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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-11

$50
lw.s,TUE TESTIMONY OF
evrg CITY SECRETARY
IN FRAUD TRIAL.
ERNMENTRESTS
kfeuse is Expected TO Begin
yntroductfon of Testimony
Monday Morning When
Court Reconvenes.
hrs CHRISTI, Texas, sept.

hrs CHRISTI, Texas, Sept.
he regular market price on
n votes in 1911 was about
Ine as in former years--two
ke dnIIars a piece.
I, Dunn. former city secreta-
authority for this. according
testimony OF his brother. Mat
ounn, in the trial today Of
ty-one Nueees county citizens,
J with conspiracy to corrupt
Neral election OF 1911.
hcw Dunn further testified
honas told him that he had
h 25 and paid $50 for them"
government rested its case
5lning, except the further pos
hestionins OF Matthew Dunn
Court recessed until Mon
>Ining. Ii is believed the case
10 the jury about the mid
oeu week.
Heebo. a government witness.
eyidence on this particular
Jas given with an understand
immunity from prosecution
ation of state laws. testified
had between 75 and 100 poll
= his possession last year. He
! with unusual and al times
i effect, and when he left the
&nited States District Attorney
feen Jr. asked that he he held
federal grand jury. supposed
Investigation of alleged dis
PES between his evidence
lat which the government
) say he gave to the grand
fney Jonathan Lane Of the de-
bsefsei 10 the court that he
think the District Attorney
sght to prejudice his own wit
using what he might have
grand jury. The witness was
examined, however, regard
lnsed statements made by
that body. He testified a
OF times, ives. I periured
II | said that to the grand
At one time he said that he
IN drunk for three years. but
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-11

BATTLE LASTED
most Of NIGHT
WHEN RANGERs WENT ~
RANCH To HUNT BAND or
BANDITS WE'RE FIRED OK.
TO COVER


BROWNSVILLE, Tex. Sept. f1.-
Two Mexicanx were killed II : bat-
tie between rangers and bandits
which began Mt santa Anita ranrh
last night and lasted until neasly
dawn.
The Nfexicans hsd been hiding %
the ranch nearly : week. according
to X. i. Young. the owner. Raneesx
were sent there last night to clean
them out. The bandits oIDened fire On
the rangers who were forced to scck
cover and fire at the flashes 0S The
Mexicans' gums. They fled just be-
fore dawn leaving two Of their nsanl-
her dead. None Of the Amcricana
were injured.
Reports reached here today that
a large band OF Nlexicans had CROSSE
ed the river at Rio (rande City and
had started toward the interior. Cav.
airy from Fort Ringgold has been
sent in pursuit.
Lieutenant Cooke Of Troop D Of
the Third cavalry today announced
the destruction Of several boats
which had been found hidden in the
brush.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-11
RIGA BAT TIE
IS RENEWED
GERMANS UNDER GENERAL Won
BESSELER BEGIN A GENER-
AL ATTACK.
ARE FORCED BACK
Petrograd Says All the Attacks Have
Been Repulseti--Russians Take
Five Thousand Pris.
0ners.

PETROGRAD. Sept. f1.-After .
lull of several days the battle Of Ri-
ga has been renewed by the Ger
mans. General Won BesSeler's forces
are attacking the front from Fried
erichstaslt to Dvinsk and the troops
northwest of the city are again try.
ing To cross the Dwina river
All OF the attacks have been re.
pulsed, but official dispatches in6li-
cate that the assault is becoming vi0-
lent. The Russians have defeated the
Austrians for the third time In as
many days at the other end Of the
line. II is officially asserted that 81
900 prisoners have been taken near
C0rtkoff.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-11
GERMAN TROOPS To oE
SENT To THE BALKANS

ATHENS, Sept. lit is report
ed that several German army corps
will be transported to the Balkans to
attack the Serbians, the Austrians
being left to push back the Russians
Budapest dispatches said the plan
had been agreed upon for the pur-
pose of warning the Balkans that
Germany would be IN position 10
attack them if Serbia abandons her
neutrality.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-11
RUSSIAN MAKES FURTHER
CONCESSIONS TO JEWS

