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VOL. 7, NO. 163
PRICE TWO CENTS
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1928
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BULLETINS
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Hamer said,
Will Strickland, negro, was ar-
Newton after an
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Bomb Wrecks Chicago Home
As City Prepares to Vote
HIGHTOWER TO
BE SENTENCED
ON WEDNESDAY
homely scenes of the kitchen in
my eyes, I got the idea for my
them from interfering with
organization in the State.
SINCLAIR JURY
IN OIL TRIAL
IS COMPLETED
BANQUET TO
LAUNCH DRIVE
FORMEMBERS
Stone Mountain Figure Is
Unveiled By General’s Kin
STROLLING
DOWNTOWN
that
torch.
the have at one time been in the em-
l ploy of the Texas and Southwest-
PITTSBURGH. April 9.—J. E.
McQuinn of Washington, D. C..
who testified he was cashier of
the Ku Klux Klan and a mem-
ber of the national board of di-
rectors, was the first witness call-
ed today when the trial of Klan
officials and rebellious members
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“Without the tip,”
window
dripped,
spout.
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cently completed e
num ter of work *
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Oscar Tarrant of Dallas was
charged by complaint in justice
court of J. H. Faulkner Monday
with failure to render aid in con-
nection with a Friday night auto
accident, in which Mrs. Carrie D.
Walker, 1105 East Annie, was in-
jured seriously.
NEGRO DRIVER HELD-
WHEN CHILD IS HIT
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With Panel Sworn, Justice
Recesses Court Until 9
A. M. Tomorrow
Robert E. Lee IV.. greatprand
son of the famous Confederate
general. today gave the signal at
Governor Unable to Attend Din-
ner for Financier Tonight.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., April 9.
Charlie Birger, Southern Illinois
gang leader, will die on the gal-
lows Friday unless the courts
intervene to stay the execution.
Governor .Small said today he
would not stay Birger's execu-
tion for the murder of Mayor
Joe Adams of West City.
DEFEAT OF BOULDER
DAM BILL IS URGED
Hailed as “an absolute and
complete success" by Italian mu-
sic critics in her debut in Italy,
19-year-old Kathleen Kersting,
child-singer of Wichita, Kas., is
to sail for home soon. The Wich-
ita Rotdry Club financed Kath-
leen's musical education abroad
after Mme. Emma Calve. famous
French opera star, became inter-
ested in the girl sir years ago
after hearing her voice.
Pleads- Guilty in U.
Court to Bank
Embezzlement
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MASSIE GIVES
HAMER 'STAGE'
and the potatoes are browning,
I'll take down a certain book 1
know.
It tells about the Dover mail
eoach, and one called Jerry . .
a hulking fellow swathed in a
great muffler who came riding
out of the mist in the valley
. . . In the year seventeen-
seventy something.
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gets lit thd ftelt
out.
Many Observers Believe Explosion May Start Renewed
Political Offensive in Primary
Seeking Dairy Employe Believed
To Have Been Drowned.
George W. Hollingsworth Is Vic-
tim Of Attack.
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COLD REMAINS
THRU TUESDAY
after the court has gone into the
allegations of the petition.
W. E. Myers, counsel for Burns,
BURNS TRIAL HELD
UP BY AGREEMENT
agree, is the possibility that he
was abducted by former Folsom
Prison inmates who were enemies
of the boy's father, W. J. C. Col-
lines. a convict boss at the' penal
institution.
opened in federal court.
MQuinn, who was called as
soon as technicalities had been
, disposed of, testified he had been
the cashier, of the organization
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their stock would survive the un-
seasonable temperatures.
Because of the heoric part she
played in the fighting around
. Bofarr during the Soviet's war-
fare against Poland, Mme. Se-
menova-Baranova has been dec-
orated with the Order of the Red
Flag by the Soviet government
of Russia.
Association of Commerce
In Quest of Budget
of $150,000
is Chased Nearly to Handley By
Police Officers.
Cashier and Director of Ku Klux
First Witness Called
renched after eounsel lot Borno
had filed a motion asking that are
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INVESTIGATE
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WASHINGTON, April 9. —
The Bratton bill conveying 400,-
000 acres of Federal land to the
State of New Mexico, was passed
today by the Senate and sent to
the House for action there. k
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LOS ANGELES., April 9.—With leaders of the Confederacy was
the beginning of the fifth week unveiled in a dismal North Geor-
b
ea
O. Burke and
thaandirondevmarishcooking-rested" by Emergency’OkficersE.
George W. Hollingsworth, 78,
Insurance operator, dropped dead
while climbing the stairs to his of-
fice at 103% East Seventh streat
Monday afternoon,
Hollingsworth had been in busi-
new in Fort Worth for 50 years.
The body is at the Gauss - Ware
Funeral Home.
| toes were taking on a deep tan. j
I The coffee pot bubbled, and
■ the steam from a- pan of string |
beans banged the lid musically.
I A delicious-aroma swept the '
room . . ». enveloped me, flow- j
i ed thru my veins like red wine.
I And , there were other odors 1
I . . , the smell of laundry soap
and fresh scrubbed table board
I e , the aroma of spices and
t tea" . , the seductive smell of 1
SIX CRASHES CAUSED
BY SLIPPERY VIADUCT
Closed to Traffic After Failure
to Get Gravel."'
Two large con-
> have made over-
lead to the estab-
ag plant here.
The counter-suit of the five de- ern Cattle Raisers' Association, is
fendants to have the Klan ban-' being brought from Lubbock to
By United Prenw,
WASHINGTON, April The
US Supreme Court upheld today
THE idea for this model home
1 came to me yesterday.
DROPS DEAD ON
STAIRS TO OFFICE
ter to say the porch before the
steps, perhaps.
They discuss living rooms and OTHERS GIVEN FINES
baths and bedrooms and one •-I nlwE°
thing and another . . . spend-
ing a lot of time worrying about-
non-essentials.
Then just before leaving they
repember the kitchen, and with
a careless gesture say, "Oh, just
. put the kitchen on at the back
somewhere." '
And that's slighting the most
important ’ room in the whole
house. -
MY house is going to have a
1’1 big fireplace in the kitchen
with crane and kettle and wide
hearth.
And I’ll have a split hickory
rocking chair drawn close there,
with a basket of walnuts close
by and an apple or two handy.
I'll have a big back log on
The Fort Worth Press
WEATHER: TONIGHT AND TUESDAY GENERALLY FAIR, CONTINUED COLD; FROST TONIGHT.
day.
Hamer said his suspicions in
this case were strengthened when
he discovered that altho an acety-
elene outfit was apparently to be
used in the robbery, indicating a
, old military organization of New
I Haven, Conn., and small detach-
ments representing other famous
By United Press.
AUBTN, Texas, Aprj9.—Gov-
ernor Moody will not attend the
Dallas dinner tonight in honor of
Jesse Jones. Office appointments
have been made for him for this
afternoon which prevent his leav-
ing Austin.
I representing the defendant and
District Attorney Jesse Martin the
state.
Burns faces trial for alleged
ments since March 1. The Col- present were 50 members of the
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Yonder's DON WADDING-
TON in Fort Worth shopping
for his new style shoppe out,-
in Abilene.
“such a torch would do a bank
vault no more harm than matches
held against it."
Hamer declined to discuss de-
tails about the evidence upon
which an indictment was asked.
the onion ... of apples and
oranges.
Sratendaandler,o‘partecipated‘n‘ede filed his miotion when court open-
unveiling here of a gigantic bas “ -onda
relief of Lee, carved in the granite
face of Slone Mountain.
The first of a planned group of
Governor's Foot Guard, famous .
Indictment be quashed. The ease
ago on a similar indictment In fered.
connection with the Elk Hills Fru
All morning
(UTSIDE the wind screamed,
U but inside, the kitchen clock
ticked peacefully . . . like an
deners in East Texas reported
Wag sent his gat some lilies
Monday and she had th' nerve
to suggest he waited for th'
aftereEaster prices,
board. ..
Snow white 'dish cloths hung
from a rack. Piles at dishes
shone like polished ivory and
tableware gleamed in the flick-
ering firelight.
And sitting there with my
nose sniffing the air, and the
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spent in argument, with Myres
' will provide a solution to the mor-
der theory in the case were being
probed today.
The county grand jury was
called into teuton today to eon-
duet a probe into the fire and in-
' vestigate the possibility of murder
in connection with the deaths of
‘ the family in the plaze.
