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Evening star., 1932-04-10
PLANTING METHODS

Todav's picture, taken from one OF
the DEPARTMENT of Agriculture pulle-
tins on strawberry growing, tells SIM
pie but effective story. That IL Is nloIe {
or less accurate will be admitted py
any gardener who may have watched a
beginner or a careless worker settlng
out plants. Most any one would ADMIT
the danger of planting as deeply as
shown at the left but not every one
would see the hazard OF shallow plant
ing as on the right. That the plant
should be reset at just about the deptn
it originally grew IS an accepted LacI.
Where the crown is buried, the plant
will likely rot and die, and where the
crown is above the soil, the roots are
more or less exposed to intense sun
light and drying and the plant CANNOT
thrive.
In planting out bed Of Strawberries,
and this is an excellent time to do SO, IL
will pay to take little pains. One
can simply insert a spade and open
hole large enough for the roots. but
for the small home garden bed with lts
two or three dozen plants one may
better open the hole with the troWel
and then draw in the soil again, press
ing it firmly about the roots with the
hands
In purchasing strawberry plants for
the 1888 crop, it is well to recall that
each plant will make many new plants
before Fall so it is not necessary to
plant closely, 18 inches apart in rows
80 to 36 inches apart is not too great
spacing for Strawberries on fertile, we'll
cared for garden soil.
Evening star., 1932-04-10
THE NATIVE HOLLY

Prof W. r. Ballard, extension horti-
culturist of the University of Mary
land, in his Ornamental Garden Notes"
extols the native holly as plant ma
terial for the lawn or hedge. Here is
a plant that is adapted to local soils
and climate, and that does not require
the pampering that must often be ac-
corded to exotic species. The foliage
is evergreen-that is, the new leaves
are quite well developed before the old
ones turn brown and drop off in late
Spring. AS pointed out by Prof. Bal
lard, there are two sexes in holly,
namely, male and female. the latter
producing the attractive red berries
which have made the holly so treas
ured and so eagerly sought. Fortu-
nately, the holly plant blossoms when
quite small and 1t is possible to select
the berry-bearing plants at an early
stage. Cuttings taken from berried
plants offer a sure way to produce
desirable plants. The best time to
take cuttings is said to be the middle
of September. The cuttings should be
placed in a cold frame, the soil OF
which is a mixture of sand and peat.
Mr.. Ballard adds that the holly
succeeds well in shady locations and
may be planted on northern exposures,
where direct sunlight is meager. The
holly withstands clipping and may be
used for hedges. The best time to
transplant holly is said to be in early
Spring. As much of the root system
as possible should be saved and the
top severely pruned or stripped OF
leaves to allow the roots time to get
started before required to supply much
water to the top.
Evening star., 1932-04-10
BIG FEDERAL WASTE
CHARGED BY EDITOR
Col. Mccormick of Chicago De-
clares Departments Not Much
Better Than Rackets."
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 9.-The
United States Departments OF Com
merce, Interior and Agriculture "are
not much better than rackets," Col.
Robert r. Mccormick, editor and pub
Usher of the Chicago Tribune, told the
City Club here today.
The criticism was applied in a speech
in which he charged that great post
war "thefts' of public funds had been
perpetrated under the guise Of neces-
sity or deSirability in service.
Postwar taxation, said Col McCor-
mick, foisted on the public by an army
of political jobholders" has brought
civilization to the verge of bankruptcy.
An economic upturn would be the re-
suit if Government officials could be
compelled to eliminate 80 per cent of
the waste" in their operations, he said.
Complete and inescapable ruin," a
fall like the fall of the Dutch Repub-
lie and the Roman Empire" is the
course laid out by leaders of the Gov
ernment. Col Mccormick declared.
IF you ask me what is the alterna-
tive" he continued Il will make this
statement, and will continue to make
it: There is not a cabinet officer there
Is not a member of Congress who can
demonstrate that orie-hah of the money
appropriated for any department Of
Government Is used for the purpose
DESIGNATED"
Evening star., 1932-04-10

