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Words of Wisdom He who talfcs much cannot always talk Criticism Is easy and art Is diffi- cult--Destouchcs. In your Sunday's Nows eight pages of comlca, Including tho nation's beat afl well as an added magazine section designed for tho whola family. No Increase In price--still Sc. 88TH YEAR--NO. 15.

GALVESTON, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1929. ESTABLISHED 1842 10 DIE IN TEXAS TORNADO Coast Quardsmen Seize Launch Elizabeth With $50,000 Liquor Cargo Riding at anchor In Campbells Bayou with a liquor cargo which officials think will total 750 cases, tho forty-eight-foot motorboat Elizabeth, former Galvestou pleasure craft, was captured last night at dusk by four coast guardsmen from the live-saving station on Pelican Spit. Tho value of hor cargo Is well In excess of 550,000. One man, giving tho name of Joe Lara and speaking little English, jumped overboard from a little skiff In which he was Hculling ashore from tho liquor-laden craft but was taken into custody without difficulty. Ho said ho had been engaged yesterday morning to watch the craft by BOUIO men he eaJd he could not name.

Ten dollars was to have been paid him last night, he declared, Thore Several Days. In view of the rough weather of the last few days, belief was expressed that the Elizabeth had been anchored there several days with her load of liquor or else was transferring It from some storage cache further up the bay. Campbell's Bayou Is midway between the causeway at Virginia Point and Texas City, emptying into Galveston Bay from Swan Lake. The boat was (anchored In the middle of the bayou half a mile from lie mouth nd completely out of sight from the bay. It is declared to be easily accessible to trucks.

The Elizabeth, a heavily-powered boat, decked from stem to stern and pointed a dull pray which reduces her visibility considerably. Is loaded to tho guards with liquor. In fact, her normal freeboard has been cut down alarmingly by her present load and coast guardsmen believe that It would have been virtually Impost) I bit; for her to have come in from sen with such a load In the rough weather that has been jJiuvallinn fur lu lout few days. lit Gunny Sacks. Tho liquor itj in triangulnr- shaped gunny sock packages, six bottles to the package, juj is cun- to roary when 11 has to bo tossed from boat to boat in the open sea.

No attempt was ni'idc last night to sen how much ehc had aboard but officials said that 750 cases would (Continued on Page 11, Column 6.) MONTGOMERY AND MEN TRYING TO BREAK IN HOUSE, SHE DECLARES. I'ondlng tho outcome of an cx- amliiRlng trlnl which hau been set for Friday morning In Justice of ths Pence II. M. Kupsn's court, Ccnini, young woman charged following the fatal (shooting of Karl Montgomery, IH at liberty under a bond of $500 und Investigation of the. affair In being made by County Investigator Andrew C.

Riilllvon nnd City Detective Tom Connolly. Tho murder charge WUH filed Immediately a the (mooting by Police Srrgcnnt Frnnk Minggne. The HhoollnKi according to police 1 hoory. followed nn nitampt tn break Into her homo at 2117 Forty- i fit i cot and to kidnap or abduct her. Six men, two of them, accord- Inftion police, mr-mbers of the Fort Crockett garrison and Uirce of thorn farmer accompanied Montgomery lo the place, police Hatch Four of the, men went lo the front dour and Montgomery nnd two othcr.i went to the back door.

At Back W.ndnw. Montgomery, according to the. pollen theory which IB supported by it Hlatcmont made. by Ruth Gcnna, who was atone In Ihe house. at the time, then endeavored to climb In through the buck window.

He. had raised tho window, the. screen nnd the shade and wns holding the nhade up with his left arm and WHU junt. about In hoist hid right leg over Iho window when tho fnlal BhnlR Ruth Cinnnn. told police officers, who had responded lo a telephone cull to the rffee.t Mint someone won trying to break in, that she wan In be.d when she heard nolno at both iloorn.

