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I CRUISER BIDS
ARE RECEIVED
New Program Will Not
Put U. S. Over Lim
itation
r
WASHINGTON. June 15.—
The administration went ahead to
day with the cruiser expansion pro
gram authorized by the 70th con
gress, the navy department receiv
ing bids for the construction of
five of the 15 10.000 ton ships to
be started during the next three
years.
While a limitation on this build
ing program may come in for dis
cussion at the contemnlated visit
of J. Ramsay MacDonald to Presi
dent Hoover, the chief executive is
without authority to forego the
building of any of the cruisers un
less a new limitation treaty is agreed
upon before their completion.
Even with these craft in commis
sion. the total American tonnage
of modern cruisers would be within
the 300.000 tons limitation proposed
by the American delegation to the
preliminary disarmament commis
sion at Geneva.
Tenders submitted on the craft
were slightly higher than had been
expected and they will be studied
before any of the contracts are let.
Three private vards and five navy
yards submitted bids. The bids were
■round $10,000,000 cash for the
ships.
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OFFICER KILLS
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police that he never suspected tha*
Burnett cared for Mrs. Kelly until
last Sunday when the roomer at-:
tempted to put his arms around
her. An argument followed which
ended in Burnett moving to another
residence. Since that time, accord
ing to the husband, he has heard
rumors that Burnett had threaten
ed to “get him”, but thought noth
ing of it. Kelly said that Burnett
came to his home in the middle of
the afternoon today and assured
him that he bore no ill will.
Draws Pistol
Burnett returned at 7 o’clock to
fclght and went to the back of the
home where he found Mrs. Kelly,
her sister and the two Kelly chil
dren, Troy 11. and Bill. 4. on the
back porch. Burnett drew his pis
tol and flourished it. remarking on
Its beauty, then pointed it at Mrs.
4 Kelly and the others, remarking.
••Couldn’t I pop you off pretty?”
Kelly came from his store next
door as the shooting started and
fired three times at Burnett, slip
ping and falling into a puddle of
water. Meantime Burnett shot Mrs.
Kelly and then pursued the hus
band, who gathered up the two
children and rushed to his motor
car. Although Burnett rained bul
lets after them none was hit and
Kelly escaped In the car in search
tf officers. Burnett then wander
ed down the street, stopping when
he saw Sam Cessna sitting on the
front porch of Simpson Dobb s res
idence.
His Friend
The crazed man walked up to
Cessna, pointed the pistol and said)
••You’re my friend, ain't you? All
right, if you make a false move I'llj
kill you. I've just killed the woman ‘
I love ”
Cessna said the man pushed a
bottle of liquor toward him and
forced him to drink with the
weapon pressed against his breast.
At that juncture. Mounted Offi
cer R. W. Hope, who was off duty,
drove by and Burnett turned the
pistol on him and inarched Hope
back to the car and made him drive
down the street.
Just behind them were two other
officers who forced the Burnett
machine into a side street.
Burnet got out of tl^ car and
started shooting. Officer Hope
slipped up behind and pinned Bur
nett's arms but the giant twisted
free, and Hope ended the wild
hour by killing Burnett.
PEOF HELD
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! if led the hat as belonging to the
girl who was with Snook.
Detectives said they had uncov
ered the fact that Miss Hix wore
j the hat on the night of the killing
' and expressed the belief that she
had been in the room shortly be
fere she met her death. They re
fused to reveal the basis of their
evidence.
The scene between Dr. Snook,
Mrs. Smalley and the detectives oc
cupied but a few minutes and after
i both had made their statements
• Snook was taken back to his cell
and Mr;. Smalley returned to her
home.
Interpretation of the meaning of
several articles of personal proper
ty. some with stains to be analyzed
for blood, wnich were found in the
possession of Dr. Snook, professor
cf veterinary medicine of Ohio
State university, was sought by the
police in investigating the slaying
of pretty Miss Hi;:.
In addition to Dr. Snook, police
arrested Mario T. Myers, graduate
student at the university doing com
borer research work for the Ohio
state department of agriculture.
