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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-04-10
tBy The Associated Press)

OMAHA. April. I0.-U -Unlv The Gem
ocratic contest for tn, United States
senatorial nomination remained in
doubt today among all principal state
and congressional contests in Tuesdays
primary election
John Il. Thomas Of s. ward. led Ken
meth W. Mcdonald Of Bridgeport bv
l.N1i votes from i.Gli precincts OF the
1896 in Nebraska
With 1874 prccincts reported in the
republic presidential preference.
President Coolidge hal II OBS and Sen
ator Hiram johnson Of California A.
col
senator George " Norris lcl Char
l.s sloan ~ Gen Va. better than two 10
one FOR the republican senatorial nom
nation.
Governor Charles ". Bryan was the
q mocratc Cube, material nominee while
Adam McMuIien of Beatrice. won the
repul lican nomination
DETROIT. April 10 Calvin Cool
idgc had lead of approximately 10.
GOO votes over senator Hiram Johnson
~ California today a. scattered returns
w"r" added 20 the tahulaiinn of votes
east in Monday presidential primar,
election. The missing precincts scatter
~ among ~ counties are not regarded
~ likely to make any apprc liable dif
fcrrnc" IN the final result
Additional returns made no change
in ih" situation on the democratic ballns.
Henry Ford maintaining lead Of more
than 5000
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-04-10
Committee Seeks to Deter
mine Department Respon-
sible for Indictment Of SEN
ator Wheeler
Ny The Associated Press.l

WASHINGTON, April lO.-ln an in
tarim between testimony about the
Miller brothers land fraud case III OK
lahoma and the Old Hickory Powder
plant litigation in Tcnness g. the
DauEhefty committee today dipped q
finger into the controversy which has
arisen over tn indictment " the com
mittee prosecutor, Senator Mhe Ter. Dy
a Montana grand jury.
Two witnesses were questioned trief-
iy about the charges against SenatOI
Vn Ter and various circumstances that
- ndsd or followed his ina ctmcnt
William J. Burns. chief Of tie JUS
lice departments secret agents, tcsti-
tied that he had sent several ID n into
Montana on the Wheeler cas-. the fiist
three or four weeks ago III The request
81 the postoffice department. lie had
talked TO former Attorney G neral
Daughe'ty about the case. he said but
replied in the negative to q question as
tO whether Daugherty had said he
wanted 10 I something on Wheeler.
The other witness was Walter Lam
din. IN official of the teller hone CON
pany here. who told the committee that
George II. Lockwood. secretary ot IN
iepublican national committee, talked
yesterday from Washington 10 Blair
Cohen II Great Falls. Montana. where
the indictm mt against Wheel was re-
turned On Tuesday. Burns later dcnti
fled Cohen ~ ia employe of the na-
tioral republican committee.
Tn purpose Of introducing Lamdin's
testimony was not revealed by Senator
wheeler. but ne told his colleagues in
his senate speech III vest rday that ~
had received word indirectly through
the republican national headquarters
here som time ago that he Was under
investigation.
a. N. Lane. United States attorney
at Nashville. Tenn. followed Burns to
take up The Old Hickory Powder plant
Sc. He told of his ,fioits in 1922 to
start an investigation Of the case. II
Was the opinion Of government experts
that -" recovery of from S5,000.O0O to
SIS. .000. 600" should be made he said
from the DUPONT company which had
the Old Hickory contract.
Their his never been m invcstiga-
tion of the Old Hickory case ur 10 this
time. McLana declared.
WASHINGTON. Arin 10.-In execu-
tive session the senate Daughcrty COM
mittce Gecid q today ~ speed up the
invests igation III the books Wy the Mid
land Bank at "; shiugton Courthouse.
Ohio Senator Wheeler. the committee
prosecute. will leave for Ohio tonight
10 begin the work
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-04-10
More Corner on
Elizabeth Sold
State National Bank Purchaser Erect Fine
Bank and Office Building

nouncement by Mr. John G.. Fernan-
dez. who is chairman Of the board oil
directors Of this bank.
Evening star., 1924-05-23
HALE INSISTS NAVY
NEAR 5-5-3 RATIO
Senator Declares U. S. Ships, While
Slower, 0utrange Those of
Britain and Japan.
URGES FUND FOR CHANGES
Elevation of Guns and Conversion
of Coal Burners Asked.

