Evening Star Newspaper, May 17, 1931, Page 24

Veterans of Foreign Wars and_A. W. Masters. Comrades Wilbur C. Payne, Philip Talbott and Philip | B s_were added to the membership of the Post Home Committec. Respon- sive to a request of Associate Director Sol Bloom of the George Washington | Bicentennial Celebration Commiti-2 | that veteran ory | co-operation, Comdr. Cercell designated the fcllowing as a committee to aid |in his work: John L. King H. A | Weigel, H. F. Volkman &nd Arthur M. | Allen. reaths of V. F. W. buddy poprics e wtrlv be placed on all veterans' graves | The v. 7. W. Overseas Military Band, and strewn cn the waters of the seven |Drum and Bugle Corps, accompanied seas as America’s ‘annual tribute to the by more than 200 members of the de- memory of its war dead on Memorial | partment, went to Winchester, Va., to day. 1In connection with these annual participate in the parade of the an ceremonies, during the week of Memo- nual Apple Blossom Festival. The Tial day, the unit posts of the District |District of Columbia Department led of Columbia Department will have its | the 2d Division, out of recognition for annual sale of buddy poppies to raise having won both the nd prize T'And* relief funds. The Vetsrans of Foreign |first prize for the past two years. They MEETINGS THIS WEEK. ‘Wednesday, 8 p.m —Overseas Mili- tary Band, Drum and Bugle Corps, National Guard Armory, Sixth and Pennsylvania avenue. Thursday, 8 p.m.—Equality-Wal- ter Reed Post, No. 284, Pythian Temple, 1012 Ninth street. izations extend their | o - | 2gain achieved honors, winning the first ‘Wars is not under the organized Com prize of $125 and s silver loving cup for being the ‘“best-looking outfit” in the line of march. | 'The Ladles’ Auxiliary, National Cap- ital Post, No. 127, met Tuesday night when two new members were balloted on and two new members were initi- |ated. Senior Vice Department Com- | mander Hollingsworth made a short address. Senicr Vice President Gladys La Scola was appointed chairman of | Memorial Day Committee and Miss |Cora Ray chairman of the Excursion | C munity Chest fund, as are the other veteran organizations, and its sole source of revenue for conducting its great relief work throughout this com. munity is derived from the annual sal of the buddy poppies and from its an- nual Armistice ball event. The sale is annually indorsed by the President of the United States, as well as by the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, by State Federations, the American Federation of Labor, fraternal organi- zations, religious leaders and business and professional associations, including the Merchants and Manufacturers’ As- soclation of Washington, D. C.~ ; President Hoover this year has sub- scribed his indorsement in the following words: “I warmly commend the annual ‘buddy roppy campaign, which is con- | ducted under the auspices of the Vet- erans of Foreign Wars, as a means of cral civilian contribution in the re- E;‘ work for disabled and needy vet- erans and their dependants. It not only gives employment to disabled veterans, but also aids in the maintenance of a national home for widows and orphans of deceased veterans in Eaton Rapids, Mich.” The department’s annual encamp- ‘ment wiil be held June 18, 19 and 20. and definite announcement will be made at an early date as to the place of the convention. All post resolutions must | be received by the department adju-| tant ‘before June 1 in order to insure their consideration by the encampment, At the last department council meet- ing a charter was recommended of issuance by the national organization, to b2 known as the Maj. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards Post, in memory of that {llustrious Army officer of the 26th Di- Visions. There is at present in the Dis- trict ‘of Columbia a Yankee Division Bociety, and it 15 expected that most | of the members of such body, as well | #s many ex-Yankee Division veterans,| will constitute the membership of the| new post. | A national citation, first-class, was voted to Comrade Walter P. Boehm for his work and achievements as manager of the unemployment soup kitchen, which during the Winter months served over 54,480 meals to needy veterans and the hungry men of this city. The reso- lution for this citation now goes to the which meets early in September. ‘The District of Columbia Department | and its constituent posts have accepted the invitation extended by Washington Lodge, No. 15, B. P. O. Elks, to partici- | pate in the Flag day services at th Sylvan Th-ater, Monument Ground:. at 8 pm. June 14. Department Comdr. Thomas, accompanied by his official | staff, has signified his of at- tending and has urged the membership at large to turn out in force. ‘ommittee. Misses Morano, Cordoza, Oswalt, La Scola and Scheible were appointed to present the colors at the massing of tHe colors to be held at Mount St. Al- bans, May 24. Misses Marano, Co doza, Muschlitz, Oswalt and Scheible were apointed to act as ushers at the amphitheater at Arlington on May 30. Past President Margaret Jacobson will represent the auxiliary at the U known Civil War Tomb. Mrs. Ba:rick, who i5 a Gold Star Mother, will place | the wreath on the unknown World War temb. Memorial services will be held May 24 at 10 a.m. at Rock Creek Cemetery in memory of Mrs. Balcom. A special poppy meeting will be held tomorrow night in Room 324, Colorado Building. The regular visit to St. Eliz- abeth's Hospital will be made today. Grand Marshal Charles W. McCaffrey of the United Spanish War Veterans, who was selected for this post by the Grand Army of the Republic, has an- nounced the details of the parade on Memorial day, prior to attending the exercises in the amphitheater at noon at_Arlington National Cemetery. The various organizations participat- ing