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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-18

Virtue Rewarded

James Jinx, stout-hearted though
| he was, was sore, respondent, on that
| day, and none could say he had no
cause; his hopes seemed broken. cast
away He'd worked six months m
Jimpson's store, he'd wrought with
most astounding zeal: he'd carried up
and down the fioer big kegs of nails
and chunks of steel. "I'll put such
pep in all / do" he said, when first
he started In. the boss will surely
soon come through with such re,
wards az worth should win" And
now his efforts seemed in vain. the
boss was Needless. deaf and blind:
and James remarked, with inward
pain. II think IN quit this horrid
grind. I've worked like Vulcan at
his forge, and no one seems to care
a whoop; 1t makes me tired, and now,
by George. III thke my hat and blow
the coop" Oh, view him not with
high disdain IL he seemed knocked
all out Of plumb; for 1t IS hard to
strive and strain and see no recognl-
ton come. Emotions through his
bosom swept that battered down his
self-control: aud so he bowed his head
and wept, a disappointed, weary soul.
A hand was laid upon his neck. and
he looked up and saw the boss; that
stern employer said. by Heck. why
are YOU thus a total loss? l come
% tell you of a raise in salary, pro-
motion, too; I've watched you closely
all the days since first you doomed up
on my view. Such energy as YOU
displayed made all the other lads
look sick; / knew you'd surely make
the grade if you maintained that sort
of lick. But many start with fiery
zeal you think they are gilt-edged
bet; then, in a little while, they feel
they earn more money than they get.
You bumped around and did things
right, and set the pace for all your
kind; so dry those tears. oh mourning
wight-the boss is neither deaf nor
blind" WALT MASON.
downright. 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-18

In Arabia, where the men regard
women as slaves. wives are selected
and bought for their ability to work
and toll.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-18

where he served for two years before
being transferred to the Treasury
Department. Prior to coming to
Washington he was employed by the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Co., Pueblo.
Colo. Mr.. Tucker WAS q member of
Pentalpha Lodge. Royal Arch Chap
ter. East Weymouth; Trinidad, Colo,
Chapter. No. 8, and the Ionic Club,
Treasury Department.
He IL survived by his wife. Mrs.
Janet b. Tucker: q son. William r.
Tucker. jr., and q daughter. Miss Eu
genia Tucker.
Funeral arrangements have not been
completed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-18
AUDITOR IN U. S. REVENUE
DEPARTMENT Is DEAD
William Francis Tucker, 81, Sue
cumbs at Home--Employed
Here Six Years.

William Francis Tucker. 81. an audi.
tor in the income tax department of
the Bureau of Internal Revenue for
the past six years. died yesterday at
his residence in the Portner Apart
ments, Fifteenth and u streets. He
was born in East Weymouth, Mass,
and was graduated from Bridgewater
Normal School there and the Colorado
Agricultural College, Fort Collins,
Colo.
He entered the Government service
as an auditor in the Shipping Board.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-18
HUBBARD COUNSEL GIVE
ID REASONS FOR RE-TRlAL
Refusal to Admit Character
Testimony of Actress
Cited.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, January 1S.--Four-
teen reasons, mostly claims of error
by the court in rulings during the
trial. were cited by counsel for John
w. Hubbard wealthy shovel manu-
facturer. In argument yesterday for a
new trial of Miss Anne Caldwell's
breach of promise suit. Miss Cald
well. a New York actress. recently
was given a $4,000 verdict against
the Pittsburgher.
The principal reason, o. Keaton of
Hubbard counsel informed the court
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-18
Cant. BoWker Dead.

Capt. Hugh d. Bowker, a retired
Infantry officer, who served in the
18th Ohio Volunteer Infantry through,
out the Civil War, died at the family
home in Chicago in his S5th. year.
according to War Department advices.
He was retired as "a captain of In
fantry in 1870 on account of disability
resulting from wounds received In ac-
ton. His widow, Mrs. Susie G.. Bow
ker, lives at 900 Foster avenue. Chi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-18

was the refusal to admit any testi-
mony concerning the character OF
Miss Caldwell or persons with whom
she associated. He argued that Hub
bard was within his right in present
ing such testimony.
At the conclusion of the argument.
the court gave no indication as to
when decision might be rendered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-18
RITES FOR MRS. LAMBERT,
Burial of Native of Virginia Is at
Pohick Church.

