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West Texas'Own Newspaper (The Morning Edition ol The Abilene Bally Reporter) NE MORNING NEWS The Weather WEST TEXAS- Fartiy colder VOLUME 5 ABILENE, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 14, TEN PAGES 'PRICE-5 NUMBER 1 7 1 i ff State Holds Proration Injunction Applies Only In Small Spanish Monarchy, Defeated At Polls, Faces Dark Future Cabinet Resigns and Wildly Cheering Thousands I Parade Streets of Madrid Hailing Republic and Calling on Alfonso to Bow to Will-of People 1 By CLAHEXCE DtJBOSE (Copyright, 1331. by the Associated Fress) MADSID, April De Romanonss, minister of state, announced tonight the. entire Spanish cabinet w3I resign tomorrow as the result of republican victories in yesterday's municipal and that Jnan De La Cierva, present minister of public works, will! attempt to form a new conservative-monacliisi cabinet The announcement followed a long debate among: members of i Premier Aznar's cabinet as to fee advisability of remaining an office, i Count De Romanones said the new caMnet would not inelr-3e I representation of liberal monarchist elements. I Three members of the cabinet, including 1 the count, gar Kin? Alfonso their resignations today. News of the impending cabinet resignations got quickly about and i i i tonight i crowds NEW YOKE.

Apra Stein was indicted for gree murder today in connection with the slaying of "Vivian Gordon, Broadway play Stein recently ivas arrested and is held without the Bronx county jalL Five Cent Gas Tax is Beaten;" Cunningham Unable to Introduce Corporation Bill Bomb Sticks, In Plane; Aviators Leap to Safety tbe widely cheering: became so unruly police i fBrJThe Assa NEWPORT 2vEW3, April army, bomber pilot and his passenger this afternoon escaped parachutes when a bomb stuck in the releasing device and- could not be -disengaged. Fearing to land with the bomb clanging- beneath the plane, the occupants. Captain Robert G. Breene, air corps, and Major Charles; A-PrencJj, coast artillery. decided Tiaey Some distance away, the 7 empty "plane crashed and was demolished by the The accident occurred during maneuvers.

(By ike Associated Press) onlimbered their rifles and fired: AUSTIN, April I thefe revolvers into the air. ing tffider call of the house, Windows in buildings downtown; prevented any member I from leaving the house today Thousands Cheer Kepublic oted t0 SIlbmit t0 le i Fully 6,000 men were maxchiug a i through the downtown streets carry- i psrsnt counties to establish ing: red banners and cheering the Barter snts. Thereso-i republic. i lution tree more than The excitement Teas increased as ,7 a rumor spread that the king had! vlle re( wrfh 241 abdicated. registered ir-amsi it.

Police were under orders to avoid 32 members "sgisi-ared present! violence and untn the crowd be: voting i came riotous they had kept I IcXctliS, Puzzled By Proration Fight enounce; 1 Attorney General EDITOR'S NOTE--The following article, throwing light oa the I oil proratiion situation in East Texas, is -written by a man "in the Newton Worthington, who bas covered the boom district for a string of newspapers and syndicates. Worthiagton was here yesterday en route to the Pacific coast Glares Order Granted to i By NEWTON WORTHIXGTON sstes does not think much 11 i i LONGV-LSW, April man of proration. i drilled a hole in the ground aadj On the other hand they listen to i the East-Texas farmers became oil JR. R. Penn, chairman of the cen- men.

They were very happy. The tral proration. cccamittee, or W. B. new East Texas oil men met pro- Hamilton, Wichita alls oil opera- fho PTOC i ratioiL rhe 7 have in a daze! tor, and are told that prorat-ion- -tress) jever doa the only thing which will sa- AUSTIN, April rail-j it is all about.

They have a bad 1 new field and the industrv 'a of Thousands Expected. Arrive: First Session Gets Underway at 10 A. I road commission laid lass to- headache and peculiar pains in tie whole. to proration I against all oil Droperties in the i vicinity of the belt line. beginning eyes of Tesas Baptists, footsteps of hundreds They sre told by these! of them, today are turned tO- Theytej gentlemen; proratioc wa rd Abilene-- as this CitT OB- to wonder if being o2 1 in tack wo men is all it is crackec i i fc- i Texas iield except listen to an eloquent gentle-! every in 'which Carl Estes was inter- man by the name of Carl 2stesJoui marcjhers inoving by.

slapping Cunniagha did not begin firing rmtf oductiorx ci i bill See SPANISH, page 4 Funeral Today Cunninghara. of A-'lene -'to -repeal the statute' foreign cor- Derations to ovai control of Texas corporations. The bill did not get i the four-fiiths majority necessary up bill qn head of? first est Tesas S8S barrel which is shippedj- 31 of tne Baptist SllH- of East Texas. da School CQnYestlGB. ested, after Fred Bpchurch, as-i 0 st Between 3 000 aisd 4OQO Isistant attorney said such not be- violativs 01 tse mjnnc tion granted Estes last week.

