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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
SINCLAIR INFORMED
OF ILLNESS OF WIFE
News of Her Being Taken to
Sanitarium Affects Spirit
of Prisoner.

Harry F. Sinclair, wealthy oil man,
who Is serving a 90-day sentence in
the District of Columbia Jail and asylum
for contempt Of the United States Sen
ate in connection with its oil-leaSe in
veStigation, was advised yesterday that
Mrs. Sinclair had been taken to sani-
tarium in Battle Creek, Mich, for treat
ment.
Reports were to the effect that Mrs.
Sinclair was on the verge Of nervous
breakdown. but that her illness was not
yet considered critical.
Returns to His Task.
After hearing of his wife's illness
from @. T. Sanford, general counsel for
the Sinclair oil interests, who Is stay
ing in Washington. Mr.. Sinclair return
ed to his task as pharmacist for the
District jail He spent most Of the day
in the jail clinic, where he Is stationed,
and 1t was a far cry from the crowds
at the Kentucky Derby which Mr.. Sim
clair has attended for many years. One
of his horses, the famous ZeV, won the
Derby several years ago.
Although shocked by the news OF
Mrs. Sinclair's illness, the oil man re-
manned calm during his conference with
Mr.. Sanford. 1t was stated. He is re-
ported by Maj William L. Peake, SUI
perintendent of the jail, to be in excel
lent health, and to be adjusting him.
self to the rigors of imprisonment
without difficulty. His spirit was con-
siderably lower in the face Of today's
news, however.
Stricken at New York Home.
Mrs. Sinclair. it is reported here, was
stricken several days ago at her New
York home, and was taken to Battle
Greek on Thursday afternoon. She had
been expected to visit the oil man at
the Jail last Sunday, visitors day, but
failed to arrive. 1t is now believed that
she had been i'll for some time, but not
until few days ago did 1t become so
serious that she needed sanitarium
treatment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
BERNET MAY HEAD
c. B 0. RAILROAD
Van Sweringen interests,
However, Refuse to Confirm
or Deny Reports.
BY the Associated Press.


CLEVELAND, Ohio. May 18-The
Van Sweringen interests, which control
the Erie Railroad, neither would con-
Arm or deny tonight the report that
John j. Bernet, the Erie president will
be elected president of the Chesapeake
e. Ohio at a meeting of G. g. 0. direc-
tors here May %.
Railroad authorities close to the Van
SWeringens, however. said that there Is
every indication that Bernet would be
named.
w. ]. Hanrahan, now president of the
Chesapeake g. Ohio, has been in poor
health for some time, and reports have
been current that he would soon give
up his position. His health forced him
to be ahSent from his office several
weeks Lass Winter.
If he afves up his position he will con-
tinue to hold a place in the Van Swer-
ingen railway organization, probably as
senior vice president of the c. g. O., II
was declared.
Bernet's promotion to the head OF the
c. e. O., around which the Van Swer-
ingen plan to build a fourth Eastern
trunk line system, would follow as a
natural sequence in the Van Sweringen
development plans.
AS vice president Of the New York
Central he was called upon to take
the helm of the Nickel Plate, which at
the time was newly purchased by the
Van Sweringens, and run 1t at profit
He succeeded and was named head OF
the Erie, which in turn became a money
maker.
AS possible successors to the Erie
presidency, w. L. Ross, president Of the
Nickel Plate; Charles E. Denny, vice
president of the Erie, and Thomas Carr
Powell, former vice president of the
Erie and now president of the Chicago
e. Eastern Illinois, are being men
toned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
VICE CRUSADER PLEA
TO AL CAPONE TO QUIT IS Barred
Frank Loesch Met Gangland Gar Secretly
and Won Promise to Help Make City
Better Place to Live.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May ia dramatic per-
sonal appeal made by 76-year-old vice
crusader to "Scarface" AL Capone. dread
car of Chicago's gangland, was re-
vealed today.
Frank j. Ioesch. head of the Chi
cago Crime Commission and special
assistant States attorney of Cook
County, who for months fought vainly
to stop the spread of crime in Chicago,
told today how he finally carried the
problem direct to the supposed foun-
tainhead of wrongdoing.
Thinks AL Lived Up TO Word.
The famous enemies met in hot.
stuffy hotel room early last September
Capone was to help make Chicago a
better place in which to live"
Loesch said he believed Capone kept
his promise made that day. and that
the carrying out of that promise re-
suited in his voluntary Incarceration in
Philadelphia prison.
The representatives of law and order,
Loesch, accompanied by secret service
man and Government agent stood on
one side Of the room. it was revealed,
while the overload of organized crime
sat on the other and listened with re-
spect to the dramatic plea OF the cru
Sader.
Appeals to Sense Of Duty.
Loesch appealed to Capone's sense of
duty as an American citizen and rs
husband and father, he said. and asked
him to turn from the path of trans
erosion for the sake of Chicago.
Il had been trying to meet Capone
fnr
some difficulty he told one of my men
he would see me at the Lexington Hotel,
where at that time he was reputed to
have hired 81 rooms for himself and
his followers.
Upon our arrival at the hotel we
had some difficulty reaching his suite.
We were conscious of being watched
from the moment we stepped inside the
door. but no one spoke to us. Upon
reaching Mr.. Capone'S suite. I knocked
and a large man opened the door. He
asked If was Mr.. Loesch. ! knew at
once the man was Capone. We shook
hands and he asked me to sit down.
No Guard in Room.
"Capone himself sat opposite me, di-
rectly beneath a picture of Washington
and one of Lincoln. The day was hot
and the room stuffy. But Capone dom
Aeu HAS CodV 0pon Ihy atifdA. AAe
room was very well furnished. There
was no guard in the room.
"Capones face was serious and he
waited for me to speak. I said: Mr..
Capone, I have wanted to see you for
some time. I want to appeal to you,
man to man, but particularly as an
American citizen. for the sake of your
wife and child, to abandon the course
you are popularity supposed to be pur-
suing in the underworld of this city
"Capone said nothing and contin-
ued
"I know from reports that some of
your followers have had something to
do with violence in the twentieth ward.
do not seek information of any kind
from you and I do not want you to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19

