davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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stalk is a good average for the i'm
ported bulbs. The lily plants raised
directly from seed bloom in fifteen
to eighteen months after planting
while it takes three years for the for
eign bulbs to produce blossoms.
x x x
T lily production in America, as the
industry now stands, is prolific
in paradoxes. Strange to tell, the lily
plants, when raised outdoors. freeze
in Florida yet prosper in the climate
of northern Virginia and in the Iati-
tude of the state of Washington. Nur-
serymen advertise lily bulbs as
hardy as far north as southern Can
ada, while southern producers are pro-
voked because their plants succumb
in the coastal gardens of the Mexican
gulf country.
The lily prefers fairly cold rather
than tropical climate sometimes
visited by frost. In Florida, the lily
plants awaken too soon from their
winters sleep, with the consequence
that Jack Frost nips and kills them.
In northern Virginia, the winter rest
of. the lilies is not disturbed until the
last breath of winter has disappeared
When the plants awaken, they are
favored by uninterrupted periods of
good growing weather until cold
weather reappears the following fall.
At Arlington farm Easter lily plants
exposed to tempe ra lures as low as Is
degrees have survived injury. indica-
tive of the remarkable hardness of
the lily when grown under favorable
conditions. The development of the
lily plants can be so regulated by ag-
ricultural science that they will be in
bloom at whatever season their own
er DEGREES.
For example, lilies can now be
raised as successfully for Christmas
and New, Year decorations as for
/. Easter. In fact, the lilies are now
grown commercially for market 3s5
days in the year. OF course, about
three of the American sup
ply is consumed during Easter, while
the remainder is used throughout the
year at funerals, weddings and SINH
lar ceremonies.
: In spite of the successes that Wash
ington scientists have achieved in de-
veloping American strains of the Eas-
ter lily and other bulbs under local
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Easter lily blossoms may even be
put in cold storage and held there
for three months without damaging
their beauty or stamina.
In this era of waste-prevention and
byproduct utilization, economy look
cd aSkance at the Easter lily in
dustry, which annually threw away
a half million dollars worth of bulbs
after they had once flowered. A
score of years ago Uncle Sam inaug-
urated lily experiments designed to
master all the secrets of lily culture
and to eradicate the large annual
wastes which dominated the business.
Today this research is still in prog
ress at the finest lily-testing gar
dens in creation, at Arlington farm
and at other national gardens at
Rellingham, Washington state
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this angling of science. which has
caught and cracked all the complex
tiles of Easter lily culture, is the fact
that the finest springtime flowers ever
raised over Arlington way were OBJ
tanned from discarded bulbs salvaged
from the dump pile of a prominent
Washington florist, who threw the
material away as trash after the i'm
ported bulbs had produced a single
crop of lilies, which he sold as East
er day decorations in churches and
homes.
The lily, as most everybody knows,
is the floral emblem of purity, of
loveliness and of resurrection. Its
beauty and fragrance have been the
feature Of many poems. Its graceful
perfection has long been the model
for painters and artists. Many peo-
pie in all parts of the world have
united in acclaiming the lily the
queen of springtime flowers, the SYM
Eastertide.
For the last half century Amer
lean florists have annually been
importing lily bulbs from Bermuda
Japan and the Azores to satisfy the
keen domestic demand for great
Quantities of these flowers for home
and church adornment during the
Easter season. During the current
Easter in excess of 100000 lily
bulbs, worth more than 100000, will
be used in that manner. The great
majority Of these bulbs came from
far-away Japan.
TNDER our present system of for
~ eigH supply Easter lily bulbs
are shipped here in July and August.
Some of the largest flower stores
handle as many as 10000 to $4,000
bulbs a season. Owing to the scarcity
of lily bulbs and the high prices, this
means a large investment for each
grower and tho florist loses no time
in planting his bulbs at a tempera-
ture which will favor root growth,
but will preclude all other develop
ment Of the bulb. A few weeks be-
fore Easter the bulbs are examined.
The advanced plants are then placed
in a cool greenhouse, which will re-
tard tho opening of the buds. while
the backward specimens are exposed
- warmer temperature 50 that they
will be in full bloom by Easter day.
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Continued from First PageD
time scores of boats may be seen
dotting the water above Aqueduct
Bridge. Some mighty fine rockfish
have been caught around Stubblefield
Falls.
The best bait for white perch
that is, the larger ones-is softshell
crab, although at times they are
taken with minnows, bloodworms,
night crawlers and shrimp. Some
good places to go are off the Vir-
ginia shore. below the railroad
bridge: off Three Sisters, above
Georgetown; off the "schoolhouse," "
Outlet Lock. Hen and Chickens
Walkers Point, and from Fletcher's
boathouse UP. to Little Falls in the
deep water.
The yellow perch is partial to live
bait, and is hard to tempt on other
kinds. No better place is known for
this fish than off Oxen Run, on the
Maryland shore, below the District
line.
Nothing will be said about bait or
methods of fishing for bass. Only
fools step in where angels fear to
tread. The only statement which can
be made upon which all bass fisher
men will agree is that its mighty
good sport" Even then the whole
bunch of 'em probably will insist
that the statement is not expressive.
Like love, there just "ain't no words
to describe" the emotions of a bass
fisherman when he gets a strike.
1t is safe to say, however, that the
waters around Washington abound
in this species of game fish, and il
you only know where to go and how
to catch 'em you can have just as
much sport as If you had gone to
the famous waters of Minnesota or
other equally distant spots where half
the fun IS in being so far from home.
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The Violin String.

