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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-07
THE WEATHER

District Of Columbia--F'air, with low
est temperature about % degrees. To
morrow increasing cloudiness. with
rising temperature
Maryland, Virginia-Fair tonight;
tomorrow increasing cloudinesS, with
rising temperature.
West Virginia-F'air tonight: tomor-
row increasing cloudiness, with rising
temperature.
Records for "a Hours.
Thermometers pm, 80: pm,
90; noon, 80.
Barometer-4 pm. 1913; pm,
29.S7: - midnight, 1895; am, 29'9S
s a M. 1905: noon, 30.14.
Highest temperature. 40. occurred
at 315 pm. yesterday, Lowest tenn
perature, IS, occurred al 6 am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, 3S; lowest, %.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic SurveyJ
Today-LIow tide. 1851 am. and
1907 pm; high tide, 500 am. and
5;22 pm.
Tomorrow Low tide, 1t:43 am.
high tide. 80 am. and $50 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-sun rose, 1927 am. sun sets.
SOL pm.
Ton1orrow-Sun rises, 1927 am; sun
sets, SOC pm.
Moon rises, 1929 am, sets, $3.50 pm
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of the
water at Great Falls at a.nl.-Tem-
perature, 81; condition, very muddy.
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DeattS.


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larie. are nonfied Of death ~ Sister
' TENANT FUuerai SATURDAY. la.
usrN s At am. from residence 81
Kennedy -. NV Mass az Church Of the
NATIVITY. q an Members meet AT house
on Friday. 20 y IN
RIFlNA KING. President
MINNIE HARfNG. Rec Secretary.
TRIMMER. On THURSDAY. January g 1927.
a. his residence. ll3 c st ne. HORACE
G. beloved husband Of Atbertina Trimmer
services will he held NJ Zurhorsts fu-
nera' parlors. Sol East Capitol ST. ou
saturday. January Al I I am. Inter
ment in Congressional Cemetery
WALLACE. suddenly on January & 1927.
FRANK G.. WALLACE beloved husband
Of AuQe r Wallace Mt Wallace was
editor aud publisher of the Chester Times
and was for a number of wears employed
IN the Government service IN Washington
Funeral services at O'Clock Monday
January 10. al his late residence 100
Chester ave Ridley Park IA.
WHITE. Thursday January Q. 1927 at
his residence 1Il6 Spring rd NV.
CASTOR r., beloved husband Of Laura
Eiker White Funeral services at his
late residence Saturday. January 9. AT .
pm. 4utcrment GlcnWood Cemetery.
WONN. On Wednesday January ; 1897.
EDWARD NJ. son Of the late William
Wonn Funeral services At William J.
Tickupr & sons chapel. North and
Pennsylvania ayes, Baltimore. M on
Saturday. January = At 30 AM Inter
ment tiicnwood Ccmstcry. Washington.
u. G. at noon.
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Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued to the
following:
Samuel l. Smiley and Mary ]. Covington
William Harris and Priscilla Turner
John Barber Of this city and Eva Leverett
of Hamlet. n. c.
Nathan Sinrod and Lille Laskin
Harold j. Grover of Cleveland. Ohio. and
Ruth W. Poynter of this city.
Pedro -Albarsda and Rosamond Weber
both of York Pa.
of Cedar Heights Md.
p, John E. Causiy Of this city and Minnie
Caste Thompson and Mamie Joley.
Charles h Buchanan and Burnice s. On.
Frank C. OConnor and Jane s. Caldwell.
Renaud T. Martel and Juanita /. Dement,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-07
FOUND.
LOST.

BUNCH OF 10 KEYS at 14th and buchanan
Call Col 3736. Halberger's Drug Store
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-07
Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been reported
70 the Health Department in the last "a
hours
Edwin !. Newman. SIS, 1905 stb a.
pital. A-'0
Robert E Gladmsn. so. 65s Morton at,
William F. Craig So 500 END al
Hobart D. Belknap. 10 DAYS. Walter Reed
Hospital. ~
Carlton Keys. 40. Gsllinger Hospital
kenney Day, AZ. 1890 Rhode Island Az.
Alonzo Reels, I, 1903 Ridge I'd Sc.
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Marrlf0.

