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Evening star., 1927-10-28
CHILD'S DEATH HELD DUE
WHOLLY TO ACCIDENT
Jury Returns Verdict in Case of
Jessie Mckenzie, Run Over
by Mail Truck.

The death Of 8-year-old Jessie Nc
Kenzie of 70 l. street northeast In
Sibley Hospital yesterday was held
by a coroner's jury this morning to
have been the result of an unavoidable
accident. The child slipped under the
wheels Of q Post Office mail truck on
October u while passing through a
narrow alley running between l. and
Fenton streets northeast on her way
to school. She died from infection
caused by decorations of her right leg.
Although the driver Of the truck
Travis Benjamin Harris. colored, al
years old, of 1861 New Hampshire
avenue, was exOnerated, the jury
recommended that the Post Office De-
partment instruct its employees 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. In the rear of 1919 North
Capitol street, near cross alley. the
child tried 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
to 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.
Evening star., 1927-10-28
INCOME TAX WORK
CALLED LAW FIGHT
Committee Says Enforce
ment of Law Has Become
Legal Battlefield.

Administration of the Federal in.
come tax laws has been turned into a
legal battlefield instead Of an admins
trative one. the special committee ap.
pointed to draft recommendations for
clarifying tax machinery reported to.
day to the joint congressional com.
mittee on tax simplification.
The committee concluded that "at
root the major problem is one of per-
sonnel." "All tax cases" the report
added, Cannot be closed" upon a
basis Of absolute accuracy. To at
tempt to do so is to sacrifice accom-
plishment to unattainable ideals.
Prompt and final settlement is often
more important than mcticulous ac.
curacy.
1.-The collection of revenues is
primarily an administrative and not
judicial problem. AS far as the
Federal income tax is concerned, a
field of administration has been turned
into a legal battlefield"
The report was prepared by com
mittee of tax experts consisting of
Alexander W. Gregg, former general
couISel lbi the lnlcIIdt IlcNtuhc
Bureau; Charles r. Nash, assistant to
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
and Ellsworth G. Alvord, special
assistant to Secretary Mellon.
Pointing out that there are now
more than 10000 undecided cases
pending before the Board Of Tax
Appeals. the report said that the
Internal Revenue Bureau should close
fairly and finally" more cases and
should cease shifting responsibility
to the general counsels office and
to the board and the constant reopen
ing of eases as result of decisions of
the courts or the Board of Tax Appeals
or a change in regulations"
The burden has been transferred
to the Board of Tax Appeals and the
general counsel's office and this
burden must be relieved If their true
functions are to be performed prop
erly." the report said.
The Treasury is cognizant of its
fair share of responsibility. Tax
payers should cooperate"
Evening star., 1927-10-28
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
it's final meeting late today at the
John Wesley A. NJ +. Zion Church
and is considering a merger with the
National Race Congress. another col
ored organization.
The speakers scheduled are Thomas
r. f. Clarke. William NJ. Trotter.
Mrs. Mary G. Terrell. Miss Jeanette
Carter and Mrs. Catherine Coles.
Tonight is designated as Women S
night.
At the session yesterday, Richard
B. Moore of New York. declared in an
address that the negroes of America
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. NJ.
Mossell-Griffen of Philadelphia urged
the financing of colored organiza ton.
Evening star., 1927-10-28
WOMAN TREES PURSE SNATCHER:
RECEIVERS CASH AND BUNDLE
Youth Pleads Guilty and Asks
Leniency, Saying He
Was Hungry.
Held for Grand Jury as Rob.
ber-CouId Have Got
Away, Says Victim.

Chasing a young man who had
snatChed her purse and a package she
was carrying early last night as she
was walking near the State, War and
Navy building, Mrs. Elizabeth Cullen.
treasury clerk. residing at 2l21 New
York avenue. called for help and pur-
sued the man into the park opposite
the d. A. r. Hall, where he was ar.
rested when he dropped from a tree
into which he had climbed in his effort
to escape.
The man. who gave the name of
Ralph Emmett House, 22 years old.
readily admitted his guilt when turned
over to Detectives b. G. kuehling and
Fl. II. Wilson, and gave as reason
for his act the fact that he was hun
CRY, that he had been unable to OBJ
tain employment and was down and
out. He said that it was his first Of
fense and pleaded for leniency. The
purse, which was recovered, contained
So. The package, which he had drop
ped in his flight, was found some dis
tance away.
Evening star., 1927-10-28
THRONGS IN ARMAGH
FOR PRIMATE'S. BURIAL
Gloom Spreads Over Irish Town as
Cardinal O'Donnell's Fu-
neral Is Held.

