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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-01-07
FAMOUS ART PRIZE
NOT 80 COVETED NOW

Rome, Jan. 7.-"Grand PriN de
Rome" formerly The most coveted
art prize in the world is not as de-
sirable now as it used to be. The
winning OF it entitled the artist,
sculptor or painter, as the case may
be to spend three years at the ia
nous French academy in the Villa
Medici at Rome, which is now under
the direction of Besnard, the famous
French artist. 1t has just been de
cided that in the future the pen
sioners" will not be allowed TO mar
ry as the big villa has not the ac-
necessary for the do
nestle happiness OF the students. EN-
ceptions viii be made, however, by
the French Minister of Public In
s,ructions, when the case seems to
warrant it.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-01-07
THE STEAMER CALvO
JUST Fooled AROUND
ACTIONS Or VESSEL BITTERLY
CONDEMNED Bl CAPTAIN OF
THE OKLAHOMA.
Declares that No Effort Was Made
to Rescue imported Men on
the Oil Tank Steamer
Survivors at Boston.
By the United Press.

Boston. Jan 7.@Captain Guenter
OF the i'll fated tank steamer Okla
homa and seven members of his crew
arrived here early this morning on
the steamer Bavaria. Captain Gucu-
ter bitterly condemned the action OF
the steamer Manuel CalHo, saying il
appeared early Sunday morning,
fooled around awhile, put over d
boat, then picked up the boat ana
steamed away" He declared the Ger
mans risked their lives TO save the
survivors of the crew and they de
serve a Carnegie medal
A preliminary investigation into
the causes OF the Oklahoma disaster
begun today by Inspectors Savage
and Blair The testimony OF the
survivors was taken for the federal
grand jury.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-01-07
NO DECISION
IN THAW CASE
COMMISSION TO DETERMINE HIS
MENTAL STATUS ADJOtRNS
WITHOUT DECISION.
SHERIFF TEST|F|ES
The Officer Declares Prisoner Has
shown No Traits by Which He
Might BE Considered
Dangerous.
By the United Press.

Concord, n. H., Jan. THE hear,
ing TO determine whether or not Har-
nv X. Thaw should be admitted to
bail adjourned today without any de-
cision being rendered. The state OF
New York called no witnesses. The
commission before which Thaw was
being examined wired Prosecutor
Jerome that they desired co-opera-
ton of all parties concerned tn the
collection OF evidence.
Sheriff Drew and Special OHcer
Stevens were the only witnesses call
ed. They declared they had never
heard Thaw speak of his wife In a
detrimental manner and tesuned
that they had never known the pris-
oner to show signs of irritation or
any mental traits which would IN
dictate that he was dangerous.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-01-07
Child Labor Health Test.

Boston, Mass, Jan. THE re-
cess committee of the Legislature,
which has been holding hearings
for and against the law torbidding
the employment of minors less than
Is years of age for more than eight
hours a day, is expected to make a
report today. 1t is rumored that
the committee Will recommend a
physical examination for all chill
dren employed in the state, making
health the test, and removing the
eighth limit on children in
good health, Representative Tufts
declared this is favored by one or
two members.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-01-07
POOL HALLS
KNOCKED OUT
sol NnfD DEATH kNtlL
THESE iNSTiTt Tit\~.
LAW HELD VALID
Court tpholds the Right OF the
Legislature Ia Authorize such
Election~----WiI bar2er
Case Affirmed.
BY the Associated Press.

Austin, Jan The people OF
OF feNas have as much right 10
vote out pool halls at local OPP
ton elections as they have to vote
out saloons, according to de
cision rendered today by the court
OF criminal appeals in upholdns
the validity OF the Johnson pool
room law passed by the last legis-
lature.
The case came up on appeal from
Wilbarger county, Charles Fran
els, the appellant, contended that
the constitution does not author
ize local option elections for pool
rooms, but the court held that the
legislature has the power to au-
thorize such elections. Judge na-
wilson dissented.
This case is one OF wide import,
ance as it will open the way for
local option elections on gaming,
on Sunday laws and on many other
police regulations when authorized
by tho legislature.
The decision will affect many To-
cal option elections on pool rooms
which have been held since this
case was filed with the higher
court. In practically every cleo
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-01-07
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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-01-07
CONTEND FOR
A GREAT BANK
NtN YORK BASkEkS WANT RE-
SERVE BANK TO ONERSHAD-
bN ALL OTHERS.
INCLUDE The EAST
1t l. Commended that District Should
Embrace New England and En-
tend West To Pitts
burg.
BY the Associa ed Press.

