Evening Star Newspaper, June 7, 1924, Page 4

S SCENE IN CONTINENTAL MEMORIAL HALL WHER ORATORS HEAR COOLIDGE CITE RESPONSIBILITY OF AMERICA| President Delivers Address at Opening of National Contest in Memorial Continental Hall—W orld Democratization Urged. America’s responsibility in the work of demsocratization throughout the world was stressed by President Coolidge last night in his address opening the national oratorical con- test at Memorial Continental Hall. “The substitution of democratic for autocratio forms has made, in the brief first quarter of our century, a measure of progress which is not Yet as fully appreclated perhaps as it ought to be, but which the future will recognize as epoch-making,” de- clared the President. “Arhéricans in particular cannot but bé impressed with the thought of a great responsibility which is upon them, because of their leadership in this work of democratization,” he continued. His address in full fol- 16ws: Serious-Minded Amerieans. *“It would not be easy to arrange | an occasion more calculated to appeal | strengly to thoughtful and serious- | minded Americans than this which | has brought us here this evening. We | have come to hear the last of a series | of many thousands of addresses deal- ing with the Constitution of the United States, prepared and delivered by high school students from all parts of the country. The Seven who will speak tonight are the survivors of & process of winnowing and elimi- nation through contests, first in the individual high schools, then a series of regional contests among thé win- ners in the inidvidual schools; the whole leading finally to this national mesting in which the winners of the primary and secondary competitions are to present their addressos and theé final prizes are to be awarded by distinguished judges. “First and last, some thousands of competitions preliminary to this for which we are assembled have been held. The number of individiual stu- dents who have participated, and through their participation have been moved to a study of the Constitution and the beginnings of constitutional government, is many times greater. Tt fequires little imagination to be méved to contemplate the far-resch- ing significances of such a series of competitions. It represents the most efféctive method of enlisting the in- térests of the young men and women in_the study of our governmental in- stitutions. A group of great newspa- pefs have devoted enormous publicity and inspirational effort to make thes contests, a complete success, and bacl of these have been many thougands of educators who have given ebthu- sh&tio support to the movement, by téAining, encouraging and taking un- oéifish pride in the efforts of their papils. To all of these largest measure of recognition thefr contribution to this splendid work. A ~niefly in the satisfaction of having déme something thoroughly useful for thé nation, for the body of their stu- dents and for the perpetration of wétind government. Subjected to Serntiny. “There never was a time when our institutions were so universally be- ing subjected to intimate scrutiny afd close consideration as they are today. This is true not only of our own country, but of others fn all 1#fts of the world.. Hven the young- est of these voung mén and women Whé are to speak here tonight have lived_through one of the great spochs in_the evolution of governmental ig8hls and methods in this world. Théir studies preparatory to theirap- péarance here will have impressed them, as it has all of us, with the fagt that men and women every- Whére are giving an impressive meas. ufé of attention to the relations of 7i66ple to their governments. The substitution of democratic for auto- &FAtl® {orfms hae made, in the brief is due the for | Their reward will have to be | | the individual citizens of the state: | ances. first quarter of ouf century, a meas- ¥Ze of progress which-is not yet as fully appreciated perhaps as it ought | to be, but which the future will rec- ognize as epoch-making. “Americans in particular f‘fl"'\l\" but be impressed with the thought of a great responsibility which is upon them, because of their leadership in this work of democratization. It is| only a century and a third sifce the thirteen colonies, following their war of independence, set up here the first government among men that was based on a written constitution. That Constitution contained a series -of | specific_rights to the states and 'to| and these were protected through our ingenious system of checks and bal- The legisiative, executive and judicial departments of the govern- ment were made independent of each other, and yet given a status which assured against usurpations by any one or two of them. The Constitu- tion set up the machanism of our dual government, under which the states controlled in affairs of a local and limited concern, while the nation was supreme as to all interstate concerns and national interests. Looking baek | from the condition of those men of 1787, we can realize how startling the experiment which they pro- posed should be undertaken here in | a_new country by a scattered popul tion. Since then the nation which chartered has grown to power, | wealth and authority