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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-04
LARCOMBE'S FOUR YEAR JOB
After Each Air Raid Over London lie
Sought UnexpIodcd Aerial
DOmba,
[Special to The Times-Dispatch. I

LONDON. January 3.-Of the many
stories of heroism during the far an
w whist, official records are silent, but
when are being brought forth with
of CAPTAIN Larcombe, OF the affair
Graft defenses OF the London district
and dispose OF German aerial bombs
that failed TO explode when dropped
on London.
After each air raid. and In the early
part OF the war there were many. Lar,
combe and his men would go about the
city seeking the "duds." il was dan
gerous work cxtricating them from
wherever they happened to drop. trans.
porting them out OF the city and ex-
pioding or otherwise destroying them
during the excitement after raid few
people thought Of the bombs that failed
to go or" but all OF them have
ceased TO be menace to the city
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-04
Resting Place for American Dcad

NHIIINHTCN. Jnnuary 3.-Thc city
corporation OF Belfast, Ireland has
given 10 the american nation free of
charge for all time" the section of the
city cemetery wherein are buried
Of influenza. The American Red Cross
IN making public Il cablcgram telling
OF the gift. said 1t was consiterinC ihT
erection OF suitable monument, and
that the american plot" as tho Sc
ti'n VIII be known. would b especially
a '"1rti cd .,nd marked
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-04
DEATHS IN VIRGINIA
Charles W. Bowry

Charlie w Bowry, aged sixteen
years. youngest son OF John H. ana
Eliza Lellie Bowry, of 29l0l-2 y
Street, died yesterday morning At IL IA
O'Clock at The home Of his parents. He
is survived by his parents. four sis
ters. Mrs. j. &. Lynch. Mrs. j. l.. john
son and Mrs. Oscar Johnson and Miss
Louise Bowry; three brothers, William
H. John l.. and Howard j. Bowry, all
Of this city. Funeral services VIII be
held this afternoon at o'clock at
the grave in lakewood Cemetery.
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ThOmns SIpp.
swooDcTOcKV,

~ WOODSTOCK, VA, January a.
Thomas Sine. aged sixty-ivc years,
farmer of Columbia Furnace. Shenan-
@{doah County. is dead from appoplexy
Z Mr.. Sine dropped dead while in the
| woodward preparing to carry an arm
full OF wood into the house close by
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-04
rhomns Gnston Gold.

WINCHESTER VA. January g.
Thomas Easton Gold. aged about forty
years, son Of the late State Senator
Thomas ID. Gold died at his home.
Meadow Brook. Clarke. County, after Il
serious Illness of one month.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-04
Mrs. J. G.. ID. Stanford.

i.f EcHEURG, VA. January 3.-Mrs
Jean Cynthia billiard Stanford. twenty
SIN years of age. wife Of ID. Z. u. stan
iord. died at noon to-day in the apart
inent OF the family, at Parkmont, of
pneumonia, following influenza.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-04

Baker eighty years old. widow of the
keN. Robert NJ. Baker. who died in Phil
adeinhia. where she had been living
since the death OF her husband who
was 'or many years rector OF an Epis-
copal Church in GeOrgetownr d. C.
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George MnshIngton nv,

LYNCHBURG. VA, January g.
George Washington Wade. seventy
seven years of age. died last night at
his home. He was formerly a farmer
and native of Amherst County.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-04
Mrs. Emma Rymnn.

Especial to The Times Dispatch
HARRISONBURG, VA, January D.
Mrs. Emma Ryman. widow of Jacob
Ryman. died yesterday evening at her
home In Timberville at the, age OF sixty
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-04
Charles Il. HentI,.

LYNCHBURG. va. january g.
Charles r. Heath, twenty seven. a
travelling salesman for the Lynchburg
Shoe Company. died Wednesday night
at the Home and Retreat Of pneumonia.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-04
Mrs. Alice II. Dnxis

HARLOTTESVILLE. VA, January
"-Mrs: Alice X. Davis. aged TWENTY
TWO. wife of T. Lawrence Davis, died
at a local hospital this morning, the
second anniversary of her wedding.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-04
Mrs. Mnry =. Cr,,.o.