in the parade will assemble at 9 o'clock, May 30, on the south side of Pennsylvania avenue, between Seventh Navy. A board of officers of the Navy Med- ical Department will be convened at the Navy Department May 20 for the purpose of recommending two officers of that corps for promotion to the | rank of rear admiral to fill vacancies that will be created by the retire- ments, for age, of Rear Admiral Rob- ert M. Kennedy, on July 1, and Rear Admiral Edward R. Stitt on August 1. This_Selection Board will bc composed of Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, U. 8. N, retired; Rear Admiral Stitt and Rear Admiral Ammen Farenholt, with Lieut. Comdr. George P. Carr (M. C.) as recorder. Twenty-three captains of the Medical Corps are | eligible for consideration by the board. They are: James F. Leys, Frank C. - | Cook, Charles M. De Valin, Charles lington National Cemetery June 7 at 2:30 pm. Ao end the. auspioes ‘o oo to be under at of District of Columbia Chapter, Military Order of the World War, at Washington , A Cathedral May 24 at 4 p.m., members of the V. F. W. will assemble, with their post colors, to join in the patriotic service. | 1 Capital Post, No. 127, met at | N.nom“ca Tuesday nllht.f when Comdr. pointed Comrade David F. Blakeman | Granville, L. P. Kindleberger, Arthur W. ibar, Theodore W. Richards, Middiston S | Elliott, Dudley N. Carpenter, James C. Pryor, John B.All):ennm Eugene J. Gro geny, Edgar Thomp- son, Will M. Garton, Wfllflm H. Be‘l’l Murphy, Richard C. Holeomb, George F. Freeman, Charles St. J. But- Instead of going to duty as chief of staff to the commander in chief of the United States fleet, Rear Admiral | William D. Leahy will be detached | Coll from his present duty as chief of the Bureau of Ordnance and will sssume as color sergeant, to fill the station va- cated through the resignation of Com- rade Eli Lidstone bzcause of ill health. Comrade Blakeman was also appointed | a member of the Entertainment Com- mittee to replace late Comrade Francis C._Huhn, was made that Comrade Wil- ajor, post sergeant major, is now V. F. W. posts in Spain, France and Italy during his foreign sojourn, and at the May 26 meeting it is ex- pected he will tell of his travel experi- ences. Favorable vote was given to appro- priating 10 per cent of a special $200 fund to make possible the attendance of the Overseas Drum and Bugle CoIps at the National Encampment. The fol- Jowing were obligated to membership: Royal L. Kohn, 23d United States In- fantry; Walter B. Soloman, 116t2 Sig- nal Corps; Peter J. Dabone, Tth Field Artillery; Jesse M. Hart, 105th Am- munition Train. At the April 12 mesting_these comrades were cbiigateu Joseph Faucher, 7th Field Artillery ( transfer from California); George J. Brick, 14th United Statés Infantry; | Matthew G. Ice, 58th United States Infantry; George L. Meininger, U N., and Ralph M. Horne, 15th Trans- portation Corps. At Equality-Walter Reed Post, No. 284 .meeting Hardie Meakin, manager of R-K-O Keith Theater, was elected an honorary member, [34 d for his many valued services be- half of veterans. The post indorsed Daniel E. Campbell for department commander. The election will be hel in June. Comrades Starrett, Queeni; command about June 6 of the Scouting Fleet destroyers. Rear Admiral Wat T. Cluverius had previously been as- signed to command those destroyers, but his orders have been revoked and he.will continue du'y as chief of staff to the commander in chief of the United States fleet. Rear Admiral Leahy will relieve from the destroyer command Rear Admiral Walton Sexton, who is under orders to duty 25 assistant to the chief of naval op- erations. as relief of Rear Admiral John Halligan, who is under orders to the next course at the Naval War Col- Four additional captains will arrive in Washington shortly for duty. Capt. Harold G. Bowen, now on duty at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, will come to duty at the Navy Department as as- sistant chief of the Bureau of En- gineering. He will relieve Capt. Iyvan E. Bass, who will go to duty as aid on the staff of the commander in chief of the Asiatic fleet. Capt. George V. Stewart. now in command of the U. 8. 5. Arg-nne, will come to duty in the Bureau of Navigation. The re- maining two officers of this group will come to the Army War College here They are Capts. Douglas L. Howard, now at the Naval War Coilege, and Adolphus Staton, who is on duty with Destroyer Squadron 4 of the Bettle | Force. There was convened at the Navy Department last Friday a Navy Line Selection Board that will recommend | | about 45 lieutenant commanders for romotion to the grade of commander. The board consisted of Rear Admirals | Armyand Navy News Holton C. Curl, Henry E. Odell, Joseph | {Be;uzgohn M. Brister and Charles G. | and Gray were obligated to member- | Montgomery M. Taylor, John R. Y. thip and Comrade Queenin is now gerv- | Blakely, David P. Sellers, Prank H. ing 48 president of the Yankee Division | Brumby, Henry V. Butler, Harry E. Club of Washington. Through Mr. Liv- | Yarnell, Willlam D. Leahy, Orin G. ingston the poet has secured the use | Murfin and Walton R. Sexton, with of premises 722 Thirteenth street. as| Lieut. Comdr. Willlam I. Causey, jr., ~4t; headquarters for the poppy drive. as recorder The Ladies’ Auxiliary will assist in dis- sing of thes poppies. pnA‘Gulh' meeting next Thursday Wil- liam Tyler Page, clerk of the House of Representatives and author of the América’s Creed, will give a telk monthly meeting of the Ladies’ Auxfliary of Equality-Walter Fed Fost was, held at the 2zpartme of Miss Clags B. McCann. A party was given Mag 11 at Walter Reed Hospital for the fpatients in the blind, amputation and! heart-ailment wards. Cakes a iy ttes were distibuted. Mrs. Camp- M‘l Mrs. Boye» “Mother” Lteed, MIrs. La n and