in the world: even more than all this, it has come to know itself, to have confidence in its institutions, to appreciate the| genius for democracy which is inher- ent in a liberty-loving community of intelligent citizens The nation which was founded in _this noble. courageous experiment has had i struggles, and bitter ones, to vindi- cate the experiment. There have been struggles at home. as well as abroad. But through them all the way of advancement has been stead- fastly and confidently pursued. Crises have come and have been dealt with in a fashion which has firmly estab- lished the conviction that it is pos- sible for a democracy to be strong enough to sustain itself, and vet not too strong to conserve the liberties of its people. This, we may fairly as- sume, was the great test of the American experiment. Wise and ex- perienced men, devoted to the ideal of human liberty, had entertained profound misgivings as to whether this thing could be accomplished. There was a vast fund of human ex perience which seemed to justify these misgivings. The republics and the pure democracies of older times had left historical records which could not but arouse doubts. The fathers of the Constitution confronted the task of making a structure strong enough to support itself against at- tarks from either within or without, and vet that weuld not interfere with the reasonable and proper liberity of the citizens, Series of Compromises. “Our Constitution, as it was put| into operation 135 years ago, was the result of the long series of compro- mises, accommodations, concessions and adaptations that were necessary in order to meet all these conditions. It represented the first successful ef- fort of men to set up such a balanced and adaptable scheme of institutions. “Our ~ constitutional system has justified itself not only in eur own history, but in the fact that it has been ‘accepted as the model upon which so many later experiments in demooratic - republican institutions have been based. If imitation is the sincerest flattery, then the men who forged the basic institutions of our government out of their consciences, their aspirations for liberty and their devotion to the ideals of order and permanence, surely would be su- premely gratified to know of the progress which democracy the world over has built upon their foundations. ut, impressive as have been the results of our experiment, gratifying have been the tributes which imi- ion has paid. we realize that our not vet perfect. Al forms { then we will bs able to real | by tearing down everything that has THE undergo the process of change, adap- tation, evolution, to fit themselves to the changing needs af a society which can never remain stagnant. Civiliz tion cannot stand stull, the institu- tions under which it evelops cannot remain unchanged. Change is inevi- table, and there must be intelligent capacity to direct that cbange in the right wa ! Matablity of Institutions. | “If we accept this postuljte of the eternal “mutability of "in ¥itution: Rreat a service is that men and women who would tratn the youth of the nation to understunding of and to interest in these irstitu- tions of ours. There is no greater obligation upon the community than | that of properly educating its voiyth, | of training its future citizens for ‘he | duties which in their time they must assume. The world has always conv tained a dangerously large propor= of ‘e EVENING STiR. ! Oration Winning Grand Prize, | And One Taking Second Place “THE CONS& TITUTION.” BY Dov +TYLER, Franklin High Schou'l Los Angcles, Calif. As T traveled across th* continent to Washington I realized as never before that we are living today ,in & beau- tiful land stretching from \lbe Snows of the north to thme summer lands of the far south, sweeping fr'm the tion of people who have believed that the way of progress was by way of destruction. “They are commonly in a minority, but a distressingly active and deter- mined minority, They would begin the reconstruction of human affairs thus far been erected. It seems as if well-nigh every generation in mod- ern times is destined to try some of these experiments in reorganization the process of utter disorganiza- The eagerness of the extrem- 8 the revolutionists, is unquench- able. The only assurance against their machinations is to be found in the inculcation among the people of sound ideals of government. 1f we, in our generation, shall succeed in establishing among those who are to come after us the full conception of the obligation fo reasonableness and to moderation, the next generation may find reason to thank us for mak- ing its way of life easier than ours has been. That, I take it. is the greatest collective wish of humanity in every generation, as it 10ooks to the generations that are to follow. Meawure of Obligutions. “The purpose of those who have | made possible this gathering tonight. | and of the long series of competi- tions which make up its background, was to impress upon the youth of to- day the full measure of their obliga~ tions and responsibilities to tomor- row. The studies, the readings, the researches which have been inspired, represent a real contribution to bet- ter understanding of our