CfiAFLUTTESV VA, January 2
Mrs. Mary j. Critzer. aged sixty-one,
home in Wayncsboro after a brief iii.
ness. "
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CASUALTY LISTS SHOW
817, WITH THIRTY DEAD
Five Were Killed i'm Action, and
Fifteen Others Died OF
Wounds.
MANY ARE SEVERELY WOUNDED
Over Six Hundred Arc Reported
Slightly Injured, Three Hurt With
Degree Undetermined and Forty
Five Missing in Action.

given out to-day by the Committee on Pub
Ties Ii"dsd a io I XIII Ked 'i in Si acton
died OF wounds. 10; died Of accident and
severely. ~: wounded tdcgrec undc terminedJ
:; w "h siiEshtiy '2o: missing In action
follow:
WOUNDED SEVERELY.
Mahford. Bernhard ~, Norfolk. Va.
"''''e t MissISi: s rs Hc !E26s y c
Higgins Charles T Miiiiaa%; Greensboro y C
Taylor. Fruchus: McGrady. " &.
WOUNDED SLIGHTLY
Captain.
Davis William , p hampton :nSn, Va.
Brownley, John r.: S"rlolk. Va.
TieEa ' William an ff: f.. RoSnofe Va a.
curtis. A!per. 81 Sor %aaesvine. Va
Roberts. Edward e: Rectortown. Va.
Shoemaker. Thomas r; Iiansonviile. Va.
Smith Smith. cloia r.: Lignum. Va.
Konndtl>e; William s. r"rismouth. Va
S hai2 Gha Wri'f NJ Is san Msr' va
Isurch, Brayd: charict,s. =. g. {. "a"
'''0'iS"n' Fred HTs riHntcs rinaall' Va
R l,ahSr Walter r.: North River. Va.
Brown. Luther f.T" +: Evn in,on. Va Va
BurreIi: Reuben. New Kent County, Va
Holt. Haywood w: Raleigh. y. c.
Moor. Cecil G.: T.ynchbprE. Va
irothi. Clarence ~: LynChburG Va
Rashcrry. Elijah: Snowfall y C.
Richardson. Morton Henry: Danville Va
Shirley. James H.: MOUNTAINEERING Coun-
Anderson. Alfred: Scttcrsvilie Va
BaEley. Alvin: Henley. " q.
Firman. Jesse J.; MeSsic Va
Gatewood. Abel: wadcsboro. y C.
HalSted. Webster D.. Norfolk Va
IIoilins. George: Riner. Va
kistlcr. Russell w. ReedSvllc, " e
Recdy. james F.: konnarock Va
RidinEcr Thornton c.: Floyd. Va
Sandefur. Harry: Newport News Va
Alternately. German b.: Martin. " {.
Burch. John NJ. LynchburE. Va
Cox. Leonard b.: Lynchburg. Va
FISCHER. August j.. Rio Vista. Va
Garner. Alfred: Lcaman. y. G..
ihguc. Everett W.: Richmond, Va.
Haynes. Geor-N c.: Hillsburg. Va
kanman. w ri D.: Glendale n G.
Miller. Coy: Laurel Springs y. G.
Nantz. Russell +: Iron Station. y. G..
Phillips. Raymond ". Covington Va
rope. Henry: Tilery. y. c.
Shelton John w: Wytheville Va
TAYLOR. Edward r: HarrisonburE. Va.
Everton John T.: Norfolk. Va.
Flowers. George w; Chase City. Va
Howell. Walter L.: Beaver Creek. y. C.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-04
MUST ROUTE FOODSTUFFS
THROUGH HAMPTON ROADS
New York. Philadelphia and Boston
Under Embargocs Due
to Congestion.
PIERS PILED UP WITH FREIGHT
Strikes. Holiday IndulgenccS and
Ship Shortage Given as Causes for
Northern Ports Failure to Func-
ton in Sending Food to Europe.
IBy Associated prcss.l

NEW YORK, January 3.--I'lans for
routing inland freight intended for ex
port. Including food for the American
army and for starving people in f:u-
rope, by way of South Atlantic and
Gulf ports. thus avoiding congestion.
especially 1T Boston. Philadelphia and
New York. were discussed ut II confer
ence here to-day attended by army
and naSy officers. representatives OF
the Federal railroad and food admin
istrations and other government bodies
and transatlantic steamship companies.
While no definite arrangements were
made representations were made by
government representatives and rail-
road officials to the steamship COM
panies to scatter their tonnage at ports
Mexican border. The steamship OIL
Gals left the conference after promis-
ing to confer among themselves in an
in order TO expedite the loading and
gcndinS of shipments.
EMBARGO CAUSED ny LABOR
TROUBLES AND SHIP SCARCITY
Shipment of all classes of freight.
and particularly foodstuns intended for
American troops abroad and Europes
starving people. was embargoed from
other parts of the country through
the ports OF Boston, Philadelphia and
New York, for export, by order of the
Freight Traffic Committee, North At
lantic ports representing North At
is stated, of the Federal food admin
istration.
Three principal causes are assigned.
One is the strike of freight handlers.
which was reported TO be spreading
to-day. Another was disposition on
the part of ship owners TO put their
vessels in dry dock upon being re-
licved from the war strain instead
OF continuing the ships in trade. Still
another was the holiday season with
consequent decrease in labor facilities
regardless OF existing strike condi-
lions.
Regarding the ship situation it was
declared vessels for use by the food
administration had not become avail
able In the tonnage expected. and other
vessels expected TO arrive in New York.
Boston and Philadelphia to carry ship
mentE across the Atlantic had been
delayed by storms.
Food and supplies are accumulated
on the piers of New York to such an
extent that It is impossible for 1t to
he handled or for cargo space to be
provided for it's transportation abroad.
Similar conditions are declared to en-
list in Boston and Philadelphia. with
the situation becoming serious.
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NIixs NInry IJen1,yoIc-

6, HARRISONBuRG. VA, January a
Miss Mary Heatwole. daughter Of
Abram D. Heatwole, died at the home
of her parents. near Dayton. this morn
ing at the age Of eighteen years, OF
influenza and pneumonia
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-04
v,,xid T.. S,IckIcy.

WINCHESTER. VA. January 3
David j.. Stickley. Scvcnty-fivc years
old, a Confederate veteran, died of heart
disease at Marlboro.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-04
Park LII. Sfrn1Ic.

WINCHESTER. VA. January 3
Park II. STROBE. thirty-five years old
died Of influenza at Stephens city, after
weeks illness.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-04
1,,n.r,, of Nr,. Snundrrs.

The funeral OF Mrs. ". +. Saunders.
who died yesterday morning In hcT
home in Chester, will take place this
morning al the grave in Maury Gene
1ery.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-04
Mrs. Carrie A. shimett

HARR1SONBURG, VA. January a.
Mrs Carrie a. Shinictt died at her home
ut North River yesterday, OF lung
trouble. She was seventy years Of age.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-04

James Cooley died at his home.
aO5 IL West Cary Street. last night
!at 1890 O'clock He is survived by
1--we daughters. Mrs. Phil stone. Mrs.
iRobert Stone. Mrs. Fred Schaaf. Mrs;
I'D Long and Miss Zoe Cooley. and
Inv three sons Robert. Douglas and
Eddie Cooley.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-04
Mrs. G. r.: Quincy.

Mrs. c. l.. Quincy died yesterday
afternoon at 5:i5 O'Clock OF Pneumonia;
She was thirty years old. Inc funeral
will be conducted tomorrow afternoon
at O'Clock AT lis East Cary street.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-04

CHESTER. VA. January g.
Funeral services wero hold In Christ
Church yesterday for Mrs. Louisa Il.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-04

Timers Dispatch Want Ads
are ume-savers and money makers for
buyer and seller,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-27
ADIEU!

