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Evening star., 1927-05-14
Gardening in Washington
AND ITS ENVIRONS
Conducted By J. ". Wellington Garden Editor The Star

Narcissus bulbs may be allowed to
remain in the ground for two or
thee years until crowded, but tulip
bulbs should be lifted every year in
June and stored in boxes in q cool
dry place until September. DR.. Grif-
tiths, the Department of Agriculture
bulb specialist, in his bulletin on the
Production of Tulip. Bulbs" is very
positive in recommending this proce,
dure. In good soil the tulip has a
habit of producing each year q large
number of small bulbs. which, if al
lowed To remain. result in small
plants and small flowers. II separated
and repianted. these small bulbs will
develop into tirst-class bulbs. The
tulip needs ample feeding, which is
only made possible by thoroughly
working the soil and adding well rot
ted manure, bone meal or possibly
hlgh-grade mixed fertilizer
reliable index to digging matur.
lty or tulips is the color of the outer
coat OF the bulb If this has taken on
rich brown hue the bulb is ripe
enough to harvest. AT this time.
while ct.ors and varieties are fresh
IN the mind, label the plants so that
colors may be kept separate at time
of digging.
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Public school principals in st. Louis
protested to the Board of Education
against 20 per cent reduction in sal
aries of teachers of Summer courses
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squash vines with the immature fruits
attached are sometimes used by GER
tain nationalities as a pot herb. The
pot herbs have always been esteemed
as among the most valuable of vege.
tables in respect to benefiting the
health. The recent development of
interest in vitamins has increased
their prominence.
Most all of the pot herbs are rela-
lively hardy and hence not difficult to
grow. Some of them. kale. spinach
and dandelion, are able to survive the
Winter outdoors and therefore fill in
at seasons when there is little fresh
green food. Naturally. in the days
before SO much fresh produce was
brought in from the South. the hardy
pot herbs We're very important articles
IN the late Fall and early Spring diet
The seeds of this group are all com
parativelv small. That Of spinach,
chard and beets may be- soWn at this
time in shallow drills placed about IL
inches apart kale may be soWn
either in early Spring for Summer
use or in August for late Fan and
Winter purposes. The Siberian or
blue green varieties are recommended
for Winter use in preference to the
Scotch curled, on account of greater
hardness For a midsummer pot
herb nothing surpasses the New
Zealand spinach, which thrives in hot
weather such as is disastrous to most
of the natural cool weather plants.
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BROWN CANkER OF
ROSE

This is a rather obscure rose disease
which apparently has become very
we'll established in this vicinity and
does a great deal of damage, sonic of
which has been undoubtedly laid up
TO Winter injury. In the American
hose Annual tor 1927 there is an Illus
trated article by Miss A. L. Jenkins
OF the Department of Agriculture on
the nature and control of this disease.
The spores, which compare with the
seeds of higher plants, are able to
penetrate the unbroken bark of
healthy shoots. Spreading rapidly.
the fungus soon completely encircles
the shoot, resulting in the death of
the bark and underlying tissue and,
Incidentally. the death of the entire
shoot. Late Winter and early Spring
is the most dangerous period for
spread and development.
Miss Jenkins has found that Bor-
deauX mixture is an effective guard
against the disease. This material
may be made at home from lime, cop
per sulphate and water, or may be
purchased from seed and hardware
stores in prepared paste or powder
form. ready for dilution with water
Most rose growers will likely prefer to
purchase prepared material, on aC.
count of the small amount required
and the saving in labor.
It was found that the various
groups of roses differ greatly in their
resistance to the disease. The tea,
hybrid tea and hybrid perpetual roses,
of which Mrs. Aaron Ward, Radiance
and Frau Karl Druschki are respec-
tive examples, were found especially
susceptible. in the order given. The
briars, rugosas, mosses and climbers
were almost completely resistant. One
redeeming feature Of the situation is
that I'm spraying for brown canker
one will automatically control the
dreaded black spot disease OF the
foliage.
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BECHTEL'S CRAB

