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WEATHER.
(V 9 Weather Bureau Forecast.)
Partly cloudy today, tomorrow in
creasing cloudiness, followed by
showers in afternoon or night. Not
much change in temperature.
Temperatures—Highest, 75, at 12
noon; lowest, 51, at 6 a.m.
Full report on page 7.
No. 1,180-No.
M’NARY DEMANDS
FARM DILL BASED
ON SURPLUS CROPS
Belief Legislation Must Be,
Passed at Next Congress, j
He Holds. *
SENATOR’S ST”EMENT
IS PRAISED BY BORAH
Measure Minus Equalization Fee
Clause May Become Law,
1% Irediction Here.
BY G. GOI'LD LINCOLN.
The drive for a compromise farm
relief bill took on added impetus yes
terday when Senator McNary, Re
publican, of Oregon, chairman of the
committee on agriculture, returned to
“Washington and issued a statement,
saying:
“What form this legislation takes
Is not important so long as our guide
Is the principle that agriculture must
be restored to its former place of
equality with industry, transportation
and labor.”
Surplus Crops Stressed.
The Senator from Oregon pointed
•ut that surplus crops were the real
problem, and provision must be made
for handling them. His statement
said further: , ..
“The measure vetoed during the
last session by President Coolidge
(the McNary-Haugen bill) undertook
to do this. The debenture plan in
dorsed by the National Grange under
takes to do the same thing, and if j
interpret correctly the statemen
made by Secretary of Agriculture
Jardine he would attempt to do the
Lm* "bins by loaning*™. °
money to the co-operatt\es to regu
' late and withhold the surplus from
1* it thereby stabilizing price*
Preventing violent price fluctuations
The statement coming h° nl
♦or McNarv, one of the authors of the
ml *■
♦tif> \fcNarv-Haugen bill m tne iasi
Congress, believing it unconstitutional
because of the “equalization fee P n P.
S contained in it. which would
place upon the farmers the cost of
marketing the surplus crops if there
was a loss.
Expected to Ivead Debate.
Senator McNary, as chairman of the
Senate committee on agriculture and
ge man who put the bill through the
senate at the last session, is expected
to take the lead in future discus
sions of farm legislation here among
“Western Senators. This was tne
view expressed by Senator Borah,
who has been a leader in the reeen
conferences. Other members of the
group have expressed similar views.
B If a farm aid bill can be put through
Congress at Its coming session, which
will meet the objections of President
Coolidge to the bill of last session, the
agricultural problem, as an issue in
the coming national campaign, may
pass out of the picture. ™s is a
contingency which is scarcely calcu
* ]a ted to please either the supporters
of former Gov. Frank O. Low den of
Illinois, for the Republican nomina
tion for President, or the Democrats.
On the other hand, if such a measure
can be put through and become a
Uw, satisfying the great body of
farmers in the West, Senator McNary
becomes at once the outstanding tie
publican figure in that section.
A possible stumbling block in the
plans for a compromise bill is found
in the farm organizations which have
fought, bled, but have not died, in
the cause of the McNary-Haugen bill
with its equalization principle. Much
will depend upon how these organiza
tions, particularly the Farm Bureau
Federation, line up. If they begin .
again their campaign for the old
McNary-Haugen bill or nothing, which
was so effective in the last Congress.
. it may have its effect upon the Senate
and House.
Get Tariff Benefit.
The debenture plan, favored by the
National Grange and mentioned by
Senator McNary in his statement, in
the final analysis, gives the exporting
farmers the benefit of the tariff.
When a farmer exports 100 bushels
of wheat, or any number, he receives
a certificate for the difference between
the price he obtains and the domestic
price for wheat plus the tariff duty on
the grain. This certificate he may
dispose of to an importer w’ho must
pay the duty on imports he is bringing
into the United States. He may use
the certificate in payment of the duty.
The effect is to make the tariff duties
which would go into the U. S. Treas
ury on all imported goods, available
to help the farmer dispose of his sur
plus crops abroad.
The debenture plan so far has not
met with approval of Senator Norris
of Nebraska, the candidate of the
progressive Republican group for
President, who considers it merely
another form of government subsidy
to the former. Senator Norris has
been opposed also to a direct subsidy
from the Government Treasury to the
farmers, and has considered the ad
ministration plan such a subsidy.
The statement of Senator McNary
does not mention the equalization fee
principle as absolutely essential in
farm legislation. In fact, the state
* nicnt does not mention the equaliza
tion fee in so many words at all, al
though it does refer to the bill which
carried that principle.
