Evening Star Newspaper, October 23, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER. 1U. 8. Weather Bureau Increasing cloudiness tod: row partly cloudy. Not in_temperature. Full report on page 5. Forecast.) y: tomor- much change The nhn é WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION Star, 1,179—No. 30,490. No. Entered as second class matter vost office. Washington. D C. WASHINGTON. SUNDAY MORNI NG, OCTOBER 23, " 80 HURT. 15 BADLY WHEN STANDS FALL INMARYLAND GAME Wooden Tiers Collapse Under Cheering Spectators at Richmond. TWO WASHINGTONIANS ON LIST OF INJURED Police Hold Crowds While Victims, Are Rushed to Hospital—Cause of Crash Unknown. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., October More than 80 persons were injured, 15 of them seriously, and many oth- ers received minor cuts and bruises | today when a section of the stands at Mayo Jsland Park here collapsed as the spectators stood in their seats to cheer a brilliant run by Barnes, Virginia Military Institute halfback, in the game with the University of Maryland. | Cries rent the air as the stands be- | gan to waver, then toppled with a crash. The foot ball game, which Maryland won, 10 to 6, was halted for 20 minutes while firemen, police and ambulances were rushed to the scene to remove the injured. Eager | spectators who crowded forward wer held in check by rapidly formed po- lice lines and order was maintained. Hospitals Are Busy. Within less than an hour after the stands caved in every hospital in the city was reporting lists of injured and every available physician was called in to make hurried examina- tions of the patients. Private automobiles were used to aid ambulances in removing the in- gured and the Virginia Boat Club nearby was used as a temporary hos- 22— pital. Tonight the injured were reported to be resting easily, although many were thought to be in a serious con- @ition. The stands, reserved for Maryland gupporters, began to break in front; | then the tiers in the rear, from five to 15 feet above the ground, col- Japsed, throwing several hundred to the ground. Fortunately, the seats caved in slow- iy, row after row breaking and send- ing the occupants sliding to the ground. Altogether about 12 rows of 25 seats broke away. The stands are constructed on a siope at the foot of which runs the James River. Had the stand crashed in suddenly many probably would have been thrown into she water. Friends Seek Victims. In the wake of ambulances and police patr were hundreds of persons seek relatives and friends whom they feared might be victims. They had heard the report of the disaster while listening to a radie broadcast of the game, and hurried to the field. No explanation for the crash was forthcoming tonight from any quar- ter. Representatives of the building in- spector’s office are said to have sur- veyed the stands last week and to have pronounced them in safe con- dition. y. B. Bradley, secretary of the Mayo Island Park, Inc., home of the Richmond base ball club, de- clared his company was governed by directions from the building inspector. Two From D. C. Hurt. A partial list of injured compiled by newspapers contained mostly the names of Virginians, some prominent. Only two persons from Washington,, D. C., were reported injured. They are: Stanley Hand, 4817 Connecticut avenue, sprained hip and right leg cut. Miss Margery Becker, 3002 Porter street, bruised on bod: Those from other are: Miss Frances Everett, Suffolk, Va., believed seriously hurt. D. P. Scott, Lynchburg, Va., cut. J. A. McCuteheon, Alta Vista, Va., leg cut. K. Clarksville, ties on the Jist . Mosely, Va., bruised. Miss Elizabeth Harris, McConnels- burg, Pa., right leg injured. Miss Kitty Harris, McConnellsburg, Pa., left foot bruised. Mrs. Willis Merriman, Geneva, Pa., slight injuries and shock. The Richmond injured include: John E. Rose, Richmond commis- sioner of revenue, ribs injured. William E. Wood, president, Virgin- ja Electric and Power Co., cut and| bruised. June E. Pennick, superintendent of transportation, Virginia Electric and Power Co., cuts on head and bruises. Donald E. Blair, vice president, Vir- ginia Paper Co. cut on face and bruised. Reid Montfort of the Richmond bu- reau of the Associated Press, injuries undetermined. H. Watkins Ellerson, wrenched back. Mrs. H. Watkins road, bruised on leg. Miss Laura Perkins, 2810-A EI- wood avenue, sprained ankle. W. J. Nissely, 2709 East Grace street, left ankle injured. John O'Grady, manager, John T. Wilson Co., injured arm. W. Bryan