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BRADT. MARIA VIRGINIA. On Tuesday.
a eonr 49, 49, S2 s n s s. na GSa vR
susan susan c, sraat; Funeral from the above
keiatives "a and friends A Invited: 3D. a. n
Afssa Hss. P sgs e. ri y:
resting at Ruth pabney's funeral pariors
4S2 @ St: nv and can be reviewed Sat
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Que SITS. NV. at o'clock. az
lie THURSDAY, ApTil IS: 1928. q 7:cs a M
LoTTE COLEMAN, devoted sister Of sam
uel; Thornton, Calvin and Winnie Roots
devoted. mother -irl-iaE Of Mrs. H. II. Arm
stead OF 1884 Swan s.. NV. She also leaves
neral hereafter Remains resting at the
W. Ernest Jarvis Co. funeral parlors, 1922
Ga. ave. NV.
"a. 1929, at Providence Hospital, JAMES f.
beloved son OF John c. and the late julia
r. Collins (nee Long. Funeral from the
to st. Dominic's Church, where requiem
ana E b At a Ee noass
Olivet Cemetery.
DE sIBoUR, COUNT. On April q. 1929. at
shso li Ri: W y.a4 brofSsT u Jules
Hendi de sibour Of Washington, D. c.
EDMUNps. SAMUEL W. On wednesday.
AR AZ lta e. st. i'ss III Ct W. ' E6 EsiSshss
beloved husband OF. Jeannette, A. and
father Of MIS-. Maude 2: WsbsteI: ~;
IS, at . pm. Interment CONGRESSIONAL
Cemetery. as
EpMUNDs. SAMUEL ". A special COM
A.. NJ, is hereby called for the purpose Of
SAMUEL w. EpNuNDs. on Friday. April
rs, 1929 at O'Clock pm.
Attest. PAUL MTBAMNL 6AN A secEesar Ms'tt 4;
FOSTER SALE AL! Dsgsrted this life Wed;
her Tisidsnfs ls,s Esck I c.ess Ford "a
loved daughter of the late Robert and
Alverta Cross, loving mother Of Louise
Dixon and Robert Cross, sister Of Nellie.
Isreal. Robert. Henry and. David; loving
grandmother Of Horace and Ernest Dixon.
ggnsrs siSsesyA a AaT n a i sg g
and Rock Greek Ford I'd, Rev. s. Miller
officiating. 26s
Trance, DOROTHY d. On Tuesday. April
%. 1929. DOROTHY D.. aged So year.. be-
loved wife Of Joseph w. France. Aains
resting at w. w. Deals funeral no e. si6
Memorial Christian Church Friday, April
20, at 1:50 pm. Interment Cedar Hill
Cemetery. Relatives and friends invited
GIpDINGs; THOMAS R: Tuesday: April as.
Emma B. Giddinss, ased IS years FI-
neral from his late residence: 1928 Pa.
ave. Sc. on Friday. April rs, pm. In
terment Cedar Hill Cemetery. IS
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DR.. A. C. TRUE BURIAL
WILL BE IN NEW YORK
Funeral Of Scientist Held Here
This Afternoon at Foundry
M. E. Church.

Funeral services for Or. Alfred
Charles True, 10 years old, prominent
scientist of the Department of Agri-
culture, who died at Sibley Hospital
Tuesday night, were conducted in
Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church
this afternoon at o'clock. Rev. DR..
Frederick Brown Harris, pastor, off,
ciated. The body was taken to Flush
ing, N. Y, for burial there tomorrow.
Honorary pallbearers were as fol-
lows:
DR.. e. w. Allen and S. A. Merrill,
representing the Department Of Agri-'
culture: DR.. Frank w. Collier, repre-
senting American University; DR.. w. F.
Eichelberger and Coulter Wells, repre-
senting Foundry Methodist Episcopal
Church, and William L. Clarke, repre-
senting Wesleyan University.
DR.. True had been associated with
the Department of Agriculture for the
last 40 years and had taken a promi-
nent part in scientific research con-
Quoted by the department.
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Royal Pair Visits Queen.

