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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-10-27
SAYS HAM SANDWICH
CAUSES LOSS OF LIFE.
Indiana Health Secretary Writes 10
DIR. J. c. Mahr.

Indiana Health Secretary Writes To
DIR. J. c. Mahr.
Oklahoma City, Okla, Oct. IL
THE common ham sandwich, plas-
tered with mustard is responsible
for the loss of more lives than Ill
the wars in the history OF man. is
statement in a letter to DR.. J. q.
Mahr, Oklahoma's commissioner or
public health, from DR.. j. N. Hurry,
secretary OF the state board o.
health OF Indiana.
The Indiana secretary also CON-
mented upon the last Oklahoma
health bulletin containing an arti-
Gle advocating the adoption OF an
old age pension system in this state
DR.. Hurry says that he advocates the
granting of pensions to all reaching
the age of 70 years not suffering
from any ills of malnutrition or IN
digestion. He declares that II chill
dren in the schools are taught that
they would not receive an old axe
pension If suffering from any form
OF indigestion at the age OF 70 they
would pay more attention durine
their lives to what they eat.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-10-27
STATE EMPLOYEES HAVE
TO WAIT FOR MONEY


Tight straits or Treasury Shown
Report
| Austin, Texas, Oct 27.---At tht
close OF business yesterday the tight
straits in which the state treasury
now finds itself was emphasized by
this accounting: General revenue
$4,000; outstanding warrants
against this fund, 100000 and over
Nov / there may be general revenue
approximating s75. 900 from collec-
tions on gross receipts taxes. On
that date Treasurer Sparks Will eau
In the oldest outstanding warrants
to the amount on hand.
State employees, however, VIII not
share In this distribution on NOV
/. owing to the heavy outstanding
obligations and the meager receipts
It Is expected that they will be com
pelled to rely on banks and persons
willing to hold the salary warrants
until the deficit is lifted. The need
OF refusing prompt payment TO EN-
ployes has not arisen In Texas TOT
several years
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-10-27
GETTING RIGHT OF WAY
FOR NEW PIPE LINE.
Practically All the Land Has Been
Secured to Waxahachie.

Practically All the Land has fFeh
Secured to Waxahachie.
Walter Harding and Mr.. Mason OF
Decatur, right of way agents for the
Magnolia Petroleum company. are IN
the city in the interest of that com
pany. They are buying the right
of way from the Electra field 10
Corsicana, and report that they have
practically closed up all the con-
tracts as far south as Waxahachie.
Surveyors are making satisfactory
progress and are now camped about
two miles east OF town. the pipe
line will parallel the Houston ana
Texas Central to Waxahachie and u
is understood the line will pass
around the city to the south. 1t VIII
then follow the Trinity and Brazos
Valley to Corsicana. Just as sooi'
as all the right of way contracts
can be closed UP the active construc-
ton work of the line will be com
menced.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-10-27
sss'a
UN|TEDySTATES
STEEL SLUMPS
Makes Sensational Decline AS
Result Of Suit by the
Government
4 WILD RUSH TO SELL
When the Storm Broke Selling Of
Steel Stocks Was on an Enor
nous Scala New
Low Record
Associated Press Special.


New York, Oct 27.-As a result
Of the government sui. for dissol l.
ton which was filed yesterday ar
ternoon at Trenton, New Jersey,
against the United States Steel Cor
poration there was o Wild rush TO
sell steel stock a. the opening o. tn,
stock market here this morning
Common stock opened With the sale
of twenty Thousand shares and the
market fell five points under yester-
days closing, going at SO " Prefer
red steel stock fell five and three
eighths points under yesterdays
closing
Following this decline there was
brief recovery In steel prices, but
the storm broke again with renewed
fury, the selling being on an enor-
nous scale. passing 100000 shares
| OF common In An hour. Common
4 United states steel dropped 70 %
"A be,nE the new sow record
before the close Of selling Unttt
I states steel, common stock, slum
: ed to fifty. decline OF more tn
/ eight points for the day
4 The serving of subpoenas is {
: first duty before the government
day IT is believed that the officfs
J OF the steel corporation VIII acce
service and that there will not |
| the difficulty In serving these prt
| cesses that resulted when the GOV
| eminent undertook to serve paper
I on Rockefeller and the other NIT
| lionaires who were defendants ~
the suit for the dissolution or the
Standard OIL company.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-10-27
PRESIDENT TAFT ENDS
SWING AROUND CIRCLE
Has Been on Road Forty-OBc Days
and Made Over Two Hundred
Speeches-Back to Capital
Associated Press Special.

