Denton Record-Chronicle. (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 95, Ed. 1 Friday, December 1, 1916 Page: 1 of 4
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Favor of State-wide-Boycott
styles shown. Would be glad to show you. .
Ladies’ Felt House shoes, priced $1.00 to $1.76.
Men’s House Shoes, priced______<..$1.00 to $2.00.
Children’s House Shoes, priced..............70c.
The styles are a revelation, every line
truly artistic, yet comfort is combined in
shoes to a remarkable degree.
For efficient service in
Banking patronize
The Exchange
National Bank
(Established 1881) ,
STRONG OFFENSIVE BY
RUSSIANS UNDERTAKEN
with maximum banking efficiency. •
Ym hive every ream te feel at heoe is year huh.
Office hours 8:30 to 4:00 o’clock.
Denton County National Bank
GERMANY READY TO
OFFER AMENDS FOR
SINKING OF MARINA
PETROGRAD. Dec. 1.—The Russian of-
fensive was successful along the whole
Roumanian frontier south of Kirliba-
ba, it was officially anounced otday.
The Russians now occupy.the whole
range of heights despite violent Ger-
man counter-attacks. *
LONDON, Dec. 1.—The male inhabi-
tants of Hassellette and Lanaye, Bel-
gium, between tlie ages of 17 and 50, and
also girls and women possessing sew-
ing machines, are to be deported to Ger-
many.
PATRONS—
This is YOUR .BANK.
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PARIS, Dec. 1.—The Serbians retain-
ed all their positions except one trench
in violent fighting with the' German-
Bulgar troops on the Macedonian front
near Granlshte yesterday, the War if-
fice announces.
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LATE WAR BULLETINS.
SOFIA, Dec. 1.—The Bulgarians de-
feated the Roumanians in hand-to-hand
fighting, capturing two 21-centimeter
guns, the War Office announces today.
“In Wallachia our advance continued
on the road from Glurgiu to Bucharest.
Our troops In 'bayonet fighting inflicted
a bloody defeat on the enemy, who suf-
fered heavy losses the official statement
adds.
Now ia a good timq to do your
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING.
LOANS
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J. & K. BOOTS
"FIT THE ARCH”
worries.
Anointment today
THE SHAW STODIO
,• Systematic Saving Brings RmhIvi
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3,000 MEN GET WAGE INCREASE.
TOLEDO, Dee. 1.—Two thousand men
employed by the Wabash railroad and
the Ford Plate glass company here to-
day were given an increase in wages
,of from 8 To 10 per cent.
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“KEWPIE TWINS”
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If you only knew how much
comfort combined with style,
provided by
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Twelve Photographs
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS 1150,000.00
Officers and Di raptors:
A. J. NANCE, Pres.
J. R. CHRIST AL, Viee-Pres.
J. C. COIT, Cashier.
E. D. Curtis, Asst. Cashier.
J. H. PAINE.
A. C. OWSLEY.
ED F. BATES.
LONDON, Dec. 1.—An enemy attempt
tp raid trenches south of Nueve Ch ape lie '
last night failed, according to official im-
port from the Franco-Belgian front.
South of Armentieres the enemy lines
were entered by entente troops in esv-
eral places.
House Shoes For Al
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ised more people to look
i BERLIN, Dec. 1—The German force
■ which some time ago crossed the Dan-
I tibe. took 2500 risoners and twenty-one
I cannon yesterday, near the Argechu
I river, it is officially announced. The
I Russians suffered heavy losses in at-1
tacking the Turkish positions on the
Ziota-Lipa river in Galacla.
International “Hobo” College
to Be Opened Soon hi Chicago
ATTACKED ON 200-MILE FRONT.
BERLIN Dec. 1—The Russians and
Roumanians attacked violently oven a
200-mile front. The effort is character-
ised as “a waste of blood and munit-
ions,’’ as “ft gained no important ad-
vantage,” the War office says.
Ozuna Routs. Villlsta Bandits i
JUApEZ, Dec. i.—General Ozuna’s cav-
alry routed a band of Villistas soul
of Terrazas yesterday, ^driving them
back into Chihuahua City, according to
a report received today by General Gon- j
zales. * «
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TEXARKANA, Dec. 1.—Rev. J B. Tur-.
1 renfine, former presiding elder of the
♦ ♦ I Pittsburg district of the Methodist
* church South, has been appointed Uni-
* ted States Commissioner for the East-
+ ern district of Texas to succeed the late
- Jud^e Hart by federal Judge Russell.
Z Train Bearing Personages to
* Emperor’s Funeral Is Wrecked
SALEM, Ore,., Dec. i.—Oregon will
continue under prohibition permuting
the importation of a limited qquantitv
of liquor until, additional legislation :
covering the "bone dry” amendment
adopted at the recent election is en-
acted "by the Legislature, Governor
Wythcombf announced today.