SANDRINGHAM, England, April rs
R.-Crown Prince Olaf of Norway
and his bride arrived here yesterday
as guests of his mother, who Is staying
at Appleton House, her Sandringham
residence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-14
VEGETABLE GARDEN

Needless to say, this has been q try
ing season in the vegetable garden as
well as with ornamentals. Only the
home gardener who has been able to
consistently water his garden has much
to show for his seasons work, although
it is surprising how plants have con-
tinued to grow in spite Of drought.
Paper mulch, II it were properly APP
piled, should have had an excellent OPP
portunity to prove its worth in con-
serving soil moisture that was collected
in early Spring. 1t will be very inter-
esting to learn what results have been
obtained by home gardeners from paper
mulch this year. Undoubtedly this has
been q most favorable year for testing
this new material.
Provided the soil can be wet down
by the hose or Is wet by rain within
few days, 1t Is not too late to SOW
turnips and kale for late Autumn use.
Spinach may also be planted. Needless
to say, the soil should be spaded and
fertilized just as thoroughly as when
preparing for Spring planting.
Cover crops of Winter rye, wheat or
crimson clover should be sown to pro-
vide green material for spading under
next Spring. The seeding Of these
crops Is also dependent on moisture,
but Winter rye or wheat will terminate
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THE HOME GARDENER
BANKS FLOWER SHOW

President John Poole and fellow Of
Ulcers Of the Decentralization Bank
have again given Westinghouse q fine
floral treat. Despite the difiicult grow
! ing conditions Of the past few months
II was evident from the display thar
local home gardeners are coming
Through with some excellent flowers.
IaMxgolds. 1innias and dahlias were
numerous and of excellent quality. The
single asters were peculiarly attractive,
because of their fine colors and because
Of their apparent ability to stand up
wen after cutting.
The vase of Japanese lilies displayed
6g DR.. Howard watkins Of Somerset,
Nd, drew the attention Of the many
visitors and suggested that greater use
might well be made Of the lilies as
garden subjects. One fine thing about
the whole show was that the flowers,
with the exception of one vase, were
the products Of home gardens. Appar-
emily not all Of our home gardeners
are amateurs In the ordinary sense of
the word, but are very capable pro-
ducers Of high-class flowers. David
Lunsden, Prof. r. L. Milford and j.
Wise Byrnes officiated as judges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-14
TOMATO SEED

Ordinarily we think Of vegetable
seeds as of comparatively short life
which Is true with most species. The
tomato is one of the exceptions. DIR.
c. e. Myers of Pennsylvania State Col
lege reports that some viable seeds were
found after 10 years from the date Of
original gathering. This is a long life
for seed Of any cultivated plant. Weeds
are known to live many years. but rs a
rule two or three years marks the end
of viability in useful plants which have
been bred with a view to other fea-
lures than life of the seeds. The some
what mythical stories of wheat seeds
retaining viability for centuries in the
temples of Egypt have never been sub
stantiated and are doubtless fallacious.
After all, the hame gardener is inter-
ested chiefly In sturdy, viable seed ca
pable Of producing good quality plants
and not in how long the seeds may sur
viVe
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ish red and yellow, the former preferred
usually simply because red IL the more
attractive color. Ponderosa has an uIi-
usually high proportion of solid hesh,
small seed locules and few seeds.
Sometimes it Is known as the beef
steak tomato because it slices 30 adj
mirably. The quality Is very good,
making the variety desirable for table
use. Size Of fruit is directly related
to size of plant in the PonderoSa variety.
necessitating the use of tall and strong
supports for the vines. a.
This season has not been q fair test
for any vegetable because Of the short
age of rainfall, but In favorable years,
with good culture, Ponderosa plants at
tain really astounding size. and are very
handsome when well loaded with fruits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-14
FALL RASPBERRIES

Although we commonly think of the
red raspberry as q Spring and early
Summer fruit, there are certain varie-
ties which show q distinct tendency to
produce some fruit in Fall on the tips
Of the new canes formed the same sea-
son. These varieties, of which Ranere
is the outstanding example, bear both in
Spring and Fall. The Spring crop is
borne on the canes of the preceding
year. Some years ago an experiment
was conducted at Cornell University to
determine whether cutting of the old
canes in early Spring, thus preventing
the Spring crop. would increase the
Autumn crop. The results were Mega
tive in that the true Spring bearers
such as Cuthbert bore no Autumn fruit.
while regular Autumn bearers bore no
more fruit on pruned than on plants.
Apparently the plants behaved according
to their hereditary tendencies and were
not at all affected by pruning.
Autumn raspberries are generally
quite as large and attractive as the
Spring berries. but are less In guam
tity since only the tips of the new canes
bear blossoms. Fruiting is liable to be
scattered over a longer period in Au-
tumn, some being Obtained right up to
freezing time If moisture and soil condi-
lions are favorable. The portion of the
cane which bears in the Autumn does
not fruit again in the Spring, but dies
back during the Winter It is an inter-
esting case of narrowly localized fruit
bearing. Just what induces the tips to
become productive while the remainder
of the cane lies dormant as respects
fruiting is yet unknown. but will likely
be explained some day by some enter
prising horticultural chemist.
Weather conditions In the Autumn
affect the tendency to fruit. An &C
count is given in Cards Bush Fruits"
of abundant fruiting of wild raspber-
ries following very wet season. If
there is connection between soil
moisture and Autumn fruiting this
should prove poor year for Autumn
berries.
The Ranere or st. Regis is one of the
best Autumn fruiting raspberries for
this vicinity This variety, according
to DR.. Darrow, of the Department Of
Agriculture, is easy to propagate and
reasonably resistant to disease. The
fruit is good in quality, although not
comparable to that of Cuthbert and
some Of the best raspberries.. Ranere
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-14
GARDEN ITEMS