+ The United States Navy today is
= nearer the 5-5-3 ratio set In the arms
treaty than at any time since promul-
. cation of that agreement, Chairman
Hale of the Senate naval committee
declared today in prepared speech
/. analyzing from official records the
/. relative standings of principal
navies.
Many of the apparent weaknesses
indicated by the last fleet maneuyers
would be remedied by the Navy De-
partment as part of it's routine
maintenance work, Senator Hale said
/, He recommended, however, that spe-
cial appropriations be authorized TO
change the remaining first-line coal
burners to oil burners and to elevate
guns to a minimum Of 80 degrees II
not in violation of the treaty..
Conversion of the six coal burners
would cost $3.50, each, Senator Hale
estimated, and the increased eleva-
ton about $6,5OO,OO0, making total
of $11, 100000 required to give the
United States a rounded out fleet at
its maximum efficiency.
Long Range vital.
THE American plan of building
. slower ships with heavier armament
and heavier armor," he said, 'fs based
on the theory that has always pre-
, vailed in the American Navy that bat
tleships are to fight and not to run
away, and that powerful armament
. and heavy armor should not be sac
rificed to obtain greater speed.
. But heavier guns and heavier
: armor will not suffice for a fighting
ship if her guns have not the range
: of her opponents guns.
! ITO compensate for her slowed speed
she must have range at the very
least equal to that of her opponents,
otherwise the faster vessel with a
gunshot and attack without any
danger of reprisal. As both Great
Britain and Japan have four battle
cruisers each, this Is a very import
ant item to consider"
With the elevation OF the guns left
p as it now is" Senator Hale continued,
I'VE have five ships that will far out
range anything that the British have
either in battleships or battle cruis-
crs and five others have about the
= same range as the British ships. The
remaining eight battleships are, to
the extent of several thousand yards,
outranged by the British battleships
and battle cruisers.
1T was impossible to get accurate
figures on the elevation and range
of the guns of the Japanese ships.
but thirty degrees being the limit of
elevation that may practically be
used, there is no reason to suppose
that Japan can outrange our five
most modern ships with any ship that
two battleships carrying sixteen-inch
guns and her most powerful fourteen
. inch guns have not the length of the
fourteen-inch guns on the Califor
Evening star., 1924-05-23

mia and Tennessee, the latter two ves-
sells having fourteen-inch guns. with
an elevation of thirty degrees. we
manifestly are able to outrange the
rest of her fleet with our five best
ships. Compared with our remaining
thirteen battleships she may or may
not outrange u.s."
Ship for ship, with the exception
or our two oldest ships, our battle
ships are of greater tonnage, carry
more or heavier guns and are more
heavily armed than the present Brit
tsh ships. Their speed, however, is
somewhat less than that of the Brit
ish ships, and the same is true in
battleships of Japan. The battle
cruisers of both England and Japan
carry heavy guns and are much fast
er than our battleships, but, as they
are not heavily armored, in actual
battle with guns of an equal range
this class of ships could not stand up
against a battleship.
In no class of combatant ships men,
toned in the above tables, with the
exception of the coal-burning battle
ships, has our Navy fallen off since
the date of the signing of the treaty.
On the contrary, we have replaced
two old 20, 900 ton battleships with two
modern $4,000 ton battleships of the
latest design. Upon the completion of
the repairs recommended for the coal
burning ships out battleships quota
will be greatly stronger than 1t was
at the time of the signing of the
treaty.
I'm fast light cruisers, by the ad-
dition of the ten 7,500-ton ships, all
of which are now in commission or
about to, be put in commission, we
have increased greatly in strength.
Cites Auxiliary Figures.
"In destroyers no changes have
been made.
I'm submarines, beyond the ordi-
nary wear and tear of the ships then
Evening star., 1924-05-23

in commission, we have kept up to
the strength that we then had. and
in addition have added a number OF
submarines of the s type and will
shortly add the " boats and eight
more s boats now under construction
to our submarine force.
In carriers we have added the
Langley and have the Lexington and
Saratoga under construction.
In aviation we have more than
double the number of planes attached
to the fleet than we had at the time
of the signing of the treaty.
Excepting as to battleships and
aircraft carriers, the $3.50 ratio with
Great Britain and Japan was never
in existence.
"In light cruisers we were far, be-
hind this ratio at the time or the
treaty and still are behind 1T, though
to a much less extent.
I'm destroyers we were ahead OF
the ratio at the time of the treaty
and still are ahead Of 1t.
I'm carriers we shall be nearly up
to the ratio when the Lexington and
Saratoga go into commission.
I'm general, with respect to the
Navy, we are nearer the 5-5-S ratio
at the present time than we were at
the time of the signing of the treaty.
That we shall eventually reach that
ratio throughout the Navy l believe
should be our future policy
Evening star., 1924-05-23
BEACH TRAINS LISTED.
Summer Schedule Announced by
Railroad Company.