Mrs. Laura c. Lambert. 81, wife
of DIR. Colin Fl. Lambert. died at her
residence, IT'S Emerson street Sunday.
She had been i'll several months.
Mrs. Lambert was born in Fairfax
County, Va, later residing in Prince
William County, coming to Washing
ton about 20 years ago. She Is sur
vived by nine children and her hus-
band. The surviving children are:
George and Edward Lambert. this
city: Stuart Lambert. Prince William
County, Va; Misses Mamie and Hattie
Lambert, Mrs. Virginia Legman, Mrs.
Jeanette Cakes, Mrs. G.. B. Keller
and Mrs. r. NJ. Woodson. all of Wash
ington-
Funeral services were conducted at
the residence this afternoon, following
which the body was taken to Pohtcl
Church, Va, tor burial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-18
Search Still On.

From the Kansas City Journal
What has become of the search
for the philosophers stone?"
THE search changes with every
age. Now we're looking for tire
that won't p1ncture"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-18
MRS. MCCAIN, II, DIES.
FORMER Resident of Middletown
N. Y, Lived Here Many Years.

Mrs. Hattie E. McCann II years
old, widow of Charles B. Mccain, died
at her residence. o39 Tenth street
northeast, yesterday after a brief ILL
ness.
She is survived by two nephews.
William j. Bulls of this city and
STANLEY Sinner of Middletown, n. Y;
three nieces, Mrs. Edna S. Anderson
White of this city, Miss Alma Sinner
and Miss Elizabeth Sinner of Middle
town. n. Y, and a granddaughter,
William F. Bulls of this city.
Formerly = resident of Middletown,
n. Y, Mrs. Mccain had resided in
this city for many years and had been
q member of the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church for the past 3s
years.
Funeral services will be conducted
at the residence this evening at $50
o'clock. Rev. DR.. Joseph r. Sizoo,
pastor of the New York Avenue Pres.
byterian Church. will officiate Inter
ment will be in Walden, n. Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-18
Accused of Stealing Car.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LYNCHBURG. Va, January 49,
Charles Booth was arrested here Sun
day on the charge of stealing an auto
mobile in Bedford County.
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Cloths satuYateoC
WithpeffuMe." ."dHaw.
the beetles. Then poi
soN. .SpfAAs are Used TO
DESTROY them.


Department of Agriculture,
famous fighter of insects, is
about to stage battle in its
Il own backyard. The good peo-
of frciot OF GynIfrraa bin
Evening star., 1927-10-09

guarantees and by the application of
sprays and other, methods of control
we can effectually reduce the damage
to small areas. Seven years of obser-
vation and experience have shown
that the Japanese beetle can be and
is being controlled in the area where
it has occurred for the longest time"
"And what may be expected from
the beetle in the District?' DR.. Quaint
ance was asked.
Those who have not seen the dam
age done by the insect" he said,
SHOULD not be msled into believing
that it causes a wholesale defoliation
of trees and utter ruinatiOn of crops.
1t is now known that the beetle feeds
on more than 200 different species OF
plants Wholesale injury is not likely
to occur where there are as many diff
here. especially If the preferred ones
are protected by spraying with arseni-
cal poisons. In New Jersey, for in
stance, large acreages of early and
late ripening varieties of fruits, sweet
and field corn, cereal, forage and veg.
etable crops are grown, in addition to
innumerable shade and ornamental
trees and shrubs. The losses sus-
tanned there through damage to any
one crop are probably less than they
would be if the beetles occurred il:
locality where fewer crops are grown
and a smaller number of them af.
fected.'
X
THE beetle Is not considered seri-
4 Gus pest in Japan, strange as 1t
may seem. But that Is often the case.
A new insect coming from foreign
land often leaves it's native enemies
behind. Without such parasites of
the homeland to hold 1t in check when
it arrives here, there Is nothing to pre-
vent its rapid increase and wide disper-
sion. There is the European corn borer.
a pest which is making rapid progress
Evening star., 1927-10-09

