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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-03
Jury STILL OUT
IN L|NGLE CASE
ACquittaI of Brothers Said
to Be Favored by Nearly
Unanimous Vote.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CRIMINAL COURTS BUILDING,
Chicago, April 3.-Reported to stand
10 to ? or II to for acquittal, jury
weighing the part Of Leo V. Brothers in
the staying of Reporter Alfred (Jake)
Lingle, was locked in violent argument
today. At 80 the jury had been de-
liberating more than % hours.
Meanwhile Judge Joseph SABBATH was
uncompromising in his determination
that a verdict should be reached If pos
sible. He refused to allow the tired
jurymen to rest.
In a secluded and well guarded corner
of the Criminal Courts Building the II
men debated whether their answer
should be ''yes"-that Brothers YVES the
hireling assassin Of the Tribune re-
porter; or no." that he was not the
man who crept behind Lingle in a pc
destrian subway last June 8, and ended
his life with pistol shot.
Four Possible VerdIcts.
There were four possible yerdicts
acquittal, or guilty, with three different
senCencsS optional with the jury These
sentences were death in the electric
chair, life Imprisonment or a prison
term or IA years to life. In the latter
case the Illinois Parole Board has power
TO determine how much more than IA
years a man must serve.
It was 2:24 pm. yesterday when the
fate Of Brothers was transferred from
the OPEN court room with It's hundreds
of jostling spectators, to the IL eX-
pressionless jurymen.
Through the night there was no sign
of the trend their study Of evidence
took. Contrasting strangely with most
iuries long in arriving at verdict they
hadn't a request for further instruc-
tions.
Waters carried breakfast to the jury
room, but still there was no word.
1t remained for Judge SABBATH to
take the one step that marked the
night. At am. he retired to his home
to snatch a few hours sleep leaving
word that If verdict we're reached he
was to be called. The crowd was ordered
from the court room. Only few news
paper men remained.
To Get Plenty of Time.
Judge SABBATH returned shortly before
10 O'Clock today and retired to his
chambers. He said he had heard Moth
ing from the jury.
Asked how long he would keep them
at their deliberations, Judge SABBATH
said it all depended on conditions
The jury is here for one purpose"
he said. and 1 intend to give them
Continued on Page ?, Column 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-03
CAPONE is CLEARED
AT VAGRANCY TRIAL
Prosecutors Unable to Find Police.
man to Testify, They
Admit.
Rv the Associated Press

By the Associs ted Press.
CHICAGO. April 3.-Charges Of va
grancy were wiped from Scarface Az
Capone's escutcheon today. The prose-
cutors said they could find no policeman
intimate enough with the gang chiefs
activities to testify to his vagrancy.
1t was during his recent trial for con-
tempt of Federal Court, for which he
WIS handed a six-month jail term
that Capcne had his first appearance in
the Municipal Court as an alleged va
grant. The warrant had been issued by
Judge John H. Lyle last Fall, when
Capone was given position No. on the
crime commissions roster OF public
enemies"
The prosecutors asked leave to file an
amended bill OF complaint, and when
this was brought in Policeman Roy Van
KerIk signer Of the warrant. acEnowl-
edged that he could not, OF his own
knowledge, swear to Caponc'S lack OF
legitimate employment and failure TO
provide for his family.
Capone smiling free of any State
charge walked out with his escort Of
detectives. He posed genially for pho
tographerS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-03
BARTSCH ASKS COURT
DISMISS WlFE'S SUIT
Curator Seeks Decree to Self In
stead Of Wife, Charging She
Attacked Him.

Dr. Paul Bartsch, curator OF the Ma
tional Museum and professor of biology
at Gecrge Washington University has
filed answer to the suit Of his wife.
Mrs. Signe G. Bartsch, for a limited
divorce and asks the court to dismiss
her suit and to grant limited divorce
to him. instead of to the wife. He
charges that she attacked him two
months ago and took the furniture
from their home, at 1886 Belmont
street.
He asks an injunction to prevent tne
removal of the furniture from the Dis
trict, which includes, he says. a grand
piano. rugs, china. glassware and the
like. He asserts that he has found his
wife a difficult person to live with and
has suffered frequently from her nag
giEg
Mrs. Bartsch sued last year for q
limited divorce, claiming that her hus-
band used her as a biological specis
men," but later withdrew the case fol-
lowing a reconciliation She brought
the new proceeding few weeks ago.
The husband is represented by At
torney Huston Thompson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-03
SUSPECT FLOGGERS
IN FLORIDA DEATHS
PToberS Find Clues IndiCat-
ing Part in Two Mys-
FERROUS Cases.

