Evening Star Newspaper, October 30, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER. (U 8 Weather Bureau Partly cloudy today, creasing cloudiness, showers in aftérnoon or night. much change in tempera Temperatures—Highest, Forecast.) tomorrow In- followed by Not ture. 75, at 12 noon; lowest, 51, at 6 a.m. Full report on page 7. he i WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION Shar. No. 1,180—No. 30497 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. (., NUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 30, 1927 —120 PAGES. * The Star is 50 cents per m “From Press to Home Within the Hour” delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at onth. Telephone Main 5000 and service will start immediately. (#) Means Associated P NNARY DEMANDS FARM BILL BASED * ON SURPLUS CROPS Relief Legislation Must Bei‘ Passed at Next Congress, He Holds. SENATOR’S ST "EMENT IS PRAISED BY BORAH Measure Minus Equalization Fee | Clause May Become Law, 1s Irediction Here. —_— | BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. | The drive for a compromise farm | relief bill took on added impetus yes- terday when Senator McN: Re- publican, of Oregen, chairman of the committee on agriculture, returned to Washington and issued a statement, saying: “What form this legislation t;\l:(os s 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 abor.” Surplus Crops Stressed. The Senator from Oregon pointed eut that surplus crops were the real problem, and provision must be made for handling them. His statement aid further: ¥ “The measure vetoed dur!ngvll\e last session by President Coulldgc' (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 1 snterpret correctly the statement made by Secretary of Agrll‘uhu;li Jardine, he would attempt to do t s game thing by loaning large sums o money to the co-operatives to regu- late and withhold the surplus from sale, thereby stabilizing prices by preventing violent price fUCIUALIGHT, cNary, one Of ;\?;.\'Ak:x_ Haugen lyi‘l‘l‘. ls( regal;l::a‘.’;: ularly sign! A i fi‘;‘alfi of ldslui.“ui \hifi‘rfl\:x Of“?:xn" ve Republican Sen3 8 fi::s:{'e.!l which has been cnnsnl'm;l]:\ss farm legislation 1n _rec it “:\‘a[e: pronounced ‘e ator ;‘J“{\Teafaga.nst nt “admirabl t :‘;.l: McNary-Haugen bill in (he‘ll:} Congress, believing it unconstitut! U?m Decause of the "equa_lilml:\gl:\‘ct;e w‘::l;xld ciple contained in it, ould on the farmers the cos! was a loss. Expected to Tead Debate. i Senator McNary, as chairman of S:::le committee on agflculmn‘;l 83:2 the man who put the bill throug! st Senate at the last session, is expecicr to take the lead in future discut sions of farm legislation here. amn(l’l:g ‘Western Senators. This was g view expressed by Senator Boral ’ who has been a leader in l!|e r(ec!e'll\e conferences. Other members 01 t group have expressed similar vevmh 1f a farm aid bill can be put thru‘:gh Congress at its coming session, which will meet the objections of Presi Eh Coolidge to the bill of last session, l‘e agricultural problem, as an issue in the coming national campaign, may pass out of the picture. This 1s 2 contingency which is scarcely calcu- Jated to piease either the supporur; of former Gov. Frank O. Lowden o 1llinois, for the Republican nomina- tion for President, or the Democrats. On the other hand, if such a measure can be put through and beconfa a Jaw, satisfying the great body of garmers in the West, Senator M Nary ‘becomes at nm-exlheluulslanglol’;‘g Re- can figure in that section. pu‘r\mmmhg\x stumbling block in the plans for a compromise bill is found in the fa organizations which have fought, bled, 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 begln‘\ again their campaign for the old AfcNary-lHaugen bill or nothing, which was so effective in the last Congress, jt 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 busheis of wheat, or any number, he receives a certificate for the difference hetween 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 who must pay the duty on imports he is bringing jnto the United States. He may use the certificate in pavment of the duty. The effect is to make the tariff duties which would go into the U. 8. Treas- ury on all imported goods, available 1o help the furmer dispose of his sur- plus crop: g The del met_with ar has not r Norris the roup for it merely benture President, who considers another form of to the former been opposed also from the Government T y 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- ment does not mention the equaliz tion fee in so many words at all, al- though it does rafer to the bill which carried that principle. Seen a Success. to a direct su 1¢ Senator McNary and other West. ern Senators get behind a bill which does not coutain the equalization fe which has been the chief cause of o position._to the old farm relief bill, such a bill may become Jaw. Indeed, thers were predictions last night that such would be the case. The McNary statement ws: £ vom advices T have recelved there appears to be no appreciable abate. yment of the agitation for farm relief Jegisiation since Congress adjourned. What form this on takes not important so the principle that yestored to its forme ity with industry, tr Jab0r satistactory solution of the prob- Jem involves the segregation of the surplus bevond domestic requirements, jis sale abroad, or its storage from times of surplus to times of scarcity. in full place of equal sportation and as our guide is | agricuiture must be | MARYLAND CITY