Evening Star Newspaper, October 28, 1927, Page 2

o, BUSINESS MEN ASK GREATER ECONOMY Co-ordination of Government’ Activities Urged by U. S. | Chamber of Commerce. That the Government of the United 4 should be kept out of husin ater coords sta and there should be gre tion of the Government's admin tlve nactivities fn the intere economy were the principa mendations contained in the of a legisiative program adopted by the United States Chamber of Com: merce, which was presented to Presi lidge today Lewis | ~ident of the chamla=. 1n | ihese views of the cham rson said that the chamber during the coming ses - | tra- | ot | rmmary | Pierson presenti ber Mr. I will advora sion con, cater efficien Government and of any tende: policies aiming nd economy of the for the elimination toward Government m or bureaucrac he contention of the chamber ding to the views presented to . that there is an increas the growing pressure to nt into those which it is more | by private enter proper to earry on prise. It was held that this is definitely | antagonistic to the principles on which the Government was founded and on which it had been builded to its pres position of leadership. In_this | the attention of the Presi- | the the | ent connection dent was called to the fact that past ecertain groups have urged Government to enter these realn without realizing that di precedents were being establish ihat the chamber believes it 1 call each encroachment to the at- tention of the American people in the holief that the evil, once recognized. | will be condemned. Postal Rates Hit. “The greatest single bit of by the Government is the Post Office | Department,” Mr. Pierson’s report stated. “The postal rates never have been fixed according to business prin- ciples. There is unjust discrimination in the rates charged to certain por- | tions of the public, thus defeating the purpose of public service and handi- capping certain groups of mail users. The national chamber believes that postal rates should be revised to se curs maximum use with efficient service. In its advobacy of greater economy | and efficiency in Government the | chamber contends that a better co- ordination of activities, doing awa ‘with overlapping on the part of bu | reaus, commissions and departments, | is a basic necessity in any program for a more efficient and economical administration. Therefore the cham- _ Der believes that efforts to secure such co-ordination should be continued to & successful conclusion. The President was reminded that | the chamber is convinced that the question of flood control in the lower Mississippi Valley is a national prob- Jem. It believes this to be an es- sential activity of the Government - and of such importance that it should be acted uporn as a single project unconnected with any other problem before Congress. Touches Tax Problems. The chamber's legislative views| touched lightly upon fax reductions, | expressing principally the belief that there are certain war revenue taxes which now should be largely reduced or_repealed. The chamber is confident that this be done without jeopardy to a sound governmental fiscal pol In this connection the attention is called to the fact that economies In Government administration have contributed largely to the great an- nual surpluses in the Treasury and that due to this program the Govern- ment has been brought practically to a peace-time basis within less than a decade after the greatest war in history Touching upon the prosperity of the country, the views of the cham- ber set forth that “during the iast few years public confidence in busi- ness had attained th» highest tide in our history due to integrity, fair dealing and efficient service. The attitude of Government agencies the Department of Justice, the Depart- ment of Commerce and the Federal ‘Trade Commission—co-operating with business tha: is econducted with | roper regard for the public interest, as immeasurably contributed to- ward the era of prosperity which this country now enjoyvs. On behalf | of business the national chamber ex- | presses its appreciation of this con- structive attitude by Government azencies and pledges its unremitting effort toward the establishment of ‘#ound principles of business conduct and toward the outlawing of prac- tices which are not for the public %ood. therafore not for the good | of business.” | CHEERING CROWDS “MOB” RUTH ELDER AT PARIS AIRDROME (Continued from_First Page.) | ¥ | #orlorn in contrast with Ruth's chee: smiles, “Don’t Mind Me." “What's on your mind”" Haldeman avas asked “Don't mind me " Taldeman re- plied with a wistful smile. “I'm just 2 mechanic.” Women had kissed and hugged | Ruth, but Haldeman. covered with oil. apparently was just a plain air- man to evervhody. The crowd had @ pet name, “The Happy Midinette ¥rom America,” within five minutes | after she had landed on the famous field with a few feet of the spot where | Charles A. Lindbergh ended his eporh- making non-stop flight across the At. lantic. As Miss Flder slid down the fuse- lage of the plane, her face was beam- ing and her eves ablaze with excite. ment. A high-pitched feminine voice arose above the noise of the crowd, estimated to have numbered 5,000 per: #0ns, crying “She look just like a mid- inette ‘on a holiday.” This was promptly taken up bv the throng which cheered “Long live the Ameri- can midinette.” ready given Ruth The plane. which brought the two | fiyers from Bayonne was piloted here by Haldeman. Ilaldeman, waiting be- side 1he plane while “the Happy Midi- Jette’” Teceived her welcome, declured “the only regret I have is that we avere unable to reach this beautiful fiving field aboard our stanch little Mlane, the American Girl.” — . BANKER DIES IN FALL. PHILADELPHIA, October 28 (P)— Patvick Grant, former Harvard foot pall player, noted goifer and promi- ent in banking circles, was killed to- ay by a fall from the fitth story win- How of his office building. Members of the firm of Townsend, NVhelan & Co., bankers, with whom Mr. Grant had been associated, ex- pressed the belief that death was ac- recom- | | mental | those aiding him in his quest. ! pr | superiors. | COLLEGE TRAINING AIDS PASTOR IN STRAIN OF SEAR Rev. Dascomb E. Forbush‘ Finds Athletic Skill Useful | in Trying Hunt. Arrival of Friends From Home Cheers Husband in Quest. Mail Brings “Tips.” less than a decad of the gre College davs, when he was ¢ athletes at Oberlin, are standir Dascomb E. Forbush in good w, enibling him to stand the of a frantic search for his without sufferime the physics that would be the est the Re stead 1 rigor wife collapse a weaker man During the Ann L nsey from Keith's has searched ing less than He has penetrated his sad anest, has climbed waded but his spi ney 4 and he still in good physical e cept for a few s mouih fate of nine days “orhush r her 4 night, 14 hours sleen deep thi il lines ahout imony of the anguish which has fallen to is lot, he bears but little trace of {he tremendous strain which he has been under. Trains With Church Boys. Rev. Mr. Forbush is 33 the same age as his missing wif He 6 feet tall and weighs 1 pounds, every pound of it hone and musele. During his four year pas- torate a: Canandaizua le has kept himself fit. leading the boys and vouths of the town in outdoor tivities and doing most of his pi through personal visitations v. Mr. Forbush admits that he no preacher. is is the gift of human mpathy rather than oratory and h tx of natural friendliness have so eared him 1o the ci of Canan daigua that more than 30 of the lea ing businegs and professional men the town of $.000 population aban doned their duties at home and can here to aid in the search for the m ing woman. Heartened by the presence and tact ful sympathy of his friends, who rep- | resent every religious denomination in the town, Rev. Mr. Forbush has never given way fo grief, save perhaps in the hours when he is alone with his thoughts in the 1 his room and has had alwa word <h Nor has his faith failed him. He is sus tained mentally by the conviction that his wife is alive and well and will be found eventually and feels that she may appear of her own accord, he obsession to seek solitude driven away by her love for her four children. Popular in Home Town. “Rev. and Mrs. Forbush are the most popular people in our town be cause he's a real man and she made friends wherever she went," was the manner in which one member of the posse expressed the regard in which the couple are held by their fellow townsmen, a regard manifested by the loyalty of the home town posse which journeyed 400 miles to help their friend in his trial. The church at Canandaigua repre- sents the young pastor's first charge. He came there fi torate of the Flatbush Avenue Congre- gational Church, Brooklyn, which he accepted after his ordination, which occurred shortly after his return from overseas, where he was a lieutenant | in the 145th Infant Of 60 officers in_his outfit but seven survived. During his tenure in Brookiyn he did_mission work -in. the notorious | Hell's Kitchen section of New York, | and there established his reputation as a man among men, without cant or narrowness, Many Aided First Search. Six months after assuming the pas- torate of the Canandaigua church the membership had increased by 120 per- sons, and today the church Loasts of a congregation of 651. When news came to the town of Mrs. Forbush's disap- pearance, a mass meeting was held in the Congregational Church. The meet- ing was attended not only by the con- gregation of that church but by Metho- ETIQUETTE ERROR LAID T0 MAGRUDER Articles Might Have Been Overlooked if Admiral Had Not Talked Later. BY DAVID LAWRENCE, val etiquette and a respect for | Navy regulations & the only lssue which the Navy Department re nizes in the case of Rear Admital Ma- gruder. Had the admiral confined hix criticisms of naval policy to articles dealing with naval affaivs and elimi- nated some of his interviews with the « which followed, he probably | would not have aroused the ire of his | | Again, if the admira] had addrexsed his request for an interview with | P'resident Coolidge to the Secretary of | the N: in the regular channel of communication for naval officers. hix | request might not e heen denicd. | s | No Punishment Planned. There is no disposition here to carry | on any punitive campalgn against Admiral Magruder, So far as the President is concerned the incident closed and ‘there is no talk of further disclplinary measures It Admiral Magruder had made hi isms in a period of