Evening Star Newspaper, November 25, 1927, Page 7

YTIT EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, ¥, €, TRIDAY. NOVEMBER 25, 1927. PRIEST BLESSES Mexican Dies for Share in : Plot to Assassinate Gen. Obregon. Br the Associated Press MEXICO CITY, ‘Arms extended in the form of o cross Mizuel Augustin Pro Juarcz Romar Catholic priest. squad, praying for his executio He was one of four November died hefore men v prison Wed sday for the re attempt to as: te Gen. Alvaro Obregon, only police announced the four confessed. Informed of the verdict of a sum- mary court-martial. the priest de voted some of the few re ning ments of life to administering the las rites of the church to his companic in his cell. He was the first to executed. His back to a wall and s diers with rifles ready in front of he reached into a pocket of his shab: | by civilian clothes and drew forth & crucifix d a rosary The ofticer cor g the fi ®quad permitted a few minutes for ¢ votions knelt and said the rosary, . kissed the As When the sergeant of the squad came to give the coup de =-a pistol shot in the back of the —the frail hands of the fallen hody were still clutching bea fix In turn were executed Luis Sexura Vilchis, an eles 1 en, er; Hum- berto Pro Ju brother of the priest, and Juan Tirado. who was weak from shot wounds he received during the attempt on Obregon’s life. firin PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD ANNOUNCES MERGFER PROPOSAL (Continued from First Page) to be derived from the ©f electric lines only. | Inclusion of the Potomac Power Co. in the consolida . would 3ut he done wi s of its & that it consolidation n, solve the indi- | thout | 43,000 | hod Would Aid Power Company. Under the proposal in the plan by which the poyer would furnish power at cost to the | consolidated company, Bachman de-| s own revenues would be gy y ed, at the same time reducing the cost of power to the merged lines, The par value of the| capital stock to be issued by the con-| solidated and of the bonds to be| assumed by the company in the ac- quirement of properties shall not ex- ceed the aggregate par value of stocks and bonds actually outstanding ; on the date of consolidation, the re- port stresses. This shall not be con- struedsto mean that the capitalization of the consolidated represents the val- ue of the property devoted to public service by the consolidated. whether more or less. In prefaging his report, Mr. Bach- man pointed out that within the last 10 years, when fares have been in- creased and the automotive means of conveyance has been popula electric railways as a whole facing disaster. He expresses the be- lief that through consolidation the uni- fied company would be more in public favor than the two present independ- ent companies, resulting in the resto- ration of patronage, greater prosperity for the single company, higher wages and eventually more fares. Drawn on Own Initiative. In making public the merger plan, the Public Utilities Commission d clared it had been dr: n on his own initiative. is study was submitted to the Utilities Commission for its general - ! tho | deey wn up by Bach- | | | CULPEPER. va tablet marking the » Culpeper protested azainst the h stamp act will be placed vesult of the visit of Col Coniad of Winchester the division of historical mark |the Virginia State Conservation Development Commission. A {now occupies the site. The 1 was the outsts of Culpeper ¢ Dated O . vecorded in the ok November 25.—A site of a huildi | wher | representi s and store the protest Strother Wetherall wn. Wil enjamin Henry d by the | thouse Build- | placed by the commis :’Site of Culpeper Stamp Act Protest | To Be Marked by Virginia Commission' HIS EXECUTIONERS RITCHIE IS VEXED ing. torn down In 1868, which stood | Mississippi Executive Refuses Ex- at the northeast corner of Main and e R Davis streets. The first known pu tradition Hearing in Baltimore Case. cation of this protest was in R “T, Green's Notes on Culpeper |lished in 1900, Phil & his history Mark's par (1877). n cntion of it {the Culpeper nt, telling of Col | Conrad’s recent visit. nor does How |in his History of Vi published in 1845, although the latter does re cord the fact that Georse Wash ton, in 1749, qualified s swveyor o Culpeper County. aflixing Vit biee to his sualityin A s attention t t was Dr BALTMORE, Md Albert C. Ritehie expressed sur and chagrin g the refusal of Dennis Murphree of Mi wyland authoritic savs | | ovember Gov to allow a hear extradit havsed the Balt Court with false representations of a man in Jore Criminal we Culpeper | < at_Faifax. This | ™. C) by almost 10 v | st ve than 10! | venrs 1 be o & Nunibas ofothar markers wllbe on losed yesterday Maryland chiet Herbert the casc This was in a c exect R of Springs, Miss v ch Vout $2.000 Daniel Mil Atiorney | protest upon | tedates M | lar | ves O'Conor of Baltimore in nd, Holly wdicted here fraudulently oods from th we Grosh ) ol worth of lter Co that be My given believe uld | commission. We | Bachman's study ht and consideration by Brager sh all those having the proposed mi with the idea that of all the plans submitte corporated 1 a plan | passed upon by the « later actien by Con teatui 1y be eIl Tdea. Harley P t Foliows The merger plan son, which has 1 | mission | tober 31 <50,000.000 f¢ wil com O sinclude 11 ston Rapid Transit Co, \ fixed valuation Bachman Conformity 3. W has with he ideas of I 3ell, former 1 the District former I’y In fact | iated | American Co.. the t corporation w eer Commissione who Utilities Commisy merger [t I by New [ to [ teed return | President 1s Interested. dent Coolidge, W idenced i Capper te District e ittee, who discussed this project th the Executive this morning Leaving the White Hous Capper said he found the I'r ¢ interested in the subject. perso of Senator man of the Sel chair o Senator ally phia, after which the Hansel plan, re ity j §, is patterned. He the President mani in the subject and ed considerable familiarity with ve no intimation that he it 1y one plan which has been favored { brought forward. May Be Major Issue. ted by Senator Capper that he expects the merger plan to become one of the paramount matters to be handled by his com: this Winter. He declined to make any pre- dictions as to the possibility of some form of merger let on being en- acted at the Senator Capper did not_call upon the President today solely for the purpose of discussing this subject. H Politics generally was touched upon, the Senator said. Accerding to him the Republicans of Kansas strongly in favor of the candidacy of Senator Cur- tis of that State for the Republican nomination. He added, however. that many of the pecple in that have not given up hope that Pres Coolidge may be prevailed upon change his mind and will consent to be the candidate if he is drafted by his Sturtevant Blowers for Burning Buckwheat Coal FRIES, BEALL & SHARP information.” the commission stated, “and with the ldea that the data con- tained therein could be used by the ission whenever it has bef i on bearing upon a merger of the local traction lines #uch a hearing is had, Mr. Bachma the chief accountant of the comm sion, would natura to testify and offer any sug tions.” “The commission is authorizing the publication of Mr. Bachman's outline at this time as his personal pl not the opinion of membe: (0| ——|o[= Edmonston a e Exclusive Washington Agency STACY-ADAMS SHOES For Gentlemen 734 10th St. N.W. re it | Whenever | '«Rheumatism, Lumbago,Gout’ Sciatica, Pains ‘n the head, face and limbs Hundreds of testimonials, All druggists. Agents:E. 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