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NOT ICE
Of Hurricane Signals.

During the hurricane season the
usual hurricane signals will be flown
from the Forts at Christiansted and
Frederiksted, and from the Battery
at Kings Hill.
During the d0y: Upon receipt of
information that a hurricane is
approaching, ONE HURRI-
CANE FLAG "a red flag with a
black square in the %centre) will
be flown.
It this island is in the path of
the hurricane, TWO HURRI-
CANE FLAGS Zone above the
Other) will be flown.
During the night: Two guns will
be fired, and after an interval
Of half a minute, two more.
The telephone Centrals will in
form all subscribers, country ones
frst) of the approaching hurricane.
Office of the Director of Police,
Fr%ederiksted, st. CrOix, v. /. u. s.,
10Th, July 1927.
F. COULTER,
Director OF Police.
, 1927-07-28

81 lines of rain was measured st The
Fort this m)lning, J inc at Fredariksted
and | line al Kingshill.
A mail for st Thomas for despatch
by the U. s.. S "Grebe'' will be closed
at 2 p. m. today.
See Kenneth Mcdonald in Dynamite
Dan" at the Cbristiaustad Theatre to-
night.
, 1927-07-28

(dJ All members of the fire Depart
mems viii hold themselves in readiness
subject to the call Of the Brandmajor.
(eJ The Director of Police will take
entire charge of the situation in Freder-
iksted and he is authorized to deputize
such responsible persons as may he necps.
sary for the purpose of observing the
above instructions in that city. He will
keep in telephone communication with
the Commanding Officer Of the Marines
and the Despatchlng Secretary at all
times.
GENERAL NOTES.
8. (a) Every householder should
make all posi-. le efforts to secure his
" property, not alone to save it, but to
prevent articles and material from being
removed by the wind in such manner as
to endanger life and the property Of
others.
10 All domestic fires must be put
out on the approach OF a hurricane aud
kept out until all danger is past, this to
re 1uce the risk in case homes are d IN.
aged.
(c) As electric power must be kept
off during & hurricane TO reduce the fire
risk, all householders should keep at hand
suitable Hurricane lanterns"
I'D All live stock outside the town
limits should be released from buildings
and pens and turned cut into fenced en-.
C sures
.e) The duration OF lie usual hurri.
cane is some cighttr tn IONS Illus,
while there is 20 rece sily fer IayitR.in
large stores Of provisions and water. Ill
hOuse-holders should provide against rea-
sonabie requirements while the hurricane
is on.
@ Should a hurricane center pass
over the Island there will be a fiat calm
for perhaps an hour, after which the
wind will again break without warning
and continue to blow, from the opposite
direction, for the second half Of the hur.
ricane. 1t is during this calm that the
greatest caution must be obsesvediD leav
ing shelter or opening buildings as there
will be no warning for the second part of
the bICW.
Done at the Government House, Saint
Thomas, Virgin Islands of the United
States, this fifteenth day Of July, 1927.
w. EVANS.
SEAL Governor.
TELEGRAMS.
, 1927-07-28

