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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-30
Rites Are Held
For Hamilton
Stute Attorneys
Buriol at Prosser

OLYMPIA In the marbled
halls Of the state house Of repre-.
sentatives. funeral services wer.
held Monday afternoon for At
torney General @. W. Hamilton
who died Friday after a lingering
illness.
Members Of the sapreme
court. with the exeeptlos Of
Justice jaime. N. tseraghty.
who /. near death from an aii-
ns~nt similar 60 that which
took Hamiitea's life. WIRE
honorary paiIbearers along
with al elective state officers.
Congressman knufe ssiiI aud
Phil Warnock Of Everrtt.
Assistants IN the attorney gen
erals office were active pail
bearers. Rev. Dwight Smith Of
the Presbyterian church will de-
liver the funeral sermon. Chief
Justice Bruce Blake Of the ssl-
prsms court gave an sulogy Of
thu si-year-old former Prosssr
lawyer who refused 10 quit MS
work when seized BY illness and
transacted business Of hls office
from his bedside.
Further services viii ~
held for Hamilton Al fres>er
Tuesday aftsrssea ~ .
o'clock. followed by burial
there. The Masonic lodge VITA
BE- in charge sf both services.
Hamilton's younger son. orris,
will ny west from Washington.
ID. C., where he & studying Law.
10 attend the Prosssr services. re-
turning east sftsruard. Other
survivors include hls widow. an
other son. Dr II. J. Hamilton Of
Detroit. and two daughters. Mrs.
J. X. Depriest Of Olympia and
Mrs. Clifford A. Wanda Of Be-
attic
Gov. Clarence ID. Martin prob
ably will not name . sslccsssor
70 his Office until later in ths week.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-30

Mrs. fsankilW d. Roosevelt ~.
fused ~ Raleigh. n. G.. 10 poss
beside picture Of her husband In
headquarters Of . third term
organization. II think u ~anit
b. . rplstaks." shs said. III wossl<
be ssksn a. an endorsement of Z
third term I'm In q vacuum
about IL. ! don't want 10 DO any.
thing which would be interpreted
a. favorinE or opposing ~
Former President uevl,ers
Hoover said st New York that
permanent peace and stability IN
the world are impossible a. long
- oppression Of independent ns-
tons continues lie spoke ~ =
reception for General Jesef rssil~r,
minister without portfolio Of the
Polish government In exile. who
IL making > goodwill tour Of the
q. \. Referring 10 Poland. Hoover
said he hopsd congress would sp-
propriate some ~ the surplus
foodstuffs which veald rot hsrs
in America, and send thsm 10 the
starving people"
The presidential bsndwsgoa %
Thoma. q. D~wey stalled tenn
porsrfiy 1T cotorado Springs,
Colo. - the New York district
attorney rseupsratsd from . IA.
gsstivs disorder" Physicians put
him 10 bed IN = hotsi with orders
10 remain IT least until wsdnes-
day -.
the world ~ opera IL mourning
Lsass Tetsaxslni. oBs of the naost
gismorDus divas Of tho golden
days. who died at Milan. Italy.
Sunday 81 - from . esfsbrsl
hsmorrhsEs complicated BY hrsn-
chitls Nine. Tstraxxini was .
star from the time Of her debut
IN Msysrbesrs "LiAfsicsins In
the early 1908 In her sutobieT-
rsphy. written IN 1871. hns. Tst-
raxxini wrote that her voscs had
earned her $1,000. COS. she toured
tho n, = several times
ssa. William n Ming. D.. Utah.
told the Nztionsl f.abor COMMITTEES
for Palestine IL Nsw York that
Adolf Hilisrs "pagan7 regime -
seeking TO "oosdsmB mankind -
the bopdags u another phsrses. .
DE lsbslsa the task II keeping eIt
Of the Europesa var a great
10 our sanity and atstss.
msnship"
Charlie Msrtln. ~. former man
sgsr Of Assis Rs.~sbisssa. died
II San Diego Of ; heart sttaek-
ns pllotsd Hosemhsoom 10 ths
WORLDS light-hsavywsigbt ehsm.
psonship sna handed ons-tims bar
tsmwsight ehampi0s Ea1ie Mar
ila. former fssthsruslshf Tssms
Pad and Tssy Ytshes. New Jsr.
sey mlddiswsiKht. MsFtin has
been . promoter sinss Rosa
blooms retirement 49,.
Sculptor Edward nsiiss sssiss
s5l 600 fer the roles he aala De
surresiist statue. Adam ana I've
Torso.- has bean playing In ths
movies Hs said hs rsntsd tbs
plsss for sss IN the film zoo hea
and . Gin" On condition "A uss
not 10 b eopisd Blnee then, hs
eostssds. Il has appeared IN 81
east SIX other pictures
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-30
Meeting Called
In Gas F anime
B. c. Motorists
Are Without Fuel

