Evening Star Newspaper, July 15, 1935, Page 4

A—4 =« BAR SCRUTINIZES DIVORCE LAWYERS Curb on Mexican Decree At- torneys Considered—Trial “Shows” Hit. By the Assoclated Press. LOS ANGELES, July 15.—Definite action to curb “Mexicen divorce law- yers” was among toe things to be considered by the arnual convention of the American Bar Association open- ing today. More than 2,400 delegates were here for ihe gathering. ‘The association also was %o take up more stringent methods for prompt disbarment of uneth cal lawyers. Committee recomnendations on widespread phases of legal reform will be given to the de'tgates this week. Among these are the proposed creation of a department of justice in every State, the use of less than a unani- mous jury verdict, except in major felonies; the permission of court and counsel to comment to the jury on the failure of the cetendant to tes- tify in his own behaf, extradivion of persons of unsound mind and pro- posals for medico-legal institutes and for better training and closer co- operation of police. Lawyer-Criminal on Run. “The lawyer-criminal is very de- cidedly on the run,” said Earle Wood Evans of Wichita, Kans., past presi- dent of the association. “But there is still much to do before the bar can be purged entirely of this public menace.” Today's session was to deal with in~ surance, trade mark and patent laws, mineral legislation, pliblic utilities and the unauthorized practice of law. In a report for submission at the convention, the Committee on Co-op- eration Between the Press and the Bar criticized the conduct of the Bruno Hauptmann trial and demanded steps be taken to prevent a repetition of “such incidents” as occurred in the trial. The committee said that to treat “a simple trial as a public show, as was done in the sensational trial of Bruno Hauptmann, is to cheapen life itself by causing people generally to under- value the life of the criminal and to increase the morbid desires of sensa- tion seekers.” Agreement Sought. Declaring it felt that “substantial results cannot be accomplished by legislation,” the committee urged that & committee be established on the re- lations between the press and bar, consisting of a small number of law- yers of outstanding ability and rep- resentatives of the Associated Press, the International News Service and the United Press, together, if desired, with representatives of the National and Columbia Broadcasting Cos., to make a Nation-wide survey of condi- tions surrounding the publicity given to criminal trials. “The committee recommends that such a conference devise ways and means for carrying on this type of publicity, so that all trials of crimi- nal cases be conducted only before the judges and juries of the court in a manner conforming to recognized standards of judicial dignity and de- portment,” the report continued. Housing (Continued From First Page.) for carrying into executlon the power of taxation and apprcpristion tor the general welfare.” ADMITS PROGRAM RESTRICTED. Ickes Announces Readiness to Stay Within Limits, Admitting that a decision of the United States Circuit Court of Ap- peals in Cincinnati barring Federal condemnation of land would severely restrict his $249,000,000 sium clear- ance and low-rent housing program, Secretary Ickes declared today, how- ever, “we are fully prepared to con- tinue our program within the limits set by the decision.” Whether the Government would appeal to the United States Supreme Court was a question which Secre- tary Ickes would not discuss now until he has studied the decision which sustained a decision which had its origin ‘in the housing project con- templated by P. W. A. in Louisville, Ky. Effect Here Uncertain. How the decision of the appellate court affects the condemnation pro- ceedings filed here in the District Su- preme Court to acquire land for hous- ing projects in Southwest Washington was not clarified by P. W. A. officials. No local property owner has filed a demurrer to the proceedings in Wash- ington. Housing officials explained today that in the case of the Louisville project approximately 90 per cent of the property owners favored selling land to the Government. Approxi- mately 85 per cent of the area affected has been under option for some time. The situation in Washington, it was said, is quite similar. The Government has secured option on a majority of the parcels of land in the Southwest site. While the restrictions imposed by the court in Cincinnati will handi- cap speeding of the slum clearance program, Secretary Ickes said the program would not be halted. Legal offices of the housing division had