a TODAY Opinions, Arthur expressed Brisbane, in this co world's column high- are est priced editorial writer, and do not necessarily constitute the editorial opinion of The Statesman. -The Editor. WELCOMING the Japanese prince, Takamasu, brother of the Midako, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler spoke tactfully and in happy vein of Japan's achievements, and the name of Good Augur given to the great ocean that separates and unites America and Japan. The Pacific will be to the world in future what the Mediterranean was once, and the Atlantic is nOW, the earth's most important body of water.
Its name should be typical of relations between the Japanese and American nations. All competition between them should be competition in science, in more efficient methods of increasing human happiness and prosperity. Within a generation the flying machine will be made the Pacific as narrow as the English channel of 100 years ago, and Japan will be more accessible from America than England was from France when Napoleon sat waiting for a chance to break. The Pacific and Peace. Reading and Thinking.
Shorter Days and Weeks. By ARTHUR BRISBANE (Copyright, 1929. King Features Syndicate) SATURDAY, the magnifi0 cent $7.000,000 Stering 1i- brary became, officially, the property of Yale university. The new building, a handsome Gothic structure, is the gift of John W. Sterling, a New York lawyer, graduate of 1864, who left his entire fortune to Yale.
Pres. Angell, of Yale. accepts the structure as "a temple of the mind." THE library exists, one of the finest in the world, and the two questions now are, how can VOL make young read seriously. and how can you make them think. as they read? Oceans and lakes are full of water.
The problem is to distributed the water on dry ground. The library shelves, carry all knowledge. The problem is to transfer it to human minds. Newspapers should do that. working as nature does, spreading information in millions of small drops, as rain Scatters water.
WILLIAM GREEN, head of Federation of Labor, says the working weeks hould be reduced to five days, thus ending unemployment. There is 110 doubt that machincry produces faster than consumers can use its products under our social system. There is no dobt that in ordinary times machinery, with men working six produces too making men idle. And there is no doubt that men have got to live. no nation could exist.
HALF STARVED AND HALF FED. ALL the human beings 011 earth, "from Peking to Paris and from Paris, to Rome." had all they need. food, clothes, automobiles, radios, washing machines, there would be 110 over production, in fact not nearly enough. But, while consumption slowly increases, some plan must be found to keep workers fed and contented, in this, nation which has "too much everything." except perhaps intelligence. THE shorter day, shorter week, and perhaps.
as Mr. Ford suggests a shorter year of 10 working months, 111 many lines, will be necessary. Certainly human beings would be none the worse for a little leisure to study the earth 011 which they live. And business which has survived the eight hour day, alP on Page 2. Col.
3. FACES THEFT CHARGE Arrested in Bastrop county, an Austin man Monday faced chahges Williamson county in connection with the theft of harness and other arm equipment from Jim Canwell, Williamson county resident. The nan was arrested by Travis couny deputy sheriffs. DECORATING NOW FOR U.T. ROUNDUP Austin's University Town, that section surrounding the University of Texas campus, will be transformed into old-tinie ranching country Thursday in preparation for the opening of the second annual Texas Round- Up Friday.
Sororities, fraternities and boarding houses will be decorated to welcome returning ex-students and parents of present students. A vacant field east of Speedway and north of 23rd street will be made into a corral and camp for the barbecue which comes Friday at 12:15 o'clock. University girls, members Bit and Spur Riding club. will bring their horses to the campus to add a background for the oldfashioned barbecue. The University Cowboys, pep organization, will be there in regalia to assist the co-eds in rodeo stunts.
All houses on the campus last year followed a general scheme of decorating as ranch houses. This year the idea of "Welcome" will be stressed. Organizations will be limited in the amount of money to spend on decorations. and a prize will be the best decoration. Committees under the general direction of Miss Dorothy Watts of Austin have been working to have the houses decorated.
Lobbying By State Officials Attacked The Austin Second Oldest Daily in Texas -Est. July 26, 1871-Founded Democratic Convention of Texas VOL. 60-NO. 251 AUSTIN, TEXAS, MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1931 PRICE 5 CENTS 25 MARINES DIE IN NICARAGUA BATTLE STATE LAND LEASE INCOME SUBJECT TO FEDERAL TAXES WASHINGTON, April leases on land owned by the state of Texas was declared subject to federal taxes today by the supreme court. The case was brought by Group No.