is apt to reverse the first-would take
about one week. Thus areas of high
or low temperature would be likely to
succeed each other in most places by
about that interval.
While this is rough calculation. and
one which, if put to the test, would
encounter many exceptions. Weather
Bureau experts say that. with a vigor.
Gus storm today. there is slightly
more likelihood of another in just a
week than of another in either six or
eight days. The margin of increased
likelihood. although small, is on that
side.
This is all that the popular saving
implies. Were the rule to work out
rigidly the Mondays of the year would
all be on the same pattern, while the
Tuesdays would average up to an.
other standard. Nothing of the kind
Is to be expected. Exceptions to the
seven-day rotation occur often enough
to keep the mind of man from guess
ing too readily the sreat secrets which
Nature hides in the wind and the
storm clouds.
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ffgahfeSS fks1 aave eea1{[s3 om{s 6e S coxs 1@ spi0

them into traps or concentrating them
into small areas. 'wterA they can be
destroyed in large numbers. So at
tractive is the substance that by
spraying less than an acre of orchard
beetles a half mile distant have been
drawn to the spot within 10 minutes
after the geraniCl was applied. This
makes it possible to destroy large
numbers of the beetles with a small
quantity of contact spray. Traps bait
ed with geraniol nave been devised
also, and these probably will serve the
purpose of the small gardener better
than any other method known for col.
lecting the beetles on or near his
premises.
A new generation of beetles makes
its appearance every year. They are
most abundant through a period of
four months. especially in July and
August. During this period the fe.
males lay their eggs in the soil, the
average number laid by one female
being about 36. Having passed the
Winter in the soil the newly hatched
grub or larvae becomes active in the
Spring, but does not become a full.
hedged beetle until along IN June.
The female prefers sod as a place for
her eggs, although she uses most any
Old place in an emergency. This gives
the lawn mower and golf.green l.eeper
concern. A practical
means of killing the larvae while in
the lawns and green's has been de-
Vlsed, however, after exhaustive ex.
perlments in which many kinds Of
sprays were tried. a dilute solution
of carbon -disulfid emulsion has been
found the most satisfactory spray for
srasslands. lawns, and golf greens.
With all of the preliminary work
and research into successful methods
Of fighting this dangerous foreign foe
that has already been done. the people
Of the District of Columbia can feel
reasonably assured that it will be con.
trolled. The japanese beetle has, no
doubt. fought it's greatest fight and
done its greatest damage in the terri.
tory where it frs landed. multiplied
and deployed it's foraging forces be.
fore the Department of Agriculture
was aware of its presence in the
'nited States
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danger and have been on the lookout
for other members Of the insect army.
They are fully aware of the crimes
committed by the bad beetle, and are
out to apprehend any sort of an insect
that can be captured by hand or net.
They have literally swamped the de-
partment entomologists with speci-
mems Of suspicious bugs, all Of which
IS very much appreciated by these
learned men. even if not of any great
value. Their loyalty and interest is
reassuring. Many are the common
litle ladybugs. noted for their benefi-
c.al habits, that in this way find them
selves in the insect courts of the de-
partment. One common culprit often
mistaken for the Jap is the big green
beetle that feeds on grapes and figs.
Just how the quarantines will be
enforced with regard to the District
has not yet been decided, but it will
likely be no different from that on
other sections of the country where
traffic and shipments must be inspect
ed while moving into uninfested terri.
tory.
DIR. S. B. F'racker, who is in charge
of domestic quarantine enforcement,
says control of suburban traffic may
present a difficult problem since there
are numerous highways leaving the
District for Virginia and Maryland.
all Of which are crowded with traffic
and must continually be watched for
Joy riding beetles. In other cases,
he said. it has always been possible
to place the quarantine lines far
enough from cities and locate inspec-
tors on roads where traffic is light
enough to permit inspection without
causing any interference or delay.
Although the Japanese beetle has
spread from its initial point of infesta-
ton at the rate of from 10 to Is miles
a year, it is believed that it's progress
has been materially retarded through
quarantine regulations prohibiting the
movement of green corn. tomatoes,
lettuce. fruits. flowers, forage crops,
nurserS stock, and the like at certain
Evening star., 1927-10-09

