New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 20, 1930, Page 1

" [FIRST EDITON ESTABLISHED 1870 » NEW BRITAIN NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 193v. ; ;‘\...’r g LD Week Ending Sept..13th .. Average Daily Circulation For 15,099 :JEIGHTEEN PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS . FOUR COMMUNISTS T0 SURRENDER FOR " SOUTHERN CRIMES * Men Convicted of Slaying Chiel of Police 0. ¥. derholt Ready to Serve Sentences + BOTH RETURNING FROM RUSSIA, RUMORS ASSERT al and Hendric Went to Red Headquarters Without Permisston of American Radical Leaders— Cartemr and McLaughlin Were Hiding In This Country—Three More to Remain in Europe. New Ygrk, Sept. 20 (A—The New York Tithes says four of the seven communists under long prison sen- tences ip North Carolina in connec- tion with the Gastonia textile strike, have arranged to surrender to the authorities at Charlotte, N. C fore Sept. 29 to avoid forfeit bail. The men were convicted slaying of Chief of Police Aderholt and disappeared after the convictions were upheld on Aug. 20 by the North Carolina su- preme court. They are at liberty under bail totaling $35,000. Beal and Hendricks Two of the men who plan to give themselves up are Fred win Beul and K. Y. Hendricks, o are said to have returned to the United States recently from Soviet Russii. under 17 to 20 year sentence one of from 5 to 7 w The other two who plan to sur- render arc George Cartem, of Mis J.. sentenced to 17 to 20 and Louis * McLaughlin, of sentenced to 12 to yea They are d@ihd to have been hiding in this country. The other three, Clalence Miller, | Y.; Joseph Harrisoy, and W. W. Mc- 1, are reported to of Brooklyn, of Passaic, N Ginnis, of Gastol have elected to remain in under the wing of the Comintern and the Red Trade Union Interna- tional. Miller and Harrison are un- der sentences™ef 17 to 20 years and McGinnis, 12 to 15 yea Went to Russia on Work Beal is reported to have told his friends he had no inténtion of “go- ing back” on the southern texti workers who had remained loyal to him and that his leaving far Russi was occasioned by the yish to di cuss with the communist interna tional differences of tactics of th communist party in this country. He (Continued on Page Two) " OFFIGER FOUND UNFIT ) Hopkins, Charged With Drinking On Duty, to Have Hearing Chief W. C. Hart of the police de- partment today suspended Officer Otis Hopkins pending action by the board of police commissioners on a report by Detective Sergeant P. J. O'Mara and Lieutenant Matthias Juval t - was under the influence last night. , A group of boys complained at police headquarters about 10:30 o'clock last night that Officer Hep- Kins was in the vicinity of Fast and of Belden streets in an unfit condition’| to do duty. Sergeant O'Mara went onto the beat and brought the of- ficer to headquarte finding the complaint justified. according to his report. Lieutenant Rival agreed that the officer was not fit to re- main on duty, according to his re- port. Chief Hart interviewed Offic Hopkins Aoday and the latter said to have admitted having had two gl of beer. Officer Hop- kins was promoted from the super- numerary force in October, 1924, and has a good record. HUGE SPEED CAR WILL BE BUILT FOR EXPERTS 24 p Fengler and De Paolo to Use Cylinder Miller Specidl Engines in World Record Attempt. Hollfwood. Cal., Sept. 20 (P—An- other experiment in automobile speed, undertaken in the hope of “breaking the world’s record of 231.36 miles an hour is in the mak- ing here, with two giait motors, de- signed to send a racing car 300 miles an hour, awaiting construction of a chass v The power plant, 24-cylinder Har- rv A. Miller specials, represent the plans of two racing drivers of na- tional renown, Harlan Fengler and Peter De Paolo, who hope to break the mark set by the late Major-H. o grave. Fengler and De Paolo will make their attempt on the sands at Daytona Beach, Fla., next Feb- Tua ch motor is capable of gener- ating 1,200 horsepower. One will drive the rear wheels and the other the front pair, putting the most s powertul racing car ever construct- €d on the Florida seashgre course. shortiv | 15 Russia | T0 PATROL HIS BEAT' liquor” while on duty | | Lord Beaverbrook | 1 | olated Press Photo |ord Beaverbrook, owner of the London Daily Expess and other British newspapers, is reported ill with para-typhoid, his _condition causing great concgrn. RUSSIANS BLAMIED IN WHEAT LOSSES \Secretary Hyde Says