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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-22
CONSIDER BIDS apH
BUILDING POST ROADS
BY the Associated Prsss.

Austin, Texas. Janl Bids were
to be opened here today for the CON
struction of the AusGn-San Antonio
post road, which is 10 be II miles
in length, exclusive d mileage with
in corporate limits u towns at ter
minals and intermediate stations.
The Il miles it is testimated viii
cost about s240. 600 af which $50
600 will be given by &c federal gov
ernment, the remaiuitg s160,00o to
be subscribed by cotnties trayers-
ed 1t is expected tl9 road will BE-
completed by Eecc1nb4 u next.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-22
FURIOUS NIGHT ATTACK
REPtLSED By GERMANS
BY the United Fress.

London, Jam ga furious night
attack in the region OF Visny in which
English trenches but were finally
beaten back was reported in dis
patches from Amsterdam today. The
British infant ymen then charged
and captured sone-half mile Of Ger
man trenches.
The Germaps lost 260 killed and
wounded ands III prisoners. The
British losses were comparatively
light.
The Germais are attempting to re,
sumo offensiY operations all along
the western hhttle line. the Amster-
dam advices declared
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-22
PLAN NEW oohr,oN
FOR 81 IND INSTITUTE
nv fha Associated PreSS
By the Associated Presa.

Austin, Tex, Ian. Ex-senator
T. II. McGregor tof Travis county,
following recommendations OF Dr.
T.. f. Bramlette.4 superintendent Of
the State Blind Nnstitute, has IN
troduced bill II the senate which
would change tn location OF that
institute to pc. Int near Camp Ma
bry. two miles northwest of Austin,
the new institution to have accom-
modations for d be thousand per-
sons. The bill Eseeks the purchase
of twenty acrea of land for this
purpose, an appropriation OF $3.50
900 for the building and $4,000 Tor
identifying thdf land.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-22
ttRocIors rtctr.>G N
rRo'iiEss IN NLsAch

Paris, Jan. % The official state
ment today says That actual hand 10
hand fighting with unusual ferocity
is going on in Al ! ace near Hartmann.
Evidently the Gtmans are attempt
ing to check th@ French advance.
The French admit that the German
artillery drove them out of Ger
man captured trench near st,
Mthicl. and alsJ that the Germans
recaptured part kuf the trenches in
the forest of L.aEpetrie where the
French threatens H the road to Net,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-22
ATTEMPT TO DRl Ne A WEDGE
THROUGH THU GERMAN
LINE IA lis.
FIGHTING on COAST
Germans Have Res, med Bombard-
ment of Sieupof t-shel'ing
the French In the
Nosges1
By the United Press.

Paris, Jan. 22.-It / officially adj
mltted that the German are press
ing back the French army around ST.
Aihiel and Metz. Thea French at
tempt to drive a wedge Through the
German line extending he4ween these
Two places has failed.
The Germans have begun another
bombardment of NieuporA near the
sca coast The Germanstare also
tombarding St Die, a historic town
n the Nosges
Bitter hand to hand fighthg con-
linues northwest Of Muelhautn,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-22
sPEED TEST or UNITED STATES
CRUISEH ENDS WITH
DISASTER.
nine ARE INJURED
Low Water iIt Boiler Tubes Beliey.
"a TO Havk Been the Cause
q Fhe EspIo-
sion.
. ~ theI United Press.

Washington Jan, ga boiler
explosion last night aboard the
United States farmored cruiser San
Diego, flagship of the Pacific fleet,
killed four mdn and seriously in
jared nine other as she was COM
pleting speed test Yesterday off
lower Californh on the Mexican
west coast.
News of thel accident, one of
the worst in the navy in recent
: years. was flashed to the navy de-
pertinent by WIRELESS by Rear Ad-
miral Howard, commander of the
Pacific fleet. Secretary of the Navy
Daniels Immediately ordered a
thorough Investigation of the dis
aster.
The dead a1e four second-class
hremen.
Low water ID the boiler tubes is
believed to hay e caused the explo-
sion.
y The cruiser is now safe in the
Port Of Guaynias, Mexico
In the fours hours speed trial
1.-THE San Diego which was former
ly the cruiser california, had been
making 21.45 knots an hour and
her machinery shad been put to a
severe test.
One Of the Injured was a Texas
boy, d. Varnaraio, of Port Arthur.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-22
A GREAT CALAMITY IN
Store FOR TIE COUNTRY
DEMOCRATS tARE GOING OFT
Or POWER toR REMAINDER
Or rREstNT cE>rtRF.
BY the Associated Press,

