Vicepresidcnte del Gabinete. Durantc
ell regimen de Ia monarquia, alguna
vez ocup6 Ell puestO de Vice-presi-
dente de la Duma.
la Ultima ~noticia que he recibi-
do de kerensky, fue por n fuen-
te indirecta, dijo Ell ex-Ministro aver.
En- esa epoca eli ex-Primer Ministro
Sc encontraba en- Noruega y trataba
segun supe, de proseguir su viaje ha-
cha Francia.'
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DECRECE LA PRODUCTION DE
CARBON

NUEVA YORK, JUNO 13.-En la
semana que termino ell dia primero
del mes en- curse, Sc noto una regu-
lar d~isminucion en- la production de
carbon, segun anuncio aver Ia Adml-
nistracion de Combustible de los Es-
tados Unidos, que atribuyo Ia causa
para tai decrecimiento, al asueto de-
cretado con motive del Dia de la
Decoration de las Tumbas.
La production de carbon bitumi-
toso en- la semana pasada fue de. =.
10. 744, 900 t~oneladas, contra -.
II. 799, 900 toneladas que Sc produ-
ieron la semana que termin0 ell 25 de
Mayo. La production" de antrac!ta
en- Ia semana que termino ell % de
Mayo. La production de antracita
en- la semana que termino ell 10. de
JUNO, fue de 31,762 carros, contra
1854 carros que sc p%rodujeron la
semana anterior. La semana pasada
ha sido la primera Gel presente ano,
que no ha sobrepasado la produc-
ci6n en- la semana correspondence
del ano pasado.
Estimase que en- caso de que la
production del carbon siga deere
ciendo en- las semanas proximas, Sc
sufrira en- ell proximo invierno de
una escasez de combustible igual, ST.
no mayor a la que Sc tuvo ell ano pa
sado. Segun ell anuncio de la Admit
nistracion de CombustibIes. Sc re-
q~uieren mas de II. 000, 900 de tone
ladas de carbon. commandments
para las necesidades locales en- Ell
pals.
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Ha habido uarios
incendios en- los
bosques de
Idaho

MISSOULA, Mont, JUNO 12.-
Numerosos incendios han sido OBJ
servados Ell los bosques de la re-
gion occidental de este Estado y
en- la septentrional de Idaho, segun
dicen los informes que sc nan recibi-
do aqui, procedentes del Distrito
numero l del Servicio Forestal de
los Estados Unidos.
La ciudad de Essex, en- los limi-
ties septentrionales del parque ma
cional del Glacier, Ssta amenazada
Dor uno de escs incendios, al que
cstan combatiendo mas de 500 hon.
bres, pero sin que hasta ahora ha-
yam podido contener ell avance del
fuego.
Otro terrible incendio ha estalla-
do en- una extension de doce millas
desde Missoula hasta ell arroyo de
Harble Y en- ell d:strito de S.. Joe,
Idaho. Un convoy de acemilas COM
puesto por catorce mulas, fue sor,
prendido por ell fuego habiendo
quedado comp!etamente quemado,
LGc co~nducto:es del convoy, sin
embargo, lograron escapa-.
Ell informe dice que muchos in.
cendios, algunos de ellos cuDriendo
grandes areas, estan progresando sin
que hasta ahora Sc les haya podido
contener. La situaclon es eXtrama-
damente seria, como jamas 10 habia
sido en- esta region por esta epoca
del ano, segun dcclararon hoy los
ltsncionarios y emu!eados foresta-
les. Dichos func;onarios mauificstan
que a juzgar por los indicios de los
incendios, estos serin peoeres gu.
los de 1917, toda vez que estos han
estallado IN mes antes.
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educar, tambiGn cs armada por eilos,
EEs una amiga, una verdadera CANA
lrada; puede jugar con eilos, pero
tambien puedc hacerse obedecr sin
abandonar Ia sonriSa, porque los ninos
cntienden que 10 que sc les ordena
:es por su bien Y no por Ia comodidad
o satisfaction de la madre. Gohierna
con honor y es ~obedecida con honor.
Sus hijos no Sc 4 a la casa del
I~vecino O a Ia vuelta de la esquina,
I"donde la madre nc los yea, para la
Ger 10 que tienen prohibido.
Tn proverbio frances dice: "Ense-
name I'm grande hombre Y. detras de
el habra una huena madre'. Asi
tambien los ninos amables, frances,
iSaludables, alegres y de huenos moda-
les, estan hablando de cue su madre
les buena.