Evening Star Newspaper, March 14, 1927, Page 7

" CONVICTS CAUGHT - TRYING TO ESCAPE {Two Break Through Fence at Joliet Prison Quarry, But Attempt Fails. By the Associated Press JOLIET, Tlis, March heels of three convict in a sensational jail break here Satur- day, two prisoners Kicked several boards from the high fence surround- ing the State penitentiary stone quarry today and made a break for liberty. They were captured, how- ever, before they had gone far. A 'guard turned his back for a mo- ment on Leonardo Russo, serving a 1 to 10 year sentence for larceny and quale, doing a 1 to 20 year entence, and they made their attempt to escape. Although they got through the high fence, they were run down quickly. The stone quarry Is across the street from the old penitentiary, and the men were employed with about 150 others in blasting and crushing. Their moments of freedom were short com- pared with the three who broke from the county jail. LOVE NOTES AIDED ESCAPE. 14.—On the who escaped Mexican Asked Sweetheart to Obtain Saws. CHICAGO, March 14 (P) ters and bri three Me: : from the Will y Jail at Joliet early Saturd cials believed to- day, after obtaining confe ; ing ‘letters and discovering a pris kept diary. Three American Killers, companions of the Mexicans, failed to get away. Two women and two men were ar- rested in Joliet last night, charged with aiding the escape. This brought the number under arrest as accom- plices to eight. Among those held was Juanita Gal- lardo of South Chicago, sweetheart of Bernardo Roa, slayér of three per- sons, who was the brains of the hand, and who is the only one of the sex- tet still at large. The police last night made public two letters which Roa sent to Juanita, in which the convict urged her to bring saws to the jail. The girl acknowledged receiving the Jetters, but denied she complied with the request. Asked Girl'for Saw. “We beg you to do us the favor of duying us a saw and bringing it to us as soon as possible, because you are the only one who has shown any interest in saving our lives in this manner,” one of the letters read. Another under arrest was Jesse Gonzales, believed to have had a con- mection with the plot, dfter police had taken from him a letter smuggled by Charles Duschowski, one of the Amer- fcans, to Roa in the jail just before the escape. Duschowski’'s letter said that he would “kill plenty and then himself” to get out iff furnished an automatic pistol. Several other Joliet residents of Mexican descent also were under ar- rest, and Edward F. Gibbons, a guard, was held in technical custody to ob- tain his testimony. Police were seek- ing a guard who resigned recently. ‘This man was said by a fellow guard to have had steel saws in his posses- sion. - Torrez Makes Confession. The confession came from Roberto "Torrez, one of the two Mexicans cap- tured here early Saturday. Torrez’s confession, the police sald, revealed how $1,500 was given as a bribe to jail guards. Reliance on a gun rather than on a saw may have caused the failure of the three Americans to escape, Duschowski’'s' letter revealed. In it he begged Roa for a “six” (gun), and said: “I don’t need to saw them bar: He will open the door for me. * * * I get you out or kill plenty and then myself. * * * I guarantee you I can put you in Chi- cago and myself, too, my friends.” The Mexicans sawed their way out of their cell, armed the Americans and fled. They were unable to release their American comrades, however, because the key to the cell was locked in the jail safe. Girl Is Disillusioned. J‘u,lnl!-l today was a disillusioned Love let- pe At the detective bureau they Inti- mated that Roa's professed interest in her was dictated largely by his be- llef that she could obtain the steel saws by which he could obtain free- dom. Juanita at first was convinced that Roa’s protestations of love were sin- cere. “He made up a song about me and he used to sing with his guitar,” she said in describing some of her visits to the prison while Roa was there. “It went like this: *'Nita, Juanita, ask thy soul if we should part. 