16 Apr 1913
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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1913
Page
1
The dirigible Suchardtl is readied in Lag Palmas Canary Islands by Josh Bueckier a former Milwaukee man for an Atlantic crossing as soon as weather allows provisions for twenty nine days are aboard.
Mexia April 16 An attempt was made to measure the flow of gas from the immense gasser brought in yesterday but failed due to excess pressure bending the needle of the largest register. The register read 275 pounds per square inch.
The Exchange National Bank promotes the interests of patrons in Denton and Denton County as a safe depository with superior service. Officers listed include President A J Nance Vice President J R Christal Cashier C Coit Assistant Cashier E D Curtis and directors Dr J M Inge A C Owsley.
Reported turnout reaches 400000 with socialist organizers claiming a mass suffrage action. The disruption coincides with political tensions and small coal shortages affecting transportation and public sympathies across several regions.
A government statement from Brussels reports 257000 men joined the national political strike for voting reform. Socialist leaders claim 400000 are out, leaving the government with a tiny coal supply to run railroads and crippled transportation expected by week’s end.
A morning fire destroyed the home of J. E. Smith in New Boston. He carried his 3 year old daughter to safety then returned for the older children. The younger child died after entering the flames. Smith sustained painful burns.
AP dispatch from Washington reports opposition to the administration tariff measure in the Democratic caucus. The slogan favors a fifteen per cent ad valorem duty on raw wool as Southern and New England Democrats resist the cotton gates in the proposed bill. After a conference with President Wilson Representative Underwood expressed confidence the measure would pass in its current form.
An Associated Press report from Rome says the Pope had a severe coughing spell this afternoon nearly causing suffocation. Attendants feared the worst but by late Rome time his Holiness was reported stationary.
In Hamborn Germany on April 16 sixteen coal miners perished after suffocating in a pit named the German Emperor. Rescue teams worked through the night to recover bodies and assess causes of the disaster.
The forecast calls for fair skies with warmer temperatures tonight and again on Thursday. Light winds. No precipitation expected.
Court directs payment of 9000 dollars from county bonds. Commissioner retires 88000 dollars of court house bonds and 81000 dollars of road bridge bonds. Riley and Mallory County Trustees.
Denton County Commissioners convened to retire $9,000 in county bonds and order tax elections in five districts for school tax increases. They also approved several school bond elections, set election dates for May 17, and discussed road district funding and officer appointments.
The welcome committee met excursionists outside Pilot Point and the traders reached Aubrey at 10 15 without accident. Pilot Point tender offers a warm reception and a fine dinner is enjoyed.
Forty cars of the Trades Excursionists arrived in Pilot Point at 11 15 with no breakdowns from Aubrey to town. Local ladies served a large dinner for about 206 attendees while Denton visitors met outside and were welcomed by a committee.
Washington April 16 The suit against the coffee trust known as the Brazilian favorization scheme will be dismissed on assurances from the Brazilian government that 900000 bags of coffee valued at 14000000 now stored in New York have been sold to bonafide purchasers.
In Rome on a cool April forenoon the Pope’s temperature fluctuated and a cough troubled him. Patriarica, the lawyer who prepared Pope Leo XIII’s will, was summoned to the Vatican, signaling he may draft Pius IXs will.
Breaks in the Laconia Circle levee on the Arkansas side flood many thousands of acres of valuable plantations near Memphis. The breach threatens crops and nearby properties as authorities monitor rising water levels.
J N Rayzor received notice of a Texas electric syndicate offering to furnish electric current to the flour mills in Taylor and Lancaster at under 1e per kilowatt, claiming savings of 4 to ti per kilowatt. The group, with 80 million capital, has bought multiple Texas plants and sold them at low prices, including Wichita Falls for about 7 million and Taylor for 160000, sparking local interest in Denton.
Francisco Dante, constitutionalist agent, opened revolution headquarters in Washington and predicted the early downfall of the Huerta government.
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