Milwaukee, Wis, Oct 27.-With
his departure from this city today
President Taft ended the last leg on
the long swing around the circle. In
the forty-one days he has been on
the road the president has made
more than two hundred and fifty
gpeeches. the most OF them short,
however, and running from three
hundred to four hundred words each
Today President Taft looks almost
as fresh as he did when he started.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-10-27
LARGE SIZED NORTHEh
HITS NORTH TEXAS
FIRST REAL COLD SPELLs OF
SEASON SWEEPING RED
RIVER SECTION.
Snow Is Falling at Amarillo and
Other Points Report Lower
Tcmperature-CooI at
Dallas.


Dallas, Texas, Oct IA full
grown "norther" hit North Texas
this morning, coming in from the
northwestern extremity and extend
ing along almost the entire length
of the northern border of the state
Snow is reported at Amarillo, and
other points report rapidly failing
temperature. 1t is cool in the Dallas
section, but the 'norther" had nor
reached this far south up to this af-
ternoon
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-10-27
TURKS ATTACK
TR|P0L| CITY
Attacking Forces Repulsed by
Italians Alter Fierce En-
gagemeni.
THE BATTLE WAS BLOODY
Turks and Arabs Lost More than
Thousand Men in Killed and
Wounded-Italisn Cas-
ualhes Light.
Associated Press Special.

Tripoli, Oct. 27,-An army Of six
thousand Turks attacked this city
yesterday morning just before day
light, but were repulsed by the Ital-
ian forces after fierce battle of
several hours.
report from Italian sources in
recounting the result of the battle
places the loss to the Turkish and
Arab forces at more than a thousand
killed and large number wounded.
The Italian casualties are given as
one hundred killed and wounded
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-10-27
THIRTY MILE WIND IS
SWEEPING THE BORDER
Aviator Rodgers Is Prevented from
Continuing His Flight from
Sanderson-Goes Hunting
\ ssociated Press speeial.

Associated Press Special.
= Sanderson, Texas, Oct 27.-Avia-
tor Rodgers. who spent the night
here after a successful flight from
Spofford, was prevented from con-
timing his coast to coast trip today
by thirty mile wind which is
sweeping over this section. Taking
advantage of day off and With no
overhauling necessary his entire
camp have gone hunting.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-10-27
SHORT IN ACCOUNTS
BANKER IS ARRESTED
CHARLES II. GUNKELMAN WANT
ED IN OHIO on CHARGE
OF ENTERTAINMENT.
Sheriff Arrives at Houston To Take
Charge of the Prisoner.
Wife at Work In
Store.
Associated Press Special.

Houston, Texas. Oct 27.-1n-
structlons We're issued here today to
the officers of Harris county to turn
Charles II. Gunkelman over to the
heriff OF Medina county, Ohio, who
reached here yesterday Gunkelman
Is n former banker and is wanted in
the state of Ohio on charges of en-
bezzlement. His wife, who came
here with him, has accepted a posi-
tion as saleswoman in local de-
partment store and will remain here
to earn her living
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-10-27
FELL FIVE FLOORS. STILL LIVES

Tampa Negro LIT ON Head and Walk NJ
ed Away.
rnmpa rla., Oct At AFTER fan-
ing from the NTH floor OF q pusidine
Tin which he WIS working and landing
on his head and hands. Lee MAXWELL,
a negro, got up and walked IRON
the scene Yesterday He sustain
ed only minor bruises
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-10-27
Bank Safe Blown.
Associated Press Special,

Shawnee, Okla, Oct. 27.--At an
early hour this morning burglars
successfully blew the safe in bank
at McComb, a small town near here
and il is reported that they made
their escape with large sum oil
money
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-10-27
EXAMINING TRIAL
WAIVED by CROFT.
John Binkley Is Still in Serious
Condition.

| Frank Croft, the Maypearl farm
or, who WAS arrested on charge OF
stabbinR John Binkley. former
friend. on an International and
Great Northern train, was presented
before Justice Maben Thursday, ana
waived examining trial. He was
held in bond In the sum OF $1,000.
Binkley is still in serious con-
dition at the Medical College hospi-
tai but it is believed that he mas
good chances for recovery. Fort
Worth Record.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-10-27
Mexican Burned to Death.
rsociatpd Press Special.