Mrs. Shaw were hostesses. A surprise party was given at the apart- ment of Mrs = Golden, president of the Auxiliary, May 9, who is leaving shoftly tor th> West Coast on a rest and h-alth trip. Pront Line Post. No. 1401, met at Lo- an Hall last Monday evening. Comrade aul G. Chandler was elected a trustee, ve untl June 39, 1932, flling th- | administrative division, will go to Or- | omd v ganized Reserve duty at New Orleans, | offige vacated through the resignation of rade Harry F. Volkman, jr, who was recently elected junior vice com- mander. Oeo'x?fl O. Hyde, William E. Bowers, Harold C. Fellows, Joseph Maley, Isadore Leavitt and 6. Kennell were elected to membership. Comrade ‘H. F. Volkman reported on the recen! jambores and minstrel show. The formation of a post rifle teal wilh an enrollment of 24 men, was anncunced by Comrade Jennings. An enplication for a charter in the United 2tes Rifle Association has been au- therized by the post. Capt. Louis Cu. keia of the United States Marine de- tachment of the Washington Navy Yerd and of the best shots in the coun- try has offered his assistance In train- ing.the team. The following were con- stit committee to plan for a July g: _Abr Crudd, James tm €z, sin J. Zetts ' Sancas Cuy, walle Zugene G. Ma It is e:timated that the number di- rected t> be recommended by this board, together with those recom- mended by the board that met last December ‘will be sufficient to fill the vacancies in the grade of commander that may occur up to the convening of the regular Selection Board next De- cember. Army. Nine officers cf the Quartermaster nd Corps now on duty at the War De- | partment in the office of the quarter- master general will, within the next | four ‘months, leave ‘for stations else- | where. Of these nine officers five are majors and four are captains. The list is headed by Maj. Louis C. Wilson, on cuty in the subsistence section of the | storage and distribution branch of the supply division, who will g0 to th> West | coast for duty as quartermaster at Ma- | ther Field, Calif. Maj. John T. Harris, |on duty in the memorial branch of the |La., while Maj. William R. White, on | duty in the war planning and training |branch of that same division, will go |to the Army War College. Maj. Henry B. Barry of the procurement branch, pply division, will go to duty at San 1mmw:o. Calif., while Maj. John D. | Kil) dt jon, will ‘take up his new dutles at New York City. | | The quartermaster captains who will ether with their | | leave Washington, |new duties, are: Willlam F. Riter, on duty in the war planning and training |branch of the administrative division, | will go to the 2d Corps Area headquar- ters at Governors Island, N..Y.; Alex- ander M. Owens of the supply division will assume his new duties at Brown, Tex. iward B. McKinley, on duty in the nt branch, will ‘52 to Wh, trick, on duty in the construction | THE SUNDAY STAR, and Ninth streets, forming as follows: The Grand Army of the Republic will form on the south side of Pennsylvania avenue, in column four files front, with the head of the column resting on Ninth | street; the United Spanish War Vet- {erans will form on the south side of | Pennsylvania avenue, between Sev:nth and Ninth streets in column of four files front, head of column facing west in the rear of the Grand Army of th> Re- public; the Veterans of Forcign Wars will form on the south sid> of Pennsy vania avenue, between Scventh and Ninth_streets in column of four files front, head of column facing west in the rear of ihe United Spanish War Vet- crans; the American Legion will form | on Indiana avenue between Ninth street innd ennsylvania avenue in column of | four files front, head of column resting south of Pennsylvania avenu- and fac- ing north. They will follow the Vet- | erans of Foreign Wars; the Disabled | American Veterans of the World War will form on Eighth street, south of Pennsylvania avenue in column of four | files front, head of the column resting at Eighth street and Pennsylvania ave- nue, facing north and will follow the | American Legion; the Indian War Vet- | erans will form south of Pennsylvania | avenue, between Indiana avenue and | Eighth street, in column of four files front, the head of the column resting | on eighth street facing east and will fol- |low the Disabled American Veterans; |the American Veterans of Hellenic Descent will form south of Pennsylva- nia avenue between Indiana avenue and Eighth street in column of four files | front, the head of the column facing | Eighth street east and will follow the Indian War Veterans. All other organizations participating in the parade will form on the west side of Ninth street, south of Pennsylvania avenue in column of four files front, the head of the column resting on Pennsyl- vania avenue facing north. They will form, fall in and follow in the line of march according to the rank of the veteran organization they may represent. The United States Ma ylvanie avenue west to Fif- teenth street, south of the Treasury, thence north on the west side of the Treasury Building to Pennsylvania ave- nue; west on Pennsylvania avenue to Seventeenth st and south on Seven- teenth street street, where it will disband. The harade will start promptly at_10 o'clock. The services at the tomb of the un- known dead 8f the Civil War. will be conducted by the Woman's Relief Corps, Department of the Potomac, at 11 o'clock. Dept. Comdr. Samuel G. Mawson will preside at Arlington National Cemetery: Senlor Vice Comdr. John M. Kline will be chairman of the exercises at Battle Ground National Cemetery and Dr. Wil- liam Tindall, junior vice commander, vill be chairman of the exercises at Congressional Cemetery. Benjamin F. Motley, department commander of the United Spanish War Veterans, will be :hurman at the Soldiers’ Home Ce2me- ery. on