Washington, | Jan. Ex-senator
Cummins todaA predicted that the
Wilson adminitt ration up to date
will be the mel ns OF keeping the
democrats out III power during the
remainder OF the present century
This statement as made during d
speech on the ship purchasing bill,
against which Il e republicans are
filibustering.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-22
.FEROC|Ous Wolves ARE
TERROR OF The PEOPLE
THEY ARE HfNTING FOR THE
ING IN NJ pUNTAIN PITS.
BY the Associated Press.

London, Jab ga dispatch
from Teiz sayb the population in
the Carpathia1 mountains are hid
ing from the Anstrians who are re-
treating from Bukowina. These
people are livI4g in pits dug in the
deep snow amp many are dying
from exposure and starvation,
Hungry wolves are also hunting
for them.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-22
uEA,, RAINS DO jor
STOP TH FIGHTING
BY the Associated Press.

Amsterdam. Jan. Pa hard
battle has been rigging uninter-
ruptedly for three alays between
Newport and OstenE Belgium, not
withstanding hard fains. German
wounded are being sent southwark
through Belgium.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-22
RAINS IN Bell ,uM
INTERPRET WITH FIGHTING
BY the Associated Press

Berlin, Jan. 2k,--The German Of
fetal report lay says the inces-
SAINT rain madeI important fighting
impossible in Belgium. The French
attack southwest of Nerdun was re
pulsed. The Germans drove the
French out of the Hartmann hills
yesterday, captufng two officers and
one hundred and twenty-five men.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-22
GUTIERREZ lF0TED
MEXICAN TREASURY
ACCUSED OF IT. KING TEN MIL
LION PESOS RON MEXICO
When Asked to Re- pirn the Money the
Former Pre- dent Fled.
Charges ss e :
BY the Uni ed Press.

Vera Cruz, Jan. 2.-Carranzista
headquarters, which up to the pres
ent has not taken ndly to the rev
Gutierrez revolutio1. today declared
that Gutierrez took ten million pesos
FROM the Mexico ty treasury AMI
when asked to return the money fled.
This report contraficts rumors that
Gutierrez and Carrknza We're friend
ly.
General carranA today charged
that villista officers and soldiers
were committing depredations OF all
kinds.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-22
DEFEAT OF rhE FRENCH
cLAIMEI BY THE GERMANS
BY the limited Prsss.

Berlin, Jan. t22.-Defeat OF the
French forces attempting to break
through the German line east of St.
Mihiel was CID med by the German
war office t6ay. French troops
that attempted an assault upon the
crown prince's& army besieging Yer
dun were alsS thrown back upon
their defenses, it was officially an
nounced.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-22
LODGE OPPOSES snm
rt3 scHAsI>G BILL
BY the Associated Press.

Washington, IN. 22.-senator
Lodge told the S mate today that
the administrator bis ship purchas-
ing dill for the fbuying of ships
would bring TIL United States
within measured bile distance Of
war, not with y gland, but with
France. German and Russia
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-22
THE NAVY DEPARTMENT
% BU|lD A|RsA|Ps
LEARNED II LAT AN EXPERT
MENT is N BE MADE WITH
A zEPPE pm DIRIGlBLE.
BY the United Press.

Washington, Jan. 22.-The navy
department viii soon advertise for
bids for the ed struction OF zep-
pelin airship a d tor q number OF
new type aerop ines, it was learned
today. All theI new aircraft are to
be constructed In the United
States. The I'd pelin will be an
experiment and 4 satisfactory 9TH
ers will b ordd I'D.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-22
Ay1aroRs ARI KILLED
IN MI pam COLLISION.
By the United Press.

Amsterdam, IN. 22.-An Aus
trian aviasor fbeariug messages
from the oesiegld fortress of Pr
emysl collided il mid-air with d
Russian aviator who was trying TO
intercept him, tccording to dis
patches received here. Both ma
chimes were hurried to the earth
and the aviator killed.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-22
rRErEnHhp rI,soN TERM
TO 1lRvi>G IN ARMY
Rv the AsEciated Pres!