Men's she nnid, led her to believe that the house waa fliirroundftd. She got up, nho told pollen, took IL platol, hold It in hnlh hands, closed hor eyes and fired two shots nt someone climbing through the hack window. She did a- PHRO 7, Column 3.) The Weather For Oalveston and Vicinity Thursday probably fair nnd til IK 111 ly cool or; mimorato to fresh southerly winds to west nnd north. East Toxus--Generally fair except unsettled on thn const with nhowors probable, In tho lower Rio VaUey Thurnfhiy; Friday, generally fair; colde.r Thursday. to frctih northerly winds on the.

coast, West Texan Generally Inlr Thursday nnrt Friday, colder in nonthenst portion Thursday; wanner in i portion Friday. The One-Minute Pulpit ELINOE SMITH STAYS ALOFT 26 HOURS TO REGAIN LOST HONORS. Roosevelt Field, N. April Smith, 17-year-old flying flapper of Long Island won a victory today In the four-sided battle being waged among two women from the Eastern seaboard and two from the West for the woman's solo endurance flight record. She brought her plane down at 2:2:10 p.

after 26 hours, 21 min- utnu and 32 Kecunds In air, beating the record of 22 hours, 3 minutes and 12 seconds established by Louise McPhetrldge of California by 4 hours, 18 minutes and 20 Fccondu. Before Mra. McPhclrldge, Mied Bobbie Trout of California was the record holder. Miss Trout beat an earlier record of Miss Smith, who in turn on that earlier flight beat a record held by Viola Gentry, Long Island's flying caehler. MJSS Smith's record today WAX within 0 hours, 11 minutes and 40 seconds of the man's solo cndur- nnco flight record of 35 hours, 38 minutes and 21 fiocendu established at Roosevelt Fltld last mpnth by Martin Jensen.

LCBS than three minutes before imc landed Miss Smith exceeded the first world endurance record ever established nt this fold. In 1021 Kddlo Stinnon of Detroit and Lloyd nertaud, who was lout the Irflntn-AMnnHe njfl Olcry r.r. tabllflhed a record there of' 20 hours, 18 minutes and 35 seconds which WOB two minutes nnd 57 seconds less than tho record set slnglo hnmied today by Minn Smith. Miss Smith brought her plane, cabin monoplane borrowed for tho night from G. M.

Bellanc.ii. nlrplane designer, down to perfect Jaiu 1 Ing. REAL ESTATE BOARD HOLDS UP INDORSEMENT OF BOND ISSUE. SETS NEW FLIGHT RECORD ELINOR SMITH. 5 New Counts Voted Against Gov.

Lonjj By Anoclated Prtsr. Baton Rouge, April additional Indictments of Governor Huey P. Long wcro voted lato today by tho Louisiana houso of representatives acting us an Impeachment grand jury, and tho senate will meet tomorrow to lay plans for hlu trial. In swift order tho house voted ImpeacJimcnt nn flvo to and to the already adopted but rejected two at hers not substantiated by tho evidence. Tho vole' was 59 to 30 for Impeachment on the first clmiKu uf mibUfeiiiK public fuudu ly failing to account for $2,000 of the 6,000 appropriated for the entertainment of tho National governor's conference in New Orleans last November.

Then the body added four more counts cburping (hat tho governor had given year's salary to the, ututo Institution secretary In exchange for his resignation; that ho hud paid chauffeur und automobile mechanic nnd purchased gasoline out of thc'titate. house and mansion Hint ho had bought a net of law books from the. eamo fund und that he had directed the highway commlHtdon to pay a contractor $1,000 for defective road culverts. ChurgeH tlmt the governor hud paid out of slate funds $HOO lo John Messina to act as his body guard and used other state money to maintain a law office In Baton Rouge were voted down. Tho two charges voted against the governor some time ago ac- cuaod tho cxocutlvo of attempting to suppress tho freedom of the press by trying to Intimidate Charles P.

Maimhip, Baton Rouge into withdrawing hia editorial at- tnck upon th governor's" tlve program and making an effort to bribe 1 members of tho state lec- idlaturo Into voting for his proposed oil tax by offers of state. John. Governor Long waa not In Baton Rouge at the time of today's He speaks tonight at Lake Charles where ho wag ready to hurl his last defiance at accusers from the platform before the senate mecla. During the last fwoek he has epoken from all sections of the slate in a campaign to get public Mcnllment behind him In his "fight against impeachment. I The Gnlvenlon Ron I Hoard decided yi-aterday to nnk tho hoard of school trustees to call in immediately nn advisory hoard of citizens to work with the school board in tho enlargement of school facilities, both phynically und internally, brforo further notion Is taken by tho renl estate bonrd on (ho proposed $2,000,000 bond Issue to he submitted Muy 34.

