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FINAL
VOL. 7. NO. 112
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1928
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HERE’S HOW TRAFFIC TO RIVERSIDE WOULD BE ROUTED
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STATE ORDER
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Commission
misston authorized SO cents.
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HAVANA CELEBRATES
IHE 50-cent fare was too low,
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-and the $115
commission
SENATOR WATSON
BLOCK FAVORED
IN -TEAPOTINQUIRY
totor James E. Watson of Indi-
Watson
i
TO BE SNAPPY
his trying' 7 50-mile flight
You won’t need a car—or much
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FOX WRITES ADEU
Haiti.
The six clues -to lead to the
is
in its decision.
ater will
have
tained privately.
Prints
, Yard
Pair of Walk-
the great masses of Cubans will
NTED
owing.
Bible light be thrown upon the
te
c .
Last Year
to an
WORK ON ROAD PROBLEM
dock today—39 hours late.
the
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what'd a circus be with-
Saturday morning.
FALL KILLS OIL WORKER
out a pee-rade?
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NON STOP HOP
TO ST. LOUIS
Company buy out the individual-
operators who owned the bus line,
and Incorporate the Texas Motor
Rockefeller Accepts
Committee Subpoena
given by
the Na-
agreement on salary and working
arrangements,” Doran said. "Gore
rejected our offer.”
the Cuban Aero Club at 1:30 p.
m. that day and at 9 p. m. will
Hls
cor-
MERCHANTS’ TICKETS
TO EXPO NOW READY
Expect to Issue 10.000 Moro Than
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a
the injustice of letting this crim- l
lual escape the legal penalty of
his crime.” .
Keyes then asked for "a ver- 4
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held March 10 to 17. than there
were for the last exposition.
Manufacturers and merchants
wanting tickets are asked to tele-
ger* the choice of riding the
bus for 90 cents or the interur-
ban for 93 cents.
average thmout the state is about
3.6 cents, Townsend declared.
” The ew'rate is 13 cents under
that, allowed the same company
Third prize:
Over shoes.
Fourth prize:
ver salad forks
DEND omr
. Feb. 8__
ning Com pad
s quarterly
on the co
enough to me.
It- will permit the bus com-
/
IMAN
; fox"
■ Mavis* Piet
Projects Call for Repairs to More
Than 30 Miles
ment program until he nad reeeiv- I
ed a copy of the full decision.
A $350,000 bus anc interurban
terminal and replacement of old ■
FIELD WORKER
GETS PRO JOB
- 2
To Leave Cuba Monday
On 1200-Mile Flight
To Missouri
their pleasure at his visit. •
He will be a luncheon guest of
pany to make a return on
money, and it will give passen-
special Highway Commission, ap-
pointed by’Govornor Paulen, will
meet in the capital tomorrow in
an attempt to work out a solu-
tion to the Kansas road building
problem.
Commission in a deeision handed
down at Austin Thursday. Round-
trip rate set by the commission
was .11.45.
The ruling was made on the ap- .
hauling bus passengers between
Fort. Worth and Dallas.
Teapot Dome Committee.- Decis-
ion on habeas corpus proceedings
brought subsequently by Stewart
is now pending. •
Subpoenas also were issued for
clerks and officials of the Do-
Division of Property Rights In-
volying Millions Also Sought,
Petition asking divorce from
10 o’clock last night at the home time, either—to take part in the
of American Ambassador Noble B. , thrilling treasure hunt to start at
Judah. His face appeared some- , The Press office, Fifth and Jones
what drawn after the flight from ! streets, 4 p. m. Friday.
than the Interurban fare.
, That isthe position this pa-
per took when the plea for a
$
Half dozen si-
from the Fort '
higher fare was first filed, and
that, apparently, is the position
ths Rafiroa Commission took 1
only surviving member of
family of Czar Nicholas II.
collector of internal revenue, as
2-
PORT ARTHUR, Feb. 9.— Goo.