Soviefs| Manipulated Market e ‘LSEES COMMUNIST PLOT | All-Russian Textile Syndicate Admits 5,000,000 Bushels Sold Short—Re- | frains From Saying What Action He Plans to Taks Washington, Sept. 20 (P—The Russian government stood charged | today by Secretary Hyde with partial | responsibility for the latest record | depression of wheat prices through | speculation®on the Chicago exchange. | | " The agriculture sccretary made public the accusation immediately lafter conferring * with President Hoover. He gave owt a telegram | dispatched late yesterday to John A. Bunnell, president of the Chicago board of trade, in which he asked | what the exchange had done or could | |do to pretect the American farmer |against such activities. In Chicago, | Bunnell said he had no definite in- | formation about the Russian selling. | Delivery Impossible ! Hyde asserted-that “obviously it | would be impossible for Soviet Rus- sia to deliver grain in Chicago over |our tariff of 42 cents a bushel.” | He said short selling of as much {as 5,000,000 bushels in Chicago had |been admitted by the All-Russian | Textile Syndicate of New York, which Hyde said had been shown by |investigation to be a subsidiary of the Amtorg Trading Corporation. | The latter is the official commetcial organization of the Soviets in this | countr | | | | | | [ | Peter 'A. Bogdanov, chairman of | the board of the Amtorg, declared in | New York, however, the textile con- | cern was not a subsidiary. He said he knew othing of wheat futures trading activity by the Soviet govern- | ment. | Secretary Hyde refrained from | saying what action might be taken by the government until he heard (Continued on Page Two) 'TAKES HIS BEER HOME FROM POLICE STATION Truck Driver, Freed By Court, Drives Away Unmolested Michael Boyko of 211 North street drove out of police headquar- ters vard last night with 17 cases | of beer on a truck and with a smile | on his fac | Bovko night by Harper as last Sunday’ Motoreycle Officer Louis he was taking to his | home 17 cases of home brew, several cases of “empties,”” ‘some butter, clams, rolls, “hot dogs." salads, etc., from an outing in a grove in Barnesdale. The officer heard a tinkle and did his duty, and the beer was locked up in a police cell, while the foodstuffs were left in the truck. Boyko, later list Sunday evening, was released on honds and was then allowed to take the foods from his He salvaged what was left, | bout § 2 worth out of about | $18 worth. He was found not guilty | of transporting liquor last Wednes- day. | Boyko was allowed to‘take the heer home last night, and as he loaded the 17 cases on his truck, he joshed the police officers and smacked his lips. “I will put this on ice when T get home,” he said. “You take it home, too, because I will be following you,” remarked one of the motoreycle squad. Boyko only smacked his lips more heartily, and gave an extra loud smack when he started out of the yard behind the station house. | The policemen were silent. 15 arrested WEATHER New Britain and vicinit Partly cloudy tonight. Sun- day fair and cooler. Trio Arr;sted for ~And Held Under Bonds of $1,006 - Has Long Record, Police Learn Newman, Fitzpatrick and Pearson, Now in County Jail Awaiting Hearing in T of Law, Authoriti After Cl James Newman, who was arrested with Hugh John Fitzpatrick and Eu gene Pearson Wednesday on the charge of theft, has a police record in Rhode Island and Vermont, and a juvenile record in Oxford, Mas: according to word received today by ‘Ghief W. C. Hart of the police de- partment from the bureau of iden fication, department of correction, at Boston, Mass., while Fitzpatrick also has a record in Vermont in addition to one in Hartford and another in Bridgeport. Newman, according to the com- munication, was committed to Ly- man School for Boys as a juvenile for placing railroad ties on a railroad track in Oxford, and on-January 4, 1921 he was fined $5 and $M on harges of breaking and entering, and larceny, in Woonsocket, R. I. under the name John Smith, alias John Frazer. On Jung §, 1921 he was;arrested in Woonsocket as Hen- Smith, alias John Frazer, and sentenced to the county house of correction for 30 days apd costs. On June 28, 1928, he was sen- tenced to Vermont state prison as Theodore Breault for a term of s P s ey Fish Annoy Scientist Trying to Get Pictures s 1 “Francisco, Sept. 20 (P— Arthur C. Pillsbury, Berkeley scien returning yesterday from the south seas, where he donned a