Galveston Daily News (Newspaper) - April 25, 1931, Galveston, Texas Tne second of Tarzan will bo presented in colur for News leaders Sunday It having been In- stalled aa a regular feature in the section Good reading adults and youngsters Again The News has scored for its readers in obtaining a new and modern novel Mad now appearing daily Don't mias an in- stallment 15 GALVESTON TEXAS SATURDAY APRIL 25 1931 ESTABLISHED 1842 STABBING SUSPECT NABBED IN MEXICO Texas House Condemns Act of Austin Business Men CITIZENS ASK LAWMAKERS TO ABANDON LEAD ON BIG BILLS Action Pends on Electric Sale Satterwhite Calls Action Scheme to Force Men to Aid Great Bond Issue Austin JYx April A little flame of yesterday was fanned into a fire in today The house f vent the aid of Travis County members who wore in n signrd hy Austin men to abandon on controversial wide issues It unanimously adopted a resolution by of Odessa the citizens group Representative Satterwhite skid action of the 50 Austin citizens was itn effort to browbeat be Travis representatives into port the highway bond The entire County had voted against the bond Issue and Representative McGregor had been ono of the leaders of the opponents Proportion The waa precipitated when Representative ward of he would removal of the highway de- to Waco and the creation of a highway build Jnp there when n McGregor hill proponing erection uf a highway office building in Austin was brought the house Pope of Corpus charged John of the highway Hlon wrote the resolution which A lift in men lace he knew nothing oJ i IIP resolution until he rend It In Thp mutter to he senate where Senator Woodruff of of to Torre their to chop their of Woodruff ion for their County is netting them to to pipe down thk fnr tho nf It ih n com- on thr citizenship of tin Woodruff The resolution adopted last night U S Minister DISTRICTING COMMITTEE TO DELAY ACTION UNTIL MONDAY Will Take Plenty of Time Greer Says Leaders Ex- press Views Crusader Gels Legal Aid By Clever Ruse P G Lay United Slates ister to Honduras kept ton informed as to revolt ment u In that country and looked out for American interests FORMER mm TO Page MEXICAN AMERICAN MIXED CLAIMS COMMISSION AGAINST PETITION Mexico City April tH rejected of of Hoover si II American for nn Ihp of bin death at thf of In in The and Ibe Dr Alfaro of voted the petition holding Ihp Mexican government not fnr acta of i did not bring Into power The who killed Russell to ft hemled hy who In arms against the if but whose revolution did not After its derision ho nnd its left for Vein lo nn the fnr Thorp they will at- lend the spoons of the began early in Mny The Weather For Cloudy little In n O Knia In portion tn nn the Cloudy in 0 ly winds on I he nnH DEATH APPARENTLY CAUSED BY BLOW TO CHEEK AT- TEMPT TO STEAL ING THOUGHT MOTIVE Cal 24 death of Dr Luigi Barf philosopher pnd ono time ind political advisor lo the late Abdul Hamid of Turkey was he of a police Investigation preliminary examination weakened the he hail been murdered The body found in ment at a hotel today by a maid after Rev Boury n priest of the Catholic Church had discovered his floor locked The missionary was calling to arrange a for n of to honor Dr on caused by blow on thr M B case of murder ascribing art In who may berni for n rare heroic the f which wan virtually the only of tho old man of JOP Taylor thP canvas was In plain sight that purse containing had not been dis- Kep Page 6 FIVE DOLLAR CATCH OF DOPE MADE York April valued by customs agents at were found on a Hudson River plnr today climaxing a day fruitier search of the French Inor UP dc France on Hie agents had been the ment would be made One of 135 Inspectors had concluded their search of the rench liner when another group and polko seized ho of and hoy had been unloaded from the can liner Milwaukee diatoms officers the cs hud been diverted to MUM thr had been tipped off to he They said there wan nothing on thp canon to Indicate heir intended receiver Auslin Tex April riding will not ho attempted hy the free committee un- til next Monday night it was decided Friday and hy Representative who acts rhnirinaii of the session said further will be made to the committee at Its next session as to what bcra think of the assignment of counties and building of districts After all this Is done the tee will buckle down to and endeavor to agree all admit U going to be Julian of conferees does not be- lieve that the committee should trv too much He naid Friday he wanted to give It plenty of time so that If a is agreed to It will have been written after erate consideration nnd avoid charge of map judgment or rash action of this ho will- Ing that it proceed slowly and give opportunity for other members to counsel wilh its members