By the Associated Press.
CLEARWATER, Fla, April 3.-Pinel-
las County officials said today their
probe into activities Of a professional
flogging gang, active hereabouts recent
~, had developed clues indicating the
fioggers might have caused the death of
DR.. Archie McCallister in Tarpon
Springs last December and George
Pritchard OF st. Petersburg in March
McCallister was mysteriously shot at
dusk as he was leaving hospital on
the outskirts Of the town.
Pritchard disappeared from his hotel
His body was found week later on
an island in Tampa Bay under condl-
tons that indicated he had been killed
and taken there in a boat.
Deputy Sheriff ack Strickland and
Criminal Investigator Todd Tucker as
signed to the case by Sheriff Roy Booth
said clues they had been following
pointed toward several prominent men
in Tampa, St. Petersburg and Tarpon
Springs. Their findings had indicated
several unsolyed crimes, including muir
der, might be laid at the door OF the
WnlppeTS ana tnaJ NUMBER OF arrests
we're expected within a few days.
R. w. oxford. ST. Petersburg auto
bile repair man, was whipped Feb
ruary %.
Wilbur c. Mills unemployed sales
man of Tampa, was arrested in March
and signed a statement, police said I'M
plica ting II. T. Wood, Tampa automo-
bile builder; Paul Nolan, st. Petersburg
grocer; B. B. Bachelor. st. Peters
burg carpenter, and Benny Pardo and
Sam Cicarello, Tampa mechanics. in
tie oxford logging. All, including Mills.
made bond OF $4,000 each. following
their arrest on a charge of kidnapping
Nolan said he was the victim Of a
frame-up.
Says FIogger Received 5000.
Mills in his statement said Wood got
some 5000 for whipping Oxford. but re-
fused to give him mills SIS he prom.
ised
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-03
DAVIS RE|TERATES
HE WILL NOT QUIT
Senator Again Spikes Rumor
He viii Succeed Hays or
Get Other Movie Job.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Senator James j. Davis of Pennsy J.
vania again spiked reports that he
would resign from the Senate and go
into the motion picture business, on
his return to Washington today from
California.
The former Secretary Of Labor made
light Of the rumors that he was TO
become the car of the moving picture
business or that he would become an
administrative official in any of the
big picture concerns.
The Senate Lobby Committee, headed
by Senator Caraway of Arkansas. has
been at work investigating reports that
the Cclot.X Co. had paid over to Sem
ator Of the United States $4,000 to
100000 during the consideration of
the Smoot-Hawley tariff bill.
Senator Davis, who was Secretary OF
Labor at the time OF the tariff act, was
before the Senate, when rumor connect
an oppostunity to appear before the
committee. He was given an oppor-
tunity to make statement and de-
clared emphatically that he had never
lobbied for any company, CeloteX or
otherwise.
That was at the close of the last seS-
sion OF Congress. A few weeks ago
Senator Davis went to California for a
rest Senator Csraway, chairman of
the Lobby Committee, left shortly after
wards to 60 to Arkansas, his home. Be-
fore he left he said that the investiga-
ton by the committee OF the charge
involving Senator Davis would be post
poned until he and the Senator from
Pennsylvania and other members of the
committee could be in Washington. In
Senator Caraway's Office it was said to-
day he might not return for a couple
of months
In the interim however, representa-
tives CT the Lobby Committee have been
investigating the affairs of the Celotex
Co, in which Senator Davis has told
the committee he was a stockholder.
The CeloteX Co. makes its product out
Continued on Page 2, Column ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-03
NEW CANADIAN ENVOY
TO MARRY ON APRIL ID
Maj. w. D. Herridge Wed Pre-
mier BENEFITS Sister at
Ottawa.

OTTAWA, Ontario. April (P,.-Maj.
William Duncan Herridge, Canada 5
newly appointed Minister TO the United
States, will introduce a bride to the
Washington society circle when he takes
up his new post
Premier r. B. Bennett announced
the engagement OF his sister, Miss
Mildred Mariann Bennett to Maj. Her.
ridge. The marriage is expected TO
take place here April L.
The engagement results from a ro-
nance that began when Maj. Herridge,
brilliant lawyer and war veteran, ac-
companied the premier on his campaign
tour as legal adviser Miss Bennett for
years has been the premiers inseparable
companion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-03
FIRST WOMAN TO CROSS AFRICA'S
VICTORIA FALLS TO SEE NIAGARA
Pioneer Englishwoman Rode in Gable Car Above 400
Foot-High, 2,OOO-Yard-Wide Cascade.

across the ZambcZi River was at VIC
toria Falls. the most magnificent nat
ural spectacle in Africa
In the presence of crowd, engineers
stretched a cable across the river and
rugged up a chair on wire strand
Then C.. Beresford Fox. who was in
charge of the work, honored Mrs. Cart
wright by permitting her to be the first
woman to cross the falls, on April IL =,
1904. Her chair was 396 feet above the
raging torrent which throws a veil of
misty spray 1000 to 5000 feet in
the air.
Mrs. Cartwright, who arrives April S
on the liner Homeriea. will spend four
months seeing America. then return to
her Rhod-sia home
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-03
BY WILLIAM II. EWING.