Announcement Of the Inauguration to-
morrow of the early summer schedule
of trains to and from Chesapeake Beach
was made today by the Chesapeake
Beach Railway Company.
Trains leave the District line tomor-
row at and 10: 80 am. and 2 80 and 8
pm, returning from the beach at 6 :35
am. and IL 30, 2 80 and 80 pm. On
Sunday trains will leave the District
line at 9 80 and IL am. and 2:30 and
AS pm, returning from\the beach at
z am. and 1880, 3 and pm.
Next Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday trains will leave the Dis
trict line at 8 am. and s 40 p.m., re-
turning from the beach at 6 as am. and
2 80 pm. On Decoration day. which
will mark the opening Of the season at
the resort, trains will leave the District
line at 9. 10 and IL 80 am. and 80,
3 80. S 40 and 8 pm, returning from
the beach at 6 :35 am. and 1880, $3.50,
6, 8, 8 and 10 pm.
On Saturday, May 81, when the OPEN
ing celebration will be continued, trains
will leave the District line at and
10 80 am. and 2 80, s 40 and 6 80 pm,
returning from the beach at 6 :35 am.
and 12 80, 2 80, and 10 pm.
Evening star., 1924-05-23
Student Gets Hague Honor.

Henry g. German, sophomore at
Georgetown University school of for
eign service, has passed the examf-
nation on international law. which
permits him to attend the interna-
tfonal law courses at The Hague un-
der the auspices OF the university. He
is q world war veteran having served
in Company G OF the 16Bth Infantry,
known as the old 69th OF New York
While in active duty overseas ne was
wounded In the Ar9oDne. Mr.. German
Is member of the knights Of CO.
lumbus. On his way 70 Holland he
will visit Ireland and attend the
British empire exposition at Wem-
bly,, England. After the summer
course at the peace palace he will
visit the capitals of Belgium, Italy
and France. and also view the bat
tiefislds over which he marched and
fought.
Evening star., 1924-05-23

emblem of the hospice movement,
taking a solemn pledge to toll un-
ceasingly until Old Glory flies from
the community center building on
Mount Carmel.
Mrs. Fairfax Harrison. wife of the
president OF. the Southern Railroad, Is
the latest society leader to indorse
She has purchased one Of the good
will gift bonds and promised to enlist
the support of other society women.
Evening star., 1924-05-23
Couple Sues for 5000

Ernest Scott is named as defendant
in two suits for damages aggregat-
ing $4,000, filed today in the Dis
trict Supreme Court by Mamie Hart
and her husband. Amos Hart. Mr..
Scott Is said to be the owner of an
automobile which collided with Mrs.
Hart January 2 last at 7th and B
streets. The wife asks $4,000 for her
injuries and the husband wants $4,000
for the loss Of her services as a re-
suit of the injuries. Attorney David
L. Sherman appears for the plaintiffs
Evening star., 1924-05-23
Made Artillery CAPTAIN.

Robert NJ Zacharias of 805 G street
has been appointed a captain in the
Coast Artillery Corps, and Roy w.
Keesee Of 432 4th street northeast a
captain of engineers, both in tho Re-
serve Corps of the Army,
Evening star., 1924-05-23
Three MEETINGS TODAY
TO AID HOSPICE CRUSADE
Wives Of Congress Members to
Speak In Interest Of 10000 !
Being Raised Here.

The Mount Carmel Hospice Cru
sade, the aim of which is the erection
Of a 100000 community center build
ing for American tourists at Haifa
gateway to the Holy Land, will re-
ceive additional impetus at three
meetings scheduled for this after
noon.
A number of prominent women
the wives of senators and representa-
tives-will indorse the project at the
closing luncheon of the season OF the
Women's Congressional Club, to be
held at the clubhouse, 2001 New
Hampshire avenue northwest Mrs
Catherine Kennedy Antonius, founder
of the movement, will give her Holy
Land travelogue, illustrated with Ian
tern slides, and tell of the need for
accommodations for Americans tour
ing Palestine.
Plans for the extension of the cru
sade and the raising of $4,000 here
as the nucleus of a nationwide fund
will be formulated at a meeting of
the board Of directors of the hospice
association at headquarters, 1857
Rhode Island avenue. Charles F.
Roberts. grand master of the Masonic
fraternity and president of the hos
pice project, will preside.
Crusaders to Rally.
Following this meeting there will
be the initial rally of Crusaders, the
workers who are seeking subscrip-
tions, at which captains will be Sc
lected Subscription blanks and good
will gift bonds will be distributed,
and each Crusader will be given the
Smyrna times., 1924-03-12