San Antonio. Texas, Oct. 21.--An
aged Mexican, known only oS the
name of Pedro, was burned to death
early this morning In IRE when
DESTROYED the barn of Dr. A, 5. NC
Daniel, together with an eight nun
dred dollar automobile.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-10-27
WILL LISTER DRAWS
A HEAVY PENALTY.
Fined s75 and Sent TO Jail 90 Days
for Selling Booze.

for Selling Booze.
For the alleged offense OF dispen-
sing booze IN violation of the local
option law Will Lister, colored, must
nav fines and costs aggregatne
s3sSS5 and serve sixty days In the
county jail. Lister appeared IN the
county court Friday morning aud
entered pleas of guilty to three
charges of violating the law he was
fined s25 and sentenced to twenty
DAYS in Jail in each case
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-10-27
REPUBLIC Of CHINA
HAS BEEN PROCLAIMED
General Lii Yuen Hong Announces
He Has Been Chosen as fresi-
dent--Leader of Rebels.
Associated Press Special.

Associated Press Special.
Pekin, China, Oct, 27.--General
Iii Yuen Hong, leader of the reoei
troops, has informed the foreign
consuls at Han Kow that he has been
proclaimed president of the republic
of China. The foreign ministers
here have exchanged communiea-
tons with LII upon several sublects
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-10-27
Peace Seems Assured.
Associated Press Special.

Pekin, China. Oct. 27.-Peace In
China appeared as possibility. II 10
reported that at the instigation OF
Yuan Shi Kali negotiations between
the rebels and the imperiAiists are
to begin 1T an early date in the
Yang Tse region.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-10-27

SHOWING AT DALHART.
sociated Press Special

= Associated Press Special.
, Dalhart, Texas, Oct. al :
= snow storm accompanied by I
. high wind struck here last I
= night. There has been drop In I
= the temperature of fifty de- I
, grees
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-10-27
MAN CRUSHED TO DEATH.
w. II. Rayxor Of Hereford Instantly
Killed When Gravel Pit Caves
IN On HIM.

Hereford, Texas. Oct. 27.-1W. H.
Rayxor WAS crushed to deeth here
while he, with aeofxe Rayxor. w Il.
Sain and another party were dikging
gravel from gravel pit near Here
caved In on them. Mr. Rayzor was
| killed outright. his neck befag bro
ken and his body badly aTushed.
Neither OF the other two men was
badly hurt.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-10-27
BIG DROP IN THE
PRICE OF WHEAT,
Weakness In Wall Street Causes lie.
cline of Dollar BusheI.
Associated Press Special.

Chicago. Ill. Oct. 27.-Wheat
dropped below dollar per bushel
in the pit here today owing to weak
ness in the Wall street market De-
cember went to ninety-nine and h
quarter
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-10-27
You May
Be Odd
But
ne can
Fit you

MANY A MAN is well
IL dressed, not because
he pays fancy prices for
his clothes, but rather be-
cause he does his thinking
before he buys and not
afterwards.
B efore you purchase
your Fall and Winter Suit,
Overcoat, Hat, Toggery or
any other outfittine, sir,
you owe it to yourself to
investigate the merits Of
our
athletic Cut"
Clothes
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-07
WHO WANTS SISSY" MAN
Since Bishop Hendrix Would Drive
Him From the Church Whittier
viii Ho Fleet

Bishop T.. II. Hendrix. In church
council at Kansas City. asked why the
church was not reaching more men.
rs II because we are adapting our
work more to the women?" he de.
manded.
Another prominent clergyman. Rev.
s. M. Neel, M. D.. opined that was
somewhere near the reason. I'VE
want no more sissy men In tho pul.
pit" he declared. A Sissy" man, in
this definition, is one who adapts his
preaching and his teaching and his
general conduct of parish affairs more
to the women-bless them-than to
the men.
DR.. Neel is heartily applauded BY
a large number Of his pulpit brethren
and the spirit Of the times in the
church. as manifested in such enter
prises AZ the Men and Religion For
ward Movement" seems to emphasize
what he says--the call and need for
the strong. virile man in the pulpit
who appeals to the man In the pew
and In the street. for making the
gospel mans appeal. not Of course.
depreciating the indispensable value
of the women.
That is all very we'll. but where.
may we ask. Is the typically Sissy"
man wanted? What calling or bust.
ness needs him? Business and other
professions besides the ministry can
use him no better than can the
church.-Omaha Bee.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-07

where IN some condition still has left in him q
spark OF the spirit Of life which moved him to
soldier deeds
Recently a brigadier general Of the regular
service many years retired. came to Washington.
IN the lobby Of hotel he met veteran as griz-
Eled and wrinkled he. but still Of an upright
physical bearing The general looked at the
man moment actually aghast and then with
words that came out In the disorder Of "route
step" gasped:
John heard you we're dead would as soon
have thought Of meeting Cltz."
The two had been subalterns in Clitz's regi.
ment during the Civil war and after. and had
loved him II was perhaps the flashing thought
Of an anniversary Of a disappearance at hand
that sent the returned soldiers thought to Major
Clitz when In the lobby Of a Washington hotel
he met the former comrade. who he had heard
was dead The army archives bear no stranger
records than that Of this case Of General Henry
B. Clitz-he was only a major. however. when he
won distinction by his gallantry It is twenty.
three years ago now that Major Clitz was lost
Twenty-three years. but man may be found
after twentythree years.
Major Henry 3. Clitz. Twelfth infantry, q. g.
A.. was once dead and buried and was alive again.
was lost and-the other word that should natur
ally fit here Is either yet to be supplied. or for
ever is to remain unwritten There are scores
of soldiers today old soldiers--but once a soldier
always a soldier-who in the memory Of what
happened after Gaines Mills. think that one day
they may again clasp this side of the grave the
hand of Comrade Clitz
Henry Clitz Of Michigan entered West Point
In the year ls4l. graduating four years after.
He was schoolmate of Grant. Mcclellan Shert.
dan and Burnside Cltz went into the Mexican
war and won praise on the field and brevet
rank afterward for conspicuous galantry at Ger
70 Gordo Clitz a fighter He proved this
fact every time he had a chance and during his
forty five years Of service he had chances In
plenty
When the Civil war had been on for a time
Cltz found himself major of the Twelfth regu.
lars. He was transferred to that outfit from the
Third. another fighting regiment, It came along
toward the time of Mechanicsville and Gaines
Mills The Twelfth and the Fourteenth were ly.
Ing pretty close together. When the Gaines Mills
battle was on and wars hurricane was at its
height the Twelfth and the Fourteenth we're given
q position to hold The two regiments were at
tackled by overwhelming numbers. but the mum.
bers weren't overwhelming for a long time
There wasn't any retreat IN the makeup Of those
two regiments Of regular infantry The wave OF
battle simply had to come down on them and
engulf them. Afterward when General Sykes
wrote a report about the Twelfth and Fourteenth
and the fight that they put up. he said the ranks
of the Twelfth were "decimated." General Sykes
had probably never studied English Lessons Tor
English People" Unless things have changed.
decimated means the cutting out OF one in ten.
This is the way the Twelfth was "decimated" It
went into the fight with 40 men; came out with
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-07
WORKS WITHOUT FAITH
Faith Came After the Works Had Laid
the Foundation.

A Bay State belle talks thus about
coffee:
"While q coffee drinker I was . suf.
ferer froM indigestion and intensely
painful nsqsous headaches. from child
hood.
Seven years ago my health gave
out entirely. grew so weak that
the exertion OF walking. II only few
feet. made It necessary for me to lie
down. My friends thought was
marked for consumption-weak. thin
and pale.
II realized the danger I was in and
tried faithfully to get relief from med.
icines, till. at last, after having en-
ployed all kinds Of drugs, the doctor
acknowledged that he did not believe
1t was In his power to cure me.
"While in this condition friend in.
duced me to quit coffee and try Post.
um. and did so without the least
hope that 1t would do me any good. I
did not like It at first. but when 1t was
properly made found 1t was most
delicious and refreshing beverage.
am especially fond of It served at din
ner iceIold. with cream.
I'm q months time l began to Inn
prove, and In few weeks my indiges.
tion ceased to trouble me, and my
headache stopped entirely. / am SO
perfectly we'll now that do not look
like the same person, and ! have 90
gained In flesh that I am 15 pounds
heavier than ever before.
This 10 what Postum has done for
me. still use 1t and shall always do
So" Name given by Postum Co., Bat.
lie Greek. Mich.
There's a reason" and II 10 ex.
,lained in the little book. "The Road
% Wellville." In pkgs.
Eve. .::s ss r: :sSy: s: i:sss I. :.y
IRE We9uine, tSuss asa full sf huaa1
,atsFSst
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-07
HHeCHAS<D 4 RhHR0AD VCHZ|FOR
n kAA< CRY

too. When the tight was over. and afterwaro. wnen
some order came out Of the chaotic hell. this re-
port was turned in by General sykes: Ine
Twelfth and Fourteenth we're attacked by over
whelming numbers. The ranks were decimated'
and Major Clitz was severely II not fatally In
jured. Around his fate. still shrouded IN mys'
terry, hangs the painful apprehension that ca
reer noble. no sodierly. 30 brave. has termin'
ated on that field whose honor he SO CALAMITY
upheld"
Major Cltz went on the list Of the dead and
what was left Of his regiment mourned him az
few soldiers are mourned
Suitable orders were issued lamenting the death
OF this hero Of Cerro Gordo and Gaines Mills. but
before the period Of the real mourning was over.
though the official kind had been over for months.
the dead came to life again. Major Clitz had
been shot through both legs and In one or two
other places but on his showing few signs OF
life the Confederates made a prisoner Of him and
sent him to Libby.
Major Clitz was paroled When he went back
into the service again and when the war was
over he put In twenty years campaigning on the
plains. In 1885 he retired after nearly half
century Of service and went to live in Detroit
Mich. Two years later his old command. with
which he had stood In the bullet storm at Gaines
Mills. passed through Detroit on its way to take
station at the posts of the great lakes. There
we're not many then in the Twelfth who were In
It in the old days but It was the same outfit with
the same old tattered regimental banners
Major (then GeneraD Clitz met the command
and old memories stirred him to tears. The
Twelfth cheered its old officer and then Detroit
was left behind
Was 1t the stirring of old memories or what
was It? His old comrades In arms had been gone
but a little while when Major Clitz went to the
railroad station from which the train bearing the
soldiers pulled out. and there purchased a rail.
road ticket for a lake city which held garrison
Of United States troops From the hour OF the
purchase of that ticket no one has been found.
soldier or civilian. to say that he has ever seen
Major Henry B. Clitz. The army records give in
detail the story Of his gallantry In battle and at
the end Of the shining record are these words.
"Mysterously disappeared IN the year 1885"
There was no mystery of disappearance in the
case of Brigadier General Jasper A. Maltby. He
died as the result OF wounds received In action.
His widow who survived him many years and who
died at st. Luke's hospital In Chicago held the
American flag and her husbands memory as the
most cherished things In life. Neither was ever
long absent from her mind.
How many men are there today. bar few old
soldiers. to whom the name Jasper A. Matby
would mean anything unless It were coupled 40
10 the above. with some specific information?
Yet this man Jasper Maltby was chosen by
General Grant. ON the advice Of Mcpherson and
Logan. to lead. with his single regiment. the most
desperate enterprise at the siege Of vicksburs.
and. a. some historians have 1t. one OF the three
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-07
The Weak Ones.

Police Chief Sebastian OF Los An
geles was talking about . married
man who had fallen before the charms
Of the beautiful "flirt catcher"
George was always weak" said
Chief Sebastian. "Once. when he was
a boy at school. his mother was
apologizing for him to his school
teacher.
"'George Is 10 easily led the
mother said.
"'Yes,' the teacher agreed-'except
In the right direction
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-07
I7H!|a||3|11|S
[lIkali3S SIENNA

Cleanses the System
effectvaIly: DispeIs
colds and Headaches
due to constipation.
Best for men. women
and children: yovn9
and old.
10 act its Beneficial
effects. always note the
name Of the Company
CALIFORNIA f6 SYRup@
plain!y printed on the
front Of every package
Of the Genuine
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-07

Auoic l a. Ill Il y
known in the darker
days Of the country's
history as the wash.
burns Lead Mine
Regiment" Maltby's
name was brought
back not long ago
sharply to memory
by the death OF his
widow In st. Luke's
hospital. Chicago She
was a little snow.hair.
ed woman who had
borne life's burdens
for just the time al.
lotted by the Psalm.
ist. During the days
that this woman lay
III at the hospital Of
the Beloved Physi.
clan, II her eyes wan.
dered about the walls
Of her room. II 10
probable that for the
nrst time in many
years when within
any room chosen by
her as an abiding
place, they failed to
rest upon the folds OF
an American flag
The stories of Gen.
erals Clitz and Malt.
by were stories Of
sterling patriotism. OF
action and OF wounds
received In the dis.
charge Of duty Mys.
terry has added It's in.
terest to the life's
story OF Major Clitz.
perhaps one should
say to his deaths
story, though there
10 always q possibil.
lty that at a great
age the major some.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-07

200. They say
M a J o r Clitz
% u & ht that
day as he did
at Cerro Cor
do. only a lit
tie more so.
The regulars
resisted siren.
uously for an
hour or two.
Finally some
Of the men
saw M q 10r
Clitz go down.
A big wall OF
gray was fall.
ing on them
just then, and
many others
went d o W n
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-07
Jonah Snlckered.

"A fine feet" he cried. but the
president would have something to
Talk about II he reviewed me-"
Herewith he entered the Hrst sub.
marine.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-07

Many a man could lose his reputa
tion and never miss Il.