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Evening star., 1927-04-05

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if an applicant ~
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Evening star., 1927-04-05
Hay and Grain Prices.

Wheat-No. , red Winter, domestic,
spot, 1875; No. red Winter, gar
licky, spot, 1874; No. 3 garlicky,
spot, 1885,.
Corn-Domestic, No. yellow, rs;
no. 2, spot, 7s3s; No. 3, 1874; cob corn,
new, 3.75 per barrel.
Oats-No. 2, new, 58a581a per bush.
el; No. 3, 50}2a51.
Rye-Bag lots of nearby, 95a1.0O per
bushel.
Hay-Reciepts. 35 tons; the call for
hay is very light and only the better
grades of clover mixed and timothy
are coming i'm for any attention. Low
grade stuff is in ample supply and
very dull Strictly No. / clover hay
IS the scarcest grade in the entire list.
Quotations today per ton: No. /
timothy. $3.50; No. timothy, 22.50a
23.0O; No. 3 timothy, 2100a22 90; No.
I light clover, mixed, 25,00a25.50; No.
. light clover. mixed, % 00a24.00; No.
clover, mixed, 24.50a2500.
Straw-No. 1 wheat, 13.50al4.00; No.
I oat. 1400a1500,
Evening star., 1927-10-29

SO revolutions a minute under the
pressure of the water, this accident
had torn large hole abaft.
The captain Immediately issued the
customary orders; the engines were
stopped, sea-cocks were opened and
the fires eXtinguished. The crew
strove vainly to close the breach, but
the inrushing sea was invincible. In
larger and larger minute by minute.
When the wall of water had
swept all opposition aside. we
abandoned hope. The captain had
sent out an sos 20 minutes before the
sea broke through the emergency bar
riers. In answer to it the Dutch
steamer Athena appeared on the
larboard. Soon other steamers were
Standing by.
The captain ordered me to take one
of the boats. l got % passengers into
it-mostly men and women. I made
for the Athena, which was about TOO
feet away, but my over-crowded boat
took water. In the wash of the other
boats, l took SO much water that my
boat sank under me and / was unable
to return to the Mafalda for more
survivors.
Thus kept from participating fur
ther in the rescue work, 1 remained
aboard the Athena a spectator of the
tragedy.
For five tragic hours / saw the
officers and the men of the Athena
strive heroically to save the pas.
Continued on Page 4. Column AZ
Evening star., 1927-10-29
Plan Said to Be Designed to
Assure Fair Return on
Company's Earnings.
TRUSTEES APPOINTED
BY BOARD SUGGESTED
Proposed Consolidation Declared
Drawn With View to Squeezing
Out Economic Losses.

The plan by which Harley P. Will
son, owner of the Washington Rapid
Transit Co., hopes to bring about a
merger of Washington's transporta-
ton systems will be based on a cost
plus system, according to persons
familiar with the scheme, who re-
vealed today certain of its cardinal
features.
The merged company under the
plan, it was said, would be privately
owned and it's policies directed by an
inter-company which would be Gre
ated at the time of consolidation. The
operation of the consolidated com.
pany, however, would be under the
supervision of a board of trustees ap-
pointed probably by the Public Utili-
ties Commission.
The service-plus basis, the founda.
ton of the merger scheme, is design
ed, it was said, to guarantee the stock.
holders of the consolidated company a
stipulated rate of return based on the
earning power Of the companies, and
not on the court valuation.
The merger plan. it was pointed out
Continued on Page 2, Column S.
Evening star., 1927-10-29
MITCHELL, BANKER,
KILLED WITH WIFE
Chicago Financier Dies
Shortly After Auto Acct
dent in Illinois.
By the Associated Press.