'Nita, Juanita, lean heart.” And she repeated the lines of the ld-time favorite. " Some one told the girl that the song Roa wrote for her was a favorite with his grandfather. “Honest?” she said. be gets caught.” PRIZE GLEE CLUB HERE. Missourians, Who Won Second Honors in New York, to Entertain. The University of Missourl Glee Club, which won second prize in the mational _competition among glee clubs in New York City, Saturday night, arrived in the city early this morning. First” place in the national competition was won by Wesleyan University. The Missourians will give a concert tonight at the Hotel Washington at 8 . m. At noon today they called at the White House to pay thel to President Coolidge meet Secret of War Gen. Pershing A reception by derson at Henders ned for 3 p.m. is in the city it will } a committee of Mis: I District composed of Rep: Manlove, president clety here ck, presi- dent of the Univ y Missourt Almni Association in the- Distr Louis Stanley, Floyd F. Han! 8. Van Wagenen, Carter Al and John B. Gordon MRS. MARY PRESCOTT DIES ‘Widow of i;;;ister Is Buried This Afternoon. Mrs, Mary Cornick Prescott, widow ¢ Rev. Philip Maxwell Prescott, died here yesterday. Private funeral serv dces were held at the residence of he daughter. i wife of Maj. G A., 1820 Jefferson place, this noon. Rev. Robert Johnston, ¢ 8t. John's Episcopal Church, Six- eenth and H streets, officlated. Mra, Prescott is survived by faughters, Miss Margarite Prescott nd Mrs. Chamberlain, and three sons, Villlam C. Morrow, this city, and Philip M. Prescott, Norfolk, and Sher- purne Prescott, New York City. thou on my “Then I hope to is and Mrs. John B. Hen- le, was plan- the glee club & alike aided$ SHIPPING NEWS Arrivals at and Sailings From New York. - ARRIVED YESTERDAY. olendam-—R¢ s St Siboney—Havana . i DUE TODAY. v ) i‘,‘:r"’h .R‘_ ;ll?i 5.:1“ulhllnnton and Cherbourg. onia—Liven c Fort Victoria-—Bermuda, March 12. 10 a.m. Tugeania—Sonthamplon and Cherbours. en eh. 26. s ahda—TLondon, March 5. Late llnu"‘;- noon or Tucsday. DUE TOMORROW. outhampton and Cherbours. pm L n|flnl|, March 5. Late ay. Fore: Aquit agd Ame aitermoon or 3 X Ancon—Cristobal. March 7. Forenoon Clev nd—Hamburg. March 3. Forenoon. norican—DBuerios Aires. ~February 24. on. Antwerp. March 4. Late afternoon Wednesday. Guayra. March oim-—Gothenburg. March 12. alparaiso. _February, 27. Arnus—Barcelona. Marc gina-—Liverpool. March 4 La Bourdonnais-—Bordeaux. March 3. noon. Metapan—Puerto Barrios. March 8. noon. DUE THURSDAY. Fort St. George—Bermuda, 10 a.m 8. Forenoon Mareh b, Lee—Havana. Fore- Forenoon. h 1. Fore Forenoon. Fore- Fore- MARCH 17, March 15. About 15. About Forenoopn. Late i—Bermuda. March March 14 March 1 . Forenogn. haven. March March 5. Forenoon. DAY. MARCH 20, mpton and___Cherbourg. . March 10. Late afternoon or Monday Noordam—Rotterdam. March 8. Forenoon Forenoon nia—Danz: STEAMERS. TOMORROW. Stavangerfjord—Bergen aud Oslo Noon Siboney—Havana ... L eeeo11:00AM, von—Be o 110200 A'M. DAY. MARCH 16. P Noon and “rini- 2 Gia s Noon ot . Midnight LL11:00 AM. da i Deutschland: _ ampton and ‘Hambury Fort ' Victoria—Bermuda SAILING THURSDA American_ Merchant—London . Coamo—San_Juan. . ... : Havana, Cristobai,” San S ncisco. .’ ... 8:00 P.M. era, xenes s AL00 AN, Oslo’ and Noon . 5:00 P.M. Noon Noon 18. Midnight Midnight Noon Aquitania—Cherbourg ‘Arabie—Plymouth, Ch Antwerp Bar: lombia and Cartagena. . Munargo—Nassau SAILING SATURDA’ Leviathan—Cherbourg Md S(?\flll‘-lx 00 AM. DOuloEn® 400 PM. %10:00 A.» " 1:00BM. 1 5100 PM and London Bremen—Cobh, Bremerhaven Volendam — Pl¥ and _Rotterdam. Manuel Arnus—Cis Barcelona. . . Drottningholm G e Conte Biancamano—Gibraltar. ples and Genoa. .. ... Caronia—Cobh and Liverpgol Regina—Halifax, Cobh and Li A i Mty Catilin.Fuierto. Barrios Mo Castllia, Pue g S il *11:00 AM. Noon 0 P.M. 0 A M. Noon Voltaire—Barbadoe Montevideo and Buenos TR 5 Fort St. Géorge—Bermud: Veendam—West Indies cruise e AT ALLEGED ASSAULTER CHARGES “3D DEGREE” Man Accused of Attacking Woman Near Qapitol Says He Was Forced to Confess. Philip Jackson, colored, through At- torney John H. Wilson, appointed by Justice Hoehling to defend the ac- cused, today chrged the police with third degree methods in securing his alleged confession to the felonious as- sault on Mrs. Daisy Welling in the Capitol Grounds Febraary 18. Jackson says he pleaded guilty be- fore Justice Hoehling through fear that he would otherwise be returned to the police whom he charges with beating him. He now says he is in- necent of the charge. Justice Hoehl- ing refused to accept the plea of guilty because a jury might add the death penalty if a conviction was se- cured. Jackson now asks that the trial of his case be deferred beyond the term of service of the present jurors who heard his plea of guilty when he was without counsel and in fear of the police. ¥ The accusation against the police is in general terms and does not name any officer. Jackson says at the time of arraignment he was “in fear of beating received at hands of the police administered in obtaining forced con- fessions.” P.M. AM AN Extra Dry THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. STIMSON OPPOSES FREEING FILIPINOS Ex-Secretary of War Reports Supervision Needed During Political Immaturity. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, March 14.—Henry L. Stimsen, Secretary of War in Presi dent Taft's cabinet, who recently re- turned from a tour of study and in- spection in the Philippine Islands, re ports an present conditions there and gives his views regarding the proper American_policy for the future in an article which he contributes to the April issue of Foreign Affairs, the quarterly review published by the Council on Foreign Relations. Mr. Stimson believes that the pres- ent agitation for complete independ- ence “takes its origin entirely among the comparatively small element of mestizo politicians who dominate the central insular government,” and that the Malay farmer, who constitutes more than 90 per cent of the popu- lation, is “comparatively prosperous and entirely content.” “The main center of the agitation,” writes the former Secretary of \ar, “is confined to the neighborhood of Manila and perhaps two or three other cities, where there have accumulgted bodies of young Filipinos who during recent years have received a kind of education for which the development of the islands does not yet afford sufficient outlet in practical applic tion. Education System Faulty. “The system of education which we have introducec. has in some respects been faulty, and these faults have been accentuated by Filipino tastes. We have educated young men too freely for ‘white-collar jobs' which do not exist among this purely agricul- tural people. “As a result it is a quite prevalent idea among the young men that a diploma should entitle them to a place in the government or some other easy livelihood and that independence will create such jobs for them.”. A further reason, Mr. Stimson ad- mits, lies in the friction growing out of the restoration of American super- vision by Gov. Wood, particularly in the Legislature, where Gen. Wood has exercised freely the veto power which Harrison almost &bandoned. Aguain, the effort of Gen. Wood to free the Government from the unwise business ventures in which the preceding ad- ministration had embarked has brought him into direct conflict with legislative leaders who were conduct- ing that business. But Mr. Stimson be- lieves that Gen. Wood's tact and pa- tience are already diminishing the friction. “Yet the final impression,” says Mr. Stimson, “is that much might be done by Americans to improve the present situation in the Islands and to pave the way toward a future constructive growth of the governmental system. The first and Yprincipal step would be the public avowal of a stable Ameri- can policy toward the Islands, even of the most general character.” Mr. Stimson belisves that the course to be followed lies between the ex- tremes of annexation on the one side and immediate independence on the other. He thinks the basis is to be found in the Jones act of 1916, which he calls a ‘“careful and well considered plece of legislation.” It sought to transfer to the Islands the general form of our Government, but with two_important changes. “The first change,” writes Mr. Stimson, “is that the general power of executive appointment and exéecu- tive supervision and control is vested' in a governor not chosen by the local electorate but chosen by the Ameri- can President and Senate. “Today, in the absence of any sys- tem of responsible party government with clear-cut party issues repre- sented by distinct alignment in the Legislature, these department heads are the mere individual selections of the governor general and perform their work solely in responsibility to him. But with the development of responsible majority and opposition parties in the Legislature such de- partment heads could be selected by the governor from the dominant party and could be held to party responsibility in their conduct of administration.” ey LAl Is the United States Sinking? Property owners on the shore lines of the United States who have been disturbed by scientific theories that the ‘continent is sinking, at least in part, may have their fears reinforced or allayed by a Government survey Just undertaken. There are two pos- sible explanations, says the Popular Science Magazine, for the apparent lowering of the Atlantic coast at the rate of one or two feet a century. One is the gradual sinking of the whole continent; the other is changes in the sea level. To solve