Wright of arrived here Friday He is not with the of his district Haying he preferred to have his present ties with others added than to re- build and take in a number of new counties Originally the took Hopkins Lamar and Delta ties out of the old first district and later they were restored In the restoration the present district retained the adding Upshur l tbi Greenville Tex April A sign lawyer devised by cotton from a on tho window of her jail cell served at her today had obtained for an attorney who her release from the Hunt County Jail here The exponent of temperance who walked tho streets nt Tampa carrying a basket and shorn In K that ginger was for in an attempt to that v was adjudged Insane In Rains County Sheriff G N of Rains County had brought her to Greenville of crowded conditions In the Kalns County prison OPINIONS ARE VARIED WITH MANY PRESENT FOR HEARING PRESIDENT HOOVER EXPECTS BUDGET MAY BE SMALLER BY NEARLY FOUR LIONS Washington April cost of running the fedor 1 ment fir the next fiscal year waa estimated by Hoover day at a decrease of the man EH Id cither or both would be to him Congressmen Mansfield and Son REDISTRICTING Page fi IP ACCUSATION OF INJECTING RELIGIOUS ISSUE HIT BY CHAIRMAN FESS April A charge by Chairman ShouFe of the democratic national executive com- that the republicans In- the religious Into the mat campaign hurled back nt tho democrats today by Chairman Fens of the national committee Clearly and unquestionably M did Inject the li HUP in his San speech the in n ment from republican terr At the same time he said national committee publi lated d nn article Frank Kent n the 1930 cong hut it did refer to the religion of man Raskob of the democrat Ir commit tee and would have er tist nr a member of said speech had repudiated by several California lenders Elevator Operating Lord Is Desirous of Divorcing Wife Iowa April Ir ilor here who camn n title Is thr girl IIP married bemuse his mother Mir Reginald bettor known here null in today belli linker lust Mny i u telephone fr who HIP fatal nnd he min Maker At thr time expressed iho opinion Raker might be more interested in a title than in 11 mim whom nhc hnd seen but hp hor leff at once for of the family her husband announced he would follow he did preferring to bis Iowa friends and Min the In a suit on thp p her title nnd cont for this year This figure arrived at by the chief executive after conferring with cabinet Is an in- of over the get submitted to when were made for the year ending Juno 30 1932 and wipes out the budget bureau's mate of a surplus In addition the budget bureau's of revenue for the 1932 fiscal year of did not into account the shurp railing off of tax as shown in collections last month The estimated cost of running the government for the present year ending next June 30 was estimated at At the cloxe of business on April 22 total ment expenditures for the were 5 59 On that clay tlu bud collected from all sources leaving it with a deficit of The treasury already has mated there would be n deficit of more than at the end of the present fincHl year There has been a drop of in income tax thin your an compared with Insl year the total Customs receipts have dropped nnd other internal revenue has decreased 000.000 The figures made public by Mr Hoover did not include tho ing expense of the postal service but did include the estimated for that branch of the ment The largest saving In the mate for was In aid to culture This year will be needed year's figures cal for a difference of proximately This re- Sce FEDERAL BUDGET 6 POLICE EXPECT ARREST SOON IN BIBBENS MURDER San Diego Cal April Contain of Detectives Paul J Hayes announced tonight he expected to arrest n suspect soon in the der of Mrs W D Dolly whose was the third to con- front authorities here recently I that I know why Mrs murdered and who did Hayos said The identity of thp man is known d there is believe ho It now is a of locating the man and this I believe we shall do within the next 24 hours if not sooner sufficient to wished her out of way Lower Residential Rate Proposed in Offer of Houston Electric Company Igloo Byrd's Pet Terrier Dies What is to ho hy the hoard of city un proposal oC the Houston 1 lighting and Power Company for the of light and power nnd properties of the Galveston Company was at tlie end of a lengthy hearing Friday morning Apparently the majority of the board of commissioners are to the transfer au indicated by the attitude of Mayor Jack E nnd City Attorney F Williams while prominent citizens and organization heads nol averse to the acquisition of the properties by the Houston company it given the samo In- and commercial rates gether with the domestic rates thai now prevail in Houston Protests the aale were received