real emer he wuold have been serfously anded. RBut it is realized that this is a time of comparative quiet in matters of naval policy and there ix no harm in an open discussion of such questions as economy of construction and the handling of naval vards, The Secret of the Navy been disposed from the start to| regard the admiral's writings as | an opportunity to get constructive criticism instead of making the admiral | has | Can Express Views Here, | In ordering Admiral Magi Washington, the intention is to hav him in the Navy Department, Wi day by day he can express his v and make his suggestions instead of | 1 the press in interviews that con- demn the executive staff and the retary himself by implication. Admiral Magruder has the option always of resigning from the Navy and expressing himself freely in news- | papers and periodicals and in public meetings just as have some of the retired officers like Admiral Fiske and Admiral Sims, but while on_active duty the feeling of the Navy Depart- ment is that a naval officer should glve the benefit of his advice and | counsel to his superiors first before | appealing to the public through me| press. - l (Copyright, 1927, Fidental. A" Mr. Grant was a graduate otgHar- 'ward, class of Iml"old- Fires Pllfl , lvn‘fl o -r the '] Norway has no peasantry. Ninety- four per cent of the land holdings are freehold farms, and the renting of lands, as practiced in other enunm_el. T T | others |a detailed itinerary of the path tr | tenant commander and that the Gov- | By the Associated Pres | the positions at THE EVENING CH FOR WIFE | | | | i I DASCOME FORBI lists (tha Buptists, Episco. palians, Preshyterians and men and women of other denominations. Many of th - meeting had participated ks previously in | v suecessful search for “orbush, | who had fied 200 miles, deiven to hid- | inz in @ thicket by an obsession that i must hide herself away from hu wnkind. It was the first time that jo had suffered her obsession sinee it developed eight years before in Hal- timore, as she was recovering from siege of influenza, Since the search for his wife began the Forbush mail has increased to such an extent that members of the home-town posse have been delegated to t in opening it Letters from men and women trom all over the country, most of them strangers, have exti sympathy and given the anxious husland words of hope wwes of letters have contained weird psychic sugg ny of them obviously impossible to entertain 1l of them actuated by a sincere de- re to aid in the quest. Suggestions Futile. sever ns when other s have men have acted information ontained in lette m “mediums” and “seers.” but suc clues have proved as futile the One psychic clue led to a barn | of Chey se Lake, behind the writer asserted, Mrs, For- Only the barn letter ntained ve | | O elu on back which bush would be standing. was there. Another ersed by teh missing woman, ing her morth of Alexandria lated points in Maryland. There is one letter which the Rev, Mr. Torbush bore to his room hefore opening. It was written in a childish serawl. It is from hi ar old boy, mb. telling his daddy not to that “mother will be back carr to iso- Many Friends Here. The posse of loyal friends, which will be relieved by others from day to day, has thus far included: Wil | liam J. MacFarlane, mayor of Can- andaigua: J. C. Bolles, sheriff of On- tavio County; Dr. H. (. Burgess, alienfst of Brigham Hall Sanitarfum: 8. P. Kinsella, chlef of police; Harold G. Bacon, deputy sherifl: F. William Kaiser, a railroad man: P, H. Sissin, coal dealer; J. H. Jenkins, former resi- dent of Washington; 1. J. Ellis. hard- ware merchant; Fred D. Cribb, city attorney: H. W, Closs, accountan George McG. Huyes, lumberman. Dr. Andrew Johnson, dentist: L. W 1 Deusen, city judge; N. Gibson, restaurateur; A. G. Thom son, cval dealer: Ben' S. Hillegas, tire dealer; Guy M. Ralnes aid W. H. Welch, gasoline dealers: Rulph Bent Benham, Arthur Poole, gas dealer; Borden Tyler, Ralph Benham, R. J. Cuddack, William Shoemaker, and Ed- ward Hanley, president of the Ex- chenge Club there, of which Rev. Mr. Forbush is a member. W, A. McKin- ney, Boy Scout executive of Roches. ter, and C. A. Parmenter of that cit have also aided in the search. Blis Forbush, brother of the pastor, Is al- ways with his brother. Navy Spoils Soft Snap in Hospital For “Commander” Special Dispatch 1o The Star. DANVILLE, Va., Octcber 28— “Lieut. Comdr. Carl Jones of Hamp- ton” was on his way buck to Hampton Roads today in custody of a Danville police officer. Barly Thursday Jones stopped a policeman and sald he had been knocked down by an automoblle. He asked to be taken to a hospital. Doc- tors found no internal hurts, but kept him for observation. The patient r quested a day nurse and a night nurse | and told Miss Emily Allison, hospital superintendent, thut he was a lieu- nment would pay ali expenses, His ppetite caused mnisgivings and yes- terday the naval authorities were asked to identify Jones. They wired back that he was an apprentice se man, listed as a straggler, and asked that the police deliver him. FEDERALS EXECUTE REBEL CHIEFTAIN| Oros Shot After Capture in Bat- tle—Lozado's Band Scatters to Hills. MEXICO CITY, October 28.