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B e ARBORETUM BILL “STRONGLY URGED U. S. Commerce Chamber Di- rectors Indorse House Meas- ure Now Before Senate. Strong indorsement of the 1 provide in Washington a national boretum for wific study experimentation with trees and plut | life, which has passed the ate and | now is pending vefore the 1 terday was voted by the bui rectors of the Chamber of of the United States in sesc tf Havana, (‘uba, according 10 a gram received here last night Washington Chamber of € B 1 4 The value of research in a souad national forestry poiiey.” tie messag stated. w gnized and empha sized in the chamber's referendium 42 Relieving that the estabiishient of an; aboretum for scientific study and ex-| perimentation in problems of tree ud | piant life would be of value t the| timber and wood-using industries of the country, we indorse measures looking to the establishment at Wash ington of such an arboretum by the | Federal Government.” the s n n s rec Leese Seconds Indorsement. M. A. Leese. president of the Chember of Commerce, making public the ntessage from nal cham ber's directors, added further indorse ment of the measure, declaring: ‘“The | establishment of the proposed arhore- | tum in Washington would be a decil- ! ed asset 1o this city: it would consti tute, in effect, a new governmental fndustry, in addition to its Importance to the advancement of scientific re- | search.” Enactment of the arboretum bill into law would prove of great benefit | 10 the country at large, Walter DuB. Brookings, manager of the natural re- mources department of the United States Chamber of Comn , de- clared today in discussing approval of the bill by the Senate. € ““There is a growing appreciation of} the fact,” said Mr. Brookings. “that there should be research and experi- ment in growing trees if the Natlon is to make a su s of the effort to veplace our cut-gver lands with trees for the future. Value of Research Stressed. Research in tree life will develop much of value in determining which are the fast growing species of trees and in Jearning how to combat destructive tree insects and tree dis- eases. It will help in assuring qual- ity in seed: “We are just beginning to grow trees for timber. Millions of dollars will be spent on timber growing in the next generation. An improved variety that will mature in fifty years will cost the public far less than an unimproved variety maturing in 80 years. To assist the forester in the deveiopment of fast growing timber is one of the main purposes of those seeking to have the arboretum estab- lished. “The business interests of the coun- try indorsed the principles contained in this legislation in a referendum vote on Forestry Poliey, which car- ried the following recommendations: “‘We recommend that the work of Federal research and experiment in forest products be enlarged and that appropriations by Congress for this purpose be increased.’ " SENATOR REED HITS MAN-MADE LAWS Trying to E;ltllte What Church Formerly Did Missou- rian Says. | Modern lawgivers are trying to do by statute what formerly was done by he church, the chool and the home, Senator Reed, Democrat, Missouri, told an audience of Catholic Univer- sity students last night at the fifth annual senfor night given by the Dod Noon Club of the univers The theory of the founders of the Republic was that government rhould protect the liberties of a man rather than regulate his personal habits, Senator Reed emphasized. **Man-made Jaws never made a man decent,” he added. “I combat most vigorously the theory that ‘if it is law it is right’ and the theory that if you can get a majority of one to pass a statute it is right,” "he said. “Some think they have the right to pass a law, and that once it is passed it is sacrosanct. I do not advocate breaking any law, but 1f it is bad, repeal it." Senator Reed sald that every great Bct of tyranny was committed in pur- euit of man’s law and not moral law. “Christ was crucified according to the Roman and Jewish laws," he gaid. *England oppoSed the colonis ocording to their laws, and the col licked them, according to the law of right and Almighty God. \When a Jaw is just there is not much difficulty in enforcing it, but when it runs coun- ter to the sense Wf justice, then it is that it becomes a danger to the State. A hate for one law a tendercy to create a disregard for all law, which will undermine the national conscious- ness.” FATHER KILLS FIANCE. Fight Follows Auto Mishap and Bride-to-Be Is Witness. BALTIMORE. February 18 (#) Charles Ward rears old, was fatal- 1y stabbed in & fight early today with Edward Shipley, father of the girl ard was to have marrvied within a week. The affray, the climax of a hard-cider party. occurred in Balti- more County not far from this eity, and Ward died a fow minutes after being brought to a lLospital here. Po lica began a search for Shipley Frances Shipley. Ward's fancee, told police the men fought after Ward drove the automobile in which the party were riding off the road. She and three others of the party were witnesses to the batile. Lifts Legionnaire Ticket Tax. ugeinst Arought and storm under a going to Paris this summer for their annual convention would be relieved of the $5 steamship ticket tax under @ bill passed today by the Senate and sent to the President. 