Seen a Success.
If Senator McNary and other West
ern Senators get behind a bill which
does not contain the equalization fee,
which has been the chief cause of op
position to the old farm relief bill,
such a bill may become law. Indeed,
there were predictions last night that
such would be the case.
The McNary statement in full
follows:
“From advices I have received there
appears to be no appreciable abate
ment of the agitation for farm relief
legislation since Congress adjourned.
* What form this legislation takes is
not important so long as out guide is
ihe principle that agriculture must be
restored to its former place of equal
ity with industry, transportation and
latter. , . .. ,
“A satisfactory solution of the prob
lem involves the segregation of the
surplus bevond domestic requirements,
its sale abroad, or its storage from
| times of surplus to times of scarcity.
QG J.Q7 Entered as second class matter
post office, Washington, D. C.
MARYLAND CITY MERGER PLAN
STIRS INTEREST IN 28 TOWNS
Area Under Discussion Comprises Ten
Square Miles With 20,000 Population.
Op mion on Matter Divided.
This it the first of a series of
| articles to be published in The Star
! on the proposal to consolidate 28
i communities of upper Prince
Georges Count}/, Md., and near the
District of Columbia boundary into
a new municipality. The Star will
endeavor to present the views of
both the proponents and opponents
in an unbiased manner. The sec
ond article will appear tomorrow.
BY DONALD A. CRAIG.
Twenty-eight communities, includ
ing nine incorporated towns, in upper
Prince Georges County, Md., just
across the District line, are seething
with interest and discussion, public
arm private, as the result of a pro- I
posal that they unite to form a new
municipality, for which the name of
“Maryland City” has been suggested.
The area proposed for the new city
comprises a little more than 10 square
miles and has an estimated popula
tion of approximately 20,000. If the
plan should be carried out in its en
tirety, the new municipality would be
the fourth largest city In Maryland.
Those who favor the plan as now
proposed picture a modern city, pro
viding innumerable benefits for its
inhabitants in place of a large number
of small communities rubbing shoul
ders and handicapped by jealousies.
YALE AND ILLINOIS
UPSET GRID DOPE
Army and Navy Win Their
Games and Three Local
Elevens Beat Rivals.
Yale’s 19-to-0 victory over Dart
mouth and Illinois’ 14-to-0 defeat of
Michigan were the high spots in the
realm of foot ball yesterday. While
neither result could be called a dis
tinct upset, Dartmouth and Michigan
were slight favorites, and the decisive
ness of the scores the other way were
a little surprising.
Navy and Aarmy elevens showed to
distinct advantage, the Middies win
ning from Penn, 12 to 6, in a game
that was correctly regarded as a 50-50
affair, while the Cadets were more im
pressive than expected in downing
Bueknell, which previously in the sea
son had defeated Penn State, 34 to 0.
Harvard, too, came into its own by
winning over Indiana, 26 to 6, in what
might be considered the closest thing
to an upset during the day. Penn
State also won much more decisively
than looked for in beating Lafayette,
40 to 6,
Out on the Pacific Coast Southern
California won the big game of the
day in conquering University of Cali
fornia, 13 to 0.
Notre Dame continued to show its
class by defeating Georgia Tech, 26
to 7, the Rockne machine being in
command all the. way.
In the South, Georgia. Vanderbilt
and Tennessee also continued to im
press with wins over Tulane, Ken
tucky and Virginia, respectively.
Three of Washington’s six elevens
were successful. Georgetown having*
an easy foe in Waynesburg. which it
beat, 58 to 0; American University
turning back Blue Ridge, 38 to 0,
and George Washington taking the
measure of Ursinus, 7 to 0.
Maryland lost a hard battle to
Washington and Lee, 13 to 6; Cath
olic U bowed to the Marines. 33 to
13; while Gallaudet took a 58-to-0
beating at the hands of City College
of New York.
TWENTY BURIED IN BLAST
Powder Explodes at Coal Mine in
Pennsylvania.
JOHNSTOWN. Pa., October 29 (A>)
—Twenty men were burned, one seri
ously, in a powder explosion in the
Knickerbocker Coal Co.’s No. 1
mine at Hooversville today. The
cause of the explosion has not been
determined.
Stephen Malak, 21, of Hooversville,
was burned about the body. He was
brought to a local hospital, where his
condition was regarded as “fair.” The
other injured received minor hurts and
returned to their homes.
THREE BANKS CLOSED.
Two lowa Institutions in Hands of
State Examiners.