an- ticipated the decision, with the result that plans had been worked out to care for an unfavorable decision. Work Not Shut Off. “While lack of authority to insti- tute condemnation proceedings will restrict the slum-clearance and low- rent housing programs severely, it will not shut it off,” Ickes said. “We have laid the groundwork for pro- ceeding without condemnation and in a good many cities we have already selected alternate vacant land sites where ownership is usually confined to one or only a few persons. “We are not going to stop this work merely because of restriction of con- demnation power. We will have to modity the form somewhat, but we shall proceed with the . ‘program. Ickes pointed out there remained | Par! two general methods of procedure on glum clearance projects that can be utilized without overstepping the rul- ing of the court. One is co-operation with municipal or State authorities to permit local condemnation pro- ceedings, the other direct purchase of land by the Federal Government by negotiation without condemnation. The court ruling affecting the Cin- cinnati case, officials said, did not challenge the right of the Govern- ment to install low-rent housing, but confined itself to the method of land acquisttion. ‘t Washingt NG STAR, WASHINGTON on Cools Off CANDID CAMERA GLIMPSES IN POTOMAC PARK. Mary Elizabeth Southard, 4, feeds her ice cream and birthday cake to Jimmy Chatlin, who strayed into a Potomac Park birthday party with a hearty appetite. Taxi driver declares a one-man strike. hot he sought relief in the park. After the weather got too Donald Sheets, 18 months, downs a bottle of pop while the ther- mometer is climbing. Edna Gardner, Naval Hospital nurse and a prominent aviatrix, finds the combination of & bathing suit and airplane ideal for finding relief from the heat. Mary Weber enjoys her watermelon in the park.—Star Staff Photos. Permission to See N avy Units Given Russian Naval Attache Rear Admiral Paul Y. Oras, naval attache of Soviet Russia here, who lives at 3404 Garfleld street, today was granted permission by the Navy De- tment to view a number of Amer- ican activities ashore and afloat be- tween July 25 and August 18. Naval authorities, however, did not sanction admiral viewing all the activities he desired. The naval attache from, Moscow is. on the way to visit Puget Sound Navy Yard, Wash.; the Naval Air Station of Seattle, Wash.; Naval Operating Base, San FPrancisco, Calif.; Navy Yard, Mare Island, Calif.; Naval Air Station, Sunnyvale; Calif.; Naval Operating Base, San Diego, Calif, and naval hospital there, as well as the Motion Picture Exchange and one fa of the new cruisers. Visits to San Diego will embrace the Naval Train- COUPLE ARRESTED IN SWAMP MURDER Chinese Man and White Woman Held as Suspects in lllinois. By the Associated Press. ROCKFORD, [ll, July 15—A Chinese man and a white woman picion of being Harry Jung, Chicago laundryman, and kis. wife, Mrs, Evelyn Smith, sougit in connection with the swamp murder of Ervin Lang, Chicago grocery clerk. The two were seen driving through Rockford last night by & Rockford policeman, who notified detectives. A detective squad set ot in pursuit and overtook the car on the higbway north of the city. Taken to the Rockrord police sta- tion, the occupants of the car, police said, denied they were Jung and Mrs. Smith and gave Madison, Wis., addresses. Rockford police ordered the pair held and notified the Chicago Detec- tive Bureau, where Lieut. Otto Erlan- son, chief of the Lomicide squad, said he did not believe they were the persons sought. Erlanson pointed out the dis- crepancy between the ages of the woman held and Mre, Smith. The car in which tae arrested pair were driving was a new 1aodel, while that in which Jung and Mrs. Smith were believed to have flid was a 1928 model. District of Columbia—Showers fo- night; tomorrow fair, not much change in temperature; gentle shift- ing winds becoming northwest or rorth tonight. Maryland and Virginla—Showers tonight; tomorrow generally fair; not much change in temperature. ‘West Virginia—Generally fair to- night and tomorrow; probably show- ers in extreme east portion early to- night; slightly cooler tonight in the northwest portion. River Report. Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers very cloudy this morning. rt for Last 48 Hours. 3 Temp. Baro. '3?55 Midnight._73 20.87 29.88 Noon ---81 20.88 29.89 Record for Last 24 Hours. (Prom noon yesterdsy to noon today.) Highest, 89. 1 p.m. yesterday; year ) 97 = 5% owest, 71, 5 am. today; year ago, 4. Record Temperatures This Y on July 12. on January 28. Neon Yesterday. (Prom noon yesterday to noon tod: ighest. 