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Evening star., 1926-06-17

! The t:sstee Alley Garden cub gale.
| braiin2 ita third anniversary this sum
mel, wishes To hid a hearty welcome
to all tater organ niza tons.
| Founded by the original settlers in
the Autumn of 1929. the F,sstee club
| has a long record Of achievement. In.
i cluding three flower shows. each one
| of which lasted months. not days.
! out Of red clay and rocks its mem.
bers Wreste ed knowledge ana beauty.
| They caused green grass 10 sprinf
up in desert OF old shoes. broken
glass, nails and chips Of wood left by
thoughtiess contractors: they made.
| from all this. smiling little wales Of
bright blossoms.
Today F;xstee Alley stands as the
| garden spot Of the community. The
| members OF the club accept this dis
! linCtfOn humhy, although with proper
pride, realisins that they have had
,, longer time to do their work thar
the newcomers.
They SNOW full well that there h
but one speed In The garden. and that
| is Godspepd. Unless the Lord watch
the house, the watchers thereof watch
in vain one may plant Il seed. and
tend i, carefully. ana help il much In
it's progress into the air and light. but
unless the creator is behind ii, the
SdtueHeT VIII no ms Ndt'iiuS loi
| fa ded thing.
Wherefore. the members Of the t:ss
| tee Alley Garden club feel but a nor
NAL pride In being the first. in their
sect ion. to walk hand In hand with
God In the garden In the cooi evening.
4
Unique Ia more ways than one the
tisstee club has no organization what
soever, aud boasts nary an ofncer.
Il was never founded. Yet it exists
IL has nu dues, no formal meetings,
yet is close corporation.
Any one who lives in the alley 10
longs if he wants to, and if he docs
not want To, why. he does not belong.
that is all. 1t is just as simple AZ
that. The club In democratic to q
degree, too. There Is no high OF low
In this club.
The spirit OF competition. the life
Of most garden clubs. exists in this
one only as a helping principle, not
as the whole show" What one mem
ber plants. and brings to perfection.
other members are likely to grow next
year
While there IL a normal interchs nse
OF apple re uce" members feel that
the highest praise IL to have one =
piants and flowers copied In another
ga rden another year.
Thus every householder is IA sort VI
Investigating committee, making con
stant surveys from his back porch.
often "a family resolves Itself into q
walking committee" and makes an
inspection tour Of the alley.
Less frequently. but often enough.
members Journey to other alleys. to
set pointers from the good work of
distant residents. and sometimes 10
note negligence and take warning
therefr0In.
Since there is no compuision Ia any
of these matters there is perhaps
better spirit In the club. as "A whole.
than can prevail In any orga nization
where the phra Sc thou shalt" is used.
Members sOf the Esstee Club feel
that the two enemies OF gardens. In
the huma sense. are the idea Of com.
and and the idea Of competition.
Some garden clubs. they know, use
such phrases as Members shall carry
out orders given them by the boar
81 directors" and Members shall ex-
hibit at the annual flower show
Evening star., 1926-06-17
A Novel Escape.

A novel story Of escape in told by
a prisoner who returned voluntarily
To the Monmouth County Jail in New
Jersey after being st liberty for
night aud a day. The prisoner, 1t
seems, while lansuishins In his cell.
began worrying about his mother.
This is how he tells it:
You see, IL was like this: 1 couldn't
sleep last night. l was worried about
my mother. 1 hadn't heard from her
in two weeks and | got to studying
about her and figured she might be
sick.
| got up from my cot and started
walking around. Then | saw that
the door Of my. cell was open and l
stepped out, thinking as how ! might
take little exercise In the tier. And
then I SAN that the tier door was un-
locked, too, sO | stepped out Of that
To see what WAS wrong. And there
VAS II big isOie In the ceiling aud
climbed up through il. and ! saw hat
the bars were missing from the attic
window and that there WAS a rope
hanging down.
Then | got to worrying some more
| had better 60 SEQ how she was. Two
weeks Is Il long time without hearing
from home, especially when you are
in the Jail house, SO 1 just slipped
down the rope and went to Philsdel.
phia. She was all right, so here L am
hack again.
And the funny part OF the whole
thing il that 1t Is a true story. Just
before the prisoner made his easy
wslkout five other prisoners had cut
their way out Of jail by the route he
took. lie was not In the same tier Of
cells and was not involved In the pre-
meditated escape. His mother ac-
coinpa MED him back from t'hiladel-
phis and tpli the warden that she had
not written him for more than two
weeks. So his story Ats together and
he viii probably escape with light
punishment for his uua utllof1ned OK
curaiOn.
Evening star., 1926-06-17
More Railroad Manslaughter.

