20 Sep 1913
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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1913
Page
1
An appeal urges readers to prepare for storms with prudent savings. It promotes bank accounts as a rainy day solution and encourages families to build financial shelter before trouble arrives.
The Denton County National Bank, nicknamed The Accommodating Bank, appears in this brief item noting its presence in the local financial sector. Further details on its operations or events are not provided in the snippet.
Through a marvelous appliance devised by Prof. W W Abel of Johns Hopkins University it is possible to determine whether a person thought to be suffering from poison is under drugs and to discover immediately the character of the poison taken. The contrivance consists of coils and tubes submerged in a saline solution and acts like kidneys.
Fire caused by chemicals in a store occupying part of the ground floor resulted in a $15,000 loss to the Oliver Hotel in Fort Worth. Several guests escaped in their night clothes.
After a fierce contest in Richmond Hartford lost to Dallas for the right to entertain the 1914 American Institute of Banking session. The selection followed spirited bidding in the Virginia capital.
The Exchange Denton Texas lists officers and directors: A J Nance as President J C Coit as Cashier J Br Cristal as Vice President E D Curtis as Assistant Cashier Ed F Bates J H Paine A C Owsl ey Dr J M Inge as board members.
Twenty people were injured, three possibly fatally, when a Rock Island passenger train derailed near Manhattan Kansas. The engine jumped the track and eight cars careened into a twenty foot embankment, with three cars plunging down the slope.
Paris Sept 20. Several aeroplane manufacturers refused to enter machines for the International Cup at Rheims signaling a shift in aviation. Designers contend overengineered light craft do not advance practical flight, and the era moves toward heavier slower and safer craft with lower speeds than the mile a minute pace of this season.
I C Christiansen of the Liberal Party launches a campaign for total prohibition in Denmark after backing restraining liquor laws. Proponents cite public health and liberty limits, while critics warn it curbs personal freedom and accuse ministers of vote-seeking exploitation.
Felix Diaz states he is ready to return and will pursue the presidency, noting no official notification from President Huerta about his return and expressing confidence in his election bid.
Gen. Felix Diaz arrived in Paris from Biarritz and told the Associated Press he has seen Mexico dispatches claiming Huerta summoned him, but he has received no order to return. He will stay in Paris awaiting any call and noted Huerta will not back his presidential bid. Diaz expressed confidence in victory and said friends are campaigning for him.
Adolfo Reyes former Minister of Justice avoided Huerta summons and spent part of the night at the American Embassy after leading deputies in the Chamber of Deputies against Eduardo Tamariz's nomination as Minister of Public Instruction.
In Carrizo Springs Texas the court moved the trials of the alleged Mexican ammunition smugglers connected to Deputy Sheriff Ortiz's death to Frio County after failing to seat a jury. The cases are set for September 29.
Paris announces a superb mammoth specimen donated by Count Stenbach Fermor. The frozen-to-the-bones remains include a preserved stomach, enabling study of ancient flora. Also arriving are a Majunga dinosaur skeleton and a towering eighteen foot apiornis skeleton.
Austin report states Governor Colquitt accepted the resignation of EF A McDaniels from the one hundred twelfth district due to his removal from the district. The event marks a formal end to his term as a state legislator.
We advertise first class laundry with linens done in the finest style. Our claim is that the work will speak for itself, urging customers to send washables next week and trust future results.
Enrollment at the Normal hit 832 on Saturday as seniors topped 500, with about 300 in junior and freshman classes. Dr. W H Bruce notes many seniors will graduate next spring, predicting a future deficit that must be filled by freshmen and lower grades.
Registrations at the C I A stood at 470 at noon Saturday with an expected total near 9500 before classes resume Tuesday. Attendance surpasses last year by 109, while Stoddard Hall houses 120 roomers and 250 boarders, forcing faculty members to seek meals at downtown hotels.
The defense in the Harry Thaw extradition case completed its plans today in Concord, awaiting approval from Thaw's mother and sister. Governor Felker stated he would approach Tuesday’s proceedings with an open mind and a determination that justice should be done, countering reports he favored liberty for Thaw and leaving the final decision to the Federal courts.
Newport RBL Sept 20 Two center hits with whitehead torpedoes at 3000 yards while running twelve feet under the sea are reported by the US submarine E-1 on its return from target practice Both hits were made on a ten foot moving target Wednesday.
Miss Joan Wickham arrived to pave way for Emmeline Pankhurst who is due in New York on October 18. Wickham says U S authorities made no move to block the landing and asserts militant methods, though violent, are necessary to gain British officials’ notice.
A critical study of the measure is under way to determine if it will yield sufficient revenues for government needs. Simmons expresses confidence the bill will be ready soon despite delays.
Washington dispatch reports slow progress as tariff conference resumes debate on revenue provisions and free bananas. Chairman Simmons says revenues will be ample amid a dispute over President Wilson's influence and a party line amendment.
Former New York banker W. W. Flanagan told the Senate Banking Committee that proposals by bankers would emasculate the administration currency bill. He argued the plan rests on the names of many banking institutions rather than solid reasoning.
Washington reports tariff conferees reached a compromise on Angora goat hair duties set at 10 percent while mohair duties were cut below House levels. The House had favored 20 percent on Angora hair and the Senate had placed it on the free list. The agreement also grants freedom for works of art to enter the free list.
President Wilson intervenes to push a currency bill through the Senate. Key Democratic opponents Reed of Missouri OGorman of New York and Hitchcock of Nebraska clash with committee supporters Owen Pomerene Shafroth and Hollis. The Senate Banking and Currency panel splits seven Democrats to five Republicans with Republicans opposed.
Francis Ouimet, a Brookline schoolboy amateur, won the American open championship defeating Harry Vardon and Edward Ray by five and six strokes, respectively, in a remarkable golf upset at Brookline.
Hans Schmidt, accused of killing Anna Aumuller, asked for the electric chair in a statement. He claimed theDistrict Attorney wants him to die and said he also believed in euthanasia. He admitted stealing death certificates to mask a natural death before intending to slit the woman's throat.
In Albany on September 20, the Sulzer impeachment hearing adjourned with most principal figures having left town. Governor Sulzer denied recognizing Lieutenant Governor Glynn as acting governor, and a letter yesterday confirmed Sulzer no longer holds the governorship.
The Assembly and Senate adjourned until Thursday without passing the three main charges sought by the opposition. They expect to advance the allegations next week accusing the Governor of usurping powers, promising to appoint Dr. Julius Broder as State Commissioner of Health, and mismanaging funds from his direct primary campaign.
Prohibition was defeated in school districts 10 and 23 in Wilson County Texas with 11 votes for and 49 against. The districts have been dry since 1899. Floresville report notes the outcome in these two districts as voters approved ending the dry status.
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