NEWHAM-COYLE. Mrs. Mary A. Coyle
announces the marriage of her daughter.
MARGARET A. to Mr.. HARRY r. NEW
HAM, January ). 1927. by Rev. r. J.
Connolly at ST. Peters rectory. Washing
ton d. C.
Evening star., 1927-11-15
List of Known
Dead in Blast

By the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, November 15.-The
known dead in the disaster that laid
an entire section of this city in ruins
yesterday today were:
Fred Bishop, Knoxville, Tenn, IRON
worker.
William Bellan, fireman for the
shattered gas plant.
Marie Congelier, Pittsburgh, house.
wife.
Joseph Harris, negro.
c. X. Hardy, Williamsburg, Pa, iron
worker.
Charles S. Michaels, superintendent
of the gas plant.
Alex Muscles. negro laborer.
John A. Mccall.
John W. Miller. Pittsburgh, gas
works employe.
Herman Sobeck, Benavon, Pa, me.
chanical engineer
Frank Ubery, warehouse worker.
=. w. Walters, Sarver, Pa, iron.
worker.
j. J. Warner. Pittsburgh. iron.
worker.
John Moore, negro laborer.
| M. Beaver, Leetsdale, Pa, iron
worker.
John FL. Smith. %, negro, Pitts
| burgh.
John Hamison, ironworker, Pitts.
| burgh.
| George Lancaric, 43, Pittsburgh.
| Man, believed to be George Lowen-
geto, who died in hospital.
| Three unidentified men; bodies in
morgue.
Evening star., 1927-11-15
ARRESTED FOR FIRING GUN
MAN SAYS HE WAS ASLEEP
John D. De Shay Taken From
Apartment House for Discharg-
ing Firearm.

Summoned to the Ambas ssador
Apartment 1850 Sixteenth street.
shortly before o'clock this morning
by report that there had been a
shooting, police Of the third precinct.
arriving in the reserve wagon and the
patrol wagon. arrested John D. De
Shay, 81 years old special expert ac.
countant with the United States Tariff
Commission, charging him with dis
charging d firearm and disorderly
conduct. A revolver was taken from
his apartment, police said
The police responded to q call from
Mrs. Katie Schaffner, resident man
aSer of the apartment, who declined
to discuss the episode this morning
other an to say that a tenant in
formed her of hearing the report of a
revolver.
Police stated that after the shot was
fired man and two women left the
apartment 1t was necessary. they
said, to open the door of DE Shay's
aDartment after he had refused them
admittance. A bullet hole was found
in the window casing, they reported,
and four loaded shells were found in
II waste basket. The gun contained
an empty shell, they said.
II was asleep and anew nothing
about it," DE Shay claimed this morn
ing. He was fined S. in Police Court
by Judge William b. Mattingly.
Evening star., 1927-11-15
THREE FACE COURT
ON THEFT CHARGES
Defendants Accused of Breaking
Into Market, Drug Store and
Boot Shop.

Three men are on trial in Criminal
Division No. l before Chief Justice
Walter /. Mccoy today charged with
breaking into Peoples Drug Store,
1000 r street; the Cinderella Boot
Shop. 1911 G street northwest, and
the Old Dutch Market, 3107 NJ street
northwest. One of the men is also
charged with breaking into O'Don.
nell's Drug Store at 1405 II street
northwest.
The charges have all been consoli-
dated and are being tried at the same
time.
Francis A. Kloss. Edward T. Tate
and George Wilcox. who were arrest
ed after the Cinderella Boot Shop was
broken into, are the men on trial.
Randolph Rawlett has pleaded guilty
TO the charges concerning the Old
Dutch Market and the Cinderella Boot
Shop. for which he was Jointly in
dicted with the three other men.
Attorney Frank J. Kelly is repre-
senting the accused. and indicated
this morning in the trial that he would
put on testimony to show in what
manner the police secured statements
from the defendants
Assistant District Attorneys Will
liam III. Collins and Walter NJ. Shea
are prosecuting the cases for the Gov
ernment.
Evening star., 1927-11-15