LONDON. Sept. ll.-Telegrams
received by the banking house OF
Rothschilds and Sons from the In
ternational Commercial bank in
petrograd state that Russia has
made further concessions to the
Jews. The Jews may now live and
buy property anywhere in the EN-
pire. except in capitals or residential
cities, during the remainder of the
war. Ii was admitted that some re-
strictions against the entrance OF
Jews in government schools have
been renewed.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-11
FOREIGN F|NANC|ERS IN
CONFERENCE WITH AMERICANS

NEW YORK, Sept. 11.-The con-
ference of the New York financiers
with the six delegates from Europe,
who are said to be here negotiating
a loan of five hundred million dol
lars, continued today in the library
of ]. p. Morgan. A series of semi
formal conferences will be started
Monday in which bankers from all
parts of the United States will take
part.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-11
|R SHIPS
SUB VICTIMS
BRITISH AND FRENCH
''aNhR SUNK IN LAST
ae HOURS.
US ARE SAFE
"uieate that the Crews of
r'foyed Vessels Were
- landed - One Ship
'"fried Passengers.

'ei't. 1i.--t,erman sub
nave sunk three more Brit
''''en IN the past 81
'"''ii''on the French car
"'e was sunk oil the Al
FoaN' by an Austrian subm,.
1 steamers Cornubia and
anu The British fishin.
:, " were reported sunk
"'ches today. The crew
"uo'a was landed.
P"'ehes said 2S of the
L. uilarder Alexandria
"'''eating that the YES
on the Spanish coast
4 re" OF the Rayernie was
. shell. Nineteen pas-
'"d Is of the crew -, ~.
Sere landed. '
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-11
SARAH BERNHART CAN'T
USE HER WOODEN Les

PARIS, Sept. 1l.-The worlds
most famous actress may never APP
near before the public again. After
one appearance in the movies
Madame Sarah Bernhardt discovered
that she was unable 10 use her ar
tificial limb we'll enough TO Walk. she
has Cancelled her engagement to re-
turn to America and has returned
to Bordeaux.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-11
TWO MENCANS killed
IN FIGHT WITH RANGERS
CARRANzA REPLIES To
PAN-AMERICAy APPEAL.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 1.-THE re-
ply Of General Carranza to the Pan
American appeal was received at the
state department this afternoon
While 1t did not contain a direct
request for recognition. il refused
the conference Plan. An intc-na-
tionaI meeting on the border was
suggested. 1t Is uncertain when the
answer will be made public.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-11
ZEPPELIN DESTROYED
BY ENGLISH AERoPLANE

LONDON, Sept. ll.-The Amstef-
dam correspondent of the Evening
Post reported today that a British
aeroplane had destroyed a Zeppelin
which was maneuvering near Brns-
sells. killing all of the crew The
admiralty has no confirmation.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-11
san FRANCISCO GIRLS
HAVE SHAPELY LEGS.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Sept. II.
The shapeliest legs in the world
grow on San Francisco girls.
The authority for this statement
is Edward De Grotte, physical diree-
tor of the local schools. DeGrotte
says the San Francisco girls general
carriage is more graceful than
that of their eastern sisters.
DeGrotte blames this to hill climb
ing. which he says strengthens the
legs, waist and back.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-11
Chinese scalp Russian.

vLADlvoSToK. Asiatic Russia.
Sept. Natives along the Amur
river near this city are being terri
fled by numerous bands of Chinese
frontiersmen. One of these bands
recently scalped Russian trapper
and wounded and burned another.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-11

Over and above
I h e d in o /
t h G orchestra
sweeps over the
tleater q cavern
Gus base boom. :"
II e p D elins."
whispered a pret-
ty girl to a
Scotch soldier by
whom she was
sitting.
No" you hear
him whisper. "it
is a door bang
ing"
He is lying and
knows Ii.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-11
ANZiSTAS ATTACK
THE VILLISTA TROOtPS

NOGALES. Ariz., Sept. 1.-Two
thousand CarranZista troops attaeh-
cd about an equal number of Wits
tas in sight of the American me
six miles east of here this afternoon.
A hot engagement ie reported.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-11
BODY OF COL. NARANJO
ARRIVES At LAREDO.