Square Miles With Opinion on M This is the first of a series of | articles to be published in The Star on the proposal to consolidate 28 | communitics of upper Prince | Georges County, 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 tomorror, BY DONALD A. CRAIG. Twenty-eight communities, includ- ing nine incorporated towns, in upper Prince Georges County, Md., just! across the District line, are secthing with interest and discussion, public | nna private, as the result of a pro-| posai that they unite to form a new | municipality, for which the name of | “Maryland Cit The area proposed for the new ci 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, ¢ has been suggested. | t MERGER PLAN Area Under Discussion Comprises Ten| 20,000 Population. atter Divided. Those who are opposing the scheme speak in hizh terms of the importance loeal self-government 1d contend the chicf result would be in- a of that 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 ome real light thrown on the proposition. Area Under Discussion. that has been proposed for the new city begins with Mount Rai- at the District line, and extends far enough to include Hollywood, be- yond Berwyn. [t varies In width from about one mile to ahout two miles, It embraces some thickly settled and some sparsely settled territor an is to create a city similar ch would be entirely arate from nce Georges County. It would raise its own taxes and spend its own revenues. It would have one or, or city manager, one city coun- nd 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. (Continued on Page 3, Column YALE AND LINDS IPSET GAD DOP 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 th: 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 Bucknell, which previously in the sea- on 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 swins 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 | heating at the hands of City College | of New York. 4 TWENTY BURiED IN BLAST Powder Explodes at Coal Mine in| Pennsylvania. JOHNSTOWN, Pa., October 29 (#) —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 sther injured received minor hurts and returned to their homes. THREE BANKS CLOSED. Two Iowa Institutions in Hands of State Examiners. | MASON CITY, Towa, October 29| ().—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 tod two banks are in the hands of State 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. Tllinois, 14; Michi Ha.vard, 26, Bucknell, 0. ! Princeton, 3 William and Mary, 7. Pittshurgh, 32; Allegheny, 0. 'w York U. Kentucky, 6. Tulane, ieorgia, 3 14; 0. .( Ilul:iulfmga. Virginia Washington and Lee, 13; Mary- | | tand, 6. George 6 sinus, 0. | Georgetown, 58; Washington, Ur- Waynesburg, ‘American U., 38; Blue Rldge, {ation tor SEVEN ARE SOUGHT IN4100-F00T MINE Air Blast Traps Crew Repair- ing Fire Damage Far Underground. By the Associated Press. HOUSTON, Mich., October 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 week 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 between level 40 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 hecause of the terrific force of the explosion, but declared the rescue would proceed until the victims were found. Rescue workers found the shaft leading inty the wrecked level com- pletely choked with 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 upw: and caught in the ou he terri- fic percussion. Workers were hope- ful of piercing the obstruction morning. First The Qui Accident in Mine. mine has heen years and today's acci- dent was the first e recorded there. I'he 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 occurr 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-out openings, causing violent compression of air elsewhere in the mine. A number of air blasts have oc- curred in the Quincy mine, but her ofore the explosions have oce in abandoned parts of the shaft, no particular damage beir MAN “COMES TO LIFE” AFTER BEING GARROTED Cuban Slayer Puts Up Fight After He Is Removed From Death Machine. ated Press, A, Cuba, Rodrigu October 20— convicted for murder, was legally executed e today in the Pina Del Rio Prison. Because of a defect in the garrote, or due to careless adjustment of the metal band which fits about the vic- tim's neck to cause strangulation, the supposed dead hody of Rodrigue 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 strungulation band was ad- justed, the hody remaining on the lgarrote for 22 minutes before he was officially pronounced dead. CONSPIRATORS FOILED. Five Held in Quito After Police Report Failure of Plot. QUITO, Ecuador, October 25 ().— The police announced today the dis- covery and fallure of a new con- spiracy against the government. Al- Iherto Donoso Cobo, Cols. Benjamin Peralta and Carlos Andrade and M 5 lias Paz Mino and Hermosenes |Cortes were arrested and lodged in prison. The minister of iiterior returned from attendance at, the army maneu- Baldome: Cit LLH College of New York, -nIMM!f. o vers and immediately conferred with the chief of the secret service, who wu.lngtrumenul in nipping the al- by | REINSURANCE ATES IN CAPITAL ECLARED T0D G Bureau of Efficiency Says| Companies Should Make | Voluntary Cut of 33 Pct. GROSS PROFIT TOTALS 61 PCT., FIGURES SHOW Stricter Regulation by District| Department Urged to Prevent | o s | Law's Circumvention. ! Charging that residents of the Dis are discriminated against in fire nee 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 companie: 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- ared 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 compan 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 ig 64 cen These fi ures are for the five years 1921-1 inclusive. “It is evident, however, that this difference in rates fails to remove the discrimination against the residents| of the District when an examination i& made of available statistics of pre- miums received and losse paid. Gross Return Studied. “For the period 1921 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 28.1. 