Salvation Army, soon had coffee and
sandwiches for those who needed
them. Long lines of residents whose
houses were demolished or baby
wrecked formed in front OF these
hastily organized "commissary de-
partments."
Reporters chief difficulty In COW
cring the disaster was in reaching
the scene. Thousands of automobiles.
carving curious TO the Manchester
district, made the going slow ana
none too steady.
Shattered windows In Manchester
district school houses, broken by the
terrific gas tank blast, were repaired
during the night and today some 5,O0U
Dupils in seven schools returned TO
tifeir studies Many wore bandages
for injuries received when the gas ex-
ploded.
The youngest victim Of the disaster
has been identified. Shortly after the
explosion rocked the city a policeman
picked up an infant ON street In
the devastated area. The baby was
taken to a hospital and treated for
cuts and bruises. Today the anxious
parents identified the child as Walter
Kachuma, aged 9 months.
The United Presbyterian Women,s
Association offered the use of its or
phanage to care for homeless children.
Evening star., 1927-11-15
LAWYERS GIVE BOND
FOR OMAHA TRIAL
Maurice and Benjamin Kay Will
Face Charges of Using Mails
to Defraud.

Maurice Kay and Benjamin Kay.
Washington lawyers. today gave bond
of $1,000 each to appear in Omaha.
Nebr, November 28. to answer an in
dictment charging the use of the mails
to defraud. The men have fought
removal proceedings since May, 1926,
when they We're indicted in Nebraska
on a charge of soliciting through the
mail fee of more than 100000 from
Mrs. Sarah II. Ioselyn of Omaha in
connection with the prosecution of a
case before the Internal Revenue Bu
reau for the refund of taxes amount
ing to s400 600 which had been levied
against the estate of her deceased hus
band.
The District Court of Appeals af-
firmed the decision of the state Su.
pureme Court, which directed the re-
'moval of the accused lawyers. They
contended that if any offense was com
mitted it was in the District Of co.
lumbia, where the letter was mailed,
but the courts pointed out that the
United States Supreme Court had de-
cided that the Government has the
option to bring proceedings at the
place of mailing or at the place Of
delivery of the letter and had de
cided to proceed in Omaha.
Evening star., 1927-11-15
Sidelights of Blast
BY the Associated Press.


PITTSBURGH, November 15.-The
fate that dealt death or injury to hun
dreds in Yesterdays gas explosion in
the North Side district evened up mat
ters to some extent. Three Of the l6
workmen scheduled to make repairs
on the tank that subsequently let go
failed to report to work. Their IL
COMPANIONS all are believed to have
been killed.
Then there was an employe of the
Pittsburgh Clay Pot Co, one OF the
heavy sufferers in the blast. who was
Is minutes late for work and missed
the explosion by IS minutes. An unde-
termined number OF his fellow work.
men were killed or injured.
Had the explosion occurred any day
but Monday there might have been a
much heavier loss of life. Officials or
the Clay Pot Co. said many of their
men extended the weekly Sunday hol-
iday by taking Monday off also.
There's one North Side resident who
has particularly good reasons Tor be-
lieving he is fortunate to be alive.
lie was repairing his automobile IN
the shadow of the giant tank. Find
ing he could not complete the repairs
in time for an engagement, he left at
$50. Thirteen minutes later his car
was blown to bits.
A 2h -month-old boy. found amid the
devastation wrought by the blast, lay
In the Allegheny General Hospital
while authorities sought to discover
his parents. Patrolmen searching for
the dead found instead the child, UNI
injured except for some water In its
lungs. 3,
Collections for relief Of the suffer-
ers will be taken up in the Is theaters
in the Pittsburgh district affiliated
with the Motion Picture Theater OWp-
ers' Association Of Western Pennsyl-
vania, that organization announced,
River avenue, to the rear Of the big
tank, was that literally. Tons Of
water from bursted mains, with the
| aid of the overflow of water from fre.
mems hoses, made the facetiously in.
clined comment: $50 this Is Venice"
No. Al. Engine Company was slight
| ly late arriving on the scene. The
| firemen had to dig themselves out of
the ruin Of their firehouse before
they could respond TO the general
| alarm.
| Few, II any. sufferers went hungary
for long. Various charitable organi-
cations. including the Red Cross and
Evening star., 1927-11-15
bR0THER1N-LAW
SOUGHT IN Staying
New Jersey inventor Killed
in Workshop - Shots
Heard Over Phone.
By the Associated Press.


HIGHLANDS, N. j., November Is.
A warrant charging murder was IS
sued today by Recorder William
Meade for the arrest of Alex Schrci-
ber in the Staying yesterday of his
brother-in-law. Herbert o. Meister-
knecht, inventor and reputed former
officer in the German and American
navies.
Detectives and State troopers left
with the warrant for Newark, where
the man sought was reported to have
lived and worked recently.
An investigation. started when shots
were heard over the telephone led to
search for Schreiber.
Sounds that p. j. Olde, a lawyer,
heard in Elizabeth, Is miles away, car
ried first intimation of the shooting.
Olde, talking to the inventor about a
new gasoline gauge, heard five shots.
The receiver crashed against a wall
| Then came a thud.
Olde telephoned police, and DR.. j. III
Rowland, mayor of Highlands, found
Meisterknecht's body slumped by the
! telephone. There were three bullets in
the back and one in the skull Police
| found six shells of .3S caliber on the
| floor near the doorway.
| Irving Parker, a lobsterman. said
that a man who walked from the
workshop yesterday after the shooting
| had handed him a card bearing the
name Alex Schreiber and a Cleveland
address, and said: II have just shot
my brother-in-law." The man ther
drove Off in an automobile with an
other man, Parker said.
Parker said Schneider had told him
that Meisterknecht had wife and
children in Yonkers, n. Y. when he
married Miss Schreiber.
Evening star., 1927-11-15
TAX REVISION PLAN
NOT ACCEPTABLE
House Committee Rejects Ad-
visory Boards Proposal for
Revenue Computation.

BY tn, Associated Press.
A recommendation Of the advisory
board of the joint congressional COM
mittee on internal revenue taxation
for revision of the present system of
computing the tax on corporations
which fail to declare dividends WAS
rejected today by the House ways and
means committee.
Chairman Green said a number of
committee members suggested plans
for changing the system of computa-
ton, but as yet none of these had
been adopted. The advisory board ad-
yocated the following plan:
ALLOW the corporation a deduction
in computing net income equal to,
say, 20 pr cent of the excess of divi.
dends paid over dividends received
the deduction in no case to be more
than. say, 25 per cent of the corpora.
tons taxable net income before such
deduction. In the computation no
account should be taken of stock
dividends
Evening star., 1927-11-15
SEES MUSSOL|N|'S
FALL IN ! YEARS
Unsound Finances Will Cause
Collapse of Fascism, Says
ex-Premier's Son.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 15.-Col
lapse of Mussolinis government
within five years because of it's un.
sound financial foundation was pre-.
dicted today by DIR. Vincenzo Nitti,
SON of the former premier of Italy.
who has arrived from Italy to lecture
against F'ascism.
"Mussolini's government will fall of
its own weight within five years." he
said, "even without any assault upon
it by the anti-Fascists. The Fascist
government is built upon an unsound
financial foundation. which Mussolini
has thus far hidden from the world.
Even now only one out of ten Ital-
ians is loyal in his hart to the despot
who has enslaved his native land.
The nine others are opposed to his
rule, but terrorism keeps them from
declaring their convictions"
by manipulation the Ira had been
given a fictitious value. The loans of
$500 .0e0,0 900 fioated in this country
were paid to Italy in dollars. which
were used by the government to
speculate on foreign exchanges in the
currency of America, industry re.
ceiving its assistance in lire.
within very few years, however
the deception will come to light And
when that time comes Mussolini will
no longer be able to pay his army. the
civil servants and the 100 900 militia.
men. Then-crash, The government
will come tumbling down."
DIR. Nitti said 100000 Italians had
left their country because Of the Mus.
solini rule.
Evening star., 1927-11-15
MEXICAN ENVOY
CHARGES FRAUD
DR.. Castro.LeaI Says Docu-
ments in Expose" Reveal
Evidence of Forgery.