The board unanimously Indorsed tho bond lusuc for imrkn and phiv- groundd for $300,000, tho $200,000 bond IBSUO for permanent street paving, tho Issue of $100,000 for west, end sowerntre west of Forty- Boventh street and north of Broadway, $160,000 for extension of drnln- ngc In the west end and tho bond issuo for $30,000 for flro stations. Tho IBSUB for $50,000 for filling the cost end flats was not Indorsed by thn realtors on the ground that that amount, of money wns not aufflclenL Mur.h Discussion. Considerable discussion preceded the adoption of the motion Introduced by John Hanna that the board of school trustees nek an ad- visoi-y board of citizens to work i it in the enliirceme.nt of tho school facilities. Tho legality of thn board of trustees submitting the bond Issue at this or nsklng for nn Increased tax levy was tniestlonod by Jacob Sing or. Mr.

Singer declared NINETEEN TEXAS SENATORS ASK CONNALLY AND SHEPPARD OPPOSITION. ne or. bill in How nlso nrc. ilioiiKhls ma, rind! great. In Iho Hum of thcjn! thy how If I should count thorn, thoy nro inure.

In numbnr thnn the imnd; when I I am still i thee. -r i e.xxxlx, 17, 18. tho bill introduced by Senator Holbrook providing for a rcgntlon of city and school taxes wan approved by Governor Moody on April 2 and be.cn mu e.ffe.ctlvc im- me.dlnloly. Under Its terms, he declared, tno question of the segregation of school nnd city taxes must bo submitted first to tho vote of tho citizenship, "JCven tho school election wns IHognl," Raid Mr. Singer.

Ho declared thai Iho bill authorizes a maximum of in mufiie.lpnlity and tho city can not afford to take upon itself. burden (. $2.000,000 bond Ipsun. Mr. Singer declared tlmt oven if tho ciUzonn Indorse tho bond.

Issue of $2,000,000, it would be Illegal. "We can't help that," mild Z. T.pwln While, mnmbnr of the. bonrd of trustees nnd locnl realtor. "It.

is going to be HUbinllttul ovun If It is drfrntod." I When hor questioned, Mr. Whitti MI Id Unit, ufler Jim pnld for thn next two nnd a hnif montliH deficit of upproximntely will fnro Mu He.lu'nls. don't en re who liaiidloH the monoy," snld Mr. Hnnnn, "I'll voto (Oontlntird on Pngc 0, Colnmn 0.) NO MOVE MADE TO TAKE TIP PRISON BILL AS SENATE ADJOURNS UNTIL MONDAY. By Annoclntrd Press.

Austin, April the senate adjourned until Monday nnd tho houso fighting hard to maintain a quorum, Governor Dan Moody's special session of the legislature wns hesitant about nltch-- ing into (he task before it todny. The senate penitentiary commit- ten still hnd made no move to consider the administration measure by Senator T. J. Holbrook of Gnl- vt-fltcn for relocating and concentrating thn prison system, nnd Sen- ntor D. McFnrlano of Graham staled that he know of no business before It McFarlane Is Irreconcilably oppoi'ct! to the.

governor's bill. The hoiiFe ci Incut Ion til committee, before which IR pending the bill by Representative Rny Holder of Lancaster ere. at Ing bonrd of education and a state commissioner of education, wns unable lo get a quorum in spite of the house nc- tlon In enlarging the com mi (ten momberhhlp from twenty-one to twenty-six membcni lo make sure there would be no delay from this score. Tbo housy adopted a concurrent resolution' acquiGHclng in the sen- ato's desire, to knock off until Mon- rlny, it being necessary under the ruicB for both hoiifos to consent to either rcccaHing for a period of moro than thrno days. There was an attempt, to adjourn tho house until Monday, but It wns voted down.

A cnll of Iho houso wnH put on nnd 102 members finally mustered. nre thero will not be a quorum tomorrow. Tn a joint nennte-houno sopslon during tho afternoon lawmnlccrn hennl President IT. Y. Bnnmllct Irac.o thn development of the Unl- verpity of Toxan from 1837, when nn act to establish school was intrmlue.eil by Kfl.sy Dnuglns of Nae.opdochi'H, i the prenenl.