duty in the financial branch of the | administrative division, will go to duty | with the Oklahoma Natlonal Guard. | Up to this time six quartermaster offi- | cers have been selected to come to duty in the quartermaster office, four of whom are now taking the Army Indus: trial College course. These four will as- sume their new duties in the quarter- master general's office upon the com- pletion of their present course of in- struction. They are Capts. Harvey Ed- wards. William R. Buckley, Frank M. | Barrell and First Lieut. George M. Grimes. The other two officers are | Maj. James H. Laubach, on duty at the | New York depo., and Capt. John Porter, on duty at Fort Leavenworth, Kans. A number of changes among the commissioned personnel of the office of | the chief of Chemical Warfare Service | will become effective in the next few weeks. Maj. William N. Porter, on duty as executive officer in that office, | will go to Edgewood Arsenal, Md., about | June 20 for duty as assistant com- | mandant of the Chemical Warfare | | School. Maj. Rollo C. Ditto, on duty | |at the 6th Corps Area headquarters, ! Chicago, will, upon his arrival in Wash- | ington the latter part of June, be as- | signed to duty in the Chemical Warfare office, as will Maj. Haig Shekerjian upon’ the completion of his present | course of instruction at the Army War | lege. First Lieut. Arthur I. Ennis, A. C. | lieved last week by Pirst Lieut. Thomas | M. Lowe, recently on duty at Luke | Fleld, Hawaii. After participating in |the Air Corps maneuvers this month | Lieut. Ennis will go to the Afr Corps Tactical School at Maxwell Field, Ala. In order to lessen the financial ob- ligation im d on Army officers with large families making the change of station from the United States to for- eign service and vice versa, the War | Department has sranted authority for officers, including families, traveling through San Francisco on an Army transport to remain aboard during the stayover in that port. Only first and second-class pi ngers of the military personnel will be extended this privi- lege of remaining aboard the transport, znd & maximum limit of five days has been fixed for this accommodation, which ngpllu only to San Prancisco. At all other ports members of the mili- tary establishment will have to seek accommodations, as heretofore, for themselves and families ashore. This action has been done simply for the financial benefit of officers required to travel. It does not apply to mem- bers of the commissioned Tsonnel traveling of their own volition. | SN JUDGE CALLS DIVORCE PETITION “FRIVOLOUS” Woman Charges Husband With Queer Antics to Annoy Her. Declaring the petition for a limited divorce which Mrs. Eleanor M. Harris, 525 Lamont street, filed against her husband, Grover C. Harris, was “frivol- ous,” Justice Bailey today signed an order in Equity Court denying Mrs Harris alimony pending hearing of the | case. The wife had charged her husband's | made her “highly nervous and In addition to a legal sepa- ration, she asked the court to restrain | Harris from “annoying and troubling" her One of the allegations made in Mrs. Harris' suit was that her husband often would follow her from room to room and “sit or stand beside her and stare at her” She also charged that he would snap on the lights after staring | | at her, then would snap them off and | whistle or sing to annoy her. This would occur on an average of 12 or | mere times each night, the wife as- serted. Harris' have three chil- dren, two of whom are in high school, in the custody of the mother. Attorney Raymond Neudecker and Jean M. Boardman appeared on behalf of the husband. LEATHER MADE OF WOOL | Britons Turn Out Artificial Product After Year of Research. LEEDS, England (#). — Artificial leather has been made of wool after a year's guarded work by the British Wool Industries Research Association. The product is said to look much like real leather and have durable qualities rine Band will | well rotted manure without any com- The line of march will | mercial material added would furnish | ‘The same principles of plant growth that obtain in the garden also obtain in the case of plants grown in boxes or other limited confines—that 1s, the plants must be well supplied with food, must have sunlight, and above all must be provided with drainage. The last 15% no special problem in the open gar- den because the underlying layer of gravelly soil, usually present, soon car- ries away excess water. Plants in a waterlogged sofl simply cannot thrive. ‘The water crowds, the air out ef the soll and the soil soon becomes unfavor- able for root growth. Roots of ordinary cofl-growing plants have to bave oxygen as well as water and nutrients. Most manufactured plant boxes provide for drainage by having en interior box with holes placed within an outer water-tight receptacle. Where dripping water 1s no hazard, drainage may be provided for simply by cutting holes in the bottom of the ‘container. One may note that all flower pots are provided i with an opening in the base, years of | experience having taught the commer- | clal gardener that plants must have drainage. Leaf mold or peat moss added to the | soil will put it in much better condition for growing plants. The total amount of fertilizer to be used per box is small and some rather inert substance, such as bone meal, one or two handfuls per bushel of soil mixture, will supply suffi- cient nutrients at the start. In fact, a mixture of soil, leaf mold or peat and ideal growing conditions. Quite often where only a small quantity of soil is needed it may pay simply to purchase the necessary amount of soil from the nearby florist. PURPLE FOLIAGE | WASHINGTON, D C, MAY 11 BY J. W. WELLINGTON. ing from Spring to late Autumn and alyssum seif-seeds so freely lings. flowers resembling