The Fort Worth Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 172, Ed. 1 Friday, April 20, 1923 Page: 2 of 8
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HERE’S MORE ABOUT
KINGSBURY
START ON PAGE ONE
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"The
Christian”
Now Showing
The most pa—ianate
love story ever
written.
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
DOC COOK
START ON PAUE ONE
Oa the Sereem
“The Power of a Lie”
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Most important cold deposita of
Argentina are found is the terri-
tory of Los Apdes and porta of
the provinces of Jujuy, Salta and
Catamarca. “
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the Beat Rrdt
the trsnafbr I
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She pointed out several others, out in the fields,
some of which we visited. These not only yield a
substantial income to the Larrisons, but one furnishes
natural gas for kitchen fuel, a great convenience.
The back yard was full of chickens, and out on
the pasture I saw upwards of 100 hogs. Some dozen
or more big porkers were enclosed in a barnyard lot
for special feeding. They were enormous. I saw
several pens of yellow corn that was to be fed to the
hogs, and thete was scarcely an ear that looked less
than a foot in length. They also had large stores of
potatoes and apples, cord after cord of furnace wood,
a room full of books and a newspaper every
day—why should they worry that it was winter,
snowing, and twelve miles from town I
Eddie Ross
Ame Hl Afieas Harp
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industry in Texas for many years
and was known thruout the state.
At one tme he was an officer
in the Texan Cattle Rai—n' Ab. ,
now the Texan and Southwestern .
While he]
dreas before
teachers ane
member, of
speaking be
city sehools.
“The opp
girl of Texa
given by the
and Wed an
Alamo and
Henry Churehill King. president
of Oberlin college, tell what is
wong with modern girisend’boys.
"rhey have no ciores to do.”
TONIGHTS
Clown Night
Lota of Comedy.and
Laughs
work the day
Higginbotham
What Mrs. Larrison Saya
About Cardui, The Woman’s Tonic
Funeral Plans for
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Now Showing
Charles Ray
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“A Tailor-Made
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This season’s very newest and best styles in Straw
Hats, worth $2.50, are selling now for $1.95 here.
Another very fine line of Straw 7ats, $2 95
ofFriends
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The Barney Thompson arreated
weanenday near the stockyards on
charges of illegal poeaeaaion of
nareotics has no connection with
Btrney Thompson, 1225 Hast
Broadway.. The man arrested is
being held i Jail Thompson, of
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A BOUT 20 years ago I was in very bad health. I
•2 had some nervous trouble. I was weak. I
couldn't rest I was never hungry, but always tired;
couldn’t sit down contented and still not able to go
about—a dragging, tired feeling like I had weights on
my feet, and I would give out
I heard of Cardui and what a help it was for
weak women. I sent for six bottles. I had not taken
it long till I felt stronger. I would eat and it seemed
to help the nervous, tired feeling. I grew* stronger.
I took twelve bottles in all and for a long time I never
knew what it was to feel bad.
When change of life began with me, down k
went again—nervous, depressed, sick, all over. I vas,
so weak ... It looked like life was ebbing out of
me. I hurt in the lower part of my body. I felt sore
- across the sides. My family was very uneasy about
me when I was down in bed, not able to get
up. I tried medicines ... pVtill I lay there. 1.
then remembered Cardui I sent for it and when
I had taken one-half bottle I felt better. The family
insisted, seeing it was doing me good, so I took
right along. Soon I Was out of bed, able to go about
I owe my health to Cardui, I feel sure. I was
much benefited.
All club
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free style
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BARGAIN CENTER
SATURDAY
One Table of Men’s High ’ ,
Top Shoes
Extra food values in blacks and bro—na, broken
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Mrs. Wolfel
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tord-co, who died here Thursday
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EJFRLLABXSSEE, Fla., April >•.
Walter Higginbotham, charged in
an indictment with the murder of
Martin Tabert of North Dakota,
yesterday calmly told a joint legis-
ative committee of the flogging
bo yave the youth shortly before
his 4—th in a convict camp at
* Clara, __.
