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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1913
Page
1
A raspy exhortation urges readers to join thrifty builders who advance the nation and open a savings account at the bank, distinguishing the industrious from the hand to mouth class and promoting financial prudence.
Associated Press dispatch reports a fatal blaze at the Binghamton Clothing Company building in Binghamton New York starting in a rag pile in the basement. Survivor Mrs William Whitney testified to heat at 2 PM and the fire was found at 2 30 PM. Insurance firms will pay claims without requiring victim identification.
In Tampa on July 26 Mrs Avelina Rodriguez killed her sleeping husband by four shots and then took her own life beside his body. Domestic strife was cited as the motive.
Mrs. A. B. Barnett died after a man described as Black struck her a mile east of Huntsville on July 25 while she tried to notify authorities about his harassment of her family. Posses are in pursuit.
Rains in the Amarillo panhandle last night saved crops and aided cattle interests, with farmers reporting improved soil moisture and pastures recovering in the region.
Seymour,July 26 The jury returned a verdict of acquittal for S B Burnett of Fort Worth who was charged with the 1942 murder of Farley Sayers at Paducah.
Tonight and Sunday in Denton and vicinity expect unsettled conditions. Friday recorded temperatures ranged from 69 to 94 degrees, with variability continuing into the weekend.
The Eastern railroads withdrew their demand that the Federal Arbitration Board review grievances from employes seeking higher wages. The concession removes the last obstacle to arbitration and prevents a strike.
The North Texas State Normal holds its second commencement of the year starting July 27 with about 65 graduates. Rev. O. T. Cooper delivers the baccalaureate tomorrow. F. F. Hill gives the principal address Monday evening, with diplomas awarded by Dr. Bruce. The 1913 regular term set a Texas record with 256 graduates. the year totals near 300.
Tomorrow marks the last day of the Sunday School attendance contest among Denton McKinney Durant Hillsboro and Lampasas churches. Pastor Mr. Rogers urges all members to attend and invite others to boost Denton past McKinney’s nine attendance lead before the baccalaureate at the Normal by Rev. C T Cooper after Sunday school.
At Nishi during the peace conference, Greece and Servia rejected the Roumanian proposal for an armistice with Bulgaria. The Roumanian plan was discussed in Bucharest with the officials detailing terms and implications for the Balkan peace efforts.
U S ambassador arrives in Washington and labels Carranza forces as looters and outlaws. He criticizes Bryan and State Department employees for their handling of the crisis.
Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson reported no rebels in Mexico outside Sonora where an organized government exists. He commented Carranza tolerates looting to keep his men together and criticized the administration for sending separate agents and sharing State Department codes. Wilson planned to meet President Wilson again Monday after a golf outing.
Secretary Bryan told the Foreign Relations committee that the administration would not change the neutrality law enforcement against arms shipments to Mexico. He indicated the President will refuse export permits to both factions in Mexico.
New York July 26 Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson described tri partite mediation as all rot before leaving for Washington. He says he is standing pat on his actions as ambassador and expects to be retained despite ongoing talks with President Wilson on the Mexican situation.
In El Paso on July 26, authorities cite Ben Aguirre and thirty others who traveled 165 miles to return to American soil, alleging Durango rebels captured the city and damaged the American flag by shooting it full of holes and spitting on it.
Five hundred federals advanced from Monclova and were driven back by constitutionalists with heavy losses on both sides. Reports from Eagle Pass also claim that federal troops executed many Monclova residents for Carranza sympathies.
President Wilson nominates Adam E. Patterson a Negro lawyer from Muskogee for registrar of the treasury. The post has long been held by a Black appointee.
Authorities continued pursuit of Dennis Pope, the Black man alleged to have shot and killed Mrs. A. B. Barnett in Huntsville. Bloodhounds and a sheriff’s posse failed to locate him as a new lead placed a sighting ten miles east of Huntsville.
Good rains fall across the Concho country today as showers bring relief to San Angelo and surrounding areas. Farms and fields receive beneficial moisture aiding crops and water supplies.
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels told the San Francisco Civic League that regardless of personal views on suffrage, women will vote. He urged preparedness for the inevitable, stating that women are going to vote.
Colquitt approves the Senate mileage and per diem measure as total appropriations reach 70000 dollars. Bills carried in both houses today with no session convened. Cabell faces possible confirmation rejection as prison commissioner.
Austin July 26 Governor Colquitt signed the Senate mileage per diem and contingent expense bills carrying total appropriations of seventy thousand dollars. There was no session of either House today.
The Appropriations committee reported on the Department of Insurance and Banking budget as debate raged. Opponents pushed back against raising the Commissioner’s salary from 3000 to 5000 dollars a year and sought cuts to traveling expenses for bank examiners and the proposal to add eight new examiners.
In Austin a rift between Colquitt and Wolters widens as Governor’s statement fuels discontent. Wolters doubts a hotel campaign can win high office, while conservatives push for a cease work on a prison railroad and a Bond premium plan. Legislative pay disputes, speakership chatter, and a tied Penitentiary Commission question add to the tense scene.
Washington July 26 The shortest House session on record adjourned four minutes after convening to avoid a Republican filibuster over a Diggs Caminetti white slave cases discussion.
State department advices confirmed reports that Torreon had fallen to the Constitutionalists amid earlier Mexican denials from Mexico City.
A fire in San Antonio at the Mission City Laundry and four adjacent structures caused about 43000 in damages. The blaze broke out today and leveled the laundry plus three nearby buildings.
Two thousand foreigners in Ku Ling appeal for a naval guard amid unrest. Authorities have not yet acted. Government forces yesterday halted the rebels' general advance as they retreated in confusion.
In Shanghai on July 26 fighting resumed between rebels and government forces. Rebels supported by 500 Cantonese and 1000 Hunanese attacked the arsenal but were repelled with heavy losses. Rebels seek peace negotations with President Yuan Shikai as they retreat along the Yangtze valley.
Curtis offers top quality egg drinks at 10 cents each except egg malted milk at 1 cent. Egg flip praised as very fine. Milk drinks use milk from a Jersey herd on a western farm. Milk chocolate five cents. Milk shake five cents. Curtis' ice cream noted as high grade Jersey cream, flavored and frozen. Drop in for a drink.
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