The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 24, 1923, Page 2

| ~MAN HELD FOR SLAYINGS HERE Believed Captured ‘ . n 5 Fy W. Magnitude of Swindler Firms’) tannin + Operations in Texas Territory scan Boag [EDITOR'S NOTE: Before you buy any form of security— 1420) nna boon hi “tened t to lose INVESTIGATE, This warning wasn’ Persons in parts of the United States when tho; Uiterature of irresponsible oll companies operating in and around Wich ‘Inte Friday Fort Worth, Texas, They bought—and now the federal authori: ties are Investigating. ‘To date, 54 have been convicted or pleaded guilty to fraud charges, in ‘The result is the most amazing story of swindling uncevered in the history of tho postal inspection service. Old and young, poor | Persons and folks in moderate circumstances all over Am Tn the hope of protecting our readers from similar misfortune, The Star and N, BE. A. Service sent Roy Gibbons to Fort Worth to ev make an Investigation for the folks at home. This is the first of his stories, heeded by thousands of u Is m ack, believed to , notorious «| Killer’ of Deputy Sheriff vernment Officials Astonished by| be gun Deputy Sherift 1 battle quad tay, April 4 ed by tho po ico of Calgary, Alta., according, to ceived alluring | word received by Sheriff Matt Star Lanahin ts ago wanted In Van Ng up the Majostlo theater stealing $400; ho is war treal under the name of irrealt for aesault and robbery and couver, B, CG. on a charge of hold and in Mon Duplerre jo the promises of gigantic returns and easy fortunes—only in Calgary under the name of John all they invested, b BY ROY J. GIBBONS Ic ae FORT WORTH, Tex., Noy. 24.—Never before in all the! © That I N. E. been now listory of “come-on’’ games has so monstrous and con- acienceless a piece of fraud been perpetrated on the Ameri-|-y mblic, as here by flim-flam oil promotion artists, t en I say this, 1 do so unequivocally and without fear) © warranted contradiction for the following res “That my statements are reinforced by voluminous testi-| ny and evidence in possession of the federal government. ere to get the truth to protect its readers against future ud schemes. be Government investigators estimate that $1,250,000,000\s dating back over a period of | trade. eral years. By me AN the Rufus Wallingfords and} ant tit ch-quick men that ever ven-| misjeqd! din the lane of frenzied finance ons: have drawn an unbiased conclusion from first-| soar investigation of the facts in a survey just completed |» A. Service and The Seattle Star, which sent me paid in by investors since fake oil promoters irted operating in Texas. They also estimate that the to- "** heart tn capitalization of these, cost something like $5,000 a barrel. |‘ mpani ; gere; > | This is the estimate of governme: 000 00,000. ts gate $2, accountants who have checked the “This estimate includes the opera- swindle operations, Sometning tor nothing, or a lot for under investigation and). jittle was thelr particular stock In ns of high-power, flamboy- re. advertisements and the country with a as mere pikers compared With | roseate promises mostly built upon who lured victims who could] , Hi afford to lose, into their camou- flaged traps. with Ttalian a PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 24—The| At the time of this wr ~Trallan and Spanish consulates in| 54 o e Bouth Philadelphia were parti wrecked by two bomb casi early today. "The first 7 o'clock. curred at t @nd Tasker sts. above which the Italian consulate is located. SLEEPING PERSONS ves f HURLED FROM BEDS some 400 ad In the blast at the Spanish consul-| terprises. te, buildings were shaken and win. | dows were six miles pital crews sands of @round the No one w feore for cx Signor si curred at | wrecked damaged were i Plaster fell ture Emile De consul, t Might to m his