Dy tHe ASSOcldtGu fT6SS.
CHICAGO, October 29.-John j.
Mitchell, sr.. "A years old, chairman
Of the board of Chicago's second great
est financial institution, the Illinois
Merchants Trust Co., died in a doc.
tors office in Libertyville, ILL.,, 35 miles
from here, shortly after he had been
injured today in an automobile acci-
Mrs. Mitchell.
The accident occurred 21a miles
north of Libertyville.
Bert Finstead, Libertyville, in pass
ing a hayrack, had crashed into an
other automobile coming from the
other direction, according to witnesses.
The collision and the crowd which
gathered blocked the highway.
Car SEidded on Paving.
AS the Mitchell car approached the
scene it was almost upon the block
his path was blocked. He jammed on
his brakes and the heavy closed car
skidded completely around on the wet
paving and then toppled into the road
side ditch with it's wheels in the air.
Mrs. Mitchell was pinned under the
automobile and killed instantly. Mr..
Mitchell suffered head and internal
injuries. He was thought to be dead,
but when he was taken, along with
the body of Mrs. Mitchell, to the
Libertyville office of DR.. John L.
Taylor. it was found that the banker
still lived.
John j. Mitchell, jr., and his wife,
the former Lolita Armour. whose
father, J. Ogden Armour, died recent
ly, hurried to DIR. Taylor's office.
First information concerning the
accident was given to the bank in a
telephone call from the chauffer. who
was said merely to have reported that
Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell had been injured
when their car overturned.
Followed Fathers Footsteps
Emulating his father in choosing
banking as his life work, John j.
Mitchell became president of a Chi.
cago bank at 26, was acclaimed one
of that city's greatest financiers at
40. and was recalled from retirement
after four years to head the second
ranking bank in Illinois at the age
of 20.
He was born November 3. 1853. at
Alton, ILL.,, where he received a public
school education, and went with his
parents to Chicago when he was 20
Continued on Page 2. Column IL
Evening star., 1927-10-29
SENATOR DEGREES
TALKOF DRY ISSUE
Walsh Says Democrats Will
Have Chance if They Set>
tie Differences.
BY G.. GOULD LINCOLN.

Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Mon
tana, who has been mentioned as a
presidential possibility by many Dem
ocrats, returned to Washington today
from the West.
While Senator Walsh was unwilling
at this time to discuss candidates for
the Democratic nomination for Presi.
dent, he did say that if the Demo.
Gratis could settle amicably their diff
ferences over the wet and dry issue
the party would be in good shape.
Senator Walsh said that it was in
conceivable to him that the wet and
dry question should be made the issue
of the coming campaign. In his opin.
ion the country is overwhelmingly
dry.
Montana will send a delegation to
the Democratic national convention
for Senator Walsh for President, it
is predicted. This prediction was not
made by Senator Walsh himself, who
said that he was not ready at this
time to discuss his possible candidacy
for the presidential nomination, nor
was he ready to indicate whether he
would permit the use of his name in
any of the presidential primary States.
Drys Favor Walsh.
There is activity for Gov. Al Smith
in New York and Montana and in
some quarters it is said that Smith
viii be the choice of the Montana del.
egation If Senator Walsh is not nom.
mated. Such prediction comes even
from former McAdoo men. Montana
democracy was strongly in favor OF
the nomination of Mr.. McAdoo in
1924.
The suggestion that Senator Walsh
be nominated has come particularly
from the dry Democrats, who wish to
show the Democrats of the East and
North that they are not opposed to
Gov. Smith merely because he is a
Catholic. Senator Walsh. like Gov
Smith, is a member Of the Catholic
Church. He is, however, an ardent
Do
Evening star., 1927-10-29
PRESIDENT GALES
RECEIVES MORROW
New Ambassador to Mexico
Offers Credentials and Plea
for Closer Relations.
By the Associated Press.

MEXICO CITY, October 29-First
official words of the new United States
Ambassador. Dwight w. Morrow, to
NAL audience at noon today were to
express the hope that through CO.
operation mutually satisfactory So
luton would be found to the prob
lens with which the two countries are
faced and to adjust the outstanding
questions with that dignity and mu.
tual respect which should mark the
international relations of two sover.
eign and Independent states.
In the presence of his cabinet and
many high officials and other promi-
nent persons, President Gales greeted
Mr.. Morrow in the ambassadorial re-
ception salon. alaE
Offers Credentials.
Mr.. Morrow's formal remarks upon
presenting his credentials were:
Mr.. President, l have the honor
to formally make known to you that
the President of the United States
Of America has appointed me Ambas-
sadOr Extra ordinary and Plenipoten-
tiary to your government. l hereby
present your eXcellency with the let
ters of recall of my distinguished
predecessor, Mr.. Sheffield, and at the
same time my letters Of credence.
II enter upon my duties with a full
consciousness of the honor which my
Government has conferred on me in
intrusting to my hands the repre-
sentation of it's interests in this great
neighboring state.
Il welcome the opportunity of co.
operating with your excellency in
finding a mutually satisfactory solu-
ton Of the problems with which our
own countries are now faced. Ii is
my earnest hope that, animated by
a common desire to promote the well
fare of the united Mexican states
and the United States of America,
we shall not fail to adjust outstand-
ing questions with that dignity and
mutual respect which should mark
the international relationship of two
sovereign and Independent states"
Several high officials of the Mexican
WOntinued on Page 2, Column 81
Evening star., 1927-10-29
BY CAPT. LONGBARDI.

