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1007 COMMERCE STREET
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1926
TWELVE PAGES
PREMIER MUSSOLINI IS SHOT BY WOM
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Target For An Assassin
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Mrs. Olive Crawi, was seri-
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ously injured when struck bwn
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here early today.
understood she to l he
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in Mexico
marked with eontinued violence.
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was made
by
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TO PARENTS
part.
nession at 1:30 p. m. Segregated
TEX MOROS KILED.
dealings with a elient,was
con-'
and embezzlement of $686 from
70, and Mrs. K. E. Burse. id. hin|—
RED LAMP?
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Tarrant County Rar
special prosecutor.
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ents, J. D. Dewey, 72, hta wife.
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MARY
ROBERTS
This
Great Serial
ch is
s un-
qusli-
it so
next
ither
Second step toward the improv-
Ing Fort Worth park system with
new park funds which were voted
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ality
f six
itural
anuedEoudennt5i
trlct Court Wednenday.
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been betrayed by a person to whom
he had entrusted his secret.
Attorney
Senate
A
d
FLAPPER FANNY RAYS;
rial divorco was the fir.-:
T, •
Trial of Thomas C. Tripp, at-'
torney. charged with theft and
embezzlement in connection with
Moro strongholds in Lanao Prori I
ince today.
__I^pktnc ta»k over tM weath-
er records for April during the
past 25 years, a varied assort-
ment of Aprils enn be found.
During April 1920, oly .51 of
an inch ol rain was regorded. Two
WEATHER “APRIL FOOLS”
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TRIPP TRIAL IS
CONTINUED.
Illness of Attorney’s Child
Causes Delay
ter. 11 years old, have been re- society woman and wife of
leaned. ----------prenidentottheH.T.Potn4
Clark recently returned from t A Sons Mercantil C:, wak1
Callfornia where he had gone to' dead ia tM carage it her 1
warmer weather is forecasted for
West Texas Thursday.
Reports received st the weath-
er bureau from Oklahoma show
that that state has just experh
enced one of the moot unseason-
ably cold weeks for Ulla time of
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WASHINGTON. April 7.— Pro-
euvnni vomwagt
Fau AND wan*
knows what to expect in April.
-Cold one day, warm the next,
rainy. windy and then a beautiful
day, that’s April, ao don’t expect
any long stretch of pretty weath-
I*
IM ,
31. the report ald al-
Landis Mid that altho Saturday
See If You f
Cm Guess
year on roeord. the mean temper RV RIH nrRR
aturbeing from 10 34 degrees" UE WUIVUIIU
as he left Platea Com
Would • Be Assassin Is
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WOUND IS SLIGHT
Statesman Had Talked to
:----------Surgeons—■—-
Senate prohibi-
tion". commit e
today.
"I don’t
know whether?
proh Ab i 11 o u
ton Heighta, northeast of Trinit
River, Southside. The sixth park
I would be a negro park. Addition-
al Made are to be added to Fot-
State and national organtzation
daughter of the late Lord Abh-
. burn, former Lord Chaneellor of
Ireland. . s
Long Been Target M
Mussolini has been IM objeet of
would-be askasains’ plots since -
October, 1112, when M organised
ii
Tripp wss indicted for theft
BUHET ENTERS
addition of land contiguous
nod $300,000 in bonds had been
forfeited by bootleggers there.
The bonding companies had never
40 Id the money, he added, but
the defendants had eeeaped. Fur-
ther, Buckner severely eritieired
the nystem whereby prohibition
• scents were promoted. according
to the number of arrests tkcy
made—whether they were good
nrrests or not.
; hta pitot, flew in their monoplane . --------
due worth from Point Barrow, by eracky! Pretty elreusgnlta
Alaska, to latitude 73, degrees iter ' the parade, panain’ Ninth street
the “Nores"Ame"eas htimwapapar CLAYTON HORTON. eontrac
Alllance today announced it had ' tee.
been advtoed. r. • • "ve
Wikine arrived at Circle Oily And battlin’ the wind
Alaska, last night from Po: , Street: HARRY HOPK1
Barrow. ______ I sinental National daahle
SERVICE
Gattga Prua Wire News.