(shed In Philadelphia and ’ ac- Austin. He was arrested Satur-
counting of money made will fol-
WASHINGTON, April 9, -
The United States Supreme
Court decided today that Thom-
as W. Miller, former alien prop-
erty custodian, must serve his
18-month Atlanta prison sen-
tence for conspiracy to defraud
the government in the Ameri-
can Metal case. The court denied
Miller a review of his convic-
tion.
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the departments of the associa-
tion now in force and for the ex-
penses of several new departments
to be added. The other (50,000
will be spent to advertise Fort
Worth's advantsge in the north
and east. '
It is hoped to wind up the cam-
paign in a day and a half.
as a market for I
100.000 worth of f
s, cartons and ti
as found. . I
Jackson, his wife and their sit
children to death, tbs sheriff’s of-
fire announced today.
New clues which officers believe
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CHICAGO. Apr. 9.—Another
bomb—the 67th since October
—shook Chicago out of its pre-
primary calm today.
Police were inclined at first
to blame the blast on alcohol
rather than on politics and
many observers believed it was
the start of a renewed election
offensive.
It was the first important
bombing • since the homes of
Senator Charles Deneen ang-
Circuit Judge John A. Swan-
son were damaged two weeks
ago.
Today's bomb blew out the
rear of a two-story frame resi-
dence in Melrose Park, a resi-
dential suburb. The place was
By United Prena,
WASHINGTON, April •.—Rep-
resented Blanton, Democrat, Tex-
as, denied in a speech to the
House today that he was arrested
here recently for speeding. He
presented affidavits of the police-
man involved, saying Blanton was
not speeding and claiming they
merely drew up to the curb to
discuss the recent local police trial
In which Blanton acted as counsel
for an accused officer.
wholesales $3, 0;
of burlap bags
than iny other -
IN MISSING BOY HUNT
Los Angeles Police Unable to Dis-
--cover Trace of Child.
PERSIAN OFFICIAL SLAIN
LONDON, April 9.—The Daily
Mail said today that insurgent
Luristan tribesmen in Persia had
killed the Persian minister of
public works while he was in-
specting road construction at
Khorramabad last Wednesday,
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By United Press.
DALLAS, Texas, April 9.—Dal-
las will pay its tribute to Jesse H.
Jones, Houston millionaire, for
his success in bringing the Demo-
cratic National Convention to
Houston at a banquet here to-
night. •
Jones arrived in Dallas last
night and retired to his room at
the Adolphus Hotel at once with-
out. discussing politics to inter-
viewers who waited upon him. Ho
is recovering from a severe cold.
AB TWO SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN FIRE DEATHS
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And J. LESTER COWANS,
-thspecndn"tpp--effta-“pamtis
store.
"the game's not
e" arose when 1
ensive and card-
y was prevalent. [
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bank, as testified. The suit was
instituted by Orville Y. Mnyot
against tbe Oil Products Company
for which Burns had been appoint-
ed receiver.
spring finery on the shelf at least
thru Tuesday.
Frost,4s predicted for Monday
night by Weatherman Landis.
Thermometer shrank to 36 in
Fort Worth Monday morning.
The cold was sharpened by a
raw drizzle which set in Satur- |
day and was still falling Monday. 1
Rains Widespread.
Torrential rains were reported
from virtually all sections of the
State over the week-end, with
many points receiving more than
two inches of rainfall.
Freezing weather was felt in
West Texas early Monday as a
belated norther swept in from the
Rocky Mountains, It was 26 at
Amarillo.
Snow at San Angelo.
Snow fell early Sunday in
parts of West Texas. It covered
the ground at San Angelo.
Sheep, recently sheared, suf-
workers in the campaign have
been divided into teams of two.
Teams have been divided into bn
Snow And Sheet Reperted gades and divisions, with captains
- — i and colonels in charge.
. Of the amount sought, $100,
N 1 000 is to be spent for expenses of
since he dsappeared from the
home of his mother, police had
no tangible clue today to the
whereabouts of nine-year-old Wal-
ter Collins, presumably a victim
of kidnapers.
In the hope of picking up a
suspect. Chief of Dtsctives Her-
man Cline ordered one of the
greatest drives against vagrants
in the history of the city.
All idlers arrested are to be
juestioned concerning their move-
that Fort Wort
asme three cars
re is already lo- nia
city a plant for
y, but it needs to i'
Juckeridge stated. d
Wag says if ignorance is
bliss his new gal is a solid
blister.