My friend, as am goiu. far away
All. well. there 10 but little / can say:
Ny hear, 10 full. the words that l would
speak
Die on my lips, am so strangely weak.
There's one thing would ask before l 10,
You'll grant 1t, dear. for old times sake,
! know:
IT'S only this. tina, midst all brirh: new
And spite OF all the space that in,ervene-
That dreary length and breadth OF surg
You'll sometimes give a little thought to
me.
Remember not thu cruel words. unkind;
The sore mistakes I made blot from your
mind,
But think OF m. as loving friend and true;
Deal gently with me. a. you used TO do.
Forget dear. every act that caused you
pain.
Life is so short--we may not meet again;
Perchance this message brief may DO the
That i shall ever send you from the past.
Yet fate hath willed II so by stern decree
An ocean need' must roll tween you and
me.
Farewell, with trembling fingers now l
write
This sad, sad word. with tear bedimmed
Think Of me. dear. as loving friend and
true,
Remember mo for old times sakr--adi.ui
WILLIAM J. STEWART
This poem was written by the late
editor OF Horticulture during his last
illness. The manuscript was not found
until after his death. 1t appeared In
Horticulture OF April 5.
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kernel just beginning to root and
shoot. Yet all along there have been
lusty sceptics as to forcing natures
hand. Witness this from a garden
hook published in the fifteen hun
dreds: 1T is not worthie Of gentle
men nor of gentlemen's gardeners toe
believe that to giraffe a cyon with the
small ende downwards will make II
bring a fruite without a core" 1t -
rather curious to know that, the gar
den book to the contrary notwith-
standing, the belief It decries is stin
prevalent among unlettered rural folk.
And 1t would surely be interesting to
trace back the navel oranges pedi-
gree and find out II 1t supports or con-
tradicts the old belief.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-27
Properly Planted Few Plants Are Lost in Transplantng
1.-The Soil Must Be Frmed About the Roots
and the Tops Properly Cut Back

A very large percentage of all trees
and plants set out perish the first sea-
son after they are planted because
the planting is not properly done.
This is not because people do not
take pains with the plants which they
set out, but usually because of lack Of
experience or information as to just
how the work should be done. The
old adage that "a cat can be killed by
care" often applies to the setting out
OF trees and plants. All that is re-
: CURED to make failure certain Is plenty
Of the wrong kind of care.
When a tree or shrub Is taken up
and transplanted II Is naturally a Sc
we're shock to the whole plant. All of
it, normal functions are rudely inter-
ferred with; its source Of food Is en-
tirely cut off and cannot be renewed
until the roots which are left on 1t
have reestablished their close contact
with the soil and sent out new feeding
roots--the tiny hairlike roots which
are almost all broken Off or destroyed
in the process of transplanting. Like
q patient after n severe operation. a
newly set plant must be given the best
conditions possible in order that II
may convalesce quickly.
The two biggest causes of failure
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the hunger OF a marauding COW, two
were all but forced upon a reluctant
California grower, and the fourth
made no history whatever, so 1t Is
safe to imagine 1t was strangled by
red tape.
The trees that went West have made
history a-plenty; whole orchards have
been budded from them, buds have
been sold as high as $40 apiece, the
trees themselves had to be specially
fenced in and guarded day and night,
and are even to this day among the
sights Of the Golden State. Their
progeny has overrun It In little less
than fifty years-for its good CONNER
cially--as to flavor, the less said the
better. What the event may provo
the wisest cannot foresee; II ever the
navel orange shall be brought to live
up to its looks the whole world will
be its parish.
Since gardens began gardeners have
sighed and tried to produce fruit after
its fashion. There have been many,
many curious expedients, such as
splitting the stalk Of fruitful shoot
and indicating its pith while its buds
were in embryo. Layering and trans
planting the rooted stems upside down
was another. Still another was re-
moving the seed lobes deftly from a
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-27
Attach Tree Labels With Large Loop, So Limbs Will
Have Room for Deveopment--Int Facts
Regarding Period of Rest in Plants