Would We Had Bought a Turk
If It Had Happened Like This
CHICAGO, Dec. 1—Frank J.’ Ha^'y and
his wife hesitated rf long timeabefore
paying the prevailing prices for tur-
keys. They bought one. They found a
1150 diamond stud in the turkey’s craw.
Methodist Preacher Named to
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Young Men!
FUNSTON DOES NOT
EXPECT ATTACK ON :
PERSHING’S FORCE TO ASSIST ROUMANIANS
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SAN ANTONIO, Dee. Y--Generai
Funston does no< anticipate that
Villa will attack General Pershing’s
force. He .says they are prepared,
however, to meet any situation.
WASHINGTON, Dea. 1.—A shortage of
food and ammunition rather- than a^
lack of morale among the Carrancisra
troops was responsible for Trevino’s de-
feat at Chihuahua, according te Ambas-
sador-designate Arredondo* today. •
Abandoned After 4-day Fight
JUAREZ, Dec. 1.—Th? remuan's of
the Carftnza army which was driven
out of Chihuahua City by Villistas is
in camp south of here. They brought
wittr them the story of tne evacuation
of the city after four .tajs and nights
of fighting. The dead were piled high
McKTnnon ^ciosed',n the 8treelB when they left and had
Kaa Mnzxw1 ztwes-i zA a« .I ♦ V* a 11 ---- ** -A I K A*.
kH&veeVeiy
I member of
yxir family
join our
our business solicited.
ru^ed. No attorney or Loan Company >vill turn
our work.
>uggan Abstract Co.
J. & K. Shoes have cajji . .
at our windows than anything we ever put inttJthem J
before. •
When you enme, csk to see our neck-
wear that #as bought for Holiday selling.
’ Scadsri)f beauties at 50c, $1.00, $150 and $2.00
forlour in-hands of gorgeous silks. \
We show an assortment of furnish-
ings that are as'nice as you wilt find .
anywhere.
DISEASE IN KANSAS TREASURY NOTES OF
CITY, SAYS EXPERT ENTENTE WITHDRAWN
FROM SALE IN U. S.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.—J* P. Morgan &
Go. have withdrawn the proposed sale
of British and French treasury bills,
according to Instructions received by
them from abroad.
The Federal Reserve Bank Board re-
cently warned • Ameriran bankers
against too heavy investiront, in treas-
ury notes of “foreign powers.” For-
leign dispatches have* indicated that the
British public especially took umbrage
at this order as being aimed at the Brit-
ish government direct.
Your Money
With The
CHICAGO Dec. 1.—The cattle disease
at Kansal City is not tjie foot and
mouth disease, but stomatitis, according
to Dr. Elchorn of the United States Bu-
reau of .Animal Industry’.
East Texas Commissionership Tempest in Teapot in New
CHICAGO, Dec..l.—The International
Hobo College, offering courses for mi-
gratory workers in law. engineering,
journalism, hygiene, mathematics and
nature study, will open here soon, it
'was announced today. The college will
be conducted under the auspjees of the
International Brotherhqod Welfare as-
sociation.
Oregon Won’t Be “Bone Dry”
Until New Law Is Enacted
BROWNSVILLE, TEX., Dec. 1.—Major!
Genera) O'Ryan and other office!*; of the
Twelfth New York Infantry, declined to-
day to discuss the report that the reri^
I ignation of Coj. Gordpn Johnson and
I other officers had been sent to the War
Department. The resignations are said
to have been dfte’to v^iat the officers
termed an insult from General O'Ryan
during a review of troops when O’Ryan
criticised them, it is alleged, because
it was short one battalion and paraded
with its flag furled. The regiment claims
the ag was torn. The resignations have
not been received at Washington.
LONDON Dec. 1.—Von Mackensen’s ar- II
mies are almost within M&tiing distance H
of the Roumanian capital forts. Tzoma- ■■
na, a town sixteen miles sout hof Bu- ffl’
charest, was taken by the advancing |L
Teutons yesterday and at last accounts “
they were still piaking progress norih-« —«
vv^rd. Meanwhile Von Falkenhayq is
keeping up the pressure against the
Roumanians west and northwest of the
capital, having forced the Roumanians
back to Glavatziotzu, thirty-seven miles
from the capital and having captured
Campulung. opening the way for an
unhindered advance thru the forzburg
pass into Wallachia.
