Evening Star Newspaper, November 20, 1929, Page 20

SINCLAIR SPENDS LAST DAY IN JAIL 0il Man Expected to Return to Long Island at Midnight. Harry F. Sinclair was attending to his duties in the pharmacy of the Dis- trict Jail for the last time today. At midnight tonight he will be free to return to New York and his ofl in- terests, his concurrent sentences for contempt of the Senate and District of Columbia Supreme Court being ended at that hour, The millionaire oil operator has served 6'2 months, 30 days' respite having been granted him for good conduct. He is expected to go back &t once to his home on Long Island. His brother, E. W. Sinclair, has been Rere since yesterday and will go home ®ith him. Sinclair probably will spend fne night at a Washington hotel if he leaves the jail at midnight. Entered on May 6. Sinclair entered the jail on May 6| to serve a term of three months for | refusing to answer questions of the Senate committee investigating the oil scandals. Later his sentence of six months fer contempt of the District | of Columbia Supreme Court in con- | nection with the shadowing of the jury | Eleven girls’ private schools in Brooklyn | their old selves Tombstone Loses Its Last Glory As County’s Seat Ghost Mining Town Slips Still Farther Into Forgotten Past. By the Associated Press. TOMBSTONE, Ariz, November 20— Tombstone, roaring mining center of a nearly forgotten past. slipped another | notch toward the limbo of ghost towns | ask for larger appropriations for the today as tabulation of ballots in a spe-) t cial electicn deprived it of its prin- | the submission of a repdrt to the Sen- cipal remaining glory—its position as the seat of historic Cochise County. By a vote of 2 to 1 the electorate de- cided to move the seat of government to Bisbee, where a $450,000 courthouse is to be built. A celebration marking Tombstone fiftieth anniversary was staged recen serving somewhat as a gesture in. thi campaign preceding the election. serted buildings that once had housed the rich glitter of boom town saloons, cabarets cleaned up and fitted out to resemble ‘The laughter of make- believe dance hall girls, the bark of the “six gun” and the yipping of cowboy: and miners was heard again—for a few days. and gambling halls w De- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, HARRIS T0 REQUEST LARGER DRY FUND Georgia Senator Announces Plan After Secretary Mel- lon Submits Report. Senator Harris of Georgia plans to enforcement of prohibition, following | ate yesterday by Secretary of the Treas- ury’ Mellon, disclosing fewer arrests, fewer prosecutions, bui increased num- ber of stills seized by forces of th> Treasury The report was in reply to a resolu- tion by the Georgia Senaior and stated hat 275 additional prohibition agents and 257 additional customs agents had been employed since M h 4 to en- force the liquor law, under the in- creased appropriation of $2.427,514, au- | thorized last session by Congress. Senator's Statement. Senator Harris said: “I haven't believed that the appro- priations were sufficient to make a seri- ere the augmented | Then came the inevitable election. Adopt Code of Ethics. NEW YORK, November 20 (P).— when he was on trial with Albert B.|have subscribed to a code of sociml Fall for conspiracy to defraud the Gov- | ethics, designed to establish a_sensible ernment through the celebrated lease on the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve, ‘was upheld by the Supreme Court. Drug store experience gained in the early days of his career led to his assignment as jail pharmacist and as- standard of social activity. be limited nights, will end promptly at midnight and will be chaperoned from beginning to end. Dresses will be simple and modest. Parties will to Friday and Saturday sistant to the jail physician. A storm of criticism was aroused when it was discovered that his duties took him beyond the walls of the jail and in- cluded frequent rides to the Washing- ton water front, where a prison clinic | was established. Practice Discantinued. ‘These were discontinued by Jailer Willlam L. Peake at the direction of his superiors, although Peake asserted | that it amounted to discriminating | against Sinclair because of his wealtn | and the notoriety of his case. The conviction of Sinclair on the | contempt charges was among the few such verdicts obtained by the Govern- ment in court actions arising from lnc; oil scandals. Sinclair has been av- uitted of conspiracy and Edward L. heny and former Interior Secretary Fall were acquitted on similar charges. Fall was convicted, however, or bribery in the Doheny, Elk Hills naval ofl reserve case a few weeks ago, and that verdict is now being appealed wo higher courts. .