once again the lack of some form
uf automatic train control causes loss
%, life on an American railroad. Not
a poorly equipped line, but one of the
best built and best managed in the
| country. The accident occurred last
night near Blairsvilie, Pa, when IA
East nying express train era shed into
the rear Of another express that had
been halted for the repair OF a broken
air hose. At latest accounts hfteeA
people were killed.
The reports Indicate that when the
forward train WAS stopped for the re-
pair Of the air line a trainHian went
Jack and act flares. They tell further.
more that the following express was
not halted 10y The flares. They do not
tell, thus far, how il lia ppensd that +
fast train was permitted by the visual
signal system to enter a block already
occupied. Doubtless in the course uf
the various ihq iiries thut will follow
there are always two Vr three after
every such accident something will
be brought out To throw light On this
question. Al present the public mind
is concerned with the problem that
may be thus stated: Why is not the
order of the Interstate Commerce
commission Tor The insta iia ton VI au-
tv,natic train stops Obeyed and car
ried into effect: lf a surely reliable
sNstem III that character is hot now
available why does not the block s!s.
tem work to keep two trains Uut Vf
the same block on the same track:
Automatic train control systems are
today available. There are several de-
vices in the market. Some of them
have been put 10 the severest service
tests and have proved themselves. A
Few of the railroads have adopted this
method of self-protectiun against dis
aster, and find il satisfactory. Others
are resisting. or at least are not corn
plying with. the orders Of the commits
sion. Time extensions have been
granted to some Of them. but these
lelays are costing heavily in human
lives. Last night fifteen or more
lives we're sacrificed.
The argument against the auto
matte train control system used to he
that il Was not dependable. that Tie
visual signal system was more trust
worthy. Yet again aud again The
visual ~ stem fails. trayicaliy. Train
head"ay is crowded, signal lights are
either not seen or are ignored. IL fog
prevails the speeds are not diminished
u permit sure view of lights.
Crashes occur. and the corUners'
juries bring in verdicts that leave the
public still wondering why wholesale
ma nsla ug hter is still permitted by the
law when it is committed by trans.
portation companies, and punished
when it is committed by individuals.
Immediate obedience to its mandate
should be required by the Interstate
commerce Commission, under penal.
ties that will promptly bring action.
Evening star., 1926-06-17
A SkirtlesS Futures

Booth Harrington, talking at a
Maine Summer resort, SAYS that nifty
v.ars from now skirts as an article
cf wennen's apparel will have disAp.
resrad entirely. This Ia his thesis:
The skirt, or what passes for it, In
merely a relic, a vestige. There is
y, rssj rea son why it shot,id continue
10 exist. | expect to see the time
when all women will habitually wear
garments approximately the same az
thosA worn by men. The element of
uodesty does not enter into Ii at all.
Women are now determined TO he on
an Aouality with men In every par
tic,ilar.
The Hoosier states favorite novel
ist will not need to live to be lO7~-
he will be 81 In July--tO see the pa ss-
ing Of the skirt In u large degree.
for the greater part OF the women
Of this country. Nor probably IL he
should live to be 207 would he see
America completely deskirted. For
there would remain groups adhering
to the traditional feminine garb de-
spite the dictates Of fashion and com
fort, and there would be regions
where such new fashions would never
penetrate. But Mr.. Harrington is
right about the passing of the skirt
At present the tendency is upward
rather than outward. but that is a
matter of style and not Of en,a ncipa-
ton. Another season may see The
skirts of those who cling to the Gus,
tomary costume Of women lens sthenei
appreciably, though probably never
again will they reach the ground or
even pass below the shoe tops.
ticr @sf.sed by the hrst appearance In
the sGtets Of women Ia knlcksrhock,
Evening star., 1926-06-17
Released by the Law.