BY WILLIAM II. EWING.
tcopyrisht. 1881. by the Associated Prsss)
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, April 5
R.-Leaving behind them scenes
of deSolation scme 200 wives and
children Of United States Marines
were evacuating Managua today
for Corinto in Pan-American Air
way and Navy planes.
Thirty-eight persons, including
Mrs. James F. Dickey, whose hus-
band was killed, and Maj. Joseph
2 Murray. whose wife was killed
we're the first to go. They were
carried in three Pan-American
planes handled by Pilots Moore,
Paschal and Turner.
These planes were expected tc
reach Corinto during the day, and
the passengers will board the
transport Chaumont, bound Tor
San Francisco, and the Navy snip
Relief, sailing for New York.
Il was an inspiring sight to see the
yrin faces Of the little tots responding
with smiles when told that Santa Claus
vss waiting for them in Corinto. De-
p.r,ufc of wives and children liteo
lad Il worry from the minds Of nus
bans who will continue their heroic
task Of relief and rescue work.
Marines Scout Attack Report.
A furry was caused last midnight by
reports of approaching bandits. Inc
Whole story was disbelieved by Marine
officers, who pointed out that Managua
was IN open country and that never
in the experience CT the forces IN
Nicaragua have they been able to draw
raiders from the hills For about ID
minutes, however, the report was re-
ceived with excitement. The TumoT
came to a National Guard ofhcer over
the native telegraph from Conception,
Is miles away.
A call to arms was sounded at the
Marine aviation headquarters on the
outskirts Ct the city, where 200 soldiers
were stationed. Patrols carrying sub
machine guns were ordered on all SIDES
of the fle!d and these kept watch
throughout the night.
A number of civilians sleeping on
cots and benches and on the ground
were summoned when the first alarm
sounded and reported for arms and am
munition When the first contingent
reached the tent of the officer of the
day it was informed that the report
was not taken seriously and all hands
except the patrols were sent back to
bed
Marine officers also discounted rumors
that insurgents, led by Augustine San
dino. we're planning TO attack the city.
Injured Moved to Granada.
Virtually all the injured, except a
few serious cases, have been removed
to the city of Granada. The whole at
tention Of the Medical Corps is now
turned 10 the sanitation and prevention
Of disease.
Water is being taken from the brew
cry which ceased its usual operations
to provide the only pure supply in the
city. Other water is being brought
from Lake Managua and boiled in the
lmproviSed plant.
Ernest J. Swift, Red Cross official, is
expected today from Washington 10
take over the direction OF relief work
and rehabilitation.
The most rigid enforcement Of mar
tial law was in operation following an
Continued on Page 5, Column %
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-03
''BRIGHT" CHILDREN OFTEN GLIB
AND 'DULL" ONES JUST TIMID
Educator After Studying ,6O0 Says It's Unfair Label
Pupil Either Clever Dumb.

be merely glibness. The children who
talk well too frequently are recognized
as bright" whereas the dull" chill
dren are equally smart
Dr. Miller found that 25 per cent
Of the children graded as bright" had
only normal intelligence or less. About
35 per cent of the dull children had
the same intelligence. but spoke halt
ingly and were apt to become confused
He concluded that 1t is an injustice
TO label child either bright" or dull"
in his early yeaES.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-03
LEAPS TO DEATH
FROM HOTEL ROOM
Secretary Of University of Pennsyl-
vania Professor Dies in New
York Hospital.

