The Daily Herald (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 317, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 8, 1921 Page: 2 of 4
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WEATHERFORD’8 OLDEST BANK
636c Citizens National
Has the Latest Stockholders’ Liability for the
Protection of Its Depositors of Any
Bank in the County.
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NEW YORK CITY 15
OVERRUN WITH CRIME
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MORE THAN 100 UNSOLVED MUR-
DERS IN 1920—ROBBERS
GET $4,000,000.
UNIFORM COURTESY TO EVERYBODY
New York, Jan. 8.—New York has
i thrown away Us nickel novel of
1920, to begin reading the 1921
thriller of Dead Man’s Gulch moved
into Broadway arjd the Black Hills
--, set down on Fifth Avenue some-, , ,
fT'| l~x *1 ii || I taxes paid by the liquor industry are where between the Waldorf-Astoria:01 fUlnlnen linP MOnl<l ° Prei 011,1
I L„ I lAilti Mexico IH ! ■ . . .. , . ■ naie. Thefts of valuable goods from
Ine Uaiiy nerala *1, T,b ™ini ________ .Unread freight«««. b«ik«n« m* m
spicuous in the twelve months list
were the murders of Joseph B. El-
well, Miss Renie Constance Hlxie, j
| and Frederick C. Ecker. Ehvell.
] known from coast to coast as a
whist expert and horseman, was shot
to death in his handsomely furnish-
ed West 70th Street home: Miss
Hixle, a 17-year-old girl, was found
mutilated in her father's house; Ec-
kert, a former government agent
and alleged whisky runner. was
found shot dead in an automobile in
Staten Island.
In the robberies, organized bands
national drink bill. There. With something like 400 robberies
Published every day except Sunday by will still be a balance in tlie nation's I and “stickups” on the newspaper
THE HERALD PUBLISHING CO.
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favor, in money saved for more use- lists of crimes for the past year, and
purposes of anywhere Iroih one j more than 100 murders and killings
billion to two billion dollars and the fset down by news offices as unsolv-
latter sum is more likely to be right led, the New Year has ha/1 set for
| than the former. it a penny-dreadful record it will
i It follows that if affairs develop | take two-gun men from Coyote Oan-
i normally, it. should be just about as! yon a lifetime’s endeavor to beat.
packing canes, have been consider-
able. Stolen automobiles have been
easy for the nation .to pay its fed- ' A ride from
the Grand Central
is conceded
the old time type, by day as well as
night, on the street, in the home, in
hotels, where masked and unmasked
men have taken what they wanted |
at the point of pistols, have called -
l forth the hue and cry against al-
leged inadequate police protection.
Automobile bandits have made off
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Member of the Associated Press
Associated Pres* is exclusively en-: *
titled to the use for republication of aliieral ,axes <hlrinK ,hese coniing yearsiin a tax,cab now is conceded by I
no**,. fH.iTtr'ti., t ifcHH.1,1 *„ i* „ j as it was before the war. That is, j leading papers of the city to have!
rnti i. thi ... .provided Congress is not misled by [nothing on a trip in the Deadwood with a ,,umber of factory payrolls
sISl tli- i_. ill i | l jj i i I. P a" reasoning of this sort to increase Stagecoach and the big hotels and ,and banks bave seen gunmen walk
- --- _ evnenditnrpg still further, and also restaurants loom up as cheery as (Jn and demand money trom the sat’e^
(Provided home-brewing does not in-j the Santa Fe Saloon in the Wild | under Pena^>’ °f instant death.
All this time the Polic Department
SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1921
‘crease so greatly as to rival the! West days of the six-gun toter and j
TAXES NOT MUCH HARDER
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proportions of the old liquor traffic. j the Bad Boy Bandits of Bloody Hoi- ‘ has been under fire. Police Com-!
--» ■ low. Twepty police riflemen patrol j mlssioner Enright, right bower of;
That $4,090,000,000 a year which; NEW PASSENGER STATION the streets at night in automobiles, j the city administration, has been j
financial authorities say will be j WILL COST MILLIONS The curfew rings out at midnight! attacked continually In the newspa- j
needed for federal expenses for eev- „ - j when Central Park Is closed to ve- j pers because of the prevalence of j
era! years to come is four times as! Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 8.—Work on | hicular and pedestrian traffic, and the gunman. 7
much as the nation* used to spend [ Cleveland’s proposed $89,000,000 j all persons abroad must give an ac-, The Commissioner has retorted bv
before the war, ,but it is ‘ not soiunion passenger station to be locat-1 count of themselves when asked, j asserting that this condition exists!
bad as it looks. ;ed on the public square will be com-
There are several mitigating cir-imenced this spring, it is reported.
cumstances. In any fair comparison,
perhaps a clean billion could be
The project will go before the in-
terstate commerce commission early
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In the past month judfees of the j elsewhere. To combat it. Jie has |
criminal courts bench have urged j lengthened the hours of police duty,
formation of citizens’ committees on I called for 500 additional policemen
a par with the vigilantes of the l and sent out automobile squads arm-
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HOME OWNERSHIP Is the greatest objective of l|fe.| . ’t
Every normal mau desires to OWN A HOME OF !•
plan furnishes a method by which the mnn or woman,....... .....................
means may do so without the prohibitive high payments and excessive j
rate of interest.
