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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-05
us. SCIENTISTS
FIGHT DEADLY
NEMATODES
Dr.. N. A. Cobb, of Plant In
dustry Bureau, Trying to
Wipe Out Pests.

Meet the Nemesis of the Nema'
todes, DR.. N. A. Cobb, Falls Church,
Va, of the Bureau of Plant In
dustry, United States Department
OF Agriculture. Nematodes, as every
one, Of course, knows, are minute
pests that prey on animals and
plants, there being about thirty
types that attack man, and many
other types that attack about SOC
kinds of plant life. 1t is with the
latter that DR.. Cobb, one of Uncle
Sans specialists, is chiefly con-
cerned.
The microscope through which DIR.
Cobb is studying the microbe is one
OF approximately one hundred that
he finds it necessary to use almost
daily in his laboratory while fight
ing this formidable little enemy to
plant and animal life. DIR. Cobb is
a leader in his line of scientific
research. He needs assistance; a
young man or so with fundamental
education Of sort that would en-.
able him to apply himself to a
study of nematodes.
Nematodes are serpentine organ
isms, highly organized, possessing
almost all traits, including apparent
intelligence, of higher forms of life.
They attack plants at the root in
colonies: attach themselves to grass
hOppers and other insects and prey
upon them; go around with beetles
and eat their eggs as fast rs laid;
and, occasionally, feast off one
another. They have appetites which
apparently cannot be satisfied, and
absorb their food with gluttonous
rapidity.
There is one thing that the nema.
tode doesn't like, DIR. Cobb finds,
and that is corn. If it were pos
sible, the average nematode would
walk q mile from a cornfield. Ac-
cordingly, corn ribs the fields Of
the pest. DIR. Cobb believes that
two years planting in corn will
clear any section of it's nematodes.
Copyright, 1924. by william Pickett
Helm)
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DOHENY To TELL
HIS STORY
LATER
Released From Subpoena by
Senator Spencer on Plea
of Business.
By international News Service.

E. L. Doheny, lessee Of Elk Hills
naval reserve, who was subpoenaed
to appear before the. Senate Public
Lands Committee next week, has
been excused indefinitely, Senator
Spencer R.) Of Missouri announced
today.
Postponement Of Doheny's appear.
ance was granted when he notified
Spencer that pressing business in
Los Angeles wruru MAKE ;osSt
BILE for him to appear next week.
I'VE do not want to interfere with
the private business affairs OF wit.
nesses, and l have agreed to per-
NIT Doheny to delay his trip to
Washington Spence. s. Il.
To Explain Party Gifts.
When Doheny does take the stand
again, Spencer declared he would
question him regarding contributions
to the Democratic campaign fund in
1920 and donations to assist in wip.
ing out the party's deficit.
Doheny previously testified he
gave the Democrats $4,000. Later,
George White, former chairman of
Tie DCLIOCEdlLC NdIlOudI SOUlIIlllIS6,
declared that the oil magnate's con.
tributions to the national committee
did not total more than $4,000.
Spencer wants Doheny to explain
the discrepancy.
Spencer also said that he was pre-.
pairing to issue subpoenas for sew.
eral witnesses who would tell of
campaign contributions by oil in
terests to the Democratic funds. He
would not give the names Of the
men he had in mind, however.
HamOn Deal Next.
Meanwhile, the committee on Mon.
day will resume it's investigation of
alleged "oil deals" in the 1920 Re-
publican convention. Senator Walsh
3D. OF Montana has six witnesses
under call who are expected to
testify that the late Jake Hamon,
Republican national committeeman
from Oklahoma, expended vast sums
of money lin putting over" the
nomination Of the late President
Harding in the hope of obtaining
the interior secretaryship for him.
self.
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DEMOCRATS PLAN TO
PUBLISH NEWSPAPER
Coolidge to Get Delegates.