Patrick, 44, was killed here to-
day when he fell 42 feet from an
oil storagetank being erected nes r
the city. S. V. Fletcher, 30, while
working at the same refinery was
seriously burned by sulphuric
acid.
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At noon today he was to attend I golden key that will unlock the
a luncheon given by army officers ; treasure chest at the Worth The-
at Camp Columbia, historically fa- .... ... ...
fare would —
Riverside Subway WAS.
Belief that it would be more I snate
at the Majestic
1
The present fare is 50 -cents.
many varying conditions, it was
said. Some rates reach 25 cents
a mile.
Acting Administrator
C
mous asahe:billet of many Amer-
ican, soldiers during the Spanish-
Americah War. Then, at 4 p. m.,
| he was to greet 'many of his fel-
transfixed him with his gaze.
Hickman returned the gaze un-
flinchingly and not a muscle mov-
ed as Keyes shouted the word
"murderer” in his faoe.
Hickman was led back to his
cell immediately after court ad-
journed and will be' returned at
2 p. m. to hear the judge's in- |
structions to the jury.
candidacy for
presidential
The traction company asked I
for a fare of >1.15.. -
And the State Railroad Com-
The Hort Worth Press
' ’ WEATHER:, TONIGHT AND FRIDAY PARTLY CLOUDY , v.
Trading Company deal.
Committee experts, who have
been working at the Treasury De-
partment, have found that most
of the bonds representing Conti-
nental profits have not been cash-
ed. the United Press learned to-
Crowd Jams Corridors Of
Court ‘ Building As
Proceedings Close
fact, I am one at those proverbial
Jack of all trades who are usu-
ally failures. Why I am not, I
can’t tell you."
The truth is, Schwab got a lot
of good breaks—he made a lot
of good breaks for himself—and
he kept hustligg.
Take some native ability, add
to it an urge to get somewhere.,
sprinkle with the energy to keep .
hustling, snd you'll have a sue-'
cemsful man—if luck is with him.
AGED WOMAN BURIED
AUSTIN, Feb. 9.—Funeral of
Mrs. Dohanna Domesch, who was
- 2 years old, was held today.
Her death removed Travis Coun-
ty's oldest voter.
She came to Austin by ox cart
ater crossing the Atlantic in a
sailing vessel.
its An SO-cent bus fare
■ Fort Worth and Dallas
attend a State dinner
Liner Brings Woman Who Claims
To Be Czar's Daughter. 1
NEW YORK, Feb. 9.—Bearing
a mysterious "grand duchess” as
one of its 1,095 fretful passengers,
the liner Berengaria, which since
Tuesday had been held at anchor
diet of sanity to send Hickman to
phone exposition headquarters : the gallows,” and sat down.
and they will be delivered. No Once for nearly a minute dur-
charge is made for the tickets, ; Ing’ his speech, Keyes stood di-
except the ones which are pre- rectly in front of Hickman and
sented at the exposition gate dur- — --- -• 1
. date- i*>* Onc underPa88 to approximately $125,000 and either the creation of a new
l;1 RATE WAS ASKED roadway between Third and Fourth Streets or-^the construction of a second underpass
---- on East Fourth is the plan of City Engineer Dudley Lewis, shown above. to solve the .
$350,000 .Terminal Said congestion problem on that street.
. To Depend on Granting
; Full Amount - '
to him.
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; equipment with new busses were ,
1 the major lt*m* included in, the
"We could not come
On the passenger list was "Miss
Anastasia Tchaikovsky.”
She remained in her cabin and
only immigration and customs in-
spectorswho had orders from
Washington to expedite her clear-
ance, were permitted to see her.
Many persons believed she is
the Grand Duchess Anastasia, the
trade territory are now available ridors of the hall of justice as he
at Manager John B. Davis’ office.
( There's no hike, I know,
■like those 13 steps with-
in that room.
