The Daily Herald (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 186, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 26, 1922 Page: 1 of 4
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Herald Election Returns in District Court Room Tonight 8 O’clock
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS
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—We ^Ive.our special attention to
the Ttndertakinpr Bnsinoss of Wea-
therford and Barker County.
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WEATHERFORD TEXAS SATURCA'
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PHONE 186—FT. WORTH ST.
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2,000 Years Ago Aesop
—Illustrated by a fable how a number of sticks could be
broken saparately with ease, but how they were unbreakable
when put in a bundle.
—THE RETAIL MERCHANTS OF WEATHERFORD
are going to discuss the bundle theory as applied to the boost-
ing of ‘fall trade and other matters of interest next Monday
night at 8 o'clock in the Chamber of Commerce rooms.
• —ARRANGE TO BE THERE!
REFRESHMENTS.
0. M. CRENSHAW, Secretary.
BASEBALL!
Weatherford
vs
Thurber
A Two Game Series
at Thurber
Saturday, Aug. 26, 4.00 P. M.
, Sunday, Aug. 27, 3:00 P. M.
RAILROADS SHOPMEN
IN FIGHT TO FINISH
j \\ itliiii a n",v day.', it v/a : indicated
alter Senator Ptinimnis, chairman of
I lie Senate inn rata;,■ « omiaerce com-
mittee, ami Attorney General Daugh-
erly had conferred with president
(Harding on- more than an hour.
Railroads \vi.11 he given an opportu-
nity to demonstrate their ability to
(furnish adequate service, it was dc-\
dared, but those which can not give
proper service will .be taken over by
tlie government tinder, present plans?
If production of anthracite -is <iot
resumed “within .a few days,’ if was
added, a bill wi^be introduced 'in
congress to authorize the government”
to take over Hu*. mines and produce
coal. Legislation; to enable such seiz:
ores, Senator Cummins predicted,
would be rushed through congress.
Likewise, he said, tlfe railroads
will be given a “reasonable-' time, in
which to demonstrate thfdr ability to
furnish adequate service and that
• hose unable tpvd<> ‘so would be
taken over.
It was indicated that consideration
of these steps would not operate to
interfere with the proposed legislation
now pending and designed to curb
profiteering in coal.
INGHAM
AUGUST -28th
.: - SEPTEMBER 2nd
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ACTION ON COAL 611,1.
BLOCKE IN SENATE
ONE CONVICT KILLED; TWO
CAPTURED: ONE SURRENDERS
Rapid City, S. I>.. Aug. 26. Three |
of the four convicts who escaped from
the Soutl) Dakota penitentiary at
Sioux Falls Aug. 17. were captured
near Creighton, in this county, late
Friday and the fourth was surrounded
in a com field. One of the convicts
was shot and killed and another was
wounded.
The wil ride of the convicts across
die state was ended when Sheriff W il-
son of Haaken county, pursuing them,
shot tite driver of the convicts car.
sending it into the? ditch.
The convicts stopped at Creighton
for gas and oil and then started north.
Sheriff Wilson fololwed and a mile
find n half from Creighton a bullet
from the pursuing car killed the driver
of the convicts' 'machine and sent the
car Into the ditch. The three other
convicts took refuge in the field, but
shortly after 3 o'clock two of them had
been captured.
i By .\ssoeliUe<l I’ro^H
| New York, Aug. 2li.—With the peace
effort launched by the Hig Five Broth-
| erlioods definitely abandoned, the rail-1
i road executives and shop crafts lead -
' ers today Yeallgne their forces for a j _
finish fight, in which both sides pre | By Associated Press
i dieted an early victory. ‘ j Washington, Aug. 26.—Action on the
| "We are going home to start a real, administration bill, designed to pre-
light. whether it lasts three weeks or ; vent profiteering in coal through the
three months," declared President exti nsion of powers of the interstate
itian ot Hie Carmen's brotherhood.; Commerce Commission, and the crea-
w ho said lie had plenty of funds for a j tion of a federal fuel distribution ag-
iong tight. I ency. was blocked today in tlie? Senate
| I!. M. Jewel!, head of the strike or-j interstate commerce committee, and
jganization was equally positive of the the whole subject went over until
outcome, that which be asserted, thej Monday.
railroads left the only course for the Chairman Cummins of the commit
unions to pursue. j t i-c, who introduced the measure, de
"\\r will break the strike within! dined to discuss the situation in com-,
a week," said the railroad executives. | mittee, but Senator Pomerene. Demo-|
I crat, of Ohio, declared that several;!
j members were insistent on haviftgl
| hearings, and that he was confident
sthat hotit the mine owners and work-
ers would be given an opportunity to
REMEMBER-
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— Women wear Gingham for House Dresses all the year.
