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FOUR STILL IN DANGER.
Smoke Reported Seen on Ship Gives
Hope Crew Is Alive.

SAULTE STE. MARIE. Mich, De
cember 10 CP).-The four lake
freighters aground in the upper lake
region, as a result of the terrific gale
of the last three days, tonight appar-
emily were still at the mercy of the
elements. One of the four--the f. w.
Oglebay-has been abandoned by her
crew and rests high aground on Shot
Point, off Marquette, big hole in her
bottom and her hold filled with water.
Indications that the vessel could not
be released before next Spring led tn
the removal of her crew Of % by the
Coast Guard and tug.
Little definite information was
available concerning two of the others,
the Agawa, stranded on reef off
Manitoulin Island, in upper Lake
Huron, and a grain carrier reported
aground on Angus Island in Thunder
Bay. Lake Superior.
The Eagle Harbor Coast Guard
crew, which worked all last night in
futile effort to launch a lifeboat to
proceed to the Altadoc, has succeeded
in breaking through the ice and Is
now on its way to rescue the crew.
Smoke Renews Hopes.
Reports that smoke could he seen
still coming from the funnel of the
Agawa off Manitoulin gave rise to
hope that the steamers crew of u
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ALL ACCOUNTED FOR.
Only Three Lake Freighters Lost In
Storm; Others Struggle to Port.

BUFFALO. n. Y, December 10 up.
Wireless reports and arrivals here
today accounted for all the Great
Lakes grain carriers and package
freight steamers with local connec.
tons. caught in Wednesdays big
storm. The checkup indicates that
only three vessels were lost-the
Agawa, a wreck on Manitoulin Island,
the Altadoc on keweenaw Point and
the Marian. aground on Hare Island.
Lake Superior, Is miles from Port
Arthur.
The first of the storm tossed fleet
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OHIO SOCIETY TO MEET.
Brown Will Address Group at Ses
sion Tomorrow

The Ohio Society OF Washington
will hold its first meeting for the sea
son at the Washington Hotel tomor.
row evening, December II, at $50
O'Clock y,
Walter F. Brown, Assistant Score
tary of Commerce, will be the speak.
er, and reception will be rendered
To the members Of the Ohio congress.
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. Nor.
ris Erwin. 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 ballroom
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Adjusted