90 per cent. at 6 a.m. tod west, 63 per cent, at noon toda: Tide Tables. (Purnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Burvey.) YT High Low High Low Sun, today_ Sun, tomorro Moon. today. ¥ p.m. Automobile lights must be turned on one-half hour after sunset. Preeipitation. Monthly precipitation in inches in the Capital (current month to date): (e @R IRSoo DA et 3 Cincinnati Oleveland Columbis. 8. X 0.08 Cloudy Denver. Col 0.06 Clea: 216 Cishay n. Helena, Mont.. D. uron, 8. Indianapolis Jacksonville Ki Cit: 3 aResen RECERR2ER = gaes S PREFEE e s 2o E22 £ = gy B, gpEozyatsss Wedded Happiness Simple, Say Two Married 70 Years Courtesy, Charity and Tolerance Are Rules of Couple 92 Years Old. By the Associated Press. D. C. MONDAY FIGHT 15 WAGED FOR MRS. WALEY Defense Says Law on Which She Was Convicted Is Unconstitutional. By the Associated Press. _JULY 15, .1935. SPANISH WAR VETERANS | s hauled dows at Sentiago, Cubs. PLAN PICNIC WEDNESDAY D. C. Organization Aims to Re- plenish Treasury for Pur- poses of Relief. District will hold an outing at Mar- shall Hall Wednesday—the anniver- sary of the day when the Spanish flag TACOMA, Wash., July 15 —Counsel | were in custody here today on sus- | for Margaret Waley, convicted of the | == ‘Weyerhaeuser kidnaping, planned new moves to keep her out of prison today, while authorities maintained silence on reports they were closing in on William Dainard, accused “breins” of the $200,000 abduction plot. Motions for an arrest of judgment as well as for a new trial will be argued before Federal Judge E. E. Custhman Wednesday when Mrs, ‘Waley appears for sentence. She was convicted Saturday of “Lindbergh law” charges that she kidnaped 9-year-old George Weyer- haeuser and conspired to kidnap him. Her husband, Harmon M. Waley, who pleaded guilty and received e 45-year sentence, was back at McNeil Island PFederal Prison today, having failed to testify for his wife at her trial, G-Men Silent. No confirmation was available of published reports that Dainard, alias Mahan, was near capture. Depart- ment of Justice agents here declined to comment. Chief Defense Attorney John F. Dore of Seattle, commenting on the .| town yesterday that featured the > days, acted as umpire. fact Waley was not called to testify, said, “I'd decided not to call him anyway,” and added he was “nerv- ous” and would have been of “little use” as & witness. In the closing hours of the trial, Dore told the jury he did not call Waley because the ex-convict would have testified the Weyerhaeuser boy was taken to Idaho and by so doing he “would have been a perjurer and a liar.” “Waley concocted the story about the Idaho trip in an effort to avold the State kidnap law, with its death penalty,” Dore said. Constitutionality Hit. ‘The basis of the legal moves for a new trial will be Dore’s contention that the “Lindbergh law” is unconsti- tutional, on the grounds Congress can legislate “only on facts, not on pre; sumption,” said Stephen J. O'Brien, his associate. ‘The law is based on the presump- tion that if a kidnaped person is not freed within seven days he has been taken across State lines. Mrs. Waley, held here in the city Jail, faces a life sentence on her con- viction. The law provides no mini- mum penalty and Judge Cushman has not indicated what term he will give the 19-year-old girl. Mrs. Waley said in a statement that she was “satisfied with the verdict.” KAUFMAN PICNIC HELD Single Men Defeat Married Ones in Ball Game, 12 to 7. Single men defeated the married ones in a base ball game at Morgan- annual picnic and outing of the Harry Kaufman, Inc., Employes’ Association. ‘The score was 12 to 7. Bertram Wise was captain of the single men’s team and David Wise | led the opposition. Harry Kaufman, who starred at base ball in his college | During the day there were also races, games, swimming and other sports events. In snnouncing the event today, ofi- clals recalled that the 1st District of Columbia Volunteers took part in the Santiago engagement. During the morning and afternoon P ricmbers bers of the United Veterans have. tickets bl’s‘::uh“:w;.h‘: public or they may be secured from a special booth at the Wilson Line whart prior to the departure of the boats, which leave at 10 am, 2 pm and 5:30 pm. Blacksmiths Go on Tours. Village blacksmiths are touring Eng- land in flivvers with forges on trailers, —_— A theatrical troupe from Sfam i touring Japan. Men “wait 6 months for these SAVINGS Cardincc b9 GROSNER of 1325 ¥ Street AIR-COOLED servative models. 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