Articles Found
The .articles consisted of a man's
cap. a pair of womans gloves, both
stained, a round-headed hammer, a
woman's umbrella, several hair pms
and several strands of light brown
hair like that of Miss Hix. which
were found in Dr. Snook's automo
tive In his home detectives found
a str.ined rhirt, a mans felt hat,
aha stained, a jack knife with a
smudge *1 the point, and two suits
cf men's clothing, which had been
frethly cleaned and pressed.
During the search of the Snook
heme, detectives found a fire in
the furnace and prepared for an
examination of the ashes.
Mifs Hix's battered body was
feund on a rifle range near here
yesterday. Dr Snook, former hold
er cf the world's record for pistol
shcctmg. was taken into custody at
the rifie range Myers was arrest
ed at a fraternity house after he
had called at. the undertaking es
tablishment where the girl's body
lay and had talked to Coroner
James Murphy.
BAN DEPLORES
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votes in Virginia was made today by
I. C. Trotman of Suffolk, member
of the anti-Smith committee of
ten which called the Roanoke con
vention to be held June 18. In a
telegram he had sent to Mrs. Her
bert Hoover.
Mr. Trotman said he had sent
two telegrams to Mrs. Hoover in
connection with the tea and gave
the text of the second which fol
lows :
' Your silent contempt for my
message of yesterday goes a long
way toward healing the wound In
flicted in the hearts of six south
ern states that cave Mr. Hoover
such a large majority. Can it be
possible that you think southern
white people beneath your consid
eration? Your »ea party cost the
republican party in Virginia not
less than 25.000 votes. An expres
sion from you would do lets of
good "
Lois Whitstine,
Milton Tarwater
Are Wed Saturday
Miss Lois Whitstine and Milton
Tartwaier were married in the pres
ence of a few friends and relatives
Saturday evening at the home of
Rev. J. E. Lovett.
The couple left shortly after the
ceremony on a short honevmoon to
Corpus Christi.
They will be at home in Harlin
gen where the groom is connected
with the Abbey Buick comoanv.
Miss Whitstine is the daughter
of Mrs. H. T. Ruth of this city.
The wedding came as a surprise
to friends.
AMARILLO. Tex., June 15.—i/Pi—
Hollis Price 12-year-old son of G.
H Price. Amarillo policeman, died
here today from wounds received
last night when a revolver in the
hands of a brother was discharged
The boys were playing with the gun
at the time of the acidenk
ROBISON CASE
NEARING VOTE
Only One More Witness
In Impeachment
Charges
AUSTIN. Tex., June 15.—<**>—'The
house of representatives will likely
vote on the impeachment charges
against J. T. Robinson, commis- 1
sioner of the general land office,
early next week, it was Indicated to
night.
Attorneys for proponents of the I
charges announced they had only
cne more witness to offer.
After hearing Governor Moody
and Attorney General Pollard, the
house recessed until Tuesday. The
legislature had accepted an invita
tion to spend Monday at Mason as
guests of the Hill Country Chamber
of Commerce.
Moodv Testifies
Governor Moody and Pollard
testified to conferences in which
they participated with Robinson. |
President H. Y. Benedict of the Uni
versity cf Texas, and R. L. Batts,
vice chairmen cf the university
beard of regents, relative to pro
posed postponement of sale of oil
and gas leases in university lands
advertised for last January.
They also told of events which led
to the filing of an in.1unct.on suit j
against Commissioner Robinson on .
January 1. when he was restrained I
from selling some 50.009 acres of j
land advertised to be sold on Janu- j
jary 2.
J Their testimony was much the
I same as they gave to the Joint com- j
I mittee which investigated the land
office during the regular session.
“Sure of Ground"
In detailing some of the conver
sation that took place in the con- j
fercnces. Governor Moody recalled i
that Mr. Robinson reminded him \
and the others that they should be j
sure of their ground in deciding they |
had authority under the law to j
postpone the sales.
“I remember particularly Mr
Robison saying: ‘We do not want
th? sunreme court to spank us: we
want to be sure we are right.” Gov
ernor Mocdv testified.
