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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
WIFE REPORTS ALBERT BURNELL
STRANGELY GONE FOR MONTH
Mysterious Letter Relating to
Auto Only Clue Since
November 80.
Insurance Salesman Has
Been Suffering from In
jurieS in Accident.

The strange disappearance Novem-
Der 80 Of Albert A. Burnell, 36-year-old
insurance salesman, was reported to the
police last night by his wife, Mrs.
Frances Burnell. 637 A street northeast,
who reported that q mysterious letter
several days later, advising an auto
mobile salesman where Burnell's auto
mobile might be found, is the only clue
he left.
Burnell, according to his wife. was
suffering from serious injuries to his
nose and face sustained when he was
hit by a horseshoe thrown up by an
automobile tire several months ago in
Philadelphia. His wife reported that
he had about $S5 in cash with him
when he disappeared. She fears that
he may have lost his memory because
of the injury. but is unable to account
for an unsigned letter received by
Robert w. Jarboe, 1920 Good Hope road,
advising him that Burnell's automobile
was IN garage at New York avenue
and H street There the machine was
found. Mrs. Burnell examined the let
ter and declared 1t was not the hand
writing Of her husband. The Burnells
have q 5-year-old son. Mrs. Burnell
declared last night that when her hus-
band left home he intended to pay Q
bill with the money he carried.
Burnen was World War veteran
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
Arrest of Quartet
Thought to Reveal
Large Liquor Ring
Large Quantity of Intoxi-
cants Taken by Detec-
tives in Vice Raid.

Four men suspected of operating .
city-wide whisky business on q large
scale were arrested by Sergt. oscar j.
Letterman's special vice squad In q raid
at 9l8 New York avenue yesterday aft
ernoon and charged with possession Of
large quantity Of intoxicating liquors
and conspiracy to violate the national
prohibition law.
The men are Lawrence L. Fowler, "a
years old, Of 1928 Twelfth street; YER
non v. Hawks, 81, Of 906 street; Regi-
maid Harrison, II, Of 1880 Massacfu-
sets avenue, and Gennaro j. Amarosi,
%, of 915 street. They were booked
at the first precinct police station
where they will be held pending ar
raignment In Police Court Monday or
the posting of collateral for their APP
pearance In court.
Sergt. Letterman and his three aides,
Detectives Richard j. Cox, George c.
McCarron and James A. Mostyn, seized
when rs quarts of gin, "a quarts Of
whisky and 80 quarts Of alcohol were
found.
Members of the vice squad said they
believed that with the arrest of the
four men they have apprehended one
of the largest units engaged in the
Capitals liquor trafic.
Later In the day Sergt. Letterman's
detail arrested Mrs. Josephine Sullivan,
alias Josephine Donoghue. alias Mrs.
Josephine G. Donegan, So years old,
and charged her with the sale and
possession of whiskey and maintaining
a dtsorderly house when they raided
her home at 2017 Nineteenth street
Seven gallons Of alcohol and 20 gallons
Of beer mash were found, it is alleged
John Henry Brown, 81 years old,
colored, of 921 Fourth street, was ar
rected for the sale and nossession of
whisky at his home, where one pint
Of whiskey was said to have been found
by the vice squad. A woman giving the
name of Catherine OBrien, SO. of 313
D street, was taken in the raid and
charged with vagrancy.
The police said they found Joseph
Alexander, SIS, of SIS I street, in an
intoxicated condition in Browns back
yard and carried him along with the
other two prisoners to the sixth precinct
station. Alexander posted $40 collateral
for his release.
More than 80 quarts of what was
described as choice, assorted liquors.
an automobile and a f1ve-gallon can of
alcohol we're seized when Sergt. George
Little and his flying liquor squadron
raided an apartment in the 1400 block
Of T street and arrested one man last
night.
The arrested man gave his name as
John Boston Gentles, 40 years old He
was held at the sixth precinct station
house an a charge Of possession of
liquor.
After raiding the apartment, Little
and his squad, composed of Policemen
George Deyoe, Leo Murray and John
Montgomery, went to the rear Of the
apartment house, where they said
they found several quarts of alleged
liquor in the back of q machine in a
garage. This they said belonged to
Gentles. They seized the car and con-
fiscated the alleged illegal contraband.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
WOMAN, SO, RUN DOWN
AND INJURED BY AUTO
Mrs. Christine Miller Still in Hos
pital, Although Hurts Are Not
Regarded Serious.

Mrs. Christine Miller, SO years old,
Of 1889 Eighth street, was cut about
the head and hands yesterday afternoon
when knocked down near Seventh and
s streets by an automobile driven by
Arthur Smith of 1415 Sixth street.
Mrs. Miller was removed to GARFIELD
Hospital in a passing machine and
treated for her injuries. Her condition
is not regarded as serious, but she re-
NAMED at the institution upon the
advice Of the hospital authorities.
Raymond Caruna, 81 years old, Of
l02 Wilson avenue, Colmar Manor. Md,
was treated at Sibley Hospital for
bruises and shock following an accident
in which Q machine he was driving
collided with q car driven by John H
Clark, IS, Of 2403 Third street north
northeast.
Caruna was permitted to 60 to his
home after receiving treatment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
SON SEIZED IN FATAL
STABBING OF MOTHER
Father and Four Boys Refuse to
Name Slayer, Despite Long
Police Grilling.
BY ths Associated Press.

MILLER. S. Oak, December 2s.-
AlphonSe Lapke, 80, was arrested to-
night, charged with the knife staying
OF his 50-year-old mother, Mrs. Anton
Lapke, at their farm home, % miles
north Of here, on the night Of Deem
Der II.
After questioning Anton Lapke and
his four sons for day and a half,
oncials tonight said that evidence
pointed to the belief that Alphonse, the
Oldest son, cut his mothers throat as
the climax to frequent quarrels.
Grant Parrish, States attorney for
Handco, fled q charge of FIRST degree
murder against Alphonse.
The wonan's body was found in q
strawstack. Oficials said they believed
disagreement over finances caused the
quarrel and that they held the theory
that other members of the family
knowing or fearing that Alphonse was
the slayer, agreed TO shield him.
The father and his four sons were
brought here yesterday and held for
questioning. The two younger boys
are Harry, II, and Martin 8.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
TWAS JUST SATURDAY TOHUMANS.
BUT CHRISTMAS DAY FOR HORSES
Belated Holiday Feast of Carrots Apples and Oat
Enjoyed by Score of Equine Guests.

If Old Dobbin still believes In Santa
Claus his faith was beautifully vindi-
Gated today at the Animal Rescue
League, 349 Maryland avenue SOUTH
west, when work horses of Washing
ton stood up" to square meal of
Christmas provender.
The Yultide was belated, but there
was compensation in its proportions.
Crispy oats, meaty carrots and tasty
apples, generously provided through
public contribution, furnished q real
equine feast. p
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29

Feed boxes, arranged around a small
pine tree dressed with punches of food
in the yard of the home, furnished
banquet places for more than a score
Of old veterans.
This Christmas horse dinner, which
was under the supervision of Mrs. r.
M. Blumenberg. first vice president of
the league, has been an annual event
since 1915. Funds for this years din
ner were provided without drawing on
the budget allotted to the league by the
Community Chest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
Tempt proceedings for disobeyins a court

tempt proceedings for disobeying court
order.
Robert I. Miller, attorney for David
son, said last night he would wage
q vigorous legal night "in defense Of
the rights Of my client" Miller de-
clared the proceedings against David
son and Agnew involve such issues as
the authority Of the trial board to
force testimony from witness and
the right of the board ''or anyone else"
to compel grand juror to violate his
oath of secrecy"
Harry T. whelan. attorney for Agnew,
also has said he would fight the case
on similar grounds.
Chance did not claim immunity from
giving testimony when first he took the
witness stand in the trial of the police
officers. but refused to submit to fur.
ther examination when the board per-
mitted in the record a statement by
Assistant United States Attorney Walter
Shea characterizing Chance as "a men
tai misfit drunk Wath authority in his
role Of foreman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
CAFETERIA HAS $500 FIRE.

