Denton Record-Chronicle. (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 41, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 29, 1917 Page: 1 of 9
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NORMAL CAMPUS FUND WILL BE COMPLETED
KERENSKY FACES WHAT MAY BE SUPREME
Big Special
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Blanket Sa
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Let us dress you up for the occasion.
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COURT SQUARE-EAST.
In the Meantime
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Shrimp Schooner Capsized in
Your Shoes, Sir
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Denver Woman Slays Husband
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FARM LOANS
were quickly made.
LOWEST RATES
Unusual Conditions
MOST LIBERAL TERMS
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FARM
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The Federal Land Bank
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CAPITAL AND SURPLUS J15C.UOO.OO
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 29.
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SENATE PROBE WILL
BEGIN NOVEMBER 1
12,000 WORKERS IN
SEATTLE SHIP YARDS
DEMAND MORE WAGES
The policy of this bonk is based upon service
that satisfies. Nothing is too good for our cus-
tomers, whether the account be large or small.
Your welcome Is not measured by the size of
your deposit.
MOBILE, ALA., FIRE
CAOSES HEAVY LOSS
you can make better investments
all lines of Winter goods than you
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Our excellent Shoe Service insures
perfect satisfaction to every man that
comes here for his shoes.
Coat Suggestions
For These
Cooler Days.
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Bo-
Sil-
Perfume
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and
loss
$65722,500 TEXAS'
ALLOTMENT OF NEW Hurricane; Nine Men Drowned
LIBERTY LOAN BONDS!
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Perfumery
This line includes what is
commonly called “toilet ac-
cessories.”
Our line is second to none
and you will find that we are
able to supply the require-
ments of the most discriminat-
ing.
East Side Court Square
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EXCHANGE NATIONAL
BANK
(Established 1881)
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WILL PUSH NORMAL
CAMPUS CAMPAIGN
Denton County National Bank
Saturday and Monday
Yes, Tomorrow and Monday.
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ANARCHISTS ORDER
GENERAL STRIKE OF
ARGENTINE WORKMEN
104,598 OFFICERS
I AND MEN BRITISH
SEPTEMBER LOSSES)
WITHIN NEXT TEN OAYSj $12,000 RAISED !
ALREADY OF $17,500 NEEDED FOR RLOCK
Tropical Storm Decreasing
in Intensity; Now Central
Over Interior of Alabama
TEST OF POWER COOLYs DECLARED WOULD
CONTINUE RUSSIA IN WAR UNTIL VICTORY
CONGRESSMEN NOT
CONNECTED WITH THE
RERNSTORFF FOND
Confront the country
and business takes
unexpected turns but
this bank is always ready to
help its friends.
Are you one of them?
If not the door is open and
your business invited.
Officer* and Directors:
\ J NANCE, Pres.
J. R CHRISTAL, Vlce-Pre*
L C. COIT, Cashier
E. D. CURTIS, Asst. Cashier
J H PAINE.
A. C. OWSLEY.
ED F. BATES.
Big selling
Department.
these Coats, Suits and Dresses—and then
the price move them.
Make the appointment today.
The Shaw Studio
I bring the supposed supplemental Ger-j
i amn verbal communication conceding ’
i Belgium.
“That communication.” adds a Ha-;
, vas dispatch from Rome, “can lh>>n b* I
Wash . Sept
workers
WWHTNGTOX. Sept 29—The tropi-
cal disturbance this morning is cent' -- i
ed over the interior of southern Al i-;
bama with decreased intensity Storm
■warnings are displayed on the Atlantic;
: coast from Fort Monroe to Jacksonville I
and on the gulf coast from Rockw* 11
to Carrabelle. Fla.
