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THE ARGUS. FI,ATOM \. TEX AS
DON
Cigars
MEALTIME
IS HERE, BUT
NO APPETITE
fTHE WAR SITUATION
IN TROUBLED MEXICO
O. OLLI
YOU SHOULD TRY
BRITISH AND FRENCH AMBASSA-
DORS CONCERNED OVER SAFE-
TY OF NATIONALS IN CAWTAL.
TEXAS NEWS
HOW U. S. SOLDIERS
LEFT VERA CRUZ
A^* • ^ MU V.ftfW «£tWft •*
Mr*
Children Cry for Fletcher's
THE
eed
T AT-
NE SO.
, HOSTETTER’S, hold vera cruz funds
I STOMACH BITTERS I
\
It tones the stomach
—brings back the ap-
petite— assists diges-
tion and assimilation—
promotes liver and
bowel activity—pre-
vents Bloating, Heart-
burn, Indigestion, Bili-
Ousness and Malaria.
I
Fear Allayed at Mexico City by Pos-
sible Raids of Zapata Bands When
Carranza Troops Depart-
ed From City.
KirbyA'illp citizens have Organized a
progressive l<-a. .«*,
— rv — • •
Many valuable bird doge have been
stolon ia iiuuattm rccciuly.
:D. WHITE ANO CREEN
FLAG OF MEXICO FLOATS
AGAIN OVER PORT.
THERE WAS NO HITCH IN PLANS
A boys’ corn club was orgnnized.thls
week in the San Hondo district.
Washington.—Anxiety for the safe-
ty of French and llrhlsh subjects and
their interests in Mexico brought Sir
Cecil Spring-Rice, the Itritisli ambas-
sador* and Jules Jusserand, the
French atubas. ador, to the state de-
Vo learn what"the
Farmefs of Washington County are
receiving 23c for their butter fat.
Rebel F >c<f, Under Aguilar, Occu-
pied City ort Heels of Departing
Ame-tcans, But No Disorder
Was Displayed.
The Texas Federation of Women's
Clubs met In Galveston lust week.
puHiftCfll "Monday
Amerlcan^guveiaunent knew of the sit-
UitUun in l.lm. Mexican capital.—Re-
. Syrup making by farmers is ijuit*
an iudustry in Nacogdoches Co Jilt y.
—The SViTto convention of ad tttqn
will meet in Waco on February 9-10,
CLES
>rget
TORE
stay. Phone
NATURE
porta to Uie state department showed
conditions as having, improved.
Mr. Jusserand also inquired what
disposition had been rtiade of 'the $1,-
000,wu
Dr. W. J. liattle lias be till chosen
president of the University of Texas.
Increase of the Human Race Seems to
Be' Regulated by Wars and
' Other Devastations.
Every year, according to scientists
gpnoral
ords, at least 80,000,000 human beings
t
;row
way the
Wolf
e him out
use the mail
jwn weapon
.Mai1 order
spending
lollars every
to get trade
; merchants,
for a minute
ep It u{5 if
it the busi-
take it for
every on*
of 25 miles
ou have to
_
are born on this earth mid GO',000,000
or 70,000,000 die. Tills indicates >u
dail birth rate of about 220,000 and
a death rate of 180,000. The daily
increase in population' therefore ia
about. 40,pOO. The total population of
tho globe is estimated at 1,800,000,000.
The ravages of war do little to Im-
pede the increase. Far more effective
have been the upheaval*
niNtums (luflf s cull^rted by
tha American forces which evacuated
Vera Cru/. .\U>nday, 41<e wag Informed-
by Acting Secretary Lansing that the
ntohey taken by General Funston’s
forces was being held and no decision
bad been reached ns tn Its disposition
French bondholders have a lien on
practically all the customs diUic^ at
Vpra Cruz. One loan gave them Hi
per cent of the customs receipts, and
Huerta negotiated a loan giving them
tho remaining 38 par cent. Tho lattPi
Tho Texas Hotel Keepers' Associa-
tion will meet ill Htna»<-ott- HI Decent-
Vom « r
is niiait!
adier u.:
niaiul of
rincs, wiii
on April
day and
•vmrrr-'T
Unit, d
bearing 1
American
l:5p p 1
'Hie Mi xtcan flng
over Vera Cruz. Drig-
>1 l'unston and his com.-
1 lufuntrytuen ami tun-
w is landed at Vera Cruz
■t, got under way Mon-
.•til Cnndido Aguilar's
Tho Kind You ITixyo Always Donght, unit vyhloh hits heeti
in use lor over HO yearn, has born* the signature of
und ha«. been mart© under hi* per-
sonal supervision since its Infancy*
Allow no one to deceive you In this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and Just-as-good " are buC
Experiments tlint trifle with nnd ©urtangcr tho health of
Inlauts and Children— Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTOR IA
her.