2 Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued to the 3 e PN . Moot and Sue Van Auken, both of Berwick. Pa 19h Quisenbury of this city. and Massie s, Alexandria. ¢ . and Flor- Randall. L Havie 3 Byrne of y, and Helen Chevy Chase. Md d Nell Dav h wnd Lueille Millings. and Elizabeth Bovle e Douglas Bertha Julia M Mary B. T “abe o Henry Harris an: ercy Bridge{ Jeremiah Fah William Tibbs, Edgar E lgurhter d O Mitehell and A { papers. | Date [lm. ! i ! :Fighting Indiana Editor | I Senses Victory in Feud | With Ku Klux Klan. “Four Sentences Are Pending Against Him—Include Con- tempt and Libel. George R Dale. much-prosecuted Muncie. Ind.. editor, is in Washington v on his fight 1o es ral sentences imposed Indiana cour! and b b victory in his long and bitter feud| with the Ku Klux Klan. He has/ sien the Klan's grip on his home| “ounty. he says, and the tide of public | entiment has turned against 1t | Dale yesterday made a personal | ppeal to Justice Butler of the United tes Supreme Court lo stay the mandate which, if issued. would make him pay a fine of $300 and begin serv- | iug a ‘sentence of 90 days for con-| tempt of court. His appeal to the/ Supreme Court was dismissed danu-| ary 3 because he failed to file certain | He hopes to have the man- | date staved while he seeks reinstate- | ment of his appeal | At present Dale has four sentences against him—the contempt case, two | for criminal libel and one for carry-| ing a weapon. They total 11 months | imprisonment and $1.400 fines. But isn’'t worried Far from it 3 Tells of Struggle. He beaten the Kian. he s At the last election the Kilan candi date for prosecuting attorney and| minor officials were defeated, and he | predicts that after the next election | the judge who sentenced him will be looking for a joh. The ctreulation of the Muncie Post-Democrat has jumped and advertising is picking up. The people are for him, he says. And that's what he wants. The story Dale tells of his war with the Klan is a strange one. E Here it is: In 1921, he says, the Klan was in control of the State of Indiana. Local officials in Muncie were all Klansmen. He began fight- ing the organization in his pape The Government hegan an inves. tigation of public officials, and Dale volunteered to help them. One night while he was in an attorney’s office the police came .in—without a wi ALL CAMEL'S HAIK OVERCOATS ALL TWO-PC. GOLF SUITS INCLUDED WERE | g WERE orvald ¥ Hammer of Branford, Conn., Lucy B Taylor of this aty. Snall of Bowling Green. Va.. and éqmond of Del Ray, Va H.Anderson and Blanche L. Ale DALE CARRIES LEGAL BATTLE TO SUPREME COURT AGAIN | days FOUR-PC, SPORT 119 OVERCOATS Now %3 { 463 SUITS Now 335 . THE - EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1927. i | | land 1t was thrown opt of court | nizhi | | | wibe ‘B Wil GEORGE R. DALE. rant, he suys—and found nothing | Nevertheless, he was charged with violation of the liquor law and indicted by the grand jury. Then “Busted Loose.” ‘And then.” says he, “I busted loose.” He attacked the grand jur, in his paper, and as a result was fined $500 and sentenced to 90 days for con. tempt, of court. He filed an iswer to the charge, offering to prove it, and was fined another 0 and given 90 more for di contempt of ct court ale spent 11 davs in jail, unable to get his bond accepted. and the sent to the penal farm, was given number and a head shave, and had his fingerprints taken. He spent thres days there before he obtained his re lease on a habeas corpus writ. When he got back to Muncie he was served with a warrant for his arrest on a charge. of criminal libel and later was convicted and sen: | tenced to five months and fined §500. | The appeal from this conviction has been before the Indiana Supreme Court for four years, he says, and hasn't been decided yvet Masked Men Attacl. With a collectidn of sentenc then settled down for some real fight- | ing. One night he and his son were attacked by a gang of men in black | masks. The attack took place 50 feet | from his home, two blocks from the | court house and in sight of the! } | | | him. all growing out Y Gu h . A, Y. W. C. A. and a church. s were pointed at both him and son. He wrested his from his as- ilant and fired. Iiis son was hit er the head with the butt of a gun and he was blackjacked. When he regained consciousness the assailants had fled. A few was held. days later a Klan funeral There was never any vestigation or official report of the shooting, according to Mr. Dale. Soon ufter the incident the chief of police told hini to carry a gun for protection. The next day he was ar- rested for carrying it, he says. He ook the case into wnother county to Muncle he was He was convicted a motion for a new duy he got back sted again 1 Las pending trial Then savs Dale, be; Ilis house wus fired on 1 . he xays, und the windows pep 1 with shot State officials or ed him protected and the usttacks stopped. Last Summer he was convicted of another charge of eriminal libel and sentenced to three months and fined $400. He was refused « new trial and is now preparing an appeal to the Su preme Court of Indiana The Indiana Supreme Court re versed decision in one case of con tempt, but upheld the other. pealed 1o the United States Supreme Céurt, and it was this appeal that was dismissed. He now has four sentences against of the original charge of violation of the liquor law. That charge was dismissed for lack of