MASON CITY, lowa, October 29
(/ P).—Three Kossuth County banks—
the County Savings Bank of Algona,
the Algona State Bank, Algona, and
the First National Bank at Swea City
—were closed at noon today. The first
two banks are in the hands of State
j banking examiners, and the national
bank is in charge of a representative
of the Controller of the Currency.
Depleted reserves, due to heavy
withdrawals, are assigned as reason
for the closing in each case.
Scores of Leading
Grid Games Yesterday
Yale, 19; Dartmouth, 0.
Illinois, 14; Michigan, 0.
Ha.vard, 26; Indiana, 6.
Navy, 12; Pennsylvania, 6.
Army, 34; Bueknell, 0.
Princeton, 35; William and
Mary, 7.
Pittsburgh, 32; Allegheny, ft.
Colgate, 0; New York L\, 0.
Temple, 7; Brown, 0.
Cornell, 0; Columbia, 0.
Minnesota, 13; Wisconsin, 7.
Ohio Slate, 13; Chicago, 7.
Vanderbilt. 34; Kentucky, 6.
Georgia, 31; Tulane, ft.
Chattanooga, 14; Virginia
Poly, 12.
Washington and
land, 6.
George Washington, 6; Ur
sinus, ft.
Georgetown, 58; Waynesburg,
ft,
American U\, 38; Blue Ridge,
0.
City College of New York,
68; Gallaudet, ft.
Wi\t iimtlmi plat
WITH daily EVENING EDITION
WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 30, 1927 -120 PAGES. *
Those who are opposing the scheme
speak in high terms of the importance
of local self-government and contend
that the chief result would be in
creased taxation.
Between these two widely separated
views is the vast majority of residents
in the area, who are bewildered by the
array of conflicting arguments and al
leged facts presented by the extreme
elements on each side and are anxious
to have some real light thrown on the
proposition.
Area Under Discussion.
The area that has been proposed for
the new city begins with Mount Rai
nier, at the District line, and extends
far enough to include Hollywood, be
yond Berwyn. It varies In width from
about one mile to about two miles. It
embraces some thickly settled and
some sparsely settled territory.
One plan is to create a city similar
to Baltimore, which would be entirely
separate from Prince Georges County.
It would raise its own taxes and spend
its own revenues. It would have one
mayor, or city manager, one city coun
cil and its own police, fire and health
departments. It would have its own
courts and judicial administration.
Many persons believe that the Mary,
land Legislature would never consent
to complete separation from Prince
Georges County, or could not, without
an amendment to the State constitu
tion. These persons would be satis
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SEVEN ARE SOUGHT
in mm MINE
Air Blast Traps Crew Repair
ing Fire Damage Far
Underground.
By the Associated Press.
HOUSTON, Mich., October 29.—A
rescue team of 150 picked mine timber
men tonight were digging frantically
into the bowels of the earth 4.100 feet
underground in an effort to reach
seven men trapped in the forty-first
level of the Quincy Copper Mine near
here today by an air blast.
The victims, members of a crew of
11 mine timber men, were repairing
the level, damaged last w’eek by a
fire, when the blast occurred from be
neath, tearing out the floor of the
level above. Four of the men had just
left the forty-first level to obtain more
tools and were in an outlet betw r een
level 4o and 39 when the accident oc
curred. Two other and more distant
detonations followed the first explo
sion, according to the men, who were
hoisted to the surface and spread the
alarm.
Rescue Team Recruited.
Mine officials imediately recruited
the rescue team, members of which
were lowered back into the shaft and
began the gruelling work of clearing
the level. Officials were of the opinion
little chance of finding the men alive
existed because of the terrific force of
the explosion, but declared the rescue
would proceed until the victims were
found.
Rescue workers found the shaft
leading into the wrecked level com
pletely choked w r ith huge stones,
jammed in like a huge cement mix.
There was a possibility, however, that
the obstruction might conceal a
cavity beneath, and that the forma
tion may have been hurled upward
and caught in the outlet by the terri
fic percussion. Workers were hope
ful of piercing the obstruction by
morning.
First Accident in Mine.
The Quincy mine has been in oper
ation for 79 years and today's acci
dent was the first ever recorded there.
The shaft has 89 levels, approximately
100 feet apart and goes down into
the earth for nearly 9,000 feet.
Origin of air blasts, such as the
one which occurred today, are more
or less of a mystery. Some geogol
ists and mining men believe they re
sult from earth tremors, caused by
the slipping of strata. Others con
tend they are brought about by the
settling of superincumbent rock in
worked-put openings, causing violent
compression of air elsewhere in the
mine.