In considering ornamentals for the
small estate or large lawn one can
not go far amiss by including a tree
of this fine semi-dwarf species. The
double flowers of rich pink closely re-
semble roses and, when set among
the young foliage, are unusually at
tractive. The tree is apparently very
we'll adapted to our locality, for year
after year it blooms full and with
surprising regularity about the first
week in May. Blooming commences
at an early age and it is not unusual
to see trees 8 or feet tall set
with abundant bloom. The double
flowers apparently are sterile, for one
rarely, if ever, sees a fruit on the
tree. 1t is purely an ornamental.
like our we'll known Japanese cherry
but, like this species, fully justifies
its existence in it's glorious period of
beauty.
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shade Of trees does not seem to inter.
fere at all with this sturdy flower.
The cold, wet soil has not been
favorable to paintings of beans and
corn. In some cases 1t will pay to
respade the ground and put in a
fresh supply of se.d.
May Is is a safe date for planting
out tomatoes, peppers, eggplants and
all tender plants, so now even the
most conservative of gardeners may
proceed to plant with assurance of
safety.
1t is worth noting that the oaks and
other native trees put forth little
growth until May. irrespective of
periods Of warm weather Old.time
gardeners wer accustomed to rely on
the oaks as a key to time of planting
tender vegetables. For example,
there was saying about not planting
corn until the oak leaves were the
size of squirrel ears. Apparently
there was quite bit of common sense
back of such expressions.
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A patron entered seeking Bordeaux
mixture, but was persuaded to take
Black Leaf 40, tobacco extract, with
the accompanying assurance that this
material would effectively replace the
Bordeaux. This was indeed very mis-.
leading advice. and, although given in
all sincerity, was not really fair to the
purchaser or to the manufacturer.
Black Leaf 90 Is an insecticide de.
signed to Kill aphis and other sucking
insects by actual contact with their
bodies. 1t is not even considered of
any value for killing chewing insects.
let alone the control of plant diseases,
for which purpose the purchaser evi-
IDENTIFY desired material Bordeaux
mixture, on the other hand. is purely
a fungicide: that Is, an agent for kill
ing the developing spores of plant dis
ease. Both Bordeaux and Black Leaf
40 are highly effective in their own
functions but as substitutes for one
another they would be utterly useless.
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and So were offered to pupils In the
drawing classes of the eighth grade
for the best posters. Paper and
Club, and the work done in non-school
hours. A total of SIS attractive pos
ters was the result Displayed
about the city, the posters will aid
greatly In awakening interest.
The National Capital Dahlia and Iris
Society announces that it's Spring iris
show viii be held May "a and 25 in
the ballroom of the new Carlton Ho-
tel. Sixteenth and X streets. Last
year this was the big iris event of the
season and there is every reason to
expect an even finer display this year.
The cool. moist Spring has favored
this plant. Schedules of exhibits are
about ready for distribution and may
be secured by application to DIR. r. w.
Sheets. 1881 Lamont street, or Mr.. T
M. r. Adams, 230 Spruce avenue. Ia.
koma Park, president and vice presi-
dent, respectively.
The American Iris Society is co.oper.
at1ng with the local society and will
offer, medals to the winners in certain
classes.
DIR. &. j. Galpin of the Department
of Agriculture, who recently returned
from an extended tour of Europe, will
speak on Garden Phases of Farm
Life in Europe" before the Arlington
county Garden Club meeting May 10,
In the Chamber of Commerce Hall.
Clarendon.
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TIMELY SUGGESTIONS

Aphis are becoming very abundant
on the roses and will interfere mate
rally with the blooms unless checked.
Nicotine extract. generally sold under
the trade name of Black Leaf 40, will
quickly suppress their activities.
This may be obtained from almost
any hardware, seed or drug store.
Fun directions are upon the package.
Columbine, or aquilegia as it is bo-
tanically known. is a very satisfactory
Spring flower. Once established in the
hardy border, it reproduces itself
abundantly with new seedlings, so that
it becomes necessary to weed out and
discard some of the plants. The
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CLUB NOTES

According to Mrs. John Ihlder. 2S11
z street northwest. general chairman
of the show committee, plans for the
Spring flower show: to be held May
20 and 81 in Montrose Park, under
the auspices of the Georgetown Gar.
den Club. are being rapidly perfected.
Everything possible is being done to
arouse popular interest so that the
show may be really worth while. TO
obtain supply Of posters and at the
same time gain the interest of the
children in the show, prizes of SIS. SO
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TULIP BEDS

As the tulip and other bulbs pass
by their season many growers be-
come anxious to replant the beds with
Summer towering ANIMALS. But this
cannot be done at this time without
injury to the future of the bulbs.
Along I'm the early part of June most
of the Spring bulbs will have COM
pleted their growth, the leaves will
begin to- turn yellow and lie on the
ground. This is a desirable time for
moving the bulbs, as they are then
entering their Summer rest period,
which lasts until early Autumn.
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POT HERBS

The pot herbs include those vege-
tables whose leaves are cooked for
food. Spinach, chard, beet tops, kale,
endive, collards, mustard and dande-
lions are typical examples of this val
liable group. Celery and lettuce,
when used as a cooked vegetable, may
also be classified here. In fact, there
are no we'll defined limitations. Young
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POOR ADVICE

The garden editor happened recently
to be in certain local hardware store
which also carries a side line of gar
den too's. seeds and spray materials
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-17
LEGISLATION FOR
COLISEUM SOUGHT.
BY CITY c. Of c.
Ways and Means for Erec-
ton Now Considered
Mayor, Others Confer.