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BERLIN, Dec. 1.—In an address in the
Reichstag Wednesday *the German Im-
perial Chancellor announced that Ger-
masy was ready to end the war by a
peace guaranteeing the existence and
future of the nation. He declared the
German lines in every direction vv’ere
unbroken. f
ATHENS. Dec. 1.—The entente allies
are ready to disembark troops at Pi-
raeus, the port of Athens. Admiral du
Fournet, allied commander,' is qiioffid
as laying that Greece must comply
with the demands given in the ultima-
tum and that allied troops will be land-
ed at all points necessary. He said be
would endeavor to avoid bloodshed, but
that he will fulfill his mission thoroly.
TheWrepk government has expelled the
French from control of the postdKlce
and telegraph lines at Athens.
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Big shipment of ladies’ and Men’s
CQAT SWEATERS ’
in fancy and plain styles, excellent values, priced
>5.00, *6.50, *8.50 to 512.50.
Big stock of Knitted Caps and Toques, priced
36c to $1.00.
ST. LOUIS, >to.. Dec. 1—A statewide
boycott of butter, eggs, potatoes and
fowls of all kinds was recommended to-
day by the Board of Directors of the St.
Louis branch of the German-American
alliance, it was announced today.
Defi-nite action bn the boycott will be
■ taken Dec. 8 at a meeting of 300 dclc-
I gates representing 20,000 members of
... i the Alliance.
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funeral of Austrian Emperor
VIENNA. Dec. 1—rfj the presence of
Emperor Charles, the young Crown
Prince, Francis Joseph Otto; the Kings
of Bulgaria, Bavari^ and Saxony, the
German Crown Prince and many other
Teutonic princes and special envoys
from neutral governments, the remains
of the late Emperor Francis Joseph were
buried this afternoon.
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Twelve Delighted Friehds
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DEPOSIT
We have just received a big shipment Of
. Felt and Kid House Sho^
for men, women and children. You will find in
this selection something different from the usual
PARIS Dec. 1.—Last night passed
quietly on the entire front, the official
statement today says. Factories at
Thlonvllle and certain bivouacs in Dnni-
pliers were bombarded by French av-
iators. , •
No Gentleman
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Ever has to tell people
that he is a gentleman.
You never knew a l^Iy
who had to tell folks that
she was a lady.-
No honest man has to tell
his neighbors that he is
honest—they know Him.
The name of Minnis- has
been connnected with the
Drug business in Denton for
thirty years. On that re-
cord we base our solicita-
tion for your drug purchases.
BATH ROBES
The ready-made or the blankets for the making,
some bargains in these, prices... $1.60 to $6.00.
♦ CENTRALIA. Mo , Dec. L—The City
+ Council has rented the jail here for a
. I stean? latfndfy because arrests are so
1 few. The town has had a jail for the
♦ I past forty-five years.
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This is YOUR BANK. Your banking trans- I
actions are a necessary and desirable part of the I
Institutions business.
BANKING IS ’ CO-OPERATION. Evjry officer
3nd employee'aims to co-operate and furnish 'you
ish walking boots, we have received more
pairs the last week, they were bought
1 the prices are $3.50r$3.75, $4 and $<.50.
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\Ve have a club for every member of the family. Wc want you
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will grow into dollars before you know it and ycft«ever miss them.
; i S. E. Curl of near Gribble Springs,
one of the few remaining early day
- ranchmen and pioheere of Danton coun-
4 ty and a -tian well known over the
j entire county, passed away Thanksgiv-
_ ing afternoon after an illness of some
• time. For nearly half a century he
♦ I had been a resident of the county and
I has always been one of the leading cat-
tiemen ot the county. He was the own-
• er of the Curl ranch between Gribble
♦ Springs find Sanger of 1.800 acres and
_-r>. at-the tim& of his death tile entire tract
£1/ w # 4 •/- 1 was still intact. A part of U has been
</_ up into small farms but he yet had
'fcJlUMJr'3TIV& iX’i®0.he,d in the
-----------He .came to the county from either,
Illinois or Missouri but friends of his
i here did not remember which of tMe
| states was his native home. He came
to Denton with the.* late Sam Skinner
Prompt and accurate work if P'lnt Point who died some years ago
- — - and shortly after coming here bought
the land that was later known as the
Curl ranch and has lived there since,
Mr. Curl was a typical early .day
pioneer, honest and big hearted but
very reserved and** friends knew little
of his early day life. He is survived
by his wife, a daughter. Miss Polly Curl,
and a son, Sam Curl. The entire family
lives on the old Cnrl ranch yet. Ue
has a brother in Illinois and the ftlher-
al services will j»nt be held until 2:30
i’clock Saturday afternoon in order tfiat
the brother may have time to come here
| for. the services. The services will be
at the ranch home and interment will
follow in the Gribble Springs cemetery
Made on acceptable security ariywhere in Texas.