ProHldenl Honed lot en id in of mone.tnry rliffle.uHlen which lionet prlurnHonnl lenders thrnuglmut many years, thn unl- ve.rplty hnd dpyelnped fmcp.eHnfully. (Inn thonHrmrl hnvn fpcrived lrgreps, the president, reported. I A A SPEAKS THBEE HOURS AQAINST PLAN. HUH Charges President Is Wot Living Up to Campaign Promises. By Afisoctntrd 1'rraa Austin, April members of the Texas senate today Bent a telegram to Senators Sheppard and Connnlly of Texas and Robinson of Arkansas protesting confirmation of the appointment of former Governor O.

B. ColquiU to lha board of mediation. Those sieving- the protest were Senators J. E. H.

Heck, Oliver C. Cunningham, Tom Debcrry, Charles T. .1. Holhrcok, John W. Hornsby, will M.

Alnrtin, Eugene Miller, Joe M. Moore, Nat Patton, Tonias C-. Pollard Gns Russek, C. C. Small, J.

W. Stevenson, W. E. Thomnaon, Ed Westbrook, W. E.

WHIittmHon, A. J. WIrtz, Edgar E. Witt. The message said In part: protest the confirmation of O.

Colquitt to the board of mediation. Mo represents no political jrroup In Texas. His varying political afflllnUons evidences a lack of nolltienl Integrity that has made him obnoxious to the great mass of the sincere citizenship of this state Colquitt Is objectionable In our judgment to nn overwhelming majority of the voters of Texas. Since his retirement as governor, he hid been repeatedly denied political preferment by tho citlKcnfl of Texas, although almost continuously en- doavorniR- to office of one kind of another." Representative S. E.

Burnett of Greenville Introduced In the house a resolution protesting tho ColquiU anoointment and it was referred to tho committee on federal rclntions with no action taken so far. By Asnocialed Preee, Washington, April three- hour attack upon the farm relief legislative program generally con- Havo tho indorsement of President Hoover was delivered In tho senate today by Senator Brookhart of Iowa, while tho house moved rapidly toward a final vote on Its bill and with machine-like precision defeated attempts to amend The Iowa senator's address was punctuated with flourishes of pamphlets containing the speeches he had made for Hoover in the presidential campaign. Ho had described the chief executive during that contest aa "the boat friend the over bad." Brookhart said that prior to election Mr. Hoover had given, every Indication that he would "actually bring equality to agriculture." Welcomes Veto. "On that basis I supported him," he shouted, "but when his message came to congress we found the statement that 'tho agricultural problem must bo solved' changed to the statement that 'It can not be done In a "Congress has the power to solve -this question even over a veto," Bald Brookhart, Ho declared that he "would like to see some vetoes" and then watch congress vote after them, because he for one bad not "surrendered his scat in the senate to the White House." On adjournment, tho house had finished consideration of two- thlrtls of tho measure and had rejected more than a score of amend- every beaten by a big majority and the mcaauro stood unaltered from the form In which It camo to tho house.

An attempt to Incorporate the equalization fee in the bill failed. Representative Cannon proposed tho fee na an amendment but Representative Purnclt of Indiana, a republican member of tho agriculture committee, raised a point of order on the ground it was not germane, and ho was sustained. At the end of the day, half dozen changes that members plan to offer tomorrow were sent to tho clerk's desk to bo brought up when tho house resumes Its consideration. Among these was one by Representative Crisp, democrat, Georgia, which would make Immediately available $100.000,000 of the $500,000,000 that tho hill would authorize for revolving fund. Senator Brookhort's extended speech in tho senate added a dramatic flavor there which was lack- Ing In thu houbo proceedings.

He asserted that the republican party at Kansas City and President Hoover In his campaign speeches hnd promised "equality" for agriculture but that the bill being advocated would fail to bring this nbouL The lowan declared agriculture was entitled to a large subsidy comparable to thn relief given the railroads during the war. And that failing to get this he intended to support the export dcbcnt.ure plan, which Is opposed by tho president. menu. WHhout exception, change proposed hod neon Negro Welcomes Capture After Chase by Hounds Special to The News. Huntsvlllo, April Maxoy, negro, escaped from tho Wynne state farm Wednesday.