, ’ — Children wear Gingham for school and indoor play all winter long.
—^kitchen with Checked Curtains and Table Cloth of Gingham looks cozy and clean.
—Nurseries and Children’s Rooms gaily outfitted with Gingham dispense with gloom
any day and every day. “ ^
—Gingham Napkins dress up the table for luncheon and breakfast,
to launder. .
Cheap and easy
—Every Home needs at least one Laundry Bag.
—A Colored Apron is useful, but it needn't be homely. Gingham is the answer.
—Gingham Underwear for the School Girl satisfies her love of color, her desire for
something different—and wears well.
Gingham For School Days
—Clean-cut Checks, Gay Plaids, Rich Dark Designs. All are fashionable and practical
for Fall and Winter use.
—Ginghaqa is the right weight for indoor wear in school or home. It keeps the children
hehlthy. It keeps the children well dressed. •
—ALL NEXT WEEK WE ARE FEATURING THE NEW FALL DESIGNS.
Buji&i, jj&i&y/ a (c
rmr store with the jjoods.
TEXAN EXPLAINS WHY
HE HUNTED CON MEN
NORFLEET SAYS HE KNEW
CROOKED MAN UNTIL HE
MET FUREY
and Gerber and
SHIPS GKOEHED TO
EXTERMINATE REBELS
By Associated Press
Ibcau.se of the villainy of these con-! too close to Furey
j fidence men. Somebody's got to J Ward not to have enjoyed some of
j fight them to a tinish. and I'm the, my money and he’s got to pay.
| man that s willing to do it. j "Pm not afraid of any of them.”
! "Fmey's dead. Gerber's in priosn. | “And I'm out to get two more men
A: Ward's in a suicide’s grave- bill j on niy list and I'm going to get
jtheie is still a master mind at work: them, and after that, why. I’m going
! and sooner or later I wjH got his home to Hale Center! Texas, and
'address and him-that's Charles G. let raa make a fuss over me and
Harris, alias W. P>. Walker and an. J feed me some of those biscuits and
express their views on the proposal
'before there was any final action.
I.y Associated Press
Pekin, China, Aug. 26.—Gunboats of -
the foreign powers, including thej Trainmen Walk Out,
United States ship Isabel, flagship of Couis, Mo., Aug. 2b. Missouri
Admiral Bullard, commanding the i Pacific trainmen at Nevada, Mo., walk-
American Yangtse patrol, have’ been (d out this morning according to re-
ordered to the Yangtse Gorge district i l)or's received at the general offices
with instructions to exterminate the I bere' Officials said that no details
bands of disorganized soldiers whoi"ere R'ven-
are firing on foreign merchant craft.-------
KLANSMEN ACQUITTED
BY LOS ANGELES JURY
LACK OL COAL CAUSES
SHUTDOWN LORD SHOPS
Lumber for Sale
Shiptap. siding, porch posts at halfj
price. Also a few loads of shingles j
rv/x , j t I Bv Associated Press
and kindling at $1.00 per load. I Los Angeles. Cal.. Aug 26. The _
W. Head. 701 Spring st. Phone 44-.J. | t!lirtv_rive !lIlw,d members of the, Detroit. Mich.. Aug. 2(L Ford Mo-
I Kit Klux Klan were free today, the '<>r ' 0 plants at Highland Park, Dear-
Milwaukee has fifty women B<i'jju,-y which tried them on felony ehar-jborn River and Rouge suburbs will
verttsing agents.
Denver. Aug. 26.—J. Frank Nor. other almost as equally clever. Reno! waffles and corn pone and baked
fleet of Hale Center. Texas, one-time Hamlin. j ha that Ward and Gerber ate before
victim of. the Joe Furey gang of con -You see. they were all in the theY took us to the tune of $45,000.
fidence men and who lias since de- swindling oil lease and farm land j Officials of the district attorney’s
voted much of his time to hunting deals. Hamlin was caught and put|olfice said tbe arrests followed an
down men engaged in swindling under $20,000 bond which he jumped I investigation of more than a year,
others, furnished information to Uis.J aI1,i so js at large again I traced j Tlie>' estimated that more than
Spencer or Harris to Canada. Got j $1,000,000 had been obtained from
him there in Montreal. C.ot my j tourists and visitors in Denver dur-
hands on him and raced him through jin” that year by memebrs of the
the streets into a moving picture j a"e£ed ring.
(rict Attorney Phillip Vancise that
led led to the arrest here of thirty-
three persons alleged to have operat-
ed confidence games in Colorado,
Florida, Cuba and elsewhere.