—S8pecial dispatches from Guadalajara report that the rebel chieftain Julio Oros. was captured and executed by federal troops near FEl Refuglo, State of Aguascalientes, after his men had been defeated by federal forces, The troops and farmers of the district are pursuing the remnants of the band which have returned to the mountains. Dispatches from Vera Cruz say that the band of rehels led by the rebel chieftain Lozada has | ted hy federal troups and for wundon Pe on the slopes of Orizaba Mour v detals as to casualties are given. he presidential bureuu lssued o statement saying that Lozada was among the chieftams in the fleld since 1Y he statement declared Lozada red in 1924, and revolted | when Gen. Arnulfo Gomez, then mili- tary commander at Vera Cruz, fur- nished the enemies of the government | ith arme In preparation for the re- cent uprising. C. M. NEWCOMBE DIES. Vice President of New York Stock Exchange Dead at 60. NEW YORK, October 28 P).— Charles M. Newcombe, _ 60, vice president of the New YorifiStock Ex- change, died thiz morni at the Bellevue Hospital of a cercbral hemorrhage several hour® after he jot faccount | worn by Mrs but { ¥ | was nut Mrs. I | nights since his wife slipped 1 | tending to his duties as secretary of |can perform a most valuable service STAR. WASHINGTON. FORBUSH FRIENDS RETURN TO HOMES Fail—Pastor to Continue Hunt Here. | | | | | The Jast of the Canandafguans left | for home this afterneon as the last of several clues through which it wis hoped to find Mrs. Ann Itamsey For- | bush, wife of Itev. Dascomb or- | astor Iiret Congregational Canandalgna, No Y. who dis- the night October 19, i 10 materfalize Hope of finding Mrs, Forbush with- In a few honrs was vevived tempora- vily this morning when D. 1. Nichol, proprietor of The Iomewood, 1013 Thirteenth street, told of an apparent- Iy demented woman who wandered | into a room and refused to leave until she slipped sway early this morning, when he went in search of the house detective after questioning her, sume woman had appeared at apartment house Wednes xcept that she talked in walking through the w pounds and had a haggard nee, there was little in the Mr. Nichols gave of his con- fon with his mysterious guest at 1 o'clock this morning, to indicate that she j& the missing woman, al though her costume resembled that | Forbush the night of her disappeavance. Gives Wrong Address. Detectives and members of the Can andaiguan posse went to an address on Pwellth street, which the strange woman had given & roomer in the apartment house. but found that no such woman had ever heen there. | While recognizing the possibility that the midnight visitor to the Homewood might be Mes. Forbush, those in charge of the search do not regard it as likel 10 endeavor to locate lir. Another hope of finding the missing | wife of the minister went glimmering | when it was established deti- y that the woman who sold a ving to John Schmidt, conductor of a train ) Martinsburg, W. Va., orbush. The conductor old friends of Rev. Mr. Forbush that the ring suld to him wns a plain | sapphire and the woman who sold it | to him wore dark clothes. Mrs. Ior bush’s ring containg two diamonds and a sapphite and she is dressed in a brown costume. Rev. Mr, Forbush this morning for the first time showed clearly the ef- fects of the mental anguish which he has undergone the nine days and m him | while attending a performance at | Keith's Theater, victim of an obses- sion which has twice impelled her to | seek solitude. “It is a of Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde aff: the distracted hushand said priov to again resuming a search along the banks of the Potomac River. He was accompanied by Arthur Mc Kinney, Boy Scout executive of Roch. ester, N. Y., who found Mrs. Forbush | on her last disappearance, and Clif- ford Parmenter, also of Rochester. The two Rochester men will remain here and the departing Canadaizuans indicated that another relay of home- town folk will arrive here late today Or tomorrow morning to he with Rev. Mr. Forbush in his quest. Home Folks Will Aid. is planned, they said, to have ntly two or more of his fel- townsmen here, although the time has arrived when a large posse of searchers is futile. The small posse will prove sufficient to run down such clues as may develop. W. H. Welch and Guy M. Raines, both of Cunandaigua, searched ugain on the Virginta side of the Potomac this morning, while Ben Millegas re- malned here as the emergency man. All departed for home shortly after noon. Mr. Forbush and McKinley los! appe ver Rey and Parmenter plan to remain at the hotel this afternvon in readiness 1o respond to any hoveful call that may come in. Bliss Forbush, brother of the clergyman, is in Baltimore at- the Park Avenve Friends meeting, but expects to return here tomorrow. SENATOR ASSAILS MAGRUDER CHARGE Oddie Tells Reservists Fight May Hinder Adequate Ap- propriations for Navy. and ade- ations for the main- avy will be the natu- ral sequel to the attacks on naval efficiency by Rear Admiral Thomas P. Magruder, with a resultant weaken- ing of the national defense, Senator Oddie of Nevada, ranking member of the Senate committec on naval affuirs, last night told the officers and men of the 1st Battalion, United States N 1 Reserve of the District of Columbia, when drawn up in