The Washington times., 1922-11-13
RED TAPE
CAUSES Z
TO::JUMP
TO DEATH
Hard-boiIed immigration Policy
at Its Peak-"Pull" Held Key
to U. S. Gates.

NEW YORK, Nov. 13.-With
two immigrants attempting suicide
in a single day, with two thou
sand detained aliens squirming in
the close rooms of detention
quarters at Ellis Island, and two
guards pleading guilty to accept.
ing bribes, the "hardboiled" policy
of restrictive immigration has
reached its peak.
From the hospital OF the
United States Public Health Serv-
ice, Gristina Inzolino Parillo, just
nineteen and newly married, leaped
into the deepest waters that
surround Ellis Island on Saturday.
Mind Believed Unbalanced.
Whether 1t was in wild attempt
to swim across the channel to the
detention quarters to rejoin her hus-
band. or whether the young wife's
mind had become unbalanced over
her long separation from him and
the dark prospect of deportation
which she had been facing for a
month is unknown.
At the same moment this unhappy
woman from Italy was seeking relief
from Ellis Island, another: unfor.
tunate, Felix Gulej, expelled from
the country because he could not
read the forty words required, leap
ed overheard from the steamship
Homeric rather than accept deporta-
tion.
He had gained entry into the
country, and had obtained employ
ment as a shoemaker i'm Bingham
ton, y. Y. He was pursuing his oc-
cupation when apprehended by the
immigration authorities, brought
back to Ellis Island, and ordered de-
ported.
And while these two tragedies. az
printed yesterday. were occurring in
different parts OF New York harbor
Saturday, the highest authorities ot
the local immigration service were
in the Federal courts prosecuting
two young guards for having accept
ed bribes from other imprisoned
aliens at Ellis Island TO let them
escape.
Baron's Case Adds Irony.
Gaping the records Of this record
breaking day of immigration hard
ships with a bit of irony, a German
baron, Hans Won Bittenfeld, was
given a speedy hearing Saturday,
away ahead of his time before the
Ellis Island authorities, and was sent
away with many "godspeeds" from
certain Of the officials, although he
had not satisfied the boarding officer
at the ship that he was not subject
to expulsion under the contract labor
law.
Other immigrants from the same
ship who are not barons or bar
onesses, counts or countesscs, but
lust plain, hard.working people,
seeking honest employment here, or
the privilege OF Joining their more
prosperous relatives, will have to
endure the inconveniences of Ellis
Island several days before they can
even get hearing before a board
of special inquiry.
| Investigation yesterday revealed
that there recently have been sew
eral escapes, and many attempts TO
escape, from Ellis Island. These
desperate dashes for freedom were
from the dusky halls OF the steer
age, where men, women, and little
children by the hundred are packed
and wedged into halls for from 200
to 600. and where sleep seems I'm
possible.
The denizens OF those lowly quar-.
ters sometimes remain six weeks
Or two months without action In
their cases. Parole to them is an
unknown term.
Investigation today Of the acute
stages OF suffering among immi.
grants on Ellis Island developed
this further fact that the Oldest
OF the veteran inspectors never
heard Of a parole for immigrants
until the present administration of
the island took charge. The parol.
ing power frequently has been en-
srclssd quite recently and has