Oakland, CALI Jan, 22.--panie]
Gar.ucchi, a cokyicted confidence
man, today a'oef ted term of ten
years in prison ! preference to de
portation TO Austria where he would
have to serve in the army
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-22
REPORTED sH501|NG Of
cAR0HERs IS DOUBTED
STATE DEPARTMENT OFF,
GALS DO NOT BELIEVE RE-
PORT IS TRUE.
BY the Associated Prsss.

Washington, Jan. 22,-The state
department announced today that
it believes the report that George
Carothers, American consul. was
shot by General Villa in personal
quarrel yesterday is untrue. Caro-
theirs reported his arrival at Villas
headquarters but made no mention
of any troubla CANA
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-22
LATEST TYPE ZEpPElINS
MADE RAID ON ENGLAND
By the Associated Prcss.

Copenhagen, Jan. 22.-Advices
received here say that the airships
which raided England were of the
latest Zeppelin type from secret
German base. The machines car
ried full complement of men,
heavy guns and ammunition.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-22
SHIPMENT Of LEATHER
is SEIZED IN HOLLAND
BY the Associated Press.

Amsterdam.i Jan. IA large
shipment Of (ather was found con-
cealed beneath an apparent car load
Of cauliflowerl enroute to Germany.
The discovery was made near here
last night. The train crew have been
arrested.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-22
STEAMER oAKR,,Sd FOOD
CLEARS RI EUROPE
BY the Associated Press.

New York, Jan, 22ECarrying a
cargo OF food shipped by an Ameri-
can firm and consi ened to an
American the steamG Wilhelmi
ma, American owned, 4 cleared for
Hamburg, Germany, ! today. The
food is intended for civilians.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-22
THE CITY Of sAlEt
THREATqIED BY FIRE
HISTORIC CITY sFFFERs LOSS
OF OVER TWd HUNDRED
THOUSAND lpLLARs.
BY the Unit b Press.

Salem. Mass, IN. 22.-Aided
by fremen from 81 ven neighboring
cities the Salem department. bat
tied for more thu eight hours
with a fire in the business section
which seriously tn leatened to wipe
out that part noQ DESTROYED last
summer. The fire. was only con-
trolled early tod& after doing
$25o.00O damage.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-22
To Attack Puebla.
BY the Associated Press.

Washington Jan. 22.-oficial
state depart1 lent dispatches say
that Zapata 9rces are preparing
to attack Pudbla, and the Carranza
forces apparently will evacuate
without fSht.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-22
FRICTION
AGENCY
INDUSTRIAL RELA.
T MISSION TO MAKE
DF CONGRESS.
United Press.

Press.
Jan. 22.--Congress
by the federal indus
IcOmmission to create
Employment agency.
certain as the result
In this city. Many
Ar called urged the
bh an agency.
Gestion the commits
Dring Is the passage
Incorporation act by
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-22
y ~ Negro Lynched.
= Associated Press.

o Ga. fJan. 22.--Peter
d. nero charged with the
III white farmer near
a 1fAsy, was lynched last
M
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-22
DROP IN ri 'rEEArrHL.


, Dallas, Tex, Jan. IA
> fall of 80 degrees in the tenn
. perature in fo3r hours was
. recorded here td1ay This was
D the lowest of thu year. AT six 4
, o'clock this mor4ing the high
. est was 60 degrxes and at 10 4
. O'Clock it had drtpped TO 81.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-15
PREHISTORIC RACE lived IN OKLAHOMA

The adult skull is OF peculiar re-
ceding shape, which Is said to be
characteristic of the skulls of prehis-
toric people, No nan eve had a
more splendid set of teeth. every tooth
being sound, white, strong and evenly
matched. The skull Was smooth and
it's plates thin. A finger bone, oddly,
had penetrated the socket of the left
eye. probably after burial of the body,
and from pressure Of the everything
earth. The skull was strikingly small
for an adult. hut age was proved by
the grinding surface of the teeth.
The list of objects obtained by Prof.
Thoburn embraces fragments of cop
per, bobbins and shuttle of red pipe
stone, rubbing stones for tanning
hides, abrasive stones for grinding
and polishing, hammer stones, grooved
axes and %hatchets. celts Of various
shapes and designs. hoes, spades, turf
cutters, flint and ebert knives, NINA
ture arrow points, commonly called
bird points: arrow heads for both
war and hunting. ceremonial stones,
stone beads. tomahawk and war club
| points, quantities of reddish. bum and
slate colored pigments. possibly for
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-15
MEMORY A FALSE.

