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amounts tojbouf 93,000.
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ContgreM ttn<l <mong the tax payers
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a solution is impossible at this time.
tions of the premises in each school
Over $1,000,000,000 of the debt
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their ieterests and McCiurkan mov-
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OVER 1150,000 INVOLVED IN
DEAL IN WHICH IL M. AND J.
H. RUSSELL BUY MRS. Me-
CLURKAN STOCK IN STORE.
AMBASSADOR HERRICK SENDS
OFFICIAL REPORT OF CON-
VERNATION WITH PREMIER
HERRIOT ON QUESTION.
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means reduction of Great Britain’s
debts to us in the long run.
Interscholastic Directors
Texas Leads in
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Man-Hunt on for Murderer
of Express Train Messenger
CHICAGO, Dec. 31. Throughout
Chicago’s underworld toda a man
hunt was on for the l^ne train ban-
dit who murdered an express mes-
the entire function. ...
SANTA FEIS NOT
blew the heads of her four relatives
off with a shotgun. at the home of
her father, Henry Bassler, one of
the victims. ' ————
RADIO’S BEST
It is thought the gas pres-
be sufficient to bring a
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The building of new tracks fi
ballas to a point 'on the main I
WNAC, Boston (278-m) WDBH,
Worcester (286-m) WG}, Buf-
falo (319-m) WFT. Philadelphia
(395-m) and WCAE, Pittsburgh
(462-m) 7:30 p. m. to midnight
starting in the business they bought
aS dry goods stock and for some
will call at the White Honse tomorrowMM
to pay their respeets to the President '
the present force.
Old Firm “
W. B. McCiurkan & Company
ASSOCLATED PRESS SERVICE
UNITED PRESS SERVICE
Judge Boynton leaves Wacotomor-
"row night .for San Antonio to . con-
fer with Federal Judge Duval West
before proceeding to El Paso.
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of the debt funding commission go
even farther. They say if France
can not pay at the end of 10 or 12
years, or if it is then unwise for
us because of economic and foreign
communication because of its
official and timely nature.
KANSAS CITY, Kar,, Dec. 31.—
The Kaw Valley State Bank was
held up and robbed of *11,600 by
three mn here today..
Seven persons including three cus-
toman w«fe forced into a back room
and made to lie on the floor while
the bank was being looted.
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now occupied by the Service Drug
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full payment, we can discuss debt
reduction then.
.Despite the continuation of cer-
tain administration? leaders that the
French debt wttt never be paid in
full, they realise that opinion in
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WOULD APPLY DAWES MORE “ASSURANCES
with Russell-Gray-Jones Company,
witt enter the McCiurkan store and.
will be actively engaged in the
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reason for-the-ouster.The only ac-
tion left to Garrett, it ie said, is to
sue Carter County for his salary for
the time he was ousted, which
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worn but ever novel impulses which
sway the emotions of Denton folk
as they walk in the shadow of a
brand-new year.
Society and Government No
Longer Fear Truth, Coolidge
Tells Society of Scientists
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Reasons For Opposing Reduction
Popular opposition to reduction is
based, on the following reasoning:
present size from a small business
into which W. B.. McCiurkan entered
about 30 years ago. At that time
he had as partners, J. A. Turner
and John Tabor Sr. and they operat-
ed a grocery house on the west
side of the square, in the building
Greet New. Year’s
Arrival In Denton
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Noise and merrymaking, the usual
raucous harbinger of the New Year,
to which both old’ and young will
contribute, are expected as part of
the greeting which 1925 will receive
when it dawns here tomorrow.