Dr. Don Antonio Castro-Leal. charge
dafraires of the Mexican embassy, TO-
day declared that further publication
nv Hearst newspapers of documents
alleging to disclose Mexican support
of the recent Nicarag guam revolution
gave additional and more convincing
evidence that the documents were
'forgeries and fakes
DR.. Castro-Laal said he had been in
telcphonic communication with Mexico
City over the matter and learned that
his home government had known for
the period of about month of the ex-
istence of these documents"
In addition TO speaking officially on
behalf of Mexico, in denouncing the
documents as ''forgeries" the charge
pointed to what he declared were
errors which were glaringly evident
to any person at all converSant with
affairs in Mexico. The names OF
W. ong officials and titles were append
ed to certain papers. he said, and
documents purporting to have come
from different departments and offices
in Mexico bore strangely similar
errors. For instance, he said the
word ''pago." meaning payment. had
been given an accent mark over the
letter ia in two separate documents
alleged to have come from different
Mexican offices, whereas there should
be no accent on the word at all. One
of the most elaring deficiencies among
the typogra phical mistakes, he said,
was that the word Mexico" itself,
which always should bear an accent
on the letter &C." appears nowhere in
the spurious" documents with an
accent. Even the names of prominent
officials spelled out in typewriter were
lacking in certain accents
Evening star., 1927-11-15
POLICE SEEK TWO
IN OBRECON ATTACK
Bloody Fingerprints Give Clue
in Search for Two of
B0mberS.
By the Associated Press.

MEXICO CITY, November a.
Bloody fingerprints on the wind shield
and upholstery of the automobile used
by the four men who attempted to as
sassinate Gen. Alvaro Obregon was
the main clue by which the police
hoped today to trace the two missing
bombers.
The fingerprints do not belong to
any of the three men who were cap
tured by Obregon's aides. AS one of
those under arrest, Francisco Olivero,
who claims to have been an innocent
bystander. has apparently succeeded
in establishing his innocence, police
are now hunting for two men who
managed to escape.
One of the men arrested, Lamberto
Ruiz, who was wounded in the pur.
suit, has recovered. He refused to
speak and all efforts to make him re-
veal the identity of his companions
have failed. The third man arrested,
Antonio Tirado, died from his wounds
President Gales has issued strict or
ders that all permits for carrying fire.
arms which were issued by state and
local authorities be Cancelled.
A bandit leader, his lieutenant and
six followers were shot to death when,
after surrendering, they attempted to
oVerpower the guarl at San Jose Bar
racks. Puebla, press dispatches state.
Clemente Rarrales, bandit chieftain
who has been operating in the State
of Puebla for long time; Protirio
yanez. his self-styled chief OF staff.
and rs followers surrendered uncondi.
tionally at lzucar. They were sent to
Puebla and placed in the barracks.
Barrales and YaneZ. who had been
permitted to keep their pistols, shot
and killed two sehtries Their follow
ers attacked the guard. Barrales and
Yanez and six others were killed. The
remainder were oyerpowered
The rebel leader FREDERICK Fabila.
his son, Roberto, and % followers
have been killed in battle with fed.
eral troops at La Espuela, near
Ixtlahuaca, State. of Mexico, dis
patches from Toluca say.
Evening star., 1927-11-15
MITCHELL CALLED
IN TRIAL OF FLYER
Former Assistant Air Chief
Summoned to Testify for
Stuart ReisS.

