Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1927, Page 4

4 / THE SUNDAY ‘SMITH-VARE CASE - WAITS ON SENATE Reed Committee Desires Confirmation of Powers Before Taking Action. The special Senate committee on campaign expenditures decided yester- day to mark time on the cases of Senatorselect Smith Vare of Pennsylvania until the Senate takes action on a resolution which will come up tomorrow, reafirming the powers of the committee. 1t was the first meeting of the com- mittee since the Senate, after four days of debate, had voted to keep Smith and Vare from taking the vath of Senator while the special com- mittee considers the charges relating to their campaign ex |(‘HK“IIH'P-.‘ Following yvesterday meeting Sena- tor James Reed, Democrat souri, chairman, said the committee did not feel that it cared to lay out a course of action until the Senate passes the resolution he offered K day, which would place the authority of 'the special commitiee beyond challenge. Co-operation Suggested. The committee discussed informally the likelihood that there probably are certain facts which would be within the jurisdiction of the special com- ittee and at the same time within the jurisdiction of the regular Semate Committee on Privileges and Elec- tions, and t pnsultation with that committee m - est of co-operation. There was formal action taken, however, toward such consultistion In the case of : brought against him his Demo- cratic opponent in last year's election, William B. Wilson, is in the hands of the Privileges and Elections Commit- The special campaign fund commit tee, headed by Reed of Missouri, will begin consideration of the Smith and Vare cases immediately after the Sen- ate acts on the pending resolution to reaffirm its powers. It has not been announced which case will be gonc into first. 4 i When Senator Reed of Mlsmuhn offered the pending resolution in the Senate Frld?y. Senator David Reed of , Pennsylvania_took exception 1« that part of it which, he said, recited as a matter of history that the com mittee had been in continuous exist ence since the last session. The Penn- vlvanian asked that the resolution g« over under the Senate rule, which will bring it up tomorrow. The Senate also hopes to complete tomorrow the ‘ask of organizing its rtanding committees and electing the no Vare. the contest &tafl of Senate officials, after which i | will be ready to buckle down to it legislative program. Prepare Committee Slate. The Republican committee on com- mittees worked nearly all of yester- day but did not finish its task of filling vacant chairmanships and making other changes in committee personnel. 1t is the expectation of the committee that it will have a slate ready to pre- sent tomorrow. Until the job is com- plete the committee is giving no inti- mation of prohable assignments. If organization is perfected tomor- row, the appropriations committee may be ready by Tuesday or Wednes- day to bring out for consideration in the Senate the deficiency bill passed by the . House Friday, covering urgent items that failed to receive action in the closing days of the last Congress. | of Illinois and of Mis: | 'RESIDENTS ARE CONTRIBUTING (Continued _from Page.) 4 i | ot real property within the corporate limits of your eity? What is the exact realty vax pad on a house value of which is §10,0007 S. What Is the exact amount realty 1ax paid on a business | erty the value of which is $100,0007 . Has (ke assessment on real prop erty In_your city risen or dropped in the past 3 vears, and if o, how much?” | 10 Has the real estate tax rate in | vour city risen or dropped in the past |3 years and if o, how much? | 11. Is there any ordinance in vour commaunity regulating the value of as- sessments on real property | 12.3f the iaw of your city provides for a 100 per cent assessment of true amount the sale | value for tax purposes. Is it custom- | |ary to assess such property at the market valu It mot, at what per. centage of true value do you assess? 13. What is the annual ratio of nen- | collectable taxes to the amounts actu ally paid? |14, What is the value of intangible property: the tax rate on such prop. |erty: has this rate been raised or |dropped in the past few years? | 15. Has your city any bonded in- debtedness; how much of the taxes is due to this bonded indebtedness? 