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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-24

CHICAGO. July 3i.-Dr. T. A.
Cater, who was assigned To feel of
the pulse of the victims as they
were brought ashore. told the Unit
ell Press that he had counted fOur
hundred dead. Those showing any
signs OF life were rushed To hospit-
ais or given first aid. Others were
sent to the temporary morgues. The
pitiful thing about the temporary
morgues was that the first floors of
many offices were used. For every
body of a man there were from three
to five of girls. children and women.
In the stiffened arms Of some of the
women were clutched the dead
bodies of their babies.
At st. Luke's hospital one woman
begged hour after hour to be allow
ed to search for husband and four
babies. Fearing to tell her that
they believed all were dead. the Off
cials calmed her with the state
ment that they were accounted for.
The polite by noon had establish
ed u card index system for the dead
and missing. Two girls had been
identified.
Father Kelly OF the Precious
Blood church was one of the heroes
Of the day. After hearing OF the dis
aster up town he rushed to the dock
and the police permitted him to go
to the upturned boat. There for an
hour he plunged into the rescue
work. Afterward he went to the
dock where he and fifty other
priests administered conditional fin
al JUNCTION To all who showed signs
of life. For hours this group Of
priests worked on the river bank
giving the last rights Of the church
and often times while doctors were
applying the first aid treatment.
Six years ago the Eastland was
condemned by government inspec-
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-24
FORT WORTH BlnkER ENDS
MS LIFE Bi SHOOTING
T.. II. RALDRIDGE KILLS SELF
FOLLOWING RECEiyEssSHIP
PROCEEDINGS or BANK.

FORT WORTH, Texas. Iulv "a.
f. f. Baldridge, president OF the
Fort Worth Savings Bank and Trust
Company. comitted suicide This morn
ing by shooting himself The bank
had been placed in the hands of
receiver.
Shortly before Baidridge's dead
body was found in the bsrn he Yves
seen walking in the garden with his
little girl. A search By his wife de-
ve.oped tnat he had sent bullet
crashing through his head shortly
after ae was seen in the garden.
Baldridge had meteoric rise In
the business world. Eleven years aso
he was COW punching in uvalde conn-
ty. Ther he got into the cattle COM
mission business and later entered
the banking business. while at this
Same time retaining his interest IN
the cattle commission line.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-24
|fERGUsON IS PLEASED
WITH The STATE FARMS
STATEMENT BY CAPTAIN w. r,
CRADDOGk. PERSONAL. REP
RESENTATIvE.

AUSTIN, Tex. July 24.-Gover-
nor Ferguson is we'll pleased with
the general conditions on the state
farms. according 10 Captain w T.
Craddock. personal representative
of the chief executive who Gccon
psE.el him on his tour II insrec-
sen ci the farms. Captain Cradiock
said that they visited and made IN
inspection OF the six state farms
and found the prospects for a large
cotton and corn crop TO be excel
lent. The governor mingled with
the prison officials and also saw the
eonyiets at close range The COVER
nor will spend today at Tenn
pc. ,yhere he will cast his vote IL
The election of the six proposed con-
stitutioral amendments. He is gath
eriag Information in order that he
may deal intelligently with the pris-
on problem.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-24
SITUATION IS TENSE
IN DAY0NME STRIKE
RAID ON STRIKERS ARSENAL
AROUsES THEM TO THE
BREAKING POINT.
Sheriff Says He Is at the End ri
His Resources Unless the
Governor Sends
Troops.

BAYONNE. N. j., July 24.-The
Standard Oil company situation here
is tense today, and Sheriff Kinkade
admitted that he was at the limit oi
his resources unless the governor
sends troops. The sheriff's raid on
the strikers arsenal early today
aroused the men to the breaking
point Officials are much worried
over the food situation as storemen
are demanding cash payments. Two
hundred dollars was contributed by
Mrs. Sergeant Grams and Clifford
Pinchot, both of whom said they
were in sympathy with the strikers
and both of whom consider the situ-
alton terrible.
Several persons have already been
held up by hungry strikers.
Prospects OF a demonstration at
the funeral services of one dead
striker caused increased alarm to-
day.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-24

! pier started making coffee and giving
every possible aid after ordering
their regular business suspended.
Little Jimmy Crawley, candy
boy on the boat, was dragged out
senseless He held two women up
until he tainted. Both of them
perished.
II tried so hard to save them,
lie muttered as the pulmotor restored
,, life in his little weakened body.
There was near a riot among ten
thousand excursionists when the
crowd recognized Captain Peterson
end the first mate under arrest.
Two men reached Captain Peterson
before the police guard of twenty
could beat the crowd back One of
them struck him in the face. The
police were finally forced to draw
their clubs to beat tho mob back.
The pier and streets were jammed
and extra police had to work With
the regulars over an hour to restore
order.
Despite the statement of the cap
tain William j. Plamondon. wno
was a passenger on the boat with
his wife and two cousins. insists
that at least one hundred persons
and perhaps more were imprisoned
, below the decks on the left side OF
the vessel The captain admitted
that 1000 passengers were or board /.
this number being within seventy
of her capacity.
Scores of men, women and chill
Gren were taken from the water and
rushed to the Iroquois hospital after
receiving first aid from rescue boats
and along shore.
The Eastland is a ST. Joe liner
which was chartered to carry the
! Western Electric company's excur'
sionists to Michigan City. Indiana.
for days outing.
Cleveland dispatches said condem-
nation proceedings were once ins.i-
tuted against the vessel when \ panic
was caused by bad listing and nearly
overturning. AT another time hun
dreds of moonlight excursionists
we're aboard the vessel when she
crashed into the break waters.
| At $40 twenty bodies had been
taken from the river. Theodore
Soderstrom. himcelf rescued nncon-
| scious. figured in saving many lives.
although his wife was drowned after
he had held her up only to have her
pulled away in the death grasp of
two women struggling about her.
Soderstrom declared that he did
rot believe broken air chute caused
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-24

tors at Cleveland after discovering
that her center Of gravity Was NOT
built right, according to ex-Alsler-
man Taylor. Taylor said:
II think this whole disaster
should he thoroughly investigated
regardless Of who 1t hits
r.. A. FORESTER. who holds u Mis-
sippi river and master pilots license,
declared eHiphaticalIy that the ves-
sci should never have been allowed
used hl the passenger service AS 4
was not i,s;ilt right. He said. too.
there was too much above water and
added that when she started list
ing nothing ON Gods earth could
stop her, because there was more II
her above water than below. which
was contrary to all ideas of boat con-
struction.''
The Reid Murdoch warehouse AMI
sales room at the foot Of Clark street
was turned into temporary morglie
The doors were literally taken off
their hinges to give free access to the
place. In .ong rows on the floor
the dead were piled awaiting identifi-
cation by relatives and friends.
Many persons clothes were torn
off in the panic and these people OBJ
taired other clothing from the clerks
In the nearby stores. One man was
washed a half mile away from tho
scene Of the disaster. He was taken
10 the lrroquois hospital.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-24

TIE trouble. Passengers. he said.
were crowded from ten to thirty
deep in some places on the decks
He said that when he first noticed
attention to IL. Then several hun
dred persons came toward the ouf cr
rail and almost imediately the vessel
lurched drunkenly and everybody
tried to get to the side next TO the
dock. Many. he said, were beaten
to the decks unconscious IN t.is
mad rush of the panic stricken pas
sengers. Probably a dozen or per-
maps more, he said. jumped into tie
water Several of these were somc.
They were crushed under by tae ssde
of the boat before they he'd \ chance
to swim away.
At $3.50 Police Lieutenant McMs-
Kan told the United Press that thirty
one bodies had been taken ont. At
the same time two patrolmen on duty
on the dock on the opposite side of
the river said they believed the
death list would reach three hnr-
dred. Several of the dead arc NO.
men and two are babies.
Men working under the eIreci,cE
of Deputy Coroner Forsborg nd
taken ou. seventy bodies at 9:2a
o'clock. Al least half of these were
women end children.
While the bodies were being re-
moved the steamship company o.
edred men to cut open the side and
bottom of the ship above the water
line as the sounds and cries indica;-
ed that a score or perhaps two score
were imprisoned on the inside
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-24
NO Comment
ON MESSAGE
DISCUSSION ~ AWAITED prl:-
LEGATION OF TENT IN
THE gsBsEss.
OFFICIALS SILENT
Comment ON the Note Is Refused Isy
the German OfficiaIs.-IDo
Not Accept the English
versi0m ~ Note