returr Vestibule of “I took § coming su’ J he & sort of p but what, Stedman 27 an - a public, made the oll “Shattered in Philadelphia |“ Oymteps of the Spanish consulate’s| many hav home, at 701 Pinel st. shortly after-| hurled from their beds and others | he Wore bruised and cut by flying glass. |!!! Police rushed to the sc While the excitement at the Span Hialian consulate bomb exploc The Italia escaped infu Jured in the explost: Who rushed to at his home Emile De ‘was thrown from from shock w DOORS OF BLOWN OFF HINGES and At the Sons of Italy bank jocked from their tumbled in ev to the post contain, I p fm recent months, yelled’ misrepresentations and day dreams of finding oil. which cal | meager purses. | OTL PROMOTION IS 41 | POOR MA * who lifetimes in pursuit of From turned fleecers "ther | ind each offering st the vast sums duped orphans, the lam youad. aged and t | in eo up for f Jone jump to moneyed ease L ma RTY BONDS nd “Spanish Offices these pre bomb exploded on the | ¢1- An The second bombing oc- | my, he Italy bank, at Broad of-a pros ditional prom | Ss broken for a radius of |; tremens Sur Many persons were me. Hos. | ess truck were summoned. Thou. | PF pit excited citizens massed | 7U™ped da wrecked building acide an and Spanish consuls fas killed or seriously 1 the uts hen the expl fe Ital ‘S SAN aus ITAN” BANK wlate the front ‘ere complete! from ce piciou: ut it t aid. motive for su »| Veteran Navy Man al aetivity.Inpired it Dies i in Honolulu Farm Home Is Fired by Bomb Explosion He came to 1 ; Anight on 1 4 fire to the| Ibanez Is Carried : From Canal Steamer steamer in a chair. » April 3 and the m ‘ entio he name of that stic . UALS AMAZED ene the name of that sticky te OPERATIONS hich government officals ‘Bave spent shysters using the mails to ud, make bland admission t ds the truth, and further ad éven they are dumbfounded at} Poor ma thie enormity of the operations. never needy Wolding gloft a snaring vision fleece which they pro: nC shear for their trusting, gullible | the! ors from profits Baal wells neve level production, th 2 romoters ‘Zhe scant teacups of oll they pro-| | PARTED WITH Mrs B, Burke for assault and robbery. Tho shooting of Deputy Beott oc: pic red after one of quo and daring no ploncer dayn of anand a bandit known ady, held up five f podestrians alor y road, near Re 19 occupants of dd, but tv verlooked, sheriff's “BLACKIE fice. SHOT HIS BANDIT PAL A ¢ and as they | bandits of the first, volley tt. Earl M. Eba ilo, had just arrived at the » sat the point and Bba to When near the men said the oa who hy ahan tve } nd Pike st. As hy at Cady hospital w Sheriff W Lenaha: ning of tl > won! weaped and notified the ou have shot me t the most holdups 6 Seattle. Lana t non who ki y y a Elm were ad of deputios went to tho ett the automo: | and A. J, Smith of gur drive ther Th the elty as enw 4 been sh then to Flr here tho ilam the tonneau and one} the belly.” one of the the ot *« ESCAPES NEATH BETWEEN CARS! for and sacrificed, were widows anid; Woman Trapped Between Two Trolleys, Bruised gripm New Berlin BY CARL D ts Leader GROAT Hail 55 von ASKS KAR KARDOREE 70 GET GABINET of tears ana| President Ebert Is Seeking of Republic THE SEATTLE STAR Cynthia Grey: Have Conventions Gone Out of Stiyie? — As - Two Girls Who Complain That Girl Who Misiess ‘oung Man Without Formal Introduction Has All the Fun. Dear Miss Groy: Do you think conventions have changed in the past few years acquain _ We smile and speal Ss and nearly ey regi noticed them. Lots of girls do, many more friends than we. We have asked some of the young men in our office about good time, rds to gi ice of young men without an intre uve two girls employed in a large of we run across young men whom we do this occurs on the rywhere, | ut as yet tho, and ‘t his and they say