institutions. They cannot possibly have failed to direct the interest and the intellec- tual activities of a great number of young people toward the problems of government and society. Those prob- lems require now and will continue to require In the future the best in- telligence and effort that can be giv- en to them, Whatever shall serve as inspiration in this direction is a benefaction to the race. Convinced as T am of the value of the studies and interests which have led up to this occasion, and which find their climax in the competition of this evening, 1 have to congratulate all who have participated im making this occasion possible. Particularly I must felicitate these young men and women who in the friendly competi- tion of this hour will have opportu- nity to demonstrate the better un- derstanding, the larger views that have come (o them through their preparation for this occasion.” TOBACCO DAMAGE LIGHT. Only Few Beds Destroyed in Ken- tucky, Says Growers’' Manager. HOPKINSVILLE, Ky., June 7.—Re- ports of extensive destruction of to- bacco plant beds in Metcalfe and other counties in the dark tobacco distriet of western Kentucky and Tennessee have been greatly exaggerated, Geoffrey Morgan, fleld manager for the Dark Tobacco Growers’ Co-operative Market- ing Association, declared here last night. ! Investigation by officials of the as- sociation has disclosed a few instances of plant bed destruction, Mr. Morgan said, but these 'were the result of local differences or old personal grudges. The investigators have been unable to find any evidence of an organized movement to ruin tobacco beds, Mr. Atlantic to the western watars of ‘the Pacific, a land of peace and Jreedom. But we are apt to forget what it \* thut has given us this jreat heritage: Wes have been free so lomg that free- domt is unnoted and haidly prized. Puace and order have preserved the oppottunity for useful and happy lives, have preserved safes and con- tented" homes, freedom of\ religion. freedo.m of thought, freedem of speech, independent manhood and woman:hood, the right to rule fhe con- duct of' one's life so long that we forget wrhence these blessing:! ¢:ome. They come “by a system o1’ ov- ernment maintained by the resalute loyaity of' a great people.” If \this vstem of government fails, is ale- royed, scmething else will corh e. We cannot itell what it will be, bat in the wordk of Elihu Root, this w do know: “It will not be that system of governmunt which has preserved our peace, order and security, op- portunity aisd prosperity, this will no longer pibtect us. PR Some of us ko not realize that not many years 4go men's limbs were beaten and btoken and their faces branded with hot irons because they cHose to think as individuals, that men were shipped into slavery be- cause they:comtested the Godliness of a self-styled superior. Against such abuses thess immortal words of the Declaratien of Independence were written which declare that all men have certain inalienable rights to secure which. governments are insti- tited among men. The Declaration jotned issue with all the theories of Eowernment since the world began. The theories of all the monarchi and ancient republics were that the state wae the main thing. that the king could do no wrong and that the rights of the individual wers derived: from the state: that the Declaration of Iudependence declared that all men are created equal, the inallen- able ights are those of the indi- vidual \and that the state is organized to_secufre these enxds. But a, thousand noble declarations of prindiples have been made and passed irto the mists of oblivion with no effect. For no mere declaration of principles can be effective unless upheld by certain practical, specific and deflniter rules to give 1ift to those principles. So under the loose and meaningl Articles of Confederation the govern ment of thitrteen states had failed miserably. 'Thers had been unlimited trade, but Cot s had not the power to regulate it nor even the power to supply funds through taxation nec- essary for its owm preservation. The value of the American dollar was one-half a cemt. Insurrection and anarchy stalked tirough the land and everywhere peoplesclamored to return to British rule. * Kk % ‘These wers the conditions when that intrepid littlegroup of fifty-five men walked into that Philadelphia meeting house in the spring of 1787 to give us this, our Comstitution, our government. They did, indeed, answer_the prayer of George Washington dn his opening address when he said: ‘‘Let us raise & standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the ewent is in the hand of God.” Never. befors: and T think never since has 'such & group ofYymen met in this world as that group that framed Morgan asserted, and no comsigeraole damage has been dene, in so far as the of human organization must forever asgociation has been able to determine. our Conssitution. These men had be- come familiar with the practical working of frée self-government dus- & 150 wwears of colonial life. They vere not theorists, but men of prac- [tical life and experience. And vet isome of us think of the Constitution 4y« cold legal document. On other hand, it {s warm and it is liv- img, for these men