Galveston Daily News (Newspaper) - March 31, 1931, Galveston, Texas Brakes Keep your automobile In sound Faulty or Ing apparatus may a accident And always be on the alert when Words of Wisdom I have no Idea of m liberty un- connected with honesty end Burke Thire Is no anguish an ror of which we 366 TEXAS TUESDAY MARCH 31 1931 ESTABLISHED 1843 STATE RESTS IN MURDER CASE Government Starts Suit to Dissolve Sugar Institute MISSING LINK VIOLATION OF ANTI TRUST LAW CHARGED TO MEMBERS Two Texas Firms Are Defendants Action Is Result of Federal Probe New York March The federal government today started suit to dissolve the Institute charging it has violated the Sherman anti- trust law by maintaining comprehensive scheme to en- force oppressive and uniform of the which Includes the leading sugar manufacture 86 per cent of the product used In this country their raw material at abnormally low the charges from Porto Rico Hawaii Cuba and the Philippines Declare Large The American Sugar Refining Company and the National Sugar Refining Company of New Jersey together produced about 46 per cent of the sugar made in the United States the government says in IU complaint and their have been enormous In the last three the American ing have Increased from to and the National Refining profits Jumped from to About SO com panics and are named In the complaint Their have been under Investigation by the federal trade aim UMI of commerce for two years Knitted That part of the sugar used In the United States and not made by Institute members comes from beet refiners the complaint says and tho Institute Is charged with having Influenced these refiners to restrict their competitive Tho Institute price tho charges was kept a hundredweight over tho sessed by beet sugar Interests Producing companies named aa defendants The American Sugar See INSTITUTE Page 3 FIGHT TIGHT HAN TERMED HOST KILLER REFUSES TO WAIVE EXAMINATION St Joseph Mich March Fred the nation's most desperate killer not out today to fight a tight case Thru was his description of the Michigan murder charge which brought the most man alive back from Missouri He took the first step by ing to walvo preliminary tion Justice of tho Peace Joseph Collier hound him over to April 8 ho ahow why tho state should not hold him for the slaying of Traffic Policeman Charles Skolly Stolidly silent Burke indicated only In court ho will plead fiot to tho count which might nent him to prison for life Later a deputy sheriff nuked him H random question about the That's a serious matter lie Sea BURKE CASE Pago 3 The Weather For onJ ly cloudy somewhat colder winds mostly northerly Generally fair pre- ceded by In portion cooler in enst nnd Houth portions Tuesday fair in north fresh to strong northerly on the const becoming Fair cooler In ex- treme portion In and Tuesday Wednesday partly cloudy warmer except In portion Rain local storm colder In northwest portion colder Tuesday fair Fresh easterly to winds on thn const somewhat Tuesday nnd Wednesday fair warmer In portion In southeast In northwest PWl on Tuesday Wednesday Solons Favor Wagstaff Proposal They Were Hosts to the Viking Survivors Here src the Inhabitants of Horse Island who sheltered the survivors of the explosion and fire that destroyed the Healer and aided In their rescue The group was assembled and photographed by Robert K KogR who flew to the Island to obtain pic Illness of Mother of Attorney Halts Trial Scrivnor Case Pending Since 1927 Is Postponed Delays Have Been Many W S Shiloh Scrivnor did not ffo to trial iu dis- court Monday morning us scheduled his con- iiy Judge Charles G because of the critical ness of of Maury of neys OIL OF WILL CUT LAST OF BIO COMES IN ON LIMITATION AGREEMENT BT Washington March Standard Oil Company of Indiana will effect immediately a substantial reduction not only of petroleum Imports to the United States but of production at IU Venezuelan wells This was made known today by just back from Caribbean trip with President Hoover The actual amount to be curtailed was not given but it was said to be proportionate to the slashes announced by ard Oil of New Jersey the Dutch See CURTAILMENT Page 3 BODIES OF FIVE STORM VICTIMS TO LIE IN STATE Holly Colo March by ulde the bodies of five school children and the heroic driver of the Colo school bus who perished In a blizzard last week will lie In tomorrow us the com- munity pays tribute School will bn stilled and business houses closed Hhd ly everyone In this section of eastern Colorado will attend Joint funeral Four Holly will officiate Near the casket of Cart Miller the bus driver will bo that of his daughter Mary one of tho children who died when the bus stalled In the blinding storm This is the second time during the present term of court that the case has been continued the other continuance being necessitated by the Illness of the mother of L M cocounsel Now Set for May The case Is now scheduled to come up during the regular