With Indianapolis long sought
coliseum project again before a COM
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce,
working in conjunction with Henry
T.. Davis, convention bureau man.
ager, plans quietly perfected in the
past eight months are developing
into actual ways and means for
securing the building.
A subcommittee has been ap
pointed to confer with Mayor Duvall
and the administrative bodies of the
city Tuesday.
Another subcommittee was ap-
pointed to confer with attorneys and
prepare a bill to be presented to the
Legislature permitting the city to
build or lease and operate a coli
scum in a central locality.
Indianapolis heretofore has been
unable to build a coliseum because
Of legal difficulties and the commit
tee has decided to secure legislation
removing this obstacle" Davis said.
The 1927 coliseum committee Of
the Chamber is headed by Henry r.
Danner, chairman. Other members:
J.. Edward Krause, A. LIE Roy Port
teus, Henry L. Dithmer and William
L. Elder. Davis was appointed Sec
rotary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-17
ALGER l.
MOTHER OF
En- Route to Trial of Her Boy on Murder Charge, She
Stops to Break News of Demise of Sons Chum.

she had ben called upon to notify
the sick mother Of Genes school
chum that her boy, Russell, was
dead
Russell Arnett, IS, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ebert Arnett, 2135 S.. Emerson
Ave, died at st. Vincent's Hospital
at 1912 p. m. Sunday, from tuber-
cular meningitis.
He had been in the hospital since
Nov. 8. Alger and he had been
chums at Technical High School.
Mrs. Arnett, who had spent long
hours at her sons bedside, collapsed
on the porch Of her home Jan. 2.
Since then she has been in the hos
pital.
The husband this morning asked
Mrs. Alger to tell his wife of their
sons death. She did so, missing the
early car to Danville, which she
had planned to take in order to be on
hand to cheer her son as attorneys
began the fight for his wife.
She arrived in the courtroom at
1880, a few minutes before court
adjourned for the morning.
Mrs. Arnett collapsed again when
Mrs. Alger and her husband told her
Of her sons death. She is in a seri-
Gus condition, hospital attaches. said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-17
APPROACHING CAR
SAVES VICTIM OF
TWO HOLD-UP MEN
Get Part of CaSh-PaSs Up
PurSe-Yeggman Fails
to Complete Job.

An approaching auto saved $50 for
Max Reisberg, SO, of 1908 S. Meridian
ST., janitor State house, who was
held up at Meridian and Ray Sts.,
by three bandits early today.
Reisberg said he was waiting for
a street a when the bandit auto
drove up to the curb near him. Two
Of the men alighted covered him
with a gun. They searched him
partially, took $3.50 and jumped
back into the auto when the driver
said, Hurry up boys, here comes a
car" Reisberg said the $50 in his
purse in q hip pocket was over
looked.
Yeggmen battered the combination
from the safe at the Vogel Trucking
Company office, 2S S. Richwine ST.,
Sunday, but failed to get into the
money compartment, which held $50.
Four men were questioned by de-
tectives on the attempted burglary.
While the family of w. J. McWil-
-1iams, $40 N. Pennsylvania St., were
away Sunday, a burglar broke a
glass from q back door and took
clothing and jewelry valued at $3.50.
A police emergency squad searched
the vicinity Of Elder Ave. and
Washington st. for a man who
forced E. Nevins, 20 S. Elder Ave..
from his home with a gun Sunday
night. Nevins said when he ar.
rived home the man was standing on
a stairs landing. Before police ar
rived Nevins said the man came out
Of the house, fell into the snow~and
was picked W by a companion and
taken away in an auto.
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panic, caused by fear, and deserving
Of a light sentence or release, the
defense will attempt to show, with
Attorneys Dean Griffith. Asa Smith
and Fred I. King, all of Indianapolis,
and Otis Gulley of of Danville, plead
ing for the defense.
The case already show signs of
drawing much interest from the Dan
vile residents because of it's unusual
aspects. Alger was a Butler Uni
versity student at the time Of the
tragedy.
The boy was arrested by two Of
ficers, whose attention had been
called to him when he was said to
have been trying to steal an automo-
bile on Senate Ave-, near the State.
house. While the police had him in
a nearby tire store, Alger broke from
them, and firing n revolver he car
ried wrapped in paper, fed to Capt.
tol Ave, where he entered the Boyer
Hotel, 225 N. Capitol Ave-, and
forced the proprietor to hide him in
a closet.
Buchanan left his post at Capitol
and Indiana AYES, and joined in the
chase. This led him into the Boyer
Hotel, where from behind the closed
closet door, young Alger is said to
have exchanged shots with the Off
Ger. Buchanan staged down the
hall Of the hotel and died shortly
after.
who fired flrst?" is one of the
important questions which the jury
must decide.
Alger, attempting escape a min
ute later, Communicated an auto at
Illinois and New York SITS. and was
captured after he was badly wounded
by shots from officers guns. For
several days the boys life was In
the balance and at city hospital he
signed a statement in which he adj
mitted shooting Buchanan.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-17
GASEUMESARE
FATAL TO 2MEN
OVER WEEKEND
Railway Mail Clerk Official
Found Dead in Garage
Another in Hotel. -