Whether guilty or not, and the evi-
dence is strongly in the bees favor, be-
cause it has no biting mouth parts,
the bee more than makes UP for 1t
by its work in pollinating our fruit
crops. Much evidence has been OBJ
tanned concerning the work of bees by
building screened cages about small
trees. Many fruit varieties, when so
covered, will not set single fruit, de-
spite the fact that air blows freely
through the cage and could bring in
pollen if that were the way 1t were
carried.
Honey bees are very fond of fruit
nectar and work very vigorously when
the weather is bright and warm. The
bees get pollen grains over the legs and
body, and when they pass over the
piStils some of the grains cling to the
sticky surface and begin to grow. The
bee Is thus, unconsciously of course, a
great sower of pollen. Fruit growers
recognize this fact to the extent that
they often hire hives of bees during
the blooming period and forego spray
ing during this critical period lest they
poison the bees.
1t is possible to have ideal weather,
plenty of bees and abundant bloom and
still no fruit-that is, if one had an
isolated Stayman Winesap apple tree
or an isolated block of this or any
other self-sterile variety. In this case,
the only thing that can be done Is to
go to another orchard and cut some
bouquets of bloom and place them in
jars in the self-sterie orchard. With
this favorable pollen, the bees will pro-
duce results. At the same time, gratis
Of the desirable varieties should be
inserted in some of the trees with a
view to permanently overcoming the
trouble in the future.
Evening star., 1932-04-10
GARDEN NOTES

Now that peach trees have come into
bloom, it is no longer possible to spray
with Winter strength sprays for control
of peach leaf curl and scale insects.
The next peach spray should be applied
when the shucks are dropping off the
young fruits and should consist of two
ounces of powdered lead arsenate, four
ounces Of hydrated lime and two gall
Ions Of water or Of larger quantities
made up in the same proportion. This
spray is for plum curculio which causes
wormy peaches.
When spray recommendations call for
powdered lead arsenate or powdered
lime sulphur, 1t is obvious that more
of the paste or liquid form will be
needed to make an equally effective So
lutlon. 1t Is evident that one should
read labels with some care.
Thousands of roses and other plants
are now being offered by local stores
at very reasonable prices. Possibly the
question arises IN many quarters as to
the wisdom of buying these plants as
against dealing directly with nurseries.
There is no gainsaying the fact that
many local people have had excellent
success with store nursery stock When
it comes to the matter of a plant pro-
pagated by cuttings such, for example,
as the Paul Scarlet Rose, there can be
no essential difference between plants
wherever purchased.
With Golden Spur, Sir Watkin and
many of the early trumpet daffodils
or narcissus, as one may call them, in
bloom the flower shows will be with
US very shortly and for flower lovers
the sooner the better. In some cases,
narcissus leaves look just as If scared
by flame, but the flowers appear to have
escaped the freeze more successfully,
because in most cases they were still
under the soil when the cold blast
came.
Evening star., 1932-04-10
THE GARDEN CLUBS