Data for the publication of the
Democratic bulletin will he collected
at meeting Of the publicity com.
mittee Of the National Democratic
Club Of washington tonight at the
home of DR.. Albert H. Putney, 1725
H street northwest.
The first issue of the Bulletin will
be out on May /, and it will be
printed through the end Of the
Democratic convention. DR.. Putney
is president of the Club. Members
of the Publicity committee are c b..
Cullar, Col. w. f. Murphy, and
Michael j Lane,
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WOMAN WOUNDED BY A
BOARDER, WHO IS SUICIDE

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., April
5.-Frank Gould, of New York city,
q boarder at the home of Christian
Christensen, contractor, and mem
Der of the Raritan township board
of education, shot and probably
fatally wounded Mrs. Christensen,
and then turned the weapon on
himself.
Gould is dead and Mrs. .Christen.
sen is at St. Peters General Hos.
pital here. Her condition is re.
garded as serious. The Christen.
sens live on Vineyard road. near
Bonhamtown.
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BERTRAND RUSSELL WILL
BE GUEST AT D. C. DINNER

Bertrand Russell, distinguished
British visitor to the United States,
will be guest Of honor at a dinner
to be given April 10 by the Pen.
gum Club at the City Club. Mr..
Russell will arrive in Washington
on that date and will remain here
several days the guest of Associate
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, of
the United States Supreme Court.
Many distinguished statesmen
and diplomats will attend the
dinner in Mr. Russell's honor. The
visitor will speak on that occasion
on the subject, 1.-THE Chaos Of
Europe"
In his address here the British
writer and speaker will discuss
frankly world conditions as he sees
them. In previous addresses he
has declared that he views America
with alarm" and has even pre-.
dicted that America will soon rule
the world, with Europe and most
Of Asia as subject provinces.
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MONONGAHELA COAL MEN
ADOPT BALTIMORE PACT

NEW YORK. April 5.-An agree.
ment extending the present wage
scale until March 81, 1927. was
reached by representatives of the
Monongahela Coal Association and
Soft Coal District 10, United Mine
Workers of America.
The terms were the, same as those
Of the Baltimore conference wage
scale agreement between the North.
ern West Virginia coal operators
and the miners union at Baltimore
last Friday. In only one respect
does the new contract differ from
the one that expired Monday. The
extra compensation for "thin vein
work" is to apply when the coal
stratum is less than four feet thick,
instead Of on five-foot veins, as
heretofore.
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HoMESTEADERS BARRED
FROM GLACIER BAY AREA

The entire Glacier bay area of
Alaska was temporarily withdrawn
from settlement and homestead entry
today by an executive order issued
by President Coolidge.
The area embraces 1850, 900 acres
and is withdrawn so as to permit
an investigation into the advisability
OF including part Of 1t within the
area OF the proposed national monu.
ment-
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NEWARK Y. W. c. A. GIRLS
VISIT D. c. HIGH SPOTS

One hundred and ten Y. w. c. A.
girls of Newark, N. j., are in Wash.
ington today en- fete.
They will be guests at a special
luncheon at the Grace Dodge Hotel
at noon and will pass the remainder
of the day in seeing the sights.
The girls are accompanied by Miss
Josephine Hedden.
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DRAMATIST THOMAS WINS
AS DEMOCRATIC DELEGATE

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, April g.
Augustus Thomas has gone into
politics. The dramatist, who lives in
Rochelle, appears to have won the
vote for delegate to the Democratic
national convention from the
twenty.fifth Congressional district
by ten votes.
The ureau Of elections gave
Thomas S44 votes to S34 for his lop.
Plains,
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"BE KIND TO ANIMALS"
WEEK OPENS TOMORROW