Strother, jr., 4006 Crutch- fleld_avenue, slightly ‘injured. River road, Ellerson, River Plans Tax Fight REPRESENTATIVE GARNER. PSETS FEATURE Spill Dope and Both Win Decisively. esterday, as usual, had surprises, and two of them were sprung on District gridirons. George- town, regarded as the underdog in its game with West Virginia at Griffith Stadium, won decisively, 25 to 0, while George Washington, generally picked to be the victim of Fordham, upset the dope with a 13-to-0 triumph. Maryland was the only other one of the five local elevens in action yester- day to win, beating Virginia Military Institute, 10 to 6, in Richmond, while Catholic University, after a stubborn battle, was bowing to Holy Cross, in Worcester, 23 to 8, and Gallaudet was being swamped by Temple, 62 to 0, in Philadelphia. Yale, in taking the measure of the Army, 10 to 6, at New Haven, turned a trick that was not expected by most of the so-called experts, the Elis springing a baffling offensive to get the verdict. However, the real jolt of the day came when little Lebanon Valley con- quered Brown, 13 to 12, at Providence. Brown was supposed to win about as it pleased. One of the hardest fought battles of the day, as well as one of the most spectacular, was Princeton’s 21-to-10 victory over Cornell at Ithaca. It was their first meeting in 20 years. Princetpn led, 14 to 10, at the close of a hair-ralsing first half and was the stronger in the final 80 minutes of play. Most of the other big games resulted about as expected, although some of them were so tight that the rseult might easily have been reversed. DEAD SEA MINERAL Foot ball Americans Lose in Negotiations for Coveted Concession to Potash Field. By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 22.—A concession for reclaiming the vast mineral sources of the Dead Sea, the Sunday Times learns, has been awarded a British syndicate, and the American and Continental tenders have been definitely rejected. This action fol- lows many months of negotiations be- tween the concession seekers, the Colonial office and the Palestine and Trahsjordania governments, The Times adds: “Thus ends the prolonged struggle of powerful inter- ests, British, American and European, for the most coveted prize in the way of development concessions which has been competed for in modern time: The syndicate which has obtained the concession, will be a subsidiary company of the Imperial Chemical In- dustries, Ltd., a_great chemical com- bine, with a capital of £56,000,000, in- cluding the Brunner and Mond in- terests. Expert examination, according to the Times, has shown that the Dead Sea is a practically inexhaustible source of potash, and that its ex- ploitation probably will be the making of Palestine. Scores of Outstanding Grid Games Yesterday Scores of some of the other leading contests were: Dartmouth, 30; Harvard, 6. vy, 32; Duke, 6. P State, 9; Syracuse, 6. Washington and Jefferson, 11; Lafayette, 0. ("hi ago, 1 Pennsylvania, 7. 21; Ohio State, lsi Minnesota, 38; lTowa, 0. Hlinois, 7; Northwestern, 6. Vanderbilt, 32; Tulane, 0. Virginia, 7; Virginia Poly, 0. FOOT BALL GAMES Georgetown and G. W. U.| AWARDED BRITISH| SO0 TAY CUTTOBE SOUGHT, CARNER PREDICTS Democratic Finance Leader Plans Slash Twice as Big as Treasury Estimate. HOLDS ADMINISTRATION FIGURES INACCURATE Repeal of Nuisance and Excise Levies and Modification of That on Corporations Urged. By the Associated Press. | A total tax reduction of $400,000,000 | or perhaps $500,000,000—almost twice | as much as advocated by the 1 ury—will be demanded by Represent- | ative Garner of Te: nking Demo- | crat on the House way and means | | committee, which will meet in another | week to draft a revenue bill, Spokesman of House Democrats on | revenue legislation, Mr. Garner yes- | terday laid down the battle lines for: the approaching tax fight which seems destined to center on how much of a slice can be taken from the annual | tax burden. Another issue was drawn by the | outspoken Democratic leader when he served notice that he would not vote for a bill providing a slash in the cor- poration levy applying on 1927 in-| comes, on which taxes are payable next year. Such a plan has been ad- vocated by Chairman Smoot of the | Senate finance committee. | | Reiterates 1926 Plan. “That would just be giving the cor- | porations a present which they have already collected from the people,” | Garner argued. Mr. Garner reiterated substantially the reduction plan he advocated a year ago—a cut in the corportion levy from 