evidence. “And there you are,” say Dale, He has enjoyed it. lle believes he is right and says he is going to keep on fighting until he wins a complete | victory. He has benefited from his experiences, too. He is an authority on contempt of court and has a scrap book four inches thick full of clip- | pings about his case. He says the decision of the Indiana upreme Court in the contempt case everses a precedent set 200 vears ago and.in effect means that the truth of charges is nc defense for making them, “I am the ever known most _prosecuted editor savs Dale. . Belgian Bank Shares Sold. BRUSSELS, February 18 (&), Over a billion francs were offered by investors today when subscriptions were opened for the sale of 50,000,000 francs additional shares of the Bank of Belgium, to bring its total capital ization up to 200,000,000 francs. Louls Franck, governor of the bank, said the issue had been oversubscribed 21 times. OVERCOATS OUR ENTIRE REMAINING STOCK OF STEIN-BLOCH AND.ENGLISH OVERCOATS Including Light, Medium and Heavy Weight 108 OVERCOATS - Now WERE $35 TO $50 $25 53 in- | The | He ap- | JURY DISAGREES /INW.S. WARD CASE {Suit for $75,000 Damages | for Alleged Slaying Ends in No Verdict. 1 By the Associated Prews NEW YORK, February 18.—The in the $75000 damage suit of | Eldridge O. Peters of Haverhill | Muss., ugainst Walter 8. Ward for | the death of his son, Clarence M | Paters, five vears ago, disagreed on |a verdict today. | The jury stood eight to four in | favor of the plaintiff. The case went | to the jury yesterday afternoon and fter the jurors had been deliberat- ing a little more than an hour the | judge ordered that a sealed verdict he returned this morning. Instead of finding a_verdict, how- ver, the jury merely left senled otification for the court that it had found impossible for all to | e n been agree. was formally announced in court the Jurors were discharged. A motion to Testore the case to the tiial calendar wus then made by counsel for both Ward and Peters. Judge Anderson sald that if the lawyer’s would agree on a date within two or three weeks he would set the beginning of the retrial for that time. Peters was killed in May, 1922, and his body was found near the Kensico Reservoir. After the body had been identified young Ward. son of Walter G. Ward, former baking magnate, gave himself up. admitted the shoot ing, and claimed self-defense, as the result of a blackmail scheme. Ward was twice Indicted and on his ll\lrl\}; 1923, | second birthday. September | : |he was acquitted by a jury. . | i | Divers Work on Church Clock. | A diver fought bats as he attempted clpck at St. Paul's Cathedral, Calcut- ta, recently. The weight had crashed to the bottom of the clock base of the wall might have to be broken to recover it. teered to he lowered down the shaft and attach chains to hayl it to the top. One-was attacked by the bats when half-way down, but fought them off. 'REDUCTIONS SALE STARTS FEB. 19th AT8AM. OVERCOATS Now %45 18 OVERCOATS $55 TO $70 < Now %65 WERE $95 TO $125 SUITS OUR ENTIRE REMAINING STOCK OF WINTER SUITS INCLUDING STEIN-BLOCHS DRESS CLOTHES EXCEPTED 143 SUITS $55 TO $70 ~ Now %95 WERE $40 TO $50 WERE $75 TO $90 12 SUITS Now %45 WERE $75 TO $90 Alterations at Cost THESE EXCEPTIONAL VALUES DESERVE YOUR IMMEDIATE INSPECT ION As soon as the inability of the jury | to rescue a 600-pound weight of the | pinnacle, and it was feared that the | Divers volun- | |RADIO BILL MAY DELAY D. C. SUPPLY MEASURE Phipps Hopes Senate Will Resume Consideration Today—Outlcok | Is Gloomy. Although Senator Phipps of Colo rado hopes to have the Senate resume | consideration of the District appro-| priation bill some time today. there| was no certainty that the measure! will be completed this afternoon. | The conference report on the radio- ntrol bill 18 the unfinished business | and when the Senate met today Sen- (ator Pittman of Nevada, who is op- | posed to certain features of the con-| | ference report, was ready to debate | ! the subject. i nator Phipps had hoped to dis pose of the local supply bill yester- |day. but debate on other subjects pre- vented its consideration. The Sen- ate as in committee of the whole disposed of a considerable part of the District bill Wednesday, and it is not expected that it will take long to com- |Dlete the passage of it when it Is lagein taken up. ! — o i Water Plant Bids. Rejected. | Special Dispaten to The Star. | FREDERICKSBURG, Va., Febru- ary 18.—All bids for constructing and equipping a water filtration plant for this city were rejected by the special committee of the City Council Thurs- day as being too high. The engineer's estimate of the cost was $75,000, but ;2;91;"\\:« of 39 bids submitted was iscovered in 1677 by enhoek, a Hollander, Liberty Magazine. Microbes were di (Anton van Leeuw according to the Our One Sale of the Year— Featuring Real, timate Reductions on Merchandise of Known Integrity. ANNIV] Standard Priced Articles and Sterling Silver Flatware not included. | 1 | | Men’s Elgin Watches —some exceptionally attractive values for the Anniversary Sale. White or Green Gold-filled Case $13.50 $24.75 I $165 Diamond Ring $1272.00 A beautiful dinner ring of 18- kt. solid white gold in a delicate open design, set with eight full- cut diamonds and sixteen small square-ctt sapphires or emeralds. 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