By Cable to The Star and North American
Newspaper Alliance.
RIO DE JANEIRO, October 29.-I
have been at sea 40 years and am
accustomed to sea tragedies, but the
experience I have just been through
surpasses anything that have expert
enced. ! have been through hell.
Late Tuesday afternoon we were
sailing through quiet sea. The sky
was clear. A gentle breeze foretold
that we would soon come to the pleas
ant end of a pleasant trip. 1 was con-
versing with the ships doctor when
We struck something. A shock went
through the vessel as though we had
hit a rock or a derelict.
what is that?" cried the doctor.
IAN earthquake?"
1 ran amidships to see what had
happened. At the gangway 1 encoun-
tered the chief engineer.
What has happened?" I asked.
He told me that we had smashed the
left propeller and that at the rate of
Evening star., 1927-10-29
TREASURY MARKS
TAX SLASH LIMIT
Will Insist on $780, 600, 900
as Top in Conference With
House Committee.
BY the Associated Press.

by tno Associated freSs.
A total tax reduction Of $3.50. .0O0,-
900, or at the greatest $500 ,OOO, 900, is
the most the Treasury will concede in
its discussion of the administration
program next week with the House
ways and means committee. Hearings
will begin on Monday preparatory to
drafting the new revenue bill
Although details of the program
have yet to be decided upon, it is
known that the administration will
seek to effect this slash by cutting
corporation rates and repeating GER
tain nuisance and excise taxes re-
naming from war days. Repeal of the
Federal inheritance tax will be among
the objectives of the administration
again this year.
Undersecretary Mills, who is to rep.
resent the Treasury at the commit
tee hearings. is prepared to argue for
the quarter-bilion limitation on the
ground that recent huge surpluses
were the result largely Of revenue
items which will not recur during the
fiscal year under consideration.
With Western Independent Repub-
lican Senators, who favor minimum
of reduction, holding the balance of
power in the upper branch of Con-
gress. it seems likely that proponents
of smaller downward revision will
have a decided advantage. The west
erners are of the opinion that reduc.
ton of the national debt Is preferable
to cutting the tax rates.
Not all administration supporters in
he Senate, however. are favorable to
the $3.50, 100000 or $300,000.0 900 limit
Some, including Chairman Smoot. of
the Senate finance committee. are of
the opinion that the reduction should
reach a total of $3.50, 100000 while
the Democrats are of the opinion that
a cut of $500, 100000 is possible.
Evening star., 1927-10-29
MAFA FALDA SURVIVOR
CHARGES LOOT|NC
Members of Crew Became
Drunk After Disaster,
He Declares.
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
RIO JANEIRO, October 29.-
Survivors of the Princess Mafalda
disaster today were bound for new
homelands in Brazil and the Argen.
tine, sorrowing over the loss Of some
300 companions on the trip from Italy.
Horrors of the laundering of the
boat, which was once one of the
fastest in the South American trade,
were recounted and charges of negli-
gence, inadequate life-saving equip
ment and ship in bad condition were
aired.
Georges Grenade, wealthy Belgian
resident of Buenos Aires, made public,
through the correspondent here of La
Nacion of Buenos Aires a letter which
he said he had sent to the Italian
Royal Maritime Commissioner at the
ldtter's request.
Negligence Is Charged.
Grenade, first-class passenger,
wrote:
THE commander and officers were
negligent in complying with their ele.
mentary duties, for had they acted
with energy they could have subdued
the frantic emigrants and the work
Of saving the passengers could have
been carried out normally in FIVE
hours.
1.-The Mafalda did not have a suffi.
cient number of lifeboats aboard to
save all the passengers, for when the
boats were filled only 500 passengers
were accommodated. (The Italian en-
bassy has stated that there was room
in the lifeboats for 1923 persons, the
Mafalda carried 1856.
THE engines of the Mafalda were
not in good condition on leaving
Genoa, as it has been established that
the ship was detailed several times at
sea.
Says Captain Knew 1t.
"The captain had full knowledge of
the bad condition of the ship, for it
has been established through the in
descretions of some employees that
attempts were made to cancel the
sailing.
'"The commander and the first en-
gineer confirmed that this was to be
the Mafalda's last South American
trip. She was to be sold for Mediter-
ranean cruises, for her condition did
not longer permit long voyages"
Grenade charged that members of
the crew became drunk after the dis
aster occurred. That the ship was
looted by steerage passengers and
stewards, and that there was a wild
scramble for boats which could not be
halted.
A check up of survivors in various
Brazilian ports accounted for 963 of
the 1856 persons aboard. Leaving
293 dead or missing,
Evening star., 1927-10-29
|BRICKBATS AND BOUQUETS FLY
AS THOMPSON FORMS LEAGUE
Solicits Memberships in "America First
Foundation and Draws Satire
From Other Mayors.