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 for 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 whole is profitable, and there is un- mistakable evidence that it is profit- (Continued on Page 6, Column 1)) e CHINESE CALLED MENACE. Held Emigration to Philippines Alarming to Islanders. AMADRID, 29 (P).—The n of Ci e to the Philip- slands is viewed by the news- paper El Sol as a decided menace to | the Filipinos. The hinese population is growing and tne Filipinos are leaving fo het- ter themselves, says the paper, with the result that a continuation of this must be disastrous for Filipinos who love their country. Within the cer tury the islands will be more Chi- nese tnan Filipino. SR = 9 TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—52 PAGES. General News—Local, ational Foreign. Around the City—Page 23 ¢ the Community Centers—Page 24. hools 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. Girl Scouts—Page 37. Veierans of the Gireat War—Page 47. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 48. Marine (‘orps Notes—Page 48 . “The Black Joker'-—Page nancial News—Pages 50, 51 and PART TWO0—16 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— Page 15. PART THREE—12 PAGES. Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- October in and lay. Music—Page 5. Motors and Motoring—Pages 6 and 7. Army and Navy News—Page 8. Spanish War Veterans—Page 8. ternal News—Page 9. District National Guard—Page 11. PART FOUR—{ PAGES. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and Fea- tures. The Rambler—Page 2. PART SIX—I12 PAGES. Classified Advertising. Y. W. C. A.—Page 9. D. A. R. Activities—Page 10. Boy Scouts—Page 10. News of the Clubs—Page 11. GRAPHIC SECTION—12 PAGES World Events in Pictures. [ ar Fellers; Mr. A izt SO NN = POMERENE AND ROBERTSUSE | OWN FUNDS TO $30,000.000 Already Returned to U. S.. But| Attorneys Stint Cash Congre BY NELSON M. SHEPARD. 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 hasement cafeteria directly across from the courthouse. Since July 1 the attorneys, neither two Government of them blessed with an excess of this world's goods‘l have been compelled to dig down mto their own pockets for virtually every dollar expended in bringing the two defendants to trial in the pres- PUSH OIL TRIALS Selves to Supply ‘ ss Neglected. |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 turn back into | the Federal T some $6,000,000 | {in cash. 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- | “(Continued on Page 5, Column 1. RESIGNATION PLAN ENIED 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 pi I 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 See v Jardine's response to inquiries. It became known several weeks ago that Florida citrus growers had approached Secretsry Jardine, through triends, 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. 7 meeting Dr. Jardine laid down certain conditions of organization which would have to be met before he would be willing even to consider a formal offer, and the citrus fruit men have not yet reported that they will be able to meet those conditio: Secretary Jardine s costerday that there had been no recent chang in the situation and that he has no expectation of leaving the cabinet in the near futur main in his present p through the coming gress, in the hope that it may be 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 W yomini 1 Jacoh rel a Mohler, secretary ol the Kansas State | Board of Agriculture. MRS. WALCOTT TAKES INDIAN BOARD PLACE Succeeds Late George Vaux, Jr., as Member of Advisory Body, by Executive Action. President Coolidge vesterday ap- pointed Mrs. Mary Vaux Walcott of Washington 4s 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 well 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- <pection 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 teo Malcolm McDowell, sec- ced as the time when | At that | ion of Con- | OVERNMENT'S 0L 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, “ormer Secre- |tary of the Interior, and Harry F. inclair, oil magnate of New York, charged with conspiracy to defraud the Gu.ocinment in connection with the leasing to Sinclair by Fall of the | Teapot Deme naval oil reserve, by the middle of the week Between tomorrow morning., ths third week of the trial, and Wednes- day afterncon at the latest Owen J. Roberts of Philadelphia and Atlee Pomerene of Cleveland, appointed by President Coolidge to prosecute the ases growing out of the Senate's I 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 honds 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 i * hetween the Continental and the late A. E. Hum- s oll magnate. The intains that the Conti- in effect a_“mythical in which Sinclair had , and that after buy- barrels of oil from $1.50 a barrel, the Con- tinental Ct resold it to an oil com- pany in which Sinclair had half in- terest, and another concern, at a profit of 25 cents on each barrel. Other features of the Government's case which remain to be “cleaned up” are: Svidence of Fall's receipt from Sin- of $25,000 “expense money” in connection with a trip by Fall, after {he retired from office, to Russia as {legal adviser to the Sinclair oil inter- |escts in their efforts to obtain an oil prosecuti nental ¢ oorganization a prime interes ing 30,000,000 Humphreys at on 1 FORBSH POSSE SCOURS WS | 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, N. 