the Island. When information is re-
ceiVqG frCm the Weather Bureau or from
the Governor indicating that the center
Of the storm will pass near or close to St.
Croix, two storm flags, one above the
other will be heisted on the Forts at the
above mentioned places. At the same
time the Despatcbing Secretary will re-
quest the Commanding Officer, Marine
Barracks, to fire the warning guns. l. e.,
two guns in quick succession, followed,
after a half minute interval, by two more
guns in quick succession. One gun is
mounted al the Marine Barracks, Chris,
tiansted, and the other at the Fort in
Frederiksted.
3, When signal is made indicating the
presence Of hurricane in the vicinity of
ST. CroiX. the Director Of Police at Fred
eriksted and the Commanding officer Of
Marines at Christiansted will Immediate
~ notify all heads OF governmental acti.
vitleS and all shipping in the harbOr at
the respective towns.
3. Upon the receipt Of warning the
Assistant Public Works Officer will direct
some thoroughly reliable person to notify
by telephone
a. All ShiI ping Agents.
~ All Rectors Of Parishes and Min
listers Of the Gospel
~ All persons having telephones in
outlying districts.
PROCEDURE AFTER WARNING.
6. The Head Of each governmental ac-
tlVity is charged with the responsibility
Of scouting all bujldji gs and other prop
erty assigned 10 or embraced by his own
activity: and each Of these officials will
prepare detailed plans for the safeguard
ing of such property.
8. In case assistance from the Marine
detachment IN Christiansted be necessa
~ for the preservation of life and prop
erty the Chief Of Police will so advise
the Despatching Secretary, who, in his
discretion, will request the Commanding
officer OF the Marines 10 furnish such as
slstanc as may be necessary.
Z. The following details will be observ.
ed.
(a) Inhabitants Of all frame buildings
or anyone who is nor satisfied with TIE
safety OF their own personal shelter are
at liberty to gake shelter in Government
House, ChTistiansted, or in the Forts at
Christiansted and Frederiksted. The spe
cial and regular police force or patrol duty
Will see that all lights except hurricane
lanterns are ~eXtinguished, and that all
domestic fires are out.
TO- The Assistant Public Works Off
Ger will reQuirs t.. chautfeurs employed
by him to hold themselves in readiness
for call IN case emergency transportation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-18

to be erected along Fifteenth street
northward from Il street, Is In addi-
ton to 100000 appropriated last
year. The architectural firm of York
d Sawyer of New York. has started
work on preliminary sketches and
plans. II is likely that the new ap
preparation would be used not only
for the architects, but also for some
excavation and perhaps some founda
ton work during the next year.
Condemnation proceedings are undan
way for acquisition of a plot of ground
immediately west of the Government
Printing Office, where an adnlinistra-
tive building ia to be erected at a
total cost of $l.25O,000. This wear
500 900 was appropriated. and $3.50
900 more was asked today by the
President to carry forward the project
Actual construction is expected to
start this Spring or Summer on the
Internal Revenue Building, Just
south of the Post Office Department
for which the President asked $500. 900
i'm addition to the $1,000 already
appropriated.
The Liberty Loan Building addition
adjacent to the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing is already under con.
struction. putting two stories on the
present structure. The President
asked 1925, 900 more than the $3.50 900
already appropriated to complete the
job. estimated to cost 1915, 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-18
SENATOR REED HITS
MAN-MADE LAWS
Trying to Do by Statute What
Church Formerly Did Nilsson
rian Says.

Modern lawgiyers are trying to do
by statute what formerly was done by
the church. the school and the home,
Senator Reed, Democrat, Missouri,
told an audience of Catholic Univer
sity students last night at the fifth
annual senior night given by the bod
Noon Club Of the university.
The theory of the founders OF the
Republic was that government should
protect the liberties of d man rather
than regulate his personal habits,
Senator Reed emphasized. ''Man-made
laws never made a man decent" he
added.
Il combat most vigorously the
theory that if 1t 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 law. and that
once it is passed it is sacrosanct.
do not advocate breaking any law, but
If it Is bad, repeal it."
Senator Reed said that every great
act Of tyranny was committed in pur-
cult of mans law and not moral law.
Christ was crucified according to
the Roman and Jewish laws" he said.
"England opposed the colonists, &C.
cording to their laws, and the colonists
licked them, according to the law Of
right and Almighty God. When a
law Is just there is not much difficulty
in enforcing It, but when it runs coun.
ter to the sense tof justice, then 1t is
that it becomes a danger to the State.
A hate for one law has n tendency to
create a disregard for all law, which
will undermine the national conscious
ness
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-18