thorough knowledge of its fundamen-
tai law" was telegraphed to mayors,
congressman, Senators and governors.
Alfred M. Phillips, jr., mayor of
Stamford, Conn, wired back, charges
collect: Did you say fee or free?"
No reply was received. Again he
wired. also tolls collect, cautioning
Mayor Thompson that the tricky Brit
ish might have some pretty mean
propaganda against him in Alice in
Wonderland
The Stamford mayor quoted from
that book the story of the old man,
criticized by his son for standing on
his head, whose answer was: I'm my
youth I feared it might injure the
brain, but now I am perfectly sure 1
have none"
Another reply from Representative
Emmanuel Celler, Brooklyn, N. Y,
read: Were you not so enthusiastic-
ally misguided in your campaign
Continued on Page 4, Column 81
Evening star., 1927-10-29
MEXICAN REBELS
REPORTED DISPERSED
Defeated in Week of Fighting in
Orizaba Mountains
Claimed,
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, October 29.-Rebel
forces operating near Orizaba on the
slopes of Orizaba Mountain were de-
feated and dispersed in fighting which
has been going on for the past week
there, says a bulletin issued by the
Presidential Bureau quoting a report
from Gen. Jesus Aguirre, who declares
that the whole region will be COM
pletely pacified within few days.
Gen. Aguirre took the field in an
effort to hunt down Gen. Arnulfo
Gomez, former presidential candidate
and one of the leaders of the recent
revolt.
Gen. Gonzalo Escobar, at MoZomba,
reported the defeat of rebel group
commanded by Luis Gonzales.
Evening star., 1927-10-29
IS LOST AS LINER
RAMS SCHOONER
Fishing Vessel Sunk in Heavy
Fog Off Tip of
Cape Cod.
By the Associated Press.

PROV1NCETOWN, Mass, October
29.-The Glouchester fishing schooner
Avalon, which ordinarily carried a
crew of 16 to 10 men, sank five miles
ffthe tip of Cape Cod early today
after she had been rammed by the
Consulich Line steamer President Will
son. Three men were picked up. After
searching the vicinity for several
hours, the Presidente Wilson proceed
ed to Boston.
Those rescued were Nicholas Walsh,
Eldin Fleet and Frank Henneon, all
of Gloucester. The schooner was in
command of Capt. Edmund Bogler
and left Boston last night for the
mackerel seining grounds off the cape
The President Wilson is bound from
New York for Palermo by way of
Boston
A heavy fog prevailed when the
collision occurred at Ais am. APP
parently the schooner sank so quickly
that there was little opportunity for
rescues.
Evening star., 1927-10-29
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, October ga dash of
George M. Cohan's Grand Old Flag"
a touch of Stephen Decatur's MY
country, right or wrong" and a taste
Of opera bouffe seasoned Mayor
Thompson's America first" efforts to-
day.
His appeal for support of the Amer
lea First Foundation" with a $40
membership fee, brought many re-
turns. Some were complimentary, not
few were condemnatory, several
were ironic.
The plea for members in the foun.
dation, a national patriotic organiza-
ton "for better citizenship, based on
loyalty. with Nationwide educa-
tional program to teach the Constitu-
ton Of the United States and respect
for our form Of government and a
Evening star., 1927-10-29
THREE KILLED, ONE HURT
IN AUTOMOBILE CRASH
Roadster Conveying Halloween
Party Homeward Hits Tele-
phone Pole.

By the Associated Press.
JOHNSTOWN, Pa, October 90
Ihree young persons We're killed and
fourth was injured here today when
their automobile crashed into a tele.
phone pole on down grade as they
We're returning from a Halloween
party.
The dead: James -, Miss Grace
Lakin. %. and Miss Mary Iosko, IS,
all of Johnstown. Miss Edith Orrin,
Johnstown, suffered leg injuries, but
will recover. Brown Lever driver of
the machine, was arrested. Another
man, also member of the party. is
being sought by police.
The six members Of the party were
crowded into a roadster, and, accord.
ing to police, Lever told them he lost
control on a curve while making fast
time down the hill
Evening star., 1927-10-29
Boy Ruler Gives Up Play for School,
But Balks at Sitting Close to Teacher

Helen's home. There 18 small boys Of
all classes, including King Michael,
are instructed daily in the three RS"
When Mickey" was offered a seat
in the front row, facing the teacher,
he refused. saying that he preferred
to be No. 18, in the last row. There
the teacher would not see so easily
what he was up to and he would be
out of reach of her ruler.
The boy ruler was dismayed when
he was told that the big brown span.
lei which is his inseparable compan-
ion would not be allowed in the class.
Evening star., 1927-10-29
MRS. FORBUSH SEARCH
EXTENDED TO OCCOQUAN
Woman Answering Description Of
Pastors Missing Wife Seen
in Vicinity.