The gardener who Is fortunate 0
unfortunate enough to have shade
trees competing with his horticultural
enterprises has had an extremely Diff
ficult season. The trees, by virtue of
their elaborate root systems, are able
to take first toll Of soil moisture. Car
dening under trees has very definite
limitations. Really there Is only n
short period In early Spring when the
underlying plants have chance. This
ls about the season that narcissus, tu-
lips and iris are In bloom. Certain
vegetables, radishes, early beans, early
carrots. spinach and cfard, usually
yield adequate returns near competing
trees. but midsummer vegetables, such
as corn and tomatoes, are scarcely
worth trying under such adverse con-
ditions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-14
GARDEN CLUBS

The following interesting note re-
garding the Burleith Garden Club was
received from Miss Wilhelmina r.
Rhode: "A riot of color met the eyes
Of q group Of pilgrims from the Bur-
followed the lead Of their hostess, Mrs.
A. p. Weckerly Of Chevy Chase, around
the grassy paths of an old-fashioned
English garden. There were S5 va
rieties Of flowers blooming there on
the eve Of September. An interesting
feature Of the pilgrimage was the ar
rangement Of two boxes Of cuttings,
one showing the perennials and the
other the ANIMALS. Looking these over
and commenting upon them before go
ing into the garden aided the visitors
to spot and name as many different
plants and flowers as could be remem-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-14
THE PONDEROSA

The tomato is an extremely variable
fruit both in respect to size, color and
shape. One would hardly believe that
the small cherry tomato on the one
hand and the giant PonderoSas on the
other are the same vegetable. In re-
spect to shape there is even more varia-
bility, giving rise to the distinctive
names of pear, plum and cherry. In
improved garden varieties, there are
f1attened types, spherical types. smooth
and irregular types. In color the range
includes almost pure whites, yellow,
purplish red and bright reds. There
seems to be no definite association be-
tween any of these external char
acteristics and quality. Markets, as q
rule prefer the smooth, round fruits,
but the home gardeners have come to
realize that the large, rather coarse
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under moisture conditions that would
not start some of the vegetables.
It h. not too late for the bean beetle
to damage lima and other beans. For
some fortunate reason the second
brood of beetles was not Is ABUNDANT
as the Spring brood, but there Is still
time for their destructive work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-14

columns recently Of an exhibition Of
flowers held at o meeting Of the Bur-
leith Garden Club that led to the In
vitation to visit this charming spot in
Chevy Chase. Thus 1t Is that our
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-14

newspapers often furnish the rnesn5
Of contact Of those of mutual interests
who otherwise might never meet, and
thereby many pleasing results are OBJ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-14

bered. Mrs. Weckerly Is flower lover
and has many novelties not found in
the usual home garden. Among the
delphintums were two Of choice color.
1T was owing to the notice In these
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-14

plants are obtainable from many nurs-
erymen. sometimes under the synony-
nous name Of st. Regis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-14

varieties such as Ponderosa may be ex-
cellent In quality
Ponderosa occurs in two colorS, pink
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06
BIG B. & 0. SURPLUS
FORECAST FOR YEAR
Special Dispatch to The star.