One Of the first things we
hope the State Highway Depart
ment will do this year, is to re
move the abutments at the in
tersection of Boulevard and
Commerce street and make a
wide, easy turn at all corners.
This, at present, is Smyrna
Clayton's only entrance, the only
entrance for Kenton and a wide
territory. The abutments make
a hazardous turn, unsafe at all
times and exceedingly annoying
Smyrna times., 1924-03-12

needing attention. They all must
be repaired and resurfaced if
they are to last. We believe
Council intends to resurface
Commerce and Mt. Vernon
streets, this year. Why not re-
lay Commerce street with con-
crete. Now that the Smyrna
Clayton road is to be rebuilt of
concrete this spring to join up
with Clayton's new concrete
street, why not make a good job
of it and have the concrete ex-
tended from town limits down
Commerce street to the Boule-
ward. Can't Smyrna Town Coun-
Gil and the State Highway De-
partment get together and let
the State Highway Department
do the job. A fine concrete road
right thru town giving an outlet
for the KentOn, Clayton, and in
time, the Maryland roads, to the
DUPONT Boulevard, would be an
effort on the part of Smyrna
worth while. Let's do the thing
right?
Smyrna times., 1924-03-12

Smyrna Town Council is get
ting a great deal of praise for its
record for the year just closed.
That is was able to reduce the
bonded Indebtedness 81, 900, pay
off a note of 81, 800 and carry on
the improvement of extending
water and sewer up the Boule-
ward and out Main street at a
cost of nearly $2400. To do this
besides carrying on the running
expenses of the town and close
the year with balance of near
ly $4,000 in the treasury, is in
deed creditable. If Council can
keep on reducing the bonded in
debtedness at this rate, the next
sixteen years will see the entire
Indebtedness wiped out. This
however, is too much to expect
Future generations must beal
their share. There are othe
improvements that will be need
ed that must necessarily meal
more indebtedness. Right now
Smyrna's macadam streets ar
Smyrna times., 1924-03-12

The taxpayer is finding out to
his sorrow how few real friends
he has in Congress. Most Con-
gressmen are more interested in
raising money and spending it in
ways which they think political
ly advantageous to themselves
than they are in Tightening the
public's war burdens. For them
the taxpayer is negligible out
slider, to be kicked around like
Champ Clark's celebrated houn'
dog. He is made the victim of
electioneering cupidity and
cheap politics.
The House of Representatives
voted to allow the taxpayer a re-
bate of 25 per cent. on his return
for 1928. 1t was assumed by
the public that this rebate was
being granted because there is
a Treasury surplus in prospect
and because the government can
afford to waive a part of its pres
ent excess revenue. The first
payment on the 1928 returns is
due next Saturday. What could
be more natural and practical
than to make the reduction ef-
fective then, instead of compell-
ing the taxpayer to overpay on
March Is and wait for a possible
refund later on? Collecting and
then refundlng involve much
bothersome red tape and will put
an unnecessary expense on the
Treasury.
But it appears now that many
of those who voted for a 1872;
rebate were more concerned
with it's strategic effect on tn
fight in Congress for partisan
advantage than they were wit
bringing about an immediate re
duction. These alleged friend
: of the overtaxed public want
5 use the 1928 rebate as clu
|. with which to compel an accep
e ance of the non-scientific, mol
Y economical surtax rates whiC
n they wrote into the House bi
Smyrna times., 1924-03-12

They are fearful that if relief
is granted on this years pay
ments the President may not be
so easily forced to condone the
attempts made in Congress to
wreck the Mellon plan. They
attach Importance to the 1928
reduction only in so far as it
may help to promote their own
muddling of the reduction.
The public is not interested in
the vargaries and vote-hunting
maneuvers of the high surtaX
theorists in Congress. 1t wants
results which will show in tax
bills. Relief which is due the
taxpayer next Saturday may be
denied him. But he will not for
get those who have played him
false. He will be able to draw
a line hereafter between his enc
mics and his friends. Next fall
he will have an opportunity to
reckon with the pseudo tax re-
ductionists who want to be all
things to all men and who i'm
pudently angle at one and the
same time for the taxpayer, the
bonus and the punitive high sur
tax rate.-New York Tribune.
Smyrna times., 1924-03-12

clement of the NJ. D. & V. question.
Plans announced by Jesse Rosenfeld,
head of the Baltimore Syndicate that
are reorganizing the railroad, include
frequent service and gasoline motive
power for the Shore road. Agree
ment for the purchase of the old M.
D. & Y. line between West Denton and
Lewes, from the f. B. Leaf Co., Phil
adelphia Junk Dealers, has been COM
pleted, Mr.. Rosenfeld announced last
Wednesday. For a time it was feared
that the Pennsylvania Railroad, which
Smyrna times., 1924-03-12

owned the old NJ. D. & ", would
abandon it. Through efforts of the
Public Service Commission, however,
it finally was induced to form the
Baltimore and Eastern Shore Com
pany The Pennsylvania, however,
refused to operate the section of the
road east of West Denton, contending
that it was Improbable. Mr.. Rosen-
field went to Annapolis to confer with
delegates at the Legislature regard
ing this project. He assured them, he
said, that his organization would
Smyrna times., 1924-03-12