foUlt.HIf<i
VICTORIA. y Cy--nv1s1~A
Cstusnh1a's ssns- <sy wars1znp
xaseilse s'slsrl<estr sr~w nsess
acute sGss1sy wk~s ~ e~sn-
pasy REPRESENTATIVES, niI~d -
rseeh ~ ssse<ss>ef vith pav-
vis~iai ssthestst>s n sAetF 1Is-
puse ever psic~. ftxina.
VANCOUVER, y q. - Govern
ment officials and al men ssssf
Monday In an attempt 10 adjust
differences which resulted In .
four-dny gasoline famine hers snd
took mos passenger vshiel<s eff
the streets
Premier r. .. ratfalo and ~.
w. A. cAsruthsrs. fhslrmsa Of ne
government p~trslssm hoard. wIIi
meet n. n. Pldgeen Of he Imperial
OH Co. and eihsf I'll men 10 Viz
toris.
They viii attempt 10 reaeh :
eompfumis~ on tbs esniFui ba.f.I's
order u iss, FRIDAY arbitrarily 70
aneisE by one cent the psf.K.iisp
price II gasoline 10 ~ cents ssr
first grade fuel me board acted
under = bsw E.ssiln< psses-fixlas
lsw,
GaseIine d<si<<s saI1 -
prizes sss ~sssfsse.sssy." tsst
they esala sst ns~~s u ss4 go
srsts pfshsut -. Th<y 80
sssse<a ~ sssss Essstise
vsul1 ~ ssls IN ~ provinces
until tie ssaes sas sssesafea
ssa th~y s.lssa th< bessa -
s~sies fhe ssa~s.
Meanwhile. since Friday. thsfs
was ne Ezs 10 b had ~ the aver
srs man In British ceislmhl~. Mast
~ this pfsylnes's 100 90 p~trpns
Monday walked % rude strsst ears
% bieyfiss 10 woft.
casoliss tanks % private seisi,
elss wsrs empty ard service sfstisa
fuel pumps we're cry. tuss was
bsing sid only fer uSs ~ fifs
trucks police ears. smb.sisse<s
.nd tfness spsfatsd By vital N
isstfiss
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-30
Tocomon Killed in
B. c. Logging Comp

VICTORIA. Il. Crank Plat,
Tacoma logger. was killed in an
accident Monday at the Spicer
logging camp at Port Hardy, ac-
cording to provincial police reports
received here.
Plat was understood TO have
a sister and brother living in Ia
coma, at COS East l. 1t.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-30