Gas fumes were fatal to two men
owe the weekend.
Joseph Hawley, 46, of 549 N. Bel
mont Ave-, president of the Indian
apolis branch of the National Associ-
alton of Railway Mail Clerks, died
a short time after his wife discovered
him unconscious in the garage in the
rear of his home. DR.. Paul F. Rob-
inson, coroner, said that death was
due to asphyxiation from carbon
monoxide gas fumes from the ex,
haust of his auto.
He was a member Of the f. & A,
NJ. Center lodge and Loyal Order
Of Moose, Lodge II. The funeral
will be held Thursday at the Eighth
Christian Church, Walnut st. and
Pershing Ave-, at 1 p. m. with the
Masonic Lodge members In charge.
Burial will be made in Crown Hill
cemetery. His widow, a daughter, a
stepson and two stepbrothers sur
vive.
William II. Geckler. So. Of 307
Ogden ST.. was found dead in a
room at the Puritan Hotel late Sun
day. He registered Saturday after
being released from the Methodist
Hospital.
Hospital authorities say he was
suffering from coke gas fumes that
overcame him Friday at his home.
Employees Of the hotel found Geek
Ter on the floor after a maid had
tried to enter the room.
DR.. u. B. Hine, deputy coroner,
said the man had been dead several
hours. The body was taken to the
city morgue. A son, William Geek
Ter, 1925 N. Alabama ST., was noti-
fed by police.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-17
wv FROZEN TO DEATH

BU Tnffcd Press
DETROIT, Jan. 1.-two men
were frozen to death here over the
weekend when the temperature
reached A below zero, the coolest so
far this year. Both had been drink
ing. A third victim will have both
legs amputated because he fell
asleep while drunk in his automobile
and suffered frozen feet.
With more than <ene foot OF. snow
already covering the ground, the pre-
diction today was for more snow
and another cold wave tomorrow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-17
HELD ON MURDER COUNT
Negro Shoots Another During Argu-
ment, It Is Charged.

Horace Smith, Negro, 1888 Boule-
yard Pl., was slated. at city prison
on a murder charge Saturday night
after it was alleged he shot and
killed Blanche Johnson, S5, Negro,
2136 Alfery St., and wounded Charles
Thomas, Negro, 224 w. Eighteenth
ST., at the home of his sister, Mana
Curtley, AT, 1857 Boulevard Pl., fol.
lowing an argument over a dice
game. Police said they found Smith
at his home hiding under the bed.
Thomas was taken to the city hos
pital and held for investigation.
Mana Curtley and Hattie FentreSs,
80, Negroes, of 1853 Boulevard Pl.,
who wereNin the house at the time
of the shooting, also held for
questioning.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-17
MARINES prevent FIGHT
Declare Nicaragua Town Neutral as
Liberals Plan Attack.
BB United Press

BIZ United Press
BLUEFIELDS, Nicaragua, Jan.
17.-United States-Marines declared
the interior town of Rama Il neu-
trail zone just as Liberal artillery
was ready to lombard the Conserva-
tive garrison, General Dan Mena,
Liberal commander, told tire United
Press in an exclusive interview
granted aboard the captured river
vessel Sea Lion in the Escondido
River.
Mena said he and his army would
continue to fight, although he
thought the United States Govern.
ment had given the Liberals a
rotten DEAL" and that if the
Liberals captured the entire country
Admiral Julian Latimer, the United
States naval commander, would pro
claim the whole country neutral
preventing Liberals from realizing
their triumph.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-17
Self-Defense

