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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-12-29
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"Nhat is The matter with the
Inited Slato~H'
As have been residing. III ion
don since the beginning OF the war
| have been heating this question on
all sides. | have never heard any
satisfactory answer. Ne one seems
to knew.
Nhy are the American factories
not running night and das' W ny
are thc railroads not opening up ne"
territories and getting ready tor the
millions of immigrants who have al
read, made up their minds to leave
t,urcpc as soon as the war Is oN9st
WHY are there not fifty AmeiSens
d,ummers in london right now Try
mo 10 sci, S2uO, 100000 worth ct
american goods in place OF the goods
that we're boush: last year ir""
Germany and Austria?
Why have advertisers become
IIIiittIS JuSl AT tt't 'tisN 49, ''''
advertise ments were most nee'l"'
and most effective in cheering on the
huSiness forces of the nited states
From the European point OF 'ie"
the United states is II haven of peace
and security and prosperity II mas
no troubles that 1t dare mention IL
Re,pi,m or Austria or France or Ger
many or Scrvia or Great Britain Oh
Russia
Every tenth Briton has enlisted
Every tenth Frenchman is ut the
front. Ever, tenth Belgian is dead
What does the United states know OF
trouble
III could afford il | would char
ter the Nauretania AMI iusi'ah'a ant
convey u party OF 5000 American
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-12-29
!}AN IS No LONGER
NENA{CO BY GERMAN
Ky the United Press.

#foasrad, Dec 80 Warsaw Is
@lser menaeed, it was positively
.1'ed officially today. Complete
4Fe has marked the efforts q
'Ffalans al a half dozen points
w battle line and the Russians
E. pressed wedges into the Ger
%Aas'ro line ana turned the Of
! INTO a defensive movement.
'ae official report admits that
'a'ef German positions are still
|00s'y held, but there has been a
met setback to the German Of
|1lye, it is claimed.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-12-29
HELP TO BUSINESS
He Declares that 1t VIII Eu.nnri
pa'c Hasinc~s from Hanl Nyis,
AID bjf'icuitjes--i.fl,rt OF
tIc European War.
By the Associated Press.

Sta hiegtau. Dee. ~ romo.ro4-
!eF Williams III The rurraar= 8ur.4v
-uDet-ad ns annual report 10 con-
ere~s toHas 4 covers Ihe begin
MIN of The transition from the ola
NatiataI baaaiug system 40 the new
Federal Reserve system a- ven ~
th.. operations OF more fhau I0ao
National banks which have he4ar.p
paH 81 luc new SYSTEM fHpp his last
anllual report VA made
Aala from rrvfe~jna rha pr,gj4-
ions EFF the new bank laa and thr
steps bg which il Mas pst into oppra.
daH. tha cguafraavr make =olsr
recommendations for U.A gag5-Ia-
lion. They ara.
Aa amendment 10 require uniform
bt-l4&- far national banks H. man
connection the COMPTROLLER d. fares
,natr hanl dlrp,tors ram "a direct
and l4,.s=a6.- diraaf,r vino does mat
.atttnG ii majority Of board meetings
in wear should ae ireI.eibI G4 80
errrtian
Ace amendment 10 paigH 4fgpa-
t,.,--. 49,, national haol ,ota. In he
-,f..nta3 instead of mad. Win neg
and is.. which would hermit tba
b5Ij 10 be- washed and restored to
.rs9sFa-f.1
.qs-t <..iarl ksn!,s he rra.frrl
fl. qf.aY fbai,, aa,os.sa ia fen rjnta4
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Tl9+ fbo c,mn.roI1e,. Ia eru1u-a,-
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49,. .ocrar.,.,, of tn.. Treasury amy
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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-12-29
PROMINENT BUSINESS MEN
OF DALLAS ARE DEAD
nv the United Press.

Dallas, Tex, Dee, 29,--Two prom
inent business men OF Dallas died
this morning. They were Johh =
seeear, the we'll known coal dealer
aged IS years, and ]. 4 shii'efh'
a druggist, aged 80 years 9ees"i
was sick only few days with pneu-
mouia. and skillern died from can
Ger.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-12-29
MANY VESSELS ARE SUNK
IN THE NINE FIELDS.
BY the Associated Press

stockholm, Dec. - Through
mine disasters up TO the middle Of
December. Sweden had lost eight
ships and sixty lives, Denmark six
ships and six lives, Norway five
ships and six lives and Holland three
ships and fifteen ives The financial
loss viii amount to ten million dol
lars.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-12-29
BRITISH SHIPPING HAS
SUFFERED HEAVY LOSSES
BY the Associated rress.