diver's uniform and phetographed much marine life, told this one: “Beautiful fi Store Theft D) h made friends with me So great was their curiosity that they gathered in hordes so I could not sce to do my work. I would have to brush tem away with my hands. Be- tween brushes I managed to get '| some extraordinary pijtures.” | POWERFUL RADI v , i ; | i | ‘ ‘ his City, Often in Toils ies Are Informed heckup. | cording to the records on file in Bos- ton, include Theodore Renault, John | Frazer, John Smith, John Aleck and | Theodore Breault. Titzpatrick’s record shows that he was sentenced to a term of 1 to 2 years in Vermont state prison on May 4, 1929, as Edward Mott, on the charge of grand larceny, and on Au- gust 14 1930 he was arrested for passing_counterfeit money in East Hartford. No disposition of the charge is given in the records. The police are already in possession of his Hartford recoM. | Pearson was sentenced to jail for 30 days on the charge of theft in | Bridgeport July 26, 1926, and on | June 9, 1930 he was fined $150 and costs in Bridgeport on the charge of | keeping a gambling house. When_arraigned in local court, Pearson pleaded not guilty and the others pleaded guilty. They were later taken to jail in default {of $1.000 bonds, and will be tried next Thursday, the specific charge against them being theft of womien's | hosiery valued at $4.50 from Birn- | | baum's store at 587 Main street. Agents Believe Messages Tipped 0ff Rum Runners THO * FREED Two Men Arrested For Running I1- Ppolice licit High Powered Set Tn New Bedford—Officials Refuse to Di- vulge Facts in Case. ! New Bedford, M: ept. 20 (®) —Rum ships off the W coast had been deprived of theiv |guiding “voice” today by federal EWALD AND WIEE FREED ON BONDS Former Magistrate Indicted for Buying His (dfice PRISON TERM POSSIBLE Healy Tommaney to Answer Mbnday—Claim and Charges $10,000 Paid For Appointment—Second Grand Jury Acts, New York, Sept. 20 (P —George F. Ewald, a former city magistrate and his wife, Mrs. Bertha E. Ewald, were at liberty wnder $2,500 bail today after pleading not guilty to indict- | ments charging them with Ewald his office. buying Martin J. Healy, Tammany leader'| in the nineteenth district, who was charged with receiving the $18.000 which Ewald is agcused of paying. |and Thomas T. Tommaney, described | as a go-between in another indict- ment will answer charges against them next Monday. The indicjments were returned against the four by a special grand jully ordered by Governor Roosevelt after a regular grand jury had failed to act. Sums Up Charges Special Prosccutor Todd summed up the charges in the indictment against the Ewalds as follows: “Requesting of Martin J. Healy the appointment of George F. Ewald as city magistrate of the city of New York, and with undertaking and sub- sequently paying the sum of $10,000 to Martin J. Healy, pursuant to and #n connection with such request. ‘Making payment of valuable con- sideration, namely $10,000 to Mar- tin J. Healy in consideration for and upon condition that George F. Ewald (Continued on Page Two) e | | - INBRENERY RAY tenement New Bedford house. 1 Men Disarm Federal Agents, Manuel Carpenter of Boston and | 1 Slay Ong in Elizabeth Case | ‘TRY' T0 SEIZE PROPERTY 400 bail each for appearance in the federal court at Boston. They had been arrested by department of jus- tice agents and federal radio bureau investigators on charges of conspir- acy with certain unidentified per- ons to violate the national prohibi- tion act and the tariff act. They pleaded not guilty fo the charges Apparatus Kept Sccret U. S Attorney Hubert C. Thomp- | son today refused to reveal the na- i Iture of the radio implements seized, When | ,u¢ it was indicated that the equip- ment was of high power. Federal authorities said that they believed the station to be a connecting link a huge New England rum |ring and rum runners off the coast. | Federal men have been investigat- Elizabeth, N. J., Sept. 20 P—Fed- |, . " 0 tc for several weeks to the effect that a high powered radio feral, state and local authorities ught today,to round up & gang of |gia(jon pad heen “tipping” rum run s off the New Ingland cf t to gunmen who ambushed |the movements of coast guard eraft ‘ienello-Shot Seven Times Invaders Spot Him Entering Boil- | er Room—Flee in Cars Affer | | between Lining Up Officers. a agents one of party of federal dry | brewery and killed | agents. John G. Fienello. 