New York, Jan. 7.--Despite the
apparent opposition d Secretaries
NcAdoe and Houston to the New
York bankers proposals Tor the es-
tablishment here Of d regional bank
oversh&do@jns all others prominent
fuanciers insisted almost unani-
mouslg at The hearing today that
such < bank was necessary George
= Baker, Jr wta~c father whom
IL represented is connected with
more corporations than any other
man il tie couutry, eontended that
the eastern district shouid include
New England and extend as far Vest
IS pittshHre
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-01-07

NONE Are EMPLOYED
Ford Company Advised by Police to
Employ No Men Until Local La
hor Circles Quiet Down
Riot Feared.
BY the United Press.

Detroit, Mich, Jan. Drawn by
ing plan by the Ford Motor Car
company thousands of unemployed
from cities in the middle west began
arriving here today anxious for jani-
tor jobs al the minimum wage of
$500 for working day OF eight
hours.
None were hired today. The police
advised the company TO withhold
Jobs for a week or until the general
unrest in local labor circles quieted
down for fear of a real riot.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-01-07
A Liberal Sentence.

A West Virginia judge arraigned
a shanty boater for stealing a
horse, denounced him as persist
ent lawbreaker, and then sentenced
him to ten years at hard labor in
the State prison.
Have you anything to say" he
asked when he was through.
No" said the sentenced one
except that it strikes me you are
pretty burned liberal with other
peoples time!'
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-01-07
ELLIS COT NTY ELECTION
Is NOT AFFECTED.
That Is the Belief of Member
of the Ellis County Bar.

OF the EMS ouHtN fHfI.
The belief Of a prominent mem
Der OF the Ellis county bar. in re-
gard 10 the Wilbarger pool hall
case. affirmed by the court or
criminal appeals today. Is that
this in no way affects the Ellis
county pool halls. and applies only
to counties IN which the election
was held and declared. The fact
that an injunction was issued out
OF the district court here to pre-
vent the declaration of tho cleo
ton by the county commissioners.
and that tho case is now before
the court OF civil appeals III Dali
las. prevents this action OF the
higher court from affecting local
Had the result OF the
election been declared. then. in all
probabilities this action Of the
criminal court OF appeals would
make the running OF pool hall
here Z criminal offense.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-01-07
ASK TO ANNUL
PAVING AWARD
TVENTN.SIX ROGERS STREET
CITIZENS FILE PETITION
WITH COUNCIL.
ERROR IN ESTIMATE
Council Passes Resolution Requiring
the Construction of Sidewalks
on Portions Of Park
Avenue.

Twenty-six OF the property OWL
ers on Rogers street have signed a
petition requesting the city council
10 annul their action in awarding a
contract to the General Construction
company of Fort Worth fer the pay
ing OF that street. Six of the prop
crfy owners signed 4 petition asking
that the council 20 ahead with the
work and pay no heed 10 the protest
OF the twenty-six. One property own
er was neutral. refusing to sign for
either side. The city council pass
eli the matter indefinitely. at the reg
rlas meeting Tuesday night.
This protest arose over the fact
that in making estimates as to the
cost of the paving it was underesti-
mated by the person ha:ing this in
the council to grant the paving at a
cusl not to exceed $1.87 per square
ward. The assessments against the
property owners came TO more than
this. &. T. Schuster. spokesman for
the protesting Rogers street citi-
2ens, insistJd that the citizens "ho
st2Hed the petition in the first place
were under misrepresentation as 10
the final cost OF the paving, and de
clared that they we're not only uE-
willing 10 pay the cost Of the pay
ing under the final contract, but that
they would fight the matter to the
last ditch if necessary. The mistake
in the estimated cost came about by
a superficial estimate OF the cost Of
the work Rogers street is much
wider In some parts than in others
and this fact was overlooked when
the preliminary survey was made for
the work.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-01-07