1 Oil corporation of El Paso, appealing from a lower court decision holding it liable for federal taxes on income from its operations on land leased to it by the state. The state filed a brief asserting the case was of great importance to a number of states and would affect materially its revenue from such leases. It explained its public lands were held for the benefit of the state university and condended the federal taxes would reduce the amount of money received by that institution. It claimed the agreement under which it entered the union specifically gave it sovereign rights BAN IS ASKED AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL No names were mentioned but a vigorous attack was launched in the house today on those who use their privileges as state officials or former officials to aid or oppose legislation. The attack came as a proposed amendment to a bill requiring registration of paid lobbyists.
Rep. P. L. Anderson of San Antonio sent up this amendment: "No member of a state commission or bureau, appointed or elected, or any member of the house senate or any other elected state official shall act as a paid lobbyist for or against any measure for period of two years after he shall have relinquished such public fice or public trust." HOME RULE IN COUNTIES IS DEBATED Home rule for counties was again before the Texas house of representatives today, but proponents did not press a vote before noon re- cess, fearing there were not the required 100 favorable votes for it. Rep.
Walter Beck of Fort Worth, sponsoring the constitutional amendment to give the counties home rule, said a vote likely will be had this afternoon. An attempt to amend the proposal was made by Rep. C. E. Farmer, also of Fort Worth, but was voted down.
Farmer contended that home rule would in effect bring about a return of civil service for Tarrant county offices because the city of Fort Worth, which has a large part of the vote, has civil service. Civil service was voted on Tarrant county by the last legislature and raised such a protest that it was repealed at this one. Could Combine Powers The proposed constitutional amendment allows counties adopt their own form of government, combining with city governments if desired to combine the proposal must be favored by both the city and rural parts of the county separately. resultant Consolidation economies of was ofadvanced as a strong reason for the proposal. One objection raised was that an appointive tax assessor might increase valuations to an undesired extent.
Anti-trust matters and increased uses for cotton held the attention of the senate. Necessary -fifths consent twice was refused Sen. Oliver Cunningham of Abilene for introduction of a bill which in effect would repeal "senate bill No. 180 of 1925.1 a measure which allowed non-resident corporations to hold stock of state corporations. Vote to let Sen.
Cunningham offer the bill, the first time, was 24 to 5. Twenty-five votes were needed. Vote the second time was 20 to 6. Corporation Business "Let's go ahead and let him introduce the bill and find out how far the Standard Oil company has gotten since they got into Texas under senate bill 180 in 1926," pleaded Sen. Joe Moore of Greenville.
Sen. T. J. Holbrook of Galveston asserted favorable action on the bill would put Texas alone among the states in an attitude of opposing corporation business. The senate resolution directing the of control sidestedara and the prison board to use cotton wherever feasible in buying twine, sacks and other articles; and to use cotton instead of jute in bagging prison farm, cotton.
TWO CARS IN COLLISION Cars driven by Mrs. Dwight Hamilton and H. W. Herndon were damaged about 9 a. m.
Monday in a collision in the 100 block on East Seventh street. No persons were injured. Seeing Elaine V. Sheffler, you'll have to agree, that, just as in love and all's fair in politics. Miss Sheffler, daughter of Ohio State Rep.
George W. Sheffler of Fremont, took an active part in state politics in 1930 as democratic commttee woman, and she has just been appointed state organizer and manager of the Ohio Trav- eling Library association. GIRL TESTIFIES ALEX PANTAGES HEARING SAN DIEGO, April (INS)-Lydia Nitto, 17 year old former New York girl, took the stand here today as the first witness in the preliminary trial of Alexander Pantages, wealthy Los Angeles showman and his two business. H. partners, Shreve John on P.
charges Mills of contributing to the delinquency of minor girls. William H. Jobelmann and Olive Day, a alleged operators of a wood "girl mart" are also defendants. Nervous at first, the girl witness gained composure as attorneys debated a law point and related how she was brought from Hollywood to San Diego as an asserted love slave of the Hollywood girl bazaar. PLEASURE FLIERS DIE IN CRASH AT HOUSTON Gertin Munson, 30, and W.
H. HOUSTON, April 24, were killed in an airplane wreck late Sunday while making a pleasure flight near the city. The right wing of the plane, a two- seater piloted by Munson, buckled as he was making a left bank at low altitude. The ship crashed within 200 yards of Munson's home 'on the outskirts of Houston. over its lands, that those acting under leases were state instrumentalities, and that to tax their income was in substance to impose a tax on the state itself.
The fifth circuit court of appeals took the view that under act passed in 1917, the Texas legrights islature had waived constitutional and had provided that those obtaining leases should be subject to taxation. Counsel for the oil company insisted this applied only to state and not to federal taxes. The federand government said Texas obligation to sell the land for the benefit of the university and that the leases amounted to a sale of the mineral contents of the land. Income received by those operating the leases the government claimed subject to federal taxation like income from any other source. WAY IS POINTED TO ENFORCE OIL CURB Fred Upchurch, assistant attorney general, today construed the proration injunction obtained last week by Carl Estes as applying only to Estes and possibly to his partners in three East Texas tracts, and said the railroad commission was free to enforce proration in the remainder of the new East Texas field.