The reception for this much-her-
dent they will be Hrnr met by one of
his aides .who will introduce the caller
te th.- IT. .blent. The caller will then
be greeted by Mrs. Coolidge. Preaidtolt
■■ml Mrs. Coolidge will receive during
cd the business to the south side
of the square. His partners after
Turner and Tabor disposed of their
interests,. included Dr. J. P. Blount,
administration can not—unde—
her unwillingness to accept su a
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Fred W. zerbst may become Warden
or deputy warden of the Atlanta,
federal prison as a resuit of the
shakeup which resulted in the in-
dictment of Warden A. E. Sartain
and L. F. •Fletcher, deputywarden,
charged with accepting bribes from
prisoners. ’
Miss Selby B. Atwell of Austin,
State rural aid inspector, will ar-
rive here about the middle of Jan-
uary to inspect the 30 common
schools in this county which have
applied for State rural aid. Those
schools must satisfactorily pass in-
spection before the $11,000 rural aid
fund, applied for, will be granted,
it is announced from the loal
county superintendent's office. Nine
thousand four hundred dollars was
FRANCE DOES NOT SEEK TO
REPUDIATEAMERICANDEBTS
7 sion of the Oklahoma Supreme Court
inreversing the action several years
ago of the lower court in ousting
Hi 11 sit from sffins. Ttu cbait -
- dismissed five of the six counis en
• which Garrett was ousted and held
that the sixth count was insufficient
business transacttons reported • in
Denton in years, as well as proba-
" bly the’ largest, for the McCiurkan
deal involved more than 1150,000.
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time sold both groceries and dry
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I be also that an aqtive drilling cum
peign wilL start in the early spring,
altho ao far as known no definite
new locations have beep made.
An important meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce directors—
Mtheratregularsmeeting. of the
, newly elected board—will be held
Monday night and Fred H. Minor,
L president, said Tuesday he hoped to
have every director present. Ar-
rangements for the annual banquet,'
discussion and probable decision on
an outline of the coming year's
work. Induction of the newly elected1
secretary, George M. Rucker, and
| other matters of importance for
the organisation's work are among
I the items scheduled to come up.
r Of Interest in Denton, where Buck
• Garrett, former Carter County, Ok.,
sheriff, is well known, is the deci-
The Cart Before the Horse
tonight. And as.a counter balance
to this levity comes the sober and
serious programs which have been
planned for several of the churches
this evening. Programs of song and
prayer are to be offered. ———
A new expectancy, fledgling reso-
lutions, taking on .visible form, and
new determinations are the time-
to Meet Here January 10 County Agents to Attend
A meeting of the directors of the
other European countries and suffi-
cient for payment of the debt.
4. Debt repudiation in any form
is a bolshevist measure and disas-
Texas. •
' The groom is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. J. Alexander of Nocona, fox,- - . . .
merly of Dentton. He has been con- senger in an apparently unsuccess-
nected with the editorial depart- " • """ '
ment of the Denton Record-Chron-
lies, and maintaining a huge mili-
tary establishment of her own.
2. While Great Britain and the
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"I didn’t care anything about it,
Mit my wife—insisted on our get-
tingthe Record-Chronicle again, so
here I am with a renewal," said B.
R. Wilson of near Lloyd, in town
Wednesday. Which confirms Round-
aboufs; oft-expressed opinion that
the women are the wiser sex.
I "tire tim to the store, the’’name. of
I ’ whieh has not yet been finally deter-
—mined, while H. M. Russell will di-
I vide hit time between Denton and
I Pilot Point, where he has for years
k- hue rated one of the biggest stores in
I the county. Robert A. Sledge and
I Walter S. Miller, who were part-
I ners in the McCiurkan A Co. store,
I will retain their interest in the new
I firm and will be associated with
I Holford Russell in its new man:
I ngement Mason Russell is one of
I the best known citizens and one of
f the most successful business men
I in Denton County and his store at
I Pilot Point has come to be regard-l
• ed as an “institution” in that sec-
tion of the county. Holford Russell
came to Denton last year when he
L purchased Connie J. Jones interest
ft in the Russell-Gray-Jones store.
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aided guest starts tonight at around
8 o’clock, which hour marks the
string quartet; Victor Salon or-
chestra: Knecht’s orchestra and
other prominent musical attrac-
tions. including Lopez and his
orchestra. _ t
WGN, Chicago (370-m) and
WGBS, New York (316-m) 4 p.
m. (CST) Football: Notre Dame
vs. Stanford, from Pasadena.
