Evening Star Newspaper, April 16, 1937, Page 6

D.AR TOUNVEL BRONZE TABLET Marker Will Honor Mrs. An- thony Wayne Cook at Constitution Hall. A bronze tablet inscribed with the preamble to the United States Con- stitution will be unveiled tomorrow in the front corridor of Constitution Hall, in honor of Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook of Cooksburg, Pa. honorary president general of the National So- ciety, Daughters of the American Rev= olution. During Mrs. Cook’s term as presi- dent general of the society, 1923 to 1926, Constitution Hall was built. The unveiling takes place at 4 p.m. It precedes by two days the opening Monday of the 46th Con- tinental Congress of the society, which continues through next Friday. Forty -eight girls from _ 47 States and the District of Co- lumbia, rewarded for their citizen aptitude, will be on hand for the opening of the Congress. The girls, senior high school students, are winners of the D. A. R. Good Citi- wenship Pilgrimage. They began to arrive singly -in Washington this morning. They are to stay at the Lee House until Tues- day, when their return home is sched- uled. The Washington winner is Dorothea Kopsch, daughter of Mrs. Helen E. Kopsch, 2827 Twenty-eighth street. MRS. REBECCA STAPLES DIES IN NEW MEXICO Miss Kopsch. Deceased Was Sister of Mrs. W. W. Husband of This City—Fu- neral Sunday. Mrs. Rebecca Bullard Staples, sister of Mrs. W. W. Husband, 3456 Macomb street, died Wednesday at her home, Crafts del Navajo, Coolidge, N. Mex,, nccording to word received here. Mrs. Husband, wife of the former Assistant Becretary of Labor, had been with her sister for the last three weeks. Mrs. Staples was a native of St Johnsbury, Vt., and the funeral will be held there Sunday. 8he had lived many years in New Mexico and with her husband, Berton I. Staples, had long been tngaged in promotion and improvement of the native arts and erafts of the Navajo Indians. ‘The late Mrs. Harold L. Ickes, wife of the Secretary of the Interior, spent several Summers at, Crafts del Navajo, and her book, “Mesa Land,” was writ- ten there. | | | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTOM D. A. R. Good Citizenship Winners These girls are among the 48 given a free trip to Washington by the National Society, Daugh- ters of the American Revolution, in recognition of their winning good citizenship contests from girls in 47 States and the District. Left to right, front row, they are Lorraine Ploszek, Oaklawn, nl.; Dorcas Jane Schoppe, Jeflerson, lowa; Virginia Mary Bowes, New York; Virginia Tibbs, Ne- vada; Genevieve Bradley, Maine; Helen Barclay, Montana, and Bernice Tramontini, California. Left to right, back row: Marjorie Lundberg, Castle Rock, Wash.; Jane Grise, Minnesota, Lillanan Kopp, Portland, Oreg.; Vivian Barr, Loveland, Colo.; Margaret Stout, Windfall, Ind., and Mar- garet Powell, Adrian, Mich. —Star Staff Photo. Street Car __ (Continued From First Pege) told many motormen often take cars out in the morning and do not know whether they will be able to get them back in the evening. Merrill indignantly jumped to his feet. “I deny that. Our cars are safe,” | he said. But Clayton retorted: “But I insist that you are operating cars that are unsafe.” “We deny that; it isn't true,” Mer- rill exclaimed. Officials said today that the com- pany has placed 20 of the new stream- lined cars in service and has ordered 45 more, which will not be provided, however, before next June or July. By the same order of the commis- sion, the transit company had re- placed 14 obsolete one-man cars with reconditioned ones. Meanwhile the transit company also is pressing an inquiry into the accident on the Georgia avenue line. Merrill reported late yesterday: “The fire was caused by the grounding of a ‘blow magnet,’ which is & coil of wire | surrounding a magnet inside the con- | Nevertheless, precautions will be taken to prevent failures of this kind in the future.” Practically all of the passengers injured were either cut by glass or | pushed by the frantic, exit-seeking crowd. Witnesses said at least half | the riders jumped out windows after | smashing the glass. To do this they had to climb over the “safety” bars in the windows, put there to prevent car occupants from leaning too far out. Many persons landed on the street while the car still was in motion. In the first rush for exits, frightened crowd jammed so tightly against the big center door of the old model car that Conductor D. H. Jeffer- son was prevented from opening it by the control system. The opposite door was then forced open by persons on the street, who pushed it in. Quick thinking on the part of Motorman Jesse Dungan of 39 Sherman circle, who shut off the controls after shouting a warning to the passengers, probably saved more serious damage. Farm Wages High. By (he Associated Press The Agriculture Department said | today farm workers are getting the troller case to eliminate arcing at the | highest Spring wages in six years. controller fingers when the motorman | Wages have advanced 9 per cent since operates the controller. Failure of the | January and are 12 per cent above insulator in that coil is extremely rare. ' pre-war levels, it said. HOSIERY. .. 49¢ 3 length...pure Silk De Lune Quality 3%¢ to 79¢ HANDBAGS. .. 94¢ To match your Shoes NOT FOR LONGI have been A. S. BECK SHOES, till now, has been kept passing along to you the saving made on materials bought in large ‘quanti- ties before Now, however, our surplus leathers are used up. We musc replenish our stocks at the new, much higher costs. And in order to keep faith with you and maintain our high standard - of quality, we the price of our shoes. the | Judiciary (Continued Prom First Page.) alertness of youth as contrasted with | the slowness of perception of those of riper years is an unfounded and mis- placed emphasis. Were this applied with like force to the Senate and House of Representatives, it would de- prive the Nation of many of its most distinguished and outstanding states- men. “It may be that we have arrived at a period where the mature wisdom of age and the sccumulated experience of multiplied years must give place to the quick and pliant wit of youth, but certainly there is little in our recorded history to sustain this conviction.” Idea of Bias Assalled. Declaring the present controversy has led the working people to believe the Supreme Court is prejudicial against them, the bishop added: “Mistakenly, we believe, tnis vitally important element in our life has been led to believe that the court speaks | with a biased and prejudiced voice; | | that it is the conservator of wealth and of the privileged few. This is an unjust and unwarranted judgment. | “It may be found in the future, as | in the past, that the court is the arbiter of a just and square deal, the guardian and protector of those who 98 BUT — going up, but the price of at $3.98. We have been the rise of prices. will soon be forced to raise 315 F Street N.W. D. C, FRIDAY, have been made the victims of oppres- sion ahd gross injustice. ¥ “Limit its functions, prescribed by the Constitution, and we destroy the mightiest safeguard created for the protection of the underprivileged and ill-favored. Labor and capital alike stand on & common level before a court that knows no distinction and grants no favors. Once tamper with this august tribunal and its independence, and we have paved the way that, under new and changed conditions and under selfish and conscienceless leaders, may lead to situation that would make this great democracy an oligarchy, the sport and plaything of ruthless and self-seeking despots. “We shall not have to seek far for glaring examples of a civil and re- ligious liberty sacrificed and destroyed; sacrificed and destroyed by those who | in their lust for power do violence to every hallowed and sacred right for which men have striven and suffered in their upward climb to independ- ence and freedom.” Law Respect at Low Ebb. Asserting fundamental changes in our system of government should be accomplished by constitutional amend- ment, Bishop Freeman deplored the fact that the present controversy was started at a time “when reverence and respect for law and those who ad- minister it are at a tragically low ebb.” “The present discussion of the courts,” he added, “the unjust, un- generous and at times violent criticism | of our judiclary; the flippant, care- less, if not reckless, censure passed upon those who sit in our highest judicial tribunal, the Supreme Court of the United States, may do more to give & fresh impulse to lawlessness and to provoke disorder if not anarchy | in our corporate life, than all the con- stituted authorities may be able to restrict and restrain for a generation to come. “‘We have put upon the lips of youth | and given to those whose patriotism is cheap and vulgar new phrases that imply contempt for distinguished | and honorable men, who, despite their years, still exercise their exalted office with consistency and rare efficiency. We have made age and gray hairs the sign and symbol of incompetence and brought upon men of unchal- lenged probity the scorn of those who respect neither law nor those who are appointed to administer it.” Asks Protection of Rights. Expressing fear that the court plan may lead to abridgement of reiigious freedom, Dr. Wallace C. Calvert, min- ister of Grace Methodist Episcopal | Church, Indianapolis, told the com- mittee: “The time has arrived for Americans to rise and repel any and all suggestions that would lead us to the loss of our liberties and the sur- render of our blood-bought rights “The fundamental principles of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and freedom of conscience that made | APRIL 16, 1937 us the great Nation we are,” he added, “have been facetiously referred to as the implements of the horse-and- buggy days. It would be well for all concerned in the future of America to be reminded that honor, integrity, self- restraint and respect for government are older than the horse-and-buggy days, but indispensable to any nation that hopes to endure.” The two-judge modification of the President’s plan was advanced yester- day by Senator McCarran, Democrat, of Nevada, as an amendment to the court bill. McCarran, uncommitted on the bill, is a member of the Judiciary Committee. In substance, his amend- ment calls for a permanent increase in the court’s membership from nine to eleven, with no provision for retire- ment of present members. Although Senators on both sides of the court issue criticized the McCarran proposal, there was a strong belief within and outside the committee that eventually a compromise of this kind would be reached. There still was no indication that President Roosevelt would be willing to accept less than the six new judges provided in his bill. Opposition lead- ers said, however, they were receiving indirect suggestions that the Chief Executive would like to talk to them. At his press conference today Mr. Roosevelt declined to discuss con- gressional developments in connec~ tion with his court program. Ques~ tioned specifically about the proposal of Senator McCarran, the President | replied a new amendment was put forward every 10 or 15 minutes. | Democrats in the Senate were un- derstood to have submitted many of the compromise proposals to Mr.| Roosevelt in writing weeks ago. One of them would permit appointment | of sufficient judges to keep the ma- | Jority of the court at all times under 70 years of age. Another would fix the terms of justices by constitutional amendment. Opposition ‘o Compromise. Opposition leaders indicated they | would oppose the McCarran amend- ment or any other compromise pro- posal. Similar opposition was voiced by Chairman Ashurst of the Judiciary Committee, who has insisted the com- mittee should vote on the Roosevelt | bill without modification. Hints that at least two Supreme | Court retirements might be forth-| | coming soon were circulating again | among Senators. Some said they | were likely at the end of the court’s term. Senator Wheeler, Democrat, of Mon- | tana, one of the principal foes of the | measure, said in an address at Bal- timore last night that the minimum | wage and Wagner act decisions re- moved any contention that the Su- preme Court was a bar to labor legis- | lation. “What excuse can there be, except MANHATTAN SHIRTS—STETSON HATS—BOSTONIAN SHOES CONFESSION BARES ROBBERY REGORD Man Admits Wilmington Crimes, Inspector Here Announces. Raymond 8. Sutton, 34, described as an escaped convict from Phila- delphia, has signed a confession in which he detailed & series of rob- beries, burglaries and automobile thefts in Wilmington, Del., Inspector Bernard W. Thompson announced to- day. Sutton was arrested here Tuesday by three members of the automobile squad after a chase, at the conclusion of which he allegedly drew a gun on his pursuers. ‘The officers, Detective Sergts. Jacob Wolfe, Henry Jett and Hugh Robey, began the chase, they said, when they noticed that the car’s front and rear | tag numbers did not correspond. They He added that he stole gas and tggs for the car. Sutton said he robbed various drig and grocery stores in Wilmington, as well as four homes. The prisoner admitted, police said, that on one trip back to Philadelphia he sew a girl on the street he took a fancy to. He said the girl refused to accompany him to Wilmington and that he forced her into his car with & gun. The girl, he said, fled from him while in a hotel at Wilmington, and started back to Philadelphia in the car he had stolen. He said the police | caught her as she was leaving Wil- | mington and she now is under arrest for stealing the car, Sutton said that he broke into an | automobile he found on a Wilmington | parking lot and found two shotguns |and an automatic pistol. Nothing | daunted, he took the guns and dis- | posed of them through a “fence” in Wilmington. Police today were holding Sutton un- til they are convinced he committed no robberies here. Then he will be turned over either to Wilmington or Philadelphia authorities, 'LUDENDORFF URGES reported they found two pistols and 500 one-dollar bills in Sutton’s pos- session. He was riding in a stolen car, police said. | Crimes Here Denied. | Sutton was held on an open charge while detectives quizzed him to learn if he was involved in any robberies here. In his statement, however, he insisted all his crimes were committed in Wilmington, Del, and Philadelphia, Thompson said. Police of the latter cities have asked | that Sutton be held for them. In-| spector Thompson said Sutton nd-‘ | mitted the money and car were stolen ;lnd that he buried additional loot, | consisting of cash and jewelry, in a | pillow case on a farm near Wilming- | ton. Sutton was quoted as saying he ‘ stole three cars on the same night | from a Wilmington garage until he found a new machine which suited his tastes. He said he later made the acquaintance of a man in Wilmington who had another stolen car which he wanted. Sutton said he tried to trade cars and when the man refused. got | him drunk and took the automobile. | to satisfy personal vanities, to insist upon packing the Supreme Court?” he asked. | “The oldest man on the court is| Mr. Justice Brandeis, aged 80 years| and going strong. He was leading the | van when the Attorney General of the | United States was lined up with the | economic royalists. | ' UNITY OF GERMANS War-Time Chief of Staff Congrat- ulated on Fifty-Fifth Enlist- ment Anniversary. BY the Associated Press MUNICH, Germany, April 16 Germany's famed “stormer of Licge” | and war-time chief of staff, Gen. Erich von Ludendorff, told the Reich'’s military leaders yesterday to make | sure a powerful army is backed by a “strong and united people.” Reviving World War memories s he received congratulations on the fifty-fifth anniversary of his enlist- ment in the German Army, Von Ludendorff declared: “The present situation in many re- spects resembles pre-World War days “Had my efforts to enforce general conscription succeeded, had the gov- ernment, foreign office at the time re- alized what was coming, had the people resisted undermining by dark forces, then so many nations’ armies would not have risen against us.” Marshal Werner von Blomberg, the minister of war; Col. Gen. Werner von Fritsch, army chief of staff, and other military and naval leaders visited Von Ludendorff at his Tutzing, Bavaria, home. 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