Tile
•1 charge of tho city. The
u-j transport Cristobal,
first contingent of the
ti ado, left tile, dqck ul
aid for home.
'tijttr of Hi
Governor Cntqirttt —issued 158
Thanksgiving'pardons to Thxas con-
victs,
__) <1 .1 ■. —vj —
Tht> cotton crop jof Burnet County
this season will reach about 12,000
bales.
bet ""tirzi.
army,
tho ,ii<-
no set
peace
trance.
city was ef-
vdatdt—iHOiujiug
■..Aniicrlraii'n ami jialive
Mevlcniis marched in 011
Ciatoria is a harmless anhstitute for Castor Oil, Pare—
forte, Props and Hootliin* Hyrnps. It Is pleasant. IB
contains neither Opium, Mcrphino nor other Mjywils ,
substance. Its ngc n» its guarantee. Tl destroys Worms
and allays Ee-wwls-lta****- l or nioro tlian thirty years li-
lt as boon In constant use for t*io relief of Oouatipatlon*
FinlulAitoy, 'Wind Colic, all Tcotlilnjr Troubles and
lHarriura. It regulates the Htouiuch and IltfVrcls,
assimilates the pood, giving health, atui natural sleeps
tin1 departing tropps,”but.
ilisftirbanco of the city’s
lv -tefed-during tindr eh
Tho Children's Panacea—Tho Mother’s Friend*
GENUINE cASTORIA ALWAYS
I Bears the Signature of _
1.
transaction lias been declared invalid
by the Carranza government, and
French bondholders fenred that if the
customs fund .were given -to General
Candidio Aguilar, who took possession
Monday in the name of Carranza, the
-u-
Sixty^eight steamers are booked to
leave Galveston during November and
December.— ------------------—-
hear!
Gem .
Governor-elect Ferguson Inspected
the Slate Orphans Hume at Corsicana
'recently. ,
—o—
Farmers of Nacogdoches Cpunty will
plain a yre.iler accruing. jq mum..,
■jts made by followers of
> 1 and others opposed to
irnrrrza that they would re
O'Vupaiion of tho city by
tiiMips, UiVmdied mere free—
CarratiXii soldiers moved
id nearer to tho center of
/u
The Franco-Prussian war killed about
130,01)0 in seven months. Tho death
roll of (lie Itusso-.fupanese readied
about 200,000. A single earthifuake
(1737, in India) has.been estimated to
have caused 300,000- deaths. Tho fa-
talities of the Metmina earthquake in
1008 ••cannot have been far short of
-400,000, A tidal wave in 1830 drowned
It is virtually certain that until,a
government is recognized Jn Mexico-
which has arranged for an adjustment
of all financial difficulties of (he re
public tho-funds front Vera Cruz will
be kept by the United ijtates.
next year.
•-(W
well
near Corpus
The wild gas
Chris'tl has formed a-crater, of near loo
feet in diameter. X
The farmers in the Ilemlig (Texas)
Acting Secretary Lansing gave the--vicinity ..re busy grinding sugar cane
two ambassadors
.state department
■
* *
.HIjDl'i)--persona in .'Japan. ■ causing a
greater loss of life tlufu the whole
war with China in IMG. The earth-
quake In Japan in 1703 is said to hhve
killed 200,000 people. The Lisbon
earthquake In 1755 destroyed 50,0.00
hhman jjvcs, while iO.ouowere’lost in
the same year in earthquakes .in Per-
sia.
Starting the Day Wrong.
There was a gloom on (I10 face of
the New .England fanner
ehise should'
in an inter-
°f this-com-
iSuiiwS
I*. Vu.-752':'.‘■^■2; ■ •—•
i
►'-* • -■
Waiter
"Worsc.’n that," said Elijah. “You
know, ’twasn't apple year, and wife
soya...W.e can't liave any more apple
......
hen they ask
cldc the most
People who
serviefl CQfn«
wi.I.'Tivu.-
apple.hie noon and night?/ ■
"I can, because I've got to,’" said
Elijah, ‘(jkiltf I .toll you, 1t upsets me
starting in the day wrong like that.”*
V»
A Substitute River.
One of the perplexing problems em
countered By roaches of the varipusv
"f arslty”- racing ’shell d-ews, that of
providing better means for. winter
trainfng than Is offeged • by the ord1»
Hty.y. rowing machine, line. been, met
ness
in carefully
has ia in-
line of bust-
o, ag or go
om
If you
yoar to
of the fcoat through the water. This
providesNwhat might almost be called
actual, rowing, besides* keeping the
men in condition.—Populur Mechanics
Magazine.
Man a man gets a reputation
being good-natured because lie is
lazy to take his own part,_
for
too
make it an- " f
it.
method vra
vot want to
f this paper
t somethin*
aad to hate-*
nd we will
explaining
ract for so
tow it can ba
unount that
9 you.
goods over
a alto show
ar will best
Is when you
t peopls of
~T^r ’
’f ‘IT"'
Quick
^Accurate
Thinking
•Tide,
mucfr lo^rnai'e
difference between
and failure..
T)retrie in iicavcr now inai Carranza
has practically evacuated the City of
Mexico, is going south toward Quere- •
tnro -from. Aguasen lirntes. *The Villa
■ --.. aftniy* rs -.tmsli'ing-on south from Ira-,
success
And the ‘food a person
eats goes a long way toward
.deciding ihe-difference.
• **€•' -mt aw
Grapedfuts
FOOD
—with its delicious flavour
and rich in the concentrat-
ed, nourishing elements of
whole wheat and malted
barley, is the favorite
breakfast cereal ol thou-
sands of successful men
and women —
IALF PRICE i
h, hat tbe? will a»t I
P-to-«ut buWN I
k kuiiBtw mat Is I
M'-vaa* I
im pnS«, uvd ktlps ■
t
“fhere*. a ffeuan’1
for
rape-Nuts
—sold by Grocers.
tho substance of
_____ _ d+sf*(tl(dics, which
aalcT ihal, white~tTm.j:.csididila.4lf thu/
cjtp+inl wen* in a -panic-J;v$t Friday
and Saturday, fearing 1 lio city "would
ho gnokod'. a'lid loofi'd by forCos or
Zapata and Villa after the Carranza
forces withdrew, conditions, since thdn
had changed for-tho better antt* tho
capital was quiet. The ambassadors
had received word • from their minis-
ters In tho'City of Mexico, dated about
the S.Tmo time -tirat-the state d’-patt-
meat dispaGdtea .w.ore filed, giving ,a
very pcssimTstie viewed tlir
as, canir^foil, )vith • Amerieaix. Consul
and making syrup.
A farmer marketetl five fi-nwatlia^
old hogs in Uroniiam this-W‘ok,-wh«4i-
uetted hint |5l.5t).
=f=f
liranza was qurtted by
js being.....
<li tin* method used by
- in.-, in dtdivoring over tho
haying criticised sharply
make a ft'rinal transfer
■ ■-tl^parlmenls. •
\ dJar personally raised
1 n.ig over.tbe municipal
" A lock Monday night. A
i infantry wds drawn up in
■ linildiiig during tin- ci-re
The Kind You Have Always Bought
'■* lo; Us©
THBU«N
For Over 30 Yeirt
r A U R OOMFSN V, NOW VORK-ClTV,
--The large grain elt'-vn.tor destroyed a
few days ago at Galveston w ill ho re-
buift on JJie old site.
■-------- M
The State of Texas is ffotv carrying
$1,5(10,'Poo insurance on cotton iTuirt-d
in. bonded warehouses.
rrinyd In .tlm. pLaza
mrwl clii'. rs aS tile ualional
_i!'.IU jMuYhtd. . ...
.I Aguilar Pleased,
il A-aitkir, in' a statement
' e Bt. 'relative' to tile rvni-un-
aid: . ...... . ...... ~
’.i nil satisfied that this day
, i so pi'ucefuUy*.. The Mi'xl.
phased to have shown Hut
f
Ho
disMbufwl annbuiKiug that on .the
evacuation by the Carranza forces the
Villa and ■ Zapata, troops Vwould begin
a..fttirU>4-(4- V >nU US-at- frtirta in,Jjqu i;a
.:.di- V:’-.r.-t-zw*
Villa troops of tlio City ef Mexico has
been delayed. It probably will not
occur until" after tlio evacuation of.
Vera Cruz' by_ tho American forces
This was indicated Sunday when it
was learned that the retreatjng Car-
ranza troops from Qireretaro last wpok
tore up several miles of railroad track
lending into tile .City of Mexico.
Villa, tfrho Is at Irapuato with 10,000
men, has telegraphed -the headquar-'
tCrs at Aguascalientes that General"
■Eejiaft AnaOt^uw^der in_gkisf..o
simulating the passagdd d^Jajara, state of Jalisco, and is pre-
pared to bombard the ancient capital
of'the state unless the large Carran-
data garrison, which was left there
by Obregon when lie captured It from
the federals, capitulates. While An-
geles is In .rohrtnand of 14,500 men be-
fore Guadalajara, Augustin Serbin,
Villa’s daring little artillery comtnan-
Wler of the north,^s advancing on Tam-
pico from the direction of Snn Luis
I’otosi, according to semi-official ad-
vices received from San Juan by the
commanders at>. headquarters in
* Aguascalientes,
The constitutional convention, sit-
in
Thlrt y-hine»iearkvids'; of beeves were ■'* ■ i-vfi-.i world* today rtiaiF-Mex
led lo tin* • Kiiushs. City, market..nation and are well
frimi .\TTfnnfti{'"^'l(-»-l/._1'• ■ t d *- ■-1 vvltfi the whole affair. I up*
;;'« .ivi . —V/'llMi jl--_ iUe*
.. ’’JTie ^Jrant'e Day fair at Alvin-w e'n j • *ind. ’the- rdvi-rtunenf which
grelt succosa, ,.Mjn> of in- m d-- .(•' jne-.-iide foV the o enj at Urn to
rus .fruits were dlsiihiy.ed. ’ tc. ibis way." • ‘
Tin* aijandonmcht of tlio American
i'.». ibofej begnji -sbaraty. aLLlE «M-.i.<><*k,
~ p.. .
Citrus fruit growers gathered
, Houston last wef*k and diwu-f-'dd
betterment of tho industry.
XJio first carload of drested turl.
ever sliipped from Luling went, for-
ward this week to California.
rho' walnr' w'orks since last April, at
that hour-hoarded a train for tlie run
of one hour lnt,o the city.
March in .on Heels of Troops.
■rTho Mexicans waited until nil (lie
Americans front El Tejar had passed.
T’hn long circling- lino qf American
••mitposts, from Verffara on the north'
beach -to a point on the south bench,
begun moving' forward, as soon, a a ttnr
___ .letacTirtient ffoni El Tejnr ttrrlriAi
In the past year, Texas has qutraiik_Cocos, a hiiinirb. /Thus„Um. Urn;
mrertty aefoss
the city until * thi line of' Americans
iaine to a*>sU*q*. along (lie Fraifcisio
canal nnd Ctaco do Mayo street, run-
tting at-right angles to-the canui.
amXx i KSi niij(-gatt-i.owAt^ad,,i4-*w -ywnn iTnniff'r-' .....—
yvxaii‘VINOiV'lH • V o»xoss«ans
: H0Vai3QI3 "S O
*tai|ddng sag pud Ajouii^5uj^j <«Iu;
rfv * ltnnnr\ a«n in •iwhiiv ■■ m'x tic'll t
Tliere are now m or seven GdnHr*
acres of ydimg orange trees' in llib..
Galvcston-Houston oranjie disLrict.
Tin1 annual show of the Rio Grin
Horticultural Society will "be lo
" ‘ 27 and 2-ti-
The Texas members of the Ac *
can Society of Civil Engineers held
their convention iii Houston last v. m k.
A party - ot. Floresvtlle hinftrq
brought in nine fine bucks tills week
-They were killed in McMuilen County
The Baptist Women Mission \V"
! ers and tbe I'reaqhqrs ji.ml. L.ayi'u.’*
.toward- the water front, wh^ro the em-
barkation-began- at 11 o’clock.
Ab each transport received her al-
lotment of men sjiF sjlpped her cables
puato amWft Vri.3iAdNM.pml- oyt.- into the channel
neer train of 2.0P0 men in command * ' ■ ■ *».-.»• -
of General Carlos Dominguez y -Uublo,
who is repairing all of the railroad
ers, at tin lr ( invention in Galvi
recently, chese Waco for their
meeting. *
131
A test of the ship channel- hi T
City siiows that two of..the lari
ocean liners can pass in. the
agreed- to hold cotton for 8 cent
*\otk for a 50 per cent reduction
acreage'next year.
lines and reporting the positions of
^tlie enemy .along the route-—He has
reached San Juan del Rio station and
Is being followed by tho main com-
^o^iraj .UTUq,; T<tfori&i^tRh«wsec-.
J£oi;uJifcdi*iUkitiv ’
General F.ulano Giiiteirez, provision'-
al president ad interim. Is trying to
bring his brother, General Luis Gutter
rez, into line, although he persists in
remaining loyal to Carranza. '
The Mexican capital Sunday was
without a police force and without, a
public functionary. The -National
Palace Is deserted, save for an occa-
sional attendant guarding halls, and
doorways. ‘
As an evidence of good faith, Gen-
eral Blanco has ordered his njen to
take possession of th^ abandoned pa
lice .station and has appointed Colonel
Samuel Vasques Chief of police, the
foyner’ chief having
city and gutta ta Cauaaxa/%
tats.
Here they formed in two lines,
through which later in the day the
Cristobal, with General Fun stun and
.1 Is headquarters staff on bouul, pass
* d.
The transports Denver, City ot
'Memphis andySiiu Mnreoc cn,rry_titv
*,-i t * -<«m.«j.atr4eMst,--wia«i» *ie«HiKit cm js, J-Miila
, m* *<. 4* i.J,.*4jU'1 .MiTTifr*rr?ir m,
the Farmers- Union of Te\;i- .*
jq
_ _ and found his body in a field near his
• ■ Bvery mfmbe; ^fHh'€FcaM,.w»'W»c»pt Arrests have been matter
Jose Reyneoso, minister of finance,
has left tbe City of Mexico. He de-
clares he. will remain to guard the
funds left in his care until such time
as he can deliver them to the »spon
Bible government-
hdld successfGl sessions’BtrAhllenc.la. t
Week.
Only two blocks belilnd' wus the ad-
vance lino of the- constitutionalists,
closing in us the' AiiierldHiH. .with-
drew, Tho Aiticrlcan stop at tho
francisto canal was” Triof. They’
quickly resumed the if march, converg-
ing’on the central jiart of the (;Uy.
As they came In (hey pic ked up the
provost guards who had bet-n patrol-
■ hfig -tho-city and also hieii- who had
been posted on tall buildings to watch
<
jf.
Jt "V- -f}
•48-38 ^
t, m
For a,Fir«rClass—
Shave or Hair Cut
—Go to— ——
f HANS.ROLLIG
Agent for ths Best Laurniry in
Many. Texas horses have bepn Hri
ped from Gulveston by steamer fe
war service ip France (lie. past, I
weeks.-
tttIvs niid l(refilli i iiie fiiii
mf
AUGUST FINKEN5TEIN
South Side Salbon
!.
Fins Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Whiskik* Direct from th# Distillers
and Wines from the Growers. Polite and Bourtcous
Treatment to All
r > 0mm» *»
The Texas Federation of Women.'
Clubs,' in session at Galveston I; '
week, asked tliat one half of the ap;e
priation to Texas under the Lever a<
be devoted to homo 'economics on tie
farm. >
Orange County's first syrup refinerv
Is well under way. It Is located at ;
Orange, adjacent to many thousand- i
of acres of rich cane land.
iniiiiamling the Fifth' llrigad*-. and
brigade headquarters are aboard the
Sumner. The Nineteenth Infantry and
tho field hospital also are on •board
Ciis vessel. , . ___
The Twenty-eighth Infantry, a com
pany of engineers and the Sixth Cuv
nlry are ou .the Kilpatrick, while th*
Fourth and Seventh Infantry and the
Fourth Field Artillery are on the Cris'
tobal.
To this list of ships should be added
the Antiila, chartered from tho Ward
line and loaded with about five tiun-
«
dred refugees. Among these are a
who.have
Ilir^a uaiuber ot—j4<-s4cans
serv icer of tbe Ajnetl -ans
• Cnix;' sc«re* J*f rtieo-*n ho feat
W. J. Anderson, a wealthy farmer
of Navarro County, has been acquitted
of the charge of killing Chap Gender
son. a merchant at Chatfield, by a jury
at Coralcana.
for their, llvya on a .count ot Vwar. gar
ticipation In politics of a kind othni
than of the nev army of occupatloq,
and Mexicans whosfe relations with
Americans in Vera Crus made, them
believe they might be victims of re-
prisal.
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