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your principle and interest pay-
er month per thousand, and will
’ this applies on the principle.
By a simple plan of systematic laving for a few months--<h*e
$10.00 out of your salary on each $1,000 contract—you may OWN THIS
HOME, City or country, free from debt iu just 100 months—and yopr
monthly payments. Including Interest will be I,ESS TKJAN RENT. ■
But vou don't have to wait 100 mouths to occupy the home. Our
estimated average time is 15 months, which, based upon Actual exper-
ience. is a conservative estimate of the general average. So far our
contracts Imve beat Oils a.crage. Under our plan rohltecte will mature
for a loan in a SHORTER AVERAGE TIME THAN ANY COMPANY
IN EXISTENCE. ,
interest oni v t p .t eexy PBi;4AXftUffcf. .j£ .Sgg,
Consider the Saving it mean! that . W&ffl
meats can never be more than $12.13 per month
grow less and less each year.*$10.00 of this
You"may use the loun to buy, build, improve a home or real estate
or pay off a mortgage on which you are paying a higher rate of interest,
ADOPT OUR PLAN OF THRIFT—DON’T PAY RENT ALL
YOUR LIFE-OWN YOUR OWN HOME AND BE-
COME YOUR OWN LANDLORD
$150. PROFITS GUARANTEED ON MATURED LOANS
In the event you do not desire a loan when your contract has ma-
tured we guarantee to pay the holder a BONUS OR.PR0FIT, of $1(0.
In addition to return of all payments made. An average o
NET PROFIT OF ABOUT 100 PER CENT OR BETTER
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This attractive profit is possible front sale of matured loans, for
which there are and will always be eager buyers. >' «
The best and safest guaranted investment ever offered,-whether
you live in the city or In the country, In Dallas or elsewhere. Whether M>
you wish to buy or build a home or reap the best possible returns --g4.
from your investment, you owe It to yourself to investigate our plan.
UNITED HOME BUILDERS OF AMERICA
911 MAIN "STREET, DALLAS, TEXAS.
WM. A. FOSTER Local Representative.
Under the Supervision of the Commissioner of Insurance and Banking
Cash and Securities Equal to Reserve on all Contracts issued are
Deposited with the State of Texas
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; LOOK! LOGIC! Two Big Specials in one week at the regular admission
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TWO DAYS—MONDAY AND TUESDAY
CONWAY TEAftLE
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larooned Hearts’
A life hung in the balance^ and on a girls de-
[ cision rested responsibility of a broken romance
and lover s seclusion from the world.
A STORY OF LIFES’ GREATEST PROBLEM
AL^O A GOOD TWO REEL COMEDY
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY—
If a man locked you up in a room, put a dog collar
around your ankle and then chained you to the floor, what
would you do? Such was the predicciment of Helen Steele
who played with fire 'oy trifling with a woman hater—
So Jack Craigen carried her off and tried a little “Caye
Man Stuff ’ oh her. What did she do? SEE ;
4 BERT LYTELL
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The hisfiaoing lady
AND LEARN THE ANSWER TO THESE QUESTIONS
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' ALSO A GOOD TWO REEL COMEDY
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THERE WILL BE NO ADVANCE IN ADMISSION ON THESE SPECIALS. ITS OUR TREAT SO COME AND GET YOURS
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before' it
icted Tor the higher prices thatUhis year, O. P, Van Swearington of’frontier
going to prevail during these j the Cleveland Terminal/ Company moving
tlhifn years, and for the great- j announced. > centers.
Jth possessed by the< nation; Six or seven steam .Unes etu .ring! persons
Jbe greater volume of business j the city have agreed to enter the: uables to procure
^personal incomes on which taxes ■ station. ! themselves against.
Seasonable Suggestions
assessed. That is to say, it! Under the Ksch-Cummins act the j the police have tried to get back
bOtild be not more than three time- railroads cannot enter rite linancialjto something like first principles in
was accused of j ed with rifles to patrol the shopping! prisonment or for “any term up lo!
back^east to metropolitan land business districts. ptto” in burglary cases. The life! Write down yo,,r garden plans now
permits to arm} TO FIGHT CRIME WAVE|IslaIld and South Ca,rolina whi,e ,n A few minutes each day spent with
highwaymen and — I Maine the law merely provides any! P6”Cl1 °r papei' in a ro,:ker- sho'-
New York, Jan. 8.-Legislators in j term* of yearg making it ^ssiblo to|ten8 the wor^-a«d clea,'8 the bnfln.
this ■ state served notice during New impose
hard to pay the $4,000,000,000 a obligations until the entire propos-
es it us«d tn be to pay thejal has'been approved by the inter-
1,600,000,000. ’’’That is a moderate ] state commerce commission. 1m-
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mediate official saction of tbo pro-
looked for here and ;he
as of the Anti-Saloon I railroad officials say that. they Jo
,big factor is prohibition, j iect
_ _s of the Anti-Saloon i rai'r
ne say that the country’s drink [not believe the necessary contdacta
ader the told regime waa $2,-; between the railroads and the pro-
a year. It will readiiymoiing company will detey the work,
thait little of that ev] Although many months of grad-
was constructive. Prohibl bridge work razing %o£ buildings
s are accustomed to argue that aud tracks laying, will be necessary
life and property protection.