BE Kind to Animals" week be.
gins tomorrow; designated us ma
tional Humane Sunday" through.
out the United States.
Miss Virginia w. Sargent, pro.
moter religious.humane education
in Washington, has requested Sun.
day school superintendent and min
listers Of several denominations to
make remarks concerning it's signi.
icance.
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nation, 1t Will be a striking PROOF
of the broad spread and deep
strength of radical sentiment among
his constituents.
Coolidge to Get Delegates.
In the matter of the Presidential
race, on the Republican side, it is
generally supposed here that Cool
idge will get most of the delegates
from. Nebraska to the Cleveland Re-
publican national convention, but it
is also supposed by numerous politi-
cal observers who have travelled
throughout the State that Johnson
might make a certain showing for
some of the district delegates in the
western part of the State.
In fact, so unsettled and SO
dubious is the condition of the pub
lie mind in Nebraska regarding the
Republican aspirants for the Presi-
dency that this writer today heard
from two extremely competent and
widely travelled Nebraska neutral po-
litical onlookers the two following
conclusions:
First-There is no sentiment for
johnson.
Second-Johnson has an even
chance with Coolidge.
The striking fact is that with the
State undoubtedly anti.conservative
the California Senator is not
thought by even the onlookers most
favorable to him ii have more than
an even chance against Coolidge.
The INSTRUMENTATION prevalent
here lacks all true effective third.
party leadership and in the Re-
publican party lacks the vehicles of
expression which would be truly
congenial to it.
Meanwhile in the Democratic
party there has been a deal be.
tween the McAdoo forces and the
forces OF Governor. Charlie" Bryan.
This deal looks as if it would work
out to the benefit of McAdoo and
give him in the end at the New
York convention the full sixteen
votes Of Nebraska.
Details Of Deal"
According to this deal, which has
been thoroughly worked out and
which is illustrated in the Demo.
cratic harmony ticket to which the
Democatic voters of Nebraska will
give their approval in the Demo.
cratic primary next Tuesday, there
will be no candidates at all for the
Democratic Presidential preference.
McAdoo will not run for it and
Charlie" Bryan will not run for it.
Meanwhile, however, the place of
Democratic national committeeman
from Nebraska will be given by
common agreed consent to Arthur
Mullen, who has the reputation of
being one of the ablest political
managers in the country and who
Is faithful McAdoo adherent.
Mr.. Mullen will be at the New
York convention as Nebraska Demo
cratic national committeeman and
will have large influence with the
Nebraska delegation.
Meanwhile, further, a majority
OF the harmony delegates, who viii
be elected without opposition next
Tuesday, are enthusiastic for Nc.
Adoo or else at least sympathetic
toward him. The delegation will
give first preliminary honors in
New York to Charlie Bryan and
then will tend toward McAdoo
heavily. 1t is really one more Nc.
Adoo victory.
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WEEKS NOT TO REDUCE
CHICAGO DRAINAGE WATER

Secretary Of War Weeks today
branded as groundless the recently
expressed fears of thousands of Chi
cago citizens that there would be a
great epidemic of disease there this
summer because Of the reduction by
half of the water passing through
the drainage canal
The amount of water now being
carried will not be changed by the
War Department, and the matter
rests in status quo until November
when the appeal of the City of Chi
cago against a circuit court ruling
that the suppely be reduced comes
up for hearing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-05
GARDEN CLUBOF
CLARENDON
FORMED
Permanent Organization of
Society Effected-officers
Are Chosen.

CLARENDON, Va, April g.
Permanent organization Of the Gar
den club Of Clarendon was effected
last night at a meeting in the local
community hall. Prof. Furman
Lloyd milford, of the Department
of Agriculture, gave an illustrated
lecture on home Identification.
The following officers were elect
ed: w. J. Hastings, president; w. j.
Webb, vice president; Rex Hunt,
second vice president; Mrs. s. B.
Detwiler, secretary, and Mrs. w. J.
Webb, treasurer. The club will
foster home improvement, co.opera-
tive gardening and protection of
forests, wildflowers and birds. w. J.
Webb was named chairman Of a
special committee to plan for par
ticipation Of the club in the second
annual National Garden Week, the
week of April 20.
Preliminary drawings for the
proposed new Jail for Arlington
county were received today by
Capt. John T. Talman from the
Washington architects, Milburn &
Hester. The plans and estimates
will be submitted to the board of
supervisors April IA, and, if ap-
proved, a bond issue will be floated
Immediately.
Captain Talman will ask the
board to have the present Jail
building remodeled to furnish a
fireproof vault for court records,
which now litter the attic Of the
courthouse.
Election of James D. Colbert as
dictator Of the Clarendon Lodge,
Loyal Order Of Moose, was an
nounced today. Other officers are
Philip T. Marsteller, vice dictator;
w. HI. Porter, prelate; Fred c..
Enegas, treasurer, and James T.
Fletcher, trustee. e. w. Newman
was elected delegate to the annual
Moose convention in New York next
June, with H. o. Buttologh as alter
nate.
The regular meeting of the Fort
Myer Heights Citizens Association
will be held at 8 o'clock Monday
night in the schoolhouse.
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, Would Abandon Road.