introduction occurred, but it is known
that nursery stock with soil about the
roots was imported prior to 1912 in
the vicinity where the beetle was first
discovered.
'The possibility that the new insect
would prove dangerous was we'll ap-
preciated although little was known
about it's habits at that time. Expert
ence had taught us that all foreign
insects were potential enemies to our
crops and vegeta aton. The first thing
to do was to determine how far the
beetle had spread. Less than dozen
beetles were found that year and on
an area of less than half square
mile. With the limited funds avail
able every effort was made to eX-
terminate the insect by sprays and
various other means. This no doubt
served to check it's spread somewhat,
but it continued to move into new
territory and 1t was soon evident that
it could not he eradicated at once,
"At first it's spread was rather linn
tied. covering an area of but 3 square
miles in 1917, about square miles
the following year, and by 1919 it was
found on an area of 48 square miles
and in such numbers that one person
could easily collect from $4,000 to
10000 in a single day. 1t is now
spread over more than $500 square
miles and is established in New Jersey,
Delaware. eastern Pennsylvania. at
several points in Maryland including
Baltimore, and in the District of CO.
lumbia.
THE beetle will continue to spread"
said DR.. Quaintance, land we cannot
hope to eradicate it. No foreign pest
Of any importance has ever yet been
entirely exterminated. Once 1t Is here.
it continues to be one of the necessary
expenses incident to our agriculture
beca use of the cost of keeping it under
control. Nevertheless. by delaying
the spread Of the beetle by means of
Evening star., 1927-10-09
fEag sTe ke}zR% 2i co%Efo{ tie beete ''

times of the year. unless known to be
free from beetles or their larvae. 1t
is held that the spread to date has
been largely due to natural factors,
and of these the flight of the adult
beetle is the most outstanding agency
of dispersion. Winds and storms
probably play some part. After
periods of heavy rains beetles have
been seen floating down streams on
pieces OF wood and other trash carried
into the stream by excess water. III
dividual beetles have been picked out
of the water of the Delaware River
at distance of several hundred yards
from the shore line where it flows
through infested territory.
nR. A. l.. QUAINTANCE, associate
~ chief entomologist of the Depart
ment of Agriculture. a resident of
nearby Maryland and himself a grower
Of fruits, was asked to tell about the
beautiful but bad beetle. For it is
thing of beauty. No larger than
half of a coffee grain, the full grown
beetle is of a bright metallic green,
except the greater part Of it's wing
covers. which are coppery brown.
Sunlight playing on the brightly
colored insect gives it a lustre of vary
ing shades and tints.
ut was in the Summer of 1916"
DR.. Quaintance said, that a few
specimens of a new insect were found
I'm a nursery near Riverton, n. j.,
and sent to Washingtno for identifica-
ton. They proved to be the same as
a species common on the islands of
Japan, but new and hitherto unheard
of in the United States. Thus the
new conner became known as the
japanese beetle. 1t is now believed
that the pest came into the United
States as larvae in the soil about the
roots of certain nursery plants from
Japan. presumably azalea or Japanese
iris. IT is difficult to say when the
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toward the corn belt in spite of the
$40 900 battle waged against 1T this
last year. Such pest ts the gypsy
moth, which overran' the forest of
New England before its native enc
mics could be brought over and turned
loose to catch it.
AS soon as the JapaneSe beetle was
discovered to be Z dangerous insect,
department entomOiogists were sent to
Japan to study it's habits and to find
native parasites, if possible, with
which to control it. n number of
promising ones have been rounded up
and brought to the Crited States,
where they are becoming established.
One parasite. a sort of a fly. is un-
usually promising because Of It's adapt
ability to conditions here and because
it has the habit of seeking out the
female beetle for special attack. Its
deadly work is done by depositing its
eggs in the thoraX of the beetle, where
they hatch and grow, causing discom-
fort and ultimate death to- the beetle.
parasite that has Judgment enough
to center it's attack on the female of
the species, thus cutting off future
generations, is of far greater value
than a promiscuOuS fighter.
Hundreds of Japanese women and
A. "i> NhipioySu " tollCtl ldi
sitiZed beetles for shipment to the
United States. The department ento-
mologists maintain several laborato-
rles in European Countries--a sort of
an 0 S-where parasites of all i'm
portant foreign insects are collected,
increased and prepared for shipment
to this country to help fight foreign
pests. Theoretically, the use of para
sites in insect control is the ideal
method. But there are many Difficult.
ties to surmount before the deadly
work is done. The parasites them
selves are often infested with para
sites of their own. These must be
eliminated or the beneficial parasites
succumb before they can he estab-
ished here.
Entomologists. therefore. have heen
busy devising other methods of fight
ing the beetle. They have found that
the little orientals are extremely fond
of the odor of geran:cl. perfume"
developed for the purpose If turing
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cluded that the beetle was lone
straggler. merely A. w. o. l.. from
the beetle brigade-one that had pos
sibly gained entry by doing a hitch
hike" via automobile. airplane or
train. since no others We're found that
would indicate an established infesta-
ton.
Forerunners OF the Tenleytown
colony. may have stolen a ride from
some resident of the village who had
motored through the infested areas.
At any rate, the enemy is now in the
District, and in keeping with the
plant quarantine act passed by Con
gress in 1912. every effort must be
made to prevent such outlaw insects
from passing to clean territory. Should
District motorists in the near future
find themselves held up when crossing
out over the line-well, the holdup
may be merely by beetle hunter and
not by a bandit.
u ESIDENTS of the District. ever
= jealous OF the welfare of their
lawns. shade trees and flower gardens,
have been aroused to the imminent
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THE PERENNIAL TOPIC.