133 per cent to 11 per cent and possibly to 10 per cent, repeal of the remaining nuisance and excise duties, including those on automo- biles, theater admissions, club dues and produce, and retention of the es. tate or inheritance tax. Some additional relief for smaller corporations also is under contempla- tion by the Texas Representative, who will confer soon with his colleagues on the ways and means committee. He is willing to listen to appeals for revision of the individual income tax rates, but for the present has no plan for n change in them. “The administration,” he said, “with the ‘me-too’ Senators and some mem- bers of the House is harping on the extra expenses that are to be before the coming Congress on account of the proposed permanent plan for flood control, the Boulder dam project, and %o on. The expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, touching these new enterprises, will not exceed $50.000,000.” Assails Treasury Estimates, Garner reiterated his claim the Treasury estimates have been “lamentably inaccurate” for the last five years. Calling attention to the surplus of $600,000,000 piled up in the Treasury last year he said “it is now apparent that the Treasury has systematically underestimated the surplus, causing the taxpayers to pay more than necessary. Commenting on the wishes ex- pressed at the White House that Government expenses be kept down by Congress, Mr. Garner declared that “it should be remembered that Congress alway has appropriated less money at each session than the President has requested.” “In other words,” he added, “Con- gress has been more economical with public funds than any President since the budget w reated with the requirement that it submit the estimates to Congress. Since the budget began sending its estimates Congress never has appropriated ase much money as the President has said is necessary So far as retirement of the public debt ix concerned, the Texas Repre- sentative pointed out that a sinking fund had been provided to take care of it and, he added, “we are con- tinuing to collect more than half a billion doliars a year more than is necessary to cover the necessities of | the Government.” In renewing his stand against re- peal of the estate tax, Mr. Garner probably will be forced to again break th some Senate Democrats on this issue, but he 4 had not changed FIVE DIE AT‘CROSSING. | | Train Mr. that Victims Burned Catches Fire. CAREY, Ohio, October (®).—Five persons were killed at Adrian, Ohio, 5 mlies south of here, tonight, when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by a southbound Big Four train. The accident occurred at the main crossing at Adrian. The driver appar- ently did not see the train approach- ing and drove onto the tracks just as the train bore down. Two children were thrown from the automobile, but the other occupants of the car were pinned in the wreckage, which caught fire and incinerated their bodies. as Car “(Continued on Page 2, Column 8. GOMEZ IS REPORTED SAFE IN GUATEMALA Believed Near San Felipe Station ‘Where Wife's Family Owns Ranch. By the Associated Press. GUATEMALA CITY, October 22.— Gen. Arnulfo Gomez, former candidate for the presidency of Mexico, who rose in arms against the Calles govern- ment, is declared here to have crossed into Guatemalan territory. . Gen. Gomez, a fugitive, hunted by thousands of Mexican soldiers and armed agrarians, is said to have crossed the Guatemalan frontier near Suchiate recently, and is believed to be sojourning now in the farm coun- try at San Felipe Station. between Mazatenanco and Retalhuleu, His wife’s family owns a ranch In that region, | | By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, October ‘When | Col. Charles A. Lindbergh completes | his three-month air tour of the United States tomorrow afternoon he will have covered a distahce of 22,350 miles, stopped In each of the 48 States, visited 82 cities, attended 69 dinners in his honor, and been on view for 30,000,000, These statistics were made public today by the Danlel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics, the organization which sponsored the tour in the interest of commercial aviation. The youthful fiyer will land at Mitchel Field in his Spirit of St. Louis, the plane in which he made the first flight from New York to Paris, with no mechanical difficulties to its record during the three months, and with only one delay to report. This delay was due to a heavy fog, which impaired visibility in Portiand, &le., o8 the frst lag of the