44 years old. of | Philadelphia, a dry agen? was shot and instantly killed vesterday he walked into the boiler room the Rising Sun brewery where gang of 11 gunmen had lined and disarmed his companions. The raiding party of five {men came from Phila ert Young, special |breweries in New Jers ;ch:lrgo |dio inspectors traced the source of | suspicious messages to the New Bed- when | ford °f [tice agents conducted the raid. The information gathered by the radio inspectors was so closely guarded that several seizu 1 | been made before the raid wa federal | quotod. Liquor that had been a | up run d by ened who had instructions, agents radioed Miin" on ents En(er Breweny Had Licensed Station Leaving one of their number at| Travers was said to have been op- |the entrance as a guard, the agents |Crating a licensed experimental ra entered the brewery. They arrested | 410 station on the first floor of the |the engineer and two stokers in the |house. The real station was found | boiler room. Young and three agents |t @ back room on an upper floor of {remained with the prisoners while | the building. I Fienello went through the plant| Thompson said that he hoped to Seoking others, |1and the “big men” behind the At that point the gunmen rushed | tivities of Carpenter and Ti into the boiler room with drawn guns | s = and covered the agents, whom they | g—— Idisarmed. HIGH TIDE—SEPTEMBL Fienello, unaware of | | walked into the room. “There’s Fienello—let have e 1 (Continued on Page Two) a | ravers, | | the attack, — i (Standard Time) | New London 7:58 am.8 ew Haven 9:44 a.m. 10 = * IR 21 ’ | 1 | | him | 2 pm. 8 p.m. STATION SEIZED ON BONDS | England | s {and to the best ports of entry. Ru- | i ANDREE JOURNAL THLLS OF FATE OV ARCTICLOE Tog Drifted” West Faster Than Men Marched Fast, Explor- ¢'s Observations Show 'BALLOON GAS BAG LEAKED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF Hunger Endured When Men Fail to | | | Retrace Their Steps to Food | Caches—Expedition’s Head Calls Polar Bears “Wandering Meat Shops of the North”—Scientific Specimens Preserved. Stockholm, Sept. 20 (A —TFaded pages of a diary. once frozen and so fragile after having lain for 33 vears at the mercy of the elements Ithat to turn them has been almost [to destroy them, have told the story of the last days of August Salomon Andree, Swedish explorer. and his two companions, who ‘in 1597 tried to fly over the north pole in a bal- loon and perished in the attempt. The pages are from Andree’s dia; | part of which he wrapped in an old Arctic shirt next his body before he down to die on the ice of White | g late in 1897. They were {found last month ' by Dr. Gunnar Horn and members of a Norwegian Arctic expedition together with An- dree’s remains and other relics of the ill-fated balloon expedition and brought back here for minute ex amination and publication Some phases of the d overtook Andree and his two com- panions the pages do not make clear, and these may forever remain a mystery; but a remarkably clear {and full account is given of part of |the balloon voyage, which ended after nearly three days in the air, of the dong trek of the three men back toward land and of the final culmi- Inating disaster which doomed them {to death on Hvitvoen, as White Is- land is known. | The diary records the start of the balloon from! Danes Island, Spitz- bergen, or”July 11, 1897, under fa- vorable auspices for a successful flight over the north pole toward land on the opposite hemisphere, where they hoped to come down | safely, much as did the dirigible |Norge nearly 30 years later. But almost from the start mis- | fortune pursued their party. The balloon's gas bag leaked, and the ster, which house and department 0f jus- | balloon and its appurtenances be- |Ingpectors came weighted down with ice and hoar frost. The gas b lost it buoyancy and at times bumped along the ice. At 7 p. on the 7 p. m., |cabin of the balloon, promptly extinguished Camped for Weel The diary records then: “The bal- |loon again rose, but both valves were opened in preparation for & landing. The next week, from July 14 to Ju . was spent encamped |on the ice while a sledge journey back toward land was organized, |the explorers. who besides Andree | were Nils Strindberg and Knut Fran- kel, hoping to reach Franz Josef ‘L;\nd now known as Fridtjof Nan- |sen Land. tl is not made clear why the men should have headed toward this |little known and uninhabited region |instead of toward Spitzbergen, where they had food depots and there were but it was THIS WEEK'S AFFAIRS . . . . . Mrs GERTARUDE TWisS ELECYED HEAD OF STATE COUNCIL,CONA. - TS SRARPENED LD BATTLE A% .DOFA. 