from several organizations S R Bertron president of the Houston company could give no thai would en- joy the same industrial rates as See ELECTRIC SALE Page 18 FIGHTING MARINE EXPECTS TO CONFER WITH ERNOR SHORTLY Vn April MaJ Gon D a fighting with police tx perl to journey shortly to Oregon at that stair's request to discuss militant plan for out crime He will carry with him the Idea consolidated state unit motorized and composed of young and unmarried men freed of cal control can come close to eliminating tho racketeer nnd re- ducing to an absolute medium Word came from the White House today that Oen Butler com- mandant of the marine post here would be granted a leave of absence o confer at with Governor Hcier of on reorganizing hat state's police force Governor Meier recently ed that Butler como to lend ils aid to such a plan Tho ul request for a loan of the I former director of public safety Philadelphia was carried to resident Hoover by Senator Nary of Oregon I made no request for a lea of Butler explained today I did Indicate to Senator McNary that if the president f would gladly help in any I could Finn The marine officer recently of n because a verbal attack upon Premier of Italy has evolved a definite plan of how a state police unit should be organized hLs system hundreds of municipally directed police forces a state would be abolished nd a single statewide unit d Pren Photo Igloo the fox terrier that Adm Richard E Byrd to both poles died in Boston Eyrd canceled lecture engagements in Memphis to hurry to Boston when he learned of the dog's Illness but resumed his tour when word of death came APPROVED BY CONGRESS CREATES PENALTY FOR OVERPRODUCTION IN THE REPUBLIC Havana April com- with A provision in the sugar Institute approved by congress this week the National Exports Association immediately wili begin a complete census of all available cane in the republic A committee of six mill owners will supervise the census While the does not specify tho fnr the production quotas in the future shall be changed lo that of the available cane of each mill It says thp object of taking the census Is to obtain the necessary information in order that the cane supply may be taken into consideration in the quotas Production Restriction The sugar institute establishment of which was In the will represent the Cuban sugar In- dustry as a whole in international conferences on questions affecting It It will have the power to agree to restriction of production and ex- ports for a period not to exceed five years subject to the president's See SUGAR CENSUS Page 6 TEMBLOR HITS LOS ANGELES DAM AGE LIGHT Angeles Cal April An earthquake that lasted five nds shook Los Angeles and suburbs at a m today with exception of a few shattered store windows and some broken chinaware the sole result was a highly excited populace The epicenter apparently was in the Santa Monica Bay district eral store windows foil in plaster n offices and homes was cracked and dishes broken From offices homes and alike people disregarding the warnings of earthquake ex- perts fled into the streets Experts have that walls of buildings shaken hv fall jut first and thp flours usually are he last o collapse so the street is a poor place to seek safety In Hollywood the shock was slight but it was more pronounced n Los Angeles PROVISIONS OF AGRICULTURAL MARKETING ACT TO BE FOLLOWED STONE ASSERTS April James C Stone chairman of the federal farm the ican Cotton Manufacturers tion here today the board intends to continue attempting to improve agricultural conditions in ance with provisions of the cultural marketing act The idea seems to prevail in the minds of seme farm products that the farm board is out to destroy their he said are not trying to de- stroy or injure anybody's business but wo are trying to help improve conditions in agriculture in with provisions of the marketing act and we arc going to continue doing that Cotton Cut Mr Stone said future prosperity of the nation depended on the farmers participating In tho The program being developed under the tural marketing act gives hope of that he said He repealed the recommendation of the federal farm board that temporarily there be a in cotton acreage until the consumption at home and abroad again catches up with production and furthermore that the quality be improved in line with the ing demand The chairman said the success of See FARM BOARD Page 6 QUEEN NEAR INJURY AS FLOAT DAMAGED San Antonio April 124 Dorothy Thomson queen of thr court of Olympus anil fiesta San narrowly escaped in- jury Friday afternoon when n low throne toppled fl ragged thr columns supporting her from their moorings and them to the street The anil her float hud just finished the fiesta parade de- as In nnd n tho