NEW r01<k T-~o vessels ssFs
reported In dssir~ss 10 Ina Afleatl<
Monday ~ MseksY fsAaia Tns
Italian fFelEhfsr. ABienisfts. t.sxs
TINS. sssa a chain N nee hahn I'D
broken go miss ssss of the Nefth
Carolina coast. Th~ ttfafIsts
frelEnssr ~. 1ilory. i.ss< tara.
gave - position sna said -
msrsiy sss cut u eontfsL
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-30

snd Nar~<si&s fs<e>s were n1sek.
Inc IN Gernsa advances q imppft.
snt pslnls 80 II f1eemen eflI<inl
news agency sdmiftsd fhef slue-
lgsn f~~tetsnee Nd n~~a e1oex1n~
tered ns~~rth>Ieoa n f5nA1lH9
ssrssd peFsls<ssir sia~< b IN n&la
sIiie.1 Fslifoed llas ~ ilj@f&lHe.
toward whseh ~ nszls wete -
ting
wss h ~ - - - ~ -
isH<s wks~s 80 si1ol sveenps
Il seeply ~ ts<A s5<es -
s~usnip~a ~ sr~neese st~N>e
faefsx n ~ eeefl@ei - y
the~& fIetes es<n 49, e1stme1
ssx<es~~s. r. nFi1t~h go
th<s - $500 fnsee 1870 Co.,
nsss szppfr sktpe tpnaAisx
tss.i - - sven<psss - emp-
~ srnfs tnwe eInim - hm<e
sank 1870 ~ Ne<wor enn-
pa1Gn sfa<ee1I.
rhs u<fmsn hssh enmmena ~
swo mere British eFuis~ss - n
trsnspofss he'd be<a homnea -
the Nan aerial sff<astye = -
sffs9 siIIs<f feuaaa1ee1lea IEnoa
ard ihs a<rmsa pf.>s sds~1 - .
sotsi ~ - ships lee< ~ ~ eiil<e
slaes April 3 ~. Hoe@Ft -.
nsxl lsaor front ls~der. setd s1ees
lcmllna<d - fsss ~ ceiama y
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-30
Seattle Girl Weds
Monilu Missionary

MANILA - The Rev. Leopold
Damrosch. missionary and a
nephew Of Walter Damrosch. New
York conductor. was married Mon
day to Miss Elizabeth Hammond
OF Seattle. Wash. at the little
Igorot mountain village Of Bontoc.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-30
Geroghiy Sinking

OLYMPIA huprsms Court
Justice James N. Csraghty chung
70 life BY = slim thread In ~
Peters hospital Monday after be-
ing stricken by a kidney siimsnt
several days ago.
Dr. Frank n. Hartsng. he
physician. sad hope for his re-
e0yery had been sbandonsd and
only the former Spokane eiiy al
tornsys strong constitution kept
him alive. he said ceraghty sas
steadily sinking.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-30
Trackless Trolleys
Run In Seattle

SEATTLE -TFackiess troiisys
ran In regular service here Mon
DAY. replacing ancient strsstcsrf.
The coaches dld capacity Daslnsss.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-30
Baseball Finals

AMEHIlAN LEAGUE
Boston -. roo sol 0so-II 10 Q
Philadelphia 90 ole 0oz-s !
Harris and Dessuteis. Caster.
Ross 90, McCrabb ~ and
Erucker.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-30
NATIONAL LEAGUK

Pittsburgh col 0le sSe--z 0
Cincinnati Iee 900 Iix--s !
Butcher and Davis, Derringer
and lombard
Evening star., 1940-04-09
Prosecutors Discretion