A number of air blasts have oc
curred in the Quincy mine, but here
tofore the explosions have occurred
in abandoned parts of the shaft, with
no particular damage being done.
MAN “COMES TO LIFE”
AFTER BEING GARROTED
t Cuban Slayer Puts Up Eight After
He Is Removed From
Death Machine.
! By the Associated Pie*#.
HAVANA, Cuba, October 29.
Baldomero Rodriguez, convicted for
murder, was legally executed twice
today in the Dinar Del Rio Prison.
Because of a defect in the garrote,
or due to careless adjustment of the
metal hand which fits about the vic
tim’s neck to cause strangulation,
the supposed dead body of Rodriguez
was laid on a stretcher and suddenly
showed symptoms of life as spec
tators were leaving the death cham
ber.
The man put up a. furious struggle,
but was overpowered by guards and
prison officials. He was then re
placed in the death machine and
again the strangulation band was ad
justed, the body remaining on the
garrote for 22 minutes before he was
officially pronounced dead.
CONSPIRATORS FOILED.
Five Held in Quito After Police
Report Failure of Plot.
QUITO, Ecuador, October 29 ( A s ).—
The police announced today the dis
covery and failure of a new con
spiracy against the government. Al
berto Donoso Cobo, Cols. Benjamin
Peralta and Carlos Andrade and Majs.
Elias Paz Mino and Hermosenes
Cortes were arrested and lodged in
prison.
The minister of 1 iterior returned
from attendance at, the army maneu
vers and immediately conferred with
the chief of the secret service, who
was instrumental in nipping the si
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FIRE INSURANCE
RATES IN CAPITAL
DECLARED TOO HIGH
Bureau of Efficiency Says
Companies Should Make
Voluntary Cut of 33 Pet.
GROSS PROFIT TOTALS
61 PCT., FIGURES SHOW
Stricter Regulation by District
Department Urged to Prevent
Law's Circumvention.
Charging that residents of the Dis
trict are discriminated against in fire
insurance premium rates, the Federal
Bureau of Efficiency, in a comprehen
sive report submitted to the District
Commissioners yesterday, recom
mended that efforts be made to secure
an immediate voluntary reduction by
the insurance companies. A cut of
one-third in the present rates was sug
gested.
The bureau also recommended that
the superintendent of insurance of the
District be given more effective con
trol of companies, brokers and agents,
and submitted the draft of a bill which
it said would remedy existing unsatis
factory conditions in this respect.
Fire Department Praised.
“The District of Columbia is a com
pact municipality, well developed as
to roadways and streets, served by an
adequate water supply and it main
tains an excellent fire-fighting serv
ice,” said the report. “The streets are
wide and the improvements are rela
tively of a high degree fire resistant
and the fire hazards of use and occu
pation are very unfavorable, as com
pared with other jurisdictions.
“There is not the dense concentra
tion of valuable commodities as is
found in the commercial centers of
other cities, and there are no large,
unprotected rural districts as there
are in the States. These conditions
are in a measure recognized by the
fire insurance companies. The aver
age rates of premium for the whole
United States is 99 cents per 100.
while the average rate for the District
of Columbia ia 04 cents. These fig
ures are for tne five years 1921-1925.
inclusive.
‘‘lt is evident, however, that this
difference in rates fails to remove the
discrimination against the residents
of the District when an examination
is made of available statistics of pre
miums received and losses paid.
Gross Return Studied.
"For the period 1021 to 1925, inclu
sive, the ratio of losses to premiums
received for the whole United States
was 55.6, while for the same period
the ratio for the District of Columbia
was 38.1. In other words, for every
dollar received as premium for the
United States as a whole the com
panies retained 44.4 cents to cover
expense of operation and profits, while
for the District of Columbia they re
tained 61.9 cents. Thus it seems that
the rates applying in the District
should be reduced about one-third to
place them on a parity with the
average for the whole United States.
“The corresponding ratios for the
whole period tor which statistics are
available (1880 to 1925) are, for the
United States, 53.2, and for the Dis
trict, 35.8. It must be assumed that
the business for the United States as
a w’hole is profitable, and there is un
mistakable evidence that it is proflt
(Continued on Page 6, Column 1.)
CHINESE CAL # LED MENACE.
Emigration to Philippines Held
Alarming to Islanders.
MADRID. October 29 (/P).—' The
emigration of Chinese to the Philip
pine Islands is viewed by the news
paper El Sol as a decided menace to
the Filipinos.