Adequate Fundu. Long Timo. Low Patoo^
We are in position to excell most, and to most
any competition, local or foreign. *
FARM
ranchmen and pioneers of Denton coun-
add that amount to yourm>«yment each week. If you start in
cent club your payment will be ONE CENT more each week. -
When does the club starts
A. December 10th.
How can I joip?
A. JVe mail you a little banking club'book with full instructions.
Of course it will He almost impossible to reach everyone this way. but
if you fail to get dur letter, come in and we will be glad to start you.
Remember the road to wealth starts with the small savings. Why
not make your start on December the Tenth? -
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children’s shoe department and today it is .4]|j|jH
the busiest sections in the store.
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Another large ‘ shipment of “Kewpie Twins”
have just been put in stock in both patent and gun
leathers, button and lace patterns. We can save
you from 50 to 75 cents a pair on your children’s
shoes, the styles, workmanship and materials, are
products of the best makers in America, therefore,
the world.
WASHINGTON, Dre. 1—The German
submarine commander who sank the
British steamship Marina with a loss
of six American live* reports to Ids gov-
ernment that he took the vessel for a
transport. *
• Ormany asks the L'nito^ States Ter;
further information regarding the ship’s
status and is ready to offer amends if it
is shown tlud the Mariny wns entitled
to immunity.
It li understood that if the United
State can inform Germany that the Ma-
rina was not in the British transport
service and entitled to the immunity of
a peaceful mercbaxyman, Germany will
be ready to acknowledge her error and '■
make offers of settlwnent satisfactory
to the United States.
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 1.—Many were kill-
• ed qnd injured when the train bearing
♦ personages Jo Francis Joseph’s funeral
4 collided with another train at Hercze-
. chaleAshys. a Vienna dispatch.
GUILTY VERDIQT IN
LIL WATSON TRIAL;
‘ JJ-YEARSENTENCE
WACO, Dv. L—T. R. Watson was to-
day found guilty and sentenced to nine-
ty-nine year* on the wapge of killing
John S. Patterson, State Bank Commis-
sioner.
Roaco Watson asked toe court to al-
low him to assume his father’s penalty.
The case will be appealed.
Tbe jury was out rikteen hours and
thirty-five minutes.
Mrs. Watson wept, declaring her hus-
band did not get a fair 'trial and that
he had been robbed of his life and hon-
or. Watson was Jailed pending his ap-
peal. '
To Jury Thursday Night.
The cas« went to the jury at 6 o'clock
Thursday night, after sixteen hours of
argument. Watson was charged with
the killing of John S. Patterson, then
State Banking and Insurance Corhmis-
sioner, in the Watson bank at* Teague
and Bank Examiner
the doors of the bank as an insolvent in-
stitution. Patterton was brought to a
sanitarium* here where he died next
day, and the McLei^an county Grand'
Jury indicted T. R. W’atson and Ids two
sons, also officers of the bank, for Pat-
terson’s death.
Owing to the prominence of all per-
sons concerned and the sensational fea-
tures surrounding it, the case has at-
tracted widespread attention. *
The defense sought twice a change of
venue, alleging that on account of po-
litial influence and other conditions, a
fair trial was impossible here, but the
court overruled both applications.
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The best looking Overcoats that are
being'worn come from this store. We want
yoif to come in anff try on one of our felt-
ed pinch-backs. They are in the new
rough fabrics and fit with the neat trim
liqes that you fellows like. We haven
special showing of these at
$15. Others up to $30..
Banking
Club
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National
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We have a club for every member of the family. Wc want you
to come in and let us explain how a few pennies save^ systematically *
We have had many inquiries about our Banking Club and for the I
Information of tho$e who want to start, we will answer a few of the r
questions asked us;
Who can join? >
A. Anyone from the baby to the oldest member of the family.
, Do you doable your payment each week?
You do NOT. Simply pick out the club you wish to join and
■ --yment each week. If you start in' the one
August 28 last when the Commissioner
bee ncovered with oil and burned, they
said.
The de facto troops -were sucCertful
during the first four days of the engage-
ment they declared, but on the fifth day
either because of a lack of ammunition
or of morale, they deserted the city and
sought safety in flight. Villistas’ cap-
ture of Santa Rosa hill, whih is known
a# the “key to Chihuahu.1,” was said
by one foreigner among the refugees
to have started the retirement of the
Carranza forces, which is said to have
resembled a rout.
General Trevino was said to have left
for the south with approximately 1,500
men. In the troops arriving here there
are probably 2,000 effectives besides the
wounded.
NUMBER 95
TOMORROW’S IVEATI
DENTON AND VICINITY.
Tonight and Nefwrday, fair.
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