In theory, at least, United States
Attorney Edward M. Curran is on
sound ground in instructing his as
sistants not to initiate prosecutions
In certain types of cases, including
negligent homicide charges, when in
their judgment the evidence is in
sufficient to warrant placing a de-
fendant on trial.
A public prosecutor has a dual re-
sponsibility. Primarily he is the
representative of society in bringing
offenders to trial and in striving
with every lawful means at his COM
mand to secure their conviction when
the evidence indicates their guilt.
But he also has another and vital
obligation-that of shielding inno-
cent persons from prosecution when,
in his sound discretion, they have
been unjustly accused. Basically.
the function Of the prosecuting at
torney is not to establish a record
OF convictions, but to see, to the best
OF his ability, that justice is done.
The obvious danger, of course, is
that discretion will be abused and
that the guilty may 60 unpunished
because a prosecutor in charge of
given case may underestimate the
quality of the evidence pointing to
guilt. This is particularly true of
negligent homicide prosecutions, in
which the evidence is usually con-
f1icting and in which convictions are
difficult to obtain under most favor
able circumstances.
Another factor, which Mr.. Curran
did not mention, presumably because
ne telt there was no occasion for it,
concerns the possibility that his as
sistants may be subjected to strong
political pressure to quash certain
types of charges. This has occurred
in the past and there is no reason
to suppose that it will not happen
in the future. The instructions is
sued by Mr.. Curran, however, clearly
rule out any mol presses except in
cases where the evidence is made
quate, and it may be assumed, there
fore, that his assistants, with his
support, will turn a deaf ear to any
plea for special favors.
In a matter of this kind the proof
OF the pudding necessarily must be
in the eating. Theoretically. MIR.
Curran's position is sound and the
community will not suffer in the mat
ter of law enforcement unless there
should be an abuse of discretion.
Evening star., 1940-04-09

will be dispatched with all possible
speed to Norway. How Russia would
react to the arrival of French and
British troops in Scandinavia cannot
be foreseen, but it may be doubted
whether she is any less disturbed by
the prospect Of German domination
OF Sweden and Norway.
The allies were prevented by purely
physical considerations from lending
any effective aid to Poland or to
Finland. But that is not true of
Norway's case, and it must be
assumed that the allied high COM
mand has anticipated and prepared
for just such a move as Germany is
making. If that is true, and in the
absence of the gravest sort of negli-
gence it could hardly be otherwise,
it may be predicted with certainty
that Norway, as she makes her stand
against the invader, will not have to
fight alone.
Evening star., 1940-04-09
Victory for Labor

The National Labor Relations
Board and the G. I. o. chalk up a
notable triumph in the refusal Of
the Supreme Court to review the
board order requiring the Republic
Steel Corporation to reinstate work.
men and compensate them for time
lost in the bitter little steel" strike
of 1887, and to cease interference
with the efforts of the Steel Workers
Organizing Committee to unionize
Republic plants in Ohio.
The effect of the Supreme Court
ruling is to affirm the findings of
the Third Circuit Court of Appeals
in Philadelphia, which had rejected
the application of Republic to set
aside the order. At the time the de-
cree was handed down by the board
in October, 1888, it was estimated to
call for the reinstatement of five
thousand Workmen and to entail a
cost of seven and one-half million
dollars to the company for back pay.
According to later statement from
the company, however, the sum in
volved is but fraction of that
amount, and the reinstatement ques-
ton also is said now to be of no
consequence, as large part of the
Workmen involved are back on the
job. If that be true, the principal
issue remaining is that having to do
with the unionization of the Republic
employees.
The Supreme Court, as is CUSTOM
ary, made only the bare announce
ment that the review had been de-
MED, and the reasons prompting the
action therefore are uncertain. Pre-
sumably, however, the court felt that
no constitutional issues were pre-
sented, and that no new legal ques-
nons were raised. There is the
added circumstance, too, that there
was no disagreement between the
Labor Board and the Court of Ap-
peals on the facts in the case, in
which the board held the corpora
ton entirely at fault.
In passing on this litigation, the
Supreme Court presumably has sane
toned the broadened definition by
the Court of Appeals as to what
constitutes unlawful acts by strikers.
The Labor Board had ruled that
only eleven workmen were not en-
titled to reinstatement because of
acts in connection with the strike.
Ten were excluded for possessing ex-
plosives and one for property dam
age. The appellate court added to
this list, however, forty more against
whom were such charges as pos
session and discharging of firearms,
interfering with the mail and OBJ
structing railroad operations.
Evening star., 1940-04-09
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Trdce1pell.