city council last night when he re-
quested thai map be drafted that
would clearly set forth what prop
erty was in the corporate limits. The
matter of the missing limits was
brought to Mr. Todd's attention
when one OF the property owners
VINO has been paying taxes for prop
erty il the city. held the other day
that part Of this property was not
CRY property. and said that he would
refuse 10 be taxed for it on such a
basis. In fact MIR. Todd went SO far
as TO say that no one present knew
what the limits OF the city were.
Less Lights Less Pay.
Because the Texas Light and Pow
or company, WHO have been furnish
ing power for the white way turn
ed off the lights before daybreak
one OF two nights, "A ten per cent re
duction on their bill was ordered by
the council The council held that
the contract witt this company id
not specify any hour for the lights
to b. turned eff. but t'at it did spe-
officially declare that they should
burn until da!5roaA.
Who'll Make Up Beds?
Yes, It was an Interesting meet
ing of the council. y meeting that
cleared up many matters Of public
interest For instance, what is it
worth to make the beds for the fire
50 to the janitor of the city hall
who cared for that building The
fire companies are paying S. per
month. making a total of 81 The
beds weren't made to suit the bra:e
fire laddies, however, and the jani-
tor got the sack. The men doing
the work now asked for a raise on
the eity's part OF - for this, saying
that a raise OF So on the work would
be had from the fire organizations
The matter was held over until the
next meeting Of the council.
Uniform Street Numbering.
WaXahachie will soon have an uni
form numbering of streets. The city
engineer and the contractor having
the numbering of the houses in
charge were ordered last night to
prepare a plan for This, and present
it to the council at their next meet
ing.
Members Present.
Councilmen and city officials pres
ent: Burton Prince, mayor. Will
Moore, a. l.. Rogers. T. }. Andrews,
r. D. McCombs, T. o. Cheatham,
councilmen; Jim Jones. marshal;
Clyde F. Vim. city attorney; Carol
Todd, acting secretary.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-01-07
Many REBEL PRISONERS
EXECUTED At 0J|NAeA
Sixty-Fiye Have Been Stood Up and
Shot Since Sunday Night.
Wounded Rebels Put
Out Of Misery.
BY the United Press.

Presidio. Tex. Jan. 7.--Reports
of federal officers today showed
that sixty-five rebel prisoners have
been executed since Sunday night.
In addition many wounded rebels
have been put out Of misery" by
federal burial parties.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-01-07
CURLING the kickers.

Gurbng was ordered placed
around the park on Grand avenue
after vigorous protest against such
action had been voiced by j. K.
Mayhem, one OF the property owners
10 he affected by such an action. He
held that what was needed was a
fence. insisting that stock had the
right of way in that portion of the
city and that a curb was not neces-
sary. Another property owner de-
elared that the curb and gutter pro
posed by the council was unneces-
sary as there would be no traffic on
the street and that the paving would
not be injured by the lack of such
gutter and paving. The work was
ordered done, however, after it was
explained that the cost OF paving
clear to. and including the park
would be much greater than the
cost of the gutter and curbing.
A Sidewalk Resolution.
Lynn Reagor and other Park ave
nue. citizens asked the council to or
der Park avenue citizens to lay side
walks on that street from Bolton to
Rogers street. Mr.. Reagur said that
practically all the property owners
We're willing to lay sidewalks II the
assurance could be given that all
would do so, but until this had been
ordered they refused to lift Park ave
nue. out Of the mud. The council
ordered a resolution looking to the
laying OF sidewalks on this street.
Not Busted"
Tuesday night the city had on de
post in the city's depository exacti.
$504.15. No. the city Is not broke
The December collections have not
yet been turned over to the city;
funds.
Where's the Limits?
Limits. limits; who has the limits,
What limits? The city limits O
coursea Dig EN- out Of your pocke
and present 'em to Carol Todd. city
tax collector. he has mislaid tht
city limits AID cant find them any
where. That was what he told tn
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-01-07
Cen!rai'S | auit.

Il want box tomorrow night, :"
said Il mans voice over the phone
All right. sir, what size?"
"0h. there'l be quite party Of
US in it. Perhaps six.
Six! I'm afraid III have to
have it made special. sir, They
never come bigger than for one, you
know"
what are you talking about.
isn't this the Calcium Theatre?"
No, sir; this is Graves. the under
taker. '---Pililadelphia Record.
Neither is the truth always
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-01-07
WILL QUIT PARLIAMENT
AFTER A LONG SERVICE
Joseph Chamberlain Announces He
Will Retire at the Next Cen
eral Election-1n Service
Since 1876.
BY the Associated Press.