The arrests made by deputy dis.
trict atorne.vs and slate rangers and
the prisoners were kept in the base-
ment of a church all night to pre-
vent them from communicating with
prisoners in tlie city jail. Lou Blon.
ger and A. W. Duff, two of those
arrested, were released today on
bonds of $25,000 each, but the others
wre held in jail in Adams and Jef-
ferson counties, adjoining Denver.
Norfleet, discussing his career as
a “man hunter.'’ said:
i had never known a crooken
D. M. C.
6 Strand Thread
now
5c PER SKEIN
BARTHOLD’S
ges growing out of the Inglewood raid I close down September 16 because of
lira April 22. last, having acquitted *a('k of coal, Henry Ford announced |
them last night. They were accused I today. The suspension will affect up-j
of having raided the home bonded j 'val'ds of 50,000 men indirectly, and!
| winery of Fidel and Mafias Klduayen,! several hundred thousand others all j man or dishonest woman in my life
seized the men as alleged bootleggers | over the country. | until Hie day Furey took me for a
land turned them loose after officials; -------- j sucker. \\ e—ma- my litlle gill, and
I ha,i refused to lock them up. REPUBLICANS NOMINATE j boy. Pete, lived on a ranch at Hale
_ CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES j Center. Texas. Pete was abitious
LOOK! LOOK! LOOK! - land wanted to to school. So ma
When you want groceries, feed Austin, Texas, Aug. 2<>. \\ .•). Kve- an(j j who had saved quite a little
and flour, come to 202 Water street, 'on of Seal.v today was selected as the
My prices arc right. | Republican candidate for congress
GROCERY fi'oni the Tenth district. He will op-
| pose J. P. Buchanan. Democrat.
right.
DUNN’S CASH
In Bulgarian almost as many wo. j
I men as men enter the universities.
-BUY IT AT-
Kelly's Drug' Store
KODAK DEPARTMENT— —WE RENT KODAKS
HAVING FIRST CLASS FINISHING DONE
Palestine, Texas, Aug. 26.—Republi-
cans of the Seventh district nominated
Frank S. Camper of Palestine to op-
pose Representative Clay S. Briggs.
Deincorat. for congressman.
FORMER TEXAS OIL MAN
DIE IN CALIFORNIA
Sacramento, Cal., Aug. 26.—Wav-
land Babcock, former oil operator in
Texas, died here yesterday following
an operation. He was well known in
Fort Worth.
pile, agreed that he should go. We
picked out the school at Plainview.
After settling ‘aonny’ there, I went
on to Fort Worth.” It was here he
met Furey and first was swindled.
After telling of this affair, in which
according to Norfleet’s story, he
finally was ’’frisked’’ of every cent
he owned and left up to the neck
in debt. Norfleet continued.
“You know. I promised ma I'd quit
this man hunt and go back home
and Rve at peace. But somebody’s
got to clear the earth of these ver-
min. They prey on the innocent. I
know twenty-four men in Texas and
elsewhere who have been robbed,
broken-hearted- and some have died
show, where the manager, getting
excited, grabbed me. gave me over
to the police and let Spencer go.
He's a good looker ami I just look
as though I was one of the born-
every-minute brigade.
' But 1 know the ‘con’ man breed.
When I came to Denver, I recognized
FRENCH DREADNAUGHT
SINKS; CREW IS SAVED
Ry Associated Press
Brest. France, Aug. 26.—The French
dreadnaught France has capsized and
is sinking in ten fathoms of water in
Quiberon bay, after striking a rock,
one of the out gang standing on the''The number of casualties is unknown.
corner. He didn’t recognize me and
so I knew I had a bit of work cut
out for me here. For two davs and!
nights I played their game. ' I can Strasburg have taken off the crew
nlay any game except that of a good °f ,the ^eadnaught France, which is
,, | sinking in Quibeon bay.
looking, attractive wise man.
"I am firmly convinced Spencer] Mrs. Grace Miller, mayor of Jack-
or Harris is not far away, and it is! son, Wyo.. has a council of five
my intention to get him- He was women to aid her.
Paris, Aug. 26/—It is unofficially re-
ported that the French cruisers Paris
A COLD WAVE
—WILL STRIKE YOU as you enter our door, and with a
heaping dish of our Fine Cream, or your favorite iced
drink, you will forget the hot weather and enjoy yourself
to the fullest extent, while sitting around our fountain
tables.
—WE DELIVER ICE CREAM to any part of the city. Or-
der by phone. We will supply you on Sunday, or at any
other time. Get the habit of patronizing our soda foun-
tain. The best place in town, and the most popular.
BRASELTQN-SMITHDRUGCO.
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