(the humans) are In too big hurry to
tidy up the garden in the fall.
They pull up all the dead ANIMALS,
rake up all the leaves, aiming to leave
everything neat for the winter. This
is all very we'll, but 1t deprives many Of
the migrating seed-eating birds OF good
food.
Dead ANIMALS, If left alone, provide
real food for hundreds Of birds on bad
winter days, since many of them are
tall enough to stick up over the SHOWS.
There is a certain picturesque quality,
too, In old ANIMALS and other dead plants
being left alone until spring.
Certainly few things, even gate posts,
make prettier pictures when the snow
Is on them.
We should be keeping an eye open
this month for two of our finest birds,
the wood thrush and the catbird.
In normal seasons, the catbird arrives
here about April %, and the wood thrush
about April %. We fear this hasn't been
an altogether normal season, in any re-
spect; maybe the arrival of popular
migrators is "off," according to usual
standards. There is no telling what
effect the snow and freezing weather
through the South had upon many of
the birds.
Certainly the robin arrived on time,
or even ahead of time, although there
are always some specimens seen long
before the majority.
The house wren is another n1igrator
which returns to our gardens this month,
usually along toward April Is.
Often the birds which have Just flown
In seem very much done up by their
trip
Many persons have called this column
to learn what to feed newly arrived
robins. which for some reason or other
do not seem to be able to get their
favorite food, worms.
Bread moistened in milk is good, also
raisinS.
Persons particularly interested in cat
birds have reported that they will eat
mashed or boiled potatoes, suet, raisins,
apple, hemp seed, in particular.
The way to feed apple to birds is to
cut the fruit in half and place it, cut
side up, on the ground or feeding table.
Catbirds also are fond of raw peanuts,
chopped fine.
No doubt they would like various fruits,
either natural or canned, just as mock
ingbirds do.
Finely ground raw beef, put through
the next to the finest setting in the
average meat grinder, would be worth
trying on many of the new arrivals.
If care is taken in the handling, meat
so ground can be taken from the ma
chine in long, worm-ike pieces. Surely
these ought to appeal to robins, too
and many others
Bread crumbs, fine are good for many
mlgrators, and birds which stay with
US all the year around. Birds liking
crumbs include the cardinal, cfickadee
nuthatch, song and tree sparrows, Eng
llsh sparrows, starlings, grackles, junco
fox sparrow, catbird, purple finch, blue
jay and goldfinch.
Evening star., 1940-04-09
Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the ,Driter although the use OF
a pseudonyn1 for publication is
permissible. Please be briet!

would abolish them as hindrance to
MS socialistic schemes This attitude
was indicated by his attempt to pack
the Supreme Court, thereby destroying
the balance of power in our govern
mental system and making the courts
subservient to his dictatorial and auto
cratic will. Now he wants to make
free from the jurisdiction of the courts
the multitudinous agencies created at his
demand so that the liberties and prop
erty rights of the citizen will be subject
to these agencies without protection or
redress at the hands of the courts. No
man in the history of the Nation has
done more to break down the safe
guards OF our liberties and the security
OF our property rights than Mr.. Roose-
velt, nor has any one done this Nation
and our people a greater disservice.
America is at the crossroads To the
left with Roosevelt lies social disintegra-
ton, bankruptcy, reputation or imitation
and ultimately national ruin. Repudia-
tion of the New Deal and Mr.. Roose-
velt by turn to the right will indicate
a return to national sanity, to constitu-
tional government, to honor and decency
in government administration, and to
the Unemployment of our idle people
and to prosperity. Which will the Amer
ican people choose next November?
d April 6. ALEXANDER S. LANIER.
Evening star., 1940-04-09
Safety Methods