1.-TWO brothers who were brought
up near upper Central Park re-
visited that section the other
day. One brother has lived away from
the spot for twenty-five years. The
other brother has been constantly
near the park during that period,
They looked cut over the upper lake,
or Harlem Mere, as the champion fly
casters used to call 1t at their annual
tournaments.
when did they put AZ artificial
lake in at this end of the park 80
asked the brother who had been away.
Artificial lake," echoed the other
brother. Artificial lake, Why, thar
lakes been here from the time Of the
forest primeval. Surely you refncm-
her that lake. We used to skate on
II as boys"
But the doubling one shook his
head. When the brothers separated
each was convinced that ago was
playing havoc with the other. The
fact H.. however, that the lake has
always been where 1t now Is, accord.
ing to park historians and Rcvolu-
tionary history. The brother who is
right Is wondering what kind of 9
trial witness the brothsv who is wronl
would make. -
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-15

the Eden" In which TagtIg dwelt in
peace and plenty are satisfied by
identifying it with a strip Of land from
about the 2sth degree Of latitude south
ward along the eastern codet of the
Persian Gulf, ircluding the islardS off
the coast perhaps as far as the strait
Of Ormu2I and the Arabian SEA.
This location I the Sumcr!an para
disc, according 20 Dr. l.dusdun, Will
explain also the curious - graphical
boundary given in the Hebrew tradi-
ton of the Garden of Eden. La Gene
sis tChaptcr u. lo-lD the Hebrew
preserves u geographical description
which is obviously derived from SUI
mero-Bahylon!an cosmology. he says,
and can be understood only by com
pairing the description with a Baby
lurian map OF the world as they
understood il. He then compares the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-15

EMIL. L have begotten thee children
And EMIL IL also called the begctter,'
or father begetter.' the same verb
being employed as in the case Of
Ninharsag.
IAN these references To the direct
descent of man from the earth god
and the earth goddess we u in
terpret tiguratively. Sumerian. Baby
lonian and Hebrew tradition agree in
regarding nan as "A creature fashioned
in some mysterious II 10y the
hands of the gods or "A god. tndoubt-
edly the Sumerians. whose greatest
and most ancient deity was mother
earth, attributed the creation of hu-
man kind exclusively to this virgin
goddess"
Tagtug, the hero OF the Sumerian
story. DR.. Langdon Identifies with
Noah Of the Biblical narrative.
All known references 10 D!lmun-
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ern Oklahoma about that time, These
W tribes, however. possess no evil
dence of ever having been as skilful
in ceramic manufactures as were the
earlier people. The earth burial Gus
toms of the latter resulted In large
burial grounds. Near the Arkansas
River in Oklahoma Is n prehistoric
cemetery more thar a mile in length
with graves close together throughout
It's extent.
1T is possible that this people may
have been the parent tribe OF the
Pawnees. Arikaras and other Caddoan
tribes. There is marked resemblance
between the lodge circles OF Ne
braska and the house mounds OF
Oklahoma, a difference being tho par
tial excavation of the greater part of
the floor area in the Pawnee house.
The position Of the fireplace Is the
same in both and Is found near the
centre. with wood ashes. bits of char
coal and not infrequently flakes OF
flint and fragments Of bone and pot
terry"
The details of this chronological
study will be given in n university
bulletin to he prepared by Prof. Tho
burn and DR.. Perrine.
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away so long ago that even the tradi-
ions of their existence and activities
have vanished. The professor is of the
opinion that this people probably was
distinct from the mound builders n
cave dwellers who once occupied eN-
tcrsiNe areas in the Mississippi VAL
ley.
The university explorations were
mostly at n point three miles north
of the town of Spiro, in lie Flore
county, near the right of way of the
! Kansas City southern Railroad.
Human bones and pieces of pottery
were uncovered neal this place when
the railroad was built about twenty
years ago.
The objects found by Prof. Tho
burn ranged from the surface down to
a depth of thr e or four feet. There
was rarely more than a single pot
terry vessel beside a skeleton in the
r. ~'"ary fields. the urn or jar beins
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-15