Birmingham. England, Jan. -
Joseph CHAMBERLAIN. the noted
British statesman who bias been
in parliament continuously since
1875. today announced his retire
mont at the next general election.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-01-07
Bail Was Demanded.
nv tho Associated Press.

BY the Associated Fress
Concord. N. H., Jan. 7.--Bail for
Harry X. Thaw was advocated today
before the federal commission in
yestigating his sanity by Thaw's
custodians, Sheriff Drew and oficer
Stevens
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-01-07

tton held the pool rooms were vot-
ed out
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-01-07

So many think they can afford
it ii they can get 1t.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-01-07

You may sometimes miss 59ur
without missing much
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-01-07

Rubber stamps At Daily Light. adv
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-13
Mcfarland to Re-enter Ring as
WaIterweight.

Milwaukee fight promoters are said
to be dissatisfied with the tactics of
Lightweight Champion Freddie Welsh
in. the preliminaries to his battle with
Charley White last Monday night,
and before the Briton is allowed
again in "a Cream City ring he will
have to change his style of match
making considerably.
Welsh refused to post forfeit for
the White fight and had the promot-
ers up in the air until the go actually
started because of objections to the
referee. The managers of the affair
were afraid the mill would be called
off; and they had no protection, as
none of Welsh's money was where
they could put their hands on it.
Another ten-round fight between
these two boys would be only
money-making affair, anyhow. A
title cannot change hands in short
affair unless there is knockout, and
Welsh is too clever to be put down in
ten rounds by any of the lightweights
now doing business.
The proposition to match Packey
Mcfarland with Welsh before New
York club also sounds like press agent
bunk. Packey is in the welter class
and Welsh could hardly afford to give
away that much poundage, even
though he did scale 141 pounds for
White.
Mcfarland is a lot flasher than
White, and with the edge in beef
could jab at the Britisher and smoth-
er him in the clinches.
The proposition to match McFar-
land and Mike Gibbons is more logi-
cal. A New York representative is
here to talk to Packer and Gibbons
consent has already been gained to
the fight. Mcfarland can no longer
class among the Hghtwelghts, and if
he honestly wants to return to the
ring must swap punches with the
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-13
BASEBALL SPORTS OF ALL soRTs-BoxING
Has Weeghman Purchased the Cubs?
You Can Search Us. '

Probably you want to know wheth-
er the Cubs have really been pur-
chased by President Charles Weegh-
man of the Chicago Federal League
club. !
So do we, but until baseball mag
mates begin to deal above the table
these mysteries will remain.
Here are the facts in the case, so
far as known:
Garry Hermann, chairman of the
National Commission, the governing
body in baseball, conferred with
Weeghman here yesterday at noon.
They jawed for a while and then
made an engagement for later in the
afternoon. For. some reason this last
engagement was not kept, and Herr
mann left for the east with the state =
ment that negotiations were off until
Dec. 1, at which time some definite
announcement could be expected.
But some friend of Hermann told
few newspaper men that the deal
had gone through, to be confirmed
Dec. 1 in the east. 1t is peculier that, q,
whenever there is a deal on about :
which there is the darkest secrecy,
there is always some "close friend" d,
to one of the principals who tells all =
about everything. Once in while !,
said friend knows what he is talking
about.
IT Herrmann's friend was to be al
lowed to make the deal public, why ,
didn't the news come from Garry di-
rect, and why should Weeghmap, =
when questioned later by reporters, =,
say the deal had not been completed,
as there were several details yet to be
cleared up?
There are arther pertinent ques-
tons, and naturally occur when all
angles of the story are considered.
= 1t is extremely likely that Weegh-
man did not deal with Hermann for
the Cubs. G. P. Taft is business man
aDo,,ob ~ handle hic Ouyp inforoSfo
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-20