The Chinese population is growing
and tne Filipinos are leaving to bet
ter themselves, says the paper, with
the result that a continuation of this
must be disastrous for Filipinos who
love their country. Within the cen
tury the islands will be more Chi
nese tnan Filipino.
TODAY'S STAR
PART ONE—S 2 PAGES.
General News —Local, National and
Foreign.
Around the City—Page 23.
At the Community Centers—Page 24.
Schools and Colleges—Pages 24 and 26.
Civilian Army News —Page 25.
Radio News and Programs—Pages 34,
35 and 36.
W. C. T. U. Notes —Page 36.
Clubwomen of the Nation —Page 37.
Qirl Scouts—Page 37.
Veterans of the Great War—Page 47.
Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 48.
Marine Corps Notes—Page 48.
Serial, “The Black Joker” —Page 49.
Financial News —Pages 50, 51 and 52.
PART TWO—I 6 PAGES.
Editorials and Editorial Features.
Washington and Other Society.
Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4.
Reviews of Autumn Books—Page 4.
Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 15.
District of Columbia Naval Reserve—
Tage 15.
PART THREE—I 2 PAGES.
Amusements —Theaters and the Photo
play.
Music —Page 5.
Motors and Motoring—Pages 6 and 7.
Army and Navy News—Page 8.
Spanish War Veterans —Page 8.
Fraternal News —Page 9.
District National Guard —Page 11.
PART FOUR—4 PAGES.
Pink Sports Section.
PART FIVE—B PAGES.
Magazine Section—Fiction and Fea
tures.
The Rambler—Page 2.
PART SIX—I 2 PAGES.
Classified Advertising.
Y. W. C. A.—Page 9.
1). A R Activities—Page 10.
Boy Scouts —Page 10.
News of the Clubs—Page 11.
GRAPHIC SECTION—I 2 PAGES.
World Events in Pictures.
COLOR SECTION—4 PAGES.
Mutt and Jeff; lieg’lar Fellers; Mr.
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POMERENE AND ROBERTS USE
OWN FUNDS TO PUSH OIL TRIALS
$30,000,000 Already Returned to U. S., But
Attorneys Stint Selves to Supply
Cask Congress Neglected.
BY NELSON M. SIIEPARD.
Inquiry has developed at least one
plausible reason why Atlee Pomerene
and Owen J. Roberts, special Gov
ernment prosecutors in the Fall-Sin
clair conspiracy trial, economize dur
ing the daily lunch hour by frequent
ing the moderately-priced basement
cafeteria directly across from the
courthouse.
Since July 1 the two Government
attorneys, neither of them blessed
with an excess of this world’s goods,
have been compelled to dig down
into their own pockets for virtually
every dollar expended in bringing the
two defendants to trial in the pres-
RESIGNATION PLAN
DENIED BY JARDINE
Secretary of Agriculture
Again Calls Revived Reports
of Retirement Baseless
Dr. William M. Jardine, Secretary
of Agriculture, categorically denied
yesterday revived reports that he
planned to resign from the cabinet at
an early date. Yesterday’s stories had
December 1 picked as the time when
his resignation would become effective,
and there was the further detail that
President Coolidge was looking about
tor his successor.
“Absolutely nothing in it," was Sec
retary Jardine’s response to inquiries.
It became known several weeks ago
that Florida citrus growers had
approached Secretary Jardine, through
friends, with a proposition that he
take over direction of their co-opera
tive marketing association, and later
at which the matter was discussed
there was a meeting in Washington
directly with the Secretary. At that
meeting Dr. Jardine laid down certain
conditions of organization which
would have to be met before he would
he willing even to consider a forma!
offer, anrd the citrus fruit men have
not yet reported that they will be able
to meet those conditions.
Secretary Jardine said yesterday
that there had been no recent change
in the situation and that he lias no
expectation of leaving the cabinet in
the near future. He is anxious to re
main in his present position at least
through the coming session of Con
gress, in the hope that it may he pos
sible to enact into law some effective
plan of agricultural relief.
One Western Senator said he had
been asked for suggestions for a suc
cessor to Mr. Jardine, but that he
had made none. Men whose names
are mentioned, however, in this con
nection are former Senator Dixon of
Montana, a follower of Roosevelt in
the Bull Moose days; former Gov.
Carey of Wyoming, and Jacob C.
Mohler, secretary of the Kansas State
Board of Agriculture.