KB* hritee. las., venturee.
Kort Wonh frw Washingien Burma.
Mitmp-iwara Vewenapr annex.
PRICE ONE CENT
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Mrs.-Polndexter was found in
the rear seat of a sedan with the
I engine running. Death was
caused by carbon monoxide pol-
soning.
She was the mother of four
children.
mother-in-law, In murder
and led the spectacular Fanetat
march on Rome which unseated_J
— the exlating government- and--
placed Mussolini ta offiee ne Pre- <
inter
Musnolint erected a Fascist
state, la ths ersation of hta new
government, Mussolini found bit-
ter opposition and in the early i
W.v. at OFFISAH MACKEY mome of the present parks.
Waves at UfUMH MA-"-!* The parks were to be located
on North Bide. Riverside. Arling-
days ths rise of Fhsciam
could be
A TWO-YEAR FIGHT ON CIVIC CORRUPTION
Stazemend
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v-»atMr----—----4
- Federal District Attorney Emoty
Duckner of that district told ths
that it will be good baseball •
weather for the firat practice with appointment of a nomt-
amewithDallan to be played at natlag committee ana hearing of .
Lne new parK.
...______________—------------ special committee reporta, the
HINSETTLED weather, which
U has kept all thoee who are
fortunate enough to have new
Easter clothes from donning
them, and Which has also kept
Jake Ats in p bud humor, to due to
end Wednesday night
According to Weatherman Lan-
PRO LAWS NOT
ENFORCEDIN
mu wnn jury trims in BucI a CtNiT - tat. — ----- ... ... ( ---PF. Eim “.-1 45“4-" irom • new BLOIH I0V-n myw or 1t8- appropriation WOl
seated community at New York. I line with announcement severar stone Park, elk grizzly bears and eastward from the Pacific, reach- advertising for bids and
, !!.,« M enforeed. N Snurtu otpan ana ‘ tro"szamyirozaraaxonhrertorm .'SVX.SK iaddor."ahaeroneeeti
The prosecuto for America"; Ehnsen“uponothEnar°ta reel. - Group of 36 —- formine .........their, peak. sawyer express
arEesL CIUY Sald ne nan Deen in- Arg
formed thar between $200.000r_ I
hibition enforcement has never
been attempted in New York.
By United Press
ROME, April 7.—Premier Mur-
solini was shot and slightiy
wounded by an aged woman today
below normal over the entire
state.
Vegetation was eonsiderably in-
jured and crops made very little
The Fort Worth Press
, ,2. ' ■ 120 n». ■ ■
r u
. houses were varttally wrecked.
Flames shot to adjoining tanks ( — .-7— .E. ezt..0.2-.6.xa
i " PHI LA SELpurA April 7- a"iweminutearcram“ammgithin Chiggl Palace, and on tMmor», .
Ponsibility of establishing the In- sera were threatening destruc in of hin appearance a format
nocence of David L. Marshall in tion of the tank farm army orricer engaged a room !■ a -J
• the slaying of his sweetheart, Thereservotr eontained 740 hotel across the square. A few
Anna May Detrich. was revealed 000 barrels of oil ench. hours before Musnolint appeared j
_______ ... today with receipt of a ante sign- -- -- on a balcony in full view, from the
Hickey and Ales Simpson, Denver. ed "I. R" by Abraham Werniek, u.. AanuAm wIndow.or.tonoxel.room.Polee
They pointed out the advisability Marshall’s counsel, which declar- HE ATU AuADrn entered the htell. arrented. the.z-.a
"2 aomaabtroprosnor Ut A IH UMAKUU curpona with •
(ibis to belong. • woman were In Marshall’s office •a naMPAIA The officer eonfoeeod. He had
Separate meeting of building building when Miss Dietrich wae
and highway divislons went into slain. • :
Flight Is Made Into Far •nAPvyTderts.
North Ana -portin. a brand new lip the toad issue election that the
NEW YORK, April 7.—Captain brush: CARL MOSIC, cenini furnda "aulaherpenteimuurehgze
George H. Wikins of the Detroit gazeteer. * ** addisona- park sitae.
sesaton of the’executive board, but
It is understood that Dallas will
extend an invitation at that time.