their armory last night at a Navy day formation. At the same time, Senator Oddie ex- pressed lis opinion that the state- ments of the naval officer were mis- leading and incorrect. These statements, the Senator con tinued, wiil create in thal portion of the public mind which is uninformed on the real fucts and conditions re. garding the Navy an erroncous and unwholesume antagonism toward it which will create opposition to neces- sary and adequate appropriations for its upbuilding and maintenance, Reserve Can Perform Service, He pointed out that the Naval Re- serve functions in time of war, as in peace, as a strong arm of the regular naval establishment, and was the con- necting link hetween the active serv. ica and the citizenry. Therefore, he said that the members of the Reserve Opposition quate approp tenance of the 10 necessary not only to the Navy, but to the coun- try, by informing themselves on these matters in controversy, and be pre- pared to give the real facts whenever they hear it attacked in this manner. The Nevadu Senator takes a great interest in naval affairs, and every ear mak: s a cruise with the fleet in rder to keep in close contact with the Navy, its persounel, conditions and problems. He was the success- ful sponsor in the Senate of the bill reating the new Naval Reserve two yeurs ago. He also has been of ma terial aid to the local Reservists, huv- ing ohtained fur them as a training ship the destroyer Allen Admiral Makes Addres Following the address of Senator Oddle, Rear Admiral A. L. Willard, commandant of the Washington Navy Yard and gun factory, under whose Jurisdiction the local Reservists come, spoke to the officers and men, He told of the great asset that the Re- serve Is to the Na and praised the work of the local Reservists, partie- ularly the constant increase in their effclency, The small quarters occupied by the local battalion was crowded beyond capacity and this cramped condition D. C., FRIDAY, OC INCOME TAX WORK CALLED LAW FIGHT | Searchers Leave as All Clues' Committee Says Enforce-| ment of Law Has Become Legal Battlefield. Administration of the Federal in- come tax laws has heen turned into legal battlefield instead of an adminis trative one, the special comnittee a) pointed to draft recommendati clarifying tax machinery reported to- ny to the joint congressional mittee on tax stmplification, The committee concluded root. the major problem is sonnel. 1 tax ndded, “cannot be a I of absolute at- tempt to do so is to sacrifice accom- plishment to unattainable ideals. Prompt and final settlement is often more Important than metieulous ac- curncy. “The collection of primarily an administrative and a judicial problem. As far as the Federal income tax is concerned, a field of administration has been turned into a Jegal battlefield. The report was prepared b mittee of tux erts consisting of Alexander W, Gr . former general counsel for the Internal Revenue Burenu: R. Nash, assistant to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and Ellsworth ¢, Alvord. special assistant to Seeretary Mellon Pointing out t there are move than 19,000 undecided pending hefore the Bourd of Appeals, the report suid that Internal Revenue Bureau should e “fairly and finally” more e should se “shifting to the general counse! to the b ing of cases ns a result of de the courts or the Board of T or a change in regulations. The burden has been transferred to the Buard of Tax Appeals and the Bener nnsel's office and hurde st be relieved if their true ns are to he performed prop- the report said. sury share of ~responsibility payers should co-operate.” NEW CATALAN PLOT THWARTED IN FRANCE Police, Forewarned, Foil Con- spiracy, They Say—Schoolmaster in Spain Arrested. com- that one of p the report t s i not revenues a com- now case: Tax the sponsibility office sions of Appeals Tax- By the Associated Press, I IPIGNAN, Franee, October 28.— 'he coffers replenished 1 compatri- ots in the Argentine and Catalan con- cpirators, who have been in refuge in Belgium since the failure of the Cata- lan conspiracy of a vear ago, the agents of the movement to stir up a revolt among the people of Catalonia, Spain, are hus on a new attempt. police charged today. The attempt, which was to have heen started i terday, has been thwarted, author itles 1. Police claimed they had been in- formed of every action of the conspira- tors and took every precaution in con- Junction with the Belglan and Spanish Dolice, profiting by their experience in the Tast atiempt. The Catalan conspirators were de clared to have intended to proceed to thejr rendezvous in the Republic of Andorra by twos and threes. Arm$ were said to have been shipped into Spain in_small_packets, So far as could be learned, only one arrest has been made, That was the conspira- tors’ alleged Andorran agent, School- master Armengol of the village of Encam, . CHILD’S DEATH HELD DUE WHOLLY TO ACCIDENT Jury Returns Verdict in Case of Jessie McKenzie, Run Over by Mail Truck. The death of S-year-old Jessie Mc- Kenzie of 79 L strect northeast In Sibley Hospital yesterday was held hy a coromer’s jury this morning to have been the result of an unaveidable accident. The child slipped under the wheels of o Post Office mail truck on October 21 while passing