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learning Of the information the Lieu
tenant was anxious to get to the al
lied authorities, contributed money
and food With two French and sew
eral British officers, he loosened .
board OF the fence around the yard
They had corrupted a sentry, "a young
Swiss impressed by the Germans, and
one Of the Frenchmen had friends In
the town who was to give the fugi-
tives shelter. But a letter to this
friend was intercepted and the game
was up.
Again they tried it, hiding at night
in big tree. the limbs of which over
hung the outside fence, A sentry hap
pened to stand directly under that
tree all night, and at sunrise they
were obliged to climb down and slip
back inside the yard.
Lieut.. Isaacs was now transferred
from Karlsruhe to Vnlingen In the
Black Forest Not far from Villingen,
on the down grade OF the mountains,
with the train making forty miles an
hour, he watched his chance and
dived head first through a small high
window.
MY head struck a tie and I was
stunned, but rolled over and over; and
the shaking up must have brought me
to my senses, for by the time the train
had stopped I was struggling to my
feet.
Then I made a terrible discovery:
my knees had apparently struck the
tie next to the ono that damaged my
head. and when I tried to run found
they were so cut and bruised that
could not bend them. My feet, too,
had been cut across the insteps, my
body was all bruised, and my hands
and arms had small pieces of rock
ground in; but in spite of all this no
bones were broken. By the time /
was on my feet trying to shuttle away
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the guards had descended from the
train and were rapidly advancing to-
ward me firing as they came.
IT had just time to elevate my hands
above my head as a sign that I sur
rendered before they were on me. With
fiendish fury the first guard. turning
his gun end for end, rushed on me
and dealt me a smashing. blow on the
head. 1t knocked me unconscious and
1 rolled down the hill. When I came
to my senses 1 was lying in shallow
ditch at the foot OF the hill and the
guards were cursins and kicking me
trying to make me get up.
MANY of the people from the hay
fields nearby had gathered to watch
the fun. Among them I noticed many
women and children and a few old
men. One old veteran with a pitch
fork In. his hands came running up
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visitors coming for a first time she
would say beamingly. How good OF
you to come TO my little attic"
The little attic" so far as it was
shown, consisted OF a large room fur
nished with something like Spanish
state preserved from the house in
Nineteenth street. The chairs and
hanginSs were OF dark blue velvet and
the rather sombre air this color gave
was lightencd by a quantity of silver
objects, picture frames, a tea service
extraordinarily profuse (for those
days) and innumerable signed photo
graphs. These comprehended raost
OF the women we'll known in society OF
London and New York signed por-
traits Of the present King and Queen
Of Spain and few great foreign
actresses.
Her ecclesiastical collection of pic
lures had IA section of wall to itself
and many OF the dignitaries of the
Catholic Church were to be found
there in etiigy. Nine. dc Barril and
her daughter built and endowed the
Spanish Church. Our Lady of Hope,
in the block west of Broadway and
, just north Of the Spanish Historical
Society. and plans and pictures OF the
finished church were at one time
prominent on her walls; later. owing
to disagreement never very well
understood by her friends, these disap-
peared.
Opening on the attic was a small
room fitted up as a library with rows
of books bound in blue water color
paper and titles marked out in silver.
and containing a mahogany table large
enough for two persons 20 sit and
work. At this ta lc Miss dc Rarril
did all her secrctarial work in the
midst of the most perfect order on
Gendcred by absolute system. Here
were kept all the documents she
needed to refer to on any special
point of social name or custom, but
she seldom needed to, for her memory
was nearly always clear and precise.
Her Undcrstudy.
Until a few years ago Miss de Barril
wrote all invitations herself; then she
made an assistant of the daughter Of
an old servant. to whom she taught her
peculiar style of chirography, and this
Itdi lItAi IL - lllOI'uSllly lllht
few eyes cOulI detect that her mistress
did not still use her pen. Lists, COM
ments, biography. intimate social his
tory, all these are filed with care
rarely given 10 documents in the best
kept public archives. and these are
still available If society cares to see
Miss dc Barril's mantle worn by an
other person,
When Capt. John !. dc Blrrl ar
rived on leave from his post, in charge
uf the port oc Porto Rico. to attend TO
his sisters funeral and to carry out
the provisions of her will be was sur
prised. Notwithstanding his knowledge
of her admirable traits of business
order, to find everything ready to his
hand. Another brother, Roberto de
Barril, Is manager of the Barreda es-
tate in Maryland. and except for rela-
lives in the Barreda family she had
none. She was the only daughter Of
lcr fathers house" like Viola in
Twelfth Night" Just as she was
unique in her choice of vocation or
avoca ton. rs one may prefer to call
the work She did so dellcately but 90
thoroughly.
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and offered his services to the guards
In case I should become dangerous.
Not one in all that crowd offered a
word of sympathy or tried to remon-
strate with my captors in the punish
ment they were administering-and
these were the best people OF Ger
many, the pious churchgoing Baden
peasants.
And I must have made such a pitt
able looking spectacle. The blood
was streaming down my face from the
wound in my head where II had
struck the railroad tie: my trousers at
the knees had been ground into the
flesh; and my hands were torn and
bleeding.
after few minutes was able to
pull myself to my feet ,-but l had no
sooner done so than one OF the guards
knocked me down again with a blow on
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A Social Secretary to All New York