Tried three times for his life. on
accusation Of the crime OF murder.
man was Yesterday discharged by the
District Supreme Court from indict-
ment and set free. Thus ends case
of extra ordinary interest. Public SYM
rathy is undoubtedly in favor of the
former prisoner, who now goes forth
without fear of future accuse ton.
That a cruel murder was commit
ted In this city on the night OF Jahu-
sry %. 1919, nearly seven and a half
years ago, is established. Three
Cinnamon engaged in educstional
work were killed and the slayer. or
slayers. escaped. Suspicion fell upon
Ziang Sun Wan. who bad visited the
mission. He was arrested, with an
other. and, held incommunicado by
the police. was subjected to an in
tensive inauisition, with the result
of the extortion of admissions that
We're used as the basis Of his indict-
ment. Upon trial. he was convicted
and sentenced to death. This con
yjction was attacked 10y his counsel
as unwarranted by the evidence anu
particularly upon the ground that IL
was based on an alleged confession
secured through compulsion. TWO
davs before the date finally, after
several postponements, set for execn-
ton. the Supreme Court of the United
State set the verdict aside on thiS
latter ground. ON the second trial the
fury stood ten to two for acquittai.
A third trial was ordered and resulted
sgain in disagreement. nine for
acuuittaI and three for conviction. 1t
was evident that a conviction could
no, he secured and Yesterdays action
was the result of this belief
TO say that justice has failed in
this case does not imply that the man
who was Yesterday freed from ar-
cusation was in fact guilty. But IL
has failed. nevertheless. The triple
murder stands unsolved and the per
petrator is unpunished. Whether
fault lies at the doors OF the police,
who employed unwarranted mea asures
of inquiry, or elsewhere. the crime
GOES now into the record as mHs-
terv which the courts have not been
able to unravel.
The third degree" process. whereby
accused persons are forced by mental,
and even at times by physical, tor
t,re to make self-accuSatory revela-
tions. has been properly condemned
hy the courts and by public opinion.
Even II this method were the only
one whereby guilt could be deter
mined, 1t should not be tolerated. ii
Ia reversion to the inquisiti"n, with
all it's horrors and IT'S opportunities
for tyra injustice.
since the judgment Of the Supreme
Court was rendered in this case, set
ting aside verdict of guilty on the
score Of compulsory methods employed
10 secure evidence, this practice has
been aha ndoned by the District police.
Every prisoner Ia given fair chance
to defend himself
II the man releas sed yesterday, after
nearly seven and a half years OF
imprisonment, with the agony of i'm.
minent death during the greater part
Of that period. is actually innocent
in fact. as he has now been declared
to he In law, he has suffered beyond
rera "a tion. He cannot be compen-
stated for his confinement and his
torment Of soul. He now goes forth,
a tree man, with the hest wishes ot
al, members of this community. who
hone that his life henceforth may be
placid and fruitful.
Evening star., 1926-06-17
A Heavy Vote.

Ridgewood. n. j.. citizens are evi-
IDENTIFY more interested In dogs than
congressman. asssmblymen. freehold.
on a nsw dos ordinance une hundred
and forty four more votes were regis
tered on the regulation than on all
the candidates In the primary election.
OF the two thousand seven hundred
citizens who voted fQr or against the
mutt law" only fN6 thousand Ave
hundred and nfty.six tsgistsred their
Evening star., 1926-06-17
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHiLANUEk JON NSON.


I've read the advertisements
Bout the things you ought to take
For insta ntaneOus relief
From every pain an ache.
No matter what the trouble,
They will cure it. safe and quick.
The expense IL jest a tribe.
What's the use Of being sick?
And in tho ne&t door column
The flns ncial folks explain
How ten dollara Is invested
10 bring thouss nds, all clear gain.
They show YOU calculations
Which are absolutely sure
TO lead the way to fortune.
Where's the sense Of being poor?
I'm mighty glad I'm living
Ia q lucky time like this;
The changes are 50 many
That l can't tell which to miss.
An l want the world to join ma
In my gratitude intense.
We can all be rich and happy
At nominal expense.
One Danger Averted.
80 that college professor spoke
favorsbly of our SOM" said the fond
mother.
"Sert Of favorably," answered the
father. He said there was no dan
ser Of his growing up to be one Of
| those pedants who never know any.
thing except what they get in books" :"
An Impression.
I'm kind o discoura ged bout that
| new boa rdsr.' said Mrs. CorntosseL.
"Cheer up!' answered the farmer.
| him. He's one y those feliers that
write political articles for the ma ga
| zines"
The College.
| 1t is an institution great,
Where wise men love to congregate,
And vainly do their best to tell
How to translate a college ven.
Feminine Logic.
$50 you are engaged to Mr.. Blig.
gins?"
yes" answered the vivacious
young woman.
II thought you said you wouldn't
marry him 1t he were the last man
! on EARTH"
II wouldn't. But he isn't the last
ma n on earth, is he?"
Evening star., 1926-06-17

The legs of Miss Ethel Dale, win
ner out Of 1000 entrants in "A New
York contest. were adjudged the most
hosiery ihnufa cturers as the stand
ard for American girls. Do not crowd
out Connecticut avenue way, though.
for they will not he kept at DIR.
Burgess well known bureau.
Evening star., 1926-06-17
The School Budget.