.ruow does the violinist control tho
L loudness of his tone? 1t has
been stated that while the bow is
moving across the string the part
Of the latter in contact with the bow
alternately follows 1t and springs
back from it, causing the whole OF
the string to vibrate. According to
this theory, the Ioudness may be
altered only by changing the posi-
ton or speed Of the bow and does
not depend at all on tho pressure.
This conclusion, however, does not
seem to agree with experience.
To each bowing speed corresponds
a certain bowling pressure below
which the normal Helmholtzian form,
as indicated in tho theory first men
toned, cannot be maintained, and
this critical pressure varies very
nearly as the bowing speed. 1t
can be considered exceeded without
changing the nature or magnitude
of the vibration, but a violinist would
ordinarily use as small pressure as
his bowing speed at the moment
would allow, because Of the scratch
ing which too great pressure
causes. Therefore, even if loudness
is determined by bowling speed alone,
greater bowing speed would
always be associated by a greater
pressure, and this would seem to be
the cause of the loud tone. This
tends to mask the real issue, which
is whether loudness increases with
pressure at constant bowing speed.
Some authorities are therefore led
to believe that the actual motion of
violin string is usually not Of the
normal Helmholtzian type. but Of
the sort corresponding to light bow
ing. Diminishing the pressure Of the
bow carries the ordinary straight
line form continuously over into one
from which the overtones have en-
tirely disappeared, the amplitude Of
the fundamental being also somewhat
reduced. This explanation obviously
requires that the quality of the tone
should change when its loudness is
varied at constant bowling speed, and
this seems to be the case, although
the effect is not as marked as might
be expected.
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now used almost exclusively for
Easter display purposes in the United
States.
AS a result of search and research
conducted by the national Depart
ment of Agriculture, under the direct
supervision of DR.. David Griffiths of
Washington, horticultural science
has ascertained definitely that Easter
lilies may be propagated from seed.
Each springtime for the last three
years, in fact, DIR. Griffiths has grown
hundreds and hundreds of flowers in
this way at the Arlington expert
mental farm.
These seed-grown lilies are ex-
traordinarily fine specimens. Each
stalk bears from five to fifteen bios
SONS, while the Washington florists
say that four to five blossoms per
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their collins and sarcophagi, and
should share the remainder with the
permittee.
A S Howard Carter claims the tomb
of King Tut-ankh-Amen had been
searched" before he entered it-and
as he now asserts it was not found
intact, as was first claimed, he in
sists upon part of the spoils. He
frankly asserts that he expects the
estate of Lord Carnarvon to reim-
burse itself from its share of the
contents of the tomb after the anti
quities department has selected what
it is entitled to keep.
In addition, Mr. Carter asserts that
the Itinerary equipment of the tomb.
which has been sent to Cairo and is
now on exhibition in the museum, is
not legally a part OF the museum col
lection. as part of it beings to the
Carnarvon estate. And the fact that
the museum has published a cata-
logue with a description of the vases.
tables. statues, boxes, headrests and
other objects found in the tomb, Mr.
Carter considers an infringement on
the exclusive right to publication as
serted to be held by the Countess of
Carvarvon.
In short, it is a pretty mess. And
how far it will go, nobody can say.
The Egyptian government wants to
keep the equipment of the tomb in
tact to form a special exhibit in a
new wing of the Cairo Museum. and
Mr.. Carter is Just as anxious to carry
of what he regards as his rightful
share-to sell to private collectors or
museums in other countries.
1t is really a tempest in a teapot
however, for when it is remembered
that the mummy of King Tut together
with his golden coffin and scarcophagi
remains the property of the Egyptian
government in addition to all object.
Of capital Importance from the point
Of view OF history and archaeology,
half of the remaining objects will no,
have any great intrinsic value. Nc
matter what the outcome Of this dis
tressing controversy may be, the bulk
of the So-called treasures of the tomb
will remain in Egypt and the mummy
Of King Tut after 1t has been search
ed, X-rayed and photographed, will be
kept where it has been lying for
more than 5000 years. If there is
any treasure buried with it-which is
extremely doubtfuI-it will go to the
Egyptian government.
X
THIS side of the discovery of kins
Tut's tomb in no way affects the
significance Of the discovery. Whether
it will deter others from searching
for the remaining tombs is proble-
matical. In the opinion Of the writer
archeoloEists who have no selfist,
ends to serve will not be embarrassed
Egypt, 1t must be remembered, is
now an independent kingdom. It's
people have q strong nationalistic
spirit, and its officials do not propose
to have their treasures, either ancient
or modern, carried of to other lands.
as they have been in the past. Under
British rule Howard Carter would
undoubtedly get what he demands
for the Countess Carnarvon, who, by
the way, remarked few months af-
ter the death Of her distinguished
husband. But from what I heard
from the highest Egyptian onicials,
including Premier Zaglul Pasha him
self, Howard Carter won't get much.
However, he can cash in" on his
years of excavating in the Valley of
the Tombs of the Kings by delivering
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his collaborators. despite the fact that
he called upon Mohammed Pasha
Zaghloul, the under secretary Of
state of public works, who was in
| Luxor, and asked permission to open
| the tomb for their inspection follow
| ing the official opening Of the sarcoph-
| agus. Mr.. Carter was reminded
that no provision existed in his IL
| cense to show the tomb to such visi-
tors, with the result that he became
so infuriated that he stopped work on
the sarcophagus.
Naturally. that did not displease
Egyptian officials. And If Mr.. Car
ter quits Luxor, as he threatened to
do at the time. the Egyptian govern
men will have the work completed by
the department of antiquities.
There is still much to be done. for
while the tomb has been cleared of
all it's equipment except in the burial
chamber, the mummy has not been
reached And the condition of the
mummy and whatever is found with
it in it's golden coffin will probably
outrank in Importance the discover
les already made.
X !: \
Until quite recently-in fact, un-
~ til the nationalists came into
power-the Egyptian government has
been in the habit of granting ap-
proved archeologists concessions to
excavate in almost every part OF
Egypt, with the understanding that
such workers were allowed to take
half of the antiquities they discov-
cred. This plan rewarded successful
archeologists, for they were able to
take their share of discoveries out OF
the country, and either sell them to
private collectors or give them to
museums. However, the Valley of
the Tombs of the Kings was exclud-
ed from the operation Of this general
rule, for the reason that 1t is known
to contain many undiscovered tombs
of great historical importance.
Archeologists have been permitted
to excavate there on condition that
everything they discovered would be
turned over to the antiquities depart
ment of the ministry of public works.
And much exploring was done there
on that basis-the archeologists, who
were financed by rich men, being con-
tent with the glory they got out of
their discoveries
When the late Lord Carnarvon be-
gan his excavating in the Valley Of
the Tombs of the Kings, under the
direction of Howard Carter, he made
an agreement with the ministry Of
public works which gave him certain
rights not usually given to archeolo-
gists in this section. Mr.. Carter had
not only carried on similar explora-
tions for Theodore M. Davis in the
valley for many years before the war.
but had served as chief inspector Of
antiquities for Upper Egypt, and be-
cause Of his interest in the antiquities
in this part of Egypt an unusually
liberal concession was obtained for
the work he planned to undertake.
One of the provisions of this con-
cession stipulated that tombs which
are discovered intact, together with
all the objects they contain, shall be
handed over to the Cairo Museum,
whole and without division. Another
clause stated that in the case Of
tombs' which had already been search
ed, the antiquities service should re-
serve for itself all objects of capital
Importance from the point of view of
history and archaeology, including the
mummies of the kings, together with
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Travels on Sea Bottom.