Pollard testified that he had ad
vised Robison he could postpone the
sales ana would write him a letter to
that effect, but that Robison said
he did not want a letter.
• He told me he wanted a well
ccnsidered departmental opinion,"
Pollard said.
"Isn't it your knowledge that
within the past 15 or 20 years when
Jim Robison locked horns with any
one over interpretation of the land
laws that the courts upheld him 90
per cent or three fourths of the
time?" Lloyd Price, one of the at
torneys for Robison, asked.
Denies Prejudice
"I do not know that I know that.”
Pollard replied, ‘‘but, I do want to
say this: The statement that was
made by an attorney here that I
was prejudiced against Mr. Rob
inson is untrue. In my opinion Mr
Robinson is a very capable man
when It comes to a knowledge of the
land law. I have known him for 25
years and always suported him. It
is my purpose to throw the ball
over the plate. T give the law as I
understand it. If the departments
care to heed bv advice that is mat
ter for their discretion only. There
s no law that directs them to follow
my construction of the law.”
Testimony had previously beei
heard on the charges of mismanage
ment of the reappraisment fund and
acceptance by the commissioner of
gifts and gratuities.
DEATH CHEATS
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' Robinson entry. One of his tires
hit an uneven spot and the ma
chine was further deflected by the
wreckage of the guard rail. The
car overturned and r~lled down the
bowl, crushing the pilot and burst
ing into flames. Blazing gasoline
spread over the track and fire and
smoke added to the menace of six
other drivers still in the race.
Triplett Skids
Triplett's racer crashed into the
i mass of broken wood and careened
I to the top of the track, shrouded by
a cloud of smoke, but skidded safe
ly to the infield. Triplett was not
j hurt and the machine was little
damaged.
Woodbury's mount buckled
against the wrecked rail and top
i pled to the infield, where he was
i irapped.
Keech's body was mangled. His
skull was fractured, his chest
was crushed, and his left leg was
j severed at the knee. His machine
was destroyed by fire. Keech was
the third killed on the speed wav,
which was opened in 1923. In the
initial event "Howdy” Wilcox lost
his life. In the following year, Joe
Boy:r was killed.
Race officials announced prizes
would be awarded to the drivers in
the order of their positions at the
time the race ended. This would
give Keech first money of $4,500;
Meyer, second; Woodbury third and
cliff Bergere, fourth.
PHILADELPHIA. June 15.—<£>>—
Ray Keech. killed at Altoona to
day. had the distinction of having
driven an automobile at a greater
speed than any other American.
He was 28 and began his motor
ing activities as a truck driver, pi
loting huge vans up and down the
White Horse pike between Atlantic
City and Philadelphia.
His record performance was made
with the Triplex Special, owned by
J. M. White of Philadelphia He
drove the car at 207.55 miles an
hour at Daytona Beach in 1908
The record was beaten this year by
Major H. O. D. Segrave. the British
! rac* *rtvwr who pushed the mark
; up to 231 miles an hour on the same
beach three months ago
Keech won the Memorial Day
classic at Indianapolis this vear
covering the 500 miles in 5:07:25'
which brought him about $40,000
prize money. That contest was his
record major competitive race he
having finished in fourth place in
the Indianapolis grind in 1928
Before he accepted J. M. White’s
offer to guide the Triplex Special
to the world's record. Keech was
known as a dirt track driver and
had not attracted much attention.
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FARMERS WILL1
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board as strenuously as possible. S.
O. Richcreek, chairman of the
board of directors of the district,
said Saturday night. He added that
if the increase was granted by the
board it would be opposed in the
courts and that the suit would be
carried to the supreme court if nec
essary. .
Plead Big Investment
The plea for permission to collect
and increased flat rate and per wa
tering charge is based on the state
ment that the American Rio Grande
Land and Irrigation company has
recently increased its investment
since the present charges were fixed
by the board and that present i
charges fail to earn any return on '
the investment, which it says has i
grown to $4,000,000.
The pleading, filed by D. W.
Glasscock as attorney for the com
pany, sets out that the present rates
established by the state board of wa
ter engineers since April 1. 1922.
were based on a valuation of $3,000.
000 and were calculated to earn a
return of 6 per cent on that in-'
vestment.
The petition now- before the board
sets out that if the present rates j
were earning 6 per cent that still
would be too low to be a fair return
on the investment, but that as a
matter of fact the company 1 is not
receiving any net returns whatever.”
Petition
' That the prevailing interest rate
in the section where said properties
are located is at least 8 per cent ;
per annum. The petitioner has out
standing bonds on said properties
whereon the interest and discount!
create fixed charges of the cost of
the money amounting to at least 8
per cent per annum. The general!
policy of the laws of Texas is to
allow public utilities a net return of
10 per cent as reasonable And pe
titioner alleges it is entitled to at
least 8 per cent per annum net re
turn value of at least $4,000,000 on
said properties: and that any less
amount of net return is and would
be unreasonable and unjust and
confiscatory. Since the date of the
entry of said orders by your board
and the cost of maintenance and of
operation, and of all materials, la
bor. items and factors entering into
same, has greatly increased. That
each and all items and factors en
tering into the justness and reason
ableness of the rates to which peti
tioner is entitled have changed and
increased since the date of the en
try of said orders by your board.
That the rates and charges fixed
bv your board therein have become
and arc now unjust to your petition
er. and unreasonable, and confisca
tory of the properties and invest
ment of your petitioner. That the
entire income received by your pe
titioner under said rates and charges
counting all thereof as collected, has
not been actual experience since the
date said changes became effective
and are not now more than suffi
cient to pay the actual cost of main
taining and operation of said prop
erties and cover proper amortization
and depreciation charges.
■ Petitioner alleges and shows to
your board that under present con
ditions. and all the existing facts
having relation thereto, the rates
and charges to apply on said system,
in order to be reasonable and just,
and to allow’ petitioner a fair and
compensatory return on the value
of its properties employed In said
service should be a -flat-rate” of
at least $6.00 per acre per annum
and an Irrigation charge of at least
$3.00 per acre irrigation: and a
charge of at least $3.00 per acre foot
where the water is measured: if the
rates are fixed to apply alike over
all the system, and if different rates
are fixed as between the first lift
and second lift lands, then said
charges should be a “flat-rate” of i
at least $6.00 per acre on all the 1
lands; and an irrigation charge of
$2.00 per acre irrigation, and &
charge of $2.00 per acre foot where
measured on all first lift lands; and
an irrigation charge of $3.50 per acre
irirgation and a charge of $3 50 per
acre foot where measured on all
second lift lands, and petitioner is
entitled to have your board fix its
rates and charges in at least such
amounts.”
Present rates of the company are
$4.50 per acre flat rate, and $1.50
per acre per watering. Where met- !
ers are operating the charge is $2
per acre-foot.
The company rejected an offer of
$1,729,000 for the system by directors
of Hidalgo county water district No.
9. organized by the farmers served :
by the company for the purpose of
purchasing the American company's
interests.
The American company had |
placed a valuation of $3,000,000 cn
the properties some time previously.
SAN ANTONIO
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Patterson. Mrs. C. H. Moore. Mr
and Mrs. Chas. Burton. Mr. and
Mrs. Burt E Hinkley. Jr.. C. F
Hurst, and Mrs. John Gregg were
in the party.
The flyers returned to Fort Brown
to spend the night, and will return ;
to San Antonio shortly after noon
today, it was announced.
The flyers, most of whom were
sent to Brooks field for instruction
from West Point, reported a pleas
ant trip down here with flying con
ditions favorable all the way.
The following men made the trip:
Doubles: Captain Chenault. pi
lot: Lieut. Duncan, pilot: Lieut
Hudson, pilot: Lieut. Stroh. pilot;
Lieut. Soarhawk. pilot: Ben Baines
assistant city editor of The Eve
ning News, passenger: Private De
Costa. Sergeant Susemiehl, Private
Polinski. Private Greenhut,
Solo students: Steed. Lieut. Mor
row. Lieut. Bunker. Lieut. Israel:
Lieut. Maxwell. Lieut. Buleer, Lieut.