worked with a knowledge of the character of a ma- terial with which government has to deil—that is to say, human nature, with its multitudes of feelings and imjoulses and passions and weak- neises. * x x = But that is:not all. These men did not; walk alone on that spring morn- ing, into that Philadelphia conven- tion, There walked in with them the thowiands upon thousands of shadowy riamaless persons who had through the cvnturies worked toward liberty and o1 der. There were those strug- gling figures who through the years of labar and agony and sacrffice had been wiirking out the priccless prac- tical principles of Anglo-Saxon lib- erty. And ss the fathers of our Consti- tution em'bodied in that instrument the spirit, of the Magna Chaiga and the petitiba! of rights and the ibill of rights and jthe habeas corpus nct, of ali that mahe the people of England great, and an adaptation of thos great’ principhs to American iife years of American Sovernment. Then at the em! of four njonths \ hese men, after diacussing, depating 21d deliberating. brought forth the most finished, polished and balanced relation between a people and. their gos ernment that human mind hiis ever coneeived. In the words of William Pitt 1t the time. “Tt will be the.won- der ar'd admiration of all Iutune gen- erations and the model for all Suture constita tions." Our Cumstitution. the suprdmo law of the land, gave us a goverament with its representatives elecked at certain fixeal intervals. with aisthority delegated to three dephrtmer Rs—the legislative, the executive and the ju- dicial. But the starting fact, tor the first time in the history of the world, was that no one department w 18 su- preme; ihat each department & lerved as a chiec: and a balance on the.sther, and the final supreme power wus in the hands of the peophe. In cither lwords, f¢ provided that those who made the \laws could not admin lster them an® those who administ.:red could not gudge them, and gave whe supreme pdgwer to the governed. x % % % The greate st and noblest purpose bf the Comstitut%on, however, is its pro- tection of our fndividual liberty. Built of the fundawmental principle thait liberty is not license, but that it fs| essentially a rvatter of self-control, the restraint of ‘the impulse to do to others what:we would not have done to us. To aquote Ranfolph Leigh: No world power of ti\® Dresent time has a government wilich reaches back without a break as far as ours France, Japan, Gern\may, Rusala, Aus- tria, Italy bave all wxperienced tem- | pestuouschanges in gLvernment since the adoption of ov#" Constitution. France has made tiwW circuit from haif-hearted represeniitive govern- ment to mobocracy anu! then to des- potism twice. Germaaly has been swept through many _Stages from petty despotism and caitralized ab- solutfsm to the claos ot today. Rus- sia hss from :Wbeolutism to democracy, to sovietista. the most permanent oharacteristic {'n that land having been the bread s : In other words, Europe. has little to offer but warnings_in_f he matter of government; as a ® ‘Eurape is hardly as far along govet nmental- Iy as the thirteen states wa re under the loose Artidles of Confd deration. ‘And yet, friends, at this very ' Momrent theorists and. experimeénters {irs de- manding that we chaage our 4 orm of government. The governmenta l fail- ures are tellingrus we are wron & Ee R 1 ask you, felloyr cTtizens, shal\ we listen ta them;ashall we exchange s the | through the praatical working of 150 | Constitution of ‘WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, JUNE 7. 1924 our freedom of speech for a govern- ment where the newspapers can print only wihat plemses those in power; shall wa exchange the sanctity of private property for absolute con- fiscation by the state; shall we ex- change our religious freedom for the bloody massacras of Christians b: the Turk | We Amcricans possess a mighty sovereignty, but a sovereignty so constitutionally Timited that it can- not be used to take from the indi- vidual his inherent rights—"a land where cvery man is a king, yet no man dary to wear a crown.” No other country in the world, however, has this protection and no other gowern- ment simoe the world began has sought to Jincorporate it into a prac- tical system: of administrazion Our ‘Constitution has brought into Dbeing a new sum. It is the sun of in- dividual freedom. and as there are Aimericans, God willing, it shail never isink into the sea of for- Eotten destiyies. Yet, we mwst be vigilant and we must’ be earnest—but we will be, and of our childrén and children's chil- dren that liberty and order which our unconquerable Comstitution, conguerable because it is bui in the hearts of men. t with- UNITED STATES. BY RUTE NEWBURN, Central High Sichool, manuscript the The., origtnal of an appropriate resting-place. It has recently been transferred to Library of Congress, where it rests within an altar shrine. This manu- script, however, is but the letter, and would be valuekess if the spirit of the Constitution were not en- shrined within the heart of every true American. In order to appresiate fully this remaricable document, we should be familiar with_the comdition of the colonfes. which made . necessary “a