High taxes are driving money
into hiding in Europe, particu-
larly in England. The same eff
feet is observed in the United
States. Englishmen are sending
their money out of the country
to escape taxation. Americans
are putting theirs into tax
exempt bonds. The effect is the
same in either instance, as far
as productive enterprise is con-
cerned. EurOpe's unemployed
problem would be largely solved
if nations there would balance
their budgets, get back to peace
time conditions, and reduce their
taxes. Reduction of taxes would
bring capital into active use and
provide employment where there
is now idleness. Continued high
taxes will mean curtailment of
industry in America.
Smyrna times., 1924-03-12

The Morning News makes a
point of the much abused $500
Filing Fee" that is timely and to
the point. 1t relates the story
of a young man who, lingering
around the headquarters of the
State Income Department re-
marked, There, we have to go
up and pay something for moth
ing" The extent of his payment
three dollars, about which some
persons have made much COM
plant. We have them here in
Smyrna as we'll as other parts
of the State. Yet the idea of
this young man resembles that
held by many persons, those who
pay no direct taxes. They think
if they are called upon to pay
anything, to bear the slightest
part of the tax burden, they are
paying something for nothing.
The Morning News points out
that many of these are educat-
ing children in the public school,
and include those who enjoy the
protection of the police depart
ment and other things of civili-
zatiOn. Yet they fancy it hard
ship if they have to dig in their
pockets for even three dollars.
1t is a sad commentary upon our
education and other systems
that so many persons think as
the young man thinks. AS much
as the filing fee has been criti-
cised it serves the purpose of
making persons discuss govern
ment."
Hundreds go along paying no
direct tax except this fee, and
they are utterly Indifferent to
the tax rates that property own
ers pay, what bond issues there
should be, and all that. They
falsely assume that this does
not concern them. They are OBJ.
livious to the fact that they pay
indirectly for high taxes and ex
travagant expenditures in high
er costs of living and highe
rents, and so forth. People ge
something for what they pay i
taxes, though perhaps not S
much as they should get"
Smyrna times., 1924-03-12
GASOLINE POWER ON NJ. D. & V.
Baltimore Syndicate Which Has Taken
Over Road Promises Full Service

Over Road Promises Full Service
Residents of lower Delaware, es-
pecially excursionists to Lewes and
Rehoboth, will be glad to note the
M. D. & V. R. R. which seemed aban-
-doned, is to be run by a Baltimore
Syndicate by use of gasoline power in
stead of steam and that service will
in time be extended from Denton to
Milton, Lewes and Rehoboth and way
stations. New developments last week
disclosed by the Baltimore and East
ern Railroad Company, have greatly
cleared the difficulties that for the
past year have so hampered the set
Smyrna times., 1924-03-12

ing Of the PROPOSED 80 P5ersn St,,n d.
tSc' t5e .o'1 Den'on with Love vel, P,.,.' ,.'t
,0 am OF his co,. s,ts
to work for better rs se'7fsl conpaq S5
t.n tlon and encourage tr,5s r,.'e font. d. l
with Baltimore. Trade deyeos9
Smyrna times., 1924-03-12
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Smyrna times., 1924-03-12

OFFICE-Next Door to the Fruit Growers
National Bank.
Evening star., 1924-12-05

as Mcclellan struck him. Mcclellan.
he said, then ran, and Simms started
after him with piece of chair back, put
the latter went only very short ois-
tance before he turned back and stag
gered toward the house, collapsing on
the porch. Simms, according to the
evidence, died within a few minutes
from hemorrhage caused by severance
of the jugular vein.
McCIeIlan's testimony agreed in the
main with that of the other wit
nesses as to what occurred In the
house Immediately preceding the kill
ing, excepting that he swore that
Simms cursed him ahd threatened to
kill him. He said that almost imme-
diately after the door had closed on
him and Simms the latter picked up
a piece of chair back and started to-
ward him.
Mcclellan denied there had been
anything improper in his conduct to-
ward Mrs. Simms.