Search for Mrs. Ann Ramsay For
bush, wife of the Rev. Dascomb For
bush, pastor of the First Congrega-
tional Church at Canandaigua. N. Y,
who disappeared mysteriously from
Keith's Theater October 10, was ex-
tended to the vicinity Of Occoquan.
Va, today, where it was reported a
woman answering her description had
been seen by a motorist on the Wash.
ington. Richmond Highway.
Another clue came from Rock Creek
Park, and the police a%ain sent out a
searching party to como through the
woods near the point where woman's
footprint was located in the soft earth
by the bloodhounds earlier in the
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Evening star., 1927-10-29

By the Associated Press.
BUCHAREST, Rumania, October
29.-Even king must face the tryan-
ny of school.
King Michael, who has just cele-
brated his sixth birthday anniversary,
is going to be taught just like any
other boy of his age, the Bucharest
newspapers say.
His mother, Princess Helen, has al
lowed Mickey" to play to his hearts
delight with his toys and his Ameri-
can playmates. Now a small class.
aoem has been established in Princess
Evening star., 1927-10-29
IN SF1IPWRECK
PRAISED BY MAFALDA PURSER
Highest Ranking Officer Saved at Sea De-
scribes Tragedy OFF Brazilian Coast
as an Inferno.

capt Carlo Lonobardi. purser Of the
iN-fGted steamer NGfaldG. as the highest
rda&iRg 0firer to SarCire the tragedy.
TAe foilOrinG article is the first official
dccoNRt OF the greatest sea Tragedy since
ne sinking Of the LusifdRid. This story
1cas secured thrOuGh the cooperation Of
4. Noife the Brazilian member Of the
NOrfM 1neric1n Ne1rS p0Der 1Ilinnce
Evening star., 1927-10-29
Venizelos Ordered to Bed.

ATHENS. October % (P)-Former
Premier F'leutherios Venizelos, who
has been suffering from inflammation
Of the inner membrane of vein. has
been ordered to bed for at least d
*a2ash sssh. y 8si. hAF 1Rssss.sssp' .-.--4.- =
Evening star., 1927-10-29
''Maryland City''
The Fourth Largest Municipality in the State.
Will 1t Be Realized?

Proposals to incorporate 2S communities in Prince
Georges County, the District of Columbia into
large city have been made.
Many issues the proposition, and The Star in a
series of articles, starting tomorrow, will reveal the pros
and cons of the consolidation problem.
Evening star., 1927-10-29
Col. Harvey at White House.

Col. George Harvey, former Ambas-
sador to Great Britain, and Mrs. Har-
'vey are guests of President and Mrs.
Coolidge at the White House, join
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Frank w. Stearns.
who came to Washington yesterday.
Evening star., 1927-10-29
Guarantees Pointed Out.

Probably the best guarantees of
peace at the present time are:
/. General peace sentiment which
still prevails almost everywhere.
2. International trusts which are
being formed on an ever increasing
scale, symbolizing the international
interests of big business.
3. international loans, particularly
those OF the United States and
American control Of the world S
credit situation.
4. Fear on the part of potential
trouble makers that il they try to
START a war they will provoke out
toV the present confusion formation
of a victorious coalition of peace
loving nations against them.
Evening star., 1927-10-29

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Evening star., 1927-10-29

Continued on Page 2, Column ~
Evening star., 1927-10-29

%. 8 Weather Bureau Foracastl
Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow;
not much change in temperature.
Observation-Disclosures, "a. at 2;30
pm. yesterday; lowest, 81, at 6 am.
today. Full report on page Z.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-10
Next Congress Will Be Asked to Repeal 18th

Albany, March 10 tUP)-Dcspite defeat Of the Cuvillier resolution petitioring congress 10 call a federal constitutional convention to repeal the eighteenth amendment, de- mana will he served on the roth congress when it meets in Washing ton next December to call conven- tlon' according to Representative Celle, demp New York.
 Assemblyman Louis A. Cuviluer's resolution was defeated. S to 3. by the judiciary committee after 2 public hearing failed 10 pro- duce expected fireworks. Celler de clared, however, that g petitions for constitutional conventions al ready are before congress, and that the constitution requires that it shall