THERE is in operation a peculiar
ferry accommodating traffic at
the entrance to the port of st. Malo,
France. 1t is electrically propelled.
running on, tracks. During che ESQ
tide the ferry travels on dry grou-n.
so that one sees the whole odd-look-
ing frame which looks like a tower.
During the flood tide the tracks are
immersed to a depth of twenty three
feet and the bottom of the upper
platform just touches the surface Of
the water, SO that nothing OF the
steel frame Is to be seen and the
platform seems ahoat.
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At the outset of the experimental
ton Uncle Sam tried to acclimate
the Madonna" lily of Bermuda to
American conditions of soil and
climate, but found this impossible,
on account of it's susceptibility to
disease. Then our present Easter
lily, "Lilium longifiorum," was intro
duced from Japan. This variety is
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publicity agents, and TatterIy
science, without poaching on
this private preserve, has experiment.
ed with the Easter lily over at the
national Arlington Va.) farm and
has found that the white flower of
France" can be raised from seed and
produced commercially as far north
as the National Capital.
All of this is evidence that Ameri-
can Horticulture recently has solved
puzzles $ perplexing as the miracle
of the flowers of the field and the
birds of the air. which SOW not, neith-
er do they reap. yet they know when
the summer is nigh"
Most remarkable of all, however, in
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District Anglers Ready
For Season of Activity

CONTINUED from First Page.1
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By GEORGE II. DACY.

NAINTING the lily has long been
r a favorite pursuit of ffowery
publicity agents. and latterly
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BY KARL X. KITCHEN.

4 Zaghloul Pasha had not become
premier of Egypt last January,
Howard Carter would still be at
work in tho fornh E;n. IT,.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-05
BASH DISAPPROVES
SALE OF BUILDING
Consolidated Realty Deal Re-
opened by Court,

Probate Judge Mahlon E. Bash to-
day disapproved sale of equity held by
the Consolidated Realty and Theatere
Corporation in the common stock of
the r. A. Lemcke Realty Company,
owner Of the Consolidated building, to
E. D. Logsdon, coal operator.
Logsdon offered S46,o00 at receivers
sale late Tuesday, assuming $640,534
in obligations. Attorneys for Receiver
Fred A. Sims today told the court that
Chicago stockholders OF the realty and
theaters corporation he'd raised $685.
to pay an installment on the Con-
solidated building due today. The sale
had been set Tuesday because this
payment was due and the cash was
not available.
The attorneys said they thought a
more advantageous sale might be
made and asked the court to set a
longer period Of advertising for the
new sale.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-05
400 VIOLENT
QUAKES ROCK
COSTA RIGA
Damage Great Throughout
Country, Though Details
Are Lacking,

BV United Press
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, March
5.-Four hundred distinct earth
quake shocks, many violent,
rocked San Jose and surround
ing territory between 4 a. m. and
5 p. m. Tuesday.
.che shocks continued at intervals
throughout the night. Two violent
tremors were registered at 745 and
$40 a. m, today.
A preliminary survey Of the damage
indicates it is great throughout the
country. Details are lacking. Wires
are down and Government roads be-
tween San Jose and Punta areas are
practically impossible.
Land and rock slides. fallen bridges
and uprooted trees have blocked
passag geS TO the coast.
RImors Of loss Of life are current.
tut cannot be verified.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-05
COOLIDGE DIRECTS
IT, Jury ACTION
Two congressman Unnamed,
Face indictments.
BB United Press

BV United Press
WASHINGTON. March By di-
rection of President Coolidge, indict-
ment Of two or more members of Con-
gress will be sought Immediately by
the Department of Justice. Evidence
against them may be presented this
week before a Federal grand jury now
I'm session here.
The Congressman are not involved
in the Veterans Bureau nor oil scan
dals. According to reliable informa
ton, they were in league with a boot
leg syndicate which, with the finan-
cial backing of prominent politician,
was operating on a big scale.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-05
JOHNSON LEADERS NAMED
Clarence Martin Appoints Two District
Managers.