seeds is not entirely chemical In the
ginkgo tree the fruit to all appear
lnces ripens In autumn. but at the
time that 1t falls from the tree the
5perms have not yet fused with the
Eggs, and SO, Of course, DO embryos
ire present. Under such circum-
stances one is scarcely warranted In
calling it q seed. To complete its de-
yelopment 1t must lie in the earth for
some months longer. The seeds OF
hawthorns are equally slow to germi-
nate, but nobody so far as known has
offered an explanation to fit their case.
In some members Of the gourd family
the length of the dormant period has
curious effect upon the seeds and
the plants that spring from them.
Young seeds give plants that are In
clined to produce vines at the expense
Of fruit. Accordingly II is the prac-
tice Of gardeners to use melon and
cucumber seeds that are several years
old.
Notwithstanding tho fact that plants
appear to require season Of rest.
several methods Of shortening or elm
mating It have been devised by man.
This manipulation Of a plant to make
1t bloom before its proper season Is
called forcing. Some plants may be
more easily forced than others. Among
those that most readily yield to such
processes are the freesias, tulips, hya-
cinths, narcissuses and other Dubious
plants. In forcing, as In many other
Instances in plant lifc. 1t has been
found that heat, drought and cold
have almost identica,ly the same eff
feet. Potatoes exposed to the sun for
several days will grow much sooner
than those not so treated, and also II
kept in IN icebox for q time they are
equally ready to grow. Rhubarb and
asparagus dug up in autumn and
brought into the warmth Of the house
are slow to start, but II allowed to
freeze first will soon begin to put uI
new shoots. An investigating German
has recently discovered that dipping
the plants In boiling water has the
same effect as cold or drought. More
effective than any Of these methods 4.
the process Of etherization. in which
the plants to be forced are exposed
while dormant to the fumes Of ethel
or chloroform for one or two days
Lilacs so treated may be had in full
bloom three weeks later. In the cas-,
Of the spring flowers which rest ir
summer n warm. moist autumn ma,
act like q second spring and caus,
them to bloom again. Violets ar,
especially inclined to respond to q
mild season in this way, and there II
scarcely a year that one cannot picl
a bunch Of violets in october. B,
searching long enough one may fine
flowers of all the spring plants II
autumn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-27
THE REST PERIOD OF PLANTS
By WILLARD n. CUTE.

Regular periods Of rest seem neces-
sary to all forms OF life. Young ami
mails spend fully half their time in
sleep and when they reach maturity
they require at least a third Of every
day for this purpose. Plants, like ami
mails, may be said to rest at night, In
asmuch as certain processes cease as
soon as daylight fades. but the nightly
rest of plants is never so striking as
that OF animals. Some species. to be
sure, make rather noticeable changes
in the position Of the leaves during
the hours OF darkness. and this phe-
nomenon Is known as the sleep OF
plants. From this one might infer
that plants which do not make such
changes do not have a period Of rest
1t Is likely. however. that the changes
In the position OF the leaves have ref
erence to purely mechanical problems
OF the plant and that the repose OF
one plant is az deep as that OF an
other.
The period OF nightly rest Is the
only form Of dormancy that the higher
us IL pul tilc
simpler forms. and a few of the more
highly specialized ones. such as the
woodchuck. gopher and chipmunk.
have a seasonal rest, and this is also
experienced by plants. In northern
regions, as winter approaches. the
frogs, turtles. salamanders and many
others creep into some shelter and
soon enter into a deathlike state, in
which they become torpid. unconscious
and absolutely helpless. and this con-
dition continues until warm weather
returns.
While the nightly period of rest In
animals Is more striking than that
OF plants. the seasonal rest Ia just
the opposite. The most noticeable
difference between sleep and hiber-
nation, as the seasonal rest period is
called in animals, Is that In hiberna-
tion they seem totally unconscious
and are reused only with difficulty,
but in plants the very structure of
the individual is affected. AS the Pc
Rod of rest approaches the leaves
are thrown OF, the root hairs die,
the buds are formed. cells thickcn
and the protoplasm exudes most of its
moisture and becomes moro resistant.
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IL. Holes are bored with a gimlet
near the pointed end 30 as to leave
the blunt end for writing. The names
OF the varieties are written as large
as possible with a soft. rather blunt
lead pencil so as to make q broad.
clear mark. Then a wire previously
bent at its end to form a hook Is
slipped through the gimlet hole and
with the pliers locked around itself by
the hook. These labels are then dipped
in a thin paint made OF pure linseed
oil and white lead and hung UP. They
must not be painted with a brush
because this would blur the writing
After dipping. the writing will appear
very family, but soon the excess paint
will drip OF and leave the clear words
, seen through the paint. The linseed
oil would serve the same purpose OF
making the writing indelibie, but the
labels would then not be as conspic-
uous as when colored white.
After drying. the wires. which
should be sixteen to eighteen inches
long, may be attached to the trees by
bending them around the limbs with
the pliers locking their free ends,
If thought more convenient the paint
ing may be done after the labels have
been hung in the trees. the paint be-
ing carried from tree to tree in pail
in which they are immersed.
The wires are too stout TO have their
ends bent with the fingers, therefore
their non-removal Is insured. The
loops should be so large that there
| will be no danger of injuring the limbs
| upon which they hang. The cost OF
making is trifiing. the writing lndel-
ible, the label conspicuous and very
durable What more satisfactory la
| bel can there be7