« cm aaa a n j j! SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 29 —The gov-1
150,000 Square Mies Flooded
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PEKING. Tuesday. (Delayed).—The which. it is said, will increase the out-
water is still rising in the flooded c’ty nut of gasoline by twelve fold. It is I
of THn-Tsin, according to advices I s*id Secretary Lansing has authorized,
caching here. It is estimated that the construction of a plant where the
jsoonn struare miles nave been flood-1 process will be utilized.
ed, with a heavy loss of life. I '
PETROGRAD. Sept. 29.—The maxi-
malists and social democrats, at yes-
terday's session of the democratie
congKss voted in favor of a coali-
tion eabinet to include representa-
tives of the bouryeoise. but voted
against the inclusion of the consti-
tutional democrats.
The rexolutionary socialists vot-
ed in favor of a coalition also ex-
cluding the constitutional demo-
crats.
1 DENVER. Sept
; 11 th'* bedside "I
now in
can
We have this mo<
hogany, Black Kid,
Metal—all 9 inches
$6.00, $7.00 and $8.0
CHICAGO. Sept. 29 — The nine
leaders of the I. W. W. vv ho were
arrested here last night on indict-
mrtnts charging seditious conspir-
acy returned by the Federal grand
jury against 166 members of that
organization thruout the United
Slate* were still in jail today, being
unable to furnish bond, which was
fixed at $10,060 each, except in the
case of William It. Haywood, in-
ternational secretary-treasurer, who
was held under $25,000 bond.
We are showing some
very beautiful models
from Bischof and other
famous designers.
Every garment is a
masterpiece, showing
combinations of Velvet
into startling adaptions
and blending of Furs
and colors.
Other models of
lours, Pom-Poms,
livias and Kerseys
vertone. -
Then too, “The non-interest bearing and unse-
cured deposits of this bank are protected by the
Depositors Guaranty Fund of the State of Texas."
Service and safety make satisfied Customers.
We will appreciate YOUR account.
q* ' :: - - 'a.
200 pairs, one lot assorted
colors—plaids, worth $5.00,
Sale price - - - - $3.85
We have just received another large
shipment of Low Heel Boots and es-
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I. 29.—\flcr kneeling
f her sleeping husband
■ md br’.ilhing a prayer for his soul.
■ Mis. Patrick Henry Riley early today
i drew a revolver and shot him thru The
■ Io1,id it ttieir home here. He died three
hours later. “He was cruel and it had
I’u in* diie,” she told the police.
Interallied Conference To Be
Held in Paris at Early Date
PARIS. Sept 29 —The Temps an-i
nounces that there wilt be a meeting of
... ..... .. Hie interallied Conference at an early i
Among ttie first to b<* date.
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The remainder of th* fund for the;TUDCC nn|U||y||TTCCC
purchase of additional campus room I IIIIUb UUnlnll I ILLU ,
will be raised within the next ten days
and tt>e meeting held at the court house
Friday night made plans for comple-
tion of Hie work after hearing from
Chairman J. C. Coit or the soliciting I
committee that “there remains no
doubt whatever of the success of the|
movement.- The mating was small,!
but representative.
Should take an interest in Denton’s first
Agriculturial and Live Stock Show and
lend a hand towards its success. You’ll
feel better for it. While you may not be
a raiser of stock or grower of truck and
farm products, there is much information
to be gathered and all of us are more or
less interested in things that are a part of
the progress and growth of our county.
The exhibits are of the very backbone of
our existence. Did you know that Denton
County excels in diversification of truck
and farm products? Possesses a greater
classification of soils than any county in
Texas.
COPENHAGEN. Sept. 29.—Ger-
many has not rcwunced Belgium
and has not been in communication
uitii sYtiv of her enemie', accord-
ing to Berlin reports of a speech
made la'fore the Reichstag main
committee by Chancellor Michaeli-. j
PARIS. Sept. 29—The diplomatic C"
Former Governor Leaves for
Temple; Moving Picture Taken
MOBILE, Ala.. Sept 29 Fire in th'
wliolfsale district early ("day destroy-
ed two lance mercantile establishments
and the buildiru; occupied by the Mo-
| bile Chamber of Commerce and the
i Cotton Exchange, causing a loss of
8450,000.
now in our Ready-to-Wear
The quality and style of
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. . And the. leading Loan Companies wdl accept abstracts oniy from
g/ panies having a complete set of abstract books of their county.
reason. Ask any good attorney.
r . - We have the only modern and complete
County that is kept up-to>-date daily.