Cal. ‘
WCBD. Zion (345-m) 8 p. m.
(CST) Concert program.
WIW. Cincinnati (423-m)
10:30 p. m. (CST) Musical pro-
! trous in its effect upon future inter-
, national credits.
in 1914. In 1917 W. S. Miller pur-
,_____ chased an interest in this business
Russell will devote his en- and Sledge and Miller still have
their interest in the business.
WASHINGTON. Dar. a—Ambasa
dor- ami ministers resplendeut in their 02
untforms or ofTice, < binet ofdlelal,
menbers of Congress, militarsand na- » .1
vat —offters and thousanets of eittzenf
stitutionhere. This fact was revealed
l dr t he annual repert of.W. M. Pisher,
■ ' elerk at the penitentiary. Just publish-
ed at the prison.
ful express hold-up.
The bandit, working alone, enter-
ed the baggage car of the iking Ex-
press on the Northwestern road,
Chicago bound, killed Russell Diekey
of Milwaukee, an armed messenger
guard, locked two other trainmen in
n cubby hole and escaped Yy a taxi-
cab. A hasty examination pi the car
showed safes apparently intact and
officials snid 'they believed no loot
was obtained ,
• To the lax 1 driver whom he forced
at the point of a gun that he,had
“killed 0 man while his aide got
away with $200 grand” -(*200,000).
Trainmen, however* insisted the ban-
dit was alone, H, •’
Custom demands that those attend-' I
Ing be received by the President in the -/2
proper manner. First will come the % 0
mmbers of the President’s Cabinet,
School son against the spread of
icle for a number of yeqrs. Ha held
a commission as a lieutenant in
the United Staten army during the,
world war. eqrying in France after
being commisstoea In an officers’
training camp in Texas.
After .a short wedding trip Mr.
and Mrs. Alexander will be at
’home at 812 West Oak Street.
ut the annual New Year’s Day recep
lion ,
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n. iu. to 2:0 p. iu. the chief executive S8e
end Mrs. Eoelldge will stand' in the 683
Blue Room and greet the conntless 12
numbers of visitors ushered through I
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Russells receive in full all of her
interests in the business. T h is in-
cludes the accounts, notes, mer-
chandise and any other asets that
the firm owned at the time of the
sale. .
In a statement -mode Wednesday
Russell said that the termination
of his interest in the Russell-Gray-
Jones Company, was made with the
best of feeling -between the owners
of the .business.
Gray made a similar statement
and said tha the business would
be continued under its presenti.man-
agement and that Joe strong' likely
would be the only person added to
the two counties on the debt ques- by squads of aides,
tion and the mutual distrust which
During MeClurkan’s lifetime he
developed the business, with the
aid of his associates, until it be-
came one of the leading businesses
in Denton. Both Miller and Sledge
thru their long association with
McCiurkan, -"e thoroly familiar
with the policies of the concern and
Russell said Wednesday that it was
his Wish that the business continue
along the same lines, following the
same policies that had been respon-
sible for the growth of the com-
pany. _
MANY POLL AND AUTO
TAXES ARE PAID HERE
—‘During the past few days there has
been 11 rush of taxpayers at the tax
collector’s office, according to J. H.
Barnes. The auto taxes are being paid
by a large number of persons and the
payment of poll taxes at the present
time is very heavy. ,,
At 11 a. in. Wednesday 49 poll tax
receipts haff been issued during the
looming and a total of 2,202 poll tax
receipts has been Issued since the
books were opened October 1.
Steps Taken toPrevent
hended by Secretary of State Hughes , 8
asd ending with Secretary of Labor “EBN
Davis, Following the Cabinet will come M
the director of the budget bureau.
General Lord, who, according to thel.028
official Ilt, is given a Cabinet status..
at State functions, ami after bisk the’MSMM
diploiatie corps.