Ho waa working in a hoe squad and when ho got to tho end of his row. he made a break for liberty. The guard emptied his pistol at the fleeing prisoner but failed to etop him. Bloodhounds were immediately placed upon his track and. after running for forty-five minutes the negro roundnd a hill only to find a guard waiMng for him.

Tho bloodhounds wero close behind when Maxcy was' "I am glad you was here, boss," the negro said, "for thoao hounds on my track HO close behind sure di'l scare me." By OIL INSTITUTE MOGULS WILL CO-OPERATE WITH FEDERAL BOARD CONSERVATION. By Ajoclated Press. New York, April 24 --The American Petroleum Institute today fell Into step with tho federal oil conservation board's program of con- Bcrvation. Directors of tho institute voted unanimously to co-operate with the board In the promulgation of an interstate compact which would limit production by controlling- drilling. In adopting the board's program the Institute abandoned a plan of voluntary curtailment which with a suggestion from Attorney General Mitchell that it was In violation of tho anti-trust laws when it was submitted to tho federal agency.

immediate need of tho oil industry, members of tho Institute said, was to curtail 1929 production to the 1028 level, but In abandoning the voluntary curtailment plan. It was thought that any compact 'secured- would la'stlntr enough for production lo bo limited over a period of at least three and possibly elx years. In vlow of the possible adoption Itn plan tho conservation bourd already has sent Dr. George Otis Smith, director of tho geological survey, to obtain opinions from the governors of various oil-producing states on tho typo of legislation necessary. The Institute learned today that Govornor Moody of Texan has promised Dr.

Smith his co-operation, and has said he would recommend changes in the present drilling laws of tho' state necessary to meet tho requirements of an interstate compact. Scores Hurt as Wind Wrecks Slocum; Dead Taken From Wreckage By Associated Proas. PALESTINE), April which Wept over portions of East Texas uhortly after noon Wednesday left ten known dead, scores Injured and thousands of dollars damage to property in their wake. Full fury oE tho storm was felt at, Slocum, a hamlet eighteen miles south of hero, where at least ten lost their lives scores wore injured by a twister which descended suddenly and. cut a swath one-half mile wide and nearly four miles long.

winds of terrific Intensity swept over Janes Community, four miles north of Center, Wednesday afternoon. No lives reported, lost, but one woman was said, to be seriously Injured. Soventy-five were mado homeless. Hospitals Filled. ihs, who police said, was a "ma bomber," and for the gang'stc POLICE START DRIVE TO END BANDITS' "REIGN OF TERROR." By Associated Prean.

Cleveland, Ohio, April by the bombing: of two policemen's homea and the slaying of a pair of notorious gangsters here today, tho Cleveland polico department tonight waa in the throes of a citywide offensive ngalnst bootleggers and their killer associates. "We'll meet this gangster rclgn of terror with a reign of terror of our own," Edwin D. Barry, safety director, Instructed members of tho police department. Although criminals of all sorts were being sought in tho cleanup, the center of tho campaign wan tho search for the man who planted the hnmhi tcr who klilod' Morris Fuiirstman and leader Shlllcr, two of their own forces. Although the bomb blasts damaged two houses and gave tho occupants a sovcre shaking up, no one was injured by thorn.

Police said the bomber was an expert. Bodies of the two slain gangsters wero found In a ditch in tho outskirts of the city. They had been garrotod. Police of Cleveland and Detroit said tho killings were a now out- breaking of gang warfare and woro probably In retaliation for the kill- Ing Jiibl week hi Dutroll of Sitmuul Abromson, professional bondsman with a long polico roaord. COL15MAN CHAMBER NAMES w.

o. woomvAim PRESIDENT By Afiaoclnlrd Prrnn. Coleman, Tex. April C. Woodward, state senator, waa named president of the Coleman Chamber- of Commerce here todiiy by directors of Iho organization.

Searchers be! i vcd the number of dead at Slocum would be increased to more than as additional bodies were being recovered from debris left in walto The dead: Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Mclver.

Russell Mclver, school child. Charles Fay Turner, school child, Mr. and Mrs. P. E.

McDanlcl. Mrs. B. E. Klrkwood.

R. W. and Marvin Klrkwood, sons of Mrs. KJrkwood. A Mrs.

Galling. Physicians and ambulances w'ero rushed to tho stricken ama from liero and tho N. hospital and tho Palestine Sanltorlum were filled to overflowing as" emergency cars and private parties continued to bring additional Injured. Preparations woro being rushed to caro for tho Injured in cota sot up In public buildings. Roods leading to tho little ham- lot wero crowded) with automobiles bearing relief parties from Palestine, Elkhart, Grapeland and other neighboring towns.

O. H. David, postmaster at Slocum, gnvo a graphic description of damage wrought by tho tornado, which was one of tho worst over felt In this section of tho state Mr. David stated that hut one small structure In the community who were elected at meeting last night. the annual Atholl Death Hazard Told by Passengers PULLMAN HEAD DIES AT HOME IN CHICAGO Chicago, April Francis Carry, C2, whose heritage was the iron founder's trade, and whose destiny the presidency of the pullman company, died at his home today of cerebral embolism.

His health had been failing for some timo but until a week ago he had boon at. tho desk lie hnd occupied as president of the pull- ilnco 1022. Fort Wayne, Ind. Iron founder, young Carry gravitated into his father's Irnde ami when he came to Chicago in 1888 entered, the employ of Wells French Company, railway car builders, as a stenographer. When no left tho company as secretary In 1899 It was to join the staff of the American Car Foundnry Company.

He was vice president of that corporation In 1916 when he. was elected president of the Hnakcll Barker Car Company at Michigan City, and in this capacity remained until Its absorbtion by the, Pullman Company, of which he wns president thence until his By Aiuocintftd Press. Paris, April a story of fever and death, passengers who cruised the coast of America und Africa for several months in. the steamship Duchess of Atholl wero divided between London and Paris tonight. Four of their original number wero missing, victims of malignant malaria which somo of the tourists contracted iu overland tours to Victoria Falls and National Park.

Those, who filed were: Henry Norweb, G8. of Hnslyn Heights, N. on March 26; Dr. Edward Hardenbrook, 52, of Rochester, N. on March 28; Luther Facey, i 71, of Kingston, on March 30, and Mrs.

Alice M. Er- necke, 46, of Hollywood, on April 1. The four deaths had saddened the passengers. Many told of the EIGHT-PAGE EXTRA SECTION A e.ight-pngG section is carried by The News this corning telling the details of the. formal opening and open house of the firm of Knhn Levy to un celebrated between 7:30 and 10 o'clock this evening at the now store building, 2117 Church street.

The growth of the city Is reflected in tho special section, which deals with one of the most famous huRtne.HSfs In Giilveston. Oustnv Knhn nnd J. M. Levy, members of the firm, state Hmt they 1mvc beon duing extensive business in the new building since, the first of (lift year. 1ml.

thn formal Thursday night will introduce the. in- i i i (o Mie. public Gnlvcslon's most up-to-date furniture, e.s- tahlinliiiienl. Miilnlam! nnd Gnlvcston citizens are. invited to inspect the complete, establishment tonight, when slocks will bo on exhibition.

Music, him been arranged, und refreshments will ha served during tho evening. inc passengers, many iniu me oppressive heat, saying that it was from D6 to 100 In tlw shadu at times, nnd as high as 136 in the sun. It wns In this heat, nnd presumably bitten by insects In the interior of Africa that seven passengers were stricken by fever. It waa thought nt first they suffered from sunstroke, but later It was determined their illness waa malignant malaria. Tho three who recovered, after lengthy illness, were Miss Wilhelmina H.

Com- stor.k of Otawa, William John Mills of Toronto nnd Oe.orge. A. Chandler of Hiirtford, Conn. Dr. Legraa, Cherbourg public health officer, went aboard the Duchess of A on her arrival and gave the ship a clean bill of health.

He remarked upon the advanced age of most of those who contracted the malaria and said thiit, considering tho length of tho cruise and the high average ago of all the passengers, the death rate had be.en below what might normally have been expected. Hoover Asks $4,500,000 For War on Fruit Fly Ajfiociflud Press. mcnt and with the president. They Washington, April mvp considered testimony brought Hoover today recommended to con- out in a hearing Monday before Dr. )) n'lule C.

L. Morlatt. chief of the bureau of B--- plant quarantine and control nd- able to meet the 'grave emeigency ininisii-jitinn due to thi presence of the Mudlter- by Ronre-entntlve ttuth rani'tiii iruit fly in cerium sections Owen, vlrtunlly the. entire The department of agriculture, i i Baiion, consldei-mir tho post a menaca to, O6f nT, cnjfrornla ami (Continued on Page 7, Column 4.) KOHANISM AND KIT KLTIX KLAN ENTER SENATE DEBATE. fly Aojioclated Press.

Wnflhlngton, April appeal for religious tolerance by Senator Borah of Idaho absorbed senate in-1 tercst today after tho Ku Klux Klan, "Romanism" and American- lam had been discussed heatedly again by Senator HefHn, democrat, Alabama. Borah warned that religious freedom Is "one of those things which aa a free people wo daro not let die." A crowded chamber listened to him silently and attentively. Senator l-loflln a little while before had engaged In an argument with Senator Watson of Indiana, the republican leader, which bocomo; so warm that Vice President Curtia i called for observation of the senate rules. "It was tho Idea of tho fathers" (of tho country), said Borah 03 ho, pounded his desk, "that in the broad- cnnflnc.i of this government and! within its gonorous purposes, thersi was to bo room for nil faiths, alii crp.eds, all beliefs. Tho only thlm? required of them was that In their professions and practices they should conform to the teachings and principles and authority of free government.

"It waa the view of the framers of the constitution that those who should find a home in theso United States which they were then organ- ising should enjoy tho most precious boon which It is tfiven ra an to enjoy: that is, the right to approach his Maker in his own way and according to the dictates of his own conscience." On Borah's conclusion, Heflfn repeated that he believed there was religious Interference by the church with the government. Another appeal for adoption of his resolution, was followed by adjournment for tho day. Senator Watson entered the ciiflPlon when Heflin insisted that Wntnon hnd aprreed to his resolution as modified. This the, Indiana senator vigorously denied. npsert you did agree," shouted Heflln.

"I nsflort I most did not say that," retorted Watson. As each reiterated his assertion rnoro vehemently, Mr. Curtis rapped for order nnd reminded the senators that Iho re.nnte rules forhM senators from stich observations. Senator Watson apologized. and curtain vegetables from the state within few dtiys.

Secretory Hyile. has made available $40,000 to provide for the nrfliminary steps which have been und arc being taken, to control the pest. Thn departme.nl of mrrlcilllure had recommended that, the be allocated from the unexpended bnlanee of a special appropriation made to combat thn pink bollworm, which is available bet nuse eonrlttioiiH have prevented tM use for the oripinnl purpose. President Hoover's recommendation nnd the ment's nr.Hon today followed sanction by Director bud got bureau of use of the funds for piirporo. thr past daj'P Director Ixinl bns conferred with offlclalij or the UKrlciiHurn dopart- ings.

calling upon experts to toll the infestation of the stato by the I insect. Montgomery, April quarantine against tho movement through the state of nil clnH.ops of fruits nnd vegetables grown in Florida was established today by the stata flepnrtmcnt. of ngriculture to protect Alabama trom the Mediterranean fruit fly which ban been discovered in three Florida counties. FRANCO-ITALIAN NAVAL PROBLEM IMPERILS MEET KSKY MAYOU SUMMONK HY STATK LKr.l Trenton, N. April legislature, today Adopted a concur- n-iil.

rcHolul-ion a aub- ponnn to be Issued for Mayor Krnnlc of Jersey City direct- I Ing him to appear before tho bar of a joint KCKsion Monday, June 2-1. Gfinevn, April problem of navnl parity between Frnncti nnd Italy tonight loomed out as a reef which might imperil tho suc- cf-HH of any five-power navnl conference to reduce nrmame.nts. Premier Mu.snolinl IH represented here nn firm as a rock In demanding i for I Inly with Franco, both on land sea, wbllo Franco apparently falls to see the justice of such demands. Franco i hrr communications i her oxlonslvo colonial pos.se.islons nnd her mainland open to twit iicoand aru sufficient n-a, for her having forcoa bUiJL'rioi 1 tu Itnly's,.

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