The Detroit and Makinac railroad
asked the Interstate Commerce Com.
mission today for permission to
abandon its Lincoln branch, extend.
ing from Lincoln Junction to Lin.
coin, a distance of fifteen miles. and
its Indian River branch, running
from Tower to lie Grande. a dis
lance q nine miles,
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FLAMES SWEEP
GERMANTOWN
BUILDING
Second Blaze in Two Days
Completely Destroys Frame
Structure.

ROCKVILLE, Md, April s.
About IL o'clock Wednesday night
large frame building near the
Baltimore and Ohio station at Ger
rnantowD, known as the German
town Flats" and occupied by sew
eral families, caught fire, supposed
ly from a spark from passing
engine, and was damaged to the
extent Of 81, 500 before the Rock
Vile firemen succeeded in extin-
gushing the flames. About the
same hour last night, the building
was again discovered to be on fire
and within q very few minutes
thereafter what VIZ left Of it was
in ashes. The Rockville firenen
again resp orded. Tut when they
reached the sceen the flames had
gained such hoaIwsy that to check
them was imposSIrle. TIE loss is
placed at about $4,000, AMI is par
tally covered by insurance.
Edward w. Homer, Rockville's
Oldest male resident, was the guest
of honor at a birthday party in
the Sunday school rooms of the
Rockville Christian church, Thurs
day evening, the occasion being the
celebration of his ninety-first birth
day anniversary. Rev. s. J. Goode,
pastor Of the church, was master
of ceremonies and the aged guest
was congratulated in short ad-
dresses by Mr.. Goode, Elder Carter,
Deacon Russell Karn, Frank Hig-
gins; superintendent Of the Sunday
school; Deacon Martin Helm, Sam
uel B. Briggs, Mrs. S. ]. Goode..
Mrs. George s. Stone and Mrs.
Frank Karn. Mr.. Horner respond.
ed briefly, expressing his apprecia.
ton Of the honor. Vocal and instru
mental music formed a part of the
evenings program and refresh
ments were served.
notwithstanding his advanced age.
Mr.. Horner enjoys fine health, is
an enthusiastic member of and regu.
lar attendant at the services of the
Christian Church, and until a few
weeks ago had not missed a sessiu,
OF the Sunday school in more than
year. He never married.
The funeral Of Benjamin Smith.
one Of the county's most respected
colored citizens, who died at his
home here following a long illness.
aged seventy-seven years, took place
from the African NJ. E. Church here
yesterday, a large concourse, includ-
ing not a few prominent white resi-,
dents, attending. 'Uncle Ben," as
he was generally known, was aR
ex-slave, and at one time was the
property Of the late Judge Richard
Bowie, OF this vicinity. He is sur
vived by his wife and a number Of
children. 3
Rev. P. Rowland Wagner. pastor
of the Baptist church, officiated at
the marriage here on Thursday of
Byrl H. Johnston and Miss Helen
NJ. Brewer, both Of Washington, the
home of the minister being the
scene of the ceremony.
Miss Blanche I. Corwin, home
demonstration agent for Montgom-
cry county, gave a demonstration of
hat making at the public school
building at Germantown a few days
ago. A large number of the women
attended and sixteen hats, Of an
average cost of about $3.50, were
made. Such hats, it Is said, would
retail at about IS. Another demon
stration will be held there on
April %,
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LAWYER WILL DIRECT
NEBRASKA DRY FORCES

Elmer e. Thomas, of Omaha, q
lawyer, today was appointed Fed.
cral Prohibition director for Nebras-
ka. Thomas succeeds u. F.
Rohrer, who resigned, to take effect
April TO-
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SIT
SCANDALF0R
FACTS
Probers Meet Behind Closed
Doors to Check Up on
Daugherty Quiz.
By WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON,
international News ServiCe.