give away anything of value to you or
your followers, but thought 1t my duty
to come here in secret and to try to
drive home to you what the continu-
ance of the action Of your followers
means
Capone Wants to Live in Florida.
Cup to that time Capone said Moth
ing. The telephone rang, he answered
and talked for five minutes. Then he
apologiZed for the interruption and said
the call was from his Florida agents.
II asked him about the future-what
he was going to do. He said he wanted
to go and live in Florida and give up
his Chicago connections.
In Florida, he said smilingly. I'll
be left alone and they can't drive me
out
Loesch said he and Capone then dis
cussed the pleasant life in Florida. He
told the gangster he assumed he was
an American citizen. The statement
seemed to hurt him and he assured
Loesch he was born in Brooklyn and
that his wife and child were Americans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
CAPONE'S BATTLE
TO ESCAPE PRISON
Barred BY COUNSEL

Continued From First Page)
aisle, and the uniformed policemen
went over and told them they were
both under arrest. Creedon and
then stepped over to the group and ex-
planned that we were detectives.
"I started to search Capone, and as
I put my hand in his overcoat. pocket
he lifted the pistol out of his pocket
and handed it to me.
I'VE kept the two prisoners in an
offset of the theater for about half an
hour. waiting for two other men who
had gone in with them, but We failed
to recognize them.
Two Change Prisons.
FINALLY we got into a taxicab and
went to City Hall.
"Capone was locked up at City Hall,
together with Cline, and I didn't see
him again until he was being taken
into court. He said to me: 1T looks
like I'm going away for a year and I
have to thank you / said to him, No,
don't thank me; you've got yourself
to thank.
"Scarface Az today changed his
abode from Moyamensing Prison to the
Holmesburg Jail Cline also was re-
moved, both travelling the IL miles from
South Philadelphia to the northeastern
part of the city in a prison van, which
was heavily guarded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
Indy At SUMMER
HOME OF MORROWS
Party, Including Fiancee,
Lands in Amphibian Plane
From New York.

BY the ASSOCIATED Press.
NORTH HAVEN, Me. May 18.-Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh, his fiancee. Miss
Anne Morrow, and other members of
ner family rested in seclusion tonight
at the Morrow Summer estate on this
little island, II miles off the coast of
Maine.
The colonel, Miss Morrow her two
sisters. Constance and Elisabeth, and
Mrs. Morrow landed here about mid
afternoon in little cove in PenC )scot
Bay before the Morrow homn. They
were accompanied by JOSEF. ae Ora
ham. Mrs MorroW's secretary. The
point in New York in an amphibian
cabin plane after a short stop at Port
land Airport for refueling.
Motor Ride on Island.
Soon after the dinner hour the en-
tire group bundled themselves into a
beach car and drove away, presumably
on a trip about the roads on the west
ern end of the island. Anne Morrow
was driving Lindbergh was seated be-
side her, with another of the sisters
on the other side Before leaving for
the pleasure jaunt. the colonel TAXED
the plane up the beach and parked"
it on the Morrow lawn, close to a large
evergreen tree.
tIIc EldIlS VI
the couple was given out. but the Off
cial spokesman" whose name was not
divulged, said he would hold confer
ence with members of the press tomor-
row morning.
Four guards, whose only answer to
questions was Il don't know were
about the grounds. keeping newspaper
reporters and photographers at a
distance.
Converses with Workmen.
Before the party started on the drive,
Mrs. Morrow walked from the home to
the garage, some distance away. and
conversed for some time with workmen
there, the Official spokesman" accom-
panied her.
This island, only 10 miles long and
with year-round population Of 375,
was all agog over the arrival of the
family of the American Ambassador to
Mexico, and the famous flyer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
CAMPAIGNERS IN ULSTER
WORKING 20 HOURS A DAY
Women Exchange Blows in Heated
Confict-Police Drive Candi-
date From Rivals Hall.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BELFAST, Northern ireland, May 10.
Ulster general election candidates are
working 20 hours day, with the CAM
paign fight most embittered between tho
independent Unionists and the Official
UEioniStS.
The Shankhill division is the cockpit
OF the battling, and it is reported that
women there exchange blows rightly in
defense of the rival candidates. In the
east end of the city angry scores have
marked the contest between Alderman
Duff, official Unionist, and DR.. Beattie.
Socialist.
DR.. Duff created precedent by walk
ing into a meeting held by his opponent
to hear what was being said about him.
The atmosphere had become noticeably
tense when tactful police officers in
duced him to leave.
Prospects Of the government candi-
dates are said to be Frightening as poll
ing day approaches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
CAPT. ADOLPHUS ANDREWS
GOES TO U. S. S. TEXAS
Other Transfers in Army and
Navy Department Are
Announced

Capt. Adolphus Andrews, who was in
command of the presidential yacht
U. S. S. Mayflower during part of the
Coolidge administration, was ordered
yesterday by the Navy Department,
about June Is, from the submarine base
at New London, Conn, which he now
commands. to assume command Of the
u. S. 8. Texas.
Capt Howard D. Lamar of the Supply
Corps is ordered detached about June
al from the Army Industrial College
and sent on duty in the Office of the
chief co-ordinator in the Arlington
Building here.
Lieut.. Charles Wheatley of the Medi-
cal Corps is ordered detached from the
receiving barracks at Hampton Roads,
Va, to the Washington Navy Yard.
Lieut.. Llewellyn j. Johns is ordered
report for duty in the Office of naval
communications of the Navy Depart
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
REPORTER GIVEN SLIP.
Indy and Party Take Borrowed Plane
From New York.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 1s-Col Charles
A. Lindbergh pulled fast one on the
newspaper boys today in the game of
hide and seek that is the order of the
day as the date for his marriage draws
near.
The colonel keeps his own plane at
Roosevelt Field and when he wants to
use another is accustomed to get it
there or at one of the Long Island
fields. 1t has got so he can't get near
any of those fields without being
spotted So when he wanted to fly his
fiancee, her mother, her two sisters and
a secretary to Maine today he had to
think up new one.
What he did was to go to seaplane
dock in the East River at the foot Of
East Thirty-first street and borrow a
new amphibian eight-place air yacht
from the Looming division of the Key
stone Aircraft Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
Radium Prevents Fires.

Radium has been installed in rubber
factory at Leningrand, Russia, to pre-
vent fires. A small capsule of the ele-
ment permits the great amount of cleo
tricity that jumps from the rubber
fabric while passing over rollers. to leak
slowly and harmlessly into the air. Only
one milligram of radiun is necessary
to thus minimize the IRE hazard caused
by the static. i
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
ASSAULT CHARGE FACED.
Man Freed in Dry Agents Death
Held for Hearing.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, May led
ward Martin. colored, whom a coroner's
jury in Mount Rainier last night freed
of blame for the death of Dry Agent
Dano M. Jackley in an auto accident
Tuesday, was released today in $500
bail for a hearing on May % by United
States Commissioner Harry N. Aber-
crombie after he had pleaded not guilty
to a Federal charge of aSsaulting and
interfering with Federal officer. The
warrant was obtained by prohibition
authorities.
Martin was sccused Of driving the
auto which sideswiped the Federal
agents machine and caused 1t to skid
and overturn on the Washington Boule-
ward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
Births Reported.