NEW YORK, April LP,.-Miss
Mabel D. Crosson. "a. of Narberth, Pa,
died in hospital last night of in
iurieS received when she fell or leaped
from l0-Story window of the Algon-
qutn Hotel shortly before midnight.
PHILADELPHIA, April LP).-
Mabel D. CrosSon, who fell or jumped
to her death from a 10-story New York
hotel window last night, was secretary
to Francis H. Bohlen, professor i'll the
University of Pennsylvania Law School
and wet" candidate for the Repub-
llcan nomination for United States
Senator at the primary last May.
Mr.. Bohlen said the young woman
had been missing since Monday. 1t
was stated she recently had suffered
a nervous breakdown.
Mr.. Bohlen said he had located her
at the hotel and urged her on the
telephone to return home, but she re-
fused.
She was the daughter of Wilson J.
Crosson OF Narberth, suburb.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-03
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, April g. The first
woman to cross the celebrated Victoria
Falls in Rhodesia, South Africa, is COM
ing to America to see if Niagara Falls
can thrill her
She is Mrs. Josephine Cartwright, an
Englishwoman and sister of G. r.
Broadberry. music editor of the James
town IN. " Journal.
Mrs. Cartwright, who POSSESSES plenty
of pioneering spirit, went with her llus-
band to the wilds of Rhodesia about
the time Cecil Rhodes great project
the Cape to Cairo Railroad-was grad
uslly materializing The point which
thu engineers selected for their bridge
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-03
COnvicts Ask Chair
For Plea of Guilty
In Ohio Prison Fire
Pair Who Confessed Start.
ing Blaze Afraid 10
Return to Cells.
Ry the Associate press.

BY the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, April "a prom
Use Of immediate death in the electric
chair will bring guilty plea Monday
from two OHIO Penitentiary convicts
who confessed they fired the prison, re-
sulting in the snufing out OF the lives
Of 800 convlcts.
The prlsoners-Clinton Crate and
Hugh GibSon-indicted for first-dearee
murder on SIX counts, told Prosecutor
Donald Hoskins and newspaper men to-
day they would plead guilty when ar
raigned Monday If the prosecutor could
guarantee they would be sentenced and
electrocuted immediately Under the
Continued on Page 2, Column %
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-03
New York Markets Closed Today.
Cashier and Family
Held Captive, Bank
Is Looted of $4,000
Father Is Taken TO Vault
by 2 of 4 Robbers After
Being Guarded All Night.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press,
MUNDELEIN, H., April 3.-Four
men held the cashier Of the Mundelein
State Bank captive in his home
throughout last night, then trusSed up
his wife and three sons, forced him to
open the banks vaults today and cs-
capped with $4,000.
The robbers entered the home of M.
G. Mott at $50 pm, he told police,
covered him with guns and tied up his
wife and their three sons, Paul, %:
Neal, 20. and william, II. He said
they took him to the bank at $50 am.
and waited for the time clock to open
the vaults ct 1880 am.
Moss was LETT in the basement until
released when the day force arrived at
$50 am. He then went home and
freed his family. Two CT the men had
stood guard over the family until the
other two returned from the bank NJ
Motifs automobile. They then fed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-03
SNOW COVERS CLEAN

Power Line Worker.
CLEAN. N. Y, April 3 Cp).-Olean
today is looking at the calendar and
vcndering If Spring really has come.
The ground is covered with a heavy,
cinging snow. the result OF bclated
s;crm which ragged throughout the sec
ton Wednesday and yesterday
reports trickling into Olean as COM
munication with the outside world was
partially restored indicated at least one
cath was attributable to the blizzard.
The body of Scott Denie, %, Eldred, Pa,
vas found hanging across power line.
He had met death by electrocution
wnlls repairing lines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-03
WEATHER UNCERTAIN
Forecaster Says Rain May Continue
Through Sunday.

With rain forecast for tonight and
tomorrow, the weather for Sunday us
very doubtful" according to the fore
caster at the Weather Bureau today
There is a possibility that the rain may
continue through Sunday.
There are a number of unusual con-
ditiorS, the forecaster said. making the
weather for Easter uncertain at present
Among these is low-pressure area over
the Rio Grande. 1t is difficult, he
added, to tell in what direction this may
move.
Somewhat cooler" weather is prob
able for Sunday, it was stated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-03
Rr the Associated Press

BY The Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 3.-"Bright"
children--it is Dr. Joseph Miller of
wilkes Barre, Pa, talking-just seem
that way.
Dr. Miller, director of guidance in
the Wilkes-Barre schools, has studied
500 children from the first to the
NTH grade under the auspices Of Co.
lumbia University.
What seems to be brightness" In a
child, he said today, is mere likely TO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-03
Pope Sends Relief Fund.

VATICAN CITY, April 3 (P).-Pope
Plus XII today cabled to Nicaragua an
unannounced sum fer relief of the
stricken city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-03
Pan-American Always and
Navy Ships Carry 200 to
Corinto-Husbands Con-
tinue Heroic Task of Relief.
CITY STIRRED BY RUM0R
OF ATTACK BY BANDITS
Virtually All of Injured Removed
to Granada, as Medical Corps
Turns Attention to Sanitation.
Red Cross Official Expected to
Arrive Today From Washington.