a cross. partment of Agricuiture. Sweet,_alyssum, planted along a perennial border. many admirable qualities, including resistarce to light frosts, continuous flower- that new plentin 1t is & member of the crucifer family, d! Photo by courtesy of the Extension Service, De- 1931—PART ONE. THE HOME GARDENER Practical and Seasonal Hints for the Amateur for Beautifying Surroundings of the Home. This humble plant has dainty be Generally, the sweet y be had from natural seed- 1guished by their four-petaled | as snapdragons, zinnias, ageratum, and | the like, realizing quite well the valuc At this season, when the new leaves | have just pushed forth, all trees and | shrubs look their very best. The foliage | is clean, brifht and attractive and | seems to fairly radiate lity. Con- | spicuous among the ornamental plant- ings are the purple and reddish purple leaved specimens, such as the purple beech, maple, plum hazels and barber- ries. Blended in among the green, a few well placed purple-foliaged plants are very attractive. Most of the pur- ple-leaved plamts arose as sports or | mutations froml the normal green types | and must, therefore, be propagated by buds or cuttings rather than seed. This | fact tends to make the purple-loliaged plants more expensive than those grown simply from seeds. Single specimens of purple beech are very striking and it is no wonder that they receive such gen- erous admiration. Purple beeches were included among the large trees recently | moved on the agricultural grounds and apparently have withstood transplant ing very successfully. Now that vegetables and flower plants are above the soil trouble with insecis will shortly begin. Perhaps the fi formidable pest is the cut worm, which has spent the Wint-r in the soil and is hungry for y icculent plant tis- sue. Just w 1t worm chooses to cut off young plants rather than simply eat portions of the leaves is perhaps not known, but it is this grievous habit that causes real harm. One of the best remedies for this pest is poisoned bran mash, made ur of one quart of bran one teaspoonful of paris green and mo- lasses-sweetened water in sufcient quantity to make a crumbly but not sloppy mass. One gardener suggests | that he has h: good success by simply adding paris green to chopped clover or vegetable leaves. The poi- soned bait should be scattered about the garden three or four tmes during tho planting season, choosing early evening | as a cesirable time so that the masa | may remain moist and tempting to the | cut worms, which, by the way, are| night feeders, as most any gardener | can attest who has had experience with this pest. | Another insect that is now beginning to work in th> garden is the asparagus | beetle. At present this pest is in the adult form, small brightly colored beetles that more or less resemble the harmiless lady bug. Shortly the tips of | the growing shoots will be covered with small black eggs securely fastened so that they cannot be jarred off. These | eggs hatch into soft slugs which feed ravenously on the foliage. Some .suc-‘ cess may be had by leaving a few uncut stalks and dusting these every three or four days with arsenate of lead powder mixed half and half with hydrated lime or used full strength. Any fine dust will hamper the feeding of the soft slugs. | Radish maggots affect all but the very early plantings of radish. Who is there who has not cut into a radish only to find that its interior has been traversed by a burrowing insect, itself more or less likely still present. Some years ago the New York Experiment | Station at Geneva demonstrated that excellent radishes could be grown at any time in the growing period by simply covering a2 temporary frame with “very coarse cheese cloth. The | covering excluded the flies which lay their eggs on the base of the young | plant. Insect pests are one of the handicaps that must be surmounted if the vege- table garden is to b» a full success One can scarcely think cf any spocles that can be grown without protection Corn ear worms, cabbage worms, to- | mato frult worms, cut worms with | omniverous habits, Mexican bean beetles—the list 5 formidable, but per- haps the development of a successful garden gives all the more satisfaction | because of the struggle against pests. GARDEN NOTES l Bechtel's flowering crab has wonder- ful beauty. Its light pink blooms, full double and quite like small roses, ap- ar in great profusion every vear and Rith & wel timed regularity that com. pares favorably with the oaks and other forest species. The trees are grafted on roots of other crabs, which accounts for the difference in size, but, as a whole, Bechtel’s crab must be classed as a small tree, and hence re- quires considerable space for proper | display and development. Bechtel's crab is a native American plant, hav- ing been found wild in Towa, from which fact it derives its technical name, Pyrus loensis. The trees form no fruits, a common trait with fMost double-flow- ered plants. One fault may be ascribed to this tree, susceptibility to cedar rust, and hence its use may be distinctly limited in smaller suburban towns where native cedars are nearby. | One of the bitterest arguments that | occupled early horticulturists—that is, those of 20 to 30 years ago and earlier— was that concerning the relative merits of grass sod and of cultivation for fruit trees. Partisans of clean cultivation claimed that grass was actually poison- ous to fruit trees, probably by exuding certain toxic substances from its roots. Later evidence suggests that apparently this toxicity was in the nature of star vation, the grass taking the nitrogen of the soil. It is an interesting fact that either in sod or cultivation the feeding roots of the apple tree are largely in the upper foot of soil, where they come in competition with