William Mitchell former assistant
chief of the Army Air Service. who
resigned TWO years ago on the heels
of disciplinary action taken against
him for criticism of the Air Service.
will he th@ star witness at $50 o'clock
this afternoon when the trial of STUART
~. Reiss, ciyilian air pilot, charged
with violation Of the air traffic regu-
lations. is resumed before Assista mt
Secretary of Commerce MacCracken.
Col. Mitchell has been summoned to
Was' 1ston by Jesse Duke, counsel
for Keiss, as an expert witness. Ac-
cordng to Duke. the expertness of
some OF The witnesses in the Reiss
case has been challenged.
Robert +. Nungesser, tinsmith,
living in Washington. brother of
Charles Nungesser, the French ace,
who disappeared last Spring on a
transatlantic hop from Paris. was the
only witness when the trial was re.
sumed shortly before noon after a
weeks recess. Reiss is under q 90-day
license suspension and is faced with
the prospect of an additional $500 fine
for alleged viola ton of the air traffic
rules ovd Hoover Field at South
Washington, Va, in October. During
the course of the alleged violation he
Is Sald 10 nave ktlleu a pony WIN the
landing gear of his plane.
Nungesscr testified today that Reiss
In attempting a landing "overshot'
the tiElng field and flew over herd of
ponies. one of which rose on his legs
and was struck and killed by the de.
scending plane, just as Reiss gave
her the gun" TO rise and attempt an.
other landing.
Mr.. Duke asked Mr.. MacCracken to.
day whether the position of the de.
partment with regard to suspension
of Reiss flying license had changed
MIR. MacCracken said there had been
no change in Reiss' status since mott.
fication on October % that his license
had been suspended for 80 days. The
attorney for the accused flyer read
an extract from the air traffic regula,
tons declaring, he said, that the reg
ulations may be deviated from for
special cause. He contended that
Reiss had special cause and had the
right to attempt to scare the herd of
ponies from the field on which he in
tended to land.
Evening star., 1927-11-15
MISS S. B. M'C0NAHAY
STRICKEN ON STREET
Treasury Employe Succumbs in
Hospital-In U. S. Service
80 Years.

Miss Stella r. McConahay. 55 years
old. 1917 Park road, Treasury De-
partment employe, died at Emergency
Hospital last night, as the result of a
hemorrhage of the brain. She was
taken i'll suddenly yesterday afternoon
while on the street car loading plat
form at Pennsylvania avenue and
Fifteenth street and was taken to
Emergency Hospital, where she re-
manned unidentified until about mid
night, when police notified her family,
and her sister, Mrs. c. NJ. Main. iden-
tilted the body. The family previously
had telephoned Emergency and had
been told that Miss McConahay had
not been treated theme. it is claimed.
Miss McConahay had been in the
Government service 33 years. Born
in Boiling Green. KY. she came to
Washington at the age of IS years.
She lived with Mrs. Main. She is
survived by another sister. Mrs. r. r.
Huntzinger of Tulsa. Okla, and a
niece, Mrs. Phillip Amber of this city.
Evening star., 1927-11-15
ACCUSED MAN ATTEMPTS
TO STRANGtE HIMSELF
Max Thompson, Held on Bad Check
Charge, Found With Belt
Twisted About His Neck.

A few hours after his arrest yester-
day afternoon on charges involving
the passing Of bad checks. Max
Thompson, 33 years old, giving his
occupation as barber. 304 G street.
was found in his cell at No. precinct
with his belt twisted around his neck.
After treatment at Emergency Hos
pital he was taken to Gallinger Hos
pital for mental observation and will
appear in Police Court as soon as his
condition permits.
Thompson was arrested by Detec-
tives ODea and Nally after he is al.
legged to have ordered that merchan-
disc be sent him from the Ariel Shirt
Shop. Inc, 922 + street, requesting
that change for $50 be sent with the
goods. He is alleged to have had q
check ready to give the store porter,
and previous reports of his activities
among merchants indicate that such
checks are bogus.