Conveyancing and all kinds of notary work correctly done.
AUSTIN, Sept. 29.—Senator West-
brook. chairman of the Senate part of
th'* investigation into the various de-
partments of the state, announced to- i
dav that the committee would com-1
inence their probe on Thursday, Nov. ;
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You'll find us ready at any time
to do you a power of good for your
Shoe money!
The* mens shoes xx>* sell are dis-
tinctly of the Better Sort.
We are untiring in our efforts to
provide for our Men patrons the
Best Shoes that are made.
We’ve Men’s Shoes
For All Purposes.
We’ve comfortable shoes for the
business man and we've smart snap-
py styles for the young man. Shoes
for service and shoes for dress oc-
casions.
WE’VE SHOES A I
$3.60 $i.5O. $5.(M)
or at
$6.00, $7,511, $10.00
and $11.00. And the
HE BEST SHOE VALUES AT ANY STATED PRICE.
u>©n gw (gflMBama
ALVIN HILL. President. T.M.RUCKER.Sscretary ™
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Against the loss and often-
times the useleM spOMUnf of
your money. A check on thle
bank will many times prove
of much more than mere con-
venience. It will save you
from possible loan. Ask us
to illustrate how.
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DENTON, TEXAS. SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1917.
If you miss this Blanket Sale vou have missed
the Blanket Sale of the season. Come early, get
first choice.
SENATOR JOHNSON IS
PRESIDENT PRO TEM * -
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((•sex. s..,e »-SeMlor ""J1
H ,I| r..nnty In and some German, have
j BUENOS AIRES. Sept. 29—A general
i revolutionary strike throiiout Argentina
! was declared today by the Anarchistic |
' workmen, the strike to fnclude all th ■
1 unions belonging to their federation
: The socialist workmen's union has re-
! fused to join in the movement.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 29 Hie Ger-
man "slush" fund wrangle broke out
: again in the House todax with pre- j
' sentalion of a letter by Chairman Pou
| of the Rules onunittee from Secretary
| Lansing, declaring that the State de-
partment had no evidence indicating
mb* rs of ijinuress had any;
' connection with the Von Bernstorif!
: $50,600 fund.
DUGGAN ABSTRACT COMPANY,
P. R. BIRD, Manager.
HOUMA. La. Sept. 29 \ shrimp
’schooner was capsized in Sister Lak*',!
| iweiitx-tixc miles south of here, lale j
I x. iv .luriniA a terrific windstorm
I and the owner of the boat and eight I
•SIOOJMMI.OLX)! other fishermen drowned, according to|
The reports here. A number of fishermen ]
’ left for the scene today to t"y * '* 1
cate th** bodies.
This was the only damage or
■ u,alti‘*s report from the tropical storm
in this section.
t»\LL\S. S‘pt. 29—It twas announc-
I today that Hie Eleventh Federal H<-
■rxe district is to raise C 2
Howard the *<*<*ond liberty Ioan. f'
----- ... ./minimum allotment is S75.OOt.IXlO T- x-
rier who brought the Austrian replx to t . .I....,,
I the Pope’s peace note to Rome did not | ‘ ‘ '
166IWW LEADERS
UNDER INDICTMENT A,,er Pra*er ,or His Soul!
LONDON Sept. 29. British casualties.
1 reported during the month of Se.'b’m-; considered as non-existent,
her total 101,598, divided as follows : i — - -— -------
Officers killed and died of wound*, j
i 636: men 18.302.
; Officers wounded or mi
i men 83,509.