grass roots. By supplying adequate nitrogen, such as nitrate of soda, ammonium sulphate or stable manure, to meet the needs of and be capable of being substituted for leather in many places. el hnlwmhmrwmh‘n‘mm in England in the forms of rolls, butter and cruet. . both the tree and grass, both will flourish. In fact, it would be quite im- possible to maintaln clean cultivation hillsides. on. g Home gardeners are busily ged now in purchasing annual pian‘i?."mh of these in supplying bloom during the | period following the Spring blooming | perennials, such as iris, pyrethrums, columbines, and so forth. The trade in annual plants in our city and its sur- rounding area must, indeed, be tre- | mendous, judging by the wide display of etock. That the instinctive desire to | grow plants is strong in the minds of homeowners is evidenced by the num- bers of young flowering and vegetable plans purchased. | In setting a young plant, the soil should be firmed about the roots. A simple test is to try to lift the plant after setting. If the plant pulls easily, it is safe to say that it was not proj erly planted. Pressing the soil agains the roots establishes the contact essen- UXM to rapid restoration of water sup- Ply. | The rains of the last few weeks have insured the grow'h of new seedings of grass. There is really no reason why | grass should not be grown any time | during the growing season if water is available. In a radio talk given last Autumn over station WRC, Dr. Earle B. White of Kensington suggested the following list of peonies: White, Pestiva Maxima, Frances Willard, Kelway Glorious, Le Cygne; light pink, President Taft, E. C. Shaw, Jeannot, Therese; dark pink, M. Jules Elie, Martha Bullock, Walter | Faxon and Kelway Queen; red, Phil- lipe Rivoire, Cherry Hill, Richard Car- vel and Karl Rosefield. Dr. White knows peony varieties by virtue of long experience, and his suggestions are worthy of consideration. By the way, he is an ardent advocate of Autumn, rather than Spring, planting. | The name wire grass is applied to | several weed grasses, such as crab grass | and Bermuda grass. Probably the par- | ticular wire grass that is now bothering | home owners is the Bermuda, which, because of its strong underground sto- lons and rampant top growth, soon puts the blue grass and other desirabl species to rout. According to the gr: specialists of the Department of Agri- culture, there is only one way to com- bat Bermuda grass and that is to dig it bodily out of ths soil. This means that if a lawn is badly overrun it must be spaded or forked, shaking out the Bermuda roots and stolons and care- fully removing them. Small sections of | stolons left in the soil will root and | grow, hence the eradication to be really | worthwhile must be complete. Bermuda | grass does not seed in this region, and | hence if one can get the plant out of | the lawn there is no need of it return- | ing unless brought back again in new top soil or rotted manure. The exclu- sion of this undesirable species is a strong argument in favor of using only commercial fertilizer for feeding the lawn. Just now when Deutzia lemoinei is in full blooom and smaller relative, D. gracilis, is beginning, one is re- minded of the beauty of this interest- ing and valuable group of plants. | Ranging from the gracilis varieties of scarcely more than 2 feet in height to the tall Pride of Rochester, which mav reach 8 or 10 feet, there is considerable | atlaptability of use in the group. Th= smaller species are so floriferous that from a short distance they appear as a FARM AND GARDEN. CRAPE MYRTLE Red Crape Myrtle. heavy, $2.00. Pfitzer's Spreading Junipers, 1 ft Barberry, 10c each in lots of MARYLAND NURSERY Edmonston (East Hyattsville). | Turn east to Wells Ave. at south | end of bridge at Hyatt week days: Sund bunchy and | 0, | God Tree O} Treea 2 feet high, nicely shaped. The biggest value for your momey you ever hai. World's most beautifu. Ever- o reens 4 spiéndia ad- Deodera dition to your garden. 0ot Reoie™ Pyramidal in’ " jorm with gracetul sweep- ing branches that caress the ground. The blue sheen of its needles sparkle in the sunlight like diamonda. Colorado Blus Spruce $9 .10 King o Evergreens 8-9-year-old. i Trees B to 6 yea HARDY AZALEAS NUDIFLORA—Pink. Early Bloomer, ise 3110 plants. FIVE FOR $5.00. EACH ' 1* Hardy Azal, Mollis $94 .10 B for $5 EACH The Wonder Arl d Slusters ot deap wrange. Dlsioms; Larse plants that “will bloom this summer. Special for this week only. ERIOAN ARBORVITAE. 1% to 1t all sheared. EACH 81,1 SIX FOR = RHODODENDRONS. Pink. and Purple. 1 to 134 ft.. 3 HYDRANGEAS. Pink 1yr.-old_pi: g 8 EVERGREENS— Special for. T- to Syenr-old trees. twice planted, sheared once. Freshly srom our Nurserfe 2 Arborvitaes, 2 Norway Spruce, nj 2 Juniper Communis, 2 Mugao Pines. 2 Bea. 31,25 e, 31,10 sl.ao trans- aug $1.25 Add 20c for Packinz and Insurance H ROAD | 2:AE.s?, NEW JERSCI 2 |on daffodils and Mrs. chairman of the Exhibition Committee, | | T&EVE solid mass of white and on bright, sunny days are literally swarming with bees and other honey seekers. THE GARDEN CLUBS l The Potomac Palisades Garden Club held its regular monthly meeting May 7 et the home of Dr. and Mrs. F. L. Benton, 4928 Reservoir road. B. H. Lane gave a brief but igstrl;xcuve talk spoks on the Spring flower show to be | g held May 21 at the Community Church, Cathedral avenue at Conduit road. ‘There will be a special class for mem- bers of other clubs desiring to com- | pete for the silver cup. Registrations are being made with Mrs. Mancill. Mrs. Lane's invitation to hold a gar- den party on her lawn Saturday after- noon, May 23, was accepted. This will also afford an opportunity for the na- ture lovers who falled to visit this ga den on the Georgetown garden pllgrim- age to visit it. Dr. Benton