The diplomats will be received in the M
order of seniority, Ambassador Jun ',1
-era nd of France heading the-Hei. Dr. M2
L. C. Rowe, director of the Pan AgHh^HM
ran Union, has been accorded a placertd
United States have been taxing probable that this will be-done by ft'S
themselves heavily to pay for the construction of new tracks from this
war, taxes in France have been rel city to a junction with the line M
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Instead, it seems more than a posi
sibility that the Santa Fe mayrunM
passenger trains into Dallas from E
Fort Worth over leased tracks.*
’■The Santa Fe, which has done225M
extensive improvemnents "locally, 1-2
eluding the *5,000,000 freight termi- i
rial warehouse, already has adequate
freight routes into the city despite
the Ipnger hook formed by using the
Cleburne cut-off. The passenger ser-
vice to
within the past few years, probably
is surpassed by none. The north-
bound time schedules and services 8
from Dallas are therefore consid- 2202
ered the next improvement in line-m
’ One of the largest business deals
ever consummated in Denton was
announced Wednesday morning in
the change in ownership of the W.
B. McCiurkan A Company dry goods
store, with more than *150,000 in-
volved in that deal.
— t:M. Russell of PHet-Pein+and.
J. Holford Russell of Denton pur-
chased the interest of Mrs. W. B.
McCiurkan in the firm. R. A Sledge
and W. S. Miller, long associated
with the late W. B. McCiurkan in
the business, will retain -their in-
terests and both will continue' to
be actively connected - with the
store. .. ‛
The Russell-Gray-Jones Company
aim is affected in the deal, as the
Russell interest in that dry goods
concern was sold .to J. W. Gray, H.
F. Schweer and. L. H. Schweer. .
To Change Firm Name
The firm name of W. B. McCiur-
kan A Company is to be changed,
according to a statement made Wed-
nesday by H. M. Russell. He said,
however, that he did not know what
the name would be as that detail had
not been discussed. J. W. Gray said
that the name selected to replace
the Russell-Gray-Jones Company of
that concern would be the Gray
Dry Goods Company.
Wednesday morning the McCiur-
kan store was closed as the trade
was made on an invoice considera-
tionandthesbusiness will not .be.
opened until after the invoicing qf
the stock has been completed.
J. Holford Russell, who has been
granted rural schools in-h;. [beginning of many of the revelries
equipment building "wsatenrtpnebesoytakedechatonbonpr
outnspection, ofeguipment, buildings, frolic and revel, are to be found
outrbuildingsand.sanitary, condi- aplenty on the social calendar for
the Rig Indian well at Callisburg;
Poke County, the Gainesville Reg-
I isteg is keeping in touch with de-
velopment there. The well has flow
ed, several times recently, one flow
bringing 35 barrels in 16 minutes
with indicat ors, according to the
[ Gainesville paper’s account, • that
“the well will flow steadily after
certain operations, soon to be start
hedu are " steel tube is
to be pluced in the hole, passing
thru the packer and when the pack-
jCnr has -been securely., nealedaround
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Rob Store, Shoot At Owner
DALLAS—Two youths, wearing
false whiskers, robbed the Lamar
St, Pharmacy of *100 and then fired
at H.. Garrett, proprietor, as they
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Beth Turner and Tabor later sold- • KTw,Ehicago -fAMMnY K p.
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— his, time here but iscontinuing .his.
residence in Pilot Point. The other
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In line with the diplomats. "a «22
As the visitors approach the PresfM
Spread of Bubonic Plague
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—The
public health service has invoked a
rigid health inspection program ap-
plicable to ships reaching any
n port from New Orleans,
Irb or Oakland as a precau-
guh --2 bubonic
infection among rate which has
discovered in those three
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(EST} Louise- Stallings, mezno
soprano; Jorgan Bendix, bari-
-----tone; John Meermich, tenor;
Lucrezia Bori, soprano; Lucien
Schmidt, cellist; Stoeving’s
6. Reduction in the French debt
White House Party
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Another youthful cintehectuar, ts
facing a long prison sentence just,
because he wanted a "thrill." Karl
Peters, 1), Wichita, Kap. is be
ginning to realize it was not worth
the coat. While managing a large
Kansas City rug plant and studying
on the side for the diplomatic ser-
vice. Peters Joined in a drug store
holdup. One of his companions shot
and probably fatally wounded a de-
tective. Hip fatherca stock broker.