to when the occurred estimated Friday's crowd at 150.000 by some than the crowd last and said lip in history JESSIF DOUGLAS TOT REPRESENTATIVE OF PRINCE OF WALES CALLS AT HIGH ISLAND CHAPTER I Something must have happened In the Villa Rosa for quiet brooded over it Nora waking on her lumpy Italian bod looked out nt the brightening sky and the cypress ky bl strange trees looming black against it It nt UiLs hour that arrived with a clash if pots in the kitchen Rut thU it quirt Nora rose to look down over the valley tn the blood-red roofs of Hi to thp r Appenines tc the night when very late she had heard the crunching of before the and her father's boisterous shouts of welcome Tho moonlight had picked out a tall shaggy fellow the painter Nicholas Thayer whom they bad known at the Pensions Soli to Thin my dear fellow In our niflcent her father cried It's not bad We have a a room with n tin tub like a of potatoes and R cook of They had disappeared indoors with n load M Why had her father kept such a watched last MAT The personal representative of the prince of Wales was in High Island this week but he loft rather suddenly Thursday night Some disappointment expressed among tho natives nt his de- parture for the prince himself wan due to visit there in about two The personal dressed brass buttons representative blue uniform with and a yachting cap arrived -t High about a week apo After hnd l sufficiently aroused ns to thp mysterious hom t be he public his position and his He was the personal I representative of highness sent over to thin country to c some bulls for the royal stock farms ho After he had got the lined up the prince was to n High Island to approval on tho bulls Wears Brilliant Uniform Thp personal in addition to and j braid hud a big silver belt buckle with bis thereon name by the title ind to him hv blan Mister He made trips to the Tex April Jr 19 was latu Friday in of rn luts in jail hi connection with tho brutal staying Wednesday of Springer U at homing 27 of Sun An- tonio news was relayed to San hy telephone laic night by Jack San An- toniu According to Detective Hicc chez was alone when arrested in the outskirts of Neuvo Laredo and was believed to have been ing to leave for the interior of Mexico Statement Is Abide Hicc the man had made a complete statement to the mayor of Laredo and to Ed district attorney at redo Sanchez had been traced by De- and A and Sheriff Lott to the border town duy morning After searching all day on both of the river tho officers received a clew lo his whereabouts He offered no when said Chief Police Owen KHday Im- mediately got In touch with nor S Sterling who was in San Antonio Friday to see the tlo of flowers parade The nor his secretary at Austin In turn to send a telegram at once to the governor of the state of maul i pas asking the latter to hold ho alleged slayer in custody until necessary extradition papers could be forwarded to him Saturday from Co-Operation Seen Governor Sterling believed that Mexican governor would erate willingly with this state and that he would to deporting the man to the American side However he said he would decide Saturday what steps he would take ISLAND fi OFFICER SAYS STATEMENT IN BRUTAL CRIME MADE BY MAN Governor Sterling Asks Of tidal of Border State to Detain Prisoner See SLAYING SUSPECT Page 12 LAST OF WOMEN AND DREN FROM PUERTO ZAS ARRIVE IN U S New Orleans La April The last of the women and children refugees of Puerto Cabezas ragua arriving here aboard the steamship Contessa brought detailed story of the slaying of dro Blandon lieutenant of the lit Sandino a fow hours after the massacre They said he was killed in handed combat by A R Beard former Canadian farmer but now wharf superintendent at the port who chased the bandits with small bund of Americans and native national guard they said hid under a hose with four of his troops The pursuers opened up with jun fire and killed the four Beardsley then rushed the house and with in hand dragged out Blandon who had been hit by a bullet As the bandit cried Ah Beardsley emptied his tol Into the man's body Tim bodice of the Americans at were- found hacked with machetes and decapitated find were buried cm the spot under a nent of low Bandits sent warnings o ihc refugees said thin they would his life in ex- change for but the lian has refused to leave his post Pastor Is Acquitted of Kiss Stealing Charges Kansas City Kan April 30 minutes 1 jury today decided in favor of UIP Rev James Cornish Bend Kmi and against bin former choir singer Mrs t ho Thomas who him of a kiss from her Mrs who said upon hem inn the verdict Mho would a new trial on a of find It KO to show that tirr will triumph said Mi Cor- nish who of tho here nt mid WHS while DIP two iii the r laird 11