Mlcfobes were discovered in 1877 by
anton van Leeuwenhoek, Hollander,
accorulng to the Liberty Magazine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-18
Jury D|SAGREES
IN ". S. WARD CASE
Suit for $4,000 Damages
for Alleged Staying Ends
in No Verdict.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK. February lS.-The
jury i'm the $4,000 damage suit of
Eldrdge O. Peters of Iiaverhiil,
Mass. against Walter $. Ward for
the death of his son, Clarence NJ.
Peters, five years 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
after the jurors had been deliberat-
ing a little more than an hour the
Judge ordered that sealed verdict
be returned this morning.
Instead of finding a verdict, how
ever, the jury merely left sealed
notification for the court that it had
been found impossible for all to
agree.
AS soon as the inability of the jury
was formally announced in court the
jurors were discharged. A motion to
restore the case to the trial calendar
was then made by counsel for both
Ward and Peters. Judge Anderson
said that if the lawyers 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 thirty
second birthday. September rs. 1928.
he was acquitted by jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-18

rant. he says--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, Il busted
loose He attacked the grand jury
in his paper, and as result was fined
$500 and sentenced to 80 days for con
tempt. of court. He filed an answer
to the charge. offering to prove it. and
was fined another $500 and given 90
days more for direct contempt of
court.
Dale spent II days in jail. unable to
get his bond accepted, and then was
sent to the penal farm, was given a
number and a head shave, and had
his f1ngerprintS taken. He spent three
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 charge. of criminal libel.
and later was convicted and SEN
fenced 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 yet
Masked Men Attack.
With a collection of sentences, Dale
then settled down for some real fight.
ing. One night he and his son We're
attacked by gang of men in black
masks. The attack took place so feet
from his home, two blocks from the
court house and in sight of the
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post Office for Alexandria is recon-
mended by the Budget Bureau which
proposes a limit cost of 100000 for
this project
Includes Two Projects.
The two items for the Department
of Agriculture relate to two projects.
on either side of r street southwest
The 800, 900 was asked for progress
on the central part of the admnistra
ton building to connect the already
existing white marble wings. The
architectural firm of Rankin Il KEEL
logg of Philadelphia has already been
engaged to make preliminary studies
and sketches for the new administra-
tive building, and have started their
work. Part of the additional funds
would go to the architects, and should
their work progress far enough and
decision be reached, the first contracts
for excavation and foundation may be
reached next. Congress has author
lied this structure to cost $4,000, 900,
and for this year appropriated
$40O, 900.
The 100000 asked for the extensi
BILE building to be constructed on the
block Immediately south of the
Agricultural Administration Building
on b street southwest is in addition
to $1,200,000 already appropriated. to-
ward a project authorized to cost
$5,75o,000 Condemnation proceedings
for acquisition of the block on which
the building is to be placed are in the
hands of the Department of Justice.
The 100000 more asked for the
Department or Commerce, which is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-18
DALE CARRIES LEGAL BATTLE
TO SUPREME COURT AGAIN
Fighting Indiana Editor
Senses Victory in Feud
With Ku KIux Khan.
Four Sentences Are Pending
Against Him-InCIude Con-
tempt and Libel.

George r.. Dale. much prosecuted
Muncie, Ind. editor. is in Washington
To carry on his fight to escape serv-
ing several sentences imposed upon
him by Indiana courts, and he scents
victory in his long and bitter feud
with the In kluX Khan. lie has
broken the Klans grip on his home
county. he says. and the tide Of public
sentiment has turned against II.
Dale Yesterday made a personal
appeal to Justice Butler of the United
States Supreme Court TO stay the
mandate which, If issued, would make
him pay fine of $500 and begin serv.
ing a sentence of 30 days for con
tempt OF court. His appeal to the
Supreme Court was dismissed Ganu-
airy 3 because he failed to file certain
papers. lie hopes 10 have the man
date stayed while he seeks reinstate-
lnent 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 II months
imprisonment and 81 400 fines. But
Dale isn't worried. Far from it,
Tells of Struggle.
He has beaten the Khan. he says
al tHS ldSl cleCtIOn the flhil Ca l1ul-
date for prosecuting attorney and
minor officials We're defeated, and he
predicts that after the next election
the judge who sentenced him will be
looking for a job. The circulation
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 Khan Is a strange one.
Here 1t Is: In 1921, he says. the
Khan was in control of the State of
Indiana. Local officials in Muncie
were all Klansmen. He began fight
ing the organization in his paper
The Government began an inves-
tigation Of public officials, and Dale
volunteered to help them. One night
while he was in an attorneys Office
the police came .in-without war
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-18

Y. NJ. G. A. Y. W. G.. A. and church.
Guns were pointed at both him and
his son. He wrested his from his as.
sailant and fired. His son was hit
over the head with the butt Of a gun
and he was black lacked When he
regained consciousness the assailants
had fed.
A few days later a Khan funeral
was held. There was never any In
vestigation or official report of the
shooting, according to Mr.. Dale.
Soon after the incident the chief
Of police told him to carry a gun for
protection. The next day he was ar
rested for carrying it, he says. He
took the case into another county
ana IT was thrown opt of court. The
day he got back 10 Muncie he was
arrested again. He was convicted,
ana has pending a motion for new
trial.
Then SAYS Dale, began siege.
His house was fired on nearly every
night. he says, and the windows pep
pered With shot. State officials or
dered him protected and the attacks
stopped
Has Enjoyed Battle.
Last Summer he was convicted of
another charge of criminal libel and
sentenced to three months and fined
$500. He was refused a new trial and
is now preparing an appeal to the SUI
preme Court of Indiana.
The Indiana Supreme Court re-
versed decision in one case of CON
tempt, but upheld the other. He ap-
pealed 10 the United States Supreme
Court, and it was this appeal that was
dismissed.
He now has four sentences against
him. all growing out of the original
charge of violation of the liquor law
That charge was dismissed for lack of
evidence. And there you are" says
Dale.
He has enjoyed it. lie believes he
is right and says he is going to keep
on fighting until he wins IA complete
victory. He has benefited from his
experiences. too He is an authority
on contempt of court and has scrap
book four inches thick full of clip
pings about his case.
He says the decision OF the Indiana
Supreme Court in the contempt case
reverses a precedent set 200 years ago
and in effect means that the truth Of
charges is nc defense for making
them.
II am the most prosecuted editor
ever known says Dale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-18
ARb0RETUM BILL
STRONGLY URGED
U. S. Commerce Chamber d.
rectorS IndorSe House Meas
ure Now Before Senate.

Strong Endorsement Of the bill to
provide in Washington national AR
boretum for the scientific study AND
Recommendation With trees and plant
life, which has passed the Senate and
now is pending before the House. yes
terday was voted by the board OF I'll
rectors of the Chamber OF Com'nerce
Of the United States in session at
Havana. Cuba. according 10 cable
gram received here last night by the
Washington Chamber of Commerce.
The value of research in a SQUAD
national forestry policy" the messag 6"
stated. was recognized and empha
sized in the chambers referendum A..
Relieving that the establishment or an
aboretum for scientific study and eN-
perimentation in problems OF tree :tnd
plant life would be OF value to the
timber and wood-using industries or
the country, we indorse measures
looking to the establishment at Wash
ington of such an arboretum by the
Federal Government"
Ieese Seconds Endorsement.
M. A. Leese. president of the local
Che mber of CommerCe, making pubic
the message from the national cham
hers directors added further indorse-
nent of the measure, declaring: Ihe
establishment of the proposed arhore-
tum in Washington would be decd
ed asset TO this city: it would const!-
tute in effect, new governmental
industry, in addition to its importance
TO the advancement of scientific re
search
Enactment Of the arboretum bill
into law would prove of great benefit
to the country at large. Walter Dub.
Brookings, manager Of the natural re.
sources department Of the United
States Chamber of Commerce. de-
clared today in discussing approval OF
the bin by the Senate.
There is a growing appreciation OF
the fact" said Mr.. Brookings, that
there should be research and expert
ment in growing trees If the Nation
is to make a success OF the eIrort 10
replace our cut-Vver 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 learning how to combat
destructive tree insects and tree dis
eases. 1t will help in assuring quail
ity in seeds.
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 so
years. To assist the forester in the
development of fast growing timber is
one of the main purposes of those
seeking TO have the arboretum estab-
fished.
THE business interests of the coun-
try Endorsed the principles contained
in this legislation in a referendum
vote on Forestry Policy. which car
ried the following recommendations:
I'VE recommend that the work of
Federal research and experiment in
forest products be enlarged and that
appropriations by Congress for this
purpose be increased.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-18
RADIO BILL MAY DELAY
D. c. SUPPLY MEASURE
Phipps Hopes Senate Will Resume
Consideration Today--0utlook
Is Gloomy.