Crimes have been chronicled
though they were robbery and i
cyclones
Yorks crime wave that at the nexjt
session they intend introducing a
number of measures to provide great-
and the subway news-jer Punishment for highwaymen and
I burglars.
,der
paper reader has felt all the Girl”,
of riding the Overland Limited tar with llalin& robberies becoming
'the days when Jesse Janies and his i every-day occurrences, the courts
gang held no prairie railroad im-!bere quickly decided to mete out
mune from their ravages. j maximum punishment wherever pos- ‘seven years
Estimates have placed about $4,-!sibIe anb raised bail to insure keep-
000,000 as the total value of loot ob- j *nSv criminals behind bars.
a sentence which virtually j Do not urfte suesta to eat more than
aueans life. New York, Minnesota, they want. 14 ls rude. Don’t load the
North Dakota and South Dakota ac-1 tttb*e 11 not healthful.:
‘complish the same end by stipulat-j No fnrtn is modern or progressive
tag that burglary shall be punished dr°P stitch in silk stocking drops
by not less than 10 years. j if the farm house has not running
from maximum
Other states vary
^punishments of 40 years in Utah and
30 years in New Hampshire to only
in Arkansas. The heav-
A study of existing laws in various
j tained by burglars, thieves and yegg-!
,not only dead loss, but a: before the actual construe! ion is jmen in yjew York during 1920. Day-1 states shows that In three, burglary
Jfjjyfjl, because of the vast possible the first building to t>e j light Tioldups, attacks • in leading Is punishable by death and
Of crime it led to, and the (erected according to present pl^ns j f}rea( white Way hotels and automo- robbery—should the
wreckage and inefficiency it J "vwlll be the station itself. Most ! bile banditry have yielded much of Iphment be applied.
in
maximum
four,
pun-
it entailed'th« property and rights have been
i/necmlred. Under ‘be franchise the
iuuumicwjiils Company have IiVC
*Bd the expense
the way of policing, correctional [acquired
And miscellaneous phll- J UnionTermlnals Company
water and other conveniences.
Encourage father to raise a few
sheep,' They will yield a blanket or
two eaq|^6ar. Wool Is the warmest
test fine possible for the offense la lightest and most comfortable bed cov-
in Pennsylvania, which provides not HrinS there Is-
over 10 years and $10,000. . 1 Silk stockings should be washed aw
..Robbery may be punished by life! KOon aa taken off the feet. When a
imprisonment In Idaho, Rhode Is-1 dr°P stietch iu the silk socking drops
land, Texas, Oregon, Utah, Illinois, ‘ A good habit is to have a covered
Massachusetts Michigan and Hawaii.; kettle into which scraps of fat can be
California provides for not/dess than i droPPed to be tried out once a week.
the valuables stolen. As many as j First degree burglary may be pun-
40 robberies and thefts have been Ished by death ip North Carolina [ one year. The least severe penalty!strain and boll with a few slices'
(featured for a month’s acts of vio-jand Virginia by means of electricity,is that of Connecticut which stipu-
whidh atberwtee would not years in which to oo ut late the 'fork. iPllce Df note, and six such attempts j and in Delaware by hanging. Ala- !,lates hot more than seven years
nepded. Not all of the';
by; the reformers peed 1
the past year's ex:
strong corrobora-
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Clarence Bames
PRINTER
jin a day have been recorded. ;bama and Virginia’s laws
i Of the more than J00 tmsolved1 the maximum of death in
APPBeCIATES VOUR BUSINESS
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provide
robbery
murders listed by some papers, a-cases, while Nevada specifies death
number now are nalionajly,. rif not (for train robbers and Texas for rob-
internationally known. Beginning bery accomplished by means of
with a killing U&t New Years’ Day,
1926*6 record started strong. Uon-
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.deadly weapons. - ;& \ Q /'a
■Several states provide for life
most states the maximum varies
from 13 to 20 yepra.
In view of preaent conditions, how-
ever, bills are being prepared foe
introduction in several states to in-
ccease the .iM&taum penalty to
Irish potatoes to remove flavors or
odors.
When buying soap for the fad^i
hands, be eute to get he
that you can. Harsh j
ruin the skin, causes'
crane enlarged —^
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