The secretary's office of the Board
Of Trade explained, in addition. that,
should il he desirable or necessary.
complete comparisons may be MADE
between the tax rate in Washington
and the tax rate of other cities after
deductions have been made for bond
ed indebtedness, state and county
taxes. and that such a comparison
would show Washington in an even
more favorable position
Question No l. I'm the question
naire proved of little assistance. This
question asked: IF the law of your
city provides for 100 per cent as
sessment of true value for tax pur.
poses, is IT customary to assess such
property at the market valueP IT
not, at what percentage of true value
do YOU assess" 1t 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 fun value
assessment city officials will not ad-
NIT hat their assessments fall below
true value, although in practice they
actually do. After considerable cor
respondence the secretary's Office of
the Board of Trade received Verifica-
ton of this fact in statements show
specifies fun value assessment actual
assessment never exceeds 80 per cent,
and in only one case was 1t as high as
go per cent. The range usually found
was from 90 per cent to so per cent.
The Board 81 Trade is now endeavor-
ing to receive further amplification
OF these statistics. Citing the diff
Guilty, it is shown that while in De-
troit the city assessor maintains that
assessment there works out on an so
per cent basis. when committee
from the Board OF Trade visited de-
troit it's investigation revealed an
actual rs per cent basis. Assessment
in Washington is found TO work out
actually on SO per cent basis.
Growth Since 1900 Shown.
The growth since 1900 in assess
ment on Washington real estate is
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.SM|TH-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
Senators-elect Smith OF Illinois and
Ware of Pennsylvania until the Senate
takes action on resolution which Will
come up tomorrow, reaffirmnR the
powers OF the committee.
1t was the first meeting OF the com
mittee since the Senate. after Tour
DAYS of debate, had voted Ia Keep
Smith and Ware from taking the oath
OF Senator while the special com
nittee considers the charges relatlhg
TO their campaign expenditures.
Following Yesterdays meeting Sena'
tor James Reed, Democrat OF MIS-
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 FRI
day, which would place the authority
OF the special committee beyonu
challenge.
Cooperation Suggested.
The committee discussed informally
the likelihood that there probably are
certain facts which would be within
the jurisdiction of the special COM
,nittee and at the same time WlthIn
the jurisdiction of the regular Senate
Committee on Privileges and Elec'
tions, and that consultation with thal
COMMITTEES might he had in the inter-
est of cooperation. There was no
formal action taken, however. toward
such consultation.
In the case of Ware. the contest
brought against him 10y his Demo
cratic oDnonent i'm last years election,
10 in
tho Privileges and Elections Commit
The special campaign fund commit,
tee. headed by Reed of Missouri, VIII
hAcfn consideration of the Smith and
Ware cases Immediately after the Sen
ate acts on the pending resolution 10
reaffirm its powers. 1t has not been
announced which case will be gone
into first.
When Senator Reed OF Missouri
offered the pending resolution in the
Senate Friday. Senator David Reed
of Pennsylvania took exception IL
that part of ii 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
Sylvanian asked that the resolution 81
over under the Senate rule. which
will bring 1t up tomorrow.
Inc Senate also HopeS W COlIpictV
tomorrow the task of organizing its
standing committees and electing the
staff of Senate officials. after which
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.
j. is the expectation of the committee
that it will have a slate ready to pre-.
sent tomorrow. Until the job is com.
nlete the committee is giving no init
nation OF probable assignments.
II 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.
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FOUR OF STRANDED
SHIPS 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 where we might be. g."
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 overheard and all
the port side doors were swept away.
A large hole was torn in the Prov
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.
Mimi.
Provisions Are Low.
The arrival of the men in Calumet
was the first word the outside world
nau received from the AltaQOC AFTER
her wireless went out of commission
on Thursday morning
Provisions on the boat are extreme
ly low" Hartman said, land we made
up our minds some one must get to
shore for rations just as soon as pos
sible When the wind subsidized we
launched our boat, and fought off the
waves until we suddenly struck shore
Believe me, that was great feeling. :"
According to Hartman all of the
crew remaining on the Altadoc, includ.
ing Capt. Richard ID. Simpson of Owen
Sound, ONTARIO. are in fair physical
condition. None of the crew was Sc
verely injured with the exception of
Burke, Keats and La Croix. The addi-
tional members of the crew are:
Engineer j. NJ. Nickle, Fort Colbert,
Ontario: First Mate Ben Silvey, Mid
land, Ontario; Second Mate Thomas
Deneen, Collingwood, Ontario; Wheel
man Lawrence Twombly, Midland, On
tario; Waterman Frank Lickard, Mid
land, Ontario; Robert Curry. Montreal;
Oiler Harry Crawford, Wireton, On
tario; Orville Daniels. Fort Colbert,
Ontario; Fireman ]. Gibbon. WiretOn:
George Rock. Midland; James Craw-
ford. Sault Ste. Marie. Ontario; F.
Blank, Montreal; Edward Spencer and
Bruce Hellias, Midland; four unidenti-
fed deck hands and Carl MacGhee.
wireless operator.
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were still alive. Efforts of the tug
Strathbogie to reach the Agawa yes.
Ierday were frustrated ny the heavy
seas and the tug was forced to seek
shelter at Tobermory. Ontario.
Aside from a report that steamer
believed to be the Marian was
aground in Thunder Bay. nothing
definite has been learned concerning
the fourth vessel believed TO have me;
mishap in the terrific gale.
Fears of a recurrence of last years
huge ice Jam in the st. Mary's River
we're relieved today with the release
Of the three steamers that became
ice bound in Mud Lake.
The steamer F. 3 Squire, for which
fears had been felt since she cleared
from Port Huron late THURSDAY aftoY
noon. also came safely through IN
storm.
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CADETS TO MARCH FIRST.
Order of Precedence for Army.
Navy Parades Set