T y those now fabulous days the
middle SOS that the present
- inhabitants of Greenwich Village
consider near neighbor to the Moyen
Age, Miss Maria de Barril was a power
| in New York society and a power that
many a young creature of South Amer
| lean or Spanish blood found could be
cXerted for her benefit. The debutante
| to whom she offered assistance did
| not always crave social recognition
but sometimes that of the stage, and
then Miss de Barril's help seemed
equally potent. 1t was through her
that pretty Spanish girl. a Senorita
! de Nogueiras. got her start on the con-
| cert stage by Miss de Barril's introduce
| ing her in recital at the now de-
molished Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Dominating in thought and imperious
! in manner, Maria de Barril at that
| time welded influence that was sure
| to grow. She lived with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John ]. de Barril, in a
handsome old house on Nineteenth
street, but spent her summers with
her maternal uncle. Frederic Barreda.
who was one of the wealthlest men
of the time, in the house, "Beaulieu,"
that he built at Newport and after
ward sold to William Waldorf Astor,
now Baron Aston. 1t was quite incon-
ceivable that she should ever have IL
work for a living.
Fortune Takes Wings.
But fortunes have wings, and on
the death of John de Barril it was
found that his had flown utterly. A
rumor said that about $4,000 re-
mained for the maintenance of Nine.
de Barril and her daughter. but init
mates of the family shook their heads
negatively over this report. And the
| first action of the proud Maria de Bar
ril would show that they were right.
She set about doing something that
would bring in money to support her
mother and herself. AS long ago as
twenty-five years she decided to put
to commercial use her wide knowledge
OF New York society by becoming its
secretary. The idea was original, her
equipment was unusual and II won out.
They say, indeed. that the idea was
not product of Miss de Barril's brain,
but 1t was suggested to her by Mrs.
| Frederick Vanderbilt. That lady did
offer Miss de Barril the position OF So
cial secretary, and when the Spaniard
replied. Il can't accept the post be-
cause you are offering It to- me out
OF sympathy and not because you need
me- Mrs. Vanderbilt countered by sug-
costing that she make the post general.
There was nothing unreasonable in
the suggestion. Miss de Barril knew
social New York, the New York of the
old regime, as few of it's members
knew it, and her proposal 10 take care
of its invitation list, purifying 1t OF
| hopeless climbers and strengthening It
| by adhering to conventions, was a val
liable thing to do. Into her hands al
most from the first lists were placed
for revision, and after a year or two
of experiment hostesses found them
! selves so buttressed by her care that
they could even hope to enjoy them
selves at their own parties. II became
almost impossible for a male or female
ineligible to set past tho barrier set
up by this omnipotent social secretary.
| One condition Miss do Barril insisted
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the back Of the head. With their
heavy boots they kicked me and with
their fists they pounded me. Each
time when they got me to my feet
they would knock me down again
with blow Of their guns. The seventh
or eighth time 1 was felled one guard
had passed behind me and raising his
gun full length had struck me on the
back Of the head above the left ear.
THE fact that the leather sling was
between my head and the gun and
acted as a cushion when the blow was
struck undoubtedly saved my life;
for the force was so terrific that / was
knocked several feet away, the gun
broke in two at the small Of the stock,
and for several days was totally deaf
in the left ear.
Eager to Murder.
NOW all this time / had not even
tried to protect myself. Had I done
so 1t would have given them the
opportunity they wanted OF shooting
me, and they would have had many
witnesses to testify that I had resist
ed arrest. But a cold booded murder
in the presence of SO many civilians
was a dangerous business, for IL the
truth ever leaked out, as was likely
to happen under those conditions. il
would go hard with the guards and
perhaps with the military authori-
ties II it were taken up by my Gov
eminent and reprisals ordered"
The Lieutenant's frightful expert
ence, or experience of frightfulness
was by no means over. They beat
him with a saw edged bayonet Occa-
sionally knocking him down along the
way, they marched him Ave miles to
Villingen. Once when he had jus,
teen knocked down two women and a
man came running from IA farmhouse
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The reaching Of the Rhine. the nero
tlation of its cliffs and the midnight
struggle in its chill waters and power
iAl current was the greatest physical
feat OF tho whole adventure Rotb
mon gained tho Swiss bank and tho
kl'niIy imnistrations OF the neutral re
puhlic's guards and civilians, after
each had given himself up for lost
Al Paris concludes Lieut.. Isaacs's
narrative, the merest barren outline NJ
which space has permitted here, al left
the others and proceeded alone IN Lon
don, where l reported to Vice Admiral
Sims, commander of the American ma
val forces in Europe. Only one other
Off 'er of the thirteen who had been IN
the escape from N1llingen had succeed
cd in reaching safety.
THE day after my report was .ub-
mitted, it was learned that the Germar
submarines were returning 70 the,r
home ports under the white fax- 7
Was too latel"
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Lieut.. 1saacs lost no time in plan
ming an escape from Karlsruhe. The
plan promised well. Other prisoners,
Evening star., 1919-03-26
Deaths Reported.