that a man never really ¢ kind of girl, but do-you think they were tel They take a lot of pains just the same to show is making the duction? fice, and many not know, but street, in the we have never nese girls have res about that ling the truth? TWO GIRLS, It would be difficult to judge what all men believe by what two or three say, because there are as many different types of men as there are women. No doubt these young men spoke the truth—they do not care about girls who neg continue to show them a al-| seven seas roll. And this can under gling with it, Howe is a psychological puz stand, so you two girls would better stop strug- et cer sin conventions. They will ood time, however, as long aa the le no woman er, when these same men get ready to marry they |" will choose the girl who has not too great a reputation [OF | in. popularity, no doubt. The average man does | wife a girl whom other men have not want for a ridiculed for familiarity, You may object that you do not want for husbands the men who have flirted with every girl who pas your letter indicate that you are a ation and attention of mten of that kind? The conventions are still very much in existence and you | had best continue to abide by them. about being popular if you must stoop to compete for favor |» which is only transient after all? . What fs tho lz They range in ab lens the t 1-25,000 Inch) in 4 to @ large spiral’ form about teria of aver ye size ated sugar like logs of wood in a ‘ood pile, | eff | What ts orig of the myting “Gettin, to a tacks The — origin tory ia oft ‘ * “P Jot rhe ‘ that Job y had b pf bacteria? from a sphere mileron (1-1000 MAL 4 microns in length, Some 400,069 ut 4 into a grain’ of grant-| feather in his tall, 1 60 i, yet does not ctually seeking the admir- Why worry so much a Grey will receive call~ d had to lean to the de I can be yin tt a 4, Boy Killer’s Mother to Stand by Indicted Son! | en ee * , “Just Another of Life’s Have Befallen Me,” BY SEABURN BROWN DECLARES SHE WILL STAND BY HER SON TRACES TROUBLE TO CRUISE TO Accused Hus Misfortunes That He She Says band Tries to End Life Millionaires Will Hear W. D. Totten . MISSING SHIP'S | Sunday in the Churches CREW RES CUED! er ee eer, ower lulor, Morning aubjec ho Mantle |ing sermon, 11 a, m,, “Gather Up the g Bo Lost." f Elijah.’ Ievenin bject, “The | Fragmenta That ‘otht Lived on Porcupines; Boat | ” Evening sermon, m, “Lhe 0. Oe Lord, the Righteo' jranch,” Washed Inland by Wave Dulversiiy: OheibecaM a Cw ese eo 8c hauer, minister, Morning subject, a Green Lake Bethany Lutheran—o, A non tale, that in ite startling | Thanksgiving sermon, Evening sub-|B, Hanson, pastor, Sunday pehool, the Invention of ir t, unanne 1 10 a, m. Services, 11 a, m, “T Ination of such story-tellor Cuop . Hour ( (Swedish), ent er, Stevenson and Poe, fs cor | Queen Anne Chis o'clock, "The Lust Harvest (English). from B . Alaska, following the | Lordship of Ch vening, a| St. John’s Danish Lutheran Mis. | Ciading two ryater pageant by the Sunday school, “The |soln—Alfred ¥, enson, pastor Land of Vriendiine Sunday school m, Worship, i the Agram and Onyx, which Missing for 44 and 37 dayn, respect: | ively, dfter they had sailed from Sel.) West Seat | Cat ee 11 a. in, (Dan » Christian—C, 1, Stan. | (English), fon, minint Morning — sub; rest of a mammoth | “What Nex Kivening subject, “2 Ballard First Lutheran—o, 1. jeved to have been cre. | Other Moundation, Haavick, pastor. Sunday school, ated by some submarine earthquate | +e 9:30 a, m, Sermon, 10:20 Cngltat the Agram| Findley St. Christian—J@, McCal- | Sermon, 11 a. m. (Norwegian), Song 4 carried a mile inland on an up.