16. Whai is the percentage of prop. erty within yvour city which is exempt | trom taxation? Replies From 80 Cities Listed. naire the replies of approximately %0 cities were selected and information obtained therefrom relating to popu- lation, -ealty tax and assessment basi nual amount derived from rer] esta.> taxes, per e ta real es. tate taxes, per capita assessment basis, per capita_ exempt amount of honded indebtedness and assessed value on real estate, The survey, it was explained, dealt in the main with real estate. Census | Bureau figures, it is stated, show Washington in an unusually favor- able light in reference to other taxes | Washington was shown to have the | | second highest per capita assessment in the country. the figure heing $2.187. With latest figures avail- able showing 84,883 Government em. playes on the Federal pay roll in Washington, the pay roll being $12 000,000, the average annual salary of these employes was stated as $1,510 per vear, thus making the per capita assessment exceed (he average an- nual salary of the Government em- ployes by $668. New York per capita assessment was shown to be the Jarg- est in the country, the figure being $2.285. The survey also showed that Wash- ington's per capita tax on real estate is the fourteenth on the list of 80 of the largest cities and industrial cen- ters of the United States. Assessments Compared. A tabular comparison of real estate assessment in Washington and ether cities, with the reminder that only 60 pver cent of Washington real estate is subject to taxation, was made as follows: 691,000,000 1.059.000.000 Pittaburgh £1.060.000.000 Was} % Cleveland . : i To determine whether the great in- crease in assessment of real estate in Washington during the last three years has been peculiar to Washing- ton alone, questions No, 9 and No. 10 of the questionnaire were asked and the answers tabulated as shown in table No. 1 accompanying this article. CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OPENS LARGE EXHIBIT Technical "alks Announced for| Tomorrow Night in | Lecture Hall. ! The Carnegie Institution of Wash- ington has thrown open to the public an extensive series of exhibits at its administration building, Sixteenth and P streets. which will be open this aftéernoon and tomorrow from 2 to 5:30 and from 7 to 19 o'clock. Arranged primarily to show the trustees of the institution what has hegn accomplished during the year, the“exhibition was opened vest v, and was viewed by a large deleg Students of American histery from the senior high schools of Washing- ton. The students. with their teach- ers, had previously heand a lecture on the “Maya Civilization of Amer- ica.” by Dr. Sylvanns G. Morley is in charge of archeological inv gations in Yucatan. He described in detail the work of excavation and re- pair which has been under way for three years or mon He also told many interesting fac's ahout the great #horiginal race. which by the beautiful monuments temples in stone whicn are slowl being rescued from the tropical forest of Central America Technical talks will be given tomor- row night at the lecture hall as fol- Jows: “Hot £ o'cock; Streeter, Paleobotany Dr. Ralph W. Chaney, 9 o'clock. REV. FRANK C. VERNON TD SPEAK TOMORROW sti- Trror in Date Corrected-—“What | Is Anglo-Catholicism?" His Subject. Frank C. Vernon, rector rk's Episcopal Church, Phi will preach at St. Paul's h Twenty-third street near Washington Circle, under the auspices of the Anglo-Catholic Club of Wash- ington, tomorrow ht and not Wed- tated in The Star of Vernon will have for his| What Is Anzlo-Catholicism?" He ‘wili_endeavor to explain the sub- ject and to dispel ceitain misconcep- tions in regard o it. Many of th local cle members of the Angh Catholic Club. will take part in the procession and be present in the chancel. Al interested persons he welcome at this, which is one of a_series of services héing held this Winter under the auspices of the Angilo-Catholic Club. There will be a social gzn‘hering in the parish hall following the service, 1o which all are invited CADETS TO MARCH FIRST. Order of Precedence for Navy