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angston's
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Mor, ane
Rread
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ITHERE are some who moan
I the passing of the sun . .
wander aimlessly about when
the fields are too wet for golf.
If these fellows don't know
what to do with themselves
when the wind lets down and
the rain starts, I can tell them.
Get hold of a good aromatic
kitchen, a split hickory chair
and a book about Jerry in the
year seventeen-seventy some-
thing.
Great biscuits with golden I •
the baking pan, and the pota- PENNSYLVANIA KLAN
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LOWDY, folks! . . . Yes,
sir, ‘twas a great Easter
. . . nothin’ so economical*
as these Easter outfits you
can't wear out on account of
th' bad weather. •
lock a building for a year under
the nuisance clause of the Vol-
stead Act. Ito ruling was in a
case from Detroit, where owners
of a building pleaded they should
not be penalized for the liqtpr-
• said to have housed one of the
numerous alcohol-making es-
tablishments of Joe Montana.
Montana was associated po-
litically with "Diamond Joe"
Esposito, henchman of Sen-
ator Deneen, who was assassi-
nated three weeks ago.
The bomb was unusually
powerful. It tore the entire
rear out of the two-story struc-
ture, and the explosion was
It as far sway as the ad-
joining fashionable suburb of
Oak Park.
Three men were arrested a
few minutes after the explo-
sion. Melrose Park police re-,
fused to give any information
about the suspects, V
LEE MEMORIAL
IS DEO GATED
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PHILADELPHIA, April 9. —
Failure to get into proper condi-
tion has caused Lew Tendler,
veteran Philadelphia fighter, to
call off his bout with Joe Dun-
dee, welterweight champion,
scheduled for the arena here to-
night.
model home—a kitchen sur-
rounded by some other rooms.
Minority Report F’resented To Sen-
ale By Ashurst.
By Init4 Prut.
WASHINGTON, April •— A mi-
nority report from the Irrigation
Committee, urging defeat of the
Swing-Johnson Boulder Dam Mil,
was presented to the Senate today
by Senator Ashurst, Democrat, of
Arizona.
A majority of the committee ap-
proved the bill several weeks age
and it is scheduled for considera-
tion as soon as the farm relief and
migratory bird Mils are acted
upon.
Ashurst served notice that he
will filibuster against the meas-
ure as he did tart four, MloM
some changes are made.
where I sat, I could ! lating the narcotic act He plead
I see the sullen grey clouds, the | Kuil y to two counts, sale and pos-
I sodden flower garden, and the | session of one ounce of morphine
| chickens crouched miserably un- on March 16, 1927.
I der a shed ’ Several cases were dismissed by
Winter lay out there ... the court on authority of the At
| bleak and grey and cold. | torney General.
But inside, the fire blazed Others to receive fines were:
brightly in the stove, and threw • Lee Townsend, negro. »100, for
dancing shadows on the wall. 1 possession of whisky; L. B. Har-
l It was warm ... in the mon. (100 on each count of trans-
kitchens porting and possession of beer;
• • • j R. P. Rogers, $100 an 30 days,
II WHE roast had just been tor possession; Mrs. Mary Bates,
I brought from the oven, and $100 for possezalon: Clarice
lay floating there in its gravy I Graves. $250 tor possession of im-
. . brown and tender and in- ' proper materials, and Jonnle Har-
I viting. ' per. 125 for transportation.
glafog..Atthezignaltrom.le testimony to 67th district court
Ereat-grandsonrRohertEalnly,Aug. 1, 1927, when he I mala to
Confederate and .Amerricn. Tag: ; have testified from the witwus
that draped the figure, fell, and . . eg egg
the protle of the military leader standsthat Ehere,"a828,6800n
of the Confederacy stood outlined ( depoa ! ’ °.th eperedit.o,the Co
inthemist, astride nis horse, prre Nation.! Bank.
Aree r Waiver at N.w The indictment alleges that the
yoPkaynrcepteasthe"tatu for toe amount was not on deposit at ihe
nation in a brief speech.
Between 5000 and 10,000 wit-
nessed the unveiling. Among those
Chickens, Rug and Purse Stolen,
Over Week End.
Three thefts and burglaries
over the week-end are being inves-
tigated by police.