special Dispatch TO The star.
BALTIMORE, December GA sur
plus Of approximately $2s.oOO,O00 is
forecast for the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road for the current year. This would
compare with $26, 400 last year. II
the balance for the year reaches the
figure indicated 1t will mean earnings
available for common stock dividends of
nearly $1l q share on $256, DOC. 800 now
outstanding. Per share earnings last
year on $2l5, 1877, 900 common stock then
outstanding wGs $12.43.
Figured on the basis Of average
amount of stock outstanding during
1929, the per share earnings this year,
assuming that the final surplus is $685.
O00. 900, would be $11.90 q share.
The management has been very lib
eral in expenditures on maintenance.
This is revealed by the figures for the
first 10 months, which are $5,7S6, 1866
larger than for the corresponding pc
Rod Of 1928. For the full year Of 1929
it is likely that the increase in mainte:
nance expenses will considerably exceed
So, 100000.
Common dividend requirements this
wear will be $l4,7OO,0 900 against $12,911,-
225 last year, the increase being due to
raising the rate from So to 81 annual
basis in September and the increase in
the amount Of common stock. Next
year common stock dividends will call
for ST., 941 900.
It is calculated that out OF this years
earnings of the Baltimore & Ohio there
will be available for profit and loss
roughly $l3,O0O,O00. At the current
market price, Baltimore & Ohio COM
mon stock yields So per cent. This
compares with per cent for Pennsyl-
vania Railroad stock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06
TOBACCO INDUSTRY
SHOWS STEADY GAIN

Tobacco sales are continuing the
steady increase which has character
lied the industry for more than q year
and have shown no sign of q recession
as result of the recent stock market
liquidation, the Hoover business con-
ference at the United States Chamber
OF Commerce was told by Charles Dush-
kind OF New York, counsel for the To-
bacco Merchants Association Of the
United States, in reporting upon recent
surveys undertaken to determine the
situation of the industry.
There have been no signs Of any
recession in the tobacco industry" Mr..
Dushkind declared. ION the contrary,
the industry Is not only continuing its
usual progress, but the increase in con-
sumption Of tobacco products in the
six months ended october 81, as re-
fiected by the internal revenue taxes
paid, amounted to $50 per cent over the
corresponding period of 1928, which it
self showed a gain of 758 per cent
over 1927.
These figures were computed from
the offlcially reported internal revenue
tax payments for the reason that, with
the tax rates on the various types of
tobacco products fixed and stationary,
the taxes paid the Government must,
Of course, accurately reflect the volume
of business.
1.-THE internal revenue figures show
that in the six months ended october
81 the taxes paid on tobacco products
amounted to $244, 622, 494.25, as COM
pared with 1928, 216 ,397.02 in the cor
responding six months in 1928"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06
BOND list HIGHER
ON HEAVY BUYING
Treasury Issues and Other
High Grade Securities Make
Good Gains.
Special Dispatch to The star.

NEW YORK, December 6.-The high
grade investment market today was in
fiuenced entirely by the ga per cent
rate set by the Treasury Department on
its latest issue Of certificates of indebt-
edness This is the lowest figure at
which the Government has been able to
borrow since 1927 and 1t emphasized
more than any other development of
the deflation period the abrupt change
that has taken place in money market
conditions.
Naturally this rate stimulated buying
of all Treasury issues and had a pro-
nounced effect on all classes Of nom
taxable securities. Not only were
Treasury issues at their highest for this
movement, but there was a broad de-
mand for Federal Farm Loan bonds
and for municipals, which are now ex-
tremely difhcult to obtain with the
basis of offerings changing from hour
to hour.
Gains Are Broad.
Most fortunate are those municipali-
ties That have sales scheduled for the
next few weeks The outlook for the
New York City loan next Wednesday
favors q substantial premium for the
Az per cent bonds.
with one or two exceptions the prime
list OF bonds was higher. Atchison
General As, New York Central SIS,
Southern Pacific APPS. Great Northern
Is, YOUNGSTOWN Steel & Tube SIS, Stand
ard Oil of New Jersey 412S, Standard
Oil Of New Jersey SIS, Columbia Gas IS,
Canadian National 4hs. Canadian Pa
cific IS, and General Steel Castings 512s,
made advances. The exceptions were
st. Louis-San Francisco A Is and Union
Pacific first IS. American Telephone
5ias were unchanged at lot, close to the
high price for 1929.
Traction bonds improved in slow
trading. Brooklyn Manhattan Transit
IS, Observation-Disclosures issues and In
terboro Rapid Transit bonds gained. In
1884, gained a point; Sinclair 61as and
Is were fractionally better and Philips
Petroleum 5ks gained an eighth.
The most active trading was again
in the junior descriptions of the rail-
roads, but gains were not in the ma
jority. st. Paul adjustments, Chicago
& Great Western IS, MisSouri-Pacific
5lzs. Southern Railroad As and Texas
& Pacific @ IS were weak. Interna-
tional Great Northern adjustments, up
Il point, were at new high for the
current movement. New Haven 4 l2S and
Rock Island 4l2s were q shade stronger.
Convertibles formed only q small part
OF the trading. at virtually unchanged
levels.
Foreign List.
Foreigns were irregular in a good
volume Of trading. Profit taking by
those who bought these bonds at very
low prices last month was Offset by
the amount Of new money coming into
the market from abroad and those
American investors seeking high yields.
French, Belgian. German and Argen-
tinian descriptions improved, while
Brazilian, Colombian and Peruvian
loans were weaker. Argentine 5I2s were
q point higher.
The continued demand for German
governmental, provincial, NUM-
cipal and industrial-is taken as evil
dence of Germany's improved political
situation and the fact that obstacles
in the way of eventual settlement of the
Young plan difficulties are slowly being
cleared away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06
PATIENCE IS NEEDED
IN PRESENT MARKET
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December 6-The Bust
ness Economic Digest says:
"It becomes increasingly clear that an
important business depression is not a
nearby probability and it is now more
likely that the current recession, or, in
termediate movement, in business will
probability that it will terminate by
Spring
Our weighted average Of authori-
ties opinions occupies a favorable posi-
ton regarding the purchasing and hold
ing of recommended stocks on an out
right basis for the long pull. Patience
is necessarily one Of the most important
requisites Of successful investing, and
the present is no exception"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06
POTATO MARKET.