Appointment of two district man.
ayers was announced today by Clar-
ence r Martin. State campaign man
ager for Hiram Johnson, candidate for
the Republican nomination for Presi-
dent. They are Harry Brown. AU-
burn, Dekalb County chairman, and
Harry r. Hopkins. Goodland. They
will have charge of the Twelfth and
Tenth Districts respectively.
Martin made public a letter to Sena-
tor James E. Watson from Brown,
expressing regret that Watson did not
seek the nomination for President.
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Young and Sanders had offered to
plead guilty on the count of the in
dictment charging grand larceny.
which carries sentence of two to four
teen years, but Prosecutor William
H. Remy insisted that the auto
banditry count be made the basis for
the trial.
Although the indictment alleges
Young and Sanders stole S2,100 from
the bank, $4,000 actually was stolen,
according to police and bank officials.
Miss Callahan and Young were ar
rested in Detroit. Mich, and Sanders
in Hamilton, Ohio. through efforts Of
the Webster Detective Agency.
Miss Calahans case was continued
to 9 a. m. Saturday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-05
HOURLY TEMPERATURES
old Gimlet Eye Aims Highland Misses

first families at the Bal Masque at
the Belville Stratford this morning
and looked for liquor. They reported
they found none whatever.
The first families got a kick out
of the affair, however. They had
been expecting the raid. So had
quite a crowd which gathered out
side the hotel
Ohe society nlatron, whose dance
costume was bathing suit Of ex-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-05
ELENA CAMACH0 HERE
Pacific Coast Miss and Orchestra Play
Two-Day Engagement.

Elena Camacho and her Pasade-
mans from the Pacific coast are giving
indianapolis dancers a taste of the
music which makes pacific coast per
sons step lively.
The orchestra, en- route to New
York, stopped over Tuesday for a two
night engagement at the dancing
pavilion at Riverside Park
Camacao. who is Spanish, sings.
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sions regarding its servants.
Action of minority mem
bers in deciding to force the
issue by revealing the report
if the commission majority re-
fuses is a pitiable condition in
governmental affairs.
Tear off the lid! Let the
public know!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-05
Philippine Plea
for Freedom Is
RefusedbyU.S
Coolidge Expresses Complete Confidence in Administration
Of Governor General Wood Despite Charges of
ISanders-Independe nee May Come Later.
81 United Press


~
WASHINGTON March 5.-The United will not at this
time grant independence the Philippines President Coolidge
said in letter today to Manuel Boxa chairman of the Philippine
independence mission
AT the time the President this Government has full
confidence in the Administration of the islands by
eral Leonard Wood.
After describing the present situation of the Philippines and
what the United States has done for the islands President Coolidge
declared:
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wreck, costing dearly, stands
as a haunting finger of death,
demanding that the public
should know who is the guilty
party.
What will be done?
Will the commission contin-
ue in its policy of secrecy aft
er the only legal barrier, cited
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-05
BUSINESS ZONE is ASKED
Change at Capitol Ave. and Twenty
Ninth St. to Be Decided March II.

The city council will be asked to
change territory at Twenty-Nintn ST.
and Capitol Ave. from residential to
business at its meeting March II. The
board of zoning appeals has indorsed
two petitions seeking authority to
build filling stations at the southwest
and northwest corners. The zoning
board has granted permission to the
College Settlement Association to
erect the Chistamore Settlement
House at the northwest corner of
fremont and Michigan SITS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-05
THREE CITIZENS H0N0RED
Marshall, Nicholson and Julia Land
ers on Board to Purchase Home.

Thomas r. Marshall, former Vice
President Of the United States, Mer
edith Nicholson novelist and play
wright and Miss Julia e. Landers.
candidate for Democratic congress
sional nomination have been appointed
by Governor McCray as honorary
State representatives on the board to
purchase the Thomas Jefferson home
at Charlottesville Va. representatives
will meet April 13 at Charlottesville.