through a narrow alley running between L and Fenton streets northeast on her way to school. She died from infection caused by lacerations of her right leg. Although the driver of the truck, vis Benjamin Harris, colored, 44 years old, of 1261 New Hampshire avenue, was exonerated, the jury recommended that the Post Office’ De- partment instruct its employes that the alley, which is scarcely broad enough for the passage of one car, shall not be used as a thoroughfare in the future, The testimony showed that the mail truck was passing through the alley toward the south when the accident happened. Tn the rear of 1019 Capitol street, near a cross alley child trivd to pass the truck, slipped in a puddle of water and was struck by the left rear wheel. The truck was stopped with the wheel resting on the child's leg. the driver fearing o make any move until he saw where she was. She was taken immediately to Sibley Hospital by Harris. Due to infection, the leg had to be amputated, but the poison had already spread too far and the little girl died yesterday afternoon. TWO CAPITAL TRAVELERS ARE ROBBED IN SOUTH By the Assoclated Press. ASHEVILLE, N. C,, October 28. George Williamson and John Walker, who said they were United States Treasury employes from Washington, were robhed of $2.000 in Liberty bond: and §185 in cash late last night by two men they had given a lift in their automobile on a highw near here, they told local officers. They said aveling through western . on vacation leave en route to Knoxville, Tenn, Walker and Williamson were flagged about a mile and a half from Black Mountain by two men, who waved « white handkerchief and asked them for a ride to Asheville. Treasury officials said they had on their lists no employe by the name of George Willlamson, There are two John T. Walkers in the Treasury, but both were at their accustomed places tod who indicated that the Reserve of the District hud made such strides during the past year that a new and larger armory Is badly needed. The drill hall is so small, and the complement of the battalion so large .that it Is very difficult for battalion to perform Infantry evolutionsd with any degree of satisfaction, Following the f armory was turn 1 exercises, the ver to the en- s ns for | and | rd and the constant reopen- | this | | is cognizant of its| TOBER 28. 1927. [WOMAN TREES PURSE SNATCHER: RECOVERS CASH | | ! Youth Pleads Guilty and Asks Leniency, Saying He Was Hungry. iHeld for Grand Jury as Rob- | ber—Could Have Got Away, Says Victim. Chasing a young man who had hed her purse and a package she 8 carvying early last night as she < walking near the State, War and avy building, Mrs. Elizabeth Cullen, | treasury clerk, residing at 2121 New 'k avenue, called for help and pu sved the man into the park opposite the D. A. R. Hall, where he was a rested when he dropped from a tree into which he had climbed in his effort | to eseape | The man, who gave the name of | ph Lmmett House, 22 vears old, | veadily admitted his guilt when turned es B, C. Kuehling and Ave as a reason t he was hun- unable to b down and | ary, that he had been | tain employment and w out. He said that it was his first of- fense und pleaded for leniency. The which was recovered, contained $%. The package, which he had drop- ped in his flight, was found some tance away. BUNDLE MRS. ELIZABETH CULLE In Police Court this morning T pleaded guilty to a el - of robhery ind was held under $5.000 bond for ac- tion of the grand jury “He would have gotten away if he had Kept on running” Mrs, Cullen told police, “hecause he to elude me and the several persons who had joined in the chase, when climbed the tree. It was only when ‘hn dropped down later that s aw him and held him until po rived.” COMPANY DEMANDS 1Y PAY FORSIENS |Red Tape Holds Up Settle-_‘ | ment for Traffic Markers Now in Use. Payment for 126 boulevard stop and | other traffic signs delivered 18 months | has been demanded by a Balti-| more firm which manufactured the | signs, it was learned today at District Building. Although’the Com- | 's are anxious to pay the bill, . they can find no lawful of doing so because of red tape which binds the contract, | The &ns were in excess of the | number ordered and instead of being | returned they were accepted and erect- ed by the Trafic Department. When the company billed the Dis- t for them, Auditor Daniel J. Don- n refused to approve the bill fo | payment as to the surplus. The com- pany then asked for the return of the signs, but they had been used and | could not be returned. | An attempt was made in April to make an adjustment when 300 more signs were ordered from the Baltimore manufacturer, who asked that the 126 exce igns be treated as an advance delivery on the contract and that only 174 signs be delivered and 300 paid for. District officlals replied, however, that they could not adopt such a pro- cedure as 300 signs were needed. They added that if the company would re turn the unsigned contract and pur- chase order, the number of signs would be increased to 426 and the sur- plus signs would be acknowledged as { delivered under the new contract, This contract was misplaced upon its r turn, =0 when the end of the fiscal vear was reached June 30, the co tract could not be executed on the former year's appropriation. The company had delivered the 300 signs, but there was no contract and, therefore, not only the 126, but the ditional 300, making a total of 426 signs, remained to be paid for. Audi- tor Donovan, however, found a tech- nicality under which the 300 sizns could be legally paid for, but the Dis- trict has not yet made a settlement for the 126 signs. THRONGS IN ARMAGH FOR PRIMATE’S BURIAL Gloom Spreads Over Irish Town as Cardinal O'Donnell's Fu- neral Is Held. By the Associated Press. ARMAGH, Ireland, October 28.