disclosures OF special interest to
Washington are contained in the
National Safety Councils report on
its traffic contest for cities and
States, details of which have just
been compiled. All the States and
twelve hundred and thirty-six cities,
including the Capital, participated.
Rhode Island led the States, Kansas
City topped all cities, and in addi-
ton was first in the division for COM
munities of from two hundred and
fifty thousand to five hundred thou
sand population. Cleveland hao rne
best record among the larger cities.
Washington was far down the list.
Rhode Island reduced it's traffic
deaths from seventy-four to sixty
six, Kansas City from sixty mine to
thirty-two, and Cleveland from a
hundred and thirty to a hundred
and fifteen. Washingtons improve
Anent was one life saved.
What is significant Is that all State
policemen in Rhode Island had spe-
cial training in traffic and accident
prevention work, new men being re-
quired to take three-month course.
In Kansas City nearly hundreu ana
fly men assigned to traffic had spe-
cial instruction, and in Cleveland the
same applied to three hundred and
fifty, with eighty-four being specifi-
cally trained in accident investiga-
ton. This was reflected in convic-
tions of accused drivers. In Rhode
Island only two out of more than
twelve hundred were acquitted, in
Kansas City acquittals were less than
five thousand out of f1fty-two thou
sand, and In Cleveland about three
hundred out of thirty-seven thou
sand. These arrests did not include
parking violations.
Each of the three Jurisdictions
employed full-time traffic safety
engineer aided by part time stats.
And the two cities had special traf-
fic courts which handled no other
types Of cases.
Washington is doing we'll so far
this year in reducing accidents. II
the average can be maintained it
will rank high among cities improv-
ing such conditions. This is due
mainly to a sustained educational
campaign, aided by improved en-
forcement methods, which include
the beginnings of a trained staff of
police officers. The city has no full
time safety engineer and its Traffic
Court is conducted by a different
Judge each month, resulting in dif-
ferent standards of enforcement.
These factors alone are not re-
sponsible for the showings made by
Kansas City and Cleveland. But
they contributed in each case.
Evening star., 1940-04-09
DR.. Cyrus Adler

Washington knew and esteemed
DR.. Cyrus Adler long before he be-
came famous in the outer world. He
was librarian and for time assistant
secretary of the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition between 1892 and 1908. His
neighbors and colleagues remember
him as he was in those years-a man
quietly but keenly enthusiastic in the
pursuit of all useful and helpful
knowledge, scholar yet never a
pedant. He had been reared in the
traditions of orthodoxy, but his mind
and his heart were progressive in
the sense that they reached out for
truth wherever it might be found.
Much of Dr. Adler's work. neces-
sarily was quasi-political. For exam
pie, he represented the Columbian
Exposition to Turkey, Egypt and
other Mediterranean countries. Sub
sequently, he had more than a little
to do with organizing the exhibits
of the United States at the exposi-
tions at Atlanta and st. Louis. He
participated in scientific congresses,
was biographer for such great
leaders as Solomon Schechter and
Jacob H. Schiff, served as an editor
of the Jewish Encyclopaedia and of
the Jewish Quarterly Review, wrote
for the Dictionary of American
Biography, acted as chairman Of the
Board of Editors for the new Jewish
translation of the Bible and as chair
man of the Publication Committee
of the Jewish Publication Society,
went with Louis Marshall to plead
the cause of the Jews at the YER
sailles Peace Conference. AS presi-
dent of Dropsie College and of the
Jewish Theological Seminary he was
an inspiration as well as a successful
administrator. The distinguishing
characteristic Of his career from
start to finish was activity. He was
an individual to whom toll appeared
to be as necessary as breath. To be
idle, in his concept, was to be
unhappy.
But there was invariably a con-
scious sense of direction if his laborS
He attempted pothing adventurously.
Instead, he planned with a marvellous
skill each enterprise IN which he
engaged. Thus it might be said Of
him that Re was a practical idealist.
He loved books yet he did not permit
them to lure MIN away from the
duties and the opportunities of his
own period Of history. Likewise. he
was devoted to his fellow citizens of
this troubled earth, yet he did no.
allow their immediate requirements
Evening star., 1940-04-09

to blind him to the fact that the
future Of the human race is i'm
portant. He went back into the past
but he just as truly went forward
into ages still to be. For the Jews
he visioned their fulflllment of an
historic religion. Geography had but
scant significance in his dream for
the rebuilding Of Zion. He sought
particularly a nearness to God, a
oneness with God In which all Of
His ct'ldren would be at peace.