LAREDO, Texas. Sept. 1.-THE
body of Col. Francisco Narajo. one
of the most prominent men in Mexi-
co who died in Galveston Sunday,
was taken to Lampazos today for
burial. The body was accompanied
by number of friends OF the colo
mel. Permission to take the body
across the boundary was obtained
from Carranza authorities last night.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-11
FIRE FORCES FAMILIES
To FLEE To STREETS.

CHICAGO. Sept. 1f.-Three fam
ilies were forced to flee into the
streets early this morning by fire
which destroyed teaming stable.
Two horses were roasted TO death
aud five others were so badly burn
ed they had to be shot.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-11
TROOPS ARE PATR0ll|NG
THE RIO GRlMDE RIVER

WASHINGTON. Sept. l1.-Gener-
al Funston reported that the war
department today is arranging 10
entirely stop Mexican incursions in
to this country. He stated that he
had soldiers patrollins the Rio
Cranda from Laredo To the gulf.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-11
Premier Resigns.

CETTINJE, Montenegro, Sept. IL.
The Montenegrin Premier Janko
Vucotice has resigned, it was an
nouneed today. No reason was as
signed for this action.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-11
Earthquake i'm Italy.

ROME, Sept. l1.-Dispatehes re-
ceived here today said no loss of life
had been reported in the earthquake
at Aquila last night.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-11
Austin Wants Epworth League.

AUSTIN. Texas. Sept. 1.-THE
austin Chamber OF Commerce has
started movement to secure the
permanent location OF the State Ep-
worth League for this city.
A site containing fifty acres and
situated up the Colorado river few
miles from Austin will be offered to
the locating committee. II is plan-
ned to have the committee visit Aus
tin and inspect the proposed site for
the encampment grounds.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-11
Germans Capture Skidlel.

BERLIN. Sept. Il--General Won
Hindenburg's forces have captured
Skidel. twenty miles from Grodno.
after three days. battle. II was Of
|ficially announced today.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-11
'~~~>~>>~~~>>>>
CRUDE OIL ADVANCES.

1NDEP NDENCE. Kan. I
Sept. li.--crude oil advanc. I
ed another five cents today 4
when the Prairie Oil and Gas I
company offered so cents a bar I
rel, an increase OF 40 cents Z
since August 2. 4
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-11

So often the accomplished young
woman has accomplishments that
aren't worth a tinker's dam.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-11

Some poor people seem to think
that poverty is real good excuse FOR
not keeping the weeds cut.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-11

Diplomacy consists in knowing
exactly what you are going to say
before you open your mouth
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-11

II man runs the house. there
are blamed few House Parties.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-19
Crazy" Jack, the "Hu-
man Fly" Thrills Big
Crowd Gathered at
State House
CHEERS ARE
HIS REV ARD
Wandering Steeplejack Provides Dar-
ing Spectacle for Hill Officials, Law
makers and Others by Touching the
Ball Beneath Miss Penn

"Crazy" Jack, the human fly. or
whatever you choose to call him. at 2
o clock this afternoon scaled the out
side of the Capitol dome, scrambled up
the pillars surmounting the top-most
railing and then Skinned up the cone
shaped masonry on which the statue of
"Miss Penn" rests in her golden
splendor.
After touching the gold ball on which
the figure of "Miss PENN rests.
Crazy Jack turned to the half.hor-
rifed, half-admiring crowd and shouted
that he would give an exhibition to-
morrow, but his great distance from the
crowd on the plaza on the State street
side of the Capitol kept his words, ex-
planning the details of his plan, from
being understood
When some of his shouted words
reached the ears of the assembled spec
tators the suspense was broken and
mighty cheers were his reward. Tn the
crowd were members of the House of
Representatives who had just taken a
recess of few hours for lunch; State
officials and other Capitol Hill employes
Continued on Second Page.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-19
Governor May. How
ever. Announce His
Public Service Board
Tonight
BOTH BRANCHES
READY To QUIT
House and Senate Have Their Calen-
dars in Shape to Permit Final Ad-
journment of the General Assembly
At Noon Tomorrow

