Evening Star Newspaper, July 16, 1922, Page 8

CALSWFENAD "IN HAMMER CRIVE Husband Tells Los Angeles Police Confession Was Mark of Insanity. PRISONER DENIES GUILT False Name Abandoned When Mrs. Phillips Is Jailed at Tucson, Ariz. LOS ANGELES, Calif., July Because he thought his wife, Mrs. Clara Phillips, was insane and dangerous to the community, was the reason her hus- band, A. L. Phillips, told officers that she had confessed to him that she killed Mrs. Alberta Meadows with a hammer here last Wednesday, thereby bringing about her arrest at Tucson, Ariz., and an indictment against her for murder, according to a statement he made to his attorneys tonight. Officers assigned to most of today investis: angles of tae story told b grand jury by M said she had Mrs. Meadows to d The officers as: eral discrep: 15.— the case spent ting various Probe Results Withhe They refused to make known the re- sult of their inv but declared that there will be in the situation which will be held Fred A. Tremain maine. father and siste woman, were questioned by the who said he had some doubt as truth of the charges.of tween Mrs. Phillips band and Mrs. Meadows, as alleged to have been made by Mrs. Phillips to Mrs. Caffee prior to Meadows. Phillips admitted her identity at Tucson, according to a dispatch to the Los Angeles Times, s was examined by a police matron, who discovered her legs badly marked with what apparently were finger-nail scratches. Th arks. in the opin of the authoriti patch added, were Meadows after she-h a hammer blow and b beaten into tnsensibil Vher marks were found on Mrs. Phillips' hands and one finger hail become badly infected and swollen. Former Bathing Girl. Mrs. Phillips-is a former mo bathing girl, while her husbund is 2 oil prometef.. The killing occur on a road in the northeastern section of Los Angeles. : Police say all doubt as to their con- viction that the widow was beaten to th by Mrs. Phillips was removed by the graphic tale of horror res ted before the grand jury by Mrs, Caffee. Phillips. This story le ent of Mrs. a charge of murder. ¢ Ola Weaver, siste of the woman accused of the murder, and in whose home Phillips and his wife lived. said “I have heard the name Meadows' in quarrels betwe ter and her husband and heard gossip about law and the dead Weaver. “Clara offen accused infidelity. Just before the day Clara asked him if he had given the young widow a Wrist w He denied everything, and they another quarrel. Phillips maintains _silence toward all questions concerning his past movements and disposition of time in relation with the slain girl. He inti- mated that through his attorneys a statement may be forthcoming today. While not under arrest Phillips held in surveillance .by a deputy sherift. had ““ABANDONS FALSE NAME. Prisoner at Tucson Admits She Is Mrs. Clara Phillips. By the Associated Press. TUCSON, Ariz., July 15.—The wom- an who gave her name to police offi- clals here last Thursday night as Clara McGuyer admyted today that her real name was Srs. Clara Phil- lips. The woman was placed under arrest on advices from Los Angeles which stated that she was wanted in connection with the killing of Mrs Alberta Meadows. Following is a statement of her in- nocence, which the prisoner signed in the presence of peace officers and newspaper men: “What is it all about? That is the question I ask myself as I sit in this strange place which they call a jail, waiting for Sheriff Traeger and his wife to take me hack to Los Angeles. “I am eager to return to Los An- geles, for it is unbearably hot here. and the little plaza with its lazy Mex- jcans lonnging in frent of my window not an inspiring view. “Why am I herg? I don't know. I was on my way to visit relatives in El Paso. When the train from Los Angeles stopped in Tucgon a coatiess man of burly figure pushed his way the car and camé to my berth. “He said he was a detective and told me 1 was wanted. I didn't know what it was all about, but I went with him to this city jail. “#fere is the message I send back to Los Angeles: ‘I am innocent of any ecrime. But when Sheriff Traeger calls for me I will be glad to go back and face whatever the unknown holds in store for me." " A letter brought here hy Sheriff Traeger, addressed tq Mrs. A. L. Phillips and claimed by the sheriff to have been written by Mrs. Phillips to her husband. was the médium through which the admissicn as to her identity was obtained. When _Sheriff- Treeger of Los Angeles first_appeared at the police station the letter was refused. She insisted that she was Clara McGuyer. Immediately after rejecting the ep tle, she consulted with her attorney. who saild she “had confided every- thing to me. ‘The sheriff then tore open the en- velope addressed to Mrs. Phillips, who, reading its contents, announced ! ‘willingness to talk. Rings found upon Mrs. Phillips when she was arrested as Mrs. Mc- Guyer have been the subject of con- siderable speculation among local offi- clals. Three diamonds and one pearl ring and two cameos are included in the collection. © "Are these your rings?” ‘asked. “You bet they are mine,” she re- plied. FROSTBURG PROGRAM -Special Dispatch to Tbe Star. . FROSTBURG, Md. July 15.—The official program for the annual meet- ing of Elks of Maryland, Delaware ‘snd the District of Columbia, to be here August 14, 15 and 16, has n- announced. _Arrangements JBre being<made to_entertain several Xhousand visitors. Washington is ex- pected to send 500, with a band. The Program follows: = Monday—9 a.m., reception and reg Astering and -housing of delegates: 3:30 p.m, ball game; 5: x roast and musical n 8 p ates at Elks Hal dance, unior Order Patk. y Tuesday—8:30 to 10:30 a.m., sight-|. tripsy 10;30 a.m., base ball D. -band contests; 8 p.m., boxing contest ‘between Barney Adalr, NeWw Johnny Jones, Youngstown, Ohi Phillips upon | she was| ARRANGED BY ELKS | | | ID. C. NATIONAL GU 4 . ) BAY HUSTLING GUARD HALTS FOR BREATH 121st Engineers Get Day of Rest After Strenuous Training. After a_ hard week | training the troops in the z ment of Engineers, ) Guard of ict of Columbia, in camp at Tongress Heights, will | today "enj much-needed res There will be liberty for a large num Dber of them most of the day, and in |the afternoon there will be a base ball game between two camp teams. tly parade and review, fol- of 12 intens il St gineer Band. has been completed, and as t a number of the men {wlll be awarded medals for shooting {on the local range. The awards will i be 1 en the Commis- lsm of ct will be in camp for an official pection. At the same t G rton Stephan, com- im District “of - Colambia ted with a gold 3 cars of cowtinu~ jous s in_the local National {Guard and the Regular Army during the war. Companies A and C yesterday after- noon went to Giesboro Point, where they built a ponton bridge on_the Potomac river, while Companies B, D and E remained in camp for bayonet exercises and. minor tactical prob- lems. The rteal heavy engineering work {starts tomorrow and _ will _last | throughout the week. There will be {training in the construcion of fleld | fortifications, including trenches and obstacles to delay the advance of an | encm) | The deep ravines in th& camp will be bridged. by spar bridges, made from the trunks of trees cut nearby and lashed together with ropes, and in the swimming pool a section of the engineers will construct a Lampert bridge, a small type of bridge, 280 feet of which can be hauled on a three-ton truck. The big exercises in connection with the visit of the.Commissioners will be held Tuesday, and then will come the two-day practice march to Fort Washington, to which the troops are looking forward with great in- Named Peer by King In Recognition of Service | bar York, and 9 | he band concert by the ! ONET PRACTICE AT CAMP SIM Special Dispatch to The Star. PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. July 15.—Dis- covery of a new solution that 18 be- | ing used with success in cases of per- nicious anemia and which is being used to keep United tSates Senator William E. Crow alive at Unlontown, where he is suffering fronr the dis- ease, was announced today by Dr. | Milton J. Greenman, director of the Wistar institute of anatomy and bi- ology of the University of Pennsyl- vania. | The discovery was made by Dr. | Frederick S. Harmett, working in collaboration with other biochemists {and physicians at the institute. and having proved successful in increas- | ing the number of red corpuscles in | white rats is now belng tried for its ! effects upon the haemoglobinar or red corpuscle content of humans by sev- eral noted physicians of this. city. i Physicians throughout the country | who have tried the newly discovered solution for ahemia report success in many cases, although not every case | has respended in the same way. Sen- [ator Crow, -who was given his fifst treatment with the solution on Jupe 21, has rallled and has shown so! improvement, according to his brother and personal physician, Dr. E. A. ‘Crow, following the administration of the remedy. 3 _ Grows Red Corpuscles. . Germanium dioxide is the active principle of the solution. Its effect, according to Dr. Greenman, is to in- creage the growth of red corpuscles. For many years Dr. John H. Muller, assistant profeesor of chemistry at the lniversity of Pepnsvlvania, had been experimenting with the rar elcment germanium, which was di; covered in Germany about 1888, to determine the physical properties as well as the atomic weight of the metal. He was assisted in these re- searches by Dr. Edgar Fahs Smith, formerly provost and Blanchard pro- fessor of chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Muller succeed- ed in obtaining about half a pound of the oxide of germanium after refining huge quantities of the ore that con- tained it. It was said at the univer- sity that the quantity at the labora- tory there was probably equal to all the rest east of the Rocky mountains. Dr. Muller took the dioxide of the metal, which is in the same atomic group as tin, arsenic and ginc, to the Wistar Institute to enable the bio- chemists there to determlne its ef- fects upon white rats, which are the cnly animals used” for experimenta- tion purposes there. Dr. Hammett made several tests to determine whether the dloxide of ger- { manium would be poisonous to the rats. After the rats had been placed. in a bell jar containing some of the dioxide they showed no apparent ef- fects, either_ill or otherwise. Dr. Hammett, who was assisted in his re- searches by Dr. Joseph Nowrey and Dr. W. F. Miller, then. etherized the rats and killed. them. Upon dissection he found that their . Chicks are hred for _ship C. ?8{- ARD MAKES EXCFLLE CAMP EXHIBITION D APRIDEEON. ed for vitality, quick grov X ‘02D, by parcel post. This week only. Senator Crow’s Life Sustained By Discovery to Aid Red Blood bones were reddened.and. that their livers were also ahnormally red. He tested further and found that the blood of these rats contained an ab- normal number of red corpuscles, which constitute the haemoglobin so vital to life. Haemoglobin, Dr. Green- man explained, is the chief component of the red corpuscles, and it is to this substance that the blood owes its color and its power_to carry oxygen. It readily unites with the oxygen of the air to form the bright scarlet oxy- haemoglobin, which gl oxygen to oxidize the d with which it is brought into contact in the tissues. ROCKVILLE. - 8 ] Correspondence of The Star. P ROCKVILLE, Ma. July 15.—Samuel Welsh, a farmer, of the vicinity of Avery, this county. pleaded guiltv before Judge Samuel Riggs, in the police court here today, to a charge of viclating the local option law of the county, and was fined $300 and costs, The specific charge Inst him was having Intoxicating liquer in his possession, with the intention of selling it. A similar charge against his brother, Hprry ‘Welsh of Wash- ington, was dismissed. Sheriff Alvie A. Moxley and Deputy Sheriff Stanley Gingell, accompanied by the United States internal revenue officers, visited Welsh's farm a few days ago and found there two barrels of corn whisky mash. i For the annual camp meeting to be held at Washington Grove, this coun- ty, August 3 to 13, both inclusive, and for other religious mervicés to be held there during the summer, following committee chairmeh have been named: Religious services, Rev. John R. Edward: athletics, C. Welcl boys' and girls’ hour, Miss Flora F.-Hendricks; buildings, A. W. Hell; decorations, Mliss Augusta_So: garfrei; finance, rge. H. Griffit] haspitality, Mrs. ‘A.”H. Huntley; mi week services, George R. Cook: music, Maurice M. Browning; publicity, C. H. Becker;. .ushers, J, X. .M thry young peoplg’s meftings, Mrs. J. Sappington: > CHERRYDALE. _CHERRYDALE, Va., July 15, (Spec- fal).—Arrangements have been com- pleted for the 'lawn fete to be given ‘Wednesday. by -Arlington Chapter, No. 28, Order of the East Star, on the lawn of the home of . John on Chain Bridge road. . The aftair is to be given for the joint benefit of the Near East Relief and the building fund of the order. Ele tric illumination Has been arranged for and there will be many interest. ing and novel featu: provided . for the expected large attendance. > s Visitor—It brightens. the home. to have a little child around. Proud Father—Yes; our light bil) is inorgased over double now.—Toron- ta Telegram. : growth and laying. Will The militia bridge across the Pgtomac at Giesboro Point. Phil » constructing CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. Sheridan Corps, No. 12, will meet Tuesday at Woman's 8 pm., in Grand Army Hall. ‘Club winl llem:rm Templi Church tomorrow evening at' 7: il o JUSTICE WORKS FAST. < Robber Arrested, Indicted, Tried, Convicted, Begins Term in 2 Days. Special Dispatch to The Btar. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., July 15.— As an example of quick justice the following is noted: colored, was arrested heére Tuesday afternoon, charged with housebreak- ing _and robbery. ‘Wednesday he w: grand jury by Police Justice Willis. Thursday he was indicted on thre count was immediately tried and sentenced. to thirty years In the penitent! and was delivered to the state pri the the | to wh me after: . ich he confessed. noo! pontoon |and selling Relief George Green, sent on to the aedh IN MODNSHIE RADS Homes in Franklin, Md. Jail Terms Included. Special Dispatch to The Star. LAND, Md., July 16.—Four- teen residents, including three women, of the mining town of Franklin, near Westernport, ‘the scene recently of disorder caused by striking miners, Whb were later restrained by court injunetion, were arrésted for moon- shining last night, and today, with one exception, in being haied betore Justice Wiseman of Westernport, were fined or given jail sentences, the fines ranging from $10 to $250 and Jall terms from sixty days to six months. They were tried on state charges, fedural> charges being wajved. Fed- eral Agents Fred Soules and George Hawkles obtuined the evidence and the -warrants were sworn out by Mayor John Barnard of Westernport. Fourteen homes were visited. In ad- dition to 300 gallons of mash, thir(y- four cases of home brew, forty gal- tons of moonshine and still equipment Were confiscated. The illicit manu- facturing of liquor at Franklin had reached an alarming stage. Sen- tences were Imposed as follow | William Custer, operating ten-gallon still and relling liquor, fined $200 and ing liquor, six months in Jail; William Taylot, operating ten-gallon still, $2o0 . |fine_or four months in jail: Adam Laupert.e operating _ten-galion still liquor.” fined $:00 and lcosts; Joseph Smith,.operating two Igtills, 3250 fine and thirty days in jail; John Fazenbaker, operating stiil, $200 fine or four months in jail; AL Watson. fllicit liquor in possessio four months In jail; Wilbur Frant: liquor in pos: ¢ sion, fined $100; O. Reilly, selling iiquor, $200 and co Joe Conroy, illicit liquor in poss sfon, $100 and cot Mrs. Ruth AT Kensle, possession of illicit liquor and destroying evidence, fined $10 and costs; Mrs. George Hamilton, selling ;l(hout. license,“$100 and costs, and Pearl, destroying evidence, costs. The charge against Chester Smith for selling without license was con- tinued, pending investigation. 1n =il seven stills were selzed and destroyed. GIRL ACCUSED OF VAGRANCY. NEW YORK. July 15.—Helen Sin- $10 and sMd ‘to be the daughter of Charles Sinnett. merchant of that city, was | glr.hd up on lower 5th avenue toda y a policewoman and imprisoned re Bellvue Hospital for vagrancy. o daughter be held until he could reach New York, saying the girl had been missing more than a year, police| * declared CEMGTGT A 2 A3 ¥ 1z J (&7 " Care er by Polai Ofigrs Fiad Seven’ stila in| Former Premier Said | to Wish to Die Out- side Native Land. Disgusted With Con- tinuation of So- NEW YORK, July as premier, land, where plans. erc: sume his musical work. “Mr. Paderewski” said Mr. Gorgki, stepson of Mr. Paderewski, “is d7s gusted and discouraged with Poland. shown no recog- nition whatever of his services durin bath as premier and He doesi't care if he never sets foot in the coun. long as the presen socialist administration Is irf power. Its government h; the war, leader in relief work. try again so cialist Prestige. Speciai Dispatch to The Star. . 15.—Disgusted with what he considers the ingrati- tude of Poland and the fallure of his countrymen to appreciaté his Ignace Jan Paderew: salled today for his home in Bwitzer- he will spend three months pending Yhe resumption of concert. work here next fail. At the dock the pianist announced his intention to abandon politics, but sixty days in jail: Henry Taylor, sell- {would ssy nothing about his musical It is known that Mr. Pad- ki has decided definitely to re- Bitterly Resents Ingratitude. According to premier. retary asserted. “Poland owes Mr. Paderewskl, “His world-wide reputation and per- sonal friendships with such men as Lloyd George and Mr. won a consideration for his country nett, twenty-five, of Muscatine, Iowa,|that she could never otherwise have He organized a pro-ally regiment in America and sent it over- Mr. procured. seas as Poland's contribution. men there.” The dissension between Mr. Pade- rvices rding to Mr. Gorski, the piantst met with nothing but discouragemen Joseph Blackburn and daughter{Jdyring the latter part of bis term Mr. Paderewski is bitterly resentful that Poland showed {tself so indifterent to his service, the sec- Balfour Thiz gave his country standing at the peace conterence as a co-belligerent The father, notified, asked that his|and had much to do with the freedom that she was accorded by the states- nd’s Ingratitude IGNACE JAN PADEREWSKI. “Everythizs that balked any and land did: ed no signs of 1 line at 2.30 o'lock. rewski and Poland started shortly will lead. 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MAYER & CO. ~ an a Name . after the establishment of the natlon as a republic, according to Mr. Gersk! went Pcland,” he said, “was blamed on the premier. Criticism met him on every side. He could have stood that, deed, but for the undercurrent of po- liticgl opposition that developed later. The socfalists—they are in keen sym- pathy with the Russian bolsheviki all of his moves to put the republic on- a more solid basis. It was a climax to this opposition that Mr. Paderewski resigned on Jan uary 26, 1919. At that time, however, he was still of the opinion that P n't want the soclalists. H continued to regard the people them- selves with friendly eyes and avoided every attempt to draw from him any criticism of his countrymen. When, early this year, President Pil- sudski, the socialist executive, show. ing prestige the pianist started musical practice hera and continued it, finally making up his mind to forsake -Poland and her government for the concert stage. 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