The temporary injunction restrained the commission from enforcing proration against Estes, a lease and royalty owner and, others "similarly situated." Dan Moody, former, governor and chief consel for Estes, contended that held up proration throughout the new field. Upchurch said today it did not. Upchurch 19 representing the commission in the case. Acting on his advice, the railroad commission likely will endeavor to enforce proraton against the other East Texas oil men. HOUSE TURNS DOWN HIKE FOR GAS TAX The house of representatives today refused to increase the state gasoline tax from four to five cents.
The increase was proposed in an amendment by Rep. Engelhard of Eagle Lake to a bill by Rep. Hubbard of New Boston, to place the gasoline tax on Instead of wholesalers. The against the refiners, amendment was 85 to 25. The Hubbard bill was passed 114 to nothing.
Hubbard said he believed it would increase the state gasoline tax revenue by approximately $2,000,000 annually by preventing "bootlegging" of gasoline. In supporting his amendment, Engelhard said it would be necessary to increase the funds of the highway department if the department was to take up outstanding county bonds from current revenues, as provided in a bill, by Rep. Brooks of Bagwell, passed- by the house last week. U.S. COURTS TAKES UP ITS CIVIL BUSINESS With a number of criminal cases on its docket until the June court term, district court continued, Monday began consideration of civil business.
The following cases are on the court docket for this week: Monday, Baldwin vs. Gammel's Book Store, Claude Dickerson pany R. Smith; and Sidney others. vs. the Texas ComDouglas vs.
the Georgia Casualty company; Wednesday, Margie Worley VS. Maryland Casualty company; Friday, Mrs. Augusta Fernandez vs. Maryland Casualty com. pany: Saturda, M.
F. Baker and others vs. Bittick- Ballard company. Judge DuVal West Saturday will adjourn court here until the June term. DOWELL STILL STUDIES ROAD BOND ISSUE Rep.
Maurice Dowell, Luling, has an open mind on the question of the statewide highway bond issue, but has not authorized, he said, the inclusion of his name among the list of those pledged to its support. A poll listing him as among those counted upon to vote for the amendment is incorrect to the extent that he is not so far comraitted officially to such a vote, he said. "I have authorized no one to 'make such a statement." Rep. Dowell said, 'DOE have I determined to vote for the resolution 23 yet, but om studying the question." BOY BROTHERS BURN TO DEATH IN BLAZE KILGORE, April Leonard Harper, 6, and Ernest Eugene Harper, 3, brothers, were injured fatally Sunday when they used kerosene to start a fire in a coal stove in the tent occupied by their parents at the edge of town here. Robert died at 11 a.
m. and Ernest succumbed at p. m. They were children of C. O.
Harper, employe of teaming company. Mrs. Harper was in the tent but was unhurt. WOMAN IS SLAIN AIDING TEXAN SHOT DOWN ATHENS, (AP) -Davis and Miss Tex dead today, shooting last April 13. January, 24, Hall, 46, were victims of a night at the farm home of Miss Hall's father, five miles east of Athens.
Charlie Douglass, 40, surrendered to Sheriff Baker after the shooting and today was formally charged with murder in Justice Hall's court. Violence Feared Douglass was removed to jail in another city, officers fearing violence. Douglass' wife is the daughter of H. M. Hall and had been living at her father's home since separating from her husband.
January was the son-in-law of Douglass. The shooting occurred as January and his wife were leaving the Hall home. He missed the ignition key of his car. He heard a noise nearby but in the darkness could not see what caused it. As he started to investigate, the charge from a single-barrelled shotgun struck him in the face.
Heard Shots Miss Hall heard the shot and ran from the house into the field. She was shot down as she stood looking at January's body. Douglass surrendered a short time later. Funeral services were planned at Ash today for Miss Hall and January will be buried tomorrow at Payne Springs. SUSPECT RUSHED TO TYLER JAIL TYLER, April -Charlie Douglas, 40, Athens farmer charged with slaying his son-inlaw and sister-in-law last night, was taken to the Smith county jail here today by Henderson county officers to prevent possible mob violence at Athens.
January Davis, 24, and Miss Tex Hall, 46, were killed. TEXAN SHOT IN FACE AT HIS OFFICE DIES DALLAS. April Santo, 30, manager of a transfer company here, who was shot in the face as he sat in his office several weeks ago, died early today in a hospital. Two men believed to have been his assailants were sought by police. and one them told him to hold Three men, entered Santo's office up his hands and give them his money.
As Santo reached for a pistol in the drawer of his desk, shot. Policemen in the neighborhood opened fire on the three men as they ran toward a parked automobile. One of Santo's assilants fired at the policemen and continued shooting as the trio raced away in their car. One of the men was arrested and neld in jail several days but officers were unable to obtain sufficient evidence to warrant charges and he was released. GRAND JURY AGAIN GOES INTO SESSION Following its recess over week-end, the grand jury in 98th district court will resume its investigations Monday with a number of indictments scheduled to be returned some during the week.
The only indictment. returned by the present grand jury is one against George Arnold, alias William Lockhart, who was beck to Austin Sunday night by Dep. Sheriff Frank Turner from Louisville, to face a charge of conversion by bailee, in connection with the theft of an automobile from the Patton company. VENIRE OF 100 ON HAND FOR TRIAL IN KERRVILLE KERRVILLE, April venire of 100 was on hand this morning as the murder trial of B. H.
Hunter and his three sons, Bert, Jamie and Skeet, of Uvalde, got under way. The four men are charged with the murder in Uvalde last December of John Connor, former chief of police. The Hunter case was transferred from Uvalde to Kerr county on a change of venue. Defense attorneys are Will A. Morriss of San Antonio and G.
B. Finley of Uvalde. Jocelyn Lee, actress, points to a damaged tooth which she claims is result of a battle with her husband, Luther Reed, prominent screen director. The picture was taken when she appeared in a Los Angeles divorce court. MUNY ABATTOIR GETS UNDERWAY MONDAY Under the supervision of two U.
S. government inspectors, operation of Austin's new municipal abattoir was started Monday morning. Dr. J. S.
Grove, head of all government inspection work in Texas, was here from Fort Worth for the beginning of the slaughter plant's operation. Dr. Grove praised the Austin abattoir, declaring it is one of the finest in the entire nation. Dr. G.
R. Louden, also of Fort Worth, who came here for the abbattoir's opening, will remain here for several days. Operation for the first few weeks will be under the direction of R. L. McTavish, engineer supervised the installation of machinery at the plant.
Fifty cattle were to slaughtered at the abattoir Monday, it was stated, and workmen were preparing a. number hogs for slaughering. ILLINOIS PROHI REPEALER VETOED SPRINGFIELD, 111., April (AP) -Gov. Louis L. Emmerson today vetoed the bill for the repeal of the Illinois search and seizure laws.
The measure, which would have placed Illinois sixth in the column of state repealing their prohibition enforcement acts, had been enacted by the state senate by only a twovote margin, 26 to 24. For more than two decades the state senate has been traditionally dry while the house has thrice passed repeal bills. CITIZENS 10 OTHERS KILLED COLON, Panama, April Twenty-five United States marines and 10 civilians were reported killed today in a clash with Nicaraguan rebels a't Puerto Cabezas, according to unconfirmed dispatches reached here from Bluefields. The civilians were employes of the Standard Fruit company, an American concern whose offices and plantations were wrecked by a rebel band numbering several hundred. Direct news from Puerto Cabezas was unobtainable, owing to the fact the rebels wrecked the radio station.
A number of houses were reported burned to the ground by the insurgents. The marines were members of a detachment from the U.S.S. Asheville, which was dispatched to Puerto Cabezas with the first outbreak of rebel activity yesterday. ANOTHER KILLED IN EARLIER ATTACK MANAGUA, Nicaragua, April 13. (AP) -The truce prevailed between United" States marines and insurgents since the earthquake of a fortnight ago was ended Saturday night with ambush of a marine patrol and death of its officer.
Capt. Harlan Pelfrey, U.S.M.C.. was killed as he stepped into a house at Logtown, railhead of the Bragmenjas Bluff Lumber company near Puerto Cabezas, and a corporal named Morales was wounded. Word of the ambush was carried to Puerto Cabezas and Lieut. Darrah took a small patrol toward Logtown, where reports later said that he had been surrounded and two of his patrol captured.
Another, two patrol bombing went to planes his took assistance off from the Managua field. The U.S.S. Asheville was ordered down from Panama to Puerto Cabezas. After the earthquake, two weeks ago tomorrow, Gen. Augustino Sandino, head of the insurgent groups, ordered cessation of hoslitities in view of the relief work which the marines were undertaking.
CRUISER MAY GO TO REVOLT ZONE WASHINGTON, April Secy. Adams announced today the cruiser Memphis had been ordered from Guantanamo, Cuba, to a position near Nicaraguan waters for use if the rebel movement in Nicaragua should become serious. SINCLAIR WILL HEAD RIO GRANDE OIL FIRM EL PASO, April -HarSinclair, chairman of Sinclair Consolidated Oil cororation, today was elected chairman the board of directors of Rio Grande Oil company. Sinclair said he had accepted the invitation to become chairman of Rio Grande to assist in its management and to provide an opportuity for both organizations to ascera tain whether it would be mutlally advantageous to establish a closer relation. WOMAN'S DEMO LEAGUE CHIEF ASKS RASKOB'S RESIGNATION April WASHINGTON, for the resignation of Chmn.
Raskob of the democratic national committee was made today by Mrs. Jesse W. Nicholson, chairman of the national woman's democratic law enforcement league. In her keynote address before the biennial convention of the league, Mrs. Nicholson asserted a drive would be made to have organized democratic women desert the party unless a new leader were chosen.
The attack against Raskob was initiated shortly after the meeting was convened by Dr. Jennie M. Callfas of Omaha, Nebraska, who resigned as a democratic 'City Slicking' Argued The amendment was first accept. ed by Rep. A.
P. Johnson, author the lobby-registration bill. Ther Johnson said he had been "citi slicked" and asked reconsideration of the amendment. Anderson demanded an explana tion of "city slicked." Johnson replied: "I didn't men your name, Mr. Anderson.
have been told that there beet boasts made that an amendment would be offered that would kil the bill." "Has told you I made ani such statement?" demanded Ander son. Johnson said no one had. Aderson asserted that it has be come an "old Spanish custom" fo former members to come back succeeding sessions of the legisla ture and use their friendship among re-elected members to pus! legislation. Former members al given the privilege of being on thi floor of both house and senate. Final Action Prevented Several members questioned thi constitutionality of making the bai apply after a person's term of of fice had expired and the amendment was changed to apply only to per sons holding office.
A special order for other business on the proposition. prevented the house voting finally The lobby registration bill re quires both registry before lobby ing and a report of activities tw months after adjournment. pro hibits lobbying on a fee contingent upon a measure being passed an siged by the governor. GAMBLING CONDITIONS IN FORT BEND PROBED RICHMOND, April Fort Bend county grand jur which will investigate gambling conditions especially with referend to the night club Loma Linda, wa convened today. The gaming in quiry, the sheriff said, probably would not get under way before lat In the week.
Loma Linda was raided by Texa rangers and other officers early a Sunday morning several week ago. Some 68 persons, including three arrested alleged dice game operators were and the 68 paid fine assessed by a justice of the peac who held impromptu court in th alleged gambling room. 3 GIRLS TAKE OVER NEWS DESK FOR DA1 FORT WORTH, April (UR journalism students of Texa Christian university will serve a the editorial staff of the Minera Wells Index today. Jay Williams, editor of the Skif Texas Christian student publica tion, will be editor-in-chief an be assisted for the day by th following: Jack Belzner, sports ed itor; Misses Virginia Lou Sander and Madelon Flynt, society; Misse Harriet Griffin, Gwendolyn Mont gomery and Lillian Lundberg. tel egraph and copy desks.
and Elber Haling and Laurence Coulter, re porters. LILLIAN ROTH TO WED ATLANTA. April -Lillian Roth, motion picture play er and William C. Scott, scion a wealthy Pittsburgh family, wen issued a marriage license here Sat urday, It was learned today. Austin Today Weather Forecast For Austin and vicinity: Cloudy and unsettled with probably showers onight and Tueslay.
For East Tex1s: Cloudy and insettled with probably showers in the southwest portion and on the west (lower) coast tonight and Tuesday. Cloudy For West Texas: Cloudy 20 somewhat unsettled tonight an Tuesday. River Stage at 7 a. m. Flood stage, 18 feet: height river, .8 foot; no change in last hours; stage expected Tuesday, foot.
sat, April 6:57 14: p.m.; Sunrise, moonrise, 6:05 4:31 a.m.; a.m sue rio onset, 1:14 p.m. national committee womn in 1928 in protest of the nomination of Gov. Smith. Mrs. Nicholson said the democratic woman's league had "organized a following without a penny's expense to the democratic party leadership and we are here today to offer the services gratuitously to our party on certain conditions." "We demand the resignation of the national democratic chairman John J.
Raskob: that a competent leader may be appointed that can unite all factions in the party," she said. "We cannot and we will not support a candidate offered us by Tammany leadership." SPOT COTTON Austin middling BANK CLEARINGS Monday $306,365.1.