ny WILLIAM n. n " 1OuIN DUN,
international News Service.
Abandoning temporarily the
public sessions that have provided
the nation with thrills, laughter
and sensation for weeks, the SEN
ate committee Investigating Harry
M. Daugherty met behind closed
doors today to go over a mass of
evidence said by its members to
indicate whole Immunity baths
for prominent personages whose
activities ran them afoul the De-
partment of Justice.
Scandal Gossip Thick.
The committee has become the
repository Of every spicy scandal
rumored about Washington. Many
OF these rumors are known to be
untrue, but as for others Senators
Wheeler and Brookhart wish to 20
over them in executive session be.
fore dragging them out to public
view.
The committees next public ses-
sion will be held Monday when the
public trial" Of former Attorney
General Harry NJ. Daugherty will
be resumed.
An army Of special investigators
meanwhile is seeking additional evil
dence on charges that Government
Investigations into an alleged Mex
lean revolt plot, wholesale frauds
in the army air service, a dope
smuggling plot in Federal prisons
and an Illicit iwhiskey ring were
blocked as a result of political in.
fluence. The evidence gathered by
these investigators will be made
public next week.
VOtaw Involved.
William ]. Burns, chief Of the
department's bureau of investiga.
ton, already has testified that
Heber H. Votaw, superintendent of
prisons, blocked an investigation
into dope smuggling plot at the
Atlanta penitentiary.
dent Harding and Attorney General
Daugherty agreed to abandon prose.
cution Of persots caught violating
the neutrality laws by aiding Mex.
lean revolutionists. AS a result of
this action arms and ammunition
bought in the United States were
shipped to Mexican rebels and later
captured by Mexican federal troops.
Two in Cabinet.
Two Cabinet neutrality-suspicious.
OF the Treasury Mellon and Score
tary OF War Weeks-were involved
in the alleged hating Of other in
| Vestigatfons launched by Burns
bureau. Mellon was said to have
heatedly protested to Daugherty
against further Investigation Of 8
New York whiskey ring after the
Department Of Justice agents un
earthed evidence pointing TOWARD
"higher.ups" in the alleged con
spiracy.
Weeks was involved in a wal
fraud case, that of the Wright-Mar
tin Airplane Company, which was
overpafd millions of dollars by thu
War Department. The secretar,
was charged with blocking the in
stitution Of a suit against the com
pany to recover the overpayments.
The committee also studied thu
confidential files Of the Army All
| Service Claims Board, which deal
with all manner Of war fraud cases
The documents related to overpay
ments to a score Of aircraft com
panies and indicated extravaganct
and waste In the handling OF
Americas billion-dollar aviation pro
gram during the war.
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nation, it will be a striking proof
of the broad spread and deep
strength of radical sentiment among
his constituents.
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OMAHA, Neb., April 5.-Here
in Nebraska the central sentiment
Of the prairie West comes into
full view, and it can be illustrated
in one statement. Virtually no
political candidate here, no matter
how conservative, and no matter
how "reactionary," is willing to
stand up in front of an audience
of voters and defend the Esch-
Cummins Transportation law
The McCarthy weekly news., 1924-10-11
THE CALL OF THE YUKON

THE CALL OF THE YUKON When the ice has left the river.
 And the summer birds we greet And the wild flowers make picture
 That is pretty hard to beat. When the ducks and geese are with us And the Northland's all aglee. Drifting on the Yukon. has every lure for me. A-lauehing and loafing when the sum- mer days are long. And the Yukon hills. they echo .and return my happy song; The squirrel he's a-chatting and I hear the chickadee-, Loafing on the Yukon it sure agrees with 1 drift along the channel like some lazy
 king of old Or take my battered pan ashore anh hunt around for gold May be rllfined a paystreak, for the gIint of gold l see. Tanning on the Yukon. is W hat appeals tome I,t,le my little campsite in little
 patch of green, And flip the sourdough flapjack. and warm the little bean. The lard can is a-boiling. and make
 can of tea. Tanning on the Yukon. is what appea Is
 to me.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-07-10
TO FARMERS.

Why not diversity your farm en-
ergies and products? Why not con-
vert the waste profits of your farm
into a bank account? Why sell your
alfalfa hay for $500 to $500 per
ton when by buying aged ewes, you
could market it through yourself at
a higher price? Why not convert
your spare hours into profit?
You can do all this by buying So
called "aged ewes" for farm use.
We will furnish the ewes and you
furnish the hay and proper care and
attention. Good terms to depend
able and responsible farmers.
Full particulars by addressing F.
]. Hagenbarth, president Wood Live
Stock Company, Spencer, Idaho.
adv. 26tf.