more pefect union” arnd inspired the founders of the Constitutiom to their great undertaking. Let us turn the pages of history in retraspect to the period when the colonies were strug- gling for their “independemce. The war was heing carried om at this time by a Continental Congress. Not until 1781 &id the colonies pledge themselves ta & “firm leagne of friend- ship” called the Articles of Confedar- ation. Under this effort o establish “perpetnal unfon” the statess were ex- tremely jealous of each ofber. That dual patriotism which every Ameri- can has today far both hiw state and |the nation, was sadly lacking. The Articles of ' Confederation provided \for a legistative department; but 1ot for executive and jardicial de- \rtments. Cangress had, the “right to do eve but the power to do nothing.” It would not. raise money to \nay debts; i¥: could mot axrbitrate boundary disputes, prevent tariff wars betwwven ~states, wor put down opén rebellion. In mavy ways the weak- ness of this lemgi\e Was magde mani- fest. ‘Washington wrote to & mem- ber of Congress, “Let us hmve a government by whith our lives, liber. tias and properties 'will be mecure. Leading men were comvinced that the creation of & stronget nnion was the! only remedy for thet financial and political disorders of the time Their efforts_in this directivn resubted in the calling- of a_convenition to revise the Articles.of Confeders * ok k% Among tke delegates to this con- vention was to be found mearly all the ripest pokitical experience that this ‘country then contatnel. Sev- eral of these delegates had had the experience of preparing constitu- tions for the States. They jalso had the advantage of judging' tihe merits and “defects ©of the state qonstitu- tions after they were in omeration. Most of them ifelt that the w-re rc- vision of tho Articies of Coni’edera- tion would ,not\bring rellief 4to the the | we will preserve for generations to | come and for the peace and blessing |of governmant. | THE CONSTINUTION OF THE Washington, | United States |restrained by an admirably worked- |is @ document widch Americans cher- | OUL System of “checks and balances.” | country. Accordingly they boldly | undertook the creation of a new code of laws which was to be con- sidered and ratified by the people of the several states. | Elson in his “Side Lights on Ameri can History,” says that the greatest undertaking of this convention was to | organize and consolidate these states | |into one firm and compact nation, and | t the same time o retain the sepa- | rate state governments in such a way |that state laws and national | would not conflict. this would secure {both liberty and union. With the ob- ject in view of combining these o Dosite tendencies of governmen liberty and union—and of meeting| other’ specifig needs of the colonies, | our fathers created a_Constitution | which, by its adoption, brought forth | on this continent a new nation. x x £ % The eminent Englishman statesman Pitt said of our Constitution: “It will | | | | long as pe the wonder and admiration of all| future generations, and the model of |all future constitutions.” The corner stone of this structure is composed of three fundamental ideas. The first is the representative form Ours is a govern- |ment which derives its power from | is | the consent of the governed. un- The second is the division of gov- ernmental powers into three separate |departments. They are the legis lative, which is a Congress composed | of a Senate and a House of Repre- sentatives, to make the laws: the ex- ecutive, consisting of a President, to | administer the laws: and the judi- | |¢iary, consisting of courts and judges, to interpret the laws and apply the | principles of justice to the particu- | |lar cases that arise. The powers of | each department are fully outlined| and any tendency to overstep them is | The third fundamental idea of the| = | ish as a priceloss £reasure. Formany | constitation 18 the suamintes of per. | vears it has been without a perma- |sonal immunities, with judicial pro- nent home, but at last it has found |tection of these guaramtees. There | are certain privileges which liberty- | loving people have always held dear, the |such as freedom of religion, freedom | of the press, ihe right of peaceful as- sembly, and of trial by jury. In order | to secute these, and other privileges, | ten amendments, called the “bill of rights,” were added to the Constitu- | tion. * % k ¥ These three—-—the representative form of government, the three-fold division of power and the protection of persomal rights—are the funda- mental principles: of the Constitution. The great Amezicans who designed this Constitution had both wisdom and Yoresight. They proved them- selves equal to ithe magnitude of their task. They created an instru- ment of government which is “rigid when rigidity is dymanded by safety, and flexible when fiexibility is ne essary.” This Constitution is built upon principles of justice that are secure and unchanging, yet it pro- vides within itself for change and growth to meet the needs of an ex- nding nation. The American people are adjusting their system of government to the new ‘conditions which have arisen. Care tmust be taken In ghis