|!Um, minister, Morning subject, | service, 7:20, Sermon, 8 p. m. Géng- 1). Worship, p. m. inhabited Island lying 80 miles woat | "!ulfilling the Law of Christ.” Ey ish), of Kodiak tal according to the | "ine subject, “Proofs of the Resur- Ame dee} ialfetarved ere rescued by the | rection of Christ.” Epiphany Episcopal—Harold G. |ateamer Jugo-Slav and brought Into | see Hennessy, rector. Holy communion, Seldovia Friday, | Central Christian—N, F. Johnson, |% a m. Chureh school, 9:45. Morn. mir Morning subject, “The|ing service, 11 a. "The First Their stdp stranded and 2 Br Graco of Gratitude,’ Evening sub-|Frults.” Young Peop¥, 6:30 p. m. \béyond possible hope of na |11, 11. Maleom, of the & The Doctrine of the Second head I iety, artdOapt. “Anders " St, John's Mission, Kirkland— |men, none of whom was kill sae Haroid G, Hennessy, rector. Church ard Ohristian—i. ©, Burke,| school, 4 p. m, Evening service, forning subject, “A! “God's Promise and Its Fulfill. hgiving.”” | ment.” ty atary.{Ueeeh “An deat Young Man, winter of the} injured in the i First Unltarian—Jullus F. Krol- Greenwood Christian—T, N, Plun.|fifer, pastor. Sunday school, 10 Splits Bh pm the 48¥"| kett, minister, Morning, Thanksgiv.|@. m. Service, 11 a. m, “A Lib. ont Without sight af a-friend. | ih mene ning, an Evangel-|eral's Reasons for Gratitude.” Spe- but Killed hope cial music program, ARO Sa “ee First Baptist—Ambrose M. Balley,| Whitman Memorial Federated D. D,, pastor, Bund 5 a, | Church—Rowland Edwards, D, D., Agram |in h minjster. Morning service, 11 , 616 p.m, in|a, m. “Fullness and the Filling.” » group Special music service,| Evening service, 8 p. m., “Taber- o p.m, George Davi: soloist,|nacle in the Wilderness.” Illus Hvening, “Phe Serpent in the Wilder: | trated with hand-painted slides. ne 4 Yee Ses cease eal Templo of Truth—Stella Ross Tabernacle Baptist—Henry W.| Wallace, pastor. Lectures and Lambert, pastor. Sunday school,|mesnages, 7:45 p. m. “Thanksgiy- ) a.m. Mornt od Tides in | ing." d 3. Y, P, U,, 6:20 cee 0 Aspects | Theosophical Socicty—Lecture, 8 Jo,” especially | ie ures,” 3, ke of good found both = for thelr live fortune, the help homefolkes hip, every fr r of The Bt Lake 4 i tinbla Betixi—. Mau, pastor. nO St. Luke's Episcopal, Renton—| sunday school, 10 a. m. Service, 11 n Ronald Wilton, rector. Holy}. m. “The Boor Will Be Shut! a, m. “Sermon, eee Elijah Voice Society — Service, 745 p.m. “The Overthrow of Sa- tan’s Empire. Madison St. M. An Old-F —BService, 11 a. hioned M Fon in Seattle at the time he odist eee noted the searching party’tc Ryd es Epworth) Church of Psychic Sclence—E. t out | i i! © wervice.| Adelle Lowdermilk, pastor. Service, |2-30 p, m. Rey. Alfred Ramey will speak on “Loye, Couriship and Marriage.” fark’s Eplscopal—John D. Me- rector, Holy n, 11 a m., id the Indi-| nS fal Features tau: jon n Y.M CA \. Program eee Liberal Catholic Church—Celebra- tion of Holy Eucharist at 11 a. Class, “The Angelic Hosts.” see Church of Spiritual Science—Loe Elmore, pastor. Service, 3 p. m. ‘Tolerance jin All Things.” M Rosalie Knowles, associate pastor. rye I Theosophical Society, Besant Lodge—Dr. E. Victor Smith of the t sity of Washington will spealc on the “Evolution of Form” at 8 12] p.m. Hicks,‘ ‘ : ‘ , oe |G. N. Workman Killed eve stp, A. Kein, pas.| BY Train at Leiter 1. m. “Christ's One| EVERETT, Nov. 24—Struck by a Condition"; sermon, 7:30 p. m.,|Great Northern train while working Where Adam I lat Leiter, a siding above Gold Bar, | Harry Free, an employe of the rail- instantly killed Queen Anne Baptlst—n. P. Rich. | W#y comparty, da hool, 9:46 | —— “The Mas- ig People, 6407p. Where Savings “The Thankful — Are Safe TRADES UNION. SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION 1215 Fourth DENTAL or FICES 106 Columbia St, Seattle's | Leading Dentist (| for More Than $1 St. Michael's Chapel of S “| Parish—Che Wott chur | Years oh at thelfoe pm Somos | LSS Than linist. 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