'SDAY'S CONVENTION A "WONDEQ (F AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS — NICE QUIET AIGHT THIS LITTLE Plctune WAS DISCUSSED TODAY AT THIRD WARD REPUGLICAN \ou CAN'T QeLieve EVEN THE CALENDLTL NOWADAYS /# | ————————! || Orange to Exterminate || All Wild Golden Rod [| Bast orange, 5. 1., sept. 20 & || —The Chamber of Commerce and Civics 0’7 the Oranges and Maple- wood has decreed the extermina- tion of goldenrod in the locality | | except that cultivated by Thomas || A. Edison The extermination is in the in- terest of hay fever sufferers and to furnish employment for some idle men in t community The campaign does not apply to the crop of goldenrod Mr. Edison is cultivating near his laborator- ies in connection with his expe ments to produce rubber —_— MANAGER REMOVED | FRON WARKET POST | | | i | | | i | Health Department Complaint Results in Summary Action = | (CHANGES ARE ~ PROMISED | Chain Store Organization Will In- | tion and Order General Clean-up, | Roth | against | complaints was | | crease Space. Improve Refrige Official Assures Commissioners, The store r of the Main Straus: at’ 3 street, whom a long list o filed by the department of health embracing alleged insanitary condi- tions, handling of meat unfit for | | | | human consumption and lack of cooperation with city officials, could {not remain in the store if he prom- | pay, Attorney | Albert A. Greenberg, counsel for the lised to work without | i company, informed the health board today at a meeting at which every suggestion of the board was ac- | cepted | Not only has the man in charge | of the store lost his job, but alsogar- rangements have been made for a full-time janitor. extension of the floor space, installation of additional refrigeration and orders for a gen- eral clean-up With “lots of firing” in prospect, §. E. Kellman, general manager, assured the commission- ers. | Michael Belkin, a former Main | street business man who has more recently been manager of the Hart- ford branch, will be sent here to handle the store, it was announced | Reports Store Dirty Dr. L. J. Dumont, superintendent, | told of inspections made by himself, Drs! B. D. Radcliffe and John Mc- | Intosh of the pure food bureau, and homas Crowley and | Dewey 0. Selander. Last Tuesday, the doctor reported, meat cases and blocks were found to be in need of cleaning and a considerable amount con- | third day out there was a fire in the | o pork and beef lungs were on the | verge of spoiling, apparently from |lack of adequate refrigeration. SBome | (Continued on Page 'CANADA GITED IN LEAGUE’S DEBATE | | lSpeaker Says Nation Solv- | ing Minority Repre- sentation Two) Geneva, Sept held beforc | 20 (P)—Canada was | the League of Na- | tions assembly today as a shining “'V:\m,\h to peoples who are spriv- \m: to solve the difficult problem of winorities | sir Robert Borden, former | Dominions premier, told Germany | Poland and other nations whose lations are being constantly disturb- ed because of the presence of for- cign racial grofips within their bor- ders that the problem could be solv- [ea justly and happily. % the minorities every consti tutional and legal right beyond the hadow of doubt,” said the Canadian | statesman, “on the other hand im- press upon them the necessity for their cooperation.” “Canada,” Sir Robert said, “witt) its English and French inhabitants | has on this ba happily brought | into harmony a people who were | | divided by race, language and re- | ligion. Dr. Koch Weser, the German spokesman, appealed to the leagtte | to put into operation all its existing machinery to insure justice to G man minority groups in Poland. August Zaleski, Polish for minister, defended the Polish ad- ministration, He urged that the minorities question be removed from politics and be considered from a humanitarian and moral nd- point. M. group: up | | | | | | | ign | aleski warned minorities that solution of the problem never would be reached by the minorities making an appeal for foreign support. “It is indispensable for solution of minorities problems in general,” he said, “that the political aspect ot the question should give place to | the humanitarian and moral aspect. Only thus will it be possible to as- sure the free and fruitful develop- ment of the cultural forces of each racial stock More