At the meeting of the Neighborhood
Garden Club of Ballston, Va, April 4,
Prof. David Lumsden of the Depart
ment of Agriculture presented his beau
tifully illustrated lecture on Roses and
Their Culture" before a keenly inter
ested audience. The Neighborhood Club
meets on the first Monday of each
month. The officers Of the club are:
Mrs. Evelyn Cannon, president; Irwin
M. Quigg, vice president, and Mrs. Vera
Rothery, secretary.
The Takoma Horticultural Club,
meeting on the fourth Monday evening
Of each month, will have as it's guest
speaker for April DR.. Freeman Weiss,
Plant Industry, who will talk on dis
eases Of garden plants with special ref
erence to bulbous plants. This is a
timely subject, with many bulbs in
bloom and others coming along rap
idly.
B. Y. Morrison Of the Department
Of Agriculture presented an interesting
and instructive talk on English gar
dens at the meeting of the Woodbridge
Garden Club April 4.
The Woodbridge club will stage its
annual narciSsuS show on Saturday eve
ming, April 16, 7 to 10 o'clock at the
Woodbridge Branch of the Public Lii
brary, 2206 Rhode Island avenue north
east. The committee in charge con-
sists of M. c. Wilson, chairman, as
sisted by Mrs. j. P. Schumacher, Mrs
7 NntfnF
ident of the club; c. M. Nef and DR.
Freeman Weiss.
Miss Laura Ann Wadsworth, presi-
dent of the Neighborhood Garden
Club of Gaithersburg and Washington
Grove, announces that Mrs. Reese Of
Alexandria will be the speaker at the
meeting Of the club in the Gathers
burg High School Auditorium at pm.
tomorrow. The meeting will be open
to the public.
The second meeting Of the Com
munity Garden Club of Rockville was
held April / at the home of Mrs. E. L.
Billiard, who was assisted by Miss Ada
Thompson, associate hostess. The pres
ident, Mrs. B. T. Elmore, was in the
chair. Mrs. Leet, the vice president,
gave an account of a visit to the
Neighborhood Garden Club of Gathers
burg Mrs Yocum, chairman of the
Program Committee, outlined plans for
the coming season. Mrs. ]. Harry
Gormley, chairman of the Civic I'M
provement Committee, reported plans
were completed for planting in the
park. The speaker was c. l. Stengle
of the Bicentennial Commission.
Col, w. H. England, chairman Of the
Exhibition Committee, announces that
the narcissuS display of the Takoma
Horticultural Club, will be held April
IS and IA at the Takoma Park Branch
OF the Public Library, Fifth and Cedar
streets. The public is invited.
Evening star., 1932-04-10
RAIDERS "KILL" EDITION
OF COMMUNITY PAPER
Garry Off All Copies of Run Dis
cussing Chicago Primary and
Break Up Forms.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April Eight men raided
the offices of the Chicago Globe, a
community newspaper, today, threat
ened the crew of workmen, broke up
the forms and carried away all of the
24,O00 copies of an edition discussing
next Tuesdays primary.
Among the articles in the papers
seized by the hoodlums was one at
tacking the candidacy of State Rep
resentative Michael A. Ruddy. running
for reelection in the fourth senatorial
district and for fifteenth ward Repub-
lican committeeman.
The editor of the neighborhood pub
lication, George Florey, said the ar
ticle stated that every time Ruddy ran
for Office he was sponsored by "Polack
Joe" Salts and in former years by the
late John "Dingbat" Oberta.
The eight men carried pistols as
they entered the printing Office. They
lined the owner, A. D. Kaulakis, and
the workmen against the wall. After
smashing the forms and carrying the
papers into their automobile, the men
locked the workmen into a wash room
and fed.
Evening star., 1932-04-10
THE SOIL

In the vicinity of Washington one
encounters wide range Of soils from
easily workable sand to the stiffeSt
kind Of clay. Yet on all these types
there are successful gardens, successful
because the owner has learned to recog-
nize the peculiarities of his soil and
how to feed and handle it to advantage.
Soils are chiefly of two primary origins,
broken-down rock and decayed vegeta-
t1on. Our local soils are mostly in
the former group. Muck and peat are
examples OF soil derived from decaylng
vegetation. AS a matter Of fact, a
soil that combines both mineral and
plant refuse is ideal This is why
garden writer's urge the use of cover
crops, organic matter and humus.
Light, sandy soils are practically all
Of mineral origin and of rather infer
tile minerals at that Yet if pure sand
is. supplied with fertilizer and organic
matter it will produce excellent crops.
The soil should not be thought Of
simply as an inert mass for mechani-
cally supporting trees and plants. 1t
is actually teeming with microscopic
life, some of which Is highly favorable
to plant growth and some harmful.
Humus, organic matter and plant ref
use favor the development Of these use
ful soil inhabitants. Early tillage in
the Spring apparently activates certain
Of the beneficial organisms, perhaps
by aiding in warming the surface
soil.
Although we generally think of soil
fertility in terms of nitrogen. phos-
phorus and potash content, it is rather
obvious that its real meaning has no
such narrow restrictions. There are
really many factors concerned in the
including control of soil moisture by
drainage, maintaining the content OF
plant matter commonly known as or
ganic matter, admission of full sun
light. methods of tillage employed and
fertilizers. Only by having plan that
takes all of these into consideration
can the soil be expected to render its
maximum service.
Evening star., 1932-04-10
J0BLESS AID SESSION
CALLED BY ROOSEVELT
Advisory Committee, Meeting April
13, to Consider Plans for Com
ing Summer and Winter.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ALBANY, N. Y, April Gov
Roosevelt has called for April Is an
economic conference of his Advisory
Committee on unemployment problems
THE Governor" said a statement by
the executive Office. lis seriously con-
cerned about the likelihood of there
being another Winter of unemploy-
ment and hopes TO lay the basis for
a realistic and practical method of
planning not only for relief but for
reconstruction"
The State virtually has exhausted the
$20,000,000 unemployment relief fund
appropriated by last Summers extra
session of the Legislature. The recent
Legislature appropriated IS 1000, 900 more
TO be used to tide the relief program
along until the voters have acted this
Fall on referendum for 100000 900
bond issue.
Evening star., 1932-04-10
BONUS FIGHT DECLARED
CUTTING LEGION ROLLS

By the Associated Press
PITTSBURGH, April e.-William B.
Clare, poor director Of Philadelphia and
member OF the Pennsylvania State
Executive Committee of the American
Legion, told the committee today that
'pussyfooting' by the national officers
OF the Legion on the bonus and pro-
hibition questions is causing a decrease
in membership.
The national commander comes out
ana speaks against the bonus and he
doesn't represent the posts" Clare said.
The commanders are, meeting the rank
and file and we know that they demand
the bonus
The national commander was given
a referendum on the prohibition ques-
ton at the last convention. He does
not stand upon it. Instead he is
around puSsyfooting with dry leaders" F"
After Clare's speech the committee
went into executive session. The
Legionnaires are here to plan for a
State convention.
Evening star., 1932-04-10
W., B. AND A. CITED
FOR $48,287 TAXES
Receiver Given Until April 81 to
Show Why Baltimore Should
Not Be Paid.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, April 8. - George
Wesms Williams, receiver for the
Washington, Baltimore g. Annapolis
Railroad, has been given until April 81
to show cause why the company should
not pay taxes amounting $4s,287 to the
City OF Baltimore and the State of
Maryland Nr
The order was signed today by Judge
William Coleman following the filing Of
a petition in United States District
Court by r. E. Lee Marshall, city So
ncltor, on behalf Of the Mayor and
City Council.
The petition lists the taxes plus pen
altles and interest amounting S25, ,481 II
Tor 1881 and taxes alone totaling $22,-
806.29 for 1882.
The w, B. & A. was placed in the
hands OF receivers in January of last
year, as was the Annapolis & Chesa-
pe-Ee Bay Power Co., subsidiary of
the railway company
Mr.. Williams was appointed receiver
Tor the railway and Albert G. Towers
was named receiver for the power
company.
Evening star., 1932-04-10
% HELD IN SEIZURE
OF ALLEGED RUM CARGO
Capt. Bagley of Newport News Is
Arrested on Smuggling
Charge.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April e-Four officers
and l9 sailors, who we're arrested with
the seizure last night of the collier
Maurice Tracey with a cargo of al
legged liquor, were arraigned before a
United States commissioner today and
held in bail for hearing on April 90.
They were charged with smuggling
The ship, valued at $500,000 was
seized at coal docks in Astoria, Queens.
The alleged liquor cargo consisted of
2,000 cases valued at 100000.
The officers arraigned and the bail
fixed for them were
Capt. William E. Bagley, Newport
News. Va. $4,000; First Mate AnseI
Skolf1eld, Portland, Me, $4,000; Second
Mate Jonathon r. Johnson. Portland,
Me, $3,500; Chief Engineer Nils Grun-
berg, Stonehan. Mass, $4,000.
Bail for the sesmen was set at 81 500
each.
Evening star., 1932-04-10
Woman Wears Arctic Effect.

Among the unusual costumes seen in
the fashionable West End of London
recently was that Of woman who was
garbed in a Persian lamb coat with
shawl collar and huge cuffs of tailless
ermine. A carved crystal brooch on her
black velvet tam" represented an ice
berg. Her long earrings resembled
icicles. Another woman wore hat en-
broidered on the crown with a cross
word puzzle
Evening star., 1932-04-10
Ruins Change Road Route.

Finding the ruins of Roman anphi-
theater during work on an improvement
plan OF Chester, England. has caused
Improvements Committee has decided
that no stone of the ancient structure
should be destroyed because 1t is con-
sldered one Of the best examples Of
Roman work in existence. The pro-
posed road would have cut through the
seating bank of the amphitheater.
Evening star., 1932-04-10
Cleric Getting Shave
I'm Ritz-CarltonFinds
Lost Brother Barber
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, April "a clerical
gentleman got into the chair OF
Hazen Macdonald, head barber
at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, today
for a shave. Macdonald pro-
ceeded, stopping to study his
clients features.
Macdonald ventured the re-
mark: You are Walter, aren't
you?"
Surprised, the cleric answered
Yes"
They were brothers, who had
been separated since Walter then
a youth seeking fortune, set out
from their Fredericton, New
Brunswick, home 26 years ago.
After travelling to the Yukon and
other parts of the world, Walter
turned to the ministry 10 years
ago.
Evening star., 1932-04-10
LA TOILETTE CHARGED
WITH AIDING RADICAL S
Stand on Compulsory Military
Training Assailed by
Legion Speaker.
By the Associated Press.