week of thv April term of court probably In the first week of May Before continuing the case Judge held i conference with County Attorney Ralph Crawford Assistant County Attorney R Robinson and U M yon and L M Gernsbacher defense attorneys A long distance tele- phone call was put Into Dallas and CASE Pace 3 DUMAS CUT OFF FROM WAY AS WINDS WHIP SNOW INTO DRIFTS By Associated Unseasonably cold weather after drenching rains tonight threatened cattle on the Texas plains and goats and sheep In the mil country The temperature at Lubbock was only one degree above freezing as the sun went down and stockmen said they feared heavy losses of cattle would result from the severe belated blast of winter Occasional snow flurries were observed there Snowfall measured one Inch at and weather experts fore- cast a minimum of 24 degrees there Tuesday the same as the low reading of Dumas Moore County was cut oft from highway traffic day a strong Ing whipped drifts In placi northwest wind snow into Tho Port Worth Denver City Railway reported snow alon lines in Texas as far so ong uth See TEXAS WEATHER Page 3 Fear of Homicidal Maniac Revived as Torso Is Found New York March time in loss than three days a part of a human body has found In the vicinity of tho connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn Workmen in a lumber yard day found a portion of n torso It md been severed from tho rest of he body by a eaw nn ax or a tho examiner could not ho certain which n woman's high was found nt tho of thn The today said It was unlikely that tho two parts from thn body one imn lie I UK tho body from which tho section of was cut hart hern dond not more than 48 hours It appeared to have been side of a ly built man I do not believe At this time that the two parts from the samo the examiner said But remember I said at thin time By this iie explained he meant that further Investigation might only death wnp In- In the two finds although ho was doubtful thla would bo borne out December a torso wan found Sco MANIAC FE RED Page 3 SITE VOTES SIX AMENDMENTS PROPOSE ISSUE OF AND EX- TENSION OF REFUTO TIME LIMIT Tex March senate this afternoon amended the road bond Issue tion six times and recessed with other amendments pending The original resolution was all but supplanted by a new one posing a bond Issue of as the senate adopted an ment by Senator Moore of ville to let counties voting bonds between 1907 and 1017 for state highway purposes participate in the state refunding plan Adopt Amendments Almost in one- two three four order the senate adopted ments limiting to actual highway construction proposing to send of the gasoline tax Into the public school fund to re- move real personal property far distant from liability or a lien See BOND ISSUE Page 3 THIRD ALARM HOUSTON FIRE DAMAGE Houston Tex March Fire of undetermined origin gutted the two-story brick building pled by the Brown and Candy Company here tonight The flames reflecting against tin overhanging sky attracted thous- ands of spectators and a third alarm was turned In before the flames were subdued The ing Is located In the warehouse district and considerable concern was at one time felt because of the nearness of other buildings Stock and fixtures are valued at about The building though old could not be replaced for less than candy company declared AMENDMENTS GROUP KILLS RESOLUTION ON TAXATION Governor Sterling Advocates Plan of Redistricting Compromise Seen Austin Tex The house constitutional amendments committee tonight voted a favorable report on a resolution by Representative of Abilene to portion the state's judicial dis- was advocated by Governor Sterling who stated he believed creation of additional dis- courts would be unnecessary If the state should be proposed constitutional amendment would eliminate 12 dis- courts and two courts of civil appeal courts Expected Another resolution proposing a swinging change In the system offered by ready bad been favorably reported McGregor and were ex- their to compromis The committee killed a resolution by Representative Richardson of Grand Saline tc exempt land used In crop production from taxation and to levy a maximum tax of 20 cents a hundred pounds on lint ton OFFICIAL CH IHVESTIGATOK'S IN- CLUDES HO OF STUDENT Oklahoma City Ok March that Walker Kraft superintendent of utilities at the University of Oklahoma used uni- versity materials and labor In ing a large home In 1926 for himself in Norman were made in a to Governor Murray by Alva Donald who conducted a private investigation for the governor The report submitted tonight to the legislative committee gating the governor's charges con- the university contained no mention of any Investigation by McDonald into moral conditions among students at the state A legislative investigation was asked by the university board of regents after Governor Murray charged that McDonald morality misuse of state funds and other alleged Irregularities at the university McDonald a former United States marshal continued on he See KRAFT CHARGED Page 3 ICE ENEMY CONQUERED BY AVIATOR AS dAA OOO the winga of his air times causes it to plane be wn Akron Ohio March Victory was reported here today over one of the aviator's moot gerous enemies Ice that forms on and Through clouds at freezing temperature and an tude of to feet Charles Meyers of Cleveland piloted hla airplane which was equipped with rubber overshoes developed by tho B F Goodrich Com- Kny thg National Air Transport c and Dr William C Goer Cornell University research The overshoes of treated rubber fabric fitted over the leading edges of plane wings and were made to breathe as the Ice formed on them As they breathed tho Ice crumpled away The Inflation and deflation which worked like a lungs were created by a motor-driven air pump in the cockpit Tho ice was quickly discarded Adding the ess Involved no change In tho piano's flying tics Dr rho began the research Sensation Is Sprung in Cleveland Murder Case Defense Claims State's Main Witness Was Seen in Potter Death Suite CLEVELAND Ohio March greatest sensa- tion of the murder trial of Pittsburgh Hymie Martin in the ing of William E Potter was sprung today when Mrs Joseph Berger testified for the defense that ehc saw Mrs Betty Gray a witness for the state and Julius Rod lick an in the Potter death apartment only 45 minutes before he was killed H was Mrs Gray who first cast suspicion on Martin and who he death suite The grasp of the Ice icd firm which produced the overshoes went about It a medieval chemist searching for tho stone His first Idea was to a compound to which ice would not adhere Scores of sub- stances to paint or smear over the wings and struts were tried a great variety of oils solutions to lower the of Ice gums waxes varnishes highly polished films oiled paper The f ever He finally got around to spread- ing sheets of raw rubber on the leading edges No success Oil was spread over the sheets but 11 swelled them although the grip of tho Ice was weakened Next to be tried was oil-soaked vulcanized rubber and then oiled rubber vulcanized on fabric This was better but still it was cult for the pilot to knock off the ice The rubber overshoe Idea was conceived Tried out In a large wind tunnel at the Goodrich tory here where freezing fogs wiro blown by hurricanes model piano wings the overshoes worked The test run today was the application Prince to Marry Opera Singer Prince Serge announced he would marry Mary McCormic opera singer as soon as he is divorced from Pola Negri film actress HAYSEND WOMAN BEFORE UMNO SQUAD OB TO NOOSE or UTAH Salt Lake City Utah March 30 Jean Dayle singer rested night In the hands of the jury which for nearly two weeks has Hearing evidence in her trial for the murder of Sam Frank Memphis jewelry auctioneer The Jury retired at tonight after more than seven hours of ar- by counsel during which Samuel A King chief defense Counsel demanded the jury either send the defendant to face a firing squad or the noose or else acquit her As her attorney dramatically in- her breast as a prospective target for the executioners rifles Miss Dayle burst Into tears and cobbed audibly as she leaned her head In the lap of tkr mother Mrs Ida Lane of Seattle who also bowed her face upon the table be- fore her and gave away to tears The arguments centered upon the defendant's story of two unknown men who she declared entered the See DAYLE TRIAL Page 3 GANDHI'S TRUCE WITH IRWIN IS GIVEN APPROVAL Karachi India March Despite fierce opposition from the extremist wing Mahatma Gandhi's truce with Viceroy Irwln was proved today by unanimous vote of delegates to the all-India congress After a series of fiery speeches himself took the stand to support of the resolution and when he finished the Ing broke Into resounding cheers There was not a single dissenting vote when President tel put the question testimony came just today's adjournment and the She lived with Redlick who has been held several weeks as a rial witness In an apartment be- neath the one where the murder wan Surprise Testimony Mrs Berber's observation of the death apartment came from her own apartment the rear of which Is only about eight feet from the rear of the other At first Mrs Berger said the two she saw looked like Redlick and Mrs but later made it clear there was no doubt In her mind regarding their Identity Mrs before shortly after the glamorous Akron Mary bad testified a utely detailed alibi for her covering almost every moment of his movements on the evening of the murder Akron Mary looked like a school girl who had been crying for a week Instead of in her familiar of a self-assured woman cor- prosecution testimony she and Martin were at the Auditorium Hotel In Cleveland until about p m Feb 3 the evening of the murder Martin gave her money shortly about that time with which she checked out unaccompanied Shp testified he met her again about 7 p