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 waned 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 lahorer, living in the vicinity, was afraid to attempt to detain her, but pointed out the direction she took when the posse arrived. amina- 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 aud 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, ew members of posse, relleving those who returned vesterday, are: Dr. Harry M. Smith, personal physician to Mrs. Forbus lLeon Packard, Melvin Spencer and George and James Park. The police detail was in command of Serst.J. R. Hood of No. 13 precinet. 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 roadslide 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 the hometown co! sion in that country. Evidence on the failure of Harry M. (Continued on Page 5, Column 4. = By the iated Press. NEW YORK, October 20Tt the burglar who broke into a West Forty-| ninth street apartment had any | music in his soul he may gel some atisfaction in knowing that the woman's scream that drove him forth before his work was done was at any rate a grand opera scream. Mies Mildred Parisette 22.year-old Philadelphia §irl and dramatic so- Prana, wha hae recantly siened pursued, Hyson said. At midnight, the posse numbered more than 40 persons. Grand Opera Star's Musical Scream Drives Burglar Away From Apartment vear'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- ant maling any dnm’nd foar an encore. FIVE CENTS. WILSON T0 REVEAL TRACTON NERGER PLAN TOMORRDN ‘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 P. Wilson. owner of the | Washington Rapid Transit Co., for 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. ain features of the merger plan leaked out yesterday, but Mr. Wilson, it was said, will disclose in the docu- ment to be submitted to the commis- sion, numerous important details which have heretofore not been dis- cussed privately with the group of 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 would not entail any increase in cas 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 merge( company on a basis of their 1926 earn ings rather than on a basis of thels respective valuations. Figures obtained from the records of the Public Utilities Commission show that the Capital Traction Co. earned $1,103,493 in 1926, or 4.23 pes cent on its court valuation. The Washington Railway & Electric Co, exclusive of the Potomac Electriy Power Co., which is not to be involvel in the merger, earned $378,915, or 5.2 per cent on the valuation of $18,500, 000 fixed by the Utilitles Commission. This company's valuation, however, is expected to be revised to a highef figure by the courts. A valuation has never been placed on the bus com- pany. Bus Line Presents Problem. Commission attaches calculated that capitalizing the total valuations 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 2o into the merger at $15,750,000, and the Washington Railway & Electric Co. at $14,000,000, for the purpose ef splitting profits, which would give the former 53 per cent of the net earnings. As the bus company faced a deflcit in 1926, the Utilities Commission at- taches are unable to determine how 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 cant 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 be privas Iy owned, but managed by trustees appointed by the commission, or the Commissioners or perhaps the Presi- dent. These trustees Mr. Wilson is said to have described as “overlords for the public.” Taxation Called Unjust. R. H. Phillips of Kensington, Md., owner of the Chevy Chase Lake- Kensington tractfon line, which fis ieased 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- gressed favorably with two compara- tively parailel and competing_trolley railway system: said Mr. Phillips. “If passengers dislike the service or facilities of one railway they ride by the other line. Or, if their homes are move convenient to one line, they may ride on that line, “All of the trolley railways have been handicapped by unjust taxatios They are compelled to pave a large section of the streets without any pro- tection from motor car interfererce 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 fn the world. The fares, however, might be modified with some equity. Token fares were reduced on two occasions from 714 cents to 7 cents and then to 62.3 cents. The cash fare was not correspondingly reduced to 7 cents when the token rate was made 628 cents. Also, three tokens should be sold for 20 cents, the same rate as 6 for 40 cents, as sometimes it is more convenient for people who have 20 cents in their pockets and have not 40 cents. Many will tell you everye hody 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 stocke holder is in error. Motor cars, how= ever, should not be permitted to drive on or within 4 feet of the trask spaces, except at crossings or in emergencies. This will greatly facil-' itate street car traffic. If these modi« fications do not produce for way companies sufficient 1 pay_a fair return on the “(Continniad on Pags 3. Column 43