Fire, originating In q pile Of lumber
stored beneath the kitchen Of the Ugly
Duckling Cafeteria, at us g street
southeast, caused approximately S2OO
damage early last night.
The cafeteria was owned by Hugh
W. Fred.
A few minutes after the call to the
B street address, flremen responded to
a false alarm at First and N streets
southwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
Oldest Inhabitants
To Greet President
At First Reception

Following the monthly meeting
of the Association of Oldest In
habitants of the District of Co
lunbia Wednesday morning, the
members will proceed in a body to
the White House to greet Presi-
dent Hoover at his New Year re-
ception, the first of his admins
tration.
John Clagett Proctor will read
his chronicles for the year 1929
at the meeting, which will be held
at 10 o'clock In the Union Engine
House, Nineteenth and H streets.
At IL o'clock the members will
leave for the White House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
500 LOOT is REPORTED
TAKEN IN THREE THEFTS
Cash Drawer Of Hardware Store Il
Looted Of $50; Thief Makes
Escape.

The cash drawer Of william j. Love-
less hardware store at % Florida ave-
nue. was rified yesterday while the pro-
prietor was in the rear of the estab-
nsnment and thief escaped with $50
In cash: according to police report
MRS: Kate Webb reported her house
a. ltI5 T street was entered by dupli-
cae Key thief. A bag containing wear.
stolen.
James Robinson reported to police
that q storage battery. valued at $40,
was taken from his room IA the saliva
ton Army Hotel, Seqenth and P streets
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
HOME PLANS RECEPTION.
Annual Party to Be Held for Chill
dren on New Year Day.

The annual reception will be held at
the Childrens Emergency Home Of the
Central Union Mission, 624 Louisiana
avenue, New Year day.
The i've branches of the mission will
be open to public inspection Those
heading the branches are E. H. de
Grcot, board Of directors; Rev. William
A. Lambeth, ministerial council; Mrs.
william H. Ramsey. Woman's Guild
John H. Bennett, the mission proper,
and Mrs. Jchn H. Bennett, in charge of
the Emergency Home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29

and was gassed and shell shocked In
the Meuse-Argonne. Following service
in the Infantry, he joined the Army's
Aviation Corps and served at San
Diego, Calf; Kelly Field, Tex, and at
Boiling Field. The day before Thanks
giving he appeared depressed, Mrs.
Burnell said last night, due to finan-
cial matters, but the morning he left
home he was apparently in good spirits
once more.
The horseshoe hit him across the
nose in September, 1928, Mrs. Burnell
explained, and it was four months be-
fore the surgeons could operate, because
of the infection that set In. Five
months elapsed before he was freed
from hospital treatment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
SURVIVES GAS ACCIDENT.

Mistaking q gas Jet for an electric
switch, Mrs. Hager Z. Fortney, Il years
old, of 143 " street northeast, was over
come by Illuminating gas in her home
last night
She was revived by he rescue squad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
RAIL WORKER SOUGHT.

Herndon Man, Missing Since be-
cember 1e, Is Hunted.
Police here have been asked to search
for William L. Bayne, 80, q Pennsylvania
Railroad employee, who has been missing
from his home at Herndon, Va, since
December 10.
When last seen Bayne was wearing
q dark blue suit, gray hat and black
shoes. Police were told he purchased
q ticket to Rosslyn, Va, on the night
he disappeared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
MAN INJURED IN FALL.
Plunges Down Stairway, Striking
Head Against Wall.

Falling down q flight Of stairs at
his home last night, Joseph Herbert,
80, Of 1915 Eleventh street southeast,
suffered a possible skull fracture and
scalp lacerations. Police said Herbert
lost his balance at the top Of the
stairs and fell, striking his head
against q wall. He was taken to
Casualty Hospital and treated BY DR..
Louis Jimal, who said his condition
was serious:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29

Because Of its clearness. sea water Is
hsing taken from the Bay of Biscay for
u.e In the aquarium at the London Zoo.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-11-12
8 ARE INJURED,
4ESCAPE IN
ACCIDENTS

Nine people were injured and
four escaped injuries in auto
mobile accidents yesterday ac-
cording to police reports. The
most seriously injured was the
Rev. William L. Hail, 81 years
old, of Manassas, Va.
Hall was riding with Edgar
Arcy and Miss Lula Arcy towards
Washington yesterday morning
when the car left the road and
crashed against a telegraph pole,
near Bancroft, Va. He was taken
to Emergency Hospital where he
was treated for decorations and
9 possible fracture of the skull.
Miss Arcy, %, also Of Manassas,
received decorations while her
brother was unScratched.
Samuel friedman, 38. of the
400 block Third st. N. W., eS-
capped injury yesterday when the
car which he was driving collided
with a w. w. Chambers Company
ambulance at Ninth and G
Streets. Both cars overturned
and, although shaken up, neither
G. E. Clark, driver of the ambu-
lance, nor his companion, G. e.
Echols, were injured.
Miss Edna Reed, %. of the 5000
block Warder st. N. W.. suffered
a possible fracture of the shout
der and severe burns when she
was struck down by an automo-
bile driven by Ernest Cullember,
Al, Of Kenyon Street Northwest.
She was treated at Garfield Hos
pita1.
While crossing H Street at La
mont Avenue, Theodore Wild, 80,
Of the 1000 block Gault Pl. N. E.,
was knocked down by truck
driven by Bernard Lee, colored, %,
1900 block of 18th st. N. E. He
was treated at Emergency HoSpi-
tai for decorations.
Stanley Chimes, Of the $500
block 9th st. N. W., was treated
at Casualty Hospital this morning
for injuries received when a car
which he was driving collided with
an automobile operated by H. P.
wilkins, of the 1900 block Sixth
st. N. w. The automobile over
turned.
Jake Lee, %, of 4th and seaton
SITS. N. W., was injured yesterday
afternoon, when his automobile
collided with that of Moses Will
son, colored, %, of the TOO block
Fourth St. N. w. Both Wilson
and Lee were treated at Freed
mans Hospital.
Dorothy Jones, 6-year-old col
ored girl, TOO block 18th st. N.
W., was treated at Children's
Hospital yesterday afternoon for
decorations after she had walked
into an automobile operated by
Helen F. Forney, of Hyattsville,
Md. The child was later sent
home.
An automobile driven by w.
Axiom, 20, of the 5000 block of
Fourteenth st. N. W., felled James
II. jackson, colored, 50. of the
1900 block Twelfth ST. N. W., as
he was crossing Thirteenth ST.,
near s. jackson was treated at
Freedman's Hospital for cuts and
bruises.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-11-12

When you're out of sorts
because liver and bowels are not
functioning properly, don't take a
violent purgative that will upset
your whole system and make you
feel all the worse. A candy
Cascaret will soon have you
feeling fine again-and thereIl be
no unpleasant after effects.
Cascarets are as pleasing to the
palate as candy. Their action is
gentle, but thorough. They work
while you sleep; cleanse the entire
thirty feet of bowels in one
comfortable, thorough action that
leaves the system clean and sweet.
They help restore normal bowel
action and are not habit forming.
Cascarets are made of cascara,
long recognized by the medical
profession as one of the most
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-11-12
The Doctor Approves of Cascara

beneficial laxatives, and one that
actually strengthens the bowel
muscles. Cascarets are sweetened
with pure cane sugar and Favored
with real licorice. That's why
children love them-and grown
folks find them so easy to take.
Physicians say by far the great
majority of human ills are caused
by constipation. If a coated
tongue, dull headaches, dis
ordered stomach or general listless
feeling warn you of faulty elimi-
nation, don't take chance on real
sickness. Take a Cascaret every
day or two until your system
seems normal. You'll be amazed
at the effectiveness of this simple
measure. The use of 20 million
packages of Cascarets year
proves their worth.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-11-12
BUSINESS MEN TO MEET

Annual elections Of the Column
bia Heights Business Mems Asso-
citation will be held at the regll-
lar meeting tonight at $50 at
the Betty Anne Inn, 1419 Park Rd.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-11-12
EDITOR TO SPEAK

"Peace Prospects" viii be the
subject of Chester C. Platt, pub
Usher of the Batavia IN. "
Times, at the washington Open
Forum next Sunday.
The Washington times., 1929-08-02
LABOR-SAVING
DEVICES

You can make a good night
light by packing salt around the
wick of an ordinary candle. leav-
ing just enough of the wick to
light.
Silk stockings will last twice
as long if they are allowed TO
soak in cold water a few hours
before being worn for the first
time.
Add half an ounce Of sugar OF
lead to a gallon OF water and
soak chintzes, ginghams and
other colored cottons one hour
to set the color.
Before polishing your stove go
over it with vinegar, which will
remove all grease and make an
excellent base for polish.
The Washington times., 1929-08-02
SETTING AN
IDEAL
By Lucy Lowell

We hear a great deal these
days about the dissolution of the
American family.
Family spirit. family loyalty,
affection between brothers and
sisters, parents and children. Is
supposed to be a passing thing.
almost extinct as matter of fact.
Each one of the group is sup
posed to have different inter-
est a different set of friends, dif.
ferent aims and inspirations,
likes and dislikes. disposition and
viewpoint from every other one.
Only today heard it said that
there was nowhere in America.
at least nowhere in those Sec
tions supposed to be anyway at
all advanced in culture and edu-
cation-where one could look to
his or her family for help in
time Of stress. ..,>
And there came to my mind
the case OF a family | know
which so diSprOves all this that
it is something OF an inspiration
to Everybody,
And because this family Is as
1t is, believe there are others.
Many others. SO many that
America has no cause for worry
over the passing of its family life.
The family is made up of a
v1ytSnxxyoI ut
daughters, one of them married.
A few years ago the younger
daughter took a position as clerk
in an office. She was an inex-
perienced, unsophisticated kid, and
she fell blindly in love with the
sort of married love pirate who
offers the real menace. to Ameri-
can society.
She had to leave her position
after a time. Ar those who knew
an the circumstances and were
well acquainted with the staid
ideals of her family, predicted that
she would be put out into the
street by her frantic mother.
But such was not the case. The
girl was taken home, given &erv
loving care by the mother, the
married sister and tile brother.
And when her little son, was born.
he was kept in the home, petted
and adored by all of them.
They found something for the
girl 20 do which made it possible
for her to work at home and what
she lacked in funds her brother
made up. The boy is fine little
youngster of ten or twelve now,
the pal and confident of his uncle,
leader in his class at school and
at Sunday school, candidate for
the boy scouts and the pride of
his grandma.
And his mother, chastened by
experience as she is, remains a
respected figure in a community
which took its cue from the con.
duct of the girls family.
Here was case where a little
inexperienced girl might have been
sent out to destruction because
she made a mistake had it not
been for American family loyalty,
. family spirit and affection.
And. as 1 say, 1 do not believe
this family unique. do not think
the American family is passing; |
believe IL will stand as long as
'America stands setting, a nigh
Ideal for A1 the world,
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The Washington times., 1929-08-02

ASLA<AGS AAAho9
Our club is giving an outing
to an amusement park. The
girls in the club are between
the ages of II and II. Each is
inviting a fellow.
Our club has given but a Few
OF these outings, therefore l am
anxious to go, az ! know l will
have a nice time. At the very
few parties we have had l have
not been present and my club
sisters have been wondering
why. l am one of the youngest
in this club
My mother. being undecided
as to whether / should invite an
escort, advised me to write to
you. PUZZLED,
l thank your mother, my dear,
for the confidence she shows in
my Judgment in referring to me
your problem of the club outing.
/ do not see why you should
not invite some nice boy you
know, whom your mother APP
proves, to the party. Whether
you invite him when next you
SSC VI WIll0 Ilul d HlllS
note OF invitation. be sure to
mention that your club leader
and chaperon-mentio tioning her
name-also hopes he will come
II he has not another engage
ment for that evening. OF course,
the club members will arrange
the matters in such a way that
the boys invited as guests will
not have to pay any of the ex-
pense of the outing.
l agree with you that a girl of
IA er Is is too young to go with
fellows" But in your c,,se
you are merely inviting a friend
to share fun as guest of your
club. You will all be good COM
rades and there will not be any
air of sentimentality or f1irta.
tiousness about the occasion.