Approximately 40 members of'
the assoclation had registered by/cx • IN ir • T 1 • T A
Six Millions Lost
fore the eqnelulon of the days •--4-
LANDIS GOOD PACESET'
progress, according to the report.
mmat inRegular
Fruit, .oats, corn and pottoes Meeting Here
were not damaged as much ng—mt**":™ •
DISCUSS new bills
and frosts felt on March 30 and
where he had addressed the on- ’
grees of the International Sur- i
geons Asaoclation.
The bullet penetrated the ear-
tllego of the Premier’s nose.
looping from the crowd which
had gathered to see tM Premier
depart, the woman fired at abort., i
' range. The crowd surgegd ter- H
— ward to setae Mr. but oho was H
saved from summary punishment
sod was placed Is jail. e -2
The would be anasetn gave her-
earns as Violet Gibson and her
— Ite M 88........— -
She said sha wae of Irish M- l
tionality. .4
The woman eonteaeed to Hie
s
.................
Captain Estevex, leader of the * ___the new Elko-Bolse-Pasco route,,
Spanistt Madud-to-Manila-Tokio BLAMT Knaa uVKx ‘.Tbetteced loot in the mouptaln of
fight, took off today for Tripoli n, Ena rr, uortherd Nevada.
He lost hta comrades to fog on RERUN, April T.— A boilere _Ros lett Elko at 2:55 F m t
route from Algiers to Tripoll yes- Rexploelon. wrecked a cellulold fac-
tarday and landed here. Captains tory la Dresdes today. ----—-----
Loriga and Gallara, the other fleven perspex were reported engine trouble,
pitots, arrived la Tripoli "ecer-Meh twenty in horpitat and t"° After teeah
2 WOMEN HURT) oI E5KDLW2BKER SOCIETY WOMAN E a-s 1
Husband of Woman is Held on rninain nran nesday with a business session of
Oe. FOUND DEAD
the assoclation, announed. th- **
. Mrs. Olive Crawl Ia In "‘ENID, Oku., Apru z—Claua Body in Rear Seat of Her following as ot the _
foreed in Newi 5 29 l Clerk • nil field worker is beinz A.E n r nominating eommittee:S.- B. . mm
| York,” Back. Hospital i heid by plice today after admit*! Auto; Engine Running Houx Houston, chairman; Dewey G
___ ■ , ------ : ting thathe shot and killed J. B • • —- Darnell. Abi tone; F.G.,chamber- Ef
eiai procedure .... Wilson, also an oil field employe, nvttav.:. lain, flaa Aptonlo; C. M. Buteher. HE
- *°2 that it Oneot.two women injured.in at Wulson’s apartment hero Sun- KANSAS CITY, April 7.—Mrs. For Worth; C. M. Brient, San ■■
can not be tried Tuesday waabe day. M ”• Clark and her daugh- H. K. Poindexter, 27, prominent Antonio. ... ... . ... EE
_______. ins.treated in Bapt t H p tal ter, j j yeara old, have been re-, society woman and wife of thel Thts committee lake Its UN
t 2*30.P-M.Thureday AnC 8
TO THE READERS OF THE PRESS: X .. ... . • The result is a striking, unusual narrative. . —.1 ,
Beginning today on the Editorial Page and continuing toy 30 days. The Press will publish Whether or not General Butler’s own analysis of the Philadelphia situation is correct, there can
General Smedley D. Butler’s own account of his two-year fight with civic corruption in Philadelphia be little doubt that his report of the facts is a true one. He suggests a possible cure for the condi-
during his term of office as Director of Public Safety there. tions he finds. You can judge for yourself, whether or not he has the rightremedy._________________
General Butler will relate not only his amazing experiences, but the reactions" of a man, whose ‘ This is certain: No citizen of any town who has the best interests of his city at heart can
whole life had been spent in an entirely different atmosphre, to conditions that are more or less ; avoid being helped by reading General Butler’s story.