ARMAGH, Ireland. October Is
Armagh today was a city of sorrow
and gloom. Rain fell heavily from the
early morning hours. but the streets
were crowded with people for Cardinal
O'Donnell's funeral, which has drawn
mourners from places as wide about as
Chicago and West Australia.
Prom the latter came Right Rev.
Patrick Joseph Clune. Archbishop OF
Perth, Australia, while Chicago was
represented by it's municipal commits.
sion, headed by Michael J. Flaherty.
now in Ireland. President Cosgrave
also was represented.
Among the mourners were seven
Irish bishops, who came from Rome:
IA archbishops and bishops and hun
dreds of priests.
Every business place and dwelling
in Armagh. which is Ireland's ecclesi-
astical capital. was shuttered or had
its blinds drawn.
Cardinal O'Donnell died last week
at his Summer residence. at CARING.
ford, after several weeks Illness from
double pneumonia. He was Primate
Of Ireland,
Evening star., 1927-10-28
Navy Spoils Soft
Snap in Hospital
For ''COmmander''
Special Dispatch TO The Star.


DANVILLE, Va, October 28.-
Lieut.. Comdr. Carl Jones OF Hamp.
ton" was on his way back to Ha1npt on
Roads today in custody Of Danville
police officer.
Early Thursday Jones stopped a
policeman and said he had been
knocked down by an automobile. He
asked to be taken to a hospital. Doc.
tors found no internal hurts. but kept
him for observation. The patient re.
quested day nurse and u night nurse
and told Miss Emily Allison hospital
superintendent. that he was a lieu.
tenant commander and that the Gov
ernnent would pay all expenses. His
appetite caused Inisgivings and yes
terday the naval authorities were
asked TO identify Jones. They wired
back that he was an apprentice sea =
man, listed as a straggler, and asked
that the police deliver him.
Evening star., 1927-10-28
new CATALAN PLOT
THWARTED IN FRANCE
Police, Forewarned, Foil Con-
spiracy, They Say-Schoolmaster
in Spain Arrested.

BY the Associated Press.
PERPIGNAN, France. October 2S.-
The Golfers replenished by compatri-
OTIS in the Argentine and Catalan con-
spirators, who have been in refuge in
Belgium since the failure of the Cata.
Ian conspiracy of a year ago, the
agents of the movement to stir up a
revolt among the people of Catalonia,
Spain, are busy on new attempt,
police charged today. The attempt,
which was to have been started yes
terday, has been thwarted, authorities
declared.
Police claimed they had been in.
formed of every action OF the conspira-
tors and took every precaution in CON
junction with the Belgian and Spanish
police, profiting by their. experience
in the last attempt.
The Catalan conspirators were de-
clared to have intended to proceed to
their rendezvous in the Republic Of
Andorra by twos and threes. Arms
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 Ar1mengol Of the village Of
Encam.
Evening star., 1927-10-28
FEDERALS EXECUTE
REBEL CHIEFTAIN
0ros Shot After Capture in Bat.
tle-Lozado's Band Scatters
to Hills.

BY the Associated Press
MEXICO CITY, October 28.--Special
dispatches from Guadala jara report
that the rebel chieftain Julio Oros.
was captured and executed by federal
troops near FL Refugio, State OF
Aguasca lientes, 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 rebels led by the rebel
chieftain Lozada has been defeated by
federal troops and forced to abandon
the positions at Pena Del Espanol.
on the slopes Of Orizaba Mountain.
No details as to casualties are given.
The presidential bureau issued 8
statement saying that Lozada was
among the Ihiefta ms in the field since
1915. The statement declared Lozada
surrendered in 1924. and revolted
when Gen. Arnulfo Gomez, then mill
tary commander at Vera Cruz. fur
nished the enemies of the government
with arms in preparation for the re.
cent uprising.
Evening star., 1927-10-28
TWO CLAIM SEAT
VACATED BY DUvALL
Indianapolis Mayor Quits.
Wife Succeeds, Resigns,
and Rivals Take Office.