m at the Hotel Mary told the Jury she left the with Hymie about OF EVIDENCE IS FURNISHED No Attempt Made to Prove Motive for Slaying Chicago Reporter Chicago 111 March The state rested in its murder rasc Leo Brothers day confident it had proved who killed Jake Lingle buno crime ing no attempt to show a tive With an abruptness that was one of the trial's sensations Assistant Stato Attorney Wyland Brooks an- calmly the stale None of the startling of gangland activities so dently expected by many no hint of tho mysterious life of the Tri- bune reporter no reason why should wont to hill him had disclosed la Identified The prosecution took only five ays to present its case One ness Identified Brothers as the man he saw in tho Randolph street tunnel when Lingle was killed last June S and Bald ers tossed a pistol near the er's body He said he did not sea he shot fired Six other persona saw a man run from the tunnel Some chased him a short distance and Identified as fitting he looking like tho or positively being the same man The remainder of the state's case was made up of routine testimony Lingle was killed and ng the and the pistol Mai ballistics expert testified today his tests showed tho atal bullet came from the pistol found near Lingle's body Buyer Heard Picking up the state's story day where tho other seven nenes left off Albert W strom a middle-aged trunk buyer said ho saw the defendant five utes after the assassination Kelfstrom who works In a gage store a block and a half from he Randolph street pedestrian nel where Lingle was killed said that about five minutes after the assassination ho found a man standing In a dark hallway of tho See POTTER SLAYING Page 3 REPLY TODAY TO ARGUMENTS Berlin March Minister Julius Curtius will reply in the tomorrow to the arguments of Foreign Minister Arthur Henderson against consummation of the man customs agreement The spirit In which he will make his address can hardly leave room for doubt Official circles here hold that Germany has a perfect reply to virtually all of charges that the world has not been placed before the accomplished fact be- cause the fact has not yet been and that con- tention that world opinion is united against the proposed accord can be disproved by is of pi St opinion from the United States Japan and partly from England and other European countries Stribling Party Escapes as Plane Crashes Near Houston Houston Tex March W U Young who Mn June fights Max for the world's heavyweight ring title Monday afternoon smashed tho wings of his plane when he was forced to land near 49 miles east of Houston The forced landing cams In a blinding rain- storm None of the party of five was In- jured Others in the plane were Pa the father and manager William G ard of Miami Fla J L McCord of On and Jack Bell sports editor of tho Miami Fla Herald Members of the party praised the flying skill of the boxer The accident recurred about 3 p m hut it was tonight before the party arrived in Houston and told the story of the crasft Stribling said the plane would bt sent to the factory for repairs He will bring the ship Into Houston morrow Jo r shipment and will leave tomorrow night for his home in Macon Ua Stribling admitted tw and hi companions were In a tough this afternoon It was the worst crisis I have to meet in tho air said Tho rain Ir sheets making vision almost Inv possible See PLANE CRASH 3 Seo LINGLE CASE Page S SATS MAINLAND OFFICERS ING DUTY BY HERE Approval of a raid by mainland officers on a city news stand where baseball Up books were seized was expressed Monday by torney Ralph Crawford Constable Ellis of Kemah and several deputies Saturday night ar- rested George hi the Rex News Stand and seized baseball tip books He was charged with lating chapter 6 of the state penal code and released under The charge was signed by Deputy Constable J O Derrick of Kemah will receive a preliminary hearing Thursday Constable Ed held a con- ference with County Attorney Crawford Monday relative td tho action of the mainland vadinir his precinct It was re- ported I approve of the so-called said Crawford arrests any pe tion should be Any officer who rson for a law commended If an officer sees a violation of the law then it Is his duty to make an rest If he fails to do so he Is not good officer Constable Ellis visited several other places In Saturday night without making any arrests however It was stated Parr Prepared to Die In Blizzard Rescued Colorado Springs Colo March wills written and all hope of life abandoned Mrs Herman Cohen and Mr and Mrs A F of Colorado Springs prepared to die In their automobile in the near Sharon Springs Kan early morning It was learned today Barely conscious after 71 hours of exposure they at last heard approaching a Union Pacific ami signaled with a Someone on tho nnd the train on A short time later a train Informed of their plight rescued thorn They wero taken to a hospital at Oakley KaVi and today returned here
