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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-03
CAN SAVE MS LIFE
BY MAKING CONFESSION
GERMAN AGENT CONVICTED IN
ENGLAND WILL isE GIVEN
CHANCE FOR LIFE.
1t Is Reported He Will BE Reprieyesl
II He VIII Aid United states in
Running Down Principals in
Conspiracies.

NEW YORK, Dec. 3. Franz
won Rintein. German agent arrest
led by the British at sea after ieav-
ing this country. is now prisoner
lin England. He may be given q
|chanee for his life il he aids the Unit
led States officials In running down
the principals in the bomb plots and
passport frauds. it is reported.
The special district attorney who
lis handling the passport fraud cases
would not deny the report. Won
itinteln. according to report, is un-
der sentence of death and is to die
within a week, but he may be repricv-
ed If he confesses in time to furnish
evidence in the trial of Paul Melloy
a broker, accused OF aiding his depaf-
tpre from the country with fraudu-
lent passports.
Non Rinteln, who moved in the
best society circles, was accused of
s,niing up trouble in Mexico. About
forty witnesses from the Pacific coast
will testify in the trial OF Melloy
which will begin about Decem Der
15 They are expected to link him
with an attempt to distribute Ger
man propaganda on the Pacific coast.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-03
cERMlh WOMEN ARE ntlDI
TO 60 70 the TRENCHES

BERKELEy.A Cal. Dec. S.-Miss
Loaetta Wier, society girl who re-
Gently returned from the war zone,
said today that the German women
are about ready to shoulder guns
and enter the trenches II Germany's :
supply OF men became short. She
said the government is now training
the fifty-year-old reserves.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-03

DALLAS. Tex. Dec. Chester
keyes. vaudeville manager and ac-
tor. went ON trial today before L.
3. Commissioner May. charged With
violation OF the Mann set. The case
We expected 20 b dismisesd. %
ksyes hes married the oklshona
sirl ~ Is charged with havtne
srsnsposted 10 this state. shortly
amer bic arrest lest meash. We hss
esea psrsuias his sesk - local
thsatsr While under ei.seo bond.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-03
nm WHO THREATENED
PRESIDENT N Jl|I


PITTSBuRG. Pa. Dec. 5 Sam
uel Kaener Is spending thirty days
in the local jail because he is al
legged to hare threatened to Kill
President Wilson
He was convicted Of disorderly
conduct.
Kasner's boarding house keeper
said she heard him tell other men
that he was going to shoot the
president II he did not maintain
strict neutrality.
He Il thought to have placed
bombs In the Westinghouse muni-
tions plant.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-03
VILLA THREATENS INVASION
Of AMERICAN TERRITORY

DOUGLASS, Ari.. Dee 3.-Refu.
gees arriving here today brought
stories of children and aged men
being slain and girls carried of
and homes burned in the wake OF
the Villista guerilla bands In North
ern Sonora
Villa is reported to have threat
ened raid on the United States
territory as a final defy of Carran-
za's chief hacker Aqua Prieta is
reported to be sufficiently garrison
ed to defeat any Villista attack.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-03
American VESSEL nElD
d suEDIsn mTD001ks

COPENHAGEN. Dec. :. swed-
ish torpedo beats are holdtng ths
American bark Andrew welch n
the Halemsfead harbor. following
the vessels attempt TO reach Ger
many with = cargo OF beans. After
eIuding British warships enroute 70
Halemstead the Swedish authorf-
ties refused to allow her 70 pro-
ceed because It would b &C
quiesclns in the British blockade Of
Germany.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-03
mrs THAT CITY HAS BEEN
Exr-prrD ny BlILGAIsS Is
NOT CONFIRMED.
Y HAVE FALLEN
q. DISPATCHES State Positively
~ the City Has Baen En-
,rred by Teutonic Allies.
Inhabitants Flee.

bvDON Dec. 3.-The fate Of
stir is not known here. Athens
fches 10 the Times and Ex-
re Telegraph company state
lively that the city has been
/ BY the Bulgarians.
lonica reported that commune
n with the town had been sew
since Thursday morning. The
arian and Greek residents re-
in the town while practically
pf the Serbian population has
Ia Serbian southern army under
hand of General vassich is be-
"a to have moved from Monastir
[retreated across the border into
mia. Although unofficial re-
have been to the effec. that
astir was surrendered to joint
q Of Germans, Austrians and
karians it Is thought that only
N German and Austrian officers
! with the invaders in the south.
be continued reports of the
|ement of Serbian troops toward
|south is causing much specula-
mmors OF the withdrawal of Ger
and Austrian troops from the
er Vardar valley where they
b aiding the Bulgarians against
French are believed to have
for the purpose of strengthen
the Bulgarian line on the Rou-
ian frontier.
onfirmation is lacking Of the
Dk reports that Roumania has at
given Russia the right to cross
territory. Lacking such per-
lion it is assumed that the czar
I'd order this movement in an
rgency in any event. The be-
ing OF Italian operations is
ed for in Northern Albania
er than at Ayalona. In the
h. it is pointed out, the Italians
be better able 10 cooperate with
Montenegrins in their march
'erbia than from the Avalona
On.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-03

AUSTIN. Texas. December 3.--Ae-
cording to a personal letter receive
by Chairman Allison Mayficsd OF the
railroad commission. Colonel Edwar'i
NJ. aousc. enc OF the cloxess friens'
of President Wilson. viii be in Austin
some time this winter. Nc date wss
mentioned in the letter received to.
day.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-03
0ANO|Ts MAKE ESCAPE
AFTER A RUMM|Mc FIGHT

RHINELANDER. Wis. Dee. g.
The two Kentucky bandits who
shot two deputic sheriffs Wednesday
rscaped from 0 marsh in which they
we're hiding early this morning al
ter . runnlns nshs With deputies. a
citizens posss ssd q company OF mi
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-03
DEPORTED FROM ENGLAND
TOD SLOAN IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK. Dec 3.Tod Sloan.
once rated as the greatest Jockey in
tho world. is back in New York
today. He was deported from En-
gland on the charge OF running )
gambling house.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-03

George Washington WAS an advo-
cate OF preparedness. and George
Was always loaded with first-hand
information as 10 the needs of his
country ry.-Pittsburg Gazette.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-03

Iitia. No one was injured. The fu-
gitives reached the 500 railway and
boarded freight train. On'cers
in all the citie. within radius Of
ffty miles are stoppiaE and search
ing ali trains passing the cities.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-03
MICRO TAKEN FROM JAIL
AND LYNCHED ny MOB

FOREST PARK. Ark. December
a-one hundred masked men took
William Patrick. negro. out OF tho
local Jail last night and lynched him.
He was accused of the murder os
Burt Nicholas. merchant.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-03
|h0 EXPLOSION CAUSES
PANIC N TENEMENT

"i' AGO. December 3-A bomb
'''aing IN the hallway OF "a three
r. tenement IN the Ghetto eaf'f
'> threw scores OF persons out n
w beds Several we're slightly IA
r. hundreds of others In the
tshnofhood tied panic stricken in
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-03

TWO HUNDRED GIRLS
MAKE ONE HOME.

. CLEVELAND, Dec. 3.
= Two hundred girl pupils of the
= Shaw High School, East Cleve-
. land. are making a model six
= room practice" home.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-03
THE GERMAN REICHSTAG
TO DISCUSS PEACE TERMS.

LONDON. Dec. a. December 9Th
has been set as the date for dis
cussing peace In the German reich-
stag according to the socialist de-
mands, according to Swiss dispatches
received here today.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-03

ENpORiA. Kan. December g.
Stewart hall. the main buiiaihh a.
,he college of Emporia. ~ss destroy
ed by Ere Yesterday The loss -
mated A. sss.eee.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-03

NEW YORK. Dec. 3.-AmericaI
bankers are probably ON the vcrea
OF being touched for another loan
=. Van de vyvere. Belgian minister
Of finance. aud +. Carton de Wiart.
Belgian minister OF justice. have
arrived here on the liner Adriatic
on a mission for their sovernment
end to make arrangements for pnr~
chasing supplies in this country. &
Il understood the Belgian ministers
may also try to arrange . loan Tor
King sAlbert. Madame de- Wtaxf.
who Was imprisoned several monthn
b. the German authorities follow-
Ing the Belgian invasion. i With her
husband.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-03
TEXAS LUMBER IS
SHIPPED TO ITALY
FIRST CARGO OF TWENTY SHIP
MENTS SAILED FROM GAL
WESTON TODAY.
The Shipment Comprised 2t4,O45
Feet and Was Valued SO. .D75.
Others Soon TO Follow.