Mrs. B. B. Davis, 922 Lamar,
reported theft of a rug from her
home.
Four chickens were stolen from
F. A. Harkrider, 3029 College, the
police were notified. Mrs. Hayes.
1312 Denver, reported that purse
and watch were stolen-from her
auto parked at Fourth and
y Throckmorton,
Motion to Quash Indietment Wiled
By Attorney.
Trial of Lloyd H. Burns, Tort
Worth attorney, was passed by
agreement between attorneys lor
, the state and defendant Monday
, atterng.
, w.. zinon. .. ucn.. I Sentence was deferred until
with my‘ ttt on the rung of a wednesdy. on grounds that
upickoryqai, and too a co-attorny was out of the.city,
chair tilted .,>! the wall. FIrst and second counts, ch
Outside the wind howled and ed embezzeling $20,000
the peach trees writhed in ag- and,$78,000, respectively, of the
ony bank s money and the third with
The rain crashed against the making a false entry of $120,-
pane, and dripped, ; 51132: ...
dripped from a rain I o D Sterens was sentenced to
two years at Leavenworth for vio-
mmuam.om d
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FLAPPER FANNY SAYSt
When tht light of a girN Ufo
Narcotic Charge Sends
Man to Pen for
Two Years
Ernest W. Hightower, former
vice-president of the Stockkyards
। National Bank, entered a plea of
| guilty to three counts, charging
him with embezzeling and making
a false entry, before Federal Judge
J. C. Wilson, Monday.
Dynamite was used Sunday in
an effort to locate the body of
L. A. Miller, believed drowned in
Trinity River while he attempted
to cross the river on horseback.
Spelman's used six or seven sticks
of dynamite in an unsuccessful at-
tempt to find the body.
Miller, an employe of the Pit-
tenger Dairy, on Samuels Avenue,
left the dairy at 3 p. m. Friday.
Tracks of his horse led to the
Trinity River banks, near the 12th
Street bridge. His horse was
found several hours later on the
opposite side of the river.
PAY AWARD FOR TWINs
ANGOULEME. France, April 9.
The town council of Aint Meme-
Des-Carrieres has ‘ fated'" an
award of $16 to each family to
whpm twins are born this year.
CHICAGO, April 9.— Eight
men were indicted today on
charges of kidnaping Thomas
Gaynor, wealthy automobile
dealer and hotel man, who was
rescued Saturday night after be-
ing held captive for a week.
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9. — Sixty-three /ears ago today.
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Sheriff Announced That
Two Men Are Being
Held In Case
auto collision near Handley in
which the 4-year-old son of W. A.
Shaw, Big Spring, was injured.
The auto driven by the negro
struck Shaw's machine. Three
negro occupants of the auto drove
off after the accident without
stopping to render aid, it was
stated. Witnesses called police,
who chased the negroes almost to
Handley before stopping them.
The" Strickland negro . was
taken to the District Attorney's
office.
Ey Emit-4 from.
EASTLAND, April •.— Two sus-
peets have been arrested la eon-
nection with the fire which des-
tryedthe farm homne ot A. B.
fackson, near Cisco, burning
Six auto accidents were report-
ed between 3 and 4 p. m. Sunday
on Jennings Avenue Viaduct, due
to the slippery surface.
Lieutenant Claude Green or-
dered lanterns put on the bridge
and the viaduct closed to traffic.
The accidents were not serious.
Police earlier in the day had
made an unsuccessful attempt to
get gravel to cover the slippery
viaduct.
the Association of !
B. Buckeridge, I"
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Says Bankers Still Pleased
- With Rewards
Ranger Captain Frank Hamer
can have the eenter of the stage
in his investigation of alleged
plotting of the Rankin bank rob-
bery, William Maule, president of
the Texas Bankers' Association,
said Monday.
Hamer, in a United Press dis-
patch from Austin, said that the
indictment of two men tor murder
in Upton County for the alleged
plotting of the robbery in order
to claim a share of the bankers'
association dead bank bandit re-
ward offer, was only a starter in
the investigation.
Says System Good.
"Texas Bankers' Association is
just as firmly convinced today
that the reward system is right as
it was the day it was announced,"
Massie stated.
Hamer, in the story from Aus-
tin, asked, “What does President
Massie of the Bankers' Associa-
tion say?" To which Massie re-
plied: "Let Captain Hamer an-
swer."