work that no ensential element af the Consti- tution be sacrificed. -It. must be re- membered that in the Constitution the line dividing the authority of the federal government from the author- /ity of the state government is clearly pdrawn. Our federal governmsent has ibeen likened to the kevs:ons of an arch; the state governments to the \supporting stones: each. dependent upon the other. hether or not the Yederal relations established by the fathers will be maintaimed depends upon the people. Eternal wigilance will be the price. Our Comstitution is something to be “warked, not wor- shipped.” In order to do this intelli- gbntly, the people of the United State sifould be familisr with it: in all its essentials. This task is not difficult, for our Constitution is a concise in- stiument. The constitution of Eng- land is contained in huipdreds of volumes of statutes and, reported casts; our Constitution, incljding the amemdments, can be read ‘alond in less than half an hour. It ib so sim- plified that the average mimd. with rezsonable effort, can masten its pro- visioms. To make this effort is not only \the duty and respomsitdlity, dbut the privilege of every Amerdcan. * ® % % ! - {the E YOUNG ORATORS FROM OVER UNITED STATES COMPETED LAST NIGHT and indifferent. nothing cam prevent the government from becomilig weak and inefficient. President CoolAdge has aptly phrased this idea. “Omce,” he | says, “has great opportunities 1"or do- ing wrong, but equal chanees N\or do- ing right. Unless good citizens hold office, bad citizens will” If thy> in- dividual Is intelligent and alert. he will learn something of the characte and fitness of the people running ! office. He will endeavor 1o clect 14 en who will se the people and A" their own selfish interests At the close of the constitution:\ convention, while the last membe were signing the document, Frankli looked at the chair in which Wash ington sat, on the back of which wa painted a 'sun. "I have often looked at that pieture,” he said, “and won dered whether that sun was risinz or setting. Now I know that it is rising_sun.” During the 137 years that the Constitution has been in op eration, the rays of this sun hay broadened and strengthened, and tt light and influence have spread, not only over our great continental re- public. but over all the nations of the world. 1t is no small thing t. be a cititen of the republic whose fundamental law is that great Con stitution. It is a great responsibi ity to be a voter here. The America: citizen should know his privilegr and his powers as a voter; he shou know not only his rights under th Constitution, but also his duties and responsibilities. Tt has been sad that the vote makes the American citizen an “uncrowned king.” Let him not fail to exereise this power, that this government “of the people. i the people and for the people not perish from the earth.” MANY GIVEN DEGREES. Frelinghuysen University Grad- uates Receive Honors. Commencement exercises Frelinghuysen University were held last night in the John Wesley A. M E. Zion Church. Degrees were con- ferred on the graduates of the John M. Langston School of Law, the Rilev College of Chiropractic and Allied of tha | Sciences, the Colleges of Embalming, Pharmacy and Liberal Arts. Certifi- cates were given by the department of home economics and the Samuel G. Ailler School of Theology. Rev. Pezavia O'Connell delivered principal address to the grad- uates. Jesse Lawson, president of Frelinghuysen University spoke on “Education and Service.” The fol lowing graduates received certifi- cates: Dressmaking: Shirley Campbel] Alexander, Inez Beatrice Cypress, Sarah Honora Poles and Mary Alberta Thompson. Academy: Benjamin F. Sears and John Wesley Seib h ology: Charles H. Hunter, Charles H. Johnson, Walter l. King, John . Miller, Sherman W. Phillips, Anthon: Williams. . Degrees were awarded as followe: Doctor of pharmacy, Jerry W. Ward, Doctor of Chiropractic and Physiotherapy: Benjamin _ Andersan Hazel D. Boone, Walter S. Earley, E nestiné B. Goodwin, Joseph N. Gow der, Rev. GriMith J. Hawkes, George E. Jackson, 1saiah H. Loftin, Effie D. Pritchette and Katie F. Roberts Bachelor of Laws: Jobn I Bryan: Alfred M. Collins, John W. Costlcx A. B.Glllison, Frank Norwood and William T. Patrick. Master of Laws John F. Collins. Dactor of Divin- ity: Rev. Frank E. Hearns. Doctor of Laws: Rev. Charles B. Stowart, Rev. Villiam 3. Howard and Thomas Wal- er. Gir] Held in Shooting of Man. Special Dispateh to The Btar. BLADENSBURG, Md., June Thelma Bowles, colored, twenty-five, early today shet and seriously wounded Thomas Whaeeler, .colored, forty, who, she said, wag about to as- sauit’ her. The wounded. man was taken to Freedmen's Haspital. Thelma was arresied by Constable Thomas Garrigon and placed in jail at Hyattsville for a hearing before Magistrate John Fainter tonight. Wheeler, reported by the constable s being separated from his wife, was & roomer in the Bowles horve, where the ghooting ocourred. Only oneshot Ax American citizens, we should take .2 lively interest in yablic S 1f the individual isAignorant! | weapon was fired. Thelma surrendered the to Consiable Garcizan. = Mrs. Bowles was not.al home at \he time of the shooting. 1] \