Applies to 72 Acres The injunction restrained IUI Loses FUNERAL FOR MRS. BOWYER IS SET TODAY from T. L. Coplin I for its at Senator Wooaul of Houston said i he believed it was too late in the session to drag up old issues. Senai-or Holbrook of Galveston Thursday night Seyeral bim- of tlie that Bond; Companion Died in Hotel i (8v The Associated Press) i 'WICHITA PALLS, oril 13.

Funeral services Tlioinas Lee I IConlin, 55. deputy cT an- gas 5U saia passage or tne repeal bill womd Ipervisor of the Texas i mean the state was seeing atself commission, who died here todav Bowing corporations to do be from the home onsiness Texas. I cl0 Tuesday afternoon. Dr. Tne house refuseciio mcrease she S- McKennev, uastor of the Hist.

irom four to five cents, i Methodist Dr a Opposed DV 1 Simpson of the Flora! Keishtd ana sieerea by Repre -4i, Been: of Fort Wortn, year-oid Spur mechanic, as file new field. That had" beeii construed to mean that; proration could not be against any one the new area. I Upehurch decided today, however, the injunction applied only to Estes and to Ms partners in three tracts, embracing 72 acres. i B. D.

Parker, supervisor of the oil and gas division of the railroad commission, said the acting in accordance with Up- church's opinion, -would begin the enforcement of proration within a i Admits It and Says Esteiie Prefers Career to Home T. Ward Convicted in Second Trial on Seiiing Liquor The Associated Press) By The Associated Tress) Nev, April 13. Jack Tseek. I Dempsev, "From, the report investigators champion pugilist, is in Reno for a for 12 years. His death a long illness.

Honorary paLoear- ers are members of the Texas Rail- Last rites for -Mrs. Ellen Berry I rcad commission. Long illness Bowyer, 69. who came to Abilene 1881, several months before the I DrlVCF Of founded by her father, Colonel i J. T.

Berry, will be said from Heav- i IS ChaFj enJy Rest Episcopal church this' morning at 10 o'clock. The Rev. lis P. Gerhart, rector, will read the! sendee. the re-1 uroay, he will be able to fix Sacils admitted today.

was vigor-1 suit of the death of Miss Elsie; schedules of allowable production'; Dempsey completely reversed his Beck's col- I Forman, 19, Ms companion, --horn; and otherwise carry out our plan," former statements, in which he as- worth. Farmer he said he found dead in a room! Parker said. and Greathouse. It would with him in' a Crosbyion hotel! after potentials only to counties having popula- Sunday morning. taken as tion of 60,000 or more.

Under the wa ived commission may raise some- that he did not 1S30 census it could afieci; 13 coun- and boimd over ra i-vrhat the allowable production ivorce uroceedings. barrels day' ties. If adopted bv the senate, the amendment would be submitted at. It had not been made the general election 1932. Beck said efforts would be made to bring the resolution UD in the senate as action of the Crosby countv srand! above tne W'TM 0 barrels His bond was set at its original order." Dempsey admitted last night he I was about to file a divorce action See LEGISLATUSE, page 4 Bill Is Vetoed (By United Press DALLAS, April J.

San Antonio, facea charges of cnv- i CountiPS the Mrs. Bowj-er, widow of Colonel ing while intoxicated In connection 3 John Bowyer, pioneer attorney of i with a collision here Saturday night Abilene, died at a local sanitarium in which Miss Sheppard, 23, Sunday night, after six months of was fatally injured. I steadily failing health. Her death sing and four others injured in UllROIS follows that ot her husband, last the wreck were in a hospital here! July, and comes less rhan a month! today. after that of her daughter, Mrs.

El-1 The body of Miss Sheppard was; len Bowyer Gillette, who died in Dal-1 on its to Tennievffle, Ga for I las March 24. Mrs. Bowyer leaves four sons, John and Robin Bcwyer of Abilene, Hu-i bert Bowyer o. Dallas, and Courtney! Bcwyer. The only living sister, Miss; Alice Berry, lives at 410 Grape Four surviving brothers are Will! of states repealing their prohibition I Berry, pioneer hardware merchant of WASHINGTON', April enforcement acts, had been Abilene now living in Los Angeles, i sc loai1 office has approved by the state'senate by only a Sc PRORATION, 4 Fumes of Heater Kill Cisco Boy (By The Associated Tress) SPRINGFIELD, BL, April i The girl, daughter of Mr.

and, I Mrs. C. R. Forman, living 10 miles; i west of Spur, apparently died some- I time between 1 aon. and 11 a.m.! Sunday morning, Edmonson stating to officers that he found the young i woman dead when he awoke.

The i couple registered at the hotel as I man and wife. Following an inquest decision of hi 11-year-old son of Mr. and I which was held up pending the Mrs as fcund dead outcome of an aatopsv the ixi the bathroom of his home here I body was taken to Lubbock Sunday night by a brother. Troy. "We think the attorney Reno against his' wife.

He said i he was doing so at the behest of the (film actress and that he had hoped ito dodge publicity for her sake and for the sake of her film and oper- atic career. Dempsey said his wife had put 'her career above home life and her desire had wrecked their marital fSieciaI to Tbe News) CISCO, April Bawson Is'Acqni in Murder Trial a pnysician examined it. removing i upon his return from church. A Federal Loans Total 234.786 The measure, which would havej I placed sixth in the column UWSICT Ol physician who called said death resulted from asphyxiation from a gas heater in the room. Missing his brother at 10 o'clock; from LfOB SHERMAN.

April 3. Martin awaited today the setting of a date for trial of his case on murder charges for the fatal shooting of Jim McMenamy near Whitesboro, October 15, 1330. His daughter. Velta. Coates Berry, also of Los An-i 786 totaling $32.674,243 tc! vote margin, 26 to 24, For more geies; George S.

Berry, lormerly a farmers in the dro. th and storm two decades tne state senate has; banker of Merkel, now of Tulsa; and! ar eas- They included; art Worth been traditionally dry, while Taylor Berry, lumber man of Cis- 8,198 loans, $1.138,192. co, who will come here for the funeral. The Laughter Undertaking company will be in charge of the funeral. 'Bv The SAN ANTONIO, April owner of a lUexican lion i house has thrice oassed repeal r.

1 1 23 clawed and oit to aeatn year-old Viola todav to a 8:30 to take a bath, it was that she shot McMenamy ut assert- aisulted her and she Convicted a second time on a charge of selling intoxicating liouor. Joe T. Ward yesterday was as- assessed a thiee-ear tern bv a a Headquarters The First Baptist church. North Second ana Orange streets. Is' convention headquarters.

All visitors will register the men's department -of the educational buildiag-- newer unit nf. the church plant that among the largest in the South. That department also will be headquarters for convention committees. Both local and out-of-town persons attending che conference have been trial two weeks ao, was Gastoa Avenue Baptist church, Dal- Ltie First Baptst church here, will io show he sold a part of a pint of whiskev for SI.50. Two defense See BAPTISTS, 4 See CONVICTED, page 4 Waives Hearing in FA.

April P. Thomas, held in jail at Presidio in connection with the death of a man whose body war found in a well near Presidio about a monih ago, waived examirL-K trial today pending the arrival of his attorr from Sar, Antonio. No formal charges had been filed against Thomas. JSE PRISONERS Tbe Assorialed Press) MAHFA. April of four prisoners who escaped from the jail at Presidio night were back in jail today.

Tne fourth man, held on a charge of cattle theft. ate of Others in Chicago Bore Fifty Feet Below Surface in Doubt Ruth Nichols Sets New Speed Record BONDS TOTALING S16.500 SET FOR TRIO HELD III KIDNAPING Earl White, His Wife, Brother-in-Law, Goldman March, Friesen. pleaded guilty I charge of negligent Parents of the youth, who own homicide and the Dee Cream 5air here wrs $150 and awa from at th time of the thought her father was in danger. still was liberty. was fined The fine was agreed on by at- i tornevs and Mrs i Friesen.

parents of tne victim vvho'. asphyxiation was returned by Coro- itold the" court they believed the ner McDonald, who held an A formal verdic of death BETBOIT, April Nich- ois, Bye, N. aviatrix. set a new. Waive Examining Trial in Alleged Plot against Franklin speed record for women over a three-kilometer course here this morning with a speec" of 210.685 miles per hour.

Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam held the previous record of 181.157 miles an hour. Taking off from the Grosse Isle airport at 6:50 a.m. to avoid crosswinds forecast for later in the day, Miss Nichols, flying the Lockheed- Vega plane in whic" she set the women's altitude record last month, sped over an official course- laid out near the flying field. Miss Nichols made two flight, one against a strong south wind and the other with the wind.

Her speed was Determined by averaging the two flighte. fine was sufficient. The court was told that Coley the victim's fu- neral expenses and oti. expenses, There was no testimon-. The child was killed when she; came within reach c-' the lion's i mquest.

ASSES USED IN APARTMENT I I Deadly Fumes Seep Up from Basement; Women Are Vic- HcM in Slaying; ms er $ons Recovering in Pittsburgh Hospital Bonds totaling $18 500, binding lene business man. They were arc aws whi playing in the back! them to await the action of ajraighed on two complaints each yard of her om Coley a circus (By The Associated Pr HOUSTON. April 13. J. CHICAGO, april by fire arid smoke in an inceinpleied sewage tunnel icnight, at least four men were killed, an undetermined number trapped 50 feet underground and 53 rescued unconscious.

those stni in the mceinpleied bore were firemen and a battalion chief who had climbed into the acrid haze to rescue laborers felled at their work. A little jjroup of workers at the far end of the two-block tunnel were believed safe, penned in a tiny air chamber which was blocked off. by special gates and suppled with air throng pipes to the surface. Two of the dead were firemen who went into the tunnel unprepared for tbe choking smoke. The other two were laborers.

The laborers were with a total of six counts. marit charges are kidnaping, conspiracy to yard kidnap, attempt at robbery with firearms, conspiracy to rob attempt to erdsort money by threatening to take life and conspiracy at extortion. White, 22 years of age, is held under $10,000 bond, $5.000 in each tied the animal in the Helms, special agent for the South- while its cage was being' ern Pacific lines, was indicted to-, i day on a murder charge growing grand j-ory in 42nd district court were fixed for Earl "White, his wife. Melba White, and. the girl's brother, Goldman Marsh, when- the three waived examining trial here late yesterday before Justice M.

C. Lambeth. They had not made bond last night. The 42nd grand jury convenes next Monday, opening day of Judge M. S.

Long's eight-v eek ses- girl $1,500. Her bonds were set a a campaign to wipe out a wide-j Fuller started to run away with the fumigated apartment were re-j fore. case. Marsh under $5,000 and the BV Associated Frwjo todav to personal charge of th PITTSBURGH, April investigation. tv authorities delved deeper in! The dead are Julia White, 30.

zi tentatively as Mohnev 32, John Bradzicks; one tircman umlgauon lout of the death of Glen J. Fuller, process which yesterday resulted ul or I T. Mohnev, a nurse: her! Doctors from the whole west side, i Pennsylvania youth, from a pistol the death of two women, a movement I a stenographer, and ambulances from all sections of the ishot wound received in the yards forwar seeking to have the auto salesman. city, and every iahalatcr sqnad A phvsician, answering a call the scene three hoars the aparimrcit house, found the vie- fire first was noted by tims. Police learned the basement i ins: -nearby.

POSTPONE AKRAIGNMENT By The Associated NEW ORLEANS, April April 2. raignment of seven men, arrested Helms, in a statement after the state legislature act for regulation of i the here Saturday in what federal 1 shooting, said Fuller was taken used agents describe as the a freight train. After a scuffle Three persons, removed from (had "been fumigated two hours be-! Sawdust shavings at one end the bore were believed to have sion in Abilene. v.il^v, j. 14J1V-J.

OMW.1/VV4, A i ti u. UilllgO. tCU i i i I each, a Marsh's at $2.5001 spread liqu-r idicate' a pri-i Helms running after him. the of ft- covering in a hospital. Two of them! Richard Clowes.

38, proprietor of come overcome vatc radio broadcasting and i ccr said. During the chase, the i are women. the fumigating company, and his collapsed at taeir.pobis. inc i mfhift- TIT. Afl J.

iX.LHrjrAil. Cl i i i i i i i i i 1 4 rested here a week ago on com-i White surrendcrd a pis- million of at its officer stumbled'and accidentally; Coroner Wiiliam J. McGregor, who; sistant. Shields, were arrest-! first firemen wno a.icrnpteo i i j. 1 1 ir plaint of attempted extortion of tol to Taylor county officers who from J.

M. made' the arrest. 1 Vrfi VI VU A i i 7 i i I A (I Ix-AV, AmllCLHl i i i i i 1 was postponed today until tomor: discharged his pistol, the attending a crime conference ed. out were later released under or-: to brinjr them out iias row. wounding Fuller, Helms said.

i in Evanston, 111., was hurrying here ders to appear for questioning. come..