- JAPANESE GENERAL FACES COURT QUIZ| Former Governor General of Korea to Be Examined in Rice Exchange Scandal. By the Assoclated Press. 8 ‘TOKIO, November 20.—Gen. Hanzo Yamanashi, who was governor general of Korea under the Tanaka regime, was summoned by the Tokio District Court today for examination in connec- tion with the Fusan Rice Exchange scandal. Since the change of ministries last the Hamaguchi regime has uncov- ered several scandals, resulting in im- prisonment of several underofficials of the Tanaka ministry. The scandals reached the pitch of a sensation when Heikichi Ogawa, former minister of raflways, was indicted and imprisoned on charges of receiving bribes for grants of private railway building permits. Motorist Injured by Deer. UETTE, Mich, November 20 af his left eye as the result of a collision between an auto- mobile and deer near here last night. ‘The @ser's head went through the window of the car and an antler Rose’s eye. | - Display Their Duty Only When Clean Call Mr. Pyle Nat. 3257 & 3291 Sanitary Carpet and Rug Cleaning Co. 106 Indiana Ave. NW. ““Sax’’ Drives Away Thoughts of Cold! He thought he couldn’t play that Do the wearers of The Original Dr. A. Reed Ct/xshion Shoes —carry that expression of satis- faction on their countenance? Because they are wearing shoes that are giving them absolute comfort. They give no thought to their feet. They hardly realize they have a pair of shoes on. They're so comfortable. Made in all the best models. John Ebberts Shoe Co., Makers 1318 G St. N.W. it clun Blds. COLD COMPOUND a cold in a few hours; many go through the winter without any trouble from colds. It's a compound that comes in little white tablets. Take one, and that first snuffle is just about the last: or several tablets if you've let the cold go until it's serious. Pape’s Cold Compound is all you ask for; and the druggist charges 35¢ ous ef toward enforcement. I want B eray appropriation and I asked for the facts in order to show that more money could be used.” He added that there was no need for a delay of several years by the President's law enforcement commission in making a report, and suggested that a ‘‘prelim- inary” report at least be made to the next session of Congress. Harris said that in one prohibition district only $15,000 additional had been allotted, but that the amount of work done this year was more than double that of last year. The Mellon report disclosed that of the total additional fund appropriated $1,391,536 went to the prohibition serv- ice and $707,860 to the customs service. 37,190 Persons Arrested. In the seven months since April 1 37,190 persons were arrested by Federal prohibition officers, as compared with 43218 in a similar period in 1928. Ar- rests by State-officers, assisted by Fed- eral agents, totaled 7.509 this year and 7,066 last year. Arrests by State offi- cials on information furnished by Fed- and 1,324 last year, while 9,121 distil- eral officers amounted to 882 this year | o AT ‘WEDNESDAY, leries were seized this year, as compared with 9,021 last year. Prosecutions recommended for Fed- eral court in the seven months this year totaled 38,995, as compared with 40,296 last_year. The slackening was attributed by James M. Doran, prohibition adminis- trator, to an improved quality of work, due-to a policy of concentration on in- | vestigations. ST Plane Pgsses Test. BURBANK, Calif., November 20 (#).— | A successful test flight was made here esterday in the low-win e ructed by & Los Angeles m: ;:‘| for Col. Charle: Lindberg] Wl SORE THROAT - For quick relief, depend upon Tonsiline. Successful forover 35 years. 385c, 60c and $1.00. TONSILINE [ The Noional Sore Thvoat Remedy ™ [} | N3 (fPWARD & L.LoTHROP —1The Christmas Store ‘..&Q.N. NOVEMBER 20, 1929, MINERS’ HEAD RESIGNS. LONDON, November 20 (#).—Herbert || Smith has resigned as president of the Miners' Federation, reportedly use | | of dissent with the decision of the ex- ecutive committee to recommend ac- ceptance of Government proposals in||f| the coal industry compromising the |/} question of length of the working day. 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