Cormerly was in business in Louis-
ville. Ky. 1
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.— Ambas-
dadorttderwirk’sprerort °f his eon-
the question of Franco-American
debts retched the State department
today and is understoodtocon-
tain first official assurance to be
received here since the question en-
tered its present phase that France
does not intend to repudiate her
obligations to this country.
Pending, a careful —study- —of -the-
responsibility of the report by.
Secretary Hughes, department offi-
cials declined all comment but it.
was obvious that they welcomed the
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drawer, was the golf ball. The pa-
per in «UDU had been wrapped
was more than half gone but the
ball was not damaged.
France are greater than those of
3. Though the French Govern-
From the four districts of Texan
there were received- 875 prisoners. The
Western District of Texas embracing
the npper Hlo Grande country, acene
of much narcotie smuggling, furnished
1 244 of Texas' total.
one of the oldest dry goods houses
in Denton, it having grown to its
Confessed Slayer of Four
Members of Her Family to
Be Sent to Insane Asylum
LOGANSPORT, ;VM.. Dec. 31.—
Unremorseful and sullen, Mrs. Em-
ma Hobough, confessed slayer of
her father, mother, brother and
daughter today was held in the Cass
County jail awaiting transfer to the
here. —=,____ - —
The murderess will be taken to
the insane hospital as soon as room
can"be male for •her admission.
Sheriff Bowyer announced.
Evidence in the quadruple killing
will be placed before the grand jury
when it meets next week but no ef-
fort will be madeto presscharges
against her, according to Prosecu-
tor Wall. r_______
Mrs. Hobough was found insane
by a sanity ebmmission yesterday
after she had admitted that she
incurred after war,
Mrg is at least one rat in Den-
MMM and placed it in an enpty
■K A day or so later he looked
Im ball and could not find it.
out of its place
iai above the E
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' Thebenton Red Cross probably
: Would indorse this time worn adage
. after receiving a cheek for $12 from
Suerim W. M. swinney. The money was
L —realized from the sale of copper from
I stills captured during the past year?
I Tuenday morning the stills nil were
! destroyed and the copper obtained was
I gnold as junk and the check was made
I payable to the Red Cross chapter here.
About 50, gallons of whiskey seized,
I some of it In pint bottles, some in
I fruit jars, some in Jugs ami some in
I e* whs ahe destroyed, Swinney said.
trade considerations to insist on
I Denton is regarded as certain to get
I an important appointment, and it
has been reported that he was slat-
ad for one of the highway commis-
„sionerships, but if the gossip quot-
ed is correct, it will be in another
glace.
Announcement of the sale of the
interest qf Mrs. W. B. McCiurkan
in the McCiurkan A Co. store to H.
M. Russell of Pilot- Point and Hol-
i ford 'Russell .of Denton, together
[ with the announcement that the
Russells have sold their interest in
the Russell-Gray-Jones Co. to J. Wa
Gray and H. F, and L. Hi Schweer
wa sone of the most interesting
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a solution,
Unofficially, important members
* France has been making military
AAAaa
The Record-Chronicle soon will
I be strictly a married'man’s organi-
t zation About the "last leaf on the
ft tree’ fell Tuesday when B. E. Alex-
K ander, sporting editor and appar-
I ently confirmed in his bachelorhood,
R was Amarried, Ector Roberts, of the.