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The steering committee named al ■
but representative. TT.e“work up to n,9ht’-’ mass meeting to plan)
th*’ present was discussed, the value i out a hurry-up campaign for securing;
of the Normal college to the town and ’ the remainder of the fund for the pur-'
rpAriK^tur'-S i«'
was applauded when he declared that I the Normal college met Saturday morn-
with plentv of room in which to grow, I ing and after deciding tentatively that
North Texas Normal w ithin th e [ the work should be completed by next
__1_ 2 . "I named chairmen of
three committees. The chairmen will
name assistants. The three chairman
are:
To canvass non-resident taxpayers—
J. C. Colt.
To canvass larger taxpayers not
igned up—O. M. Curtis.
look after all other citizens and
pecially wish to call your attention
the “CAVALIER. This shoe coi
in a medium heel, welt sole, witl
long forepart giving you the sman
shoe of its type ever shown the pub
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REPORTED GERMAN
VERBAL STATEMENT
, SEATTLE. Wash. S.pt 2'? Tw
thousand metal workers employed
: the Seattle shipping yards struck !•> ...
Ito enforce their d*mand for hi^hei]
i wages and th** use of only lumber made |
' in eight-hour mills.
Three large steel ship xar<U ami!
I ninety-five smaller plants haw,* been;
closed as the result of the .-.trike.
5 KILLED BY STORM
NEAR PENSACOLA, FLA.
LONDON. Sept. 29.--Two German air-) POPE FAILS TO GET
; planes which took part in last ni-bts
1 raid over the southeastern coast of;
| England were brought down, it is an-
' nounced officially. No casualties wer> j
; caused by the raid.
Reports' indicate that about iw *nty j
enemy machines participated in the j
raid. Bombs were dropped on a num-
ber of places in Kent, Ess- x ami Suf- *
folks.
BRITISH BRING DOWN
! 2 GERMAN PLANES IN
UNSUCCESSFUL RAID)
TX7HEN you look at old
’ ’ pictures of your friends
and relatives of the past,
pleasant memories of former
times are recalled.
) MINNESOTA GOVERNOR I
WANTS U. S. SENATE
TO EXPEL LAFOLLETTE
—
U ASHINGTON. Sept. 29.-\ eommu- j
nication from the Governor of Minne- ;
PETROGRAD, Sept. 26. (DK'Iaycd).—i sola and the State Council of Ik fense,
Premier Kerensky took the inhiathe requesting the expulsion by the Senat*’!
I»' «**«• •' •»
ernment. At the very beginning of the I presented in the Senate today by Sen-
democratic congress called bv the Max- 1 “tor Ke,,ofl« «f Minnesota and referred
imalists and the Council of" Workmen ! b? Vice-President Marshall to the Sea-I
and Soldiers’ delegate to question his I Privileges and Election committee,
power and perhaps to demand a new * o,,r ‘dher communications demand-
government, the Premier accepted the' •"« th<‘ impeaehmeol of LaFollette!
. Iiaheiuie tliroavi down. were rrcehed by Vice President Mar-I
He ("Id the congress that hi, regime ’ ,imI1 ’"day and p esented to the Sen-I
I had saved Russia in its darkest hours. I a*e.
The government also indicated its pol
j" * "i a fl in continuing of the war
i when General Verkovskv, Minister of i
I War, declared his conviction of final
victory over Germany if discipline in |
the army was restored.
The General reported the return of !
discipline qnd his announcement that '
the officers would Im* named by their j
superiors instead of Ireinu selected |»j :
i the soldiers was applauded only mildly i
=; but his address on the whole evoked;
more cheers than did the Piemier's.
Owing to the fact that the Normal
Regents meet Oct. 8 and it is considered
extremely desirable to have the matter
om nittee I nal action by that time, the committees
Cur’is sud that I will close the solicitation finally by
moi ■ growth if next Saturday night.
ss the additional!
told of his and Mr I
• liciting in the. Normal college
Evry taxptyr seen igre“d |
but there w*ri! a '
f non-resident- owners of j
•r*v with whom the comrni'te*’j
liml to lake up the matter by [
Mr. Burden .believed that if the ;
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E1XCLUSIVE SHOE STORE
DI'THXN. Ala., Sept. 29—Reports
[ from Crestview, a few miles west of
' Pensacda. state that five persons wer? I
I killed and several injured by the West ;
! Indian hurricane which struck ttier’ I
! yesterday.