, The beaiting 3 was administered
after a guard had complained that
Tabert refused to work alone with
other prisoners, the alleged "whip-
ping boss" testiried:
The nogging occurred four days
before the youth’s death, accord-
ine to Higginbotham. Tabert had
been convicted of stealing a ride
on a freight train a short time be-
fore.
ADMITS BEATING
CONVICTWORKER
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chores would keep
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The oil promotion indict-
ments reported Friday by the
federal erand jury resulted from
six months of untiring tn vest lea
tion into the promoters’ stock-
selling methods, conducted by
postoftiee inspectors, account:
"ants and attorneys. The grand
Jury which returned them spent
a month considering evidence
the inspectors gathered.
Included In this evidence are
huge files of letters, circulars
and newspaper adverttsing sent
thru the mails by the promoters
to "suckers" thruout the United
Stat—, in which fast—tie pie-
tures were vinted of great
profits which would be reaped
from small investments.
FOREWARNED.
Agaiast SC of the— indicted,
formal complaints charginE mail
frauds had been filed here April
S. ana 24 of the 26 arrested
and placed under bond. Fore-
warned by the— arresta, the
promotion fraternity was not
taken by surprise by the Brand
jury’s action. In many of the
scores of oil promotion offle—
here, stock sales already had
slumped heavily, portions of
clerical fore— had been dis-
charged. aad batterles of "oil-
drilling typewriters” were si-
lent.
The government's action is
the first interterenee which has
ingWith
Bar- 2
could protect their interests in
its assets only .by a stock ex-
. change niosssitating investing
more funds.
Another effort made to force
Consolidated stockholders to
comply with "merger" terms by
telling them that if they didn’t,
they would be liable for Consoli-
dated's debts.
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sorting that
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known. I
"The Tex
double herd
histories, nd
beat a dons
otic service.
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were sung 1
Frank i
paid tribut
aented the I
. high school!
or presente
Baldwin, r:
senior class
to Dessie S
class. Latei
raised- with!
the school I
Mrs J. I
the Parent-
ed $25 to I
behaif of
toward the
Eg t gand give our hearty endorsement of this magnificent picture.
*It is of the highest possible standard of latere— aad educatioa;
v f At has sack marvelous entertainment value that ao sue can ’
, attona to ml— it.
morning in a hotel, have not been
completed. Relatives will arrive
Friday.
Cook lived in Albany. He was
here on a business trip. Cook
Comedy Week
A Laugsta BUI Ged4 fee
the niues.
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postoffice department.
THEYRE VETERANS
The three special assistants to
the U. & attorney general —nt
here for the war on the promotion
frauds all are veterans at 'hand-
ling such cases.
Syivester R. Ruah of Chicago, a
Democrat, has taken part in the
proqecution of fraud eases for 19
years.- He has figured in many
prosecutions of fat-reaching im-
portance.
David V. Cahill, a Democrat,
served at New York as an assist-
ant federal dist riet attorney, and
John S. Pratt, a Republican, serv-
ed at Toledo in the —me capacity,
both specializing in fraud work.
IEoppu‘ ’
Munson Last Boys’ Army Shoes, light de •0
and knew moles vales to $4.00, choice•3•
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Harry J. Conley
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«Pedestrianism”
wien as«— N. Browa
WwW» Champlen Walker
A Pornit of Ip
MRS. MARY ALICE LARRISON / /
UTOPIA
a message supporting him. The
mayor’s telegram, according to
Washington dispatch—, belittled
the charges The Pro— made
against Kingsbury, made "unfa-
vorable mention” of this newspa-
per. and expressed the hope that
the poetoffice committee would not
Be Influenced by it
REFERRED TO U.S.
- The information which The
Pt—a gathered about Kingsbury
was turned over to the government
investigators here.
F Some of the high lights of the
Coneolidated promotion — engin-
cored by Kingsbury were:
Cloee connection, and re-
• markable financial deals be-
' tween Consolidated and Howard
. Co.
Notes sad “gold bonds" of
Consolidated —id by Kingsbury
aa "absolutely safe.”
One small dividend paid in*
early stages.
Soon after payment of divi-
• dend. series of appeals to stock-
holders for more money started.
Stockholders alternately in-
formed company was flourish-
ing. and that it was in bad
plight ______'
THE TRUTH TWISTED.
"‘Securities" of company of-
fered to non-stock holders in tall
of 1111 with representation it
was "big. subetantial oll and re
fining company." and that large
prolit were assured; stockhold-
ers informed simuitaneously
that the cqmpany would be a
financial wreck unless they pat
up more funds.
Reinery built at Tiffin. Tex-
as; ii—irature sent to non-stock-
holders picturing refinery in op-
bra ties and pouring out "every-
thing that brings money. prof
its, dividends"; stockholders
told simuitaneously that refin-
ery had never been operated
and could not be unless they
furnished more money.
THE BIG STICK.*
After "merger" with Bankers
OU Corporation, stock holders of
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The Grand Jurors
We, the undersigned, the President and Members of the
Reviewing Committoe of’ the Mothers' Council. on this day,
April IT th. have reviewed, at the Hippodrome Theatre, Fort
Worth, Texan. H. A Snow’s "Hunting Big Game In Africa.”
V a , We find this film to be a real feature picture and hereby grant
King told an audience here.
“The have nothing .to do ex—pt
out of a lot of mischief."
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was "merged" by Kingsbury with
the Bankers Oil Corporation.
A SUEEZE PLAY.”
They described the "equeeze
• lay" which was worked on Kings-
bury’s stockholders in the "mer-
ger.” and how sledgehammer tac-
ti— were used in an effort to force
the stockholders to disgorge more
money.
They set forth falsa hoods and
misrepresentations which marked
Kingsbury's promotion literature.
Soon after The Pre— started Ito
fight on Kingsbury — a candidate
for the postmastership. Mayor E.
K. Cockrell wired to Washington
MASAJESTIC
Maths— DeUy. 11—
Every Nigt, tus
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' been offered in the oil promo-
tion "Industry" berk since the
war. State authorities have re-
frained from questioning the
stock-—lUng enterorises
BIG FORCE USED. _
For ita attack on tke prohnot-
era the government mobilised a
corps of a dozen posi itottice in-
spectors snd expert accountahta,
and m many more regular or
special prosecutors. Secret serv-
ice men also kava been detailed
to the work, it is said.
Day and night for many
weeks the inspectors have wad-
ed thru great sheaves of the
promyoters’ flamboyant litera-
ture. Slowly but surely, by cor-
r— pondence or personal confer-
ences, they have familiarized
them—It— with the experience
of hundreds of victims of the
promoters. Claims of the pro-
moters — to property holdings
and oil production have been
dissected. .
Accountants, meanwhile, were
auditing books of the promotion
concerns, to learn what became
of the money the promoters took
in and the other details of their
“high fiance.”
Drafting of the indictments
was placed to the hands of the
force of special prosecutors or-
dered here recently, assisted by
the inspectors Cooperating
with all the federal ageneies as-
signed to the probe was Federal
District Attorney Henry Zwetfel,
while at Washington the work
was supi!Friesd by John W. H.
Crim, aasistant to the U. S. at-
A—M»—oun—aw—
1 . declared. |
?, VALUE
“Failure
schools was!
of oppress
against Tex!
“Could tl
, brave men q
feel their d
vain. They
we the ItvinI
the welfare
,"Every be
voice in his
A substance
before today
Members of the federal
grand Juns which returned
the oil promotion indictments
Friday were: D H. Bur-
roughs. Stephenville, fere-
naan; E. L. Sharp. Dicey; W.
C. Lockett. Handley; E. r.
Lneham, Balsora; J. L. Ste-
vens. Peaster; Don Biles.
Keller; J.W. Bridges, Arling-
tea; M. H. Logan. Chi—;
Joba R. White. Keller; W.
E. Camby, Paradi—; J. W.
Wultama, Energy; J. A.
Washington, Everman; Ben
Bradford. Poly Station; J. W.
Coplin. Handley; George Mis-
ters. Comanche; A. C. Stew-
art. Jakehamon; Will Miller.
Proctor; Frank Capps. Fort
Worth; W. 1. Rltehsr. Spring-
town; F. M. Hlett. Fort
Worth; Oliver K. Locke. Po-
luxy.
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TOWN In the rich farming belt of Southiern Illinois
II lives Mrs. Mary Alice Larrison, about 40 miles
“ from Terre Haute, who one day wrote a letter
telling of the benefit she had received from Cardui,
the woman’s tonic. One of our lady investigators,
being in that neighborhood, was detailed to make a
tittle journey to her home and learn some further facts
about her use of the medicine. Her report follows:
Casey, Illinois, where Mrs. Larrison lives, is a
picturesque little town on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Twelve miles from Casey the Larrison farm lies amid
wide-spreading fields dotted with bursting bams,
cribs of corn, herds of fine white cattle and hogs.
We drove out to the farm—to a white house
with green window shuttersand a wide porch. A little
terrier, followed by two spotted pups, greeted us and
summoned Mr. Larrison. We were cordially invited
in, and I introduced myself to Mrs. Larrison. She
said she had been expecting a rich aunt, and when-
ever she saw a stranger coming imagined the visitor
might be the long-loked-for relative. I hastened to
assure her how I regretted that she should be disap-
pointed again, since I had only called to inquire about
her use of Cardui and to take some pictures, if she
would permit, to print with her statement She re-
plied that in this case, she was as glad to see me as
if I had been the wealthy "lost" aunt herself.
Some twenty-odd years ago, Mr. and Mr. Lar-
rison bought the farm on which they now live. It has
been the childhood home of their fourteen children,
the youngest of which is 14 years old. Mrs. Larrison
told me that care for her large family had called for
millions of steps “and many comers to turn to give
them what they needed,” but happily she had-come
through it all with sound, robust health, due partly,
so she said, to Cardui.
About sixteen years ago when oil was struck in
Clark County,. Illinois, wells were drilled on the
Larrison place. While they did not come to gushers,
or even yield a heavy flow, they have withstood
steady pumping for sixteen years, and probably will
hold out many years longer. I went out into the
back yard with Mrs. Larrison and examined and
photographed one pump which was pounding away.
“The Pi
be staged a
the Ch
Chureh by
Society. Ad
10 cents,
people will
ger, Emm,
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Ma, Ruby
Anna Mae
O’Brian, H
tye Marray
ton. Velma
kill. Basil
man.
Special I
urday at 1
. chlren.
Africa” le
Mothers’ (
mission wl
. The KE
St. Andrev
91s
a2an1
Saturday.
Arlingto
Mount — h
Desires" a
one-aet pit
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LIVY mos, 1001
tl— utle —iNv la biue,
Maah, te—va and tan, .in
combination, som 4 of
them with white. Values
QCENE:
• Agent
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Visitor:
To provide special chance for school students to
this remarkable picture in a collective body which is —
rich of entertainmeat values for their elders, as announced
by the school officials, a special matinee will be given
this Saturday (tomortow) morning, at a mjmimum ad-
misalon, under the auspices of the Mothers’ Council. com-
mencinz at 1:10/ m.— doors open at 9. Aft— 10a.m.
the regular admiesion prices for this picture will pre-
vail. Here follows the endorsement given by a special
eommittee of the Mothers’ Council:
that “ths bringing in of the first
well thereon would startle the oil
men of the world."
That "the president and the
other officers and directors in
charge of the affaire of the PPA
were moa of wide and sucee—ful
experience in the oil business,
who— pant records gave a—ur-
ances for the succees of the enter-
prise."
That the PPA believed that
when it "brought in ita first well
in the Corsicana territory. rhey
could figure on a probable produc-
tion of >10.000 per day, which
would be approximately $3,600,-
000 a year for oae well.” and that
50 wells would mean a "probably
ye—ly income from $180,000,000
to $360,000,000."
The bill sets forth that the
grand jurors “any, present and
find that each aad every of the
pretenses, ropr—oatatloaa and
promises made, and planned to be
made, by sald defendants were
tal— aad untrue and knomn by
the defendants to be false aad un-
true, aad made with the purpose
and intent to defraud."
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Siler, Leon M. The Fort Worth Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 172, Ed. 1 Friday, April 20, 1923, newspaper, April 20, 1923; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1547075/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fort Worth Public Library.