MINNEAPOLIS, April 9.-John B.
Chapple, Ashland, Wis. newspaper
editor, in an address today accused
Senator Robert M. La Toilette of his
State ana President Glenn Frank of
the University of Wisconsin of Co
operating with radicals and Socialist
enemies OF the American order to
abolish compulsory military training in
the colleges"
AT a State American Legion and
Auxiliary conference. Chapple asserted
their activities represents an indirect
attack upon national security"
Not all disarmament advocates are
misguided idealists," Chapple said.
Many OF them are persons and organ
1zatlons either Slyly or openly opposed
to the American order. Some Of our
prominent public figures are associated
perhaps unwittingly, although I doubt
1t, with these organizations"
Evening star., 1932-04-10
VOTERS RECORDING
PLACES ANNOUNCED
Montgomery Registration Of
fiCers to Convene in County
April 26.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special DlSpatcn 10 Ine star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, April 9.-To regis
ter and transfer qualified voters and to
enable all contemplating becoming citi-
zens Of the. county to declare their
intentions, the officers of registration
for the various election precincts of the
county the supervisors Of elections an
nounce, will be in session from 8 am.
until 9 pm. on April 26.
They will sit at the following places,
John Jones, clerk to the Board of" Su-
pervisors Of Elections, has announced:
Laytonsville district-Both boards in
Modern Woodmen Hall
Clarksburg-Both boards in store OF
Charles w. Gibson.
Poolesville-Both boards in Town
Hall.
Rockville-First precinct, both boards
IN Dixie Tavern. second precinct, both
boards in fire engine building; third
precinct. both boards in garage of Wal
lace E. Ricketts,, on Commerce lane
ColeSvllle-F1rst precinct, both boards
In w. G. T. U. Hall; second precinct,
both boards in Grange Hall, Burtons-
vile.
Darnestown Places Named.
Darnestown-A to j, garage of Arthur
w. Bean; K to z, garage Of Kelley Rice
Bethesda-First precinct, both boards
in County Building; second precinct,
both boards in Library Building Chevy
Chase; third precinct, both boards in
residence of j. J. Decker, Glen Echo;
fourth precinct, both boards in Masonic
Hall. Bethesda; fifth precinct, both
boards in fire engine building, Chevy
Chase.
Olney-First precinct, Hawkins ga
rage, Olney; second precinct, Memorial
Hall, Brookeville.
Galthersburg-First precinct both
boards in Masonic Hall; second pre-
cinct, both boards in garage of Charles
c. Waters.
To Meet in School.
Potomac-Public school building.
Barnesville-Both boards in Grange
Hall
Damascus-Both boards in Junior
o. U. A. Hall
Wheaton-First precinct, both boards
In store OF H. G. Hickerson, Wheaton:
second precinct, both boards in new
Armory Building, Silver Spring: third
precinct, both boards in Armory Build
ing, Kensington; fourth precinct, both
boards in basement of Presbyterian
Church, Takoma Park; fifth precinct.
both boards in fire engine building, Sill
yer Spring; sixth precinct both boards
in fire engine building, Takoma Park;
seventh precinct, both boards in base
ment Of Methodist Episcopal Church,
Woodside; eighth precinct, both boards
in public school building, East Silver
Spring.
The registration place for the ninth
precinct of Wheaton district has not
been selected.
The Democratic and Republican pri-
mary elections May 2. according to the
clerk TO the supervisors, will be at the
same places selected for the registra-
ton. The polls will be open from 6
am. until pm.
Evening star., 1932-04-10
BEES AND FRUIT

In the Autumn when the fruits, more
particularly the grapes, are ripe, many
fruit growers are ready to accuse the
bees Of puncturing the skin of fruits.
Evening star., 1932-04-10
THE HOME GARDENER

Surroundings
J. W..
Evening star., 1932-04-10

Two doors for the
price of one. AS a
screen door, covered
with mesh galvanized
screen, or a solid door
fitted with clear glass
for Winter. Made of
clean, white pine.
Evening star., 1932-04-10

Col. w. H England, chairman Of the
Exhibition Committee, announces that
the narciSsus display of the Takoma
Horticultural Club, will be held April
IS and IA at the Takoma Park Branch
OF the Public Library, Fifth and Cedar
streets. The public is invited.
Evening star., 1932-02-12

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