displayed numerous historic pieces of furniture, collected mostly in S8anto Domingo, and some of which were consiructed from salvaged parts of buildings erected by th= first white settlers. Miss M. E. Lazen- by then spoke of the Benton home being near the site of the famous old nursery of Thomas Main, who settled there in 1797 on a bluff overlooking the Po- tomac. According to Jefferson's Monti- cello overseer, wagons, sent laden with frults and vegetables from Monticello for the White House table, often came back with plants and shrubs from Themes Main's nursery. B. F. Rey- nolds, jr. president of the club, pre- sided. The other officers of the club are B. H. Lane, vice president; Mrs. E. C. Rittve, seeretary, and F. M. Thring, treasurer. The recent tulp show of the Takoma Horticultural Club was characterized by a wealth of exhibits, almost too many in fact for the available space. As usual red and pink shades predomin- ated, although there were some fine yel- lows and white. The yellow variety, Bouton d'Or, was particularly attrac- tive. Winn T. Simmons, chairman of the show, was commended for his man- agement. Some interesting specimens of original tulip species were disphytdv _FARM AND GARDEN. ANURE URES FERTIL 1z 9;( 5 ER :\\NHS & GARDEN WIZARD s pure sheep manure, high- Iy concentrated and sterilized to ef- factively destroy weed seed. A last ing soil bullding fertilizer, easy” to use. lants’ need the humus and natural food that W Used by pure sheey vour lawn, flowers, shrubbery and vegetables. ' Watch the new growth and beauty it brings. Avold inferior substitutes. Insist on Wizard at your seed or garden supply store, or write to. THE PULVERIZED MANURE CO. Cnion_Stock 3 RGREENS for Sl 10 Three-to-five - 4 MAY PLANTING TIME Spruce. 4 Nor- way Spruce. 2 Chinese Arbor- it BA 4 Norway Spruce, 2 Ar- forvise, 3 Musto Fines 3 suniper Gommunis, Teden bice transolanted: 2 over you FREE $1.10 this adverti 0 Ty may select stock from week only.) O L HIMALAYAS" 2 Trees, bl HARDY AZALEAS e : VAGNOLIA TREES " P 'Y ORIENT, rieh_brillancy .. o eqs fen varieties, Rock_Garden Evergree: ns. 10 Vties. $1.10 [ed-owerTn| Beautiful markings (in_bud) The FISCHER NURS! "R R T ks Mancill, | by Edwin C. Powell of Silver Spring and gave the visitors a concrete picture of the wonderful development that plant | breeders have brought about in thef tulip. The next display, that of iris, will be held at the Takoma Park Volun- teer Fire Department’s new quarters on | Carroll avenue. L. Harries 1) chairman of the iris show. | ‘The National Capital Dahlia and Iris Society has changed the location of its forthcoming iris show from the Botanic | Gardens to the lobby of the Carlton Hotel. The date remains the same, May 19 and 20. This will be the larg- est show of its kind in Washington this year and very well worthy of participa- tion by iris growers. Classes are open | for other Spring flowers. Mrs. N. B.! Payne is chairman of this show. A big feature will be the competition for the silver trophy donated by The Evening Star and now held temporarily by th~ Montgomery Suburban Garden Club of Somerset and vicinity. This cup finally goes to the club first winning three years. The number of points won by members are totaled to obtain the club standings. The Montgomery Suburban Garden Club and the Hyattsvill> Hor- ticultural Society each have had one year's success. E. W. Sheetz, iris and peony grower, e to have 450 to 500 varieties of iris and 175 varieties of peonies in his private display to be held at Woodward & Lothrop's store May 22 to 29. Mr. Sheetz has over 1,200 varletics of fris in his gardens besides many seedlings and ogd species. Prof. David Lumsden, horticulturist, Department of Agriculture, addressed the Bethesda Community Garden Club May 8 at the Battery Park club house Prof. Lumsden gave a talk on flower shows, discussing all aspects of prep- aration and carrying out of successful | affairs of this kind. His address was | followed by discussion of plans for the annual Spring flower show which the club is to hold in the Battery Park club house June 3. Mrs. Thorgas H. Mac- iDonl]d has accepted the chairmanship | of arrangements for the show. Novel | features will be flower arrangements for | table decorations and a “junior” exhibit {which will include bird houses and | | flower arrangements. | The club has enjoyed a steady growth | |in membership during the past few months. New members added to the roll since January, when the new board of officers was installed, include Mrs. | Ray E. Brown, Mrs. Preston E. Alex- ander, Mrs. George P. Bush, Mrs. W. W. | Mrs. 5. Menefee, Mrs. L. A. Kirschner. Mrs. E. N. Beall, Mrs. P. E. Brown, Mrs. Walker Vail, Mrs. F. G F. G. Mears, Mrs. Richard yle, W. W. Ross, Mrs. H. E. Hill, Mrs. Robert L. Jarnagin, Mrs. | 0. P M wn, Mrs Morton Milford, Mrs. E. W. Schultze and Mrs. M. D, | Tracy. | Mrs. Reginald B. Looker, the presi- | dent, conducted FPriday's meeting, and Mrs. A. B. Foster was chairman of the hostess group at the luncheon which (1011::%!, rv{lth Mrs. Peyton Whalen, Mrs. - H. Hartnett and Mrs, R. G. B: | _m‘n arrows e Community Garden Club of Rockville met May 8 and enjoyed a | pienic lunch on the spacious porch overlooking the farm of Miss Elizabeth McCulloch, the hostess at Colesville, Md. Mrs. George Hane, the president, conducted a brief business session, which was followed 2 program | devoted to wild flower conservation, a | | talk by Mrs. B. T. Elmore of Alta Vista | being the principal feature. M-mbers brought flowers from their gardens for judging. ‘These regular displays are a feature of the club’s meetings. Spring | flowering _shrubs and bulbs predomi- nated. Points are awarded at each | meeting and totaled at the end of the year as a basis for awarding prizes. | The next meeting of the club will be held Friday, May 22. | Air Freig] ht Carried. CROYDON (#)—Nightly freight ex- | Dress air service between here and Paris, has been inaugurated, the volume ofi, additional traffic justifying the experi- fifi“ which will be continued indefi. FARM AND GARDEN. BABY CHICKS ‘White Rocks, Barred Rocks, R. L Reds and Pure Bred' White Pekin Ducklings. Atherton’s Pet Shop 612 F St. N.W. ASTERS, Queen of the market, 40 plents for $1.00. ANDYTUFT. Empress Glant, R Doomis. 