tour, and ~ Col. Lindbergh Has Covered 22,350 Miles In 48 States During Reint Aerial Tour could have heen avoided if the flyer had wished to land in an open field i there leave his precious plane un- rded overnight, the announcement said. The actual number of flying hours on the tour amounted to 260, the fig- ures showed. He made 13 touch stops and 69 extended ories, making a total of 82. He dropped 192 messages, made 147 speeches and paraded 1,285 miles He visited 23 State capitals among the 82 cities that he dropped in on. The statement said Lindbergh sub- mitted to two physical examinations during the trip, both of which he passed with excellent grades, thereby putting to rest the rumors of his col- lapse. Thursdays and Saturdays were set aside during the tour as rest days, but on many occasions Lindbergh’ chose to fly on these days rather than be delayed. He was accompanied by Lieut. Philip Love, a representative of the Guggenheim Fund, QU 1927 —116 PAGES. SQUELCH CENTER 1 GAZETTE | BULLETIN ! RaenCiTY SD. Aue. (927, “I1 Do NOT CHOoSE To RUN FoR PRESIDENT iy 2 \ 7/., IER “COMMENTS” ON THE I-DO-NOT-CHOOSE-TO-RUN STATEMENT. OMAN CONQUERS BURGLAR IN HOM [Miss Landon, Alone, Fights' and Drives Intruder Through Window. Attacked while alone in her home at 1607 Minnesota avenue northe: last night, Miss Emily Landon, vears old. fought desperately for h lite with a burglxr she had supprised at his work. Though stunned by a rain of blow on her head, the plucky woman drove | the unidentified man into the kitchen, forcing him to dive for safety through an open window. Miss Landon did not stop even then. for she seized a heavy block of wood and staggered to the locked door in an attempt to follow the intruder into the yard, Blinded by blood that poured over | eamed for help and William B. Roloff, residing at 16 hurried to her assistance. No tr: of the man was found but police of her face. she scr the eleventh precinct picked up in the | yard a short fron crowhar which they are examining for finger prints. Saved by Mass of Hair. Miss Landon’s life was saved prob- ably by the thick mass of hair which she winds in a knot on her head. Five deep gashes penetrated nearly to the skull, and she bears the marks of other blows about the head, face and arms. She a woman of unusual strength and about 6 feet stall The dining room and kitchen where the desperate struggle took place ad join. Chairs and tables were over: turned during the fight, and the floor and walls spattered with blood. Miss Landon lives with a brother, J. 8. Landon, who employed until midnight at the Pennsylvania Rail- road yards. For reason, she usually spends the early part of the night with a sister, Mrs. Anna Barnes, who lives next door at 1609 Minnesota avenue. She returned to her home about 5 : last night, entering through the kitchen door, which opens upon a side porch. As she came into the room, she locked the door be- hind her. There is no electricity or gas in the house, so she went into the dining room to light an oil lamp. As she did so, a man sprang upon her. She turned in time to ward off the first blow and fought with him. He rained blows on her head with some blunt in- strument as she tried to grapple with him. Believe He Was Mulatto. Miss Landon cannot give a descrip- tion of the man, for he attacl suddenly. She thinks he is colored, a light mulatto. Fighting all about the dining room, the plucky woman assailant into the kitchen. She told her sister, later, that she thought she had him locked in the room and could fight him off until help came. Seeing the open window, the man uck at her for the I time and dived headlong through it. He w: gone before she could get out to the porch, and had disappeared into a vacant lot on the left side of house. Police found the kitchen window had been jimmied. Once inside house, the man had begun to ransack it from top to bottom. Contents of bureau drawers littered the bhedroom floors, mattresses were overturned, and clothes taken from closets. Some of the clothing was found later in the dining om and one piece in the yard. s Landon has no recollection how it could have got there. If the intruder was looking for money he disappointed for there was none the house, Exhausted by Struggle. Miss Landon told her man evidently had heard her enter the house and hid behind the door in the dining room as she bent over the lamp. Stunned and exhausted from her struggle she was sister's home and D d, who lives nearby, was c: d to cut off most of her as to sew up the wounds. Dr. Eppard was fearful last night George led. air so that her injuries might prove severe. | suts and bruises on her head, M Landon is suffering from the shock of her encounter. She is in a highly nervous state. Mrs. Barnes heard sounds of scuffling in the house and called out the window to learn what the matter was. Her own cries and thtse of Miss Landon brought Roloff. Miss Landon's brother was notified. Woman Killed by Auto. WILMINGTON, N. C., October 22 (/P).