BERLIN. July 24--Pending ps.b-
'ication of the German note in fEe
late afternoon editions OF the Berlin
newspapers officials refused 70 make
any comment on the message Inas-
much as the papers refused TO take
the English version of the note as
being anything like accurate the
German public opinion cannot be
guaged until the full text is printed
Ambassador Gerard said there was
no significance in the fact that ne
spent a half hour at the foreign Of
flee after delivering the note.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-24

Texas--Dallas. clear, %: For'
Worth. clear. cool. Abilene. cIea :
ccol: Brownwood. clear. 81. Green
vile. clear. So. Wichita FalIss, ciear
Is: Jacksonville. clear. s5: Mexia
clear. 60: Waco, clear. cool San
Antonio. clear. 56. BrosnsviIle
clear. warm: Paris. clear, 70: f.
Paso, cloudy. 6s Amarillo, clear
e5: Quanah. clear. 50; Baliingc,
part cloudy. s5: Houston. clear
cool: Brennan. clear: Robstown
clear. warm: Palestine, clear. cool;
Corpus christi. clear. 10; Arsnsas
Pass, clear. 60.
Oklahoma--Part cloudy, 10.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-24
ITALIANS ARE DRAWING
CLOSER ABOUT G0R|Tz
STRATEGIC POSITIONS HAVE
BEEN OCCUPIED ABOUT
THE CITY.

ROME. July 24.-The Italian oc-
cupation of strategic positions sur
rounding Goritz was reported in un-
official dispatches today. The in-
vading forces are firing on the heavy
concrete works surrounding the city.
The Austrian right wing north of
Goritz is under attack from the ltal-
ian forces which threaten To squeeze
the enemy back on the isonzo.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-24
TO MAP OUT PROGRAM
Of NATIONAL DEFENSE
THIS WILL ENGAGE PRESIDENTS :
TINE WHEN HE RETURNS
FROM CORNISH.

WASHINGTON, July 24.--Upon
his return from Cornish President
Wilson will map out a fair, reason
able and practicable program OF ma
tional defense in conferences with
the army and navy secretaries. the
White House announced today.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-24
NEW SEAMEN'S LAW PARTLY
RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENT

DETROIT, Mich. July 24.-The
presence of life RATS and other
heavy equipment required by the
seamen's S law was held to be partly
responsible for the sinking of the
Eastland by General Manager
Schantz of the Detroit and Cleveland
clared that the vessel was top heavy
and overturned. an accident that
could not have occurred under the
old law.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-24
NAY EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED
106S of Persons Imprisoned in State Rooms and
TJf0Wned Like Rats in Trap-Boat Loaded
With Employees of Western Electric
Company On Annual Picnic

@GrAG0 hundred drowned
reaching igures-when
Chicago
20 the o
QUIT the could
declared that several Of
almost wiped
girls
fStx carrying the the
u ~ fkG(& excursion
AS#s2 oCo4Es WE'RE INSIDE THE STEAMER.
&M1GAG0 hundred be-
Others believed To either h
6pt in
the hcago riv this
Sueier estimated after the count
Roosevelt and to improVsi
the steamer and one hundred or
anting deck when the
plunged headong into the wate,
the call Of the master
boats
r. i1om 1nund or Michigan City. Indiana
Of the bridge when she
only dOwned INC
he flood left
side in the middle of the rsef
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-24

ae1ic xli1Sng the passengers re-
ded the escue work, as did also
lhek " pulmotors. One of the
st reInnrikable tales of heroism
told of Edward Setback. a COM
(1sion merchant. and F. w Willard'
+ assistaut Setback was near the
X wI1en the boat went over. He
nandercd q boat and dragged Will
d from tie water and they clam
"a 0ns tho vessel where the two
! ed the Hives of ninety persons who
IRE below the decks by pulling
~ through the port holes.
7eter Horpch. who went over
srd with his violin, came up with
4 wonnen hanging to the instru-
nt. He held them up until they
Re rescued and taken ashore.
edward Lailand. wife and daugi-
we're saved by himself but a son
rnianiHg
rho disaster struck Chicago like
fire III the Iroquois theatre. All
r bi8 dep4rtment stores eliminated
IT foeulAr deliveries and rushed
HEoir auto trucks and wagons to
~ 0eorYy1ng out he dead and dy-
El<KsGxcnrsion was the annual pic
aE5feM By the Western Electric
Nn6n9 ~ Sthe employees. The com
~ &Nnrtoted the Eastland and five
NJ 0ot4 to take the 10000 EN-
~ oI the picnic 20 Michigan
III 1DdlAna TIE other boats dis
fhotr passengers to aid in the
Nv work. Many on these boats
E11nf1Nes on the Eastland.
aiding, comission salesman,
nanic was indescribable.
u i61ck, who saved herself by
1G two chairs, corroborated
lent that men trampled
i IN carrying babies in their
4 Snder the decks.
zPolice Chief Schuettler in
ter the arrest OF Captain
&nd his first mate, that
Eo clash between the police
my officials. One of the
naid. ordered against cut
4the boat.
hedges are at work in an
7Dtand the vessel on end.
fations down the river
oredered TO back pump
y water stagnant and pre-
= from washing down
no divers are at work and
will be added this after
commission stores and
Duses in the vicinity OF the
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-24
American Expelled.