■ advertising department, set the ex-
| ample for holiday weddings when
I he ended his period of bachelorhood
R last week. Roundabout congratulates
■ the newly-weds all around and
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of tbs Santa Fe between GaiMsviHK,
and Fort Worth in order that sheg
fermer city may haverdireet connes
tion with the main Santa Fe line
now seems improbable, according to
information received from Dallan32
Instead, the Santa Fe is now expectC
rd to run trains between Dallas aKE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—Three
thousand members of the American
Association for the Advancement of
Science and allied societies wer», told
by President Coolidge today that so-
ciety and government no longer fear
the result of scientists’ search for
truth.
“It has taken endless ages to
create in men the Courage that will
accept the truth simply because it
is the truth," the President said.
The members af the various scien-
tific organizations which have been
in session this weektin Washington
called at the White House by ap-
pointment and Mr, Coolidge ad dress-
ed them from the south portico of
the executive mansion.
B. Everett Alexander and Miss
Mary EHzay Marry in Dallas
B. Everett Alexander and Miss
Mary Ellzey, both of Denton, were
quietly married in Dallas Tuesday
afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home
of the oflelating minister, Dr. Wal-
lace Bassett, pastor of the Cliff
Temple Baptist Church. The ring
ceremony was used.
The bride is a daughter of Mrs.
G, T. Elisey, 1402 North Locust
Street. She is a degree graduate of
the College of Industrial Arts and
since her graduation has taught in
Oklahoma, New Mexico and Sherman,
D. L. Long and F. M. Rayzor. In
1010 Rayzor sold his interest to
McCiurkan and R. A. Sledge. The
business was continued on the south
side of the square in the buildings,
now occupied by the Evers Shoe
Store and the Camp Drug Co. until
1915. During that year the concern
was moved into the W. B. McCiur-
kan building which MeFurkan had
tutit following the destruction of
the Dohahower block by fire late
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LEAVENWORTH, Kan., . Dec. 31-
Thefeur-Federet-diatrets-n the State
of Texan sent more men to the United
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succeed George Armistead, being
likely to hold on under the Fergu- Company: A year
son regime. Ernest Cocunougher of " “ ' “ ‘
------+tes •f- futube- generations, tha bo■ -
dy of Joseph Marsennot, recluse
bachelor. .will be mumyaifed and
placed oif view under glass. His
will provides $3,000 for thin pur-
. pose." ...
NEW YORK—Rather than break
liin promise to court, that before
Jan. 1, he would tind a mother for
his five chiidren, William Schoe-
feld will wed another woman be-
cause the lady of Id” chaice doesn't
want to marry until. after New
Yearn.
LYNN, Mims.-- Hooting dietion-
ary -al#, enterlainieg King Sing
death house prisoners and increas-
—ug-the-demuudfor-apectaclesare—
ohly a few of the results and uses
of the cross-word puzzle. Some of
the 1025 model shoes will bear eross
word puzzle designs. Two local
shoe factories are already at work
on them. '
Americans Robbed By Chinese
LONDON, Dec 31— Seven Americans
together with a car full of passengers
were robled by armed Chinene bandits
who boarded a train between Pekin
and Tien Tala, according to a Central
News dispateh from the latter city to-
day. The Americans gave up $10,000
among them.
A cur of BrRbdt nobHera-----on the
train remained in tgnorance of tbs
hold up. •
BLAYNEY TO ARRIVE
FRIDAY TO ASSUME
C. I. A. PRESIDENCY
Dr. Lindsey Biayney, president of
the College of Industrial Arts, is to
arrive here Friday morning, accord-
ing to a telegram received by Dean
and Acting President E. V. White.
The telegram did not say whether
or not Biayney would assume his du-
ties at once but White said that he
was of the opinion that the new
president would enter his work at
the college as soon as he arrived.
Dr. Biayney comes from Houston
where he has been a member of the
faculty of Rice Institute. He was
elected president of the College of
Industrial Arts last fall but con-
tinued his. work at Rice until the
end of the college term.