Although Senator Phipps of Colo
RADIO 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
control bill IL the unfinished business
ana when the Senate met today Sen.
ator Pittman of Nevada. who is OPP
posed to certain features of the con
ference report, was ready to debate
the subject.
Senator 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
dlsposed of a considerable part of the
District bill Wednesday. and it is not
expected that ii will take long to com
piete the passage of it when it Is
again taken up
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-18
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued TO the
william r. Rood and Sue Van Auken.
both Of Berwick. Pa
Ralph Quisenbury of this city. and Massie
Williams. Alexandra.
Charles c. Green of this city. and Flor
ence Cornell of Forrestyille. Va.
Edward Sachs and Moliie Levine
Raymond l.. Brown and Mary b. Davis.
Anthony j, Byrne Of this city, and Helen
M McCabe Of Chevy Chase, Md.
Henry Harris and Nell Davis.
Percy Bridgeforth and Lucille MIlhngs
jeremiah Fahey and Elizabeth Boyle.
William Tibbs and Ollie Douglas
Edgar +. Mitchell and Bertha A.
Thorvaid r Hammer OF Branford. Conn &.
and Lucy b Taylor of this city.
Rose J. Smell of Bowling Green. Va. and
Iouisa Redmond of Del Ray, Va.
c.eotra H. Anderson and Blanche L. Ale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-18
FATHER KILLS FIANCE.
Fight Follows Auto Mishap and
Bride-to-Be Is Witness.

BALTIMORE. February IS CF).--
Charles Ward, 20 years old. was fatal
~ stabbed in a fight early today with
Edward Shipley, father OF the girl
Ward was to have married within a
week. The affray. the climax of a
hard-cider party, occurred in Balti-
more County not far from this city
and Ward died few minutes after
being brought TO a hospital here. Pc
lice began a search for Shipley.
Frances Shipley. Wards fiancee,
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 10 the battle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-18
Divers Work on Church Clock.

A diver fought bats as he attempted
to rescue a 600-pound weight of the
clock at ST.. Paul's Cathedral. Calcut-
ia, recently The weight had
crashed to the bottom of the clock
pinnacle, and 1t was feared that the
base of the wall might have to be
broken to recover it. Divers volun
teered to he lowered down the shaft
and attach chains to haul it to the
top. One was attacked by the bats
when halfway down, but fought
them off
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-18
Gov. Peay Is Resting Well.

NASHVILLE. Tenn. February IL
RD.-Gov. Austin Peay was resting
Well early today according to DIR.
Frank Fessey. chief of group Of ply.
sicians In attendance. He added, how
ever, that while he did not anticipate
such an occurrence. he did not believe
the governor would survive another
heart attack.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-18
Belgian Bank Shares Sold.

BRUSSELS, February Is P).-
Over a billion francs were offered by
were opened for the sale of $4,000, 900
francs additional shares of the Bank
of Belgium, to bring it's total capital
ization up to 100000, 900 francs. Louis
F'ranck, governor of the bank, said
the issue had been oversubscribed 81
timeS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-18
Water Plant Bids, Rejected.

special Dispatch to The Star
FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Febru
airy 1s.-All bids for constructing ano
equipping water filtration plant 70,
TINS city were rejected by the specia
committee Of the City Council Thurs
Jay as being too high. The engineer
estimate of the cost was $4,000, bu,
$83,936. ""'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-18
$2,275, 900 ASKED
BY BUDGET BUREAU
TO BEGIN BUILDINGS

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