GALVESTON. Texas, Dec. s.
The first OF twenty shipments OF
yellow pine lumber to the Italian
government left this port c,rly to-
day for Spczia on the steamer Olio.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-03

STYLES In the movies also chnneo
and Indians and cowboys have boea
pushed off the boards BY tho vo-
men who smoke cigarettes.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-03

In each town there are three o.
four pisces where mics can be found
al winter long
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to the streets. A fire was started
by the explosion and several occu-
pants were rescued with difficulty
BLACK handlers" are blamed for the
explosion.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-03
IEUTOh!c llIIED TROOPS
HAVE EnTtRfD MOnAsTIR

SALON "a. Dec. s.-Dispatches
from the Crock town OF Flofina near
the Serbian frontier stated that the
Austro- German forces entered Mo-
rastir Thursday afternoon. Buiga-
rian forces operating southeast OF
tie town planned TO enter Monastir
today. Only the Austrian flag was
raised over the city. it WAS stated.
A careful student OF history is ap.
to wonder what the we'll known hui
man race is SO proud about.
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The Daily Light gives the news.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-29
Mems Association Will
Take Long Auto Trip

The following members of the Mems
Association of Salem Reformed church
will leave tomorrow morning on IL
days automobile trip. Gettysburg
battlefield, Littlestown, York and
Lancaster will be visited:
John c.. Orr, the Rev. Ellis n.
Kremer, d. D., Ellis N. Kremer, Jr.,
M. l. Kast, c. Russell Small George
Small, ]. William Bowman, the Rev
d. Fl. Leader, the Rev. Harry Nelson
Bassler, Rudolph K. Fortna, ]. Ru-
dolph Beck, John Fl. McIllhenney, Ed
win c. Thompson, Henry S. Gross, j..
Douglas NJ. Royal, Mayor John X.
Royal, Charles e. Dasher, G. Alvin
Hollinger, G. Milton Potts, William NJ.
Robson, ]. e. Sponsler, Wilson r.
Houser Charles Swarger, Fred Pat
terson, ]. K. Bowman, the Rev. Homer
S. May, ]. Wesley Neill, Joseph
Sheaffer, Cyrus NJ. Hoffer, George Fay
man, William u. Becker, Or. j. J. Het-
rick, David S. Hoerner, Clarence r.
Rupp, Edwin r. Dasner, Harry T..
Hench, F. A. Eyeler, Herbert Rupp,
Paul c. Sheaffer and William Thomp-
son.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-29
INVESTIGATION OF
DISASTER UNDER WAY
U. 5. Department of Commerce
Examines Witnesses
in Chicago
BY Associated Press

Chicago, July determination of
witnesses in the inquiry of the United
States Department of Commerce, into
tha cause of the Eastland disaster be-
gan here to-day under the personal
supervision of Secretary Redfield.
Witnesses including the officers and
crew of the steamer and n long list of
survivors were summoned to the Fed
eral Building to tell their versions of
catastrophe.
While this INJURY was progressing,
United States District Attorney Charles
f. Clyne prepared to empanel fed
eral grand jury to investigate the
question of criminal responsibility for
the accident. In the States attorney S
office efforts were directed to deter
mine the extent of jurisdiction of the
State grand jury over the persons held
by the grand jury for grand jury's
action. Doubt was expressed over
the jurisdiction of the State over fed
eral officials.
District Attorney Clyne limited that
a number of well-known excursion
steamers might have to come off the
lake"
Speaking of possible action by the
State grand jury United States Dis
trict Attorney Clyne said:
If any action against those respon-
sible is ordered by the State grand
jury, we will demand the right to en-
ter proceedings against the two steam
boat inspectors and the boat captain
named by the coroner's jury, in ad-
vance of any action which may be
taken by the States attorney following
indictments by the grand jury"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-29
COUNCIL WILL TAKE
UP SEWER PROBLEMS
No Special Meeting Will Be Called
However; Bureau of Health
Petitioned by West Enders

While no special meeting of City
VCouncil will be called to consider the
sewer problems about. which resi-
dents of the West End and Allison
Hill yesterday afternoon petitioned the
city bureau of health and sanitation, it
is understood that the question will
be discussed at the regular meeting of
the City Commissioners on Tuesday.
That the sewers in some sections of
the West End are not adequate to
carry away the surface and the house
drainage was admitted to-day by City
Commissioner Lynch but he declared
that he could see no remedy just now.
To that end he favored the proposed
conference of some of the county and
State health authorities with the Har-
risburg councilmen to discuss q plan.
Mr.. Lynch attributes the fault to the
fact that when most of the citys sewer
system was installed, the streets were
unpaved and the storm drainage did
not flow off so rapidly as is the case
the city to install a dual system, Mr..
Lynch says, one system to carry off
surface only, the other to carry off
the house drainage. The only way this
could be provided for he said, was by
floating a loan and he declared he is
not prepared to say whether or not
this would be done this year.
The river front interceptor is more
than ample to cary off the sewage,
Mr.. Lynch added, and he thinks the
primary fault lay with the house con-
nections.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-29
tually all hope of escaping the electric
chair had been passed.

tually all hope of escaping the electric
chair had been passed.
Less than an hour after Becker re-
ceived word that Supreme Court JUS
tice Ford had denied his appeal for a
third trial the condemned man threw
himself on his cot. Becker lay with
his face to the wall and the guard said
he did not move all night. Becker
arose at o'clock to-day. After break
fast he was taken from his cell while
the final preparations for his execution
were made.
When Becker returned to his cell he
found that all of his clothing, personal
belongings and even the few furnish
ings of the cell had been removed. On
a new cot lay a thin black suit, white
shirt with soft collar and a black tie.
Black stockings and soft felt slippers
were also provided. The left leg of
the trousers was not slit when Becker
donned the clothes, as the Sitting is
done just before a condemned man is
led to the execution chamber.
Father Cashin, the prison chaplain
and Becker's spiritual adviser, was
expected to spend considerable time
with the condemned man to-day and
tonight. Father Cashin will also ac-
company Becker to the death cham
ber. Mrs. Helen Becker, wife of the
condemned man, was expected to ar
rive to-day to spend the last hours
allowed her with her husband. Other
members of Becker's family also were
expected.
Thomas Mott Osborne, warden of
Sing Sing, announced that he will leave
the prison late to-day. The warden is
opposed to capital punishment and has
never been at the prison during an
execution. Deputy Warden Johnson
will have charge of the execution of
Becker and Samuel Haynes "a negro.
who will probably be electrocuted a
few minutes before Becker.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-29
[ACKAWANVA IS
AFTER TOLL ROAD
Delegation Asks Highway Commits
sioner to Get Rid of the Gates
Near That City

State Highway Commissioner Cum
ningham was urged by a committee
of Lackawanna county citizens to ap-
ply as much of the appropriation for
the purchase of turnpihes as possible
to the acquisition of the Roaring
Brook and the Providence and Abing-
ton turnpike, Lackawanna county.
Both these roads lead out of Scran-
ton. One of them. the Providence and
Arlington, being known as the North
ern boulevard. Commissioner Cum
ningham told the delegation that he
had entered into negotiations with
both of these turnpike companies and
hoped to be able to acquire the prop
erty at a reasonable figure. The dele
cation was headed by Mark X. Edgar,
Trade, r. A. Zimmerman, of Scranton,
Hugh B. Andrews, secretary of the
Scranton Automobile Club, Edward
Mccormick and Horace Seamans,
Burgess of La Plume.
A delegation from Cambria county
called on State Highway Commissioner
Cunningham and Chief Engineer Uhler
to-day with reference to change
of State Highway Route 54 between
ton sought particularly to have that
part of the route lying between Ebens-
burg and Belsano changed. Chief En-
gineer Uhler told them that he would
work up the engineering and legal
points and see whether or not the de-
partment had the power to change
this route. The delegation was headed
by Senator Tompkins of Cambria
county and consisted of Webster
Griffith of Ebensburg, w, c. Smith,
and John Cunningham of Twin Rocks
and T. P. Burns of Nanty Clio.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-29
''No. 1896" Lies in Morgue
at Chicago Unclaimed