C. A. BoyirtM Takes Oath
ofOffice as Federal Judge
WACO, Dec. 31.—Charles A- Boyn-
. .ion look .the oath of office hero today-
as Federal Judge of the Western
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the French fran cat a heavy dis-
count, the economic resources of
7.1
Didn’t Mean Repudiation
PARIS, Dec. 31.—Finance Minister
elemental, reiterating bis declaration
that interpretation of his balance
sheet as a sugaeting for repudiation
of France's obligation was abso-
lutely erroneous, declared today
that the principle of capacity for
payment .which was applied to' the
settlement with Germany ought to
be applied to the. allied debtors as
well , and that he was in favor of
the Dawes plan without the control
feature for all the war debtors.
Would Apply -Dawes Pan—
PARIS, Dec. 81.—Finance Minister
Clementel called on Ambassador Her-
rick today and presented a copy of
the minister’s Inventory of France’s
finances, calling particular attention
to the seven paragraphs in which he
stated France had no thought of'
repudiating her war debt but sought
to justify her claims for leniency
of treatment and asked the applica-
tion of the principle of the Dawes
plan to the settlement. ’
■ commends both their judgment and 1
B theircourage.
■ .20 -—-epFiyes a
1 iter -nitn bF TdhAss2oois Jr., a
■ Niagara Falls. The trin to
Wthe Faila was given him by his sis-
ft tar, Wss Gladys Moore, who is
teaching in the Horace Mann School
« W Mrs. Moor, said T. A.
Jr., to attending the High School
I at Gary and in his letter stated that
he was enjoying the winter in the
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Copyright, 1924,bytnl
WEAF, New York
WCAP, Washington
WJAR. Providence,
District of Texas. He was appoint-’ Ntatrs.Pederat penitenttary during the
ed by President Coolidge to succeed Hlest fiseal than any otht^r State din
* ’ — _ _ . . . — tlts which send prisoners to the in
this engenders has caused serious
apprehension.
An attempt by France to force re-
auction of the debt through a pool-
ing of interalied debts as suggest-
ed by Finance Minister Clementel
is expected to increase hostile sen-
timent in this country. This attempt
will be made at the opening of the,.
Dawes plan financial conference in
Paris on Jan. 6 and at supsequent
meetings with the tacit support of
Great Britain, it is said.
This Government is powerless to
force France to recognize the full
debt except possibly by the extreme
measure of officially discouraging
private loans nd credits.
Introduction of a resolution in
th. Senate expressing that body's
opposition to further loans by any
American bankers to foreign na
-tions 4 who have not refunded their
war time obligations to this coun
try, was discussed in some quarters
today. - ' '
Diplomatic Measures Exhausted
.. Diplomatic: measures were long
ago exhausted and the recent nego
tiations with Ambassador Jusser-
and were as lacking in concrete re
suits as similar negotiations dur-
ing the last three years.
This Government. is ready to
grant France a paper' settlement in
the form of a long term funding
arrangement with a moratorium on
capital and interest for several
QcP
cov
yesm. Since France, under such an
arrangement, would not have ‛o pay -- ----- t——- —E, wm
a cent for a number of years, thekort Worth on leased tracks. •
■j; Heretofore it was thought probu-
ble that a line would be built from
Dallas to Krum, connecting with thek
main line there, but this project MM
discounted by officials of the railrsaz
beause the- Ioterstate: CommerE6
Commissien which must approacb.
all extension programs, might ofera
some objection on the grounds that
there are enough railroad propertiesd
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ran or sowin north portion;
mtott ur nnrih poritoa fnaighl
and In East and Booth portions
Thursday. ' ‛ nf-Kd
— West Texas tonight and Thurss Md
temperature 14 to 24 degrees in .
north portion; colder Thursday MaedM
-southeast portion. Livestock 'ft
warnings north portion. 15062
Temperature 2 8282222
Maximum yesterday’ ,—------47 MNM
Min Im ims t mlay ------------—40 M AM
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7 a. m. today ------------------- M MM2
Relative Humidity . 2282002
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PLANPRINCIPLES J FROM FRANCECASTO To,,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—More
diplomatic assurances from France
that she means to pay her $4,000,-
000,000 debt to the United States,
rather than a definite refunding
agreement or payment, are expeeted
to be the net result of-a week's ef
fort by administration /spokesmen
to get action from France.
While the conflict between the
Jjiib Governments is regsir<Ie<rTh di-
plomatie circles here in the nature
of a tempest in a teapot, the ut-
Ter divergence of public opinion in
NTON
NO. 119 DENTON, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBERjlTm^
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two partners in the concern will re-
ttafnthefr present-pesittons i-the
new business. ----
According to the contract between
Mrs. W. B. McCiurkan and the
purchasers of her interests, the
within the territory to be croaa«L*'ffi
according to an opinion xpressedi
by; E. F. Adams, assistant genera12
passenger agent of the Santa Fe 28
in an interview appearing in--------the
Dallas Times-Herald, excerpts 0f822
which follow: - ■ /
is s hostile to reduction that guchtherassnnenestjonessantaPperaim
road to the north and west is moire
than a possibility in the near fuz
ture, E, F. Adams, assistant general J
passenger agent of that line, saidm
he re
ments between Dallas and FortEN
Worth would effect this importaut/8
new service by passenger-trains. ■ 4222
"‘The Santa Fe has long hoped
for more direct service out of Dal,48
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Sxas). cd 1 •
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business there. His father, H. M.
Russell, also will spend part .of
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Mrs. Edna W. Trigg, county home ; j
demonstration agent, and G. D. Ev- J
erett, county farm agent, will at- 282
tend the district meeting home Ja
demonstration and farm agents to «
be held in Fort Worth Jan. 20,’ 81 fl
and 22. The purpose Of the meeting fl
is to take up problems pertinent to 4022
the work of agents in the different ?fl
counties. These counties will be rep-av
resented in the district meet; Den-
ton, Collin, Wise, Grayson, Tarrant/aM
and Dallas. ' _ 22
Post Office and Banks to |
Be Closed New Year‛s Day4
1-38005
The post office 'and/ the four.M
banks here wil Ibe Closed alldag0N
January 1, according to annountet8222
ment made Wednesday. ’All other.M ft
places of business, however, will be. 2
open asnew" year’s dayisnotin-dM
uded as one of the regular ta||f •'
tai 4 to be observed by merehantst i
here. 2/0.92
All of the post office employesaamm
including the rural carriers are IM A
hav, n holidav it ufiii* announced. 237162
Denton County Interscholastic
l eafite will beheld in the office
of the county superintendent here
on Jan. 10. Plans will be made at
this time, it is announced by Joe
T. House, director, for the inter
scholastic basketball meet to be held
at the Teachers College sometimes
in February. I
The board..is composed of W. C.
Blankenship of Denton, Ed Lowe of
Lewisville, Miss Rosa Lee McMur-
ray of Krum, Mrs. Lee S. Reese of
Krum, Miss Lorene St. Clair of Pi-
lot Point and Joe T. House, of
Roanoke. T. J. Fouts, head of the
physical education department -of
the Teachers College, will meet with
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p9qa)
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I Miss Mabel Kanouse, a member
nef the C. 1. A. faculty, on a year's
Vlenva of absence from the college to
Pstudy piano in Paris, will return
F here tk August te UkS Up her
/ duties, it is announced. She is
I studying piano, with Phillippa and
I Coitot, both famous teachers of the
I “ld world.
I ' There isconsiderable interest here
—in the expeeted announcement next j
l week of the Ferguson administra-
—ljen appointees and the fact that
there are around 900 applicants for
l» "Alte W-wdg mu -important jobs in
the State government has accentu-.
ated that interest, some of the 900
being from Denton County. One in-
teresting bit of gossip from a well-
informed local source is that Sena-
tor Joe Burkett of Eastland is to be
chairman of the highway Commis-
sion and that C. W. Hurdletoh of.
Fort Worth is to be the other new
' member, John R. Bickett of San An-
t tonlo, recently appointed by Neff to
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