Evening Star Newspaper, March 12, 1925, Page 5

* SH00000 SOUGHT TO BUY PARK LAND Virginians to Raise Private Fund to Purchase Part of Shenandoah Reserve. BY H. K. PHILIPS Staff Correspondent of The Star. HARRISONBURG, Va., March 12— Setting $5.000 000 as its minimum goal, an organization was begun here Yesterday to canvass Virginia from end to end and a number of other Eastern States for cash donatlons:to- ward the purchase of part of the 700 square miles of unspoiled wilderness| in the Blue Ridge Mountains that is to become the Shenandoah National Park. Sitting in joint session. high offi- oials of the Shemandoah Valley, Inc. the Virginia State Chamber of Com- merce and representatives from Washington appointed a committee, which is to lay the foundations for an organization In which will be represented all of the large civic and State bodies of Virginia, pledged to work for acquisition of the East's first great national park until the last deed to the last acre of ground has been signed. Donation by State. When the Virginia delegation came to Washington last January to plead for passage of the Temple bill, which assured Virginla the park provided the State did its share, high Govern- ment offic‘als, including Secretary of the Interfor Work, told the dglega- tlon that although the Federal Gov- ernment probably would purchase a large quantity of the dand, the State itself would be expected to donate a large tract to the United States. Since the I ature will not con- vene in R for almost two years, it w. seen that most of the fund would have to be obtain- ed through individual subscription in order to have several million dollars avallable to offer the Government when Congress meets next December and will be called unon to formally take over the territory to be sur- veyed as the Shenandoah National Park this Summer. Help in Other States. Not only will donations be sought in Virginia, but in W hington, Mary land and other places as well, which will benefit financially from the thousands of tourists who will pass through those sections en route to the park. It is estimated that thou- sands will spend day or two In su places a Washington, Baltimore, Frederick and Cumberland, either go- ing to or coming from the park. Then the solicitation for funds will be pushed still further. No class of people will benefit more from the es- lishment of the park, so easy of ss to the Natlon's greatest cen- ters of population, than the poor of the large cities, who can least afford to make financial contributions. Wealthy philanthropists will have this matter brought to their atten- tion in the hope that they, will regard the creation of the park almost in the light of a necessary charity. The committ appointed to perfect the organization of the representative group that is to carry on this cam- paign consists of Col. H. J. Benchoff, president of the Shenandoah Valley, Inc.: D. P. Wine and C. N. Hoover. Assisting them will be the represent- atives who attended the meeting from Washington. Others may be asked to furnish suggestions as the program develops, so that the organization will be truly representative of the whole | State. Will Report Soon. i The committee will meet within the next two weeks and report its pro- gram back to the officers and_board of directors of the Shenandoah Valley, Inc. It is the idea at present to es- tablish a Virginia national park bu- reau, entirely divorced from any sec- | tonal organzaton, so that the body may not be regarded in any light as| having been inspired by sectional in- terests. For the present, however, one of the existing bodles working for the park will have to bear the ex- pense of such a project. H Speakers from Washngton frankly told the delegates to the meeting, which was held in the offices of the . Shenandoah Valley, Inc., here, that it would be to the best Interests of the park project to have represented in such a body every outstanding or- ganization in the State of Virginia— women’s clubs, church societies, Ro- ,tary and Kiwanis Clubs, chambers of commerce from every city and town in the State and kindred bodies. They were informed that the stecring or- ganizations must be representative of the highest Interests in the State and even of the State government it- self. = As a result tthe committee that is to form the nucleus of the organiza- Italian Bread Sticks Wholesome, Deliciously Crisp and Tasty 6-oz. Pkg., 25¢ Magruder Inc. Best Groceries Conn. Ave. and K St. Established 1875 COMFORT FOR WARM DAYS : antilever hoe.5izm. Light, cool and neat looking Just the thing to wear with your mnew Spring clothes. 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However, before he had gone another block, the nail seemed to gain huge proportions, as nails will. “That ain’t no nail,” he soliloguized as he found himself beginning to limp. “Must be a pebble.” And forthwith seated himself on the »dze of the side- walk to remove the uncomfortable alien object, which had now begun to feel like a large boulder. After removing his shoe, Mr. Me- Lean also removed from his heel a perfectly zood bullet just beginning to <co0l Off in the dent it had left “Somebody must have mistook me Ffor a cat,” he decided, as he continued calmly and philosophlcally, “but it must have been one of these here ‘maximum silences,’ cause I never heard no noisé at all.” He told police he had no idea who fired the shot By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 12—Government attorneys yesterday announced that they had uncovered heretofore un- revealed assets of Leo Koretz, pro- moter of the $5.000,000 Bayano River oil bubble, who died a few weeks ago in the penitentiary at Jollet, after he was captured in Canada when he fled a year ago. The announcement came with the appearance of Government attorneys and attorneys representing the r celver for Koretz' tangled affairs be- fore a referee in bankruptcy where a motion was made that the Govern- ment's claims of $753,067 against Koretz' known assets of about $400,- 000 be dismissed. The Government had already agreed to this. James T. Cotter, assistant United States attorney, said the money in question is stolen money and the Government could not estab- lish a legitimate claim to it, but added: “However, we have recently uncov- ered other ts of Leo Koretz, an income at least part of which was legitimate! obtained. 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He assailed Mr. Stokes. as a “dollar-marked octopus with long arms that reached into the dives of Chicago” and over the country seeking affidavits against Mrs. Stokes. Smith asserted that evidence In the trial bore out each sten in conspiracy as cited by the Illinois Supreme Court as essentlals of such an unlawful compact C. F. Rathbun, counsel for Mr. Stokes, will follow Smith, and W. W. Smith, assistant State's attorney, will close for the State. Rathbun interrunted Smith's talk several times, insisting that the court confine the prosecutor to discussions of evidence, and was upheld by Judge Gemmill. “Whatever publicity this case’ got Mr. Stokes was responsible for,” as- serted Smith in assailing the de- fenso's plea that while Mr. Stokes did investigate Mrs. Stokes' life prior to their marriage he did not publish the information he obtained, and that it was announced by Mrs. Stokes. tion has deferred naming a definite date for its first meeting, so that a similar meeting can first be held in Washington, a suggested program be worked out there and the results either mailed or taken In person to the organizing committee, which probably will convene in Winchester the early part of next month. Earlier the meeting had been formed by Joseph H dent of the Virginia of Commerce, and Leroy Hodges, managing director, that the chamber ild devote its undivided attention forth to the final establishment the Shenandoah national park. Mr. Smith elicited approval when he declared that the fight must be car- ried on without cessation and that polities or partisanship must never be permitted to take 2 place in it. It was agreed that the State Cham- ber of Commerce would henceforth take over all national publicity and devote its energies to interesting the chambers of commerce of other States all over the country in the movement. 1In the meantime the Shenandoah Valley, Inc., is .to do its share by getting under way the na- tional park bureau and setting in motion the wheels for the big organ- ization that is expected to push the fight to final victory. SEEK BRANTING FUND. National Drive Planned for Me- morial in Sweden. STOCKHOLM, March 12.—A nation- wide drive for a Hjalmar Branting memorial fund, similar to the Wilson fund in the United States, has been launched here under the auspices of leading citizens dnd institutions. 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