Cadets at the United States Military
Academy hereafter will march at the
head ot ali Joint parades of the mill
tarv and naval forces of the United
states. That is in accordance with the
recommendation of the joint Army
Navy board approved by the Secre.
taries of War and Navy
The order of precedence as now es
tahished is as follows: Cadets. United
States Military Academy: midshipmen
United States Naval Academy; Regu.
lar Army. United States Marines
United States naval forces. National
Guard and Naval Reserve organiza
tions which have been federaliy recog-
piZed, National Guard organizations.
Naval Reserve organizations. other or
CARNATIONS of the Organized Reserves
National Guard. naval militia and
training units in the order prescribed
Il the grand marshal of the parade.
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In addition, il is stated, Washing
ton pays $40 on $106. zoe. 900 worth
OF tangible property, which is an in
crease this year Of some $4,000 900.
and tax ranging from Ia to per
cent on 45,0O0,0O0 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, etc.
THE Detroit Bureau of Govern
mental Research completely reversed
it's 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 year on a trust fund of $4,000
would have TO pay $50 year out of
the meager $500: that the tax was on
the $4,000 and not on the $500"
1t 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-
signed % impress Congress with the
unwisdom of continuing what is con-
sidered the present inequitable and I'M
scientific basis OF appropriating for
Washington.
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second.class business property such
as warehouses and industrals.
The result OF this comparison is
shown in Table 3, accompanying this
article.
Governing Cost Low.
The next subject undertaken was
the cost of governing. maintaining
and operating the city Of Washing
ton. 1t was found that the cost of
maintaining and operating the general
departments of the District govern
ment ranged from Is to SIS per cent
of the total amount OF the budget.
thus leaving in comparison with other
cities. very small amount for per-
manent Improvement. The compari.
son between this cost in Washington
and other cities. obtained with the aid
of the United States Census Bureau.
is shown in Table accompanying
this article.
After discussion of comparison.
still in the process Of compilation.
concerning total appraised value. total
assessed value, total tax paid and tax
per 500 of appraised value in Wash.
ington and other communities, the
secretary's office looked into the ques-
ton Of industries In Washington and
in other cities According to its re-
port, based on what II considers latest
information available. department
store turnover in Washington is run
ming between $4,000, 900 and $35 .000,-
900. About 500 light industries here
employ some $4,000 persons and spend
Sl4,795. 900 i'm wages. producing some
$73, O00. 900 in products, These facts.
taken in connection with weekly bank
clearings. are cited to Illustrate the
inequita bility IT comparing Washing
tons tax burdens with the tax bur.
dens OF other cities which are indus
trial centers.
Bank Clearings Compared.
The comma risnn of weekly hunk
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An effort was made to show the

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 and were in
serted in the boards questionable,
asking the exact amount of realty tax
paid on a house the price Of which
was $4,000, and on a business prop
erty the price Of which was 100000.
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 years. under nor.
NAL 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 Sc.
iected for comparison were % high
class dwelling. (2) middle-class dwell
ing. 49, best business property and "a
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FLOGGING TRIALS NEAR.
Fifteen Accused OF Beating Three
May Face Court This Week.

RALEIGH, n. c., December 10
PD.-Fifteen Wake County residents
charged with fiogging Dolly Jones
one-armed country storekeeper, his
negro helper. and VIII Dean, farmer
about year ago. were today sched.
uled to face trial in Superior Court
here next week only few minoi
cases remained on the docket, and
was believed the logging cases would
be reached by Tuesday.
Indictments were returned against
the defendants several months ago
after extensive investigation by twr
grand iuries
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One Of Crew Taken OF:

PROVIDENCE BAY. Ont. Deccn.
Der 10 LPl.-One member of the cre,,
Of p of the steamship Agawa, aground
on ManitOulin Island, was taken Of
the vessel tonight. lie said his ship.
mates were in good physical condition
and would stay aboard the steamer
which was driven ashore in the storm
Wednesday, A yawl from South Bly
took the sailor of.
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Intangible Rate High.