—Mrs. Elizabeth Wallace, wife of 1 former Wilmington postmaster, was killed almost instantly here tonight when struck by an automobile alleged to have been driven by Preston Smith. Smith surrendered to police and is being held undcr}‘l.ooo bond, In addition to the ed so | finally drove her | the | the | ster that the | ken to | M: ‘Horsc Loses Name | Of Al Smith When Borah “Plays Fair” | | By the Associated Press. “Governor” what Senator Borah of Idaho has decided to call the new horse recently given to him with the name of “Al Smith.” Senator Borah, who finds his new mount a worthy succ *Jester,” which he rode for ve he doesn’t think it right to 1l_the horse “Al" ALESSANDRI EXILED OVER CHLEAN'FETE iFormer President in List of ; Noted Citizens Reported | Ousted From Country. 3.1 VH\' ihe Assdciated Press, | BUENOS AIRES, October 22.—The | Chilean covernment has exiled sev- eral of the country's most distin guished 2 Arturo | Alessandri, former President of the | republie, according to reliable ad- | vices reaching here from the Chilean | capital. | The failure of the army to join in | this year's customary celebration in {honor of Our Lady of Carmen, the | patron saint of the army. and ensu- ling editorial condemnation are be- | lieved to have prompted the action. | Besides Don Arturo Alessandri and | his three sons, the list of exiles men- | tions Luis Alberto Cariola, editor of Diario Ilustrado; Gustavo Lira, for- mer minister of public works; two former foreign ministers, Ernesto Barros Jarpa and Galvarino Gallardo | Nieto; two former premiers, Jorse Matte Gormaz and Luls Izquierdo, the Jatter also a former Ambassador to the United States; Cornelio Saavedra Montt, former Senator and a clos friend of Senor Alessandri, and Prof. Guillermo Labarca, leader of the Radical party. everal of (hese men have been as- sociated with the still pending Tacna- Arica territorial dispute between Chile and Peru, TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—14 PAGES. “eneral News—Local, National Foreign. The Daily Horoscope—Page 1 ges 22 and 23. | and | At the Communit PART TWO—16 PAGES. itorials and Editorial Features shington and Other Societ Notes of Art and Artists Reviews of Autumn Books—Page 4. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 13. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 14. W. C. T. U. Notes—Page 15. PART THREE—12 PAGES. Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- c—Page 5. Motors and Motoring—Pages 6, and 8. jan Army News—Page 9. Scout Notes—Page 9. War Veterans—Page 9. “orps Notes—Page 9. Page 10. t National Guard—Page 11. Spanish War Veterans—Page 11. PART FOUR—1 PAGE! Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 PAGES. | Magazine Section—Fiction and Fea- tures. The Rambler—Page 3. PART SIX—14 PAGES. Classified Advertising. Financial News—Pages 10, 11, 12 and 13. D. A. R. Activities—Page 10. GRAPHIC SECTION—14 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—i PAGES Mutt and Jeff; Reg'lar Fellers: Mr. and Mrs,; High Lights of History, -|such accidents 7 | COMPULSORY AUTO INSURANCE UPHELD Massachusetts Officials De clare Law Has Worked Well Since Adoption. By WILLIAM ULLMAN. Refuting the charge that compulsory automobile liability insurance has been a failure in Massachusetts and establishing the fact tha‘ the argu- ments of opponenets of such a law in the District of Columbia are not corroborated by cold figures, Bay State officials are unanimous in their declaration that the statute has proved 100 per cent efficient during the first 10 months of its operation. Only those who flagrantly miscon- strue the purpose of the law now say it has failed or prove a hardship, ac- cording to those who have tested it. The District of Columbia, with the | rest of the Nation, has been waiting |to sce the results of the Massachu- setts law and during the interval since its application last January, the is- sue is one that has evoked consider- able and heated discussion among lo- cal groups. In the light of the dec- laration of Bay State officials that the law has proved