familiar to persons like yourself, who give some thought to city affairs. Because he brought a fresh 7 General Butler believes that if he had been allowed to serve the full four years in Philadelphia
mind to the subject, the impressions made upon him were clear and sharply defined. He saw a great he could have made prohibition a fact there. Read his own simple, sincere-and exciting—narra-
deal to which many of us wouldhave been blinded by familiarity. i tive and see if you agree with him. • —EDITOR OF THE PRESS
messiun ni ,7 v. m. egreguted Mrshail, after a sensational
contract and relatlons with archt- trial, was found guilty of second Aged Mother and Father
, . ,■ —f . |B thi ^.t txmd 4»U,. probably were the, mafn facts under desree murder two weekn
TOWN aiiriisp " SPEND SlWEb
. . Ing negotiated will add another itors at Texas banquet to be AAN nr BIITV *
__________ • large acrenge to the park lands, given at 7:20 p. m. Hiekey will IIN ML All I Y
Utile leander whom ha repro- ' rHE big pee-radet Moves by it was learned. make Iba orzantaztton’s response. (Jia WLn W I I
Mated aa attorney. 1 Seventh Street and ofticiain, dineloseyAiexsimpron sond ColonelSawHaf,n,ce,—piaintt rtiefl Tweed ay. "They "were
threuotocntion.ot,t "pltgalthozeun for talkV” cern,,are.choth Hair Dressers Tell How arrented Sunday at Marquez, UOB
JEFrE Iecazcomeu.forngimeumeionin JwJt Worth ilk J- will M«,a- * Much To Do County. andare held in the An-
Maya. attorney for the"defendant. . • recent boara meetinga. fort Worth banker. Will give a __ derson Count jail.
+ Wouanatt -tt. camels," . a dark "lanam"ttd ‘ _ F°Thwia3.whleeng.dBhien wh. donlar a X ahouidbe. every D -evdira andtwan.buried
"-HAM •“2- me wiBiv in Prosecu- • • " 2 Arm More -Am.imA. •____•__ mb __ nan • contribution towards inel- near Falkbart. Autopsy held at
tion of 1M case by furnishing a Wag says he,just knows beW Firsr purchase wae that of the r»»rt "eonnwit.. hear vidual beauty. Elkhart showea strong evidences,
-----atm ‘musicly inclned. He had a adaitlon PtoIStcam”r. Park which ! theurerort h-dM Z mm Jtepooh Thin was the formula present- or ntryehnine. It wan Atated.
treat grandtather who wae fire in in the hands of legai depart ' wacrp.a! ™ ed to the Chicago, and Illinois --------------— -
manon acailope.. * ment for final drafting nt the eon- , * . rOm niudnn tnn IHair Dresners’ Asociation by A.
• • • tract. ment Sompensation Plan 1 aul ninng. pant prenident of th. PILOT is lost in
There goon JERRY DILLON, J The land which la new before "INEaiPehADtar orzanization. He drew up the maAn m-rAAne
Alpe Thater bow, wearin’ a the board 1. mid ta include mor- ..T*?’ chartenco..’oreanization seven dollart a week figure after MOUNTAINS
than 50 aerae. "I •. “ luncheon Th a radar naying that government figure „ .... ... ,
Park Board announced prior to noon to the yiatinggcontractora dielosed women spent.930,000, Air Moll *!****** ******
— - —— Following that will be a dincun- 000 annually on face adornmett. Karly Tuenday Arternoon.
___ ofcoMtruetlv, eonraeo ta The seven deHart a weeh
the Texas * niversity .and AAm Col- should be apportioned at follow*.
