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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1913
Page
1
The fragment lists monetary amounts including 15,751.72 and 31,150.98 in various denominations and a redemption fund with the U S Treasury at 5 percent of circulation. It mentions spec ie and legal tender notes totaling 11,845.00 and a 2,500.00 item, with a final total of 464,186.59.
Capital stock paid in and undivided profits reported. Notes and bills rediscounted and bills payable listed. Individual deposits subject to check total 318 400.26 with cashier's checks outstanding 2082.50 Total assets 464 186.59. State of Texas Denton County sworn by cashier B H Deavenport that the statement is true.
Fifty thousand dollars in jewelry was stolen in Llandudno North Wales yesterday. A young woman clerk carried gems from a bank to a jeweler and set the bag down a moment. A man spoke to her then thieves grabbed the bag and escaped in a automobile.
Administration officials expect the Huerta government to take the next step in the Mexican situation. President Wilson's plans for Mexican peace were transmitted to Huerta and foreign diplomats in Mexico City, done quietly and per the original plan. Publication of these plans is withheld at Huerta's request.
Washington reports Governor Carranza, unseen since July 25, is now in Durango with a sizable force after a retreat westward following a claimed defeat at Torreon in which about 2,000 were killed.
Former Bell County farmer furnishes excellent wheat samples for Dallas fair exhibit. Exhibit well pleased with Denton County lands.
George E. Hagler of Sanger area reports 30 to 35 bushels per acre from wheat saved for the Dallas fair exhibit. Hagler notes corn averaging 35 bushels per acre with rain hoped to boost cotton growth, while bell worm damage is not expected to be significant. He moved from Bell County three years ago and is pleased with the change.
Meridian August 16 J S Permenter died instantly after being thrown from a wagon during a runaway incident. No further injuries reported.
Capital stock paid in and notes outstanding list National Bank items and deposits. Figures show 37 500 00 in notes outstanding 233 498 51 in demand deposits and 40 0000 in time deposits with cashier's checks 5000 and rediscounts 106 48 totaling 454 472 78. State of Texas County of Denton.
County Attorney Wilson obtains guidance from the attorney general on subjects city street force. The ruling states the eight hour limit does not apply to ten waterworks workers, and the matter but comes under the law's provisions.
The Gainesville water plant staff may keep twelve hour shifts for firemen and engineers, as the eight hour law does not apply to municipal water works. The ruling clarifies that Section 1 covers certain construction and public works, not plant operations, and Section 2 exempts such municipal employees from eight hour limits. The decision also notes the law will apply to street forces and road projects, impacting road-bond work and chain gangs.
Fort Worth August 16 Lee Weatherford indicted for arson on two counts by the Sixty Seventh District Court Grand Jury. Weatherford was arrested last night by Deputy Sheriff John Estes and released on bond of 750 dollars in each case. Indictments concern the burning of the First Baptist Church and the home of Rev. J Frank Norris in Fort Worth.
Fort Stockton August 16 The Southwest Texas Press Association elected E. Barry of Fort Stockton as president and J. B. Butler of San Antonio as secretary. The association also selected San Antonio as the next meeting place.
The Government rested in the Diggs white slave case in San Francisco on August 16. Newspaper photographers attempting to photograph the Diggs family sparked a small riot. Mrs Diggs, wife of the defendant, attended and listened with a troubled expression as revelations about her husband emerged.
Dallas Aug 16 no arrests have been made in connection with the Brown murder case. Authorities say no suspect has been identified and the investigation continues with standard procedures.
Agriculture officials warn drought will drive meat costs higher as Argentina reports a spreading foot and mouth epidemic. Experts say supply disruption could push beef prices up materially amid global concerns.
Heavy showers relieve drought in Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma but coverage is uneven and insufficient. Beef price rises anticipated in Kansas Nebraska Iowa and Oklahoma as Agriculture Department officials worry about a potential foot and mouth outbreak in Argentina reducing cattle imports.
Oklahoma City reports scattered rains Friday night helped crops and cooled heat. Aug. 46 weather brief notes relief from hot spell and modest moisture for farms in the area.
Kansans and Missourians urged prayers for rain as temperatures hit 100 to 108 degrees. The Delaware River remained dry for the first time in 27 years, underscoring a prolonged drought across the Southwest.
Washington Aug 16 Representative Henry D Clayton of Alabama arrived bearing credentials as Senator. Senate leaders oppose seating him, arguing the Governor had no right to fill Johnston’s vacancy. Clayton said he will be a candidate in 1914 regardless of the Senate action.
Republican leaders pledge to carry on the filibuster and debate through November if needed, continuing opposition to the tariff bill from Washington.
J H McMichaels former chief page of the House testified yesterday to much of Mulhall's prior statements. He backed Mulhall's charges against Congressman James T McDermott of Illinois and said he had been on Mulhall's payroll from fall 1999 to January 1912.
Albany Aug 16 negotiations to decide whether Sulzer or Glynn is governor were dropped and indications said the deadlock would last at least until the legislature convenes next Tuesday.
The resolution calling for a constitutional convention was ruled out of order as legislation and cannot be considered at the extra session. Proponents appealed the ruling.
In Austin on August 16 the House resumed. Humphrey urged a constitutional convention resolution but Speaker Terrell ruled it out of order as legislation. An appeal was withdrawn pending the AG’s opinion. The Rowell bill to lease 1000 acres near an oil well was approved amid other minor measures.
Austin August 16 The Senate committee reported favorably the bill to repeal the co-insurance law. The Warren bill to raise funds for University buildings by income certificates was amended to extend to thirty years and to raise up to 33 million, allotting 1 million to A M and 2 million to the University, with common school district bonds given priority over University certificates.
In Austin on August 16 the House insurgents voted 65 to 0 to kill the warehouse bill by striking its enacting clause. The rebels plan to rush through liquor bills Senatorial redistricting and a constitutional convention agenda next. An Allison bill to enforce Webb federal law and a civil measure follow as others. The Senate passed Bailey Hudspeth land corp, netting prohibition bill, and Texas flag advertising bill. conferees near agreement on the Appropriation bill, with the governor prepared to veto if needed.
Reports from the county indicate cotton is opening rapidly due to extreme heat and dry weather. Bolls are small and crop deterioration is evident with a soaking rain needed soon to avert further loss. Local showers may hurt as stalks show some large bolls nearly ready to fall.
In Palestine on August 16 Miss Claudie Johnson is not expected to live and Miss Bassett is seriously wounded after an accidental shotgun discharge while going through a fence.
A fire destroyed nearly the entire Mission business section this morning, according to a telegram to Continental Lumber Co. The incident was reported from Houston on August 16.
I H McMichael described as the manufacturers spy on Congress told the House lobby committee he now gets 75 dollars a week from the New York World to write a story about Twenty Years a House Employee after the lobby inquiry ends. He denied the money is meant to influence his support for Mulhall's story.
A dispatch from St Petersburg reports that more than 100 fishermen and their families die from starvation on Nova Zembla island in the Arctic. Heavy winter blocks food and fishing orders, and a scientific expedition finds the dead.
The German government announced on August 16 that it will not participate in the Panama Exposition to be held in San Francisco in 1915.
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