German Conspirators Driven
from U. S. Active In Norway
thirtv-t
I within
CHICAGO. S*pt. 29.— Formal! indict-
j m* nts against 166 alleged leaders of th*’
i Jndus’ri.ii Workers of the World were;
| r**turn**d by the Federal grand jury la'e ;
i yesterday. Arrests were quickly m ide,
„ thirty-live of the m»’n being taken up
CHRISTIAN. Sept. 29—German con-1 ni|'(jn in hour. \... ...
I'Piral >rs and propagandists, formerly i taken info custody was W. D. Haywood
> so active in the I nited States, seem <,o —.j \\* Secretary—who was among-
;ba'e hansferred their attention to |pl)SP ^tesfiuned when the I. W. w.
A series of suspicious fires | (,fyicr.s were raided Sept. 5. Only moTi-
stiiiis and among manufactories is per* of the I w W were included in
med "n./h/* ,plotters. Others jre him jjs; of indictments.
Espionage is freely
and some Germans I....C
i been caught at it. . .. S' ’ '
i become such that patriotic Norwegi-1
j ans have come to look upon Germans;
'with m»re or less suspicion.
Teulons Make No Sincere Step
The^m;! - for Peace, Says Tcherestchenko
luei.s a \p-gTtx, sept. 29—Former Governor; __
I.lames E. Ferguson and family left the peTRDGRAD, Sept. 29.—Former M:n-
i Denton executive mansion this morning for jt|Pr r^rpStchenko. in a statement to-
| T'*mple. the future home. The ; dav to the press declared that the re-
| ernor .and family traveled overland in ; n| j Central powers to the
p < ear. A moving picture of his de-; nntn nf pnpe Benedict proved
I parture was taken. j that Germany and Austria persist Unu/PrnnflCC InnTDQCDC Hlltmil
~ 7 Z. . ) their refusal to make any sincere step IlCW I I Uuuuw lllvl uujuO UUluUl |
British Driven from Crater | flJ Gaso|ine „ Twg|ve tD|(1
Lines, Says German Report Heavy Loss of Life in China
BERLIN. Sept. 29 —The British along I
| the Ypres road yesterday were driven
from their crater lines, today's Ger-
man statement says.
LONDON, Sept. 29.—The usual artil-
lery activity on both sides is reported
! in today’s British Official statement.
iThe statement adds: “There is nothing
! of interest to report.”
the North' Texas Normal within five the work should be completed by
vears would have a regular attendance ; Saturday night named che:.
of 2.400 or 2.500 students. three commltte
After the meeting had been organiz-
ed. O M. Curtis and .1. C. Goit explain-
ed ttie st.'tus of the matt'T to date and
that the purpose of the meeting was
to arouse a general Interest to make
the work of (lie soliciting committees yet signed u|
easier Mr. Coit reported that betw ‘.*n I To
811.000 and 812,000 bad already been taxpayers not yet seen—L. D. B<>rd»‘n.
raised from among ttie larger taxpby-1 C
ers. pnc'ically ex**ry on'* of whom had
sign***! Hie list wli'*n preserrted, t>ut ...
Hi at a more general solicitation was ready for presentation to them for fi
desira.t>|e and that a larger
was nec**ssar.> . Mr. C..:'
there could be iitth*
■ the in*titution tinle
■l room was provided
[ I. H. Borden
i 'Smilh’s
district. Every taxpiyr
!-i th*’ plan, be said
j number - f non-r‘*sident
orop‘*r*v with whom
had bad to fake up
! mad.
will close the solicitation finally bv
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Edwards, W. C. Denton Record-Chronicle. (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 41, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 29, 1917, newspaper, September 29, 1917; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1229214/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Denton Public Library.