The two indictments were re-
turned last week and charge that
the two men plotted the robbery
at Rankin in order to collect the
dead bandit reward. Two bandits
lost their lives in the attempted
robbery.
One Once An Inspector.
One of the two indicted, said to
Will Spend $50,000 in
Selling Fort Worth to
North and East
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lins boy was last seen by his
mother, Mrs. Christine Collins, on |
DALLAS HONORS JONES The most plausible theory of
------- his disappearance, authorities
"Army of Greater Fort Worth,”
by which,the 600 workers in the
Association of Commerce $150,-
000 membership drive are known,
will gather at the Texas Hotel
Monday night to receive final in-
structions for the drive which’
starts Tuesday.
"It is most important that each
worker attend tontght’s dinner, as
success or failure will be ours
from the amount of interest
shown from the start,” William
Monnig Sr., general chairman ot
the drive, said Monday.
Monnig spent the morning with stone Mountain, Ga., for the yn
Jack Hott, secretary - manager of i Vfili of a ,tatur to OrKrral
the association, going over last- liet on the tide of the m^,ntain
minute details of the drive. These ; The baby is a great.gTan4lltm 0f
will be divulged at the dinner to- Qenfrai Lee and tke
son of Dr.
night. . .. ....... , Bolling Lee of New York.
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Government Plans To Use
75 Witnesses In Effort
To Prove Lease Plot
By United Press.
WASHINGTON, Ap 11 9. — A
jury was selected today to try
Harry F. Sinclair, oil magnate, on
charges he conspired to defraud
/ the government in connection
with the famous Teapot Dome
naval oil reserve leases, granted
by Albert B. Fall, former secre-
tary of the interior in 1922.
Four women who were called in
the jury panels were excused for
cause or dismissed from service
because of peremptory challenges.
Both sides used all their allot-
ted peremptory challenges, 10
each, before the jury box was fill-
ed permanently.
The jury;
Harry E. Brooks, William H.
Wrenn, Leon D. Vanderlo, Nevin
Ladd, Fred R. Rocher, Howard
A. Bradley, William F. Throop,
Edmund J. Lynch, Benjamin F.
Anderson, L. C. Clark Brown,
Roy R. Shockey, and Kenneth
Carter.
After the jury was sworn, Jus-
tice Bailey recessed court until 9
a. m. tomorrow. He announced
the trial would be held daily from
9 a. m. until 3 p. m.
Justice Bailey had examined 64
talesmen to obtainythe zury. Hith-
erto, it haa been customary for
attorneys, rather than judges, to
examine talesmen. After selection
of the 12, Justice Bailey ordered
the jury locked up.
Today Sinclair stood alone as
Fall was too ill to appear and had
been granted a postponement.
The government has called
nearly 75 witnesses, covering ev-
ery angle of the lease transac-
tion, and particularly the receipt
of (233,000 by Fall from. Sin-
clair a few weeks after the oil
man leased Teapot Dome from
Fall.
The sickbed deposition of Fall,
who was indicted with Sinclair,
is the principal defense weapon.
Fall bad never discussed in court
the charges of fraud against him.
Another ace in Sinclair's band
is the "national defense” motive
which helped Fall and E. L. Do-
heny win acquittal 18 months
Saturday,
information on ,,
BY JOHN SORRELLS
T HAVE just finished building
I a house.
That is to say, I have sketch-
ed the plans for a house I
would like to live in.
I have never seen a house
exactly like it—and most likely
I never will.
For it consists of a kitchen.
Of course there will be a few
other rooms tacked on here and
there, but the kitchen will be
the, main thing about it. +-′
Most folks go in to see a
builder and come out with the
cart before the horse . . . bet-
*
military units. A few score Con-
federate veterans viewed the un-
veiling from aulbmoblles.
Three Dixie governors were
present: * Graves of Alabama,
Richards of South Carolina, and
Hardman of Georgia. Governors
of 22 Other states sent representa-
tives. An official delegation of
Congressmen represented the na-
tion.
in Burlap Bags
e Annually
may lead to the
f several large In-
in Fort Worth
1 by the industrial
UNVEILS STATUE
•------------------------•
The hearing today is on the
suit brought by the Klan against
five rebellious members, includ-
1 ing Barrickman. They are being
sued for (100,000 each and an
injunction is asked to restrain
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