The>followiag deaths have been reported to
the health department during the last twenty
four hours:
Allen n. Conover. 65 years. 1884 East Cap
itol street.
James J. Clark. 80 years, 1895 18th street
northw est.
Henry s. Gay, 7s years. St. Elizabeth Hos
pital
Eugene Lowe. 81 years. Walter Reed Hos
pital.
Claude Zappone. e1 years, wardman Courts.
Catherine kurtz, 20 years. III and Sd streets
northeast.
Frank I. Crawford. % years. St. Elizabeth
Hospital.
John R. Williams, 81 years, 1900 New
Hampshire avenue northwest.
Charles Lynard, 35 years, Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital.
Emma $; Mex. Hodges. 20 years. s27 7th
street northwest.
Freddie Tarnon, 10 months. Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital
west.
Henry Waynes, 72 years, s7th and T streets
northwest.
Adelaide Kelley, % years. ass Cullinane
court southwest.
Lloyd Graham. s5 years. 71s 18th street
northeast.
Edward Gailoger SO years, Washington
Asylum Hospital.
Ella Glenn, 55 years, 1880 street north
west.
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Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued to the
following:
Louis Scott Of Linden, Md. and Pauline
Fisher of Agnesville. Va.
Anton Peterson of New Piatz. n. u, and
Camilla l. klima of New York city.
Jerome +. Biassey Of New York city and Ida
L. Davis Of this city.
William NJ Hanlon and Jeannette '. Flagg.
Carl G. Alfrend and Minnie Z. Page. both
of Richmond. Va
Maurice H. Twilley and Ruth Mauck.
Robert NJ. Cathcnrt Of Anderson. :. C., and
Lucy NJ Carpenter of this city.
John r. Kellogg of New Orleans. La, and
Florence NJ H.rtsel of this city.
ID, ID, Decker of So,sth Dayton, y. I, and
Alice Peters 81 Dunkirk, \. y.
John W. Rainey and Ollie B. Hall, both OF
Faber. Va.
John l.. Imirie Of Bethesda, Nd. and Chris
tina G. Eckhardt of this city.
Frank F. Jsdv of Stanley, Va, and Elsie NJ.
Powell Of Shenandoah. Va
Robert l. Griffin Of Webb City, No, and lnez
l. Hamett of Charleston. s. e..
Cecil F. Gibson nd Elizabeth q. Schmltt.
william 3. Maroury and Vioietta e. Mercer
John W. McNutt of Canonsburg. Ia, ana
Irene v Congo of West Chazy. n. Y.
Hurry NJ. Eilldrop and Edna NJ. strong.
Samuel r Rodgers of Cleveland, Ohio, and
Ruth D. Hatch of this city.
Walter E. Sanborn and Gertrude j. Renwiek.
william Caal and Sadie Coop.
Arthur PAYNE of Steelton, Pa, and Esteile
ish A. Porter of Maryyille, Tenn. and
Blanche L. Huckins Of this city.
Evening star., 1919-03-26