the mystery, geol- ogists have just begun a series of studies with tide gauges along the At- lantic shore line. EFRESHING with its sparkle; plea healthful, with gingerness. Made way that made it famous Sold by case and bottle by grocers and delicatessens. Served at cafes, fountains. its flavor—and its genuine in g today the same clubs and Guggenheim Co., 209 Eleventh Street. Main' 7637 You canuse this one fine flour for everything you bake Pillsb Best Flour for Pastry, Biscuits and Bread 9 Attempts Obeisance Flying Over Church; Plane’s Pilot Is Hurt By the Associated Press WESTBURY . Alexander Krapish, the Sikorsky Aero Engineering Corporation, “suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries when he lost control of an airplane near here yesterday. He was the Nassau County H critical condition. The all-steel plane went intd a nose-dive while Krapish was at- tempting to do an obeisance with the machine as he flew over St. Bridget's Catholic Church K < me from Russia with Igor Sikorsky when the Bolsheviks drove out the White Russians. He has been flying for y and wa active in testing the pl in which Capt. Rene Fonck was to attempt to span the Atlantic last year. KERENSKY STRUCK BY WOMAN ENEMY Sweetheart of Slain Czarist Officer Slaps His Face. Meeting Disorderly. n By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 14.—An oath to avenge the déath of her fiance in the Russian revolution today appear- ed to be the motive for a woman slap- ping Alexander F. Kerensky, presi- dent of the provisional government of Russia after the fall of the monarchy. At a meeting yesterday of 5,000 of his countrymen, on the tenth anni- versary of the revolution he led Catherine Bary, 34, now a dress d signer in New York, ostensibly offer- ing Kerensky a bouquet, slapped his face with her gloves three times. Blamed Kerensky for Death. Questioned by police she said-she blamed Kerensky for the death of the man she loved, an officer in the Czarist army, who killed after issuance of Kerensky's “‘order No. 1,” which placed civilians over the armed forces of the country. By request of Kerensky, who re- cently came to this country and is guarded closely by detectives, the woman was not held. he had been occupying a seat on ge with some 800 others. Her was greeted with cheers from monarchists in the audience. Through it all Kerensky stood silent and un- moved and waved back his friends who had started for the stage. The meeting was disosderly. Two persons were hurt, 2 arrested and 25 ejected by police. The meeting was in the Century Theater. With monarchists in the orchestra and communists in the gallery, Kerensky was between two fires, De- spite constant heckling from both ex- tremes after the slapping, he spoke for an hour in review of recent Rus- sian history, and attacked both the monarchists and communists. Taunts Monarchists in Audience. His only reference to the attack upon him was: “None of the mon- archist ex-officers in the theater would dare to come up. They sent a wom- an.” The speaker taunted the monarchists and accused the followers of Grand Duke Cyril of being ‘the first to come to us wearing a red emblem and swearing allegiance to the revolution.” The communists he aszailed with equal fervor as “those who stole the freedom of the Russian people.” “Today Russia stands at the cross- roads,” he shouted. “Two ways are open to her: First, that of Bona- partism, and second, that of political democracy.” Unless bolshevism sur- renders voluntarily, he said, the Rus- sian people will gain their freedom by force of arms. Herring a Mystic Fish. The herring has always been re- garded as aymystic fish by the High- landers of Scotland. They believe it is subject to various influences and when, as has happened, the herring deserted old haunts, the Highlanders indulged in queer practices to lure it ol Night Depository Service for theaters, hotels, chain stor and other businesses at the ‘Federal-American Now, effective, continucus treatment Sore throat - » fight it wherever you are! Not just a gargle when you get home NLY a slight raspiness. But almost before you know it your throat is fearfully sore! But not if you start antiseptic treatment instantly. Not if you makeyourtreatmentcontinuous. With Formamint, your throat is kept continuously bathed in an antiseptic of préved germicidal power. Yet Formamint is abso- lutely harmless. Carry a bottle of Formamint with you. Take one tablet every hour or so to treat sore throat; every 2 or 3 hours to prevent it. All druggists. The Bauer Chem- ical Co. Doctors endorse it ormamint THE GERM-KILLING THROAT TABLET MONDAY. MARCH 14, 1927. GERRY CHLDREN 10 GE SO0 Daughters’ Shares Must Re- main Under Own Domina- tion, Will Directs. ¥ the Associated Press. NEWPORT, R. I, March 14.