Proof of the value of the five-year
cOnst ruction program adopted by
Congress for the development of the
District public schools Is afforded by
the adoption by the Board Of t,duca
ti"n Of budget of appropriate
for the fiscal year ls212S, which
though large ia comps rison with
those vf former years, is stiil in ac
cUru with the schedule Of annual al
Ivttnents VI funds.
la the aiivca tiun VI the prospective
plan The itoaru Vf Edu.atiVn, with
fun knowledge VI the needs Vt the
public school system, estimates for re-
uuirements that are in keeping with
the growth Of the population. Not
every need can he met Mt once. SVme
neishborhoods, urgently in need Of
immediate relief from school cohses-
tiun, must wsit for another season.
Selection must he made.
The Board Of Education having
preva red it's program Of constructions
aud site puirha ses. itS budget should
lie reya i,ied with fun cOnsaders ton by
the Dist riot commissioners and the
Bureau OF the Budget. There In no
advantage In emitting down in any one
year below the limit Of authorize ti0n
Under the five year plan. Eventually
all arrears must be made up. and at
hig her costs than the~ work can lie
dune for at present.
1t In the confident hope of the peo-
pie Of the district that the public
schools OF the Capital will lie brought
up to date In point Of equipment and
housing by means Of the five-yesr
program " intensive and extraoIxli-
nary expenditures. II this Is done the
annual additions to tho school plant
Will he easily provided, keeping the
District up to date without strain
upon its revenues and permitting no
further lapses such as those that
have led la the present deficiencies.
Evening star., 1926-06-17
Law and Ethics.
rom the ChAttanOOka News

From the ChattanoOka News.
A contemporary insists that scholar
ship standards in law schools are en-
tirely too low. No opinion II ven.
tursd- on the standards OF ethics. ,,
Evening star., 1926-06-17
Derelicts.

From the Des MOines Tribune.
Years ago there fsed to he much
complaint ~ citizenslwho voted early
and often" Nowadays 1t Is hard to
ret many Of them-to .vete-atr all
Evening star., 1926-06-17

Uncle Sam took in $400, ,000, 900 in
revenue taxes and spent $3s3 600 ,Oso
in debt reduction the other day with
the same nOnchslance that the aver
age person cashes q five dollar check,
pays bill and pockets the change.
Evening star., 1926-06-17

The Associated Press is txrius,ttiy ut,en
10 the nse for repuhl"stCr CT all rtws "'.'
Fetches credited 20 II or not otherwise cIen-
Tied in This paper and also the lnrai NV ,
Of spNcisl dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1926-06-17

Mr., Melons letter on the liausen
farm relief bill was more effective
than his recent Endorsement Of can
d;aats for the Senate in Pennsy ivania.
Evening star., 1926-06-17

No scientist has yet advanced the
theory that the present cool weather
is due to the disturbance Of Arctic
currents by the airships that have
lately been traversing the polar re.
gion, but such a guess may soon be
advanced.
Evening star., 1926-06-17
No Kitchen Colds.
From the Muncie Star.

From the Muncie Star.
The fact that the colleges will soon
close does not necessarily mean that
mother will have some help with the
dishes.
Evening star., 1926-06-17

Arlington County gets by with a
popular referendum without evoking
\ congressional inquiry into expenses.
Evening star., 1926-06-17
The Taxi Feeling.