‘On scaffold high—they slip
the noose and bind your
shivering frame- ■.-------
They slip the hood as hang-
man should, and there’s
no one you can blame.
। After you've had a word or
J -If a fare of $].15. had been
authorized, that, would have
forced bus passengers back to
city could build a connecting road-, Rockefeller wrote he had
way between Fourth and Third counseled Stewart to tell all he
I Streets, thereby diverting traffic knew of the deal.
and taking advantage of the un-' Committee members, however,
derpass at that intersection with .a .. n_____ ,, . ..
| the Santa p Railroad. T ®8T that Rockefeller should
City Council assured 100 citi- । submit his testimony under oath
zens of the Riverside district that i as every other witness has done,
_ . urged the jury to "do justice for
Fifty thousand have been print-' this atrocious crime."
ministrator Warnken, who be-
comes legal adviser to the admin-
istrator's office. ,
Frank H. Gore, of Legion, Tex-
as, today declined to become pro-
hibition administrator for Texas.
Commissioner Doran announc-
ed that Gore had rejected the of-
fer of the bureau, on the ground
that he did not care to leave his
present position as business man-
ager tihe.Veterans Bureau Hos-
pital near Kerrville.
nesday night indicated he
expected to die on the gal-
lows for the murder of Ma-
i rion Parker. The document
in full: '
ed, 10,000 more than were print- Keyes concluded hi* address
ed.last.year. Davis believes with a plea that "the State of Cal-
there wn1 be a greater demand iornia shall not be smirched with
for tickets for this show, to be . . .. —
DEMOCRATS TO MEET
AUSTIN, Feb. 9.—The State
Democratic Executive Committee
will meet here on Feb. 28 to fill
vacancies in the committee and
select the place for the State
Democratic convention In May.
The vacancies to be filled are
the places that have been held
by W. J. Tucker, now State game
commissioner: Dr. U. D. Buie, of
Marlin. and Dr. E. B. Baker, of
Gatesville.
ana, informally announced his
Guy Waggoner was filed by Ann
Valet Waggoner in the 34 8th Dis- road work bids have been called
for by the State Highway Com-
mission as follows:
Feb. 20—Fourteen and a half
miles of grading and drainage
structures on Highway 12 in Fort
'Bend County. The work will ex-
tend from Rosenburg to the
Wharton County line.
Feb. 21—Eleven miles of con-
crete paving in Taylor County, be-
ginning 10 miles west of Abilene
and extending to Trent. A mile
and a half of concrete paving from
Trent to the Nolan County line.
Seven and a half miles of grad-
ing, drainage structures and con-
crete paving in Limestone County
on Highway No. 14.
nomination today
Keyes made a two-hour plea to
the jury for a verdict holding
Hickman sane at the time of bl*
crime. This verdict would make
possible the sentence of death de-
manded by the etale.
Judge J. J. Trabucco adjourned
court’ until 2 p. m. (4 p. m. Cen-
tral time), after Keyea had fin-
ished. At that time he will read
his instructions to the jury of
eight men and four women, and
the fate of “The Fox" will then
be given Into their hands.
Keyes’ appeal to the jury was
one of the most brilliant of his
long career as an attorney.
The court room was jammed
with spectators and many stood
a-------------------:
the Republican
Coaches Inc. Amount paid in
buying the line was not consid-
ered in setting the rate, the com-
mission declared.
The commission announced that
it is not ready to put into effect
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Gy United Piess.
■ LOS ANGELES. Feb. 9.—
In a verse directed to Jailer
Frank Dewar and ‘labeled
"My Last Confessions,” Wil-
liam Edward Hickman Wed-
JURY TO GET
CASESHORTLY
AFTER 4 P. M
Complete Wire Reports of the UNITED PRESS, the Greatest World-Wide New
Loch Lomond Out of Banks;
River Leven Takes Rise
GLASGOW, Scotland, Feb. 9.—
, The worst flood in 34 years struck
the Loch Lomonside district today
when the River Leven burst its
banks after a heavy overnight
rain.
Loch Lomond—Lake Lomond—
has spread its shores to the main
road at several points.
be planted on Main,
poor mechanical drawings, I can ..t . . ----
play the piano after a fashion; in- by harbor fog, moved up to its
trlct Court early Thursday. Judge.
Bruce Young permitted attrneys
for the plaintiff to withdraw the
papers. . -
The petition filed was a formal
plea for a divorce, according to
attorneys, with the usual allega-
tions of cruelty set forth.
Waggoner is the son of W. T.
Waggoner, and of one of the
weaithiest families of the South.
Mrs. Waggoner is the grand-
daughter of the late Captain S. B.
Burnett, and is sa. I to be worth
millions in her own name.
Division’ of property to cover
her rights also is asked in the pe-
tition. which has not been agreed
to as yet, accoring to Judge
Young.
The Waggoners were married
in 1922.
Keyes at noon today finished final
lected M. Bert Thurman, Indiana farguments in hi* trial for the
murder of Marion Parker.
Kids” Circua i - to have its "big
free street parade."
Every boy and girl who ap-
peared as a performer in the
local movie etrcus and who
marches in the parade in cos-
tume will be admitted free to
tho first showing of the "Us
part of individuals previously
have been too high.
The rate authorized by the
low countrymen at the home of
Ambassador Judah. Already 2500
have signified their intentions of
attending and to this' number
probably will be added 1000 more.
Yacht Club Dance.
He will have dinner with the
Apibassador this evening aud at 9
o'clock will attend a dance at the
Havana Yacht Club.
Friday at 11 a. m. he will re-
cetve n medat from the Cuban
Secretary of State and at noon, in
a great open-air reception in Cen-
tral Park,. he will be' given the
keys to the city.. At this reception
""Here I am." he says, "a not
over-good .business man, a sec-
ond-rate engineer. I can make
By United Press.
AUSTN, Feb. 9.—Additional
ATTORNEYS END HICKMAN ARGUMENT
SUCCSS on its electric interurban. The
ASK most.any successful man interurban fare is 93 cents and
ZY ho wit happened and he'll $1.67.
openh jar of jam that Benjamin Only recently did the Traction
Franklin cooked up : • ' - ■ ” “ L'
President Machado at
tional Theater.
22
Houston and Commerce Streets.
The hunt ought to be all over
inside of 30 minutes. City Su-
perintendent of Recreation R. D.
Evans will'be starter.
Eight prizes will be given. Ev-
ery man, woman or child taking
part in the hunt .will get a free
ticket to the “The Gaucho,” Doug-
las Fairbanks new picture, to go
on at the Worth, Saturday.
First person arriving at tire
goal will get the grand prize of
>25 in gold. The following other
prizes will be awarded:
Second prize: A >20 waffle
iron and dishes, gift of the’Fort
Worth Power & Light Co.
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Haiti, but today demanded to |
show the hospitality that is dear ’
to all Latin peoples.
Big Day Ahead, Only Six Clues and All
The program for the smiling
young‘flyer was a bsy one.
Lindbergh retired shortly after
dered by the Texas Railroad
By Unite. Press,
NEW YORK, Feb. 9.—John D.
Rockefeller Jr. will accept the 1
PREACHER IS ARRESTED
PHOENIX, Artz.. Feb. 9.—(The
love trail of -Arthur B. Brooks,
former pastor of the First Chris-
tjan Church at Ponca City, Okla.,
and Miss Velma Verities, 18, his
former secretary, ended here
with the pastor's arraignment on
a charge of violating the. Mana
Act. He pleaded not guilty be-
fore the United States commis-
sioner and was held on $2,500
bail. Miss Verhies was held in
a detention home as a material
witness under 31,000 ball. '
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(non in
ombina
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THE bus company is owned by.