Chicago, ILL.,, July 29.-In the morgue
of the Eastland dead there still lies
the body of mo. $780," an S-year- old
boy. unclaimed and unidentified. Ex-
cept for a hole in the knee of his
trousers. there is no distinguishing
mark about his apparel and none of
the thousands of searchers for the
missing could place him, so the public
has claimed him for its kin.
A mound of flowers is rising about
the little body and to each wreath is
pinned a kindly message. For 396, a
poor kid" reads one. For No. 396-
the poor little kiddie," is another. An
other voices a spirit of resentment
against those responsible for the dis
aster.
More than a dozen have volunteered
to bury the lad and the Boy Scouts
have offered to give him a military
funeral.
1t is believed that No S96 did not
belong to the families of any of the
Western Electric Company employees.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-29

Before leaving Governor Whitman re-
ceived telegram from Mrs. Becker
asking for an interview. He replied
that he was compelled to leave Albany
but would receive Mrs. Becker on his
return, which will be about $3.50 this
evening.
Governor Whitman had nothing to
add to-day to his brief statement of
last night, saying thai, in denying a
new trial for Becker, Justice Ford
had taken the only step possible under
the circumstances.
In no quarter Is 1t believed that a
plea for mercy would change the
executives attitude. He is very posi-
tive regarding Beckers guilt. The
fact, which became public after JUS
tice Ford handed down his decision,
that Becker had offered to plead guilty
to second degree murder, convinced
the Governor of his belief, based on
the evidence that no injustice will be
done in executing the former lieuten-
ant.
AS a result of worry over the Becker
case the Governor is said to be nearly
exhausted. He had followed every
move as closely as any of the at
torneys and his appearance shows
plainly the effects of his hours of
study and worry.
onoFtly peIore MIS-. beckers arrival
the public entrance to the Executive
Chamber in the Capitol was closed and
p1ainclothes man placed on guard.
An unconfirmed rumor said that the
authorities had learned that some
New York gunmen had arrived in
Albany. Another report was that the
Governor would return to Albany
early in the afternoon and would re-
ceive Mrs. Becker Immediately on his
return.
After conversation with William
Orr, Governor Whitmans private
secretary, over the telephone, Mrs.
Becker and Attorney johnson went TO
a hotel. 1t was learned that the Gov
ernor had notified Becker's counsel in
New York that he would be out of
town during the day. but the message
failed to reach Mrs. Becker before her
departure for Albany.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-29
Warsaw Campaign Proves
Puzzle to Observers
BY Assncintc6 Press

London, July %, 1855 a. NIX
cept from Sokal. Galicia, where the
Russians claim by a counter offensive
to have thrown back the Austro- Hun
garians across the Dniester river little
definite news reached London this
morning from the Eastern pattle front
To the east of the Narew river, the
extent of the German advance from
Roman is marked by the capture of
the village of Goworowo which lies
only six miles from the river.
The exact status of the operations
on the eastern front is proving a
puzzle to students of the Warsaw cam
paign, even Petrograd being uncertain
whether the vast operations between
the Bug and the Vistula rivers mark
the crisis of the battle or only a pause
to allow one side or the other to draw
breath or rearrange its forces
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-29
BECKER'S FATE NOW
In WHITMAN'S HANDS
[Continued From First Page
sci. Becker will go to the chair with
dying declaration of innocence
No New Revelations

In commenting upon his action
denying a new trial Justice Ford said
that none of the revelations made by
Becker in his recent statement could
be considered as new evidence; that
they were known to Becker before his
first trial and should have been di-
vulged then. The power of the Su-
preme Court, the justice said is so
limited by law that he could not do
otherwise, under the circumstances
than to refuse Becker's application
In his opinion, he said, there was not
enough competent evidence offered to
have changed the result had 1t been
received during the trial.
To Deputy Warden Johnson of Sing
Sing, who notified him that his appeal
had been denied, Becker said
We'll I'll die like a man, anyhow
To Father Cashin. the prison chap
lain. Becker said:
There is no justice here. I am
confident, however, that I will get it in
the next world. I know that the truth
will come out and that the world will
know that Becker told the truth and
is not the murderer he is accused of
being. l do not fear death but feel
the stigma which this death attaches
to the name Becker and feel the dis
tress and sorrow that 1t will cause my
wife"