Olds. Lieut. Brown. J. W., Lieut.
Tate. Lieut. Reed. Lieut. Olive. Lieut.
Goodrich. Lieut. Brentnall, Lieut.
Wilson. Lieut. Brentnall. Lieut,
ner. Lieut. Alexander. Lieut. Brown
H. Lieut. Anderson. S. E, Lieut
Murtha. Lieut. Wilson. Lieut. John
ston. Lieut. Skelton. Lieut. Meach
am. Flying Cadet Morgan. Flying
Cadet Auton. Flying Cadet Van Au
ken, Flving Cadet Newberry, Flv
ine Cadet Bavlor. Flving Cadet
White, Flying Cadet West. C. P.
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settlement of the dispute which
caused a critical state of affairs in
Mexico for the past three years.
However, he has observed a hands
off policy since the arrival of Arch
bishop Leopoldo Ruiz and Bishop
1 Pascual Diaz a week ago. They
;have talked with the president twice.
HOOVER LADDS
FARM AID BILL j
‘Constructive Start At Agfi*
cultural Relief*
He Says
WASHINGTON. June 15.—I#*
President Hoover described the farm
relief bill which he signed today as
•a constructive start at agricultural
relief” and as “the most important
measure ever passed by congress in
aid of a single industry."
His formal statement, issued sev
eral hours after the actual signing,
follows:
“After mar.v years of contention
we have at last made a construc
tive start at agricultural relief with
the most important measure ever
passed by congress m aid yf a singie
industry.
“As it would have introduced
many cross currents to have initi
ated anv movement toward the se
lection of the farm board until after
the legislation was completed, no
steps have been taken in this direc
tion beyond the receipt of several
hundred recommendations It will
require two or three weeks to make
these selections. The choice of the
board is not easy for its members
must in a measure be distributed re
gionally over the country. It must
at the same time be chosen so as to
represent sa far as possible each
maior branch of agriculture.
“Moreover, the beard must be
made up of men of actual farm ex
perience and inasmuch as its work
lies largely in marketing in conjunc
tion with farm cooperatives its
membership should be comprised of
men who have been actually en
gaged in directing farmers’ market
ing organizations. It is desirable the
board should have at least one man
experienced in general business and
one with special experience, and
congress will be in session, exceot
for short periods, the board will bo
able to present its further require
ments almost any time "
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JAIL REALTOR
LAGUNA BEACH. Cal . June 15.
—(/pt_Dead with a bullet hole
through her temple. Mrs. Myrtle
Wood. 40 year old Long Beach,
Calif., widow, was found today be
hind a sien board here and short
ly after J. A. McClure. 56. Long
Beach realtor, was arrested in Ti
juana. Lower California, himself
with a bullet hole in his head.
Mrs. Ina Lowell, daughter of the
slain woman, told the police Mc
Clure had been an admirer of her
mother and that Mrs. Wood last
was seen enroute to McClure’s
house after having expressed the
intention of telling him she would
hav nothing more to do with him
McClure, found wandering in a
circle on a dry mesa on the Mexi
can side of the international line,
told Tijuana police he had been
kidnaped and shot by two men who 1
stopped his motor car at Lagu: a A
Beach and robbed him of $65.
SELF-IMPRISONMENT OF POPES COMES TO AN END
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Ever since the forces of Victor Emmanuel and Garibaldi conquered that broad belt across Italy which
was known as the Papal state, the pope has been a virtual self-imprisoned man. reius.ng to leave the
Vatican. Through the papal terms of Pius IX. Leo XIII. Pius X and Benedict XV. this imprisonment
continued, until Pope Pius XI. present head ol the Roman Catholic church, came to terms with the
Italian state. Although his empire is the smallest in the world, he steps from the Vatican to claim tem
poral power over his possessions and terminate the pseudo ' Roman War” that has lasted since 1870. A
view of Vatican City and the line of popes since 1870.
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