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:
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ing former Gov. Henry Allen and vii
liam Allen White, are known to re
gard Mr.. Hoover as the most pro.
gressive of the Republican presidential
possibilities.
East lnC lines to Hoover.
Republicans of the East are inclin-
ing toward Mr.. Hoover, too. MANY
of them would have liked greatly to
renominate President Coolidge, and
! barring that, to have put Mr. Hughes
in the running. But with both the
President and Mr.. Hughes out of the
picture. they are looking to Mr..
Hoover as the man most likely to
carry the administration of the Gov.
eminent 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
by the evident determination of the
Senate not to seat Senators.elect
Smith of Illinois and Ware of Pennsyl.
vania. Both are strongly Republican
states, Mr.. Smith and Mr.. Ware have
made 1t 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 Ware is
likely to enter the primaries next
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 the way for several
other cities in their efforts to obtain
the Democratic national convention.
Seek Democratic Meeting.
1t was understood that If the Re.
publican convention went to any one
Of these cities. it could not have the
Democratic convention. The support
ers Of Detroit. San Francisco. Cleve.
land and Chicago. all OF which made
bids fpr the Republican convention.
will be here January IL in full force,
seeking the Democratic convention.
Detroit has laid it's plans for the
Democratic convention.
But the fact that it is so close to
wet Canada, a fact which initiated
against DetFOlC III the IlcpuDIlCd0
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. If
the Democrats are to nominate Gov.
Smith of New York or Senator Reed
Of Missouri, they are not likely to do
SO on wet territory. it is said. but
rather they will seek to minimize the
wet issue.
Indianapolis continues to be sug.
gested as the proper spot for the
Democratic hosts to hold their
Lational convention this year, because
of the chaotic state of Republican
politics there. 1t has been urged that
the holding of the convention in the
Indiana city would do much to offset
the nomination of Gov. Smith. il he
is to be nominated, which has been
held handicap to the local Demo
Gratis because of the strong prejudice
In the State against Catholic and
wet. But India polls has yet to make
real bid for the Democratic nationa
convention.
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to arrive here was the big steel
freighter Capt. Thomas Wilson o.
the Wilson Transit Co. OF Cleveland
The Wilson came in sheathed in ice
from stem to stern. but apparently
little damaged. She carried cargo
of grain from the head of Lake SUI
periOr
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RESIDENTS ARE CONTRIBUTING
LIONS SHARE IN SUPPORT OF D. C..

the tax rates OF few cities will APP
pear when adjustments are made for
debt, county and State taxes. This
short table. which may be heightened
at will follows:
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DETROIT. December 10 GPD.-The
Great Lakes freighter, George NJ
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.
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! OF real property within the corporate
limits of your city?
Z. What is the exact amount Of
realty TAX pald on house the sale
value of which is $4,000?
3. What is the exact amount of
realty tax paid on business prop
erty tue value of which is 800, 900?
O. Has the assessment on real prop
erty in your city risen or dropped in
| the past years, and If SO, how much?
10 Has the real estate tax rate in
your city risen or dropped in the past
years and if so. how much?
IL. Is there any ordinance in your
, community regulating the value of as.
sessments on real property?
IL II the law OF your city provides
for 100 per cent assessment of true
value for tax purposes. is 1t custom
airy to assess such property at the
market value? IL not, at what per.
centage Of true value do you assess?
49, What il the annual ratio Of non.
collectable taxes to the amounts actu-
ally paid?
IA 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?
Is. Has your city any bonded in
debtedness; how much of the taxes is
due to this bonded indebtedness?
is. What is the percentage OF prop
erty within your city which is exempt
from taxation?
Replies From 80 Cities Listed.
From the returns on this question.
naire the replies of approximately so
cities were selected and information
obtained therefrom relating to popu.
lation, ~ealty tax and assessment
basis. nual amount derived from
rel esta,a taxes. per capita real es-
tate taxes, per capita assessment
basis. per capita exempt property
amount OF bonded 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 being
$2,1S7. With latest figures avail.
able showing S4,SS3 Government EN-.
ployes on the Federal pay roll in
Washington, the pay roll being $l2S,-
900 900. the average annual salary Of
these employees was stated az $3.50
per year, thus making the per capita
assessment exceed the average an
nual salary of the Government EN-
ployes by $66S. New York per capita
assessment was shown to be the larg-
est in the country, the figure being
s22S5.
The survey also showed that Wash.
ington's per capita tax on real estate
is the fourteenth on the list OF so OF
the largest cities and Industrial CEN
tiers of the United States.
Assessments Compared.
A tabular comparison of real estate
assessment in Washington and other
cities, with the reminder that only so
per cent of Wa shincfnn real esfa t.
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Austria's sales tax" produced an1
fifth OF the government revenue IA
the past year. k.
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Assessments Compared.

A tabular comparison of real estate
assessment in Washington and other
cities, with the reminder that only so
per cent of Washington real estate
is subject to taxation, was made as
follows: