The Daily Herald (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 240, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 20, 1921 Page: 1 of 4
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WEATHERFORD TEXAS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1921-
These New Sweaters Are Wei
come on Chilly Days
NOW IS THE VERY TIME TO BUY A SWEATER—YOU
WILL HAVE A LONGER TIME TO WEAR IT, AND
FURTHERMORE, OUR ASSORTMENTS ARE
' AT THEIR VERY BEST, THEREFORE
SELECTIONS ARE EASY.
UNION HEADS MEET
TODAY WITH BOARD
TEXAS HAS THREE HUN-
DRED THOUSAND ILLITERATES
LEADERS OPTIMISTIC THAT NO!
STRIKE WILL BE CALLED—
OTHERS MARK TIME.
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Washington, Oct. 20.—There were
1295.844 illiterate persons of ten years
| of age and over in Texas in 1920, ac-
; cording to census figures made public
: today. The percentage for 1920 was
! 8.3, and the percentage for 1910 was
9.9.
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BOYS’ SLIP-ON SWEATERS OF ALL WOOL—Dandy roll
collars, black with orange trimmings, purple and white, navy
and orange, green and while, every sweater a value at $3.45
BOYS’ SWEATERS AT $2.00—Some coat styles, some slip-
overs. In cardinal or heather mixtures. Here is a good sweat-
er at a popular price, $1.96 and ....................................$2.00
MEN’S “JUMBO” SWEATERS—Good looking as well as
dandy to wear. Large roll collars; blue with black; red with
Kelly green; black and orange; grey and pnrple; purple and
white; coat styles for the girls, or slip-overs for either boys
or girls. Another good value is an all wool solid white
sweater. Prices range, $6.00, $6.00, $7.50 to..................$8.45
BOYS’ AND MEN’S FOOTBALL SWEATERS—Made with
Jersey necks. In cotton or in all wool, light in weight yet
warm. Blue with band of gold; black with gold; also in
navy or red. Prices start as low as $1.25, on up to $2.00 and
up to....................................................................................... $3.45
CHILDREN’S SWEATERS—Ages 4, 6 or 8 years old, the
sues that are usually hard to get. In wool or cotton, dandy
and warm to wear on chilly days. In brown, navy or combi-
nation colors, $1.25, $1.50, $1.95 to.......j............................$3.45
INFANTS' SWEATERS—Of pure white wool or daintily
trimmed with touches of blue or pink. Some are in sets;
sweater or sacque with toboggan and bootees to match. Styles
that are equally as cunning as they are practical. Sweaters
or sets at these prices, $1.50, $1.95, $2.45 to...............$3.45
STOCKYARDS UNDER CON-
TROL SEC. OF AGRICULTURE
AiMoriuted Pres* !
CHICAGO, ILL., Oct. 20.—The pros- j
pective railroad strike cannot be post-i
poned, but it can be,settled, the pre»-|
dient of the Switchmen’s Union said!
after the conference this morning, at;
which time it was learned that they; Washington, Oct. 20.—Fifty-four
had considered all possible phases of, stockyards in almost as many cities
the situation ar may be presented at j are included today in the list of yards
the conference with the Railroad La-1 which under the packers' stockyards
bor Board this afternoon. jaet will come under the supervision of
■ j thg Secretary of Agriculture on Nov-
Chicago. Oct, 20.—Leaders of the i ember X.
Big Five railroad brotherhoods meet
today with the Railroad Labor Board j FORT WORTH ROOMING HOUSE
in a secret informal conference to air! IS DESTROYED BY FIRE
the grievances which led to the strike! ___
call for October 30, while the chair-
men of most of the eleven other prin-
cipal railroad unions aro deciding whe-
ther to call a walkout.
The chiefs of the Big Four brother-
hoods and switchmen’s union went
into conference preparatory to meet-
ing this afternoon with the board- At
union headquarters there was an opti-
mistic and strong feeling that there
will be no strike unless something un-
expected occurs to disrupt the confer-
ence this afternoon. Present at the
union conference were:
Warrent Stone, grand chief of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers;
L. E. Sheppard, president of the Or-
der Railway Conductors; W. G. Lee.
I president of the Brotherhood of Rail-
Associated Press
Fori Worth, Texas, Oct- 20.—Fire
early today destroyed a three story
rooming house here. The loss is esti-
mated at $20,000. The origin of the
lire is undetermined. None of the oc-
cupants were injured.
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GOVERNOR NEFF INVITES
MARSHAL FOCH TO TEXAS
j road Trainmen; W. S. Carter, presi-
Austin. Texas, Oct. 20--Governor
Neff today sent an invitation to Mar-
shal Foch to visit Texas and the Texas
Cotton Palace Exhibition at Waco
during his trip to the United States.
“By coming to our state you will
honor us greatly and add to the patri-
otic impulses of five million Texans,”
the telegram said.
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Weatherford College
Subscriptions Due
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-Your subscription to Weatherford j
College will be due November 1 st.
-Please be ready with the amount :
when the committee calls on you, or i
mail check to W. W. McCRARY, pay- :
able to Weatherford College, on or be-
fore that date.
dent of the Brotherhood of Locomotive LABOR CONDITIONS IN ENG-
Firemen and Knginemen; T. Cashen, j LAND WORST IN HISTORY
president of the Switchmen’s Union.
Tha eleven so-called “standard” un-
v — .w. ntmiuaiu uu-j l--ondon, Oct. 20.—The situation' in
ions marked time, awaiting the out-! EngIand as regards trade and unem-
conie of the board meeting. ployment is worse than at any time
While the few of their general chair-
men met to discuss strik : plans, the
majority of the delegates crowded the
hearing at the hoard rooms to see the
Pennsylvania railroad which had been
cited for failure to obey board “ord-
ers,
since the end of the Napoleonic wars,
declared Prime Minister Lloyd George
in the House of Commons in outlining
the government’s policy on these two
subjects
At present, he said, there, are 1,750,-
000 persons unemployed and added
Despite the optimism in Brotherhood thnt the greatest unemployment, to
circles, J M. McGrath, vice presidentjthe extent of 17 par cent, was in the
of the employes’ department of the metal trades. He declared that the
American Federation of Labor, declar- J eauses for this situation could all be
ed that the strike seemed certain. Hesummed up in one word—war
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As a part of the government’s plan
of alleviation, lie said, the government
proposed to ask parliament for an ap-
propriation of another 300,000 pounds
to enable ex-service men to migrate
to the dominions, whither he said 30,-
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SERVICE
—The most important thing, next to high quality drugs,
which a drug store can render you is SERVICE.
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—Our drugs are the best we can buy. Our Service the
maximum in careful attention in an endeavor to give you
; what you want when you want it.
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BRASsELTON-SMITH DRUG COMPANY
HOWARD REA, Mgr.—DOROTHY WATT, Jeweler
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said that twenty-two railroads had vio-
lated tha board’s decisions and the
men were insistent on wakling out.
N. P. Good, chairman System Fed-
eration No. 90 of the Pennsylvania
lines, announced that he had ordered
a new strike vote of shop employes
of the lines, and that both union and
non-union road and shop men would
not strike until the result of the bal-
lot is knojvn.
Plans to operate passenger, mail j nlost important industries in England,
and milk train are being pushed by the j but that also there were very import-
railroad executives in the event of the ant industries which were not show-
Mens all Wool Suits
With 2 Pair Pants
EXTRA VALUE
ON ACCOUNT OF THESE SUITS COMING IN LATE, WE
OFFER THEM AT THE EXTREMELY LOW
PRICE OF $31.50 FOR QUICK SELLING
A SUIT WITH TWO PAIR PANTS
WORTH $50.00 FOR
ONLY $31.50
We Only Have Twenty-four Suits
'3a
000 already had settled with govern-
ment assistance.
Turning to the question of trade.!
Lloyd George said there were undoubt-1
edly signs of revival in some of the
Size
No. Suits 1
351 36
3 4
37
5
38
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39 140
5 2
See these Suits in Our Show Window
strike, with the resumption of freight
traffic as fast as possible.
ing signs of revival.
COAL RATE REDUCTION
, ORDER IS SUSPENDED
DALLAS CONVICT KILLED
WHILE TRYING TO ESCAPE
Boy’s Suits
1 Pair Pants
Associated 1'resa
Washington, Oct .20.—Reductions of
Houston* Texas. Oct. 20.—After be-1
ing trailed by bloodhounds for more j
than two miles. R. R. Welch, 23 years !
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28 l-4c per ton In rates on bituminous old> serving a term for highway rob-)'
coal moving from Kansas. Missouri, b3ry trolll nallas county 8ho( J
killed by Guard Cheshire while trying j
Arkansas and Oklahoma points to
Kansas City and contiguous territory,
filed by railroads in the region, were
suspended until next Feb 22 by the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
The reductions would have become
effective October 25. The suspension
was ordered to give the commission
to escape from a wood camp a few I
miles from the Huntsville prison, ac-
cording to Information reaching here.
According to the report three
squads of eight men each were cutting
wood about two miles south of the
Huntsville prison, Welch’s squad was !
—We offer special for the
rest of this week one lot of
fifty Boys’ Suits. These are
new Fall Suits, All Wool
Worsted and Cassimeres, the
regular prices of these Suits
were $12.50, $13.50, $15.00—
THIS SPECIAL SALE
S. AMBASSADOR’S HOME
IS DAMAGED BY AeBOMB
Associated f re»t
Parti. Oct. 80.—A bomb exploded
Wednesday la tbe house of Myron T.
Herrick, The American ambassador, se-
riously injuring (he valet, who opened
the package containing it. The room
tin which the explosion occurred was
wrecked. Ambassador Herrick arriv-
ed at the house two minutes after the
bomb blew up.
The receipt of tha bomb followed
threatening letters which have bean
coming to tbe ambassador in the last
few days In connection with the case
of two Italians recently convicted of
murder in Massachusetts.
The bomb was contained In a care-
fully made package, addressed person-
ally to the ambassador, who, it ap-
pears, might well have opened it him-
self as it seemed to be a gift designed
for him. The ambassador’s valet, how-
ever, happened to see the package and
opened it to save Mr. Herrick the trou
hie.
time to determine whether the reduc-j working separately from the others, j1
tion gave Kansas City points an undue j Welch remarked to a guard that his {•
preference in the rate fabrics of the j hat had been'blown off and that he
territory. | was eojnir tvh*>r, w^n
l Welch broke and ran and was soon
out of sight. <
$9.85 Each
PORTudAL PASSES THROUGH
BLOODLESS REVOLUTION
Asaoclated rress
London, Oct. 20.—After a bloodless
revolution in Portugal, a ministry has
been formed and Is in full control at
Lisbon, dispatches received at the Por-
tugese legation here said today.
Upon failure of Welch to obey a,
command from Cheshire to halt, tha
latter fired one time, the shot hitting j
a fatal spot. Welch had been a pris-1
oner at the penitentiary only three1
weeks. His home was at Commerce.
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ANTI-LYNCHING BILL IS
FAVORABLY REPORTED
RETURN OF MONEY GIVEN TO
FIGHT NEW COURT IS ASKED
There is only one traffic rule that resulting
if followed rigidly, would eliminate
accidents. That is the Gulden Rule,
associated Press
Washington, Oct 20.—Tbe Dyer anti-
lynching bill, imposing heavy penal-
ties on persons iifvolred in mob action
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