1 the Northern Texas Traction
Company. The Northern Texas
Traction Company also owns the •
interurban. >
-
between
was or-
High Gas Bills 1 In making iu < decision; thel
(AS bill* were high last month -commission declared that- opera-
• and consumers demanded to tion on the present 50-cent basis
know why. j was at a loss. that the operating j
The Eas company said "cold cost was found to be 25.9 cent
weather." a mile. This is a greater operat- i start . the .
The city said let's look nt the ; ing cost per mile than on the elec- i . ok__P
meters: 4 trie interurban line. । * ‘
BY JOHN SORRELIS
rTHE Northern Texas Tractibn (_
I Company will be permitted
to charge a higher rate for
Ho C. A Winder, supervisor | "The owners and .operators of i
of utilities took a look at the the line' inherited the 50-cent
meters and found them all right. fare," the decision said. "The
And that, checks it back to ’ testimony is to ti effect that it
the weather. • ' ts the result of a rate war on the
Hassell Calm as Execution Meant
Goes to Chair After Midnight
By UniredPregu,
HUNTSVILLE, Feb. 9.— Georse
Jefferson Hassell, slayer of 18,
today calmly awaited hl* ap-
pointment with death.
Hassell will go to th* electr
chair shortly after midnight He
was convicted at Farwell, Tex**,
of murder of hi* stepsone one of
nine person* he choked, beat and
■hot to death at their farm h9me.
their lives marching down
Main Street in the best Ring-
ling Brothers-Barnum &, Bailey
style. • I ’ .
And they’ll get to see the
picture before anybody else in
town.
SAILING SHIP FOUNDERS
ny imnitd Prens.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 9.-
The sailing vessel Valparaiso
foundered off Punta Itapu. Eight
of her crew were lost.
seems reasonable
, St. Louis Monday.
He planned to take off at
' dawn for the 1200-mile trip. The
Thought Best Plan for
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Round-Trip for $1.45 Under 8—
Decision of Rail
When warden talks and
death fear stalks
Upon the dawn.
What mourning—that warn-
ing—that skips from cell
to doom. •
day. Even interest copons on
KILLER OF 13 WAITS 3
DOOM AT HUNTSVILLE
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525S8
He'll tell how he rose early
and worked late; how he saved
his money and shunned blonde*,•
how he studied and planned and
schemed.
He'll let loose a lot of bro-
mides, mostly, piffle.
There'* so much of that going
on in the inspirational magazine*
ft’* refreshing to hear a success-
ful ’ma ntell the truth.
80 BUS FARE I
TO DALLAS IS
—bring him along, by *11
means.
There’ll be a band and other
surprises which will be an-
nounced before the march
stants,
Ta-ta-ta-rat Get set. young-
■tors! Here come the ele-
.phanta! . '
minion Bank .of Canada, where
the 83.000,000 bondsubpoenalof” the Senate Teapot
_ -_prottsaathe.continental Trad- Dome committee, aitho he hasno
-F1 aea werpaepos ted Theyt (nformation which he has not al-
amn- M nler Tn Rp i u i V-, , ready submitted, he said in a
harry M. vengier 10 DE Justice Frees ( lark. statement issued here today.
Sheldon Clark, Chicago oil Rockefeller, fn a telegram to
man, one of six defendants.In the , Senator T. J. Walsh, chairman of
CHARLES M. SCHWAB who
U has become wealthy and fa-
mom and powerful’ as head of
the United States Steel Corpora-
tion, say* he hasn't the (faintest
idea howziv became successful.
, 1 In fact, he analyzes himself
and finds every reason why he
should not have been a success.
’■KAIStox. Feb. .Harry wasiredcday yxa. Srsazthvitcomomitbeappenrrberorhatthn+be permitted to show Lindbergh
M. Dengler, a field/supervisor j erick L. Siddons of the District committee would have "been
here, has been named acting dry i Supreme Court, because of his equally effective.” Public Inter-
administrator for Texas, effective slight connection with the' shad-: est demands that the "fullest pos-
Fob. 14. He succeeds Acting Ad- owing. Bible light be thrown upon the
FOX REMAINS CALM
three and a quarter cents. The
Lindbergh to Fly Old
Air Mail Schedule
By United Press.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh, trans-At-
lantic hero, will fly his old air
mail route, Chicago to St. Louis,
on Feb. 20 and 21 at his own re-
quest. Postmaster General New
announced today.
To celebrate the occasion the
postoffice has ordered that all
mail carried by the "lone eagle”
be stamped with a special cancel-
lation die which will read:
"Lindbergh again flies the air
mall.” These words will be
around a horse shoe. In the cen-
ter of the good luck emblbm will
be the name of the air mall route
—Chicago to St. Louis.
Worth Jewelry Co.
Fifth prize: Rug from the
Worth Furniture Co.
Sixth prize: Five pairs of tick-
ets to the Worth Theater,
Seventh prize: Two pairs of
ticket* to' the Worth Theater.
Eighth prize: One pair of tick-
ets. «
SITE FOR LEAGUE OFFERED
BRUSSELS, Feb. Georges
Marquet has announced he would
Wive ten million francs to buy *
■Ite If the League of Nation*
chose Brunel* for It* future
headquarters. ,
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FORMER SENATOR DIES
By United Press.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. — For-
mer Senator William- H, Thomp-
son, 66, of Kansas, died at his res-
idence here today, after a heart
attack. He w.as a Democrat and
served from 1913 to 1919.
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TA-TA-RA! MAKE WAY FOR THE BIG PEE-RADE
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OsH, gee whizz! Now, • Kids Circus” at the Majestic • of a verformer in the "Us • Just one requirement, kids
—you must be in make-up!
Your pet dog or other animal
1
mam
• LINDY PLANS
District Attorney Keyes
Makes State’s Final
Death Verdict Plea
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ing the Fat Stock Show. The
merchant* use the tickets to
create good will with their friends
in the trade territory. Along
with each ticket is an invitation
for the customer of the Fort
Worth firm to attend the show.
Dy United Press.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9. —
Branding William Edward Hick-
man as a "monster without a
soul,” District Attorney Asa
) Are Downtown
i em-
i ones
ng or
•y ac-
l the City would take immediate/so the subpoena was issued.
steps to enter into negotiations1 Stewart was arrested under a many, if not all of them, -----
with railroad officials to reach an : Senate warrant when he declined I been withheld, so they could not
agreement whereby the city canto answer all questions of the j be traced, the committee ascer-
mazpzz
Titling of the picture has
been completed and the film
will be over Saturday for a
week’s showing. Director Hal
Norfleet announced Thursday.
Clown*, cowboys, the strong
man, the freak*—every boy
and girl who played the part
February 8, 1928.
| To My Dear Friend.- ] -
When Day Is Done
Last Written Confession
When day'* begun and
death cell's light
With morning on. •
f : ------------— ! Dance and Several Dinners
™ ROCKFELLER CALLED Be J Colonel’s Host
mlmMKM SM A-MFME Ly United Press.
HAVANA, Cuba, Feb. 9.— Col. |
Charles A. Lindbergh will make By Vitdrmos w., 0 s.n.
la nonstop flight from Havana to WASHINGTON, Feb, 9.Sena-
(AS company officials resent- owning and operating the service.
• ed the implication • that ‘ an J an'Tnviding compalTy.’7
something might be wrong with Ask s Fare,
the meters. Naturally. „. : m...,
At the same time. It is * . These, "opereators" asked.f°r*
good thing that thts controversy 11 fare in filing applications for
over gas hills came up. ; permits. -
It show* the public that the Faress between stations was.not
city is looking out after the specified, in the commission’“
public interests. : edict. It was directed that they
'And by'the gas company hav- be-"proportionate. . . .
ing come thru with a clean bill. , The Traction Company had ask-
it creates a stronger public con- ed a mileage rate slightly above
ftdence tn th* gas company:
A thunderstorm always dears
the sir. •
Secret shadowing of criminal matter now under investigation,”
trial jurors, as conducted for Rockefeller said.
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ANN WAGGONER ASKS BIDS ASKED ON
DIVORCE FROM GUY NEW ROAD WORK
The Press-Majestic
• of a performer ip the "Us •
Kids Circus” is invited to got 1
in the parade.
They’u have the. time of
, ., -- • - , w-——NGTON, Feb. 9.—The Harry F. Sinclair, oil "multi-mil-' Spirit of St. Louis will be gone, - ... - . ... -
ipicatlon of bus Texas Motor Belief that it would be more Senate Heapot Dome Committee, ionalre, was outlawed today. ver thoroly before the long w a-st - — a - - se-
Northern Texas Traction Co Per- advisable to cut a roadway be- issued a subpoena today for John Legal experts said Justice Sid-j flight.,
mission was sought to Inereas uninlnupnamakeh da^^ nisacarpudemimammagran. on hi.
I» 7^ ™ by aontana,1 amat m mttedokfom tssr w; -x". tsx
cal in ” themnisstsntmmotatdrcourencbargengehtesralonorcKersHyindoeTRFARIRF HUNT
dernass both railroad line. It uns fact that his testimony had been made It plain he was not ruling of a sister republic, permitted | ILHUIL llUll I
। pointed out ' received in correspondence. I on all the questions involved. : Lindbergh to rest last night after
in a recent report to the City Rockereller had written Walsh. Theordeferdants wilbe glven an his trying' 7 50-mile flight . from I
.Council, Dudley Lewis, city engi- that he had urged appearance of, 2Pnr unttn. I resent will de-
ne*r, said that at this ilme it was ! Hobert W, Stewart, chairman oftensectestmmonynwhich will take
impossible for him to make an the Standard Oil of Indiana, be- '
estimate on the property damage fore the- committee, and that] Sleuths Employed,
which would be brought by such Stewart had told him several^ Secret government agents were
an action. | years ago the Standard had no employed by the committee today
Lewis in the report Included an unworthy part in the mysterious. In a final effort to break.oil men’s
- u — - - alternative, however, stating that 1321 deal, of oil men, silence and find who really got
haveron the compal a Improve- I for a co of about- >21,550 the Urgea Testhnony. | >1,204,000 still unaccounted for
...... ■ in tho ‘mysterious Continental
DUCHESS” ARRIVES
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g//Napoposgo
*.7(V,
the one-way fare from 50.. cents
to $115.
the Interurban.' • Simultaneously with . the
It would have created a vir- nouncement of its denial of
tual monopoly of transportation Traction Company's petition,
between Fort Worth and Dallas Railroad Commission announced
And any monopptis,e system is that application also had been fil-1
unhealthy. • • • - -led by two groups for permission
A T the same time, the traction to open bus service on a north-
ri. company Improved the bus ern route between the-two'cities.
xervice. and gave the passenger New
an assurance of liability. ,
And this erriclent service I . .The new application sought a
could not be maintained with a 75-cent fare. The route distance
50-cent fare. - is 35 mle5.
The bus company was entitled Manager A. F. Townsend de-
to a higher fare, but.not higher, clared Thursday hecould not state
what effect the decision would
two and you are thru—
The trap door falls—
The fox he squalls,
Adieu.
William Edward Hickman,
। , Allas “The Fox.”
11
Merchants’ tickets to the Fat j ♦ —
Stock Show which are intended I outside listening _ ____
for distribution in this city's voice carried far down the
gee whizz! Now, • Kids Circus”
»,
PRICE TWO CENTS
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TOPEKA, Kam., Feb. 9. — A
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Sorrells, John H. The Fort Worth Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 112, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 9, 1928, newspaper, February 9, 1928; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1545997/m1/1/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fort Worth Public Library.