THERE is an old saying that if the
first Sunday of a month be
rainy every Sunday in that month will
be rainy also. The same rule, in
popular estimation, should apply to
other days of the week and without
regard to their place in the month.
This is merely a convenient way of
saying that the weather tends to re-
peat itself about once in seven days.
The conditions prevailing on Sunday
are more closely observed and better
remembered because of the break
which Sunday makes in the regular
pursuits of the week.
This notion, like many of those
which have become incorporated in
the approved weather maxims of the
people. finds considerable scientific
support. A barometric depression re-
quires rather well-defined period In
which to pass over this country from
one coast to the other. The average
is from three to four days, varying
somewhat with the season of the year
and with the other conditions. Two
Of these weather tides-and the second
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a" HE Department of Agriculture,
famous fighter of insects, Is
about to stage a battle in its
Il own backyard. The good peo-
pie of the District of Columbia,
interested and for the most part inno-
cent bystanders, will soon find them
selves in a war zcne. Safe though
they may be from shot and shell, the
discomforts and costs of the fight will
be felt. The enemy may never reach
the point OF numbers seriously to in
wade the food supply, but it's depreda.
tions on lawns, shade trees, orna-
mentals, backyard gardens and flow
ers will be visible. Residents of the
District motoring to points across the
line will be held to strict account for
transporting the enemy. and depart
ment sentries stationed along the
picket lines will exact a sworn state
ment from all who seek TO carry gar
den vegetables and other farm produce
that none of the enemy is hiding
therein.
The foreign foe that has flung down
the gauntlet in the face of department
gladiators is none other than the noto-
rious devastating, vegetation n-consum-
ing japanese beetle. Landing it's first
small contingent of fighters on Ameri-
can soil near Riverton, y. j.. few
years prior to its discovery there in
1916, the pest has after IL years Of
persistent effort reached the District.
A few brave beetles in some unknown
manner managed to slip past the quar-.
antine lines maintained about the in
Tested areas Of New Jersey, Delaware
and eastern Pennsylvania, and have
dug in" near historic old Tenleytown
Not long ago six or seven individuals
were found there and al several other
spots, indicating established colonies
at widely separated places in the Dis
trict.s
Just how or when the beetles
reached their present dugout is en-
tirely unknown. 1t is presumed they
have been in hiding there for two or
three years. The beetle Is a strong
and vigorous flier. but rarely flies
more than a half-mle from its own
lines. No nursery stock has been car
ried into the neighborhood on which
stowaways could have been carried.
The Federal Horticultural Board has
for number of years maintained
quarantine lines and inspectors on the
border Of the infested areas to pre-
vent the movement Of uninspected
farm produce likely to carry beetles.
4 year ago beetle was found in a
Petworth garden. and the Department
OF Agriculture Immediately instituted
a search to determine the number of
the pest that might have arrived.
After five edaY survey the scouts CON
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NATURAL THERMOMETER.

which includes two important groups,
one group having a vitreous luster,
the other being massive and flintlike.
Semi.precious stones such as the moss
agate, bloodstone, jasper. onyx. ETC.,
are found in the second or cryptic
crystalline group.
The common variety of crystalliZed
quartz is employed in the arts, as an
abrasive. particularly in making sand
paper. Quartz sands are also of inn
portance in the manufacture of glass,
mortar, brick and cements.
The occurrence of quartz In the
form OF veins is noteworthy from the
fact that such veins are the sources
of many of the valuable metals. in
Guiding gold. silver, copper and lead.