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MRS. WALCOTT TAKES
INDIAN BOARD PLACE
Succeeds Late George Vaux, Jr., as
Member of Advisory Body, by
Executive Action.
President Coolidge yesterday ap
pointed Mrs. Mary Vaux Walcott of
Washington as a member of the
Board of Indian Commissioners, to
succeed the late George Vaux, jr„
who was chairman of the commis
sion. Mrs. Walcott is the widow of
Dr. Charles D. Walcott, secretary of
the Smithsonian Institution, and she
has recently been on a trip to
Alaska.
Mr. Vaux was a brother of Mrs.
Walcott, who is w r ell known as a
painter of wild flowers and an out
door enthusiast.
Members of the hoard, residing in
various parts of the country and
serving without pay, travel on in
spection tours and advise the Presi
dent, the Interior Department and
Congress on Indian affairs. Its func
tions are not executive or adminis
trative, but advisory.
A new chairman to succeed Mr.
Vaux will be elected at the annual
meeting of the board in January, ac
cording to Malcolm McDowell, see
ent criminal proceedings. Added to
this burdensome outlay, the Govern
ment attorneys also have been
forced to defray all the incidental ex
pense of preparing the appeal to the
Supreme Court in the civil suit in
volving the leasing of Teapot Dome.
Cancellation of the Sinclair lease,
as recently ordered by the Supreme
Court, ultimately will turn back into
the Federal Treasury some $6,000,000
in cash. Through the successful
prosecution of the Elk Hills civil
suit, the Treasury already has col
lected from Edward L. Doheny in ex
cess of $24,000,000. These amounts
are small in comparison to the mil
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GOVERNMENT’S OIL
CASE NEARING END
Prosecution Should Finish
This Week, Barring Compli
cations —Defense Ready.
Barring unforeseen legal tangles
and blockades the special Government
oil prosecution will rest its case
against Albert B. Fall, farmer Secre
tary of the Interior, and Harry F.
Sinclair, oil magnate of New York,
charged with conspiracy to defraud
(he f’u.Tir.ment in connection with
the leasing to Sinclair by Fall of the
Teapot Dome naval oil reserve, by the
middle of the week.
Between tomorrow morning,, the
third week of the trial, and Wednes
day afternoon at the latest Owen J.
Roberts of Philadelphia and Atlee
Pomerene of Cleveland, appointed by
President Coolidge to prosecute the
cases growing out of the Senate's
oil committee's investigations in 1923
and 1924, with the assistance of
United States Attorney Peyton Gor
don, will have presented to the court
and jury additional evidence on the
bond transactions, which to date have
proved to be the most sensational
feature of the Government's case.
When this evidence is completed
Roberts and Pomerene hope to have
before the jury a coherent story of
the purchase by the Continental Trad
ing Co. of many thousands of dollars
of Liberty bonds, together with the
numbers on each bond and of their
subsequent movements through dif
ferent banking institutions through
out the country, in which they are
linked with the name of *“A. B. Fall”
from time to time.
Features of Case.
It is the Government’s charge that
these bonds were delivered to Fall by
Sinclair a month after the Teapot
Dome lease was signed, and that they
were purchased from the profits of an
“oil deal” between the Continental
Trading Co. and the late A. E. Hum
phreys, a Texas oil magnate. The
prosecution maintains that the Conti
nental Co. was in effect a “mythical
oorganization” in which Sinclair had
a prime interest, and that after buy
ing 30,000,000 barrels of oil from
Humphreys at $1.50 a barrel, the Con
tinental Co. resold it to an oil com
pany in which Sinclair had half in
j terest, and another concern, at a profit
of 25 cents on each barrel. Other
features of the Government’s case
j which remain to be “cleaned up" are:
Evidence of Fall’s receipt from Sin
clair of $25,000 “expense money” in
j connection with a trip by Fall, after
|he retired from office, to Russia as
legal adviser to the Sinclair oil inter
esets in their efforts to obtain an oil
concession in that country.
Evidence on the failure of Harry M.
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Grand Opera Star s Musical Scream
Drives Burglar Away From Apartment
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 20.—1 T the
burglar who broke into a West Forty
ninth street apartment had any
music in his soul he may get some
satisfaction in knowing that the
woman's scream that drove him forth
before his work was done was at any
rate a grand opera scream.
Miss Mildred Parisette 22-year-old
Philadelphia girl and dramatic so
ivhn recently a
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FORBUSH POSSE
SCOURS WOODS
Men Report Sighting Woman
Near Wheaton, Md.
Search Renewed.
Striking the first hot trail since the
search for Mrs. Ann Ramsey For
bush, wife of Rev. Dascomb Forbush
of Canandaigua, X. Y., began 11 days
ago, bloodhounds early today led a
band of searchers deep into the heart
of Burdoff’s Woods, near Wheaton,
Md., about 8 miles from’ the District
line.
Encountering an almost impene
trable mass of honeysuckle and
briars, the dogs circled madly about
as members of the posse formed a
loose cordon about the place where it
was hoped the woman is hiding, ob
sessed by the notion that she must
seek solitude and that her anxious
friends are bent on persecuting her.
Members of the searching party
planned to maintain a vigil about the
area until daybreak and then advance
through the underbrush, each man
walking 10 paces from his companion.
Woman Is Sighted.
The Wheaton clue, regarded as the
most important since the disappear
ance of Mrs. Forbush from Keith’s
Theater, where she was attending a
performance with her husband, follow
ed two days when hope had w r aned
that Mrs. Forbush might be found
alive. It came from two colored men
who sighted a woman lying on a bed
of leaves in the woods. One of them
watched her while the other man ran
to a store at Wheaton and telephoned
the Washington police, who imme
diately set out for the scene with the
Rev. Forbush.
Five minutes before a posse arrived,
the woman who answered in detail
the description of Mrs. Forbush.
crept from the thicket and made off
in the woods mumbling to herself.
The lone watcher, Preston Hyson, a
colored laborer, living in the vicinity,
was afraid to attempt to detain her,
hut pointed out the direction she took
when the posse arrived. Examina
tion of the thicket disclosed a rude
bed. made of leaves, and the top of
a pasteboard carton.
Posse Takes Up Hunt.
The first contingent of the posse,
consisting of Arthur McKinney and
Clifford Parmenter, both of Rochester
telephoned for reinforcements, and
within 30 minutes a detachment of
police from No. 13 precinct arrived.
The Rev. Mr. Forbush, accompanied
by five Canandaiguans, who had ar
rived in the city less than an hour be
fore, spread out from headquarters at
the New Winston Hotel and began to
aid in the search.
An irregular picket line, augmented
by Maryland State police and resi
dents of the neighboring countryside,
was thrown about the woods, while
a. car was dispatched to Occoquan,
Va., to bring the bloodhounds.
A neighboring store was stripped
of its supply of flashlights and the
picket line resembled fireflies strung
out across the countryside.
New Searchers Arrive.
New members of the hometown
posse, relieving those who returned
yesterday, are: Dr. Harry M. Smith,
personal physician to Mrs. Forbush;
Keon Packard, Melvin Spencer and
George and James Park. The police
detail was in command of Sergt. J. R.
Hood of Xo. 13 precinct. Although
almost exhausted physically after a
futile all-day search near Fredericks
burg. Va.. running down a “lead”
which proved as groundless as scores
of others which preceded It, the Rev.
Mr. Forbush joined in the hunt last
night with renewed hope and said he
was almost positive that the woman
seen by the roadside is his wife.
Milton Burgess, one of the colored
men who saw her, stated that she
was combing her hair when he first
saw her, and later turned over on
her face and went to sleep. As she
disappeared in the gathering dusk,
she mumbled something about being
pursued. Hyson said.
At midnight, the posse numbered
more than 40 persons.
year’s contract to star for the Metro
poltan, was preparing today to move
to an apartment with stronger locks
on the doors.
Two nights ago, she revealed, she
returned home to find the lock of
her door broken and a burglar hard
at work in her apartment.
She turned loose the voice which
Is to be heard next week in “Hansel
and Gretel’’ and the burglar fled with
o«o Tv>->'-fnr »ny demand for *n encore.
WILSON TO REVEAL
i TRACTION MERGER
PLAN TOMORROW
Companies Would Divide
Profits on Basis of 1926
Returns, He Indicates.
BUS LINES PRESENT
PROBLEM IN PROPOSAL
Trustees, Acting for Public, Would
Serve as ‘‘Overlords” to
Protect Interests.
Complete details of the plan drawn
up by Harley I*. Wilson, owner of the
Washington Rapid Transit Co., for
bringing about the long-advocated
unification of the District’s transpor
tation systems, are expected to be
revealed to public inspection tomor
row for the first time.
Mr. Wilson, according to his ad
visers, has virtually finished work on
the important document, and will
have it ready for formal presentation
to the Public Utilities Commission to
morrow morning, when it will be re
leased for publication in the news
papers.