- lege. ■ '---- - i""
pregram, T. O. Baker, executive
RAIN-AND GALES--
Hooray’! Today to elrcut day! j . A. Col. Don Sawyer, secretary of
painted of condition. In the I MvgTpAApn -jancnziznbro“cs-"tenrdnsa"ia IN WEST SsndzzommabcmpomtuctazMarhe
—etropolthaun ! it. UK W I UU AKU «,T* performance., at 1 and Some SnOW Fans in High •e ™a‘ ®r«ailxatloa wat he
w.Trarricindune:wor, « XT , x 70, , » p. m. at TAP reservatlon: This dome dnow rails in nign ting a pace hard tor othersto fol-
trarfickinginsusticeopeAy in C. N. Whitehead Elected year Chrl.ty Bro.. 1. nearly twice ( Sierras low ’No other group ha. noByyptapuomtspoca, n tarm near here were fired by _______ _____________ _ _
.aeimnsunai, u. ‛N. PrasidantfR.aN .. i— .. .. ----- Quickly established itneif finan- SAN 113 OBISPO. Cal. Api Hchtnlnt today - Lonn wae esti- enemies wer attacked Mat-
.....sttedenn, ? , an an z ini. " ze mmre-= ]
nrngporh 5SX eAve nAATAp e rrr 0 I
or ian2" - “::revnvshoszltih -xx UUCIU > -
Buckner Mid that if the right tpe board of director, of the Katy 7 A “leopard rides m -elephant, - breath preparatory to extending oiienlv hr Colonel s.wver MAIAIAArAIr 1,n8i05 which sb Srtau windows • him .force ■ targe Sano of cantor g
"" xs' »u zumaraza"ragrargzz.o"ztmnasctdhhe"pm-htu INNOCENT iggam“"
nut with jury trial, in.uch.cxm-!^ thaTexasainesuatapitroure.ot."x.elk.froL_Mellowittromanewatoran movins norih-o it. appropriation workhru Note Exonerates Him in Renidonta wrendriven from Lant autumnT"unoiint was tn :
ed unseasonable force along the ing work to the fWest responsible Girl’s Death houne were partially wrecked. the shadow of death tromaplot -
tonight bidder, is being, bitterly opposed, I Flames het in adininin tanks ter • Duet 5 •• -sneduiemAd
, . - ------------------ Sawyer Mid, but' expressed eotin-
three companies of 1 2each, will ------------------- denee that it woald ba reported
appear. A combinedcollection °F A,’. _ _ _ _ we, out favorably, by the committee,
zebras and four dancing elephants nn AADr DADW separate ”
are other feature.. These pachy: "U DLKP FllKI Recomedation for a stronger
derm, wear the famous neaweed • • "V"-- ■ n ■■ M —
dresses of Hawaii. Their hula- i m hanaANA-
hula dance I. an original achieve- DL RINIIWT
ment in animal training. DL DUUUII I
Fifty clown, will entertain the
kiddies. The, grand Introductory 1 But City Dads Won’t Say
spectacle I M Biblical pageant * wh...
showing "Noah and the Ark.” wnere
! Nearly ‘1,000 persons will take
dis Thursday will dawn bright
i and clear and considerable rise In
temperature will to recorded be- , —— -v- — -------.-
fore the day is over. the Fort Worth weather bureau.
COURT WORK BEHIND alctBoutsrmorot InturinK ar Pre agalnactreczlng ...
No Bonds Ever Forfeited Landisandarman wenenday '
pered confer- _________________
232— ence at this I auto as she crossed tM street in
point and de- | front of her home. 1818 Alston Aukua. muaA
cls red that night sessions should Avenue. Miss Lula Kamp was n U □ I Q T V RDnQ
to held beginning tonight to por- l the driver of the car. U r n 1 3 | I DRU3i
iit the wets to present their ease. | Miss Lorraine Thomas, 311Y " ""-TT
The commitee agreed that it North Pecan Street, was Injured AUAUf nrnr
would hold no afternoon session, when struck by a Packard auto KHIIW HFKF
but resume at 7:30 p. m., to speed driven by a negro nt Third and UllUVl HILelIL
- the hearings thru. , Main Streets. The car passed . . . c. n ..
Buckner -.ia that »ooo un I over Mr foot. Animal Show Better Than
handled cases were pending wheu , ----- r Ever Before
he took office, and 3000 were m • an _ _ • m « m m a an ■.----.
prohfbitton cases. The calendar D p N |f L I T M II N
was two years behind, he Mid. DDI KLlIn UH
It was a startling picture he 1 .
MK&T BOARD
Held at Palestine manila, p. l. April 1.--Ten
■ I Mors were killed and ten mem
bars of the constabulary wounded
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