Italian, and Jose Rejes, Mexican,
fought over Mexican situation. Mex
leo won. Strada-is dead. Rejes got a
bullet in his chest.
New York.-French liner Califor-
mia, locked here today, had bow
crushed in when she hit iceberg off
Newfound. Water in hold.
New York.-Steamer Carolina
rammed 18-foot hole in Hamburg
American liner Cleveland while dock
ing today. Both ships locked with
out assistance. 80. H..
Pontiac, ILL.,. T. Trunbo, Pom
of reformatory. In future boys will be
allowed hour recreation on play
ground Sundays. In past have been
confined to cells. 49,
Valparaiso, Ind. - Mrs. Carrie
Smay, II, Michigan City, killed when
auto driven by Leslie Sayers, princi-
pal Wheatfeld, Ind, high school,
crashed into motorcycle on which
she and her husband were riding.
Lake Mills, Wis.-Firebug who de-
stroyed buildings in this vicinity in
past week, started fire in Frank Far
COS barn. $4,000 loss. d.
Cedar Rapids, Wis.-LesIie HiIlick-
er, baseball player well known in this
state, lost left arm when he slipped
while trying to board moving train.
Argyle, Wis.-Thaddeus Michael
son and Patrick McCue, bartenders,
arrested charged with having partici-
pated in assault on Capt. Owen Ward,
detective and temperance lecturer,
last Sunday.
Lexington, Ky.-AIIen creech and
Rufus Taylor, serving life sentence in
the state penitentiary, escaped.
PhiIadelphia.-Jury disagreed in
case of Dr. Joshua E. Sweet, Univer-
sity of Penn professor, charged with
cruelty to dogs in failing to care for
them properly after vivisection opera
tons.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-20
NOT PAINFULLY!

VIM. W. Rohlwing fell down flight
of stairs this morning and was in
jured, though not painfully. He fell
on his left side, sustaining broken
rib, broken thumb on his left hand,
a fracture of the left side of the jaw.
Davenport Qowa) Times.
Judge William Kelley of St. Paul..
Mimi, has worn every day white
rose in his buttonhole for the last
26 years in memory of daughter
who died in 1883.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-20
HIS CHOICE

''What kind of meat have you this
morning?" asked the husband, of the
butcher.
1.-The best steak we have ever had,
sir" replied the butcher. Here you
are, sir, as smooth as velvet and as
tender as a woman's heart"
The husband looked up and said:
''I'll take sausage. Ladies Home
Journal.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-20
OUTSIDE NEWS FROM WIRE AND CABLE

New housekeeping promise mace
when he was married SO years ago,
Matthew Elenore celebrated wedding
anniversary by wearing his wedding
silk hat.
New York.-CIaiming $1,000 is due
him, M. Navikoff punched" Max
Rabinoff, Pavlova's manager, and the
famous Russian dancer is without
partner again.
Gary, Ind.-E. w. Jurtz, Chicago;
Fred Hass, Thos. Murrey and Frank
Whitson, Knox, Ind, injured when
auto rolled down embankment near
Gary, Ind. .......
BerIin.-AIthough alarming re-
ports as to condition of aged Emper-
or Franz Joseph of the Austro-Hun-
garian empire have been circulated,
latest official reports declare he is
progressing favorably. Contracted Sc
we're cold.
Saginaw, Mich.-5 dead, 2 dying,
score injured, many seriously, when
Michigan av. street car was derailed.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-31

q YMPATHETIC women are
the worlds pincushions.
1t is strange that the wo-
man who prides herself on always
speaking the truth SO seldom tells
anything but an unpleasant truth.
For woman TO be without
someone to hate makes her al
most as lonesome as to be without
someone to love.
Women achieve more to spite
their enemies than they do to
crafty their friends.
There are so many women in
the world who are pure gold
with a dull finish.
Some widows wear wells to hide
their grief. Other widows cover
their faces with wells to conceal
their joy.
The test of woman's clever
ness consists in never letting her
husband find out how clever
she is.
Our husbands respect us for our
virtues and admire US for our
strength of character but they
never love us so we'll as when we
are making three ply IDIOTS Of
ourselves.
Men judge women as a whole.
Women judge men by an individ-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-31
By DOROTHY DIX

ual, and both standards of meas
urement are wrong.
When God made woman He
gave her Imagination as a conso-
lation prize, so that she would
never have to see her husband
and children as they really are.
A woman's definition of true
friend is another woman who will
stand for the stories about her
children's smart sayings, without
retaliating by repeating what her
infant prodigies do and say.
Many a neglected wife of rich
man tries to smother the ache in
her breast by piIing point lace
and diamonds on it,
The only happy women are
those who have genius for little
things and an Unsuitable thirst for
small beer tattle.
Some of the choicest jewels in
many wife's collection were
bouant by her husband for her
with conscience money.
In the strange scheme of justice
it is the bad women who avenge
the wrongs Of the good women.
Only fools laugh at a woman
lavishing her AFFECTION on a dog.
The discerning weep at the spec
tacle of a heart so poor that it has
nothing but a dumb brute to love.