Certain features of the merger plan
leaked out yesterday, but Mr. Wilson,
it was said, will disclose in the docu-
I ment to be submitted to the commis
sion, numerous important details
which have heretofore not been dis
cussed privately with the group of
I civic leaders, bankers and members
of Congress from whom he sought
advice.
Would Lead to Reduction.
Based on a cost-plus system, where
by the stockholders in the consolidated
company would be guaranteed a stipu
, lated rate of return, the merger plan
Mr. Wilson has assured those whon
he had taken into his confidence
i would not entail any increase in cal
i fares, but would ultimately lead to re
. duction.
The plan of consolidation, it was said
proposes that the street car compa
• nies share the earnings of the merges
: company on a basis of their 1926 earn
ings rather than on a basis of thelf
• respective valuations.
I Figures obtained from the records
r of the Public Utilities Commission
show that the Capital Traction Co.
1 earned 51,103,493 in 1926, or 4.23 pe?
t cent on its court valuation. Th*
- Washington Railway & Electric Co,
t exclusive of the Potomac Electri*
, Power Co., which is not to be involved
in the merger, earned $978,916, or 5.23
' per cent on the valuation of $18,500r
000 fixed by the Utilities Commission.
! This company’s valuation, however,
• is expected to be revised to a highef
i figure by the courts. A valuation has
. never been placed on the bus com
pany.
Bus Line Presents Problem.
1 Commission attaches calculated
■ that capitalizing the total valuations
i of the two railway companies at 7
per cent, the amount held to be rea
, sonable by the commission, the Capi
tal Traction Co., as a result, would
j go into the merger at $15,750,000, and
the Washington Railway & Electric
‘ Co. at $14,000,000, for the purpose ft
i splitting profits, which would give
i the former 53 per cent of the net
! earnings.
As the bus company faced a deficit
1 in 1926, the Utilities Commission at
| taches are unable to determine how
1 it could be given a share of the pro
ceeds. The company, however, could
: be sold to the merged company, it
was said, and thus eliminate this
; problem.
Mr. Wilson has indicated that the
bus company will be a party to the
' merger, and that he will not gain a
' o?nt by the transaction, but he has
! not intimated on what basis it would
; be taken into the consolidated com
! pany.
> The merged company, according to
the details of Mr. Wilson’s plan that
have become known, would bo private
ly owned, but managed by trustees
appointed by the commission, or the
| Commissioners or perhaps the Presi
dent. These trustees Mr. Wilson is
i said to have described as "overlords
, for the public.”
Taxation Called Unjust.
1 R. 11. Thillips of Kensington, Md.,
owner of the Chevy Chase Lake-
Kensington traction line, which Is
leased to the Capital Traction Co., and
' himself a stockholder in the Capital
Traction Co., issued the following
statement yesterday in regard to the
merger proposal:
"The city of Washington has pro
-1 gressed favorably with two compara
tively parallel and competing trolley
railway systems,” said Mr, Phillips.
"If passengers dislike the service or
facilities of one railway they ride by
the other line. Or, if their homes are
more convenient to one line, they may
ride on that line.
"All of the trolley railways have
been handicapped by unjust taxation.
They are compelled to pave a large
section of the streets without any pro
tection from motor car interference
with their traffic on the parts of the
streets they pave. The trolley rail
ways pay for crossing policemen, who
are of no benefit to th > trolley rail
ways whatever, but only serve the
motor car driver, who often is reck
less and needs the strictest sort of
regulation.
“They are compelled to pay a heavy
tax on their gross receipts for a serv
ice to the public in furnishing excel
lent transportation throughout the
city at a rate of fare lower than any
underground street railway system in
the world. The fares, however, might
be modified with some equity. Token
fares were reduced on two occasions
from 7* 3 cents to 7 cents and then to
6 2-3 cents. The cash fare was not
correspondingly reduced to 7 cents
when the token rate was made 6 2-t
cents. Also, three tokens should be
sold for 20 cents, the same rate as
6 for 40 cents, as sometimes it is mors
convenient for people who have 20
cents in their pockets and have not
40 certs. Many will tell you every
body is rich nowadays. You may be
lieve it or not as you like.
Wants Autos Barred From Track.
“If these modifications do not In
crease the traffic and give tne people
better satisfaction then this stock
holder is in error. Motor cars, how
ever. should not be permitted to drive
on or within 4 feet of the track
spaces, except at crossings or in
emergencies. This will greatly facil
itate street car traffic. If these modi
fications do not produce for the rail
way companies sufficient levenue to
pay a fair return on the value of
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