First pictures OF the Nica-
rdqudn earthquake ,ctH be found
on page S.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-03

Radio Programs on Page clio
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-03
WEATHER.

CU. s. weather Bureau ForeeaSt)
Rain tonight and tomorrow; somewhat
warmer tonight, with lowest temperature
about IS degrees slightly colder tomor-
row. Temperatures-High 81, at noon
today; lowest, 81, at am. today.
Full report on page T.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-03

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular cdi-
ton is delivered to Washington homes
as last as the papers are printed.
The Washington times., 1931-01-03
ACTOR-PILOTS
WEARIED OF
FLYING

Thrills that continue for three
years become monotonous, even
the excitement Of plotting a
plane in "Hell's Angels" accord
ing to James Hall, one Of the
featured leads in Howard Hughes
air spectacle.
The decision to make genuine
aviators out Of Hall and his
fellow-player, Ben Lyon, took
place at the very beginning of
the long-awaited and now much
discussed picture showing at the
Columbia Theater.
"The first day we were taken
to Caddo Field where the ground
school or preliminary training
course was to be held" Hall re-
called. PLANES, it seemed hun
dreds Of them, were taking off,
alighting and taxing about the
field, and a glamour Of excite
ment and color gripped US. It
enfolded us completely and we
felt like kings or something.
"We went through the usual
training and both managed to
get through solo flights, under
going the unexplainable sensa-
ton which all student flyers
have at this stage of the game.
Then came the beginning Of the
unbroken monotony.
According to Hall, "Helps
Angels" will never be duplicated
insofar as air scenes are con-
cerned. mo producer will ever
spend the time and money neces-
sarv to obtain such realistic
shots, and no flyers or actors
will ever risk their lives as was
done during the filming of
'Hell's Angels" declared the
acf0P
The Washington times., 1931-01-03
"Wizard Of or
At Wardnan

On Saturday, January 10, the
National Junior Theater win pre-
sent "The Wizard Of OF" for
three performances at the Ward
man Park Theater. The morn
ing appearance will be at 1890,
as scheduled, and the afternoon
presentation will be held at 2:3O.
The special evening perform
ance win start promptly at $3.50,
in order to give the elders an op-
portunity to witness the staging
Of this delightful comedy fable.
In returning to the Wardman
Park Theater, the Junior Theater
anticipates a happy relief from
the difficulties encountered in
staging their productions at the
Belasco under conditions that
seriously effect the scheduled at
fractions at that downtown play
house. It is now possible for
them to give both morning, after
noon and evening performances,
and they will remain at Ward
man Park for the rest Of the sea-
son.
Subscribers who desire to
change their seats from the morn
ing to the matinee performances
may do so by arrangement at the
Junior Theater office, 8O8 Seven
teenth ST., or by telephone, Dis
trict 6865.
The Washington times., 1931-01-03
MAE WEST IN
SEX BOOKED
JAN. 18

A box.office attraction that has
achieved success in New York and
again in Chicago is Mae West in
Sex" which is listed for the Shu-
bert-Belasco Theater Sunday night,
January 18.
Billed as a scarlet comedy
drama Of love and facts. this play
presents Mae West in new role,
quite dissimilar from her famous
Diamond Lii" of last season.
Barry O'Neill is the handsome
leading man, as he was previously
with Francine LarromSre and
Jeanne Eagles. Several familiar
names are in the lineup, princi-
pally Lyons Wickland, Warren
Sterling, Marie Nelson, Ann
Reader, Leona Love, Tommy Mills,
William Hodges, Grace Kelly, AL
fred Rigali, David Hughes, David
Hamilton, Jack Bedell, Fred Coots
and others.
AS play "Sex" slices it in the
raw, but no more so than a
number Of contemporaneous hits
of the moment. "Sex," however,
is pointed with q moral--the con-
science-stricken lady Of easy vir-
tue giving up the boy she loves.
at the end, on plea of. the mother.
The Washington times., 1931-01-03
Crashes All Gates

Among the remembrances
which Slime Silverman, editor Of
Variety, received ON the silver an
niversary Of his publication was
a perpetual pass which will admit
during his life time to $1,000
theaters in the United States and
a few on the other side of the
pond. It is signed by almost
everybody who is anybody in the
amusement world, except Lee and
j. j. Shubert, who have a mad on
with the publisher.
Slime, incidentally, in Is years
Of ups and down in the pubhca-
ton of his first-aid to lazy dra-
matte and motion-picture editors,
has had his feuds with almost
everybody in the show business.
Almost all have been patched up,
the notable exception being the
bitter strife between Variety and
the late e. F. Albee.