than LODSICINE 40,000,000 persons in said, are involved in the minorities question. Combined | with controversy over the German- Polish frontier established by the treaty of Versailles, this question is regarded in Gene as perhaps the most thorny now agitating the Eu- ropean states The committee han- dling the question of minoriteis will continue debate tomorrows E | win MAN, 70, ARRESTED FOR 1884 WURDER AFTER LONG HUAT Victim's Son Patiently Waits.lor Stayer to Visit Brother, Then Notilies Officers SLAYING IN ALABAMA WAS OVER GIRL'S APFECTIONS James Neely Says He's Glad Su: pense Is Oy Never Able to Forget Crime for Instant in 46 Years as Fugitive from Justice— Reared Family of e Children —Long a Wanderer. Tyler Neely Tex 20 () Sept old James patriarch, must half eentury old murder because chance led him to the ‘community son of the man slaying. His arrest yesterday on a warrant charging him with the murder of Hiram Cooley in Alabama in 1884 was the reward of years of wateh- ful wditing on the part of Cooley's son 70 year go jal to where ides the rged with is cha Watched Man's Brother son, A. C. Cooley, had kept ful watch over his neighbor, W. Neely, whom he had recognized 1s the brother of the man charged his father's murder. His patience was rewarded when the accthsed. a resident of Ken- tucky, came here for a visit. Cooley notified peace officers. Today an ef- icer from Alabama was en route to ir to take Neely to the scene of crime for trial. Iy admitted his identity. Offi- aid he made a verbal state- ment in which he told how he and, Cooley had engaged in a fist fight after which he struck his adversary in the head with @ rock. Wandered for Years Officers quoted the aged man as saying he “wandered around” for years after the slaying. For vears he lived in Ohio where he regred a family of five children. 'm glad it's over” officers said Neely told them. “T save been run- ring for 46 years and could ndt get it off my mind for a single min- car 1 N, cers | Plan t Action tersville, Ala., Sept. 20 (A— Authorities were preparing today to act swiftly against James Neely, 70, arrested in Tyler, Tex.. at the in- stigation of a son of Hiram Cooley, for whose death in 1584 Neely faces a murder charge. Sheriff 1. B. Hyde and County Attorney Clande Scruggs were en route to Texas to return Neely here tor trial at a term of court opening September 29. ¥ now married and the father of five children, said he and Cooley quarreled over a girl and in a fight (Continued on Page Two) NIGHT FLOWER BLOOMS IN BARNESDALE HOME Large Cereus Opens Petals While Group of Neigh- bors Watches One of the rarest hights that can come to any group was seen last night between 9 p. m. and 3 a m. by several friends and neighbors of Mrs. Charles Barnes of 100 Wooster street, who set and chatted while a six-foot 11-budded night blooming eus or Cereus Grandifiore, as the botanists call it, spread its buds al- most fast enough to be seen until the blossoms were wide open, like so many huge pond lilies on long, slen- red’stems “our of the buds did not blossom. and # is feared by Mrs. Barnes that they wr overcome by the cold on Thursday night and literally died of “sore throat. Their long stems, or ihroats, were limp and limber, and seemed to quiver when touched. o seven buds that blossomed night were dead today. Their lives were of short duration, and it be another year before blos- ar on the plant. The blos- soms were beantiful and the scent from them was almost overpower- ing. The living room and library. between which the huge plant stood recked with the sweet fragrange of the flowers Only those wh® have watched a ht blooming cereus burst forth its buds and spread its petals ecan know the thrill that came to the group of 15 friends and neighbors of Mrs. Barnes. Frequently a bud covering would uncurl while being watched So far as Mrs. Barnes knows her plant is the largest of its kind in New Britain. It is nearly seven feet in height and is nearly 50 vears old, as far as can be determined. The parent of the plant was owned by Mrs. Warren Bunnell of Burlington * more than 100 years ago, and the present plant was owned by Miss Adeline ‘Bunnell of Burlington for at least 40 years before Mrs. Barnes received it from Miss Bunnell eight or 10 vears ago. Miss Bunnell is an aunt of Mrs. Barnes. 4 Last year the plant = blossomed late in August, but this vear, for some reason not known by Mrs. Barnes, jt blossomed nearly & month datese last soms app