BY the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS. October 2S.--Citi-
Zens of Indianapolis retired last ght
commenting over the fact for the first
time i'm the city's history two men
claimed to he it's mayor. They avoke
today to find that two men still
claimed to he mayor. but that one Of
yesterdays claimants had been elimi-
mated and another substituted.
During a short interim the city had
its first woman mayOr-MrS. Maude
+. Duyall. appointed recently as city
controller by her husband. John L.
Duvall. who was elected mayor two
years ago.
The new claimant to the mayors
office is Ira NJ. Holmes, prominent
this morning that Duvfll had mailed
his resignatio as mayor to the city
clerk at noon yesterday. Mrs. Duvall
as city controller under the law be-
came mayor. Mrs. Duvall. Holmes
said. Immediately appointed him as
city controller and then she herself
resigned. Holmes as city controller
succeeded to the mayOralty.
Why Duvall's resignation was kept
-ecret was not explained.
Council Names Another.
Claude f. Negley. president Of the
city council was named as mayor by
that body at a special session yester-
1av afternoon. Negley Immediately
began to file custer proceedings
against Duvan. not knowing that
Duvall had already placed his resigna-
ton in the mails.
The City Council in appointing
Negley as mayor held that Duvall's
conviction several weeks ago for vio-
lation Of the corrupt practices act
barred him from holding public office.
Negley late last night appointed
Frank Cones, president of the board
Of works under Duvall as his city con-
troller.
Holmes this morning announced
that he had appointed Wayne Emmel-
man, secretary of the Marion County
Republican committee as his city con-
troller. Holmes said that one of his
first acts as mayor will he call for
the designations of all members of
city boards. the vacancies to be filled
by prominent citizens.
The muddled mayoraltv 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 called in n de-
tail of policemen to guard the doors.
Police Head Switches.
Claude Worley, chief of police under
Duyall. yesterday swung to Negley's
faction and it was expected that Neg
ley today would make formal demand
upon Duvall to relinquish his office.
Some uneasiness was expressed as to
what would happen when the two fac
| tons met. Holmes announcement
threw those plans into confusion.
Court action. many believe. will he
the only way to clear 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 100000
or more pay roOl to all city employees.
Duvall was fined $1,000 and SEN
fenced to 80 days in Jail by q jury that
found him guilty of making a polit-
ical deal with local politician during
the 1925 campaign. In addition he
was barred from holding public office
for four years from the date of the
alleged crime. An appeal was taken.
Evening star., 1927-10-28
MRS. REMUS' GEMS
SOUGHT IN BANK BOX
Court Orders Safe Deposit Vault
Opened After Woman Tells
of Hidden Wealth.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, October 2S. Judge
Henry Horner of the Probate Court
today issued an order for the opening
of a safe deposit box held in the name
of Mrs. l. A. Holmes. believed to have
been an alias of Mrs. Imogene Holmes
Remus, recently slain by her hus-
band, George Remus, in Cincinnati.
The order was issued upon petition
of the public administrator, Percival
3. Coffin, and the request was con-
Cured in by Harry n. Pritzker, rep
resenting Remus.
In a deposition made yesterday
Mrs. Alice Weber Long asserted that
Mrs. Remus had shown her a vast
quantity of money, securities, jewelry
and unset gems. The attorneys hoped
that part of the possessions would be
found in the safety box.
Evening star., 1927-10-28
VETERAN LES BY GAS.

Lying by an open gas jet in his room
at 203> F street, the body of Frederick
Mueller, 81 years old, veteran of Com
pany f, Goth Regiment, United States
Infantry was discovered shortly be-
fore noon today by passerby who
smelt the gas from the street and
dashed into the house.
Efforts of the Fire Department res
cue squad proved futile and DIR. M. F.
Ottman of the Emergency Hosplta!
staff pronounced him dead. Police of
No. precinct investigating the case
found that he had been at the F street
address for the past four weeks and
had referred to having a daughter in
Baltimore. A card in his pocket indi-
Gated that in 1909 he was discharged
from a soldiers home.
Evening star., 1927-10-28
TWO FLYERS KILLED
| AS AIRPLANES CRASH
Naval Officers Fall to Florida
Housetops After Collision
5000 Feet in Air.
By the Associated Press.

PENSACOLA, Fla. October 81
Two Navy officers were instantly kill
ed today when their scout planes
crashed in midair and fell 5000 feet
to the ground in the heart of the city.
The flyers, Lieut.. Edward \. Fraw-
ley and Lieut.. w. ]. McCord. were
removed from the wreckage dangling
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.. Frawley and Lieut.. W.
j. McCord were sent to Pensacola early
this year for flight training. They
were designated naval aviators in Au-
gust. Neither had been stationed
here.
Lieut.. Frawley was born in New
York State, April "a. 1900. He en-
tered the Naval Academy in 1918 and
was graduated in 1922. Lieut.. Nc
Cord was born i'm Missouri. October
3. 1899. and entered the Naval Acad-
envy in 1919, graduating four years
later.
Evening star., 1927-10-28
COMP PANY DEMANDS.
CITY PAY FOR SIGNS.
Red Tape Holds Up Settle
ment for Traffic Markers
Now in Use.