— Armagh today was a eity of sorrow and gloom. Rain fell heavily from the early morning hours, hut the streets were crowded with people for Cardinal O'Donnell’s funeral, which has drawn Trom the latter came Right Rev. Patrick Joseph Clune, Archbishop of Perth, Australia, while Chicago was represented by its municipal commi sion, headed by Michael J. Flah now in Ireland. President Cos also was represented. Among the mourners were seve Ivish bishops, who came from Rome; 14 archbishops and bishops and hun- dreds of priests. Svery business ple in Armagh, which is I astical capital, was shuttel its_blinds drawn. Cardinal O'Donnell died last week at his Summer residence, at Carlinz- tord, after several weeks' iliness from double pueumonia. He was Primate of Ireland. VETERAN L:ES BY GAS. Lying by an open gas fet in his room at 208 F street, the body of Frederick Mueller, 87 vears old, veteran of Com- iment, United States was discovercd shortly be- fore ¥ by a passerby’ who smelt as from the street and dashed into the house. ¥fforts of the Fire Department res- cue squad proved futile and Dr. M. F. Ottman of the Emergency Hospita! staff_pronounced him dead. Police of No. 6 precinct investigating the case found that he had been at the F street address for the past four wecks and had referred to having a daughter in Baltimore. A card in his pocket indi- cated that in 1909 he was discharged from a soldiers’ home. 300 Hogs, Innocent Bystanders, Killed As Still Explodes re and dwelling d's ecclesi- red or had it., October 28. —Less than an hour after Ala- meda County detectives had raided buildings on a ranch in the Mount Eden district, arresting three men and seizing two stills with a capa- city of 1,600 gallons of liquor daily, one of the stills exploded, wreck- ing a building and killing 300 hogs. The stills were concealed in structures built as pig-pens. Th explosion wrecked the buildings with a total loss estimated at §4, ~s000y;dn addition:40 the hogs. . == the | 'MRS. REMUS’ GEMS 1. E. CLAFLIN DIES: VIGTIN OF STROKE Washington Optician Suc- cumbs After Sudden Attack | at His Office. Ha known Was prominentl. Claflin, widely optician and identified with civie and zations here for many residence, 1427 Lon sllow street, 3 He was stricken ralysis while at his place of at, 922 Fourteenth street, dnesday. Mr. Claflin, who had been in business the past 30 of Wiseonsin. Long prominent in the Masonic fra- ternity, he was a member of B. B French Lodge, ¥. A, A. M., was a Knights Templar and belonged to Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He also was a charter member and past vice president of the Club, a member of the City Club and the Mount Pleasant Congregational Church. He is surviv as 54 vears old, in this eity fo was a native ed by his widow, Mrs. . Deitrick man; a son, John Edw mother, Mrs, beth H. Claflin, and rs. Harold E. Warner, . Lindsay and Mrs. yne of Philadelphia. All ne reside in this c ices will be conducted late residence Monday after- noon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Godfrey Chobot will officiate. Interment will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. SOUGHT IN BANK BOX Court Orders Safe Deposit Vault Opened After Woman Tells of Hidden Wealth. By the Associated Pre CHICAGO, October 28, — Judge Henry Horner of the Probate Court today ssued an order for the opening of a safe deposit box held in the name of Mrs. 1. A. Holmes, believed to have heen an alias of Mrs. Imogene Holmes Remus, recently’ slain by her hus- band, George Remus, in Cineinnati. The order was issued upon petition of the public_administrator, Percival Coffin, and the request was con- urred in by Harry N. Pritzker, rep- | resenting Remus, | In a deposition made yesterday Mrs. Alice Weber Long asserted that Remus had shown her a vast v of ‘money, securities, jewelry and unset gems. The attorne) hoped that part of the possessions would be found in the safety box. EQUAL RIGHTS LEAGUE PLANNING FOR FUTURE Program for 1928 Embraces Pro-| posed Merger With National Race Congress. The National Equal Rights League | is preparing final plans for 1928 at its final meeting late today at the John Wesley M. E. Zion Church and is considering h the National Race Congress, another col- ored organization. "The speakers sc R. Clarke, William M. Trotter, Mary C. Terrell, Miss Jeannotte Carter and Mrs. Catherine Coles. Tonight is designated as Women's night. At the s vesterday, Richard B. Moore of New York, declared in an address that the negroes of Americ would fight for equality and not allow themselves to be forced out of the country. He urged them to form political parties and labor unions to demand consideration. Mrs. M. Mossell-Griffen of Philadelphia urged the financing of colored organization. BOMB MYSTIFIES PARIS. PARIS, October hand grenade has the window of the instruction, where has his offices. The se no explanation to advi 28 (P).—A loaded heen found under ministry of public douard Herriot et service had nce. POLICE BAD.GE STOLEN. It is not often that a thief steals a policeman’s hadge, but that ix what happened to Edward M. Unbauf of the Phoebus Vu., police force, who had his grip stolen while he was waiting for a train in the Union Station this morning. The grip cont 235 worth of clothes, he reported, and his badge. It was No. 37, he said. Husband Asks Divorce. Roy. T. Helvestine, 824 Allison street, husband of Mrs. Margareét E. Helvestine, who says that October 25 he chased his wife's alleged aMinity Lions | | tenced to 30 davs in j TWO CLAIM SEAT VAGATED BY DUVALL ° Indianapolis Mayor Quits, Wife Succeeds, Resigns, and Rivals Take Office. By tha Aszociated P INDIANAPOLIS zens of Indianapo! commentir time in the claimed to he its mavor. t find tha two me claimed to ha mavor, but that one : nts had | substituted fm the city mayor—M ited recen hushand, cted mayor Octaber is retived e fact f histor city's na h irt man Duriy fir Duvall, ay nte he Duvall, who was el vears The office 1 tigrney this maore bis resignation clerk at noon ve 1s city contro m immed controlle wned. He ceded to hy Duvall’s res cret was not explained Council Names Another, Clande E. Negley, president of the ity council was named as mayor by hat body at a special sossion yester- dav afternoon egley Immediately bezan to fi ouster proceedings nst Duv not knowing that Duvall had already placed his resigna- tion in the mai The City Council in appeinting Negley as mavor held that Duvall's ronviction several weeks ago for vio- of the corrupt p o8 act harred him from holding public office. Negley late last mnight appointed Frank Cones, president of the board of works under Duvall as his city con- troller, Holmes this morning announced that he had appointed Wayns Emmel man. secretary of the Marion County Republican committee as his ecity ean- sller. Holmes said that one of his first acts as mayor will he a call for the resignations of all members of city boards, the vacanciss to be filled by prominent citizens, The muddled mayoralty situation today tended to ease the tension in an- other quarter. Last night Duvall locked the doors of the City Hall. an unusual procedure, and ealled in a da- tail of policemen to guard the doors, Police Head Switches. Claude Worley, chief of police under Duvall, yesterday swung to Neglov's faction and it was expected that ley today would make formal demand unon Duvall to relinquish his office. Some uneasiness was expressed as to what would happen when the two fae- |tions met. Holmes' announcement | threw those plans into confusion. Court action, many believe, will ba y r the present sit- | uation and decide who is mayor. In the meantime City Treasurer Edward A. Ramsey is refusing to issue any salary checks. holding up a $300,000 ol to all city employes. fined $£1.000 and sen- jail by a jury that found him guilty of making a polit- ical deal with a Joeal politician during campaign. In addition he rred from holding public office for four years from the date of the alleged crime. An appeal was taken, TWO FLYERS KILLED AS AIRPLANES CRASH | Naval Officers Fall to Florida Housetops After Collision 5,000 Feet in Air. the It at eliimant M. Hol ew Ira wi m cod Duvnl 1S moyor rdas Mrs. Duv appo Inw he- Holmes him as ind then she herselt mes 4% eity controlier, s mayoraity. m was kept came said city o | By the Associated Press. SNSACOLA, Fla., Octol Two Navy officers were Instantly klil- ed today when their scout planes crashed in midair and fell 5000 feet to the ground in the heart of thé city. The flyers, Lieut. rd ley and Lieut. W. J. McCor removed from the wreckage d on the housetops on which the shat- tered planes fell. One plane fell at Sixth avenue and Strong street and the other at North Davis and De Soto streets. Both Lieut. awley and Lisut. W. J. McCord were sent to Pensacola earl this year for flicht training. They were designated naval aviators in Au- gust. Neither had been stationed here. Licut. Frawley was born ork State, April 24, 1900, red the Naval Academ s graduated in | . rd was born in Missou October . 1% and entered the Naval Acad- emy in 1919, graduating four years later. in New He en- in 1918 and Lieut. Me- S1.300: claimings 1 mile and a fure Joe i yant ive 12 $1.300: for - 108 0% e i ko .. viars Home ! i ,. Chaner bDolly Vedder. 108 b Harrison Nesbit 1 1 1 i 1 1 Widener entry. ¥ N entry. £1.500: the Dela- rlong: firlongs. a Lady Mari 105 Extrems 120 H. G. Bedwell ware Prince of Wales, Contemplate . Mac a and ST IR Gaifean Waiter Jeffords entry. SIXTH RACF—Purse, $1 sylvania bandicap 1 mile and 30 yards. Montforrat Aveilla rick 500: the Penn- F-olds und up: aVellag ... @ La Morie' .11 1 SEVENTH RACE—Purse, $1.300: cldin- from their home, filed suit yesterday in Equity nst her for an ab- solute div 3 e man whom Hel- veston sa e chased is named as co- defendant. e plaintiff married May 15, 1915, arM®has one child. Attorney Alfred M. Schwartz appeared:for him. for 3-year-ol ‘eluris ore Star orth Hreeze. . and up: 1 miles, B o7 1