1t is understood that the defense
will contend that Ayers shooting Of
the officer was an act of self-defense
and they will also contend that the
arrest of the boy prior to the shoot
ing was not legal or justified. The
defendants parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Alger, 1910 E. Ohio st., are
present at the trial.
Public opinion in this town seems
to rather favor Alger. Three weeks
ago the boy discovered and disclosed
to Sheriff Henry Rodney, five hack
saws which had been struggled into
Jail to a prisoner accused of robbery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-17
AMERICAN FIGHTS.
Off CHINESE MOB
WITH W|FE'S AID
Baptist Minister Attacked
Call Sent for U. S.
Gunboat.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
HONG KONG, Jan. IA tense
situation, resulting in a request for
an American gunboat, developed in
Swallow, China, today after an at
tack upon the Rev. II. Page, treas
urer of the American Baptist Mis-
sion College by six armed students.
Dr. Page, who was injured, re-
pulsed his ~assailants, according to
the students, with a shotgun. Mrs.
Page, the students charged, Joined
her husband and, with a revolver,
aided in beating off the charge. Her
shots wounded two of the attackers,
it was said.
The dispute, which followed
charges by the students that DIR.
Page had retained money belonging
to them, has so wrought up anti
American feeling that the American
colony there was reported fearful of
further outbreak and has asked the
consulate here to send a gunboat
Immediately.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-17
wALTER ARD RETURNS

BIZ United Press
HAVANA, Jan. 17.-Walter S.
Ward, one of the heirs apparent to
the bakery fortune of his father,
George S. Ward, has emerged from
nine months mysterious disappear
ance, but today Ward refused to SUBJ
NIT to an interview or otherwise to
permit publication of his story. Ward
and his father were at the latter's
winter home. Mrs. Beryl Curtis
Ward, the younger mans wife, was
believed in New York. Ward van
ished from New York City in 1925.
leaving behind a damaged automo-
bile.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-17
State Objection to Question
Asked Prospective Jurors
0verruIed. .
BY Miss EIdora Field.
Staff Correspondent

DtUIt NcOVft0NNt
DANVILLE, Ind, Jan. 1.-THE
defense won the first clash at the
trial OF Gene Alger. is, of 1710 Z.
Ohio St.. Indianapolis, accused Of
the murder Of Trafiicman John j.
Buchanan, a Negro policeman, on
July o at Indianapolis, which
opened here this morning.
Special Judge Edgar Blessing re-
fused to uphold objections of the
State to this question the defense
asked each prospective juror:
do you believe in the law of self
defense?"
\ Nine Examined
Nine jurors of the regular venire
of fourteen and a special venire of
forty had been examined by the de-
Tense at noon. None had been
definitely accepted.
Two were excused by the defense
for cause.
A number of Central Normal
School students were in the court
room.
The State is prepared to combat a
probable wave of sympathy for the
boy. Marion County Prosecutor Will
liam H. Remy Is in charge, with
Judson Stark his chief deputy; John
T. Hume, Danville attorney, and
George King Reibold, Hendricks
County prosecutor, assisting. They
will seek to convince the jurors, Sc
lection OF which began today, that
the boy deserved a death sentence.
Remy was not present at the
morning session, but was expected
later.
Panic to Be Plea
That the crime was unpremeditat-
ed and WAS the result of hvsterical
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-17
Rheumatism Recipe

EX-Sergeant Paul Case, Room 256,
Grace Building, B%rockton, Mass,
states that while serving with the
American Army in France he was
given a prescription for Rheuma-
tism and Neuritis that has produced
most gratifying results in thousands
cases. He says the prescription
cost him nothing, so he asks nothing
for it, but will send it free to any
one who writes Observation-Disclosures.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-17
CARROLL OBTAINS STAY
Time Allowed to Perfect Appeal In
Bathtub Case.
Bp United Press

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Jan. 17.-Earl Car
roll, theatrical producer, today was
granted a thirty-day stay of execu.
ton of his sentence of a year and
a day for perjury in connection with
the Joyce Hawley bathtub case.
The United States Court of ap-
peals allowed the stay on petition of
CAROLS attorney, to allow plenty
of time to prepare an appeal to the
United States Supreme Court.