GALVESTON. Texas. July 24.-
The expulsion of Harry Buriinger.
an American citizen. for the elieged
use of seditious and filthy language
against constitutionalist officers. was
reported in Vera Cruz advices today
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-24
London Press Cons.lene.

LONDON. July 24.--lThe Evening
News. whose attitude usually repre-
sents the general London tone. said
that the American note wiil make
unpleasant reading for the kaiser
and his henchmen and exponents %
ffightfulness.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-24
"Mercilessly Clear. :

DALLAS. Texas. July "a Merci-
lessly clear and affirmative. was
how the Dallas Journal this after
noon described the German note.
The American people await Germa-
ny's intention with calmness. the
paper said.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-24

DALLAS. Texas. July 2f-The
police have ordered the club house
used by the exclusive Belyidere Club
closed because young girl missing
from home was found there.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-24
RUSSIANS MlKIIG
DESPERATE sTllD
STILI. HOLDING GERMANS RACK
IN THEIR ATTACK OK TB1E
POLISH CAPITAL
The Russian Line North of the C1ty
ON the Left Hank os the
Narew Heavily
lsOnIbarsietl.

BERLIN. July 24-General Won
Hindenburg's troops are bombarding
the Russian line north OF Warsaw on
the left bank OF the Narew river.
The Germans are making a desper-
ate attack on the enemy's position
Forth and south OF Rozan
The Russians are admittedly max
ing desperate stand to save Warsaw
and their entire Polish line The
Germans admitted some checks hut
claim steady progress toward the
Lublin railway.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-24
SIX HUNDRED BODIES HAVE
BEEN TAKEN FROM THE RIVER

CHICAGO. July 9i.-Six hundred
bodies had been recovered at 2::sO
this afternoon and over seven hum
,ired are still in the hulk of the ves-
sci. according to Deputy Police
Chief So huettler.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-24
GERMAN NOTE LITTLE
SHORT Of ULT||NA1u||
NEXT MOVE is NOW UP TO THE
IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT.
NO AMsW[R|s REQUIRED BY n0T
United States Diplomatic Break May Fol-
low-Rights Of Americans Must
Be Considered.

WASHINGTON. JrIy dpnna~
sstt
In al of
tnatum
demanded dd 4 seqntTe
at all i
least things fstsndy
be canstass
friendly" sAa
divided feeve Gcslany
talktn<
and Il > .
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ODDITIES OF WAR NEWS.
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LONDON--A British private, home
on leaye. escaped three bullets with-
in an hour during rhe fighting il
France. one penetrating his pouch,
another the pack on his back and a
third destroying his rifle.
King Alfonso. of Spain.
has become an aviation enthusiast
and frequently takes long trips on a
military dirigible.
PARIS--Andre Dardel. a youthful
French sapper who has been wounded
65 times. is recovering and will soon
return TO the trenches.
AMSTERDAM--A Bavarian infan-
tryman in hospital at Munich 10.
four months with bullet in his hear
lis apparently recovering.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-24

Bad teeth are given as the cauAe Of
a grea, many human Ills. bus nonY
people died who haven't toot1 81.
their hesds
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-07-24

cyrrAux AnnEsrED.