46 piants for $1.00. ., Double Blue, for Oy AU owera, 46 viants for $1,00. ANNUAL flowering in_pin 40 plants for S1. PHLOX DRUMMONDI, 49 piants for $1.00. SPECIAL OFFERS—100 Ann (your selection) fcr only for 3 ouble large | “RKSPE,“‘-}.& and biue annual Phlox, PHILLIPSBURG, N. J. On SEEKING DEATH, HIRES MURDERER Once Wealthy Hungarian Wine Merchant Sought Pro- tection for His Family. By Cable to The Star. VIENNA, Austria, May 15.—An ex- traordinary murder case, in which & once-wealthy man hired a murderer to kill him, so that his wife would get his insurance, is agitating the Vi- enna and Budapest police today. Linked to it indirectly is a Commu- nist agent-provacateur, once a cabinet minister under Bela Kun in Hungary, now, according to the story, suspected to be an attache in the Soviet lega- tion in Vienna. Rudolf Stienherz, a formerly rich Hungarian wine merchant, aged 52, was found in a railway carriage on a train between Budapest and the town of Ozegled with his head bashed in. He died before making any statement. A day later an excited boy named Priedrich Fischl, 18, gave himself up to Vienna police, claiming he was the victim of a grotesque fraud. He had a gold watch identified as belonging to Steinherz. Fischl_confessed, and told his story to the Budapest police over long-dis- tance telephone. He said Steinherz had hired him to commit the murder In the rallway train, he said, he hit Steinherz nine times on the temple with a heavy hammer that Steinherz had given him. It appeared that Stein- herz was insured for $17.500. His family would not get the money in the event of suicide. Intent on death, he wanted his wife and children to be provided for. He gave Pishcl the hammer. about in cash and his gold watch chl was t> go to the Soviet lega- tion in Vienna, ask for a man named Vigo, show the watch, and receive a “reward” of $5,000. In Vienna, after the murder, young Fischl rushed to the legation. Vigo wa: 6 | a well known, p2ople’s commissar unde: Bela Kun legation persistentl denjed that Vigo was cn its ctaff, so Fischl rushed frantic to the police and told the story. He will be tried next month in Buda- pest. Th» prosecution will ask the death sentence. Later it was revealed that Steinherz had recently applied for additional in- surance, and asked if the policy would b2 good in the event of his murder. The agent said yes. Steinherz laughed, say- ing, “It would be good business for me to get hit cn the head!” The insurance man thought he was joking and the insurance was issucd. So far the insurance companies are refusing the pay the policies to Stein- herz’s heirs. (Copyright. 1931.) LATEST IN SPORTS WEAR Bright Colored Coats Resembling House Jackets Are Worn. PARIS (#).—Bright colored coats re- sembling old-fashioned house jackets are 2 new wrinkle for sports wear. They consist of a short straight plece across the back, reaching just below th shoulder blades and attached to long sleeves. The coats, worn over whitc sports frocks, are made of bright light- weight wool banded at the wrist in different. colors. __FARM AND GARDEN. LANDSCAPING— The same careful attention given to the modest home 85 %o the lares estate. Estimates ree. Evergreens: Entire nursery under irrigation, insuring vigorous plants. Specimen’ trees, 85c up. A few dol- lars in Evergreens will add many dol- iars to vaiue and enjoyment of your ome. Perenniale: | Shasts, Datgr 3 for 23¢: perennial Aster, 3 for 50c; Sweet Wilitam, Coreopsis, Canterbury Bells, 4 for 25c SPECIALS: Globe Arborvitae, 12 to 15-1n. ball, $1.00; Am. Arborvitae, o 2° ft., ‘bushy. $1.00; Hydrangeas, pink. blile and white. 3 for $1: Thru Hyattsville to trafie left one block. During May and June for Summer Beauty SNAPDRAGONS, siant flowering 40 plants for $1.00. . ALY3SUM, Dwar! Gem, 40 £1.00. 2 5., Glant Dahlia Flowerins, 48 INNIA! Dlants for $L. TCCKS. 10 Best Double, 40 plants $1.00. fo: CALENDULA. Orange King, bright orange, eplendid for cut flowers, 40 plants for $1.00. & ual Plants, including 20 each of five varieties $1.95. 200 ANNUAL PLANTS, including 20 each of above 10 varieties. for only $3.60. The MANOR GARDENS DEPT. 7 Add 15¢ to your order for packing and postage Sale Monday and Tuesday Hardy Perennial Special Large Yellow, 10c = $1.00 *= ' Chrysanthemum Plants |- NOTICE Out SNAPDRAGON PLANTS, 50c dozen. LARGE CHINA ASTER PLANTS, 50c dozen. DWARF FRENCH MARIGOLD PLANTS, 35¢ dozen. GIANT ZINNIA PLANTS, 50c dozen. SCARLET SAGE PLANTS, 50c dozen. We Furnish Beetle Certificates for -of-Town Carriers 10 lbs. $3.75. 1bs. 90c, 25¢ lbs. $1.75, 50 PURE RAW GROUND $1.00, 100 1bs. $3.00. PEAT MOSS. SM Black leaf 40, 1 oz. 35c. Bordeaux Mixture, 1 1b. on Roses. 1 1b. 50c. Cabba MA 207 7th # Mann’s Evergreen Lawn Grass Seed and Mann’'s Shady Nook Lawn Grass Seed 45c lb., 5 1bs. $2.00, BAUGHGRO. The Ideal Plant Food for Lawns, Flowers, Gardens, Shrubs and Trees. 1b. 25 1bs. $1.00, 50 1bs. $1.75, 100 lbs. $3.00. SHEEP MANURE, WIZARD BRAND. 5 Ibs. 30c, 10 1bs. 60c, 25 1bs. $1.00, 50 lbs. $1.75, 100 Ibs. $2.75. COW MANURE, WIZARD BRAND. ALL BALE, $1.25; large bale, $3.50. Now is the time to spray. Niagara Pomogreen (Massey Dust) for Black Spot 3 50c, 10 | 1bs. $3.00, 100 1bs. $5.00. BONE MEAL. 5 lbs. 25¢c, 25 lbs. 40c. i Tomato and Pepper Plants, 30c doz. iflower Plants, 25¢ doz. d Sweet Potato Plants, 60c per hundred. Phone Natl. 1121