wholesomely workable, compulsory liability insur- ance is coming up for decision else- | where and the District is likely to be among the first called upon to adopt or reject it, in the opinion of many observers. Officials Indorse Measure. The situation has dictated to The Star the wisdom of looking into the experience of Massachusetts and of publishing its findings in the interest of clarifying a situation that has been beclouded by propaganda and preju- dice, the effects of which must be re- moved before a just verdict upon com- pulsory insurance may be reached. The experience of the Bay State has been searched before by both parties to the issue, but unbiased judgment, many say indicates that each has used only that part which sustains its own position. Although originally they asked for a vear's test before passing a verdict, Massachusetts officials already are willing to pronounce the measure an unqualified success. This pronounce- ment is unanimous and unqualified on the part of Frank A. Goodwin and E. ance, respectively It was to these officials that the responsibility of ad- ministering the law was delegated. “I have heard and I have read many statements to the effect that the law in Mas tts had failed,” says Mr. Monk, This is not true. On the emontrary. it has succeeded in ac- complishing its main purpose, and any such siatements have been made by those who have lost sight of the main purpose of the law. In this connection, it is pointed out that the primary function of the law was not to reduce traffic mishaps but to make reparation to the victims of or their dependents to the end that they should not suffer 2conomic distress hecause of the finan- cial irresponsibility of the careless or unfortunate motorist. But, even when measured by the yeardstick of reduced mishaps, the law has been a success, accident statistics reveal. Answering those who declared that the law would see an increase of des- to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at 50 cents per month. Telephone Main 5000 and service will start immediately * () Means Associated Press. ‘Sight of Sing Sing | Causes Burglar to | Give Himself Up| By the Associated Press. TARRYTOWN, N. Y. October 22.—Headed for Tarrytown to com- mit a burglary, Robert Morrison of New York City, was carried past_his station and left the train at Ossining last night, he told police_here today. One glimpse of the Sing Sing prison walls, he said, made him change his mind and he returned to Tarrytown to give himself up as a criminal. | Investigation of Morrison's rec- ! ord showed him to have been ar- rested in New York for minor of- tenses, police said. He was re- leased today and ordered to leave | town. | CUBANS TO CHARGE TARM AID'TO U S, Island Government’s ““Relief” Plan Is Based on Increased Sugar Price. | | | i BY WILLIAM HARD. “Farm reliet” Senators are fasci- nated to observe that the Cuban govern- ment has thoroughly beaten the Amer- ican Government to the adoption of a drastic sort of McNary-Haugen “farm relief” measure and that in conse- quence the chances now are that pres- will be paying more for sugar. The Cuban McNary-Haugen is a gentleman named Tarafa. He is all out for the sugar farmers of Cuba. He has secured the passage by the Cuban Congress of a law for taking care of the tremendous “surplus” of sugar which the Cuban farmers pro- duce. Under this law {he President of Cuba will put the United States on what riight be called a “sugar ration.” That is, he will decide that we can have from Cuba just so many tons of sugar—and no more. He thus will reduce the amount of sugar in the United States, and he thus will make the price of sugar in the United States to the American consumer go up. Cut in Exports Seen. ‘We last year imported from Cuba | some 3,800,000 tons of sugar. It is thought that the President of Cuba, Senor Machado, will cut us down at least 300,000 tons below that figure. It is thought that the total amount of sugar that Senor Machado will let us have next year will not be more than 3,500,000 tons. That difference is enough to make all the difference be- tween the present price and a mount- ing price. Every sugar producer in Cuba will be given a ticket showing how much of his product he can export to the United States. He will be given an- other ticket which will identify all the rest of his sugar and which will mark it for use in Cuba itself or for export to Europe—or to anywhere else ex- cept to the United States. Thus all Cuban export sugar will be divided into two parts. There will be, first, a restricted part which can be sent in search of high prices to the American market; and there will be, second, an unrestricted part which can be “dumped” at any obtainable price in other parts of the world. ‘This “dumping” has already begun. In order to accomplish it the Cuban overnment, under the new Tarafa arm relief” law, is organizing a ‘Sugar Export Corporation.” Every sugar producer in Cuba must join this corporation. He must provide his quota of sugar for the sales which the corporation may make. If the corporation encounters any losses, he must thus bear his part of the burden of them. This is the equivalent of the “equalization fee” which the McNary- Haugen bill would levy upon Ameri- can agricultural producers to cover losses incurred in the marketing of “surpluses” of American basic farm products at world-level prices abroad. “Dumping” in Europe. The Cubans today are “dumping™ their sugar in Europe at prices even actually below the world level. While planning to put the New York raw- sugar price higher than it is, they al- ready have put the London, England, raw-sugar price lower than it was. They have sold, under their new ently everybody in the United States It FIVE CENTS. NEW TARIFF NOTE SEEN AS PAVING WAY FOR TREATY U. S. Answer Forwarded to Paris Declared Concili- atory in Tone. HOPE AROUSED HERE FOR EARLY ACCORD Actual Drafting of Commercial Pact Clearing Up Issues May Start Within Fortnight. By the Associated Press. The American note on the tariff controversy with France, No. 6 in the series between the two countries, was on its way to Paris last night and will' be delivered to the foreign of- fice Monday by the American embassye ‘Washington officials declined to sum- marize the communication or discuss its character further than to indicate that it was conciliatory in tone. May End In Treaty. Hope is entertained, despite early gloomy interpretations placed upon the French note of last Saturday, that he American answer will possibly terminate the conversations in an agreement on a formula for commer- cial treaty negotiations. There is little question that officials here be- lieve yesterday's developments with respect to the Washington Govern- ment’s attitude as to both agricul- tural quarantines and the question of sending American experts abroad to study the books of foreign exporters will prove to have created an in- creasingly friendly atmosphere in which the tariff conversation is pro- ceeding. It was learned authoritatively last night that the new American tariff note does not contain any sugges- tions on proposals not already brought up in the exchanges with the French foreign office. Presumably, it is con- fined to the statement of the Ameri- can attitude in connection with con- ditions discovered in the last French note which were at first said to make that communication unsatisfactory to the Washington Government. Clears Up Doubt. Further examination gave a more favorable outlook, but the new note will serve to clear up, it is said, any doubt that may still exist as to the true significance of the French con- ditional statements. It, as is hoped here, they prove to be not specific stipulations requiring advance pledges from sthe United States as a basis for treaty negotia- tions, officials here would not be sur- prised if the formula under which those negotiations will proceed could be completed within a fortnight or so and the actual business of treaty drafting begun. —_— TWO FIREMEN HURT AS CAR LEAVES ROAD Capt. J. W. Myer, 50, Receives Broken Arm When Auto Plows Into Fence. Two firemen were injured so severe. ly that hospital treatment was neces- sitated when a party of seven return= ing last night in an automobile from a fishing expedition in southern Mary- land, went over an embankment on a curve, near Hughesville, ploughed through a barbed-wire fence and land- ed in a field. Capt. John W. Myer, 50 years old, of No. 27 engine company, 2727 Seven- teenth street northeast, was treated at Casuglty for a fractured left arm and cuts and bruises, while Sergt. C. L. Byron, 40, of No. 27, sustained law, and order of their government, a gigantic block of 150,000 tons of sugar to the English sugarrefining firm of Tate & Lyle, at a price which is at least a quarter of a cent a pound under the regular London world price. A loss of a quarter of a cent a pound means—on 150,000 tons—a loss of $750,000. That is the Immediate sacrifice which the Cuban government has been willing to make in order to clear out the Cuban warehouses and in order to diminish the quantity of sugar in Cuba which might be tempt- ed to flow toward this country. The justification is that the Cuban sugar _producers—both those who grow the cane and those who grind the cane—have been on the whole in a most unsatisfactory finarclal situ- ation. There is little doubt on that point. The Cuban sugar producers have been demanding an “equality” with the happier and more fortunate producers of the world. They have been demanding that their govern- ment “do something” to remedy the results of their unorganized competi- on Page 4, Column 4. lIn Collegiate Derb_y | By the Associated Press, { GRINNELL, Iowa, October ¢ in turn was the lot of three flivvers, which traveled much faster than their owners would ever admit to a traffic cop, to cover the 56 miles cross country route for Drake Uni- versity's collegiate flivver derby, at a speed of better than a mile a minute, “Grey Ghest,” an antique of the 1917 variety, triumphed after it was piloted to a thrilling and uncertain finish by Jack Graham, a sophomore from Elgin, 11l Another car was only 30 seconds behind. Two speeding flivvers had covered the road from Des Moines here in faster time to be successively deé:lsred winners, and then disqualified. Shortived glory was the lot of R. C. Herchman, whose time of 48 min- utes for the 56 miles led to investl- gation and disqualification because his mount had a special high compres- sion motor. Next to be proclaimed victor was Rosco Van Dyke, second ahead of Graham, who was ruled out later because judges found hig filv- iver was of a 1924 model, and hence not eligible, Flivvers Travel More Than Mile a Minute to Fooi_: Ball Game (Continued on Page 5, Column 4. Nineteen o fthe twenty-two starters, which were five years old to qualify, arrived at the finish here in compara- tively fact time and the crews of the others were brought to th eDrake- Grinnell game here in special escort cars. Skeptics who have predicted whole- sale suicide were as wrong as those who expected a two hour race for the ancient steeds, with few to finish. No casualties or serious accidents were reported. Hugh Morrison in the Nameless Wonder was second in 52 minutes and 30 seconds and Lauran Thomp- son’s We was third in 54 minutes. As winner, Graham receives a silver loving cup offered by the sponsors of the race, the staff of the Drake Del- phic, undergraduate weekly. Noah's Ark, a 1908 three-to-one eylinder special with Jim Andrews at the wheel, won the prize for the first breakdown outside the Des Moines city limits. Hap Clark’s patience was rewarded for driving the most de- layed flivver. Summerfield Brunk, crack high jumper, was given a prize for carrying the most passengers to the game. lacerations of the face and body. He was able to return home aftetr treat- ment. . The men were brought into Wash- ington by A. W. Pier, 503 Ninth street southeast, and J. R. Schafe of Alex. andria, who reached the, scene a few moments after the accident which occurred about two miles west of Hughesville, on the road from Waldorf. The other members of the party, companions said, were Capt. Robert G. Tegler, of No. 20 Engine Com- pany; Sergeant J. S. Baber, No. 17 v; Sergeant T. A. 16 Engine Company; Paul Ballinger, No. 13 Truck Company and Pvt. F. G. Weismuller, No. 8 Engine Company. CHINESE TROOPS: FIRE ON AMERICAN VESSEL Crew Escaped Injury as Rifle Bul® lets Hit Destroyer, Admiral Bristol Reports. By the Associated Press. Chinese forces near Wuhu fired on the American destroyer Truxtun with- out injuring any member of its crew on October 21, said a report received today by Secretary Wilbur from Admiral Mark L. Bristol, commander- in-chief of the Asiatic fleet. ~The Truxtun is commanded by Lieut, (“&mdr. H. H. Good, of Mineral Point, 8. About 40 rifle shots and five rounds from field guns were fired on the vessel in the vicinity of an engage* ment between the Nanking and Han- kow armies. Several rifle bullets struck the ship. The fire was not returned, the re- port said, because the guns could not be located. Malt Sellers Hit. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., October 22 (®P).—Warning purveyors of malt de- signed for home brew use that claims of ignorance of the actual use of their product. will be no defense, Federal Judge William A. Cant today vacated an injunction against the Northwest Prohibition Department In connec- tion with the seizure two weeks ago of a 31%002 stock af;;le‘ Cleco Supply Co., and the arrest its propriet Leo E. Brill Loty or.