CHICAGO, December Up CO. s.
Department of Agricultural Potatoes
Receipts, 80 cars; on track, 500 cars;
total q. s. shipments, 7e7 cars: trading
slow, market dull; Wisconsin sacked
roundw hites, 2.20a2 AS: Minnesota and
North Dakota sacked round whites,
2.O0a2.25: sacked Red River OhioS
210a2.25; Idaho sacked Russets, 2.6Oa
2.05; few 2.95a3OO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06
Washington Stock Exchange


City & Suburban SSH 900 at SO. ~
Washington Gas IS B-S100 at 1003z
Potomac Electric 90 pfd.-5 at 1O8K,
at 10eL4, / at 1O81k.
Merchants Transfer & Storage pfd.-5
at 100, Is at 100.
National Mtge. & Inv. pfd.-40 at 334.
Peoples Drug Stores pfd.-5 at 100.
AFTER CALI.
Capital Traction Colo at 1884, 20 at
1884, 10 at 1884, 20 at 75%.
City & Suburban 5S-$1 900 at 81.
Peoples Drug Stores pfd.--l0 at 1882,
30 at 10Slz, 10 at 1881, 10 at 1o8Is
10 at 108, 20 at I0S.
Merchants Transfer g. Storage CONF
at Ill.
Merchants Transfer Il Storage pfd-5
at 100.
Potomac Electric So '5s-sl, 900 at lOs.
Bid and Asked Prices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06

Mrs. NJ. Ravenscroft, aged 81, was
successfully operated on for appendicitis
recently at Llandudno, Wales.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-09-20
(Havre Daily News

t6dNT6 Odlly N6MoJ
Minneapolis is experiencing an
other of it's periodic crime waves
and the Minneapolis Tribune is
indulging in a vigorous criticism
of the Minnesota parole board, as
it has been revealed that out of
six criminals apprehended, five
have been proven to be paroled
from the Minnesota state prison.
The parole board has made
answer to the criticisms of the
Tribune with the rather familiar
statement that he persons paroled
were model prisoners" and to
this the Minneapolis daily in turn
replies that the common expert
ence of crime experts is that the
real tough guy" is usually the
model prisoner. Says the Tribune:
"The great weakness of the
redemption theory is to be
found in the f~allacious assump-
ton that prison behavior is a
dependable index to extra
prison behavior. Common
sense should tell anyone that
the good prisoner is likely to
be the smart crook and the
smart crook is likely to be
the dangerous type of crook"
In other words, the smart crooks
are able to repress their emotions
and come easily under prison dis
cipline, while the more stupid and
inexperienced are apt to be more
rebellious,
There has been a crime a of
major proportions in and about
Helena and western Montana;
bank r%obberies, lootings Of homes
and the holding up of motorists
being among the crimes commit
ted. Evidently a desperate gang
has been operating and some of
them have been caught and Jailed.
But at the last meeting of the
board Of pardons eighteen persons
were parOled, among them being
those listed as robbers, forgers,
morphine addicts and a few who
committed assaults of various de-
grees. The Helena Independent
headed the news story Eighteen
Lucky Prisoners Paroled from
State Prison" But what of the
public? Is it in good luck to have
eighteen criminals turned loose
upon society? We are prepared
to believe that the Helena paper
would have had a different head
ing if the former governor and his
pardon board had taken such ac-
ton.