Capt. Jack. Harper, son Of Robert
NJ Harper. president of the District
National Bank. and also president Of
the Washington Chamber of Com
merce. has been discharged from mill
itary service and is going to enter
business in Washington. /.
Capt. Harper enlisted as a private
in the District cavalry Organisation
before war was declared and worked
his way UP to captain through three
branches of the service-cavalry. ar
tillery and with the labor units Of
the air service. He was in charge of
a large labor unit overseas and was
for a time summary court officer,
A. p. O., 725.
listed in Troop B. LIST District of Co
lumbi1 Cavalry. He was commi ission-
ed AS second lieutenant August 5. 1917.
He went to Camp Mcclellan, Annis-
ton. Ala, with the District Cavalry in
September. 1917, where the squadron
troop and the Richmond Blues. to
make a cavalry regiment for the 18th
Division-the Blue and Gray Division.
In October the regiment of cavalry
was changed into artillery and Harper
went into Battery B. 10th Field Ar
ti1lery. In April, 1913, he was trans-
ferred to the Air Service Signal Corps
and sent to Detroit. Mich. to help
organize a regiment of southern draft
colored boys into construction and Ia
Dor units. He was commissioned as
captain April 4. and assigned to- COM
mand the 3Sth Construction Labor
Company at that post. -
|, Capt. Harper sailed on. October 81
on the S. s. Martha Washington, ar
irving at st. Nazaire. France, Novem-
ber f.
He embarked for home with his
squadron at st. Nazaire, on the s. S.
Mexican. February 20. and arrived at
Hoboken March Z. reporting to the
air service depot at Garden City, l.. l.,
where he mustered out his squadron
and then was himself DISCHARGED
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Births Reported.

The following births have been reported u
the health department in the last twehty-foul
hours:
George W. and Emma L. +; Young boy.
Charles H. and Josephine West. girl
John l. and Ella V. Roderick. giri.
william l.. and Cora f. Phillips. girl
Harold s. and Judith &. King. girl
George A. and Gertrude J. King, girl.
Edward d. and Alleine d. Gordon boy.
James ID. and Fannie f. East. girl:
Rafael Hector and Irene Bernales Eiizalde
girl. -,
Albert A. and Hazel f. Craig. girl.
Edward p. and Helen L. Conley. boy.
Ike and IAlcy Snotton, girl.
Charles and Mildred Minor. boy.
BENJAMIN and Margaret Hanson. boy.
IIo rard and Naomie Grinage, girl.
Prince A. and Katie Barlow, girl.
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j, - years. St. Elizabeth Hoe

Joseph Thomas. - years. st. Eiisabeth Hos
pitai.
Clara Lucas, 81 years, l1o2 r street north
west.
Elisa Payne. So years. s2e 18th istreet
northeast. -
Lucy N. Eaton, IS years, Freedmen's Hos
pital. -.
Daniel Mcpherson. months. 7os Lamont
street.
Harriet o. Smith, month, 231 Massa.
chusetts avenue northwest.
Evening star., 1919-03-26
Acts for Italian Commission.

During the absence from the United
States of the Italian ambassador.
Count V. Macchi di Cellere, the pow
ers and functions Of the Italian high
commission to the United States have
been delegated to Francesca Quat-
trone by a decree of Premier Orlando,
dated February 16, 1919.
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Mrs. Anderson Honor Guest.

| Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes VIII De
hostess at the Penwomen's Mi
to 6 at their headquarters, 1923 II
street. Mrs. Larz Anderson will be
the guest of honor and will speak on
| her experiences in Red Cross canteen
work in France and Belgium. Mrs.
Rhodes will have assisting her Mrs,
Charles O.. H. Craigie, Mrs. Appleton
p Clark. jr.; Mrs. William Atherton
Du Puy, Mrs. Florence NJ. Dowden.
Mrs. Robinson Downey. Mrs. Flor
ence w. Day. Miss Alice H. Drake,
Mrs. w. F. Dennis, Miss Emily c
Davis, Miss j. Q. Estabrook, Miss
Riila NJ. Engle and Miss Eunice N.
Ensor.
Easter lilies and pink roses inter-
mingled with palms and ferns formed
an effective setting for the marriage
of Miss Lucy Mauidin Carpenter,
daughter. of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Mauldin Carpenter and Nj. Robert
McCully Cathcart, which took place
last evening at o'clock at the resi-
| Maryland avenue.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev William A. Haggerty in the
presence of a small company of rela-
Itives and intimate friends.
The bride, who was given in mar
riage by her father, wore a. lovely
gown of white duchess satin, yelled
in princess lace and made with long
court train. Her tulte veil was
! caught with a wreath Of orange
blossoms and she carried a bouquet
Of bride roses and violets. -
Miss Rebecca MacDaniel' attended
the bride as maid of honor. wearing a
gown of rose pink satin. embroidered
in silver. She carried . bouquet Of tea
roses -
Miss Elizabeth Douglass. the brides
maid, wore pale blue satin, embroid.
cred in silver and carried killarney
M. Arthur cathcart ofeAndsrson,
s. c.. brother OF the bridegrsofn. was
best man. and the uShers were Mr..
Sam Orr Tribble. Mr.. Charles FAINT
and Capt. William Marshall. all. of
Anderson. s. c.
| A. reception followed. when the bride
and bridegroom were assisted in re-
ceiving by Mrs. Carpenter. mother of
the bride. who wore handsome gov
of gray embroidered chiffon with q
corsage bouquet Of deep pink sweet
peas. =
Mr.. and Mrs 3Cathcart left later for
northern wedding trip, the lattSr
wearing a smart blue coat SUIT with
small flower toque = =
They will make tReir future home
in Anderson. 8. c,tt &: !,
|. Mrs. Charles s. Hamlin Will preside
lat the meeting at 4. O'Clock this
afternoon at the residence of Mrs.
tations have been issued. by the loca.
council Of the Girl Scouts Of Washing
ton. Mrs. Jane Rippin and Mr. Albert
Douglass will be the speakers. Tn,
Girl Scout film. which has never been
shown in Washington will be given.
The weakly dinner at the Arts Club
tomorrow will be presided over by
Mrs. Herman Gasch as hostess, and
DR.. w. E. Stafford as chairman Of the
Evening star., 1919-03-26