fragments of broken pottery of fine
texture and beautiful colors. reddish
brown and vermilion predominating.
The visible Recommendation is vastly
superior in skill and design 10 such as
appears on the inferior slate colorcd
vessels. The opening of this mound
gives promise of a rich find.
Illustrations of some of the pottery
appear herewith. Their relative size
is indicated by the fact that the water
bottle is nine inches In height and
FIVE inches in diameter; the bowl eight
inches across the rim and four and a
half inches in depth. The VOLTS head
vessel, of which one handle is broken.
was taken from the ruins of a house,
near the door. where it had been
crushed. The fragments were assem-
bled by Prof. Thoburn, its size being
eight by eleven inches. All save this
pot-for 1t seems to be n pot-werc
! uncovered in burial mounds.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-15

geography Of Dilmun with that OF the
Biblical paradise. as 1t is given in
Genesis, and finds the two IN substan-
tidl agreement.
Dr. ~I.angduu's book contains a thor
ough comparative study % the i'm
purtdnt ancient versions of the Hood
and the fan Of man, which Will be Of
special interest To specialists in this
branch Of learning. H. the opening
paragraph Of his work he alludcs 10
the tablet translated by himself as
containing "a Sumerian version Of the
Flood and the Fan Of Man aNtedatinS
by at least a thousand years the He
brew version"
The poem Itself. he say, probably
represents more nearly thar any pro-
ductlon yet discovered tie rational
epic OF the religious and cultured
Sumerian people. In those days and
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I In his book "Sumerian Epic of Para
disc. the Flood and the Fall OF Man."
just published by the university mu-
scum. is as follows:
THE theme which inspired this epic
Is the fall OF man, and 1t will be gen.
orally admitted that this theme sug-
gests the most profound ideas and in
spires the deepest emotions Of a
Ninella or Damkina, ruled over man
kind in paradise. which the epic places
In Dilrnun. In that land there was no
infirmity. no sin and man grew not
OH. No beasts OF prey disturbed the
fiocks, and storms ragged not. In a long
address to her consort. Ninella glori-
fies the land Of Dilmun. praising its
peace and bliss. And all things were
so.
but for some reason which Is all
too briefly defined Enki. the god Of
wisdom. became dissatisfied with man
and decided to overwhe,m him with
his waters. This pan he revealed to
Nintud. the earth mother goddess,
who, with the help OF EMIL. the earth
god. had treated man. According to
Col. II. 81, Nintud. under the title Mn
Earsag, assisted in the destruction OF
humanity. For nine months the flood
endured and man dissolved in the
waters like tallow and fat. But MIN
Ind had MANNED TO sa We the king and
certain pi0us ones. These she sum
moned to the rivers bank. where they
embarked in n boat.
After the flood Nintud is repre-
scented in conversation with the hero,
who had escaped. He is here called
Tagtug, and dignified by the title Of
a god. He becomes a gardener. for
whom Nintud intercedes with Enki
and explains to this god how Tagtug
escaped his plan of universal destruc-
ton. This. at any rate. is the natural
inference 10 be made from the broken
passage at the end Of Col. III of the
diverse and the beginning Of Col. I. Of
the reverse. Enki became ~reconciled
with the gardener. called him to his
temple and revealed to him secrets.
After a break we find Tagtug in
=
whose fruits the gods permitted him
u, eat. But 1t seems that Nintud had
forbidden him to eat OF the cassia. or
this he took and ate. whereupon Mn
harsag afflicted him with bodily weak
ness. Life. that is. good health IN
Bablyonian idiom. he should no longer
see. he loses the longevity oi the pre-
dEuvian age.
u IN the Sumerian epic IL the
conception OF the faii OF man MS
great loss consists IN peihg deprived
or extreme ana eooo hea''n'
The fall from primeVai sihiessness IL
not mentioned mere but we ihfer
from column two that SIN had ALREADY
entered into the Souls OF men peiore
the Hood had caused Enki 10 sehd nat
great catastrophe In u real SENSE
therefore. our epic contains po'h 'he
rail- from purity ana the IAN i'oi'