Payment for 126 boulevard stop and
other traffic signs delivered Is months
ago has been demanded by a Balti-
more firm which manufactured the
signs, it was learned today at the
District Building. Although the Com
missioners are anxious to pay the bill.
1t was said, they can find no lawful
or legal way of doing so because of
red tape which binds the contract.
The 126 signs We're in excess of the
number ordered and instead of being
returned they were accepted and erect
ed by the Traffic Department.
When the company billed the Dis
trict for them, Auditor Daniel J. Don
ovan refused to approve the bill for
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 900 more
signs were ordered from the Baltimore
manufacturer. who asked that the 126
excess signs be treated as an advance
delivery on the contract and that
only ia signs be delivered and 300
paid for.
District officials replied, however.
that they could not adopt such pro.
cedure as 800 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 126 sur
plus signs would be acknowledged as
delivered under the new contract. This
contract was misplaced upon it's re-
turn, so when the end of the fiscal
year was reached June 30, the con
tract could not be executed on the
former years appropriation.
The company had delivered the 900
signs, but there was no contract and
therefore, not only the 1875, but the adj
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 signs
could be legally paid for. but the Dis
trict has not yet made a settlement for
the 126 signs.
Evening star., 1927-10-28

5orlorn in contrast with Ruths CHEEKY
smiles.
"Don't Mind Me-"
whats on your mind?" Haldeman
was asked
Don't mind me" IIaldeman re-
piled with a wistful smile. I'm lust
a mechanic"
Women had kissed and hugged
Ruth, but Iialdeman. covered with
oil, apparently was just d plain air
man to everybody.
The crowd had already given Ruth
pet name. ''The Happy Midinette
From America" within FIVE minutes
after she had landed on the famous
field with few feet Of the spot where
Charles A. Lindbergh ended his epoch.
making nonstop flight across the At.
lantic.
AS Miss Elder slid down the fuse.
lage Of the plane, her face was beam.
ing and her eyes ablaze with excite.
ment. A high pitched feminine voice
arose above the noise of the crowd,
estimated to have numbered 5000 per-
sons, crying "She look just like a mid
inette on holiday" This was
promptly taken up by the throng
which cheered Long live the Ameri-
can midinette."
The plane. which brought the two
flyers from Bayonns was piloted here
by Haldeman. Haldeman. waiting be-
side the plane while "the Happy Midi.
nette" received her welcome, declared
-'the only regret I have is that we
were unable to reach this beautiful
stying field aboard our stanch little
H,lane the American Girl
Evening star., 1927-10-28
TWO CAPITAL TRAVELLERS
ARE ROBBED IN SOUTH

By the Associated Press
ASHEVILLE, N. c., October 2S.-
George Williamson and John Walker,
who said they were United States
Treasury employees from Washington,
were robbed of $4,000 in Liberty bonds
and SlS5 in cash late last night by
two men they had given lift in their
automobile on a highway near here.
they told local officers. They said
they We're travelling through western
North Carolina on vacation leave en-
route to Knoxville, Tenn.
Walker and Williamson were
tagged about mile and "a half from
Black Mountain by two men. who
waved a white handkerchief ana asked
them for a ride to Asheville.
Treasury officials said they had on
their lists no employe by the name of
George Williamson. There are two
John r. Walkers in the Treasury,
but both were at their accustomed
places today.
Evening star., 1927-10-28
SENATOR ASSA|LS
MACRUDER CHARGE
0ddie Tells Reservists Fight
May Hinder Adequate Ap-
preparations for Navy.

Opposition to necessary and ade-
quate appropriations for the main.
tenance of the Navy will be the natu-
raj sequel to the attacks on naval
efficiency by Rear Admiral Thomas r.
Magruder, with a resultant weaken
ing of the national defense, Senator
Oddie of Nevada. ranking member of
the Senate committee on naval affairs,
last night told the officers and men of
the 1st Battalion. United States Naval
Reserve of the District of Columbia.
when drawn up in their armory last
| night at Navy day formation. At
the same time. Senator Oddie ex-
pressed his opinion that the state
ments OF the naval officer were mis-.
leading and incorrect
These statements. the Senator con-
tinued. will create in that portion of
the public mind which is uniformed
on the real facts and conditions re-
gardlng the Navy an erroneous and
unWholesome antagOnism toward 1t
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, az strong arm of the regular
naval establishment, and was the con-
Meeting link between the active serv-
ice and the citizenry. Therefore, he
aid that the members of the Reserve
can perform a most valuable service
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 Nevada Senator takes great
interest in naval affairs. aid every
year make 8 a cruise with the fleet in
order to keep in close contact with
the Navy, it's personnel, conditions
and problems. He was the success
full sponsor in the Senate Of the bill
creating the new Naval Reserve two
years ago. He also has been Of ma.
terial aid to the local Reservists, hav-
ing obtained for them as training
ship the destroyer Allen.
Admiral Makes Address.
Following the address Of Senator
Oddie, 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 Navy, and praised the
work of the local Reservists, partic-
ularly the constant increase In their
efficiency.
The small quarters occupied by the
local battalion was crowded beyond
capacity and this cramped condition
~ issas 4gqna aaasEy.