London, Dec 90 -During the first
four months Of the war tifty-four
British foreign bound ships valued
at $il.400. 600 and cGrgoes valued
at $1S,S 500, 600 have been captured
or destroyed by the enemy. This was
officially announced today.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-12-29
FER|GAN CRUISER DID
NOT THREATEN TRIP0L|
ny the United Press.

al hston, Dec. %. No Ameri-
FulseF ever threatened to bonn
u, 'ae port Of Tripoh, Syria, ac-
As 70 a cable received today
i, eaptan Oman Of the United
- Y cruiser North Carolina from
I, ~" 1t was the Russian cruiser
wv which threatened the bonn
'aaeat, Oman reported.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-12-29

farmer can't understand how a
man can 10 4 days work and
,4sin his iahors until eight
laa
The Washington times., 1914-02-11

ma, Neuralgia, Headache, congestion,
Pleurisy, rheumatism. Lumbago, Pains
and Aches of the Back or Joints.
Sprains. Sore M,,scles. Bruises, Chill
blains, Frosted Feet. Colds on the Chest
Gt prevents PncumoniD. Nothing like
MUSTEROLE for croupy children.
In 2jc and 30 Jars, and Special
The Washington times., 1914-02-11
+ SOUTHERN
. CIFIC MERGER
1oIulngs Of Central Pacific
Stock to Be Bought-MC-
Reynolds Refuses to Delay.

Just one hope remains to delay the
beginning of suit by the Government
for the dissolution of the Southern Pa
cific and the Central Pacific railroad
merger. This is that President Wilson
will reverse Attorney General Mercy
noldS
Attorney General McReynolds confer
red yesterday with the California mem
bers Of Congress. and informed them in
unmistakable terms that his mind was
made up, and suit would be filed in Salt
Lake City at an early date.
Congressman Bell and Hayes were
the only members Of the California dele
cation in the House absent. Arthur w.
kinney and l. p Dockweiler represented
the Los Angeles chamber Of commerce,
and the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association. The San Francisco cham
Der of commerce was also represented.
They urged the Attorney General TO de-
lay suit for a month, and in the mean
time visit the coast himself or send
representative of the Department or
Justice. He was told that the Cali
fornia commission was opposed to the
suit, and that to bring it would work
hardship on the business and COM
mercial interests of California
The suit, which is aimed at competing
the Southern Pacific to dispose OF It's
large holdings in Central Pacific, held
TO be a competing road, was prepared
by Special Attorney Orr after an eX-
naustive investigation of tNe situation
The Washington times., 1914-02-11
FIRE HOUSE GIVEN
MOTOR APPARATUS
Downtown District to Be Pro-
tected by Engine and Com
bination Wagon.

To the District motor propelled fire
apparatus were added today combina-
ton chemical and hose wagon and an
engine. Both pieces were installed in
Company ISIS Engine House, in D street,
near Twelfth street northwest, for the
protection Of the downtown district.
The department now has four motor
companies, the others being No. "a in
Georgia avenue, near Rock Creek
Church road: No. 25 in Congress
Heights, and No. IL in Tenleytown.
The next company to be provided with
rrutor-propelled fire apparatus is No. :.
in Twelfth street, between q and II
streets northwest where will be install
The Washington times., 1914-02-11

MUSTEROL.E is a clean, white oint-
ment. made with oil OF mustard 1t will
not blister like 4 mustard plaster.
QuiCF relief for Sore Throat. Bronchi-
tis. Tonsilttis, Group, Sun Neck. Asth-
The Washington times., 1914-02-11
Ants Will Boycott
Pro-Suffrage Plays

Anti-sunragiSts have decided TO boy
colt all plays which present the sUf-
frage question from the standpoint Of
approval.
A special committee has been appoint
ed bv the District Association Opposed
to Woman Suffrage to compile a list Of
the stage productions.
Anti-suffragists say that census of
the Board of Trade, Chamber of Com
merce. Retail Merchants Association
and clubs like the Commercial, Metro
politan, and University, reveals the fact
that a majority OF members are opposed
TO woman suffrage.
The Washington times., 1914-02-11
Vocational Bureau Plans
Mass Meeting for Public

Plans for mass meeting to interest
the public in the work of the Vocational
Guidance Bureau. recently installed in
Rooms 3l5 and 317, Woodward Building,
will be discussed at a meeting of the
executive committee late today.
Secretary of Commerce Redfeld and
Senator Page will he asked to speak
at the mass meeting.
The Washington times., 1914-02-11
Archives From 1859 in
New Connecticut Library

HARTFORD. Conn. Feb. II. The
state Library building, a slightly marble
structure on Capitol Hill, costing ST.
655, 900. has been formally handed over
- the State library committee.
Governor Baldwin, in his speech of
acceptance, said that among papers OBJ
tained by the library was an original
State paper sent by Governor Haynes
10 William Pyncheon, of Agawam, by
order of the general court, in 1863.
The Washington times., 1914-02-11
Rev. Eugene Connolly
Assigned to Baltimore

Assigned to duty at the Cathedral in
Baltimore. the Rev. Eugene J. Connolly.
assistant pastor of the Church of tho
Imma culatc Conception. will leave
Washington within two weeks. Father
Connolly succeeds the Rev. l.. 7. Stick
nev. who recently was promoted chan
cellor by Cardinal Gibbons, succeeding
the Rev. p. G. Gavan, who comes to
Wash ington as pastor OF the Church OF
the Sacred Heart.
The Washington times., 1914-02-11
McElroy Visits g. A. r.

Col John McElroy, editor of the Ma
tionaI Tribune, and senior vice COM
mander-in-chief of the Grand Army of
the Republic. left Washington for St
Louis last night, and viii deliver the
principal address before the Frank P.
Blair Post. G. A. r, Lincoln Day cele-
hTation, tomorrow. This is the seconc
largest Grand Army post in the country.
The Washington times., 1914-02-11

ed a motor hose wagon. Tie engine
now in service will be provided with n
tractor.
The engine installed today cost was
$1,000. The cost of the combination
chemical and hose wagon was $500
They were built bp the Ahrsns-Fox
Fire Engine Company, of Cincinnati,
The Washington times., 1914-02-11

WCI dIIU VdUb III IOTUI
when fathCr spruimCd
his knee. when Gram
ny s rheumatism both
cred her
That Jar OF MUSTER
OLE was right there to
give relief and comfort.
The Washington times., 1914-02-11
That Jar of MUSTEROLE
On the Bathroom Shelf

It's relieved pain for nearly everyone
IN the family. When little Susie had
the Group, when johnny got his feet
The Washington times., 1914-02-11
Surprises Are Likely
At Grotto Benefit Play

Surprises are in store for the audience
at the performance at Polls Theater
Tuesday night Of Mary James Pa" for
the benefit of KalIipolis Grotto. Mystic
Order of Yelled Prophets of the En-
chanted Realm. 1t is rumoTed that the
members of the grotto will take pos
session Of the stage between the acts
and produce ''specialties'' OF their own.
A stellar role will be taken by "Bfllie, -
the grotto goat, under the guidance of
Bowser. his official keeper.
The Washington times., 1914-02-11

What remains OF over - different
styles of the famous "TRI- WEAR"
$500 Shoes. All feathers. But sizes
much broken in each kind.
The Washington times., 1914-02-11

will mail you jar. postage prepaid.
C6O
: J. Buchanan, LowcIvillc, Ohio. says:
We have been using Musterolc for two or
three years past and find It very suod. II Is
always ~ eur medicine cupboard. Adv.
The Washington times., 1914-02-11

large hospital size for
SO.
a c cpt no subsll-
tutC.
If your druggist can
not supply You, send
&c or Soc to the MUS
TEROLE e COmp any,
CleVCIlnd. Ohio, and We
The Washington times., 1914-02-11
Y. w. G. A. Circus Tonight.

The Y. W. c. A. circus, in which fifty
girls will perform. will take place this
evening, beginning with a parade At
7:30 in the gymnasium. No men will be
admitted.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-10-15

clock in the forenoon and that all
persons interested therein be and
they are hereby ordered and directed
to appear and show cause, if any they
have, why said report should not be
allowed and approved and all things
done by the Receiver be finally APP
proved and said Receiver discharged,
and the Receiver is directed to give
notice of said hearing by publication
of this Order in the Kennewick Cour-
ier-Reporter in two successive issues
of the Kennewick Courier Reporter
prior to the date herein fixed for said
hearing. --.e-#
BY the Court this 7th day of 0cto-
Der, 1914.
EDWARD C. MILLS, Judge.
10:S::l0:15
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-10-15
ORDER NO. 1871