—The ny-million-dollar estate of Comdr. g anthropist, wh ) ‘ebruary evenly divided between his four chil dren by his will filed in the Probate Court today. Nothing Is 1l i ¥ The four heirs, each of whom + estimated somewhere hborhood of §5.000,000, Peter Goelet R. L; Robert L. nd Providencs Tnited erry Gerry of New York Angelica Gerry an Drury. The will ons to the dau fortunes separate from the | affairs of their husbands and free from the management of the hus- bands. ) leaves the! ers as to keep Motives Are Explained. family explained what they believe to ve been the motives of Commodore Gerry, who was one of the founders of the Society for the Prev@ntion of Cruelty to Children, and had given generously to its sup- port, in leaving nothing to charity and in taking steps to prevent his daugh ters’ fortunes from coming under any domination but their own. It was said that since the founding {of the 8. P. C. C., in 1874, the philan- thropist had given approximately than ever. tention. i T (T I I :‘w“”\:“ | (it | s18, is | er | There $1,000,000 toward its support, and that he contributed generously to more than two-score charitable causes. It has always been the custom of mem- bers of the ily, the friénds said, to con s during their lifetimes, and there was every reason to believe Commodore Gerry left | nothing to charity, as he knew hi heirs would carry on the family t dition. Mostly Real Estate. Of the clause concerning his daugh- ters’ fortunes, it wa suggested that this might have been written to pro- tect Mrs. Drury’s title to her inheri- tance in view of her marriage to an ien. Mr. Drury is a son of Arch- n Drury, onetime chaplain of the English House of Commons. | The largest part of the estate con- | sists of Manhattan real estate hold ings, which were valued in 1922 at | 00,000 ue of personal prop- | - is mot known, but is considerable. are also extensive realty hold- ings in Rhode Island Davis has com-| ngements for his long de- | rred trip of inspection of War De- partment acti City ‘oama, he will spend four in orto Rico, following which he will | 58 to S Domingo city and mo- tor_through San Domingo and Haiti to Port au Prince, whence he will 1. where he is due March 30. will be spent in inspection | of the Panama Canal and the militar stations in the Zone, following which the Secretary will return direct to ew York, arriving there April 11. Plans for Mrs. Davis to accompany the Secretary had to be cancelled on | ount of her health. 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TOPCOATS THAT COMBINE SMARTNESS AND UTILITY OU wear it when the weather is cool or uncertain; when rain is threaten- You wear it in town or T T N L | this city March 4, had confessed his | | prisoner admitted entering the Ridgze- | =R, w TR R e CONFESSION DENIED IN CLUBBING GASE. Alexandria Police Chief Says! Boersig Is Silent—Sec- ond Child Buried. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., March Police Capt. W. W. Campbell denied reports that Louis held prisoner for safekeeping at Win chester, Va., charged with the murder of two children of George Ridgeway nd the beating of Mrs. Ridgeway in the Ridgeway home a mile south of loersig. guilt. Campbell sa that since the ay home and was identified by Mrs. | Ridgeway as the man who attacked | her and the children he has remained silent. The prisoner has not con- fessed, Campbell Funeral services were held tod for Catherine, 4 years old, daughter of | Mrs. Ridgeway, who died Saturday | afternoon following an operation at | the Alexandria H al for removal of a bone imbedded in the brain. The elder child, Loretta, 7, died the morn- ing after the attack. Mrs. Ridgeway. who was beaten about the head and shoulders, was expected to be dis charged from the hospital some time today. ol Ulise H. Pargny, member of First Christian Church of Henderson, Ky., has not missed Sunday school once during the past 16 years and only seven times in 36 years. TN TTTTTTTETTTTA m M i At . The label that as- DUTCH Specials for TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WISCONSIN LONGHORN CHEESE 30c Lb. DERRYDALE CREAMERY BUTTER 58¢c Lb. DRY SALT Butts & Backs 2 Lbs., 25¢ Pork Kidneys 2 Lbs., 25¢ Pork Chops 2 Lbs., 45¢ Shoulder Cuts Loin Pork Chops 28c¢ Lb. BOTTOM ROUND STEAK 28c Lb. RIB AND LOIN Veal Chops 35¢ Lb. 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