Parades Set Cadets at the United States Military Academy hereafter will march at the head Sf ai joint parades of the mili- tarv and naval forces of the United States. That is in accordance with the recommendation of the joint Avmy. Navy board approved by the Secre taries of War and Navy The order of precedence as now es tablished is as foilows. Cadets, United States Military Academy: midshipmen T'nited States Naval Academy: Regu- Jav_ Army. United States Marines, 1'nited States naval forces, Natlonal Guard and Naval Reserve organiza tions which have heen federally recog nized, National Guard organizations, Naval Reserve organizations. other or nizations of the Organized Reserves National Guard, naval militia and tratning units in the order prescribed L’ the grand marshal of the parade. Army- vho | ave disclosed | and | will | The result indicated that hington has experienced an increafe in assess- ment duplicated in no other city and | exceeding In the last three years the | combined increases noted in 10 com- parable cities. The next comparison made related to the per capita tax, per capita as- sessment, tax rate and assessment basis between Washington and other cities. In this connection it was ex- plained that no effort was rmade at this time to make the deductions for debt in other cities, an adjustment usually made in a comparison of the Washington tax rate with the tax rate of other cities, many of which contemplate the payment of interest and amortization of borrowed money. Nor.were deductions made for county and State taxes. Table No. 2 accom- panying this article is the result of the comparisons of tax rate, etc., | made without the deductions. Adjusted Tax Rates. For the sake of illustration, how- ever. a table was made showing how i Py AT || THE WEATHER District 1 cloudiness followed by cloud | Maryland — Increasing cloudiness and slightly warmer, followed by rain | tumorrow and tomorrow night; slight- ly colder Monda Virginia — Increasing cloudiness, warmer, followed by rain tomorrow { and probably Monday; slightly colder Monday. Temperature—Midnight, 19 {19 4 am., 20: 6 am., {10 am., 31; 12 noon, 35; 2 pm 4 pm. 40; 6 pm., 39; 8 p.m., p.., 36. Highest Sunris of Columbla—Increasing with rising temperature, rain tomorrow; Monday 40 lowest, 19, sunset, 4:40. Departures. Accumulated exc since January 1, 19 Deficiency of December 1, 1927, Accumulated deficiency of precipita- tion since January 1, 1927, —6.3 < pitation since +390. temperature since em- | Sut oo Xom Ko 40 30 T ieht Ashey 20 Attant Atlantic ¢ Baltimore. Md. B Birminghan, Ala N. ‘Dak 1z 3 0o Wya... Ohio Towa Cleveland Davenport Denver. Colo. Dex Moing Detroit. Mich... itk Minn., ] Paso. Tex I estan T clena. Mo nanolis, L BRLEIREEASEEEL nd. Fla rees | % o : arguette Mich Jemphie_ Tenn o 2S3TWRREREE st B Sin Antonin, ek 3 n Dieen. Cant . A San Caiit’. 48 0 Austria’s “sales tax” produced fifth of the government's 1cvenue . the past year, A~ of From the returns on this question. | property. | of temperature | | Atlanta, Ga. n.u' st LION'S SHARE IN SUPPORT OFD. C.| ! the tax rates of a few cities will ap- | pear when adjustments are made f debt, county and State taxes This short table. which may be lengthened at will. follows: Adjusted N Milwauker, Wis ewark N, J Md ) ) Cineinnati O, 3 PR sie B LR The secretary’s office of the Roard of Trade explained. in addition, that, should it he desirable or necossary. | complate comparisons may be mude { between the tax rate in Washington | and the tax rate of other cities aficr | deductions have been made for hond | ed indebtedness, State and county taxes, and that such a comparison would show Washington in an even more favorable position Question No in the question- naire proved of little assistance This question asked: “If the law of vour | city provides for a 100 per cent as- sessment of true value for tax purs poses, is 1t customary to assess such property at the market value? If do you assess?’ It has been found in previous tax surveys. and is a matter of common knowledge at the Census Bureau, for instance, that when the law provides a full value ssessment city officials will not ad | mit .hat their assessments fall below true value, although In practice they actually do. After considerable cor- | respondence the secretary” the Board of Trade received verifica- tion of this fact in statements sho ing that in nine cities where the law specifies [ull value assessment uctual axsessment never exceeds 90 per cent, and in only one case was it as high as 90 per cent. ‘Fhe range usually found | was from 60 per cent ta 80 per cent. The Board of Trade is now endeavo ing to receive further amplification of these statistics. Citing the diffi- culty, it is shown that while in De- troit the city assessor maintains that assessment there works out on an 80 per cent basis, when a committee | trom the Board of Trade visited De- troit its investigation revealed an actual 65 per cent basit. Assessment in Washington is found to wo actually on a 96 per cent basis. Growth Since 1900 Shown The growth since 1900 in asses: ment on Washington real estate illustrated in the following table: Year Assessment SEEE33355255E55055! s ...1.160.000.000 An effort was made to show the manner in which the high assess. ment in Washington, despite the com- paratively low tax rate, works in the affect on actual taxes paid. For this purpose questions 7 and 8 were in- serted in the board's questionnaire, asking the exact amount of realty tax paid on a house the price of which s $10,000, and on a business prop- rty the price of which was $100,000. The answers to these questions were unsatisfactory, so letters were written to banks asking that they procure figures on four typical transactions during the past two yéars, under nor- mal conditions and where the buyer was willing but did not have to buy and where the seller was willing but did not have to sell, and where the cash payment was not less than per cent. The classes of property se- lected for comparison were (1) a high- class dwelling. (2) middleclass dwell- ing. (3) best business property and (4) Tax. . Atlanta n Francisco . Cleveland Newark .. St. Paul . Pittsburgh Minneapolis . Louisville 9. Boston .. . Memphis . Milwaukes Baltimore 'w_ Orleans. . WASHIN WASHING 37 City. Roston, Ruchester Newark, N. Minneapolis, Minn Pittsburgh, P A WASHINGTON. D. C Cincinnati. Ohlo. Cleveland ~ Ohio “Toledo, Ohio. Portland, Oreg. Ban rancisco, Milwaukee, Wis Raltimore, Md. New Orleans, L Mass N Y Kansas City, Mo | Cleveland, Ohio .... | [ | *ortland, Oreg. New Orleanse, La. Cincinnati, Ohio Milwaukee. W Des Moines, lowa. taking into consideration the relation in the District. | WASHI Cincinnati Newurk | St Louts | Kumens Cit Pau .. Minnenpolix Delroit Raliimore ... New Orleans San Francisc Milwaukee .. not, at what percentage of true value | office of | TABLE NO. 1. Comparison of Rise or Fall of Tax Rates and Assessments in Washington and 13 Other Cities in Last 3 Years. Risen. Dropped. Comparison in Per Capitd Tax, Per Capita Assessment. Tax Rate Basis for Assessment Between Washington and Other Cities. Per Capita Per Capita Tax Rate TABLE NO. 3. Comparisons Detween Actual Taxes Paid on Similar Property in the District and_in Other Citles, Note.—In this table the tax rate is that actually borne by city tax means the uctual amount of tax paid on the property, and the | D.C. tax is the uctual amount of tax which would be pald on similar property Additional facts along thix line are now being gathered. TABLE NO, 4. Comparison Between Proportion of Annun! Bud in Washington and Proportion for Such STAR. WASHINGTON, \ D. C. DEC !EER 11, 1927—PART 1. property such Is. arison is nying this second-class business as warehouses and industri ult of this com in Table 3. accomp | Governing Cost Low. | The next srubject undertaken wasx | the cost of governing. maintaining | and operating the city of Washing. ton. It waas found that the cost of maintaining and operating the general departments of the District govern- ment ranged from 75 to 85 per cent of the total amount of the budget, thus leaving In comparison with other cities, a very small amount for per- manent improvement. The compari- son hetween this cost in Washington and other cities, obtained with the aid of the United States Census Bureau, s shown in Table 4 accompanying this article. After discussion of comparison. | | stint the process of compilation. | concerning total appraised value, total ax paid and tay assessed value, total per $100 of appraised value in Wash: inglon nd other communities, the secret office looked into the ques- tion of industries in Washington and| in other cities According to its re- port, hased on wht it considers latest wnformation available, department store turnover in Washington is run- ning between $33.000,000 and $35,000, 000, About 600 light Industries here | employ some 14,000 persons and spend §14,795,000 in wages. producing sore $73.000,000 in products. These facts en in connection with weekly hank learings, are cited to llustrate the inequitability of comparing Washing- | ton's tax hurdens with the tax bur | dens of other cities which are indus- | trial centers. | Bank Clearings Compared. The comparison of weekly bank clearings between Washington and other cities is shown as follows: WASHINGTON. D. C $27.530,000 Okighoma Ci BUB. St. Pau Denver | Louisville Fouston Omaha Milwaikes Seatile 2000 5000 1 ’1‘4 | Minnea | Battime Clevela Kansas City S Lonis Detroit | Prisher 600000 000,000 000000 1000004 53000 000 h The report also includes a short table comparing tax on intangible property in Washington and in other cities. This table can be amplified, it is stated, by adding other cities. The table follows: Tax Per Value Thoysand . .$105.000.000 < 7300000000 L A1H000.000 1731000000 158.000.000 14.000.000 A 169,000,000 San_ Fraricia 15.000.000 WASHINGTON 500.000.000 In addition, it is stated, Washing- ton pays $1.70 on $106,000,000 wortn of tangible property, which is an in- crease this year of some $2,000,000, and a tax ranging from 1% to & per cent on $45,000,000 worth of gross earnings from banks, trust companies, building and loan associations, etc. To this, it is stated, must be added the, amount of special assessments, gasoline tax, ete. “The Detroit Bureau of Govern- mental Research completely reversed | its opinion in reference to Washing- ton s taxes,” says the report, after the visit there of representatives of Wash- ington’s Board of Trade. “The bu- reau was ‘amazed,’ ™ says the report, “when we told them that in Wash- ington a person having an income of $500 a vear on a trust fund of $10,000 would have to pay $50 a year out of the meager $500: that the tax was on the $10,000 and not on the $500. It is explained in connection with the report that the work of the Board of Trade will not end with these fig- ures, but that research will be con- tinued to obtain additional facts de- zigned to ‘mpress Congrees with the unwisdom of continuing what is con- sidered the present inequitable and un- scientific basis of appropriating for ‘Washington. Cits Minneapolis Milwaukee Cleveland Portland Assessment. Risen. Dropped. $39,000,000 ...l . . .o 348,000,000 145,000,000 - . 5,000,000 109,000,000 1,800,000 4,600,000 69,000,000 vears | years years years years 3 years Tax. Assess, & Assess. e 00 $1,585.00 3 1,143.00 1,732.00 2,083.00 1,359.00 1,328.00 1:305.00 946.00 Tax Rate. City Tax. D. L8112 15.693.84 1,99 483,00 S8L.00 28,560.00 0 404.00 130.56 the property of the sale price to the tax paid. The 5¢L Used for Its Maintenance tposes of Other City Budgets, ober Captta “Total Budget and $33,501,000 21,175,000 405,196,000 1,400,000 5.988,000 30,429,000 ). 444,000 445,000 { Pr J00M FOR HOOVER DECLARED GAINING Others Take Added Life. Many Leaders See Final Contest With Dawes. (Continued frome ¥ ing former Gov. Henry Allen and Wil liam Allen White, are known to re zard Mr. Hoover as the most pro zressive of the Republican presidential possibilities, East Inc Republic g toward to Hoover. ns of the Fast are inclin- Mr. Hoover, too. Many of them would have liked greatly to | and | renominate President Coolidge, barring that, to have put Mr. Hughes in the running. But with both the dent and Mr. Hughes out of the picture, they are looking to Hoover as the man most likely to the administration of the Gov- ernment along lines which have been developed by President Coolidge. The political situation in two of the most populous States of the coun- try have been agitated still further the evident determination of the Senate mnot to seat Senators-elect Smith of Illinois and Vare of Pennsyl- vania. Both are strongly Republican States. Mr. Smith and Mr. Vare have made it clear they do not intend to take sitting down the drubbing given them by the Senate when they were refused the right to take the oath of office. Mr. Smith, it is maintained, will continue to knock at the Senate door for admission for the rest of the term to which he was elected, and Vare is likely to enter the primaries April in Pennsylvania and seek a vindication at the hands of the voters of_his State. The selection of Kansas City by the Republican national committee for the national party convention next June has cleared ihe way for several other cities in their efforts to obtain the Democratic national convention. Seek Democratic Meeting. It was understood that if the Re. publican convention went to any one of these cities, it couid not have the Democratic convention. The support ers of Detroit. San Francisco, Cleve- land and Chicago. all of which made bids for the Republican convention, will be here January i2 in full force, seeking the Democratic convention. Detroit has l@id its plans for the Democratic_convention. But the fact that it is so close to wet Canada, a fact which militated against Detroit in the Republican decision on a convention city, may also handicap Detroit when the Democrats make their selection. The Democratic national committee is to meet_in Washington in January. the Democrats are to nominate Gov. Smith of New York or Senator Reed of Missouri, they are so on wet territory, it is said, hut rather they will seek to minimize the wet issue, Indianapolis continues gested as the proper spot for the Democratic hosts to hold their Lational convention this year, because of the chaotic siate of Republican polities there. Tt has been urged that the holding of the convention in the Indiana city would do much to offset the nomination of Gov. Smith, if he is to be nominated, which has been to be sug- held a handicap to the local Demo | crats because of the strong prejudice in the State against a Catholic and ¢ wet. But Indianapolis has yet to make a real bid for the Democratic nationa’ convention. OHIO SCCIETY TO MEET. Brown Will Address Group at Ses- | sion Tomorrow/ The Ohio Society of Washington hold its first meeting for the sea- sop at the Washington Hotel tomor- row evening, December 12, o'clock. Walter F. Brown., Assistant Secre- tary of Commerce, will be the spealk- er.’and a reception will be tendered to’ the members of the Ohio congres- sional delegation. There will be a musical program, refreshments and dancing. Mrs. Karl Fenning has charge of the social feature of the program, her assistants being: Mrs. Carl Ruth, Mrs. Ernest Van Fossan, Mrs, Walker Buel, Mrs. Clyde B. Asher. Mrs. Mor. ris Ervin, Mrs. Frank Surface and Miss Donna Crissinger. Mrs. A. L. Baldwin and Mrs. Conrad Young will preside at the refreshment table. A floor committee will_have charge of the_ball She Will Be Delighted Very Easy Terms EDGAR MORRIS SALES CO. 1305 G St Main 1032 It is not necessary to have had an Ac- count at this Bank to Borrow, THE MORRIS PLA Easy to Pay "epoutt sit For 12 Months $10.00 $15.00 $20.00 $25.00 $30.00 $45.00 $1,200 $100.00 $6,000 $500.00 THE MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. S. Treasury 1408 H STREET, N. W. Loan $120 5,753,000 000 Mr. | next | It | not likely to do | at $:30 | [FOUR OF STRANDED SHIP'S CREW BATTLE WAVES TO GET HELP (Continued_from_First Page.) enough for us to see, less than 500 feet away the battered hulk of the City of Bangor. That was the first time we knew wliere we might be. According to Hardman, who, with his three companions, was exhausted by their dramatic escape from the stranded ship, they had sent message after message over their wireless after their boat became disabled. “But our receiving set went out of commission during the storm and we were unable to receive a word from | other ships.” | The quartet said that during the storm every bit of equipment on the deck was washed overboard and all the port side doors were swept away. A large hole was torn in the prow of the boat where she grounded on a | submerged rock. | _As soon as the four men reached Calumet medical attention was given them. The sailors are Roy Burke, Walter la Croix, both of Midland, | Ontario, and John Keats of Duluth, | Minn. Provisions Are Low. | was the first word the outside world had received from the Altadoc after her wireless went out of commission on Thursday morning. “Provisicns on the boat are extreme- ly low,” Hardman said, “and we made up our minds some one must get to shore for rations just as soon as pos- sible. When the wind subsided we launchetl our hoat, and fought off the waves until we suddenly struck stior Believe me, that was a great feeling According to Hardman all of the crew remaining on the Altadoc, inclu. ing Capt. Richard D. Simpson of Owen ip. are in fair physical condition. None of the crew was se- verely injured with the exception of e, Keats and La Croix. The addi al members of the crew are: ngineer J. M. Nickle, Fort Cobert, Ontario; First Mate Ben Silvey, Mi land, Ontario; Second Mate Thomas Deneen, Collingwood, Ontario: Wheel- man Lawrence Twombly, Midland, On tario; Watchman Frank Lickard, Mid- land, Ontario; Robert Curry, Montreal; Oiler Harry Crawford, Wireton, On : Orville Daniels. Fort Colbert, | Ontario; Fireman J. Gibbon, Wireton: George Rock. Midland: James Craw- ford. Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario; F. Blank, Montreal; Edward Spencer and | Bruce Hellias, Midland; four unidenti fied deck hands and Carl MacGhee, wireless operator. ALL ACCOUNTED FOR. Only i Storm; Others Struggle to Port. —Wireless reports and arrivals here today accounted for all the Great Lakes grain carriers and package | freight steamers with loval connec- tions, caught in Wednesday's storm. The checkup indicates that lonly three vessels were lost—the | the Altadoc on Keweenaw Point and | the Martian. aground on Hare Isiand. Lake Superior. 15 miles from Port | Arthur. | _The first of ihe storm-lossed fleet The arrival of the men in Calumet | Three Lake Freighters Lost in | RUFFALO, N. Y., December 10 (). | big | wa, a wreck on Manitoulin Island. | to arrive here was the big steel freighter Capt. Thomas Wilson of the Wilson Transit Co. of Clevelana The Wilson came in sheathed in ice from stem to stern, but apparently little damaged. She ied a cars of grain from the head of Lake Su- perior. Freighter Goes Aground. DETROIT, December 10 Great Lakes freighter, (ieorge Humphrey, headed for Buffalo with a load of grain. went aground at Bar Point, in Lake Erie, late today. An attempt by the tug, Favorite, to pull the freighter into deep water, failed The crew is in no danger. ‘R. Smoke Reported Seen on Ship Gives Hope Crew Is Alive. . Mich., De. four lake freighters aground in the upper luke region, as a result of the terrific g | of the last three days, tonight ap ently were still at the mercy of elements. One of the four—the E. W, Ogleba as been abandoned hy her crew and rests high aground on Shot Point, off Marquette, a_big hole in her hottom and her hold filled with water Indications that the vessel could not | be released before next Spring led 1o the removal of her crew of 22 by the Coast Guard and a tug Little definite information was available concerning two of the others the Agawa, stranded on a reef off Manitoulin Island, in upper Lake Huron, and a grain carrier reported aground on Angus Island in Thunder Bay, Lake Superior. The Kagle Harbor Coast Guard crew, which worked all last night in a futile effort to launch a lifeboat to proceed to the Altadoc, has succeeded in breaking through the ice and 1s now on its way to rescue the crew Smoke Renews Hopes. Reports that smoke could still coming from the funnel Agawa_ off Manitoulin gave hope that the steamer's crew the he seen of the rise to ot 21 : Plates TRIPLE PATENT SUCTION $10.00 $15.00 $20.00 $10.00 Natural looking pl; alty @ surron ey that is MAIDS King lasting ENTRANCE N ATTENDANTS IN Everything vertui No Charze for DA M and 6 ¥ CONSTANT RE Hours: Phone | were still alive. e | GOOD, HONEST Thousands of satisfied 1 towns s positive DR. FREIOT 407—ith St. ) T TO KAY ADINESS ne to the comfort of our patients vou will find here. racting When Other Work In Being Dane to 1 P. ok for {he Name Dk Strathbogie to reach the terday were itrustrated hy as and the tug was forced shelter at Tobermory. 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