Colds Cause Headaches and Pains.
n cold are soon believed hy taxing IAX iTiVE
BROMO QUININE Tablets. There's only one
''Bromo Quinine." f. W. GROVES sigma ture
the bex. S0c.-Adveftisement.
Evening star., 1919-03-26

evening. The speakers will be Mrs. A.
S. Burleson. wife of the Postmaster
General and Mrs. Harvey O'Higgins.
The well known Canadian prima
donna, Miss Elizabeth Campbell. pu-
Pill Of Jean de Reszke. an ardent ad-
be one of the guests Of honor and has
promised to sing, accompanied by
Miss Mabel Linton.
Mrs. Albert Gregory Hull and Mrs.
Elizabeth Hull of Kansas City, the
latter p junior at Smith College, are
spending a few days with Mr.. and
Mrs. John A. T. Hull, at their resi-
dence. 1862 n street.
A performance Of my New Curate.'
the Lenten play offered this year by
given tomorrow evening in the Col
lege Theater. North Capitol and ]
streets northwest. f,r the benefit of
Trinity College. The play will be
given under the auspices of the auXll.
iary board Of Trinity College and
war activities of the board and the
establishment of scholarships in the
college for District girls.
Among those who will attend will
be the Rt. Rev. Thomas J. Sha-
han. rector of Catholic University
tne rev Ut. " illidu 1uinel, plshoP-
elect of Buffalo. and members of the
| university faculty. Delegations OF
students from Georgetown University
Gonzaga College and other Catholic
schools in the District are expected.
The members of the auxiliary board
are Mrs. Thomas H. Carter. Miss
Minnie e. Carroll. Mrs. Milton r.
Allies. Mrs. Francis ]. Hemelt, Mrs
Joseph A. Phelan and Mrs. George A.
Weschler. The arrangements at Trim
ity College for the benefit will be
under the direction of Miss Gertrude
Welsh. president of the student coun-
Gil.
Evening star., 1919-03-26

Mr. John Barrett, director of the
Pan American Union, will speak at
the United Service Club on Dupont
Circle, Friday evening. March rs.
Saturday evening there will be mas
querade ball at the club for members
and the ladies Of their families.
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80cieH
Continued from Eighth Page.)

A, on Saturday. April 8; at noon at
their residence, 1926 New Hampshire
avenue.
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Quickness VS.. Correctness.

why should the law be SO Jealous
to protect a. man on trial for murder
before the Supreme Court of the Dis
trict of Columbia, and so quick to
deny him his ordinary safeguards
when tried before a set of officers of
the Army? The argument Of quick
ness at the expense of correctness is
the argument of the mob.
Whatever military men believe to
he conduct prejudioial to the mill
tary profession may be tried as such
and any punishment less than death
be inflicted, even upon a soldier who
has just entered the service and
knows nothing of it's customs"
Evening star., 1919-03-26

Mrs. Daniel c. Roper has returned to
Washington from visit of two
weeks with relatives in South Caro-
lina, during which time she visited
her old home in Marlborough county.
Evening star., 1919-03-26
Col. Ansell's Speech.

In his speech Col. Ansell declared
that the system of court-maFtial is
arbitrary. antiquated and a judicial
anachronism. acting in the interests
of speed rather than of justice. He
gave a number of instances of excess
sive penalties following conviction
before a court that does not under
stand the rules of evidence presented
by an officer who knows nothing
about law. -
Col. Ansell said the military courts
should give to the accused all the
guarantees and throw around him all
the protection that he would have in
civil courts.
why should the law take such
great care to protect an accused
being tried before a court learned
as it is in the law and skilled in the
administration of justice. only to
cast protection to the winds when it
comes to the trial of the same man
for she same offense and with the
same penal consequences. before the
crudest and most unskilled of all
courts?" asked Col Ansell.
Evening star., 1919-03-26

Messalines, many
new t W OF O n c
striped combina.
tlonS so much in
demand for waists
and skirts and
trimmings.
Evening star., 1919-03-26
49c Shir6ng
Madras =

Wossn Wss Zoe
Shirting Madras,
in many new col
ors which are con-
sidered absolutely
fast-makes splen-
did dress shirts
for men and boys:
only 4 limited
quantity At this
price.