In the Superior court of The State
of Washington, for Benton county.
H. A. Bier, Plaintiff,
VS..
Columbia Valley Creamery Com
pany, a corporation, Defendant.
BE 1T REMEMBERED that the
final report of R. E. Pratt, Receiver
in the above entitled matter, was pre-
scented to the Court at Prosser, Ben
ton county, Washington this 7th day
of October, 1914, asking that the
claims of creditors be finally allowed,
that the Receiver be ordered and di-
rected to pay the same, that his ac-
counts and disbursements in payment
of expenses and that all matters and
things in connection with the opera
ton of the Creamery Company in
connection with his doings as Receiver
be fully and finally approved, that
the compensation of the Receiver
and his attorney be fixed by the
Court, and that the Receiver be dis
charged and his bond exonerated.
IT is THEREFORE ORDERED
BY THE COURT that said final re-
port of the Receiver be set down for
hearing before the Court at Prosser,
Benton county, Washington, on the
21st day of October, 1914, at ten o.
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ORDER NO

In the Superior court Of the State
Of Washington, for Benton county.
I'm Probate)
In the Matter of the Estate Of Mar
tina E. Martin, deceased.
w. f. Martin, Administrator of
the estate of the above named de-
ceased, having presented his final
report and Petition for Distribution
to the Court at Prosser, Benton coun-
ty, Washington, this 10th day Of Oct
ober, 1914, and the Court having in
spected the report, and it appearing
that the said report should be set
down for final hearing.
1T is THEREFORE ORDERED
BY THE COURT that the final ac-
count and petition for distribution
filed by the Administrator be heard
before the Court at the Court House
in Prosser, Benton county, Washing
ton, on the 21st day of November,
1914, at ten O'Clock in the forenoon
thereof, and that all persons inter-
ested in said report and the distribu-
ton of said estate be and they are
hereby directed to appear at said
time and place and show cause, if
any they have, why said report should
not be approved, the account settled,
distribution made as provided by law
and the Administrator discharged.
1T is FURTHER ORDERED that
said Administrator give notice of said
hearing by posting this order in three
Of the most public places in Benton
county at least ten days before said
hearing and by publication thereof
in the Kennewick Courier eporter,
newspaper of general circulation in
said county for four successive weeks
before the time herein appointed for
said hearing.
BY the Court at Prosser, Washing
ton, this 10th day Of October, 1914.
ANDREW BROWN,
10:22-11:12 Court Commissioner
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-10-15
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION

In the Superior Court of the State
of Washington, for Benton county.
Nellie T. Shaughnessy, plaintiff,
VS..
The unknown Heirs of Jesse Gardner,
deceased; Cecilia j. Stuhr, Frank
S. Shaughnessy, William j. Shaugh-
messy, John p. Shaughnessy, Ger
aid Frederick Shaughnessy, Helen
Irene Shaughnessy, Richard ".
Shaughnessy, heirs of WI. Shaugh-
messy, deceased, also all persons or
parties unknown, claiming any
right, title, estate, lien or interest
in the within described real estate,
defendants.
The State of Washington, to the
said The Unknown Heirs Of Jesse
Gardner, deceased, Frank S. Shaugh-
messy, and also all other persons or
parties unknown, claiming any right,
title, estate, lien or interest in the
real estate hereinafter described, de-
PENDANTS:
You are hereby summoned to ap-
pear within sixty days after the date
of the first publication of this Sum-
mons, to-wit, with sixty days after
the 9Th day of October, 1914, and de-
fend the above entitled action in the
above entitled court and answer the
Complaint of the Plaintiff and serve
a copy of your answer upon the un-
dersigned attorneys for Plaintiff at
their Office below stated, and in case
of your failure SO to do judgment
will be rendered against you accord
ing to the demand of the complaint
which has been filed with the Clerk
of said Court.
The object of this action is to
quiet and remove any and all clouds
which may exist against the Plaintiffs
title to Lot 3, Block II, Yakima IT.
rigating and Improvement Company's
plat of Kennewick, according to the
recorded plat thereof, situated in
Benton county, Washington, and to
establish this Plaintiff as the owner
Of the fee title to said property, free
and clear Of any encumbrances what
soever.
MOULTON & JEFFREY
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
p. o. Address, Kennewick, Benton
county, Washington. 10:8::11:12
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know he "a In heavenr' Then she pite-
o1sly cried, "But, oh, my darling boy.
my darling boy"
Never from the hour when Private
Richard Doubledick enlisted at Chat
ham had the private, corporal, SER
seant, sergeant major, ensign or lieu
tenant breathed his right name, or the
name of Mary Marshall, or word Of
the story Of his life. into any ear ex-
cent his reclaimer's.
But that night, remembering the
words he had cherished for two years,
.Tell her how we became friends. 1t
xvilI comfort her as it comforts me-" he
related everything. 1t gradually SEEM
cd tn him as If in his maturity he had
recovered mother. 1t gradually
aoemed to her as If In her bereavement
she had found son. During his stay
IN England. the quiet garden into
which he had slowly and painfully
crept stranger, became the boundary
Of his home. When he was able to join
his regiment in the spring he left the
garden thinking was this indeed the
first time he had ever turned his face
toward the old colors with woman's
blessing!
He followed them-so ragged, so
Scared and pierced now, that they
would scarcely hold together-to Quatre
Bras and Ligny. He stood beside them
in an awful stiffness Of many men.
shadowy through the mist and drizzle
of a wet June forenoon, on the field of
waterloo. And down to that hour the
nicture In his mind Of the French OFF,
Ger had never been compared with the
reality.
The famous regiment was in action
early in the battle and received its first
check in many an eventful year, when
he was seen to fall. But it swept on
to ayenge him and left behind it no
such creature in the world of con-
seriousness as Lieutenant Richard Dou-
bledick.
Through pits Of mire and pools of
rain, along deep bitches, once roads.
that were pounded and ploughed to
pieces by artillery. heavy wagons,
tramp of men and horses and the strug-
gle Of every wheeled thing that could
carry wounded soldiers; jolted among
the dying and dead, so disfgured by
blood and mud as to be hardly. recog-
nizable for humanity; undisturbed by
the moaning Of men and the shrieks of
horses, which, newly taken from the
peaceful pursuits of life, could not en-
dure the sight Of the stragglers lying
by the wayside, never to resume their
toilsome journey; dead as to any SEN
tent life that was in 1t, and yet alive
the form that had been Lieutenant
Richard Doubledick. with whose
praises England rang, was conveyed to
Brussels. There 1t was tenderly laid
down in hospital, and there it lay,
week after week, through the long
bright summer days, until the harvest,
spared by war. had ripened and was
gathered in.
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How's Thisa