Frank and Tia I. Lees. girl.
George and Gertrude Maurice, girl.
Robert and Lillian C. Mackie. girl.
Anton B. and Mary K. Ostman, girl.
Clyde w. and Pearl Z. Wood, girl.
Nolan D and Isabel Mitchell, girl.
Wesley Q. and Kathleen Moger, boy.
Wilbur w. and Evelyn L. St Clair, boy.
James H. and Eleanor E. Bramhall, boy.
John r.. and Charlotte e. Grumwell, boy
James Z. and Maggie Tiches. boy.
Ernest and Mary Green, boy.
Osbury and Anita Washington, boy.
George and Rose Thomas, boy.
calvin ana Sarah Lyon, boy.
Alfred and Lillian Elzie, girl.
Arthur and Lana Reoples, AIl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
EXPRESSION RECITAL.
Theater Arts School Entertainment
On Tuesday Night.

Pupils of Theater Arts School viii
be presented in expression recital al
the Hotel Roosevelt, Tuesday night at
8 O'Clock. Poetry, one-act plays, mono
logues and stories will be interpreted
under direction of Maitland lie Grande
Thompson. Those taking part in the
recital are:
Ruth Dickinson, Cornelia McDufie,
Dorothy Bayliss. Jean Salter, Bernice
Wood, Adele Martell. Zelda Abrams
Mildred Curran, Dorothy Abrams
Gladys VickerS. Margaret Diffinbaugh,
Esther Bair. Paula Salter Nora Bramell,
Kathryn Logan. Virginia Wade, Addie
May Allgiere and Franc Caskey.
A total of 10000 tourists visited the
Hawaiian Islands in 1928.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19

him regularly. One letter sent to me in
Jail never reached me.
officials maintain that Mr.. Sinclair Is
accorded no privileges because he hap
pens to be Sinclair.
Every time I think Of that slate roof
at Occoquan say to myself--"What a
lucky break for Sinclair. I wish I had
gone In for pharmacy. It surely pays
70 he q pharmacists"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
BOY STRUCK BY AUTO.
5-Year-old Wilbur jackson of Bla'
densburg Critically Injured.

Five-year-old Wilbur Jackson of Ed
monston road, at Bladensburg, Nd,
was critically injured yesterday after
non when struck by an automobile
when he was crossing the road near his
residence. Police reported the auto
mobile was operated by William Trime
of East Riverdale, Md.
The Prince Georges City rescue
squad brought the injured youth to
Casualty Hospital. where attending
physicians said he has conclusion OF
the brain. He also received decorations
about the face and bruises.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
JAIL CONDITIONS
TOLD BY REPORTER
Newspaper Man Learns Oil
Magnate Enjoys Comforts
Denied Other Prisoners.

Continued From First Page.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-03
FLAMING JEALOUSY = zodpys True Story

my girl. That's her home burn
ing. I just want to see if"
The bluecoat hesitated. The
flames lit up Joe's face. When
the policeman looked a second
time he relented. Against or
ders," he said, but slip through,
buddy, I didn't see you"
Joe dashed to the spot where
an ambulance was drawn near
the curb. A figure lay on a
blanket-the figure Of a girl.
They were using a pulmoter on
her. At last she gasped,
moaned. Joe leaned over the
surgeon. "Burned?" he asked
in terror. The doctor looked up.
mo" he said laconically. She'll
be all right"
Joe knelt beside him. Put q
wavering hand out and clasped
the lax fingers Of the girl.
''Alma!" he said.
She opened her eyes. They
filled with tears. Her fingers
frightened on JoeS. "I'm-Im
so sorry" she whispered. When
I saw the flames coming. Joe,
I was so afraid I'd lost you for
ever and ever"
Not a chance" said Joe as
he squeezed her hand again.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-03

with whom2 What did this
stranger want of her daughter2
Why was no ransom note sent
for her?
In utter terror, she went to
William Bryce. She confronted
Bryce and his daughter.
They, too, were at hopes end.
AS long as Bryce felt certain
that Guy had his grandson, he
had a little peace. A foolish
move, "a boy scouts trick" he
had thought it, that Guy should
kidnap the child. Yet, If this
were the case, in his Utmost
heart he felt the boy would not
be harmed. Elliott might be
rash, but he was not vicious.
Now, he stood there, gray
hued and llfeless while Laura
implored him to aid her In find
ing the real solution.
"Oh, now happy you could be
if your little child were in the
hands of my girl and Guy! How
kind the good God would be II
this is all that has happened"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-03

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there is nothing like cascara;
nothing more efficient, nothing so
good for the system. Any doctor
can confirm these facts.
Candy Cascarets give you pure
cascara in a most pleasant form.
Take one tonight. See how fine
you feel all next day. Without
discomfort and without harmful
effects this gentle laxative cleanses
the whole thirty feet of bowels.
Cascarets never produce that
nauseous feeling usually asso-
ciated with the use of laxatives.
And their action is so natural
that there is no danger of forming
the laxative habit. You can take
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-03

hope, some comfort. Laura chung
to this.
But when Don Morse told her:
mo. didn't see Mr.. Elliott at
the controls. I'm not sure it
was he who climbed into the
cockpit. But 1t MUST have been.
It was a clever pilot-MUsT
have been Elliott"
WAS my daughter in the
plane when it took OFF,"
II can't even swear to that
h" but she must have been.
1t was only 10 minutes before
that she poked her head from
the window. She was expect
ing Mr.. Elliott. She told me
so. She was certain he was
coming. Yes, I'm sure she was
in the plane when it took off"
Again and again Laura went
to the field. She was driven
and haunted. At her side went
young Mr.. Dickie. No one saw
the lads dimples in these days.
He refused to go to school. He
followed at Laura's side, say
ing manfully:
We'll hear. Say, mother,
Guy could land a plane on a
two foot rock. They're not
crashed. And, gee-you know
Pat wouldn't hurt a little kid
gee, even if you think Guy
could. Say. they didn't have
a darn thing to do with this
stealing. I know it,"
The ransom note came. In a
half -fainting terror Laura went
to the newspapers. Editors re-
ceiVed her. They printed word
for word of her version. How
we'll she knew her daughter!
How sure she was Of her daugh-
Laura urged them to force the
police to hunt some criminal.
ter's fiance!
Mr.. Elliott is not behind
this. His brain simply could
not function in this manner.
And 1 know that my girl
would not willingly or unwil-
lingly have abetted him In any
such move. You're losing val
liable time-allowing some fiend
to escape. Oh, will you not set
forth the true facts2 My girl
and Mr.. Elliott are probably
crashed-perhaps dying. Will
nothing be done to aid them?"
Laura posted a reward of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-03

holding one Of its occasional
revelS, was a wide porch open
ing off the dancing floor. The
orchestra. was playing, Roses
Of Picardy" within. Joe stood
outside with Paula, getting a
breadth Of fresh air.
How bright the stars are"-
began Paula. Then she put a
hand to her forehead. She
reeled.
why, what's the matter?"
exclaimed Joe. Paula wavered,
started to fall. Joe stretched
out his hands to catcA her and
as he did so, Paula flung her
arms about his neck.
The next instant one Of the
long glass doors opened. There
stood Alma and behind her
Phil.
Alma strobe out like an
ayenging fury. What does this
mean?" she cried.
Joe was dumb. But Paula,
removing her arms from his
neck and drawing away, started
to explain. II had a faint
ing spell" she began---
Alma laughed in derision. Il
--don't-believe it," she ex-
claimed bitterly. Then she shot
look of scorn at Joe. That's
right" he muttered In a be-
wildered way.
"Here!" shouted Alma, pull
ing off her ring and forcing it
into Joe'S hand. I'm lucky to
find it out. I never, never want
to see you again. Take her--if
you want her! I'm never going
back to that office again. l
don't care what happens to me.
And I'm through with you ALL"
Phil tried to speak to her. Joe
stood dazed as though someone
had bludgeoned him. Alma ran
back into the ballroom and
disappeared.
Two o'clock In the morning.
Home at last. Joe sat In an
easy chair in his room, head in
hands. He felt like the lone
survivor of an earthquake.
Even now he could not COM
pletely realize the disaster that
had overtaken him.
Alma had fled from the inn,