1t was expected that Governor
Brumibaugh would send to the Senate
to-day the names of the men he has
selected for Public Service Commits
sioners to succeed those nominated by
Governor Tener, which were recalled
some time ago by Governor Brum-
baugh, but announcement was made
from the Executive Department at
noon that there would be no appoint
ments of commissioners to-day, al
though few minor appointments may
be sent in. 1t is possible that the Gov
ernor may take action at tonight s
session of the Senate which will meet
to take action on conference committee
reports and for general clearing up
of odds and ends.
Both the Senate and House have
cleaned up their calendars and will be
ready to adjourn at noon tomorrow
after to-night's finishing touches. Ac-
ton on the workmen s compensation
bills to-day will be completed without
any fiction, as the amendments made
IN the Senate are of minor Importance
and do not affect the general purpose
of the bill.
The Legislative Steering Committee
mad conference with Governor Brum-
baugh this morning and it was said
that the revenue bills would be passed
practically as agreed upon, including
the escheat and stock transfer tax
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-19
City Hard Put to Find
Means of Settling
Award Made by Sew.
er Case Arbitrators
ONLY $4,000 is
LEFT IN FUND
Amount Awarded to Contractor. Pins
Costs, Exceeds That Sum BY About
S1S,O00-City Has Still Borrow
ing Capacity of 5000, 900

Conceding that the city cannot
legally question the amount OF the
$22, 767.O9 award made by the arbi-
traitors to William H. Opperman, con
tractor for extra work in connection
with building the river front inter
ceptlng sewer-an amount the size of
which startled the City Commissioners
yesterday and which Commissioner
Lynch declared is much in excess of
the amount for which Opperman once
agreed to settle-oflicials to-day turn.
ed their attention to discussing sources
from which to obtain money with
which to pay the award.
The balance in the 1910 sewer loan
out of which the sewer was built will
approximate something like $12, 900
after the sewer protective wall job is
paid for. 1t was from this balance the
city figured on paying Opperman for
Continued ON Ninth Pape
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-19
CONTEST ON IN D. A. R.
Miss Cora Lee Snyder and Mrs. James
B. Mersereau Are Rival Candidates
in Election Being Held Today

A contest is on for the position of
regent of the Harrisburg Chapter, D.
A. R., which will be decided late this
afternoon at the annual meeting which
is being held in the assembly hall of
the Y. NJ. c. A.
Miss Cora Lee Snyder ard Mrs.
James Barr Mersereau both have been
nominated for this post of honor and
the indications at noon were that the
balloting would be very close. Eight
candidates have been nominated for
the governing board, four of whom will
be elected.
Mrs. Henry Mccormick, who has
been acting regent since the death of
Mrs. Gilbert M. McCauley, who was re-
gent, has been nominated for first vice
regent; Miss Caroline Pearson, for sec
ond vice regent, and Mrs. Frederick
Herman Marsh, for treasurer, all with.
out opposition.
Mrs. Charles j. Wood, Jr., will likely
succeed Miss Snyder as chapter his
torian. While no candidate for record.
ing secretary was nominated it is nm
derstood that the new recording secre
tary will be Mrs. Mary Boyer McCrea
with Mrs. Bishop as corresponding
secretary.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-19
Germany Alleged to
Have Ordered a Sus-
pension of Warfare
on Merchant Vessels
REPORT SAID TO
BE AUTHENTIC
Orders Issued Week Ago but Not An
nounced officialy-Belligerent as
Well as Neutral Vessels to be Safe
From Attack
Bu Associated Press.

New York, May 19.-Orders sus
pending submarine operations against
merchant vessