Evening Star Newspaper, May 6, 1926, Page 6

HOUSEPASSES L FORARNY AVATON Third Aircraft Measure Pro- vides for 2,200 New Planes CONVICTS SHOOT 2 IN GUN DUEL WITH POSSE IN DARKNESS Capt. Frank Duffy and several polic men set out for Leonore. Virtually every man in Leonore volunteered to Join the posse. Convicts Open Fire. YHE EVE deputies arrived early today and took charge of the man hunt. Judge C. H. Jenkins, head of the department of public welfare; Will Coivin, chairman of the State board of pardons and paroles, and a force of penitentiary guards started from Stateville prison to the scene soon as word of the fight was received. In fleeing from the prison yester- day the convicts forced James Keeley, captain of the prison guards, and a trusty to accompany them in the warden's automobile to within a few miles of Marseilles. There the two men were found handcuffed to G _STAR, WASHI NGTO D. C., THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1926. $2,000 DAMAGE DONE BY SEVEN BLAZES Family Forced Out at 1 AM. Grease on Restaurant Stove Ignites. Four fires with a total damage of east, owned by the John estate, damaged that property extent of approximately §500. lice are investigating the cause of the blaze. Grease on a stove in a lunchroom at 204 I street southeast, occupled by James and George Robinson and owned by H. Terish of 200 I street, Ignited while breakfast was being prepared early today, resulting in $200 damage. ¥ Another blaze of unknown origin started last night in the apartment of C. B. Etchison, at the Tiverton, 1121 Twenty-fourth street,. resulting Father Was Under the Hay. © | From the Youth's Comparion. During the absence of u minister a load of hay upset in front of his house. When he returned, the hoy. who was a Swede, was working as hard as he could to get the load back on the wagon. It being dinner time, the minister invited him in to dinner, at whl('f\ the boy replied “Ay 1o tank me fatter luk it.” h, he won't car ister. The boy consen r while | fathe dinng “Me f: of hay. said the min ’ but im » minister world will your No Rivalry. d the head of the “{.y my latest novelty. Cleve . factor sn't s replied the visttor, “but 3¢ can’t hold a candle to our goods “Oh, s0 you're in the toy busines t00? we make gunpowder.” more than $2,000 and three other minor blazes kept local firemen more active last night and this morn- ing than at any other period for more than three weeks. A fire broke out in a two-story dwelling occupled Dby George Mat. thewson at 1334 W street southgast about 1 o'clock this morning from an unknown cause. Residents of the house made their way safely to the street. Damage was estimated at $900. Willlam I 1354 Fairmont street, was listed as the owner of in_$500 damage. The three other fires totaled dam- ages of less than $100. The force of 200 citizens, armed with chotguns and revolvers, had started a march down the railvoad toward the supposed hidinz place of the convicts, when at the edge of the town the five fugitives suddenly loom- ed in the dark. When ordered to sur- render the convicts opened fire. In the running battle one convict and two members of the posse were wounaed. The convicts then separated. O Dt ‘the | The three fugitives this morning were believed to be in the field where e provision k hips and | Torrez w ;A.gvv‘:md, and it was sur- hd wonld | S ohigs > the num- | SR80 vigadier gen: in the Air|S abagiite A which would be given L1514/ the citizens' . ok clined to lynch the prisoner. Prison officers and 16,000 en officials said he took an important T el v B part in the slaying of Deputy Warden o ‘cost of the program R placed ot about S170000. 201 Torrez was placed in the Streator bill proposed o speclfic by jail under heavy iuard. ThEJ Aot W L A quintet of men, all sentenced as required by the Wa from Chicago, made up the which battled the e. The: Roz, Torrez, CI Shader Charles Duschow e murder, and Walke! by th for robbery. bt ric Riso and James B. Price, with them, left the farseilles. No trace of seen found early today. trees. State and penitentiary officials last it began an investigation ‘at the Keeley was called for ques- in Five-Year Program. ni prison. tioning. acks Now She’s Canned. From the Proggessive Grocer Magazine. “Mamma, are peaches canned?” my dear.” the new Live Stock Closs-channel Buying in Ireland Faces Interruption. DUBLIN, May 6 (P).—The live cat- tle trade with kn; interrupted if the general stri long duration. One line of steamers refuses to accept live stock for Glas- BO anless the British government guarantees the discharge of cargoes. The cattle markets were open as usual today, but there were no cross channel buyers. ? 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