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY e. CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known q. J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE..
Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces OF the system. Testimonials
sent free. Price rs cents per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists.
Take HaiTs Family Pills for constipation
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-10-15
State of Washington
Office of the Secretary OF State

To whom it may concern: In
obedience to an act of the legislatu e,
approved March 10, 1918, entitled as
follows: "An act providing for the
amendment of section 33 of article 2
of the constitution of the State OF
Washington, relating to the owner
ship of lands by Aliens" there is
hereby published for the considera-
ton Of the voters Of the State of
Washington the following proposed
amendment to the constitution OF the
said state:
That at the general election to be
held in this state on the Tuesday
next after the first Monday in Nov
ember 1914, there shall be submitted
to the qualified electors of the state
for their adoption and approval or
rejection, an amendment to section
So of article 2, of the constitution of
the state of Washington, so that the
same shall read, when so amended
as follows:
Section SO. The ownership Of
lands by aliens, other than those who
in good faith have declared their in
tention to become citizens OF the
United States, is prohibited in this
state, except where acquired by IN
heritance, under mortgage or In
good faith in the ordinary course OF
Justice in the collection of debts; and
all conveyances of lands hereafter
made to any alien directly or in trust
for such alien, shall be void: Pro-
vided, That the provisions OF this
section shall not apply to lands con-
tanning valuable deposits of mineral,
metals, iron, coal, or fire clay, and
the necessary land for mills and ma
chinery to be used in the develop
ment thereof and the manufacture OF
the products therefrom, Every cor
poration, the majority of the capital
stock of which is owned by aliens,
shall be considered an alien for the
purpose Of the prohibition; Pro-
vided, however, That this section
shall not apply to conveyance OF
lands lying wholly within the limits
of municipal corporations when
made to resident aliens. In the
event of a resident alien becomes a
nonresident for term OF five years,
his interest in lands in the State of
Washington shall be vested in the
common school fund.
There shall be printed on all bal
lots provided for the said election
the words:
"For the proposed amendment to
section 33 Of article 2 Of the constitu-
ton providing for the ownership OF
lands by aliens"
against the proposed amendment
to section 33 of article 2 of the con-
stitution providing for the ownership
of lands by aliens"
In testimony whereof I have here
uno set my hand and affixed the seal
of the State of Washington.
Done at Olympia this LIST day Of
July, 1914.
(SeaD 1. M. HOWELL,
1928 10:15 Secretary OF State.