From the Wall Street Journal =
It's worth the taxi fare to feeh:tou
don't care what happens t6H the
IendegA @ a.Ss
Evening star., 1926-06-17

preferences in regard to office holdera.
Those who are elected to once prob
ably will not relish running in com.
petition with dogs In popular interest.
but the canine question has long nsi.
tated Ridsewood. and II go happened
that yesterday was set as the time for
action on the new ordinance. II all
reNoive,l around the question Of vac.
rination. The old law prohibited any
uos from running at large and com
PEELED ~>acrina!io of every animal.
The new law, which won out by the
close vote, makes inUcula ton op.
tionsI. but provides thai no dog shall
run free unless vaccinnted OF muxzied.
Thus the seven hundred CANNES Of
Ridgewood, y. -, viii probably high.
hat" the dogs Of neighboring cities.
Their status Interested their human
friends to an Unprecedented degree.
Their comfort ana elfare have been
taken care Of. and 1t is considered
proba bic that Il huge dog migration to
KidseMood VIII soon he Ia fun swing.
Where else could they attract such ht.
tention? Yes, RidsewoUd will soon lie
overrun with the canine species when
the word spreads throughout dosdoni.
Evening star., 1926-06-17
he Evening Star New spaper Company
Rate by MaiI-Psyable In Advance.
MARYLAND and Virginia.
An Other States and Canada.
Memher Of the AsSMiafed Press.

Daily and Sunday VI. Si2on: mo ~ ~
Sunday only .... Sr.. 400: mo. doe
Evening star., 1926-06-17


r. r.. Clark Of this city are essen-
tally worka Of art and admirably in.
terpret the beauty Of Washington. We
should have more of these. Think
how lovely and satisfactory as soft
venirs are the pictorial post cards to
be had in Edinburgh. in Switzerland.
in Venice, to name only few places.
Our post cards are improving. Why.
now, should we not turn our attention
to our souvenirs. par,lcularly the sou.
venirs Of our National Capital? 1t
may be said that the public desires
the banal, the inelegant.. the trifiins.
but 1t Is only fair to give the public a
chance, and the fact is that in almost
every insta nco where the public has
been given q chance IT, voluntarily
gives preference to what ia good. At
any rate. the experiment Is worth try
inK.
That the traveling public is not i'm
mune to things artistic, but to the con-
trary does react to that which IL real
ly fine, is evidenced by the amount OF
money that railroad compa MES ex-
pend. and think it wise to expend. in
tho decoration and equipment OF their
trains. One Of the roads coming into
our Union Statlon mas on Il certain
train a. dining car in colonial style. On
the menu IL a description OF the styles
of the ornamentation and the fur
nishing-Adam, Heppelwhite. Shera-
ton. Not only is this well done, but
well paid for. and the travelling public
likes 1t. AS Senator Root said in a no.
table address a few years ago, THE
people of America are beginning to
see that 1t Is not necessary to be com.
monplace in order to have common
sense" But what would ne say OF
th0he souvenirs!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-01
BACKS CLAIM OF
VOL Ut ION
By MI F DACEY
anterna tionaI News service

II DEN tsR. June, THE African
Bushnnan 10 primitive that he Is
described as 'i1eeitap 81 human.
ivy, has been injected into the
Aiodernist vs. FundamentaIist Re.
llgious row.
Dr. G. Ernest C.adle, leader of the
recently returned Denver African
expendition, put forth the Bishman
as, conclusive proof Of the theory
of evolution He said:
Are We to look upon the Bush.
man whose order st intelligence IS
even lower than that 81 tho rock
81 boon, which banks around his
wind screen, as having been ere.
ated perfect In the likeness Of 8
moral spiritual architypal God
n 10. IL Is some image and
some God Forget IL!
\ man is coming up God Is
Justified III his creation despite the
sacrifice Of the cost OF the process
of evolution and there lis hope for
the little irninOrtals OF the jungle
trials Of the Kalahari. re man is
going down, backward into the
blaclsness Of natures bleak night.
then creation Is nightmare and
it, author an unthinkable enormity "
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-01
Slayers 81 Husband
Build Widow Home
Worth S., 900

SHICKSHINNY, Pa, June !.
Mrs. Augustus Spayder has
moved into 4 new home, built
for her and her eight children
BY the eight young Mocanaqua
men occupants Of the auto
mobile which killed her husband
almost three months ago.
The young men, pleading
guilty in court to q charge Of
rlanslaughter, were freed under
suspended sentence so the court
could see how their experiment
worked out. Al neat, well-con-
structed bungalow on the out
skirts 81 Shickshinny, built and
furnished By them at q cost Of
about $1,000 was the result.
Since the accident the young
men have been supporting the
family, and said they would con-
tinue to do so if the roadside
inn conducted BY Mrs. Spayder
does not earn her d livelihood.
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