. CHICAGO. July 24.--cap-
. tain Peterson and the first
. mate were arrested at 10 Z
. o'clock this morning by the po- Z
. lice after the commissioner of Z
. public works had insisted on
. this course. Z
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. GALVESTON. Texas. July ~.
= For tae second time In his Z
. tory Galvesfon's cotton receipts I
. for a single season passed the I
four million mark. Z
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-17

50 per cent of all the horses in the world. The worlds stock is estimated to be about 1e0, ,Ooo, GOO. A very large number of the horses in Russia, will be destroyed in the war and the re- mainder will be needed by Russia for her own agricultural and other work
 The demand on this country which
 has one- fourth of the world s supply of horses. will, thereforee, will be large and will probably continue for 9 number of years, for the rehabilita- ton of the depleted horse stock of any other country is slow process This
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-17

Der already exported without there be- ing an appreciabIe shortage of work horses. Three times the number ex- ported in the last three months of the past year, or 225, 0oO would be- less than one per cent of our horse' stock Furthermore the kind of horses which have been purchased are for the most part very mediocre animals, which would ordinarily would sell for less than S100 per head and are a class Of which we can be well afford to be rid. But small percentage of the aI1- finals. exported are mares and most of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-17

numbers exported as to sause an acute shortage of horses in this country. There is. however. no apparent i'm mediate danger of this.
 The 1910 census gave 3,182. .7s9 as the number of horses not on farms. There has probably not been any appreciable decrease in that number since then. That number added to the 21.,195, 600, the number estimated by the Depart ment of Agriculture, farms Jan uary 1. 1915, makes a total of over 24 000. .00o horses in this country. and we could sell two7or three times the mum
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-17
. Ithege are doubtlessIy eIther. bid 1narea

these are doubtless1y either old mares or nonbreeders.
 The big demand for horses will prob ably occur after. peace has been de clared. At that time the countries now at war, with the exception of Russia, will no doubt be very short of horses for their agricultural and other. work. According to the best information ob- tainab1e European Russia had. prior to the outbreak of the war;. about 25,- GOO, GOO, horses and is the only country having more horses than the United States. This country and Russia have
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-17

John c Banner, president of stan ford University, resigned, to become effective July 31.
 Sergeant Thomas J. Donlon, S4 years olda last survivor of the crew of the Monitor. died of heart trouble at =Springef1d. Mass.
 Killing 27,ooo men in Europe doesn't draw any great crowd arouhd the bulletin boards, but walt uutu they put 27 men out in the hrst league ball game Of the Hasse-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-17
EFFECT OF WAR ON
 EXPORTS OF HORSES.

By e "A Bell Senior Animal Husband
 man. Bureau of Animal Industry.
 During the four months September to December, 1914 inclusive about 75.- 600 horses were exported from the United States Tn addition to these several. thousand more have been spur- chased for export by the e agents of the airing nations It has been feared by
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-17

country however, will be in position to meet the demand if the farmers owning good mares will see that they are bred. The owners of such mares should see that they. are bred to high class stallions and produce the kind of stock for which there is always a good market The production of SUI perior animals of any kind is generally profitable, while the production of in ferior ones is seldom so.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-17

The break in foreign exchange to 4.81 is the lowest in a generation.
Mohave County miner., 1915-03-06
Pasturage For Rent.

l have large number of acres of pasture lands under fence and will take animals to graze for 2.5O$ per month. Plenty of water and best of care. Ad- dress w. w. GATES, Kingman, Ari- ZOna.
Mohave County miner., 1915-03-06
Health Promotes Ha appiness.

Without health, genuine joy is inn possible; without good digestion and regular bowel movement you cannot have health. Why neglect keeping bowels open and risk being sick and ailing? You don't have to. Take one small Dr. Kings New Life Pill at night, in the morning you will have a full, free bowel movement and feel much better. Helps your appetite and digestion. Try one tonight.
Mohave County miner., 1915-03-06
Wallapai Valley
 Artesian Well
Lovin Bill Becomes Law and Test We'll Will be Sunk

This week Gov. Hunt signed the bill appropriating S,5OO$ for the purpose of sinking an artesian well in the Walla- pal valley to test the possibility of ob- taining water. The bill making this appropriation was introduced and fathered by Senator Henry Lovin, and it was through his efforts that it be- came law. It is now up to the board of supervisors to select a site for the we'll and make provision for the work. We hope that the we'll will be pro- ductive of good, as with an artesian supply of water the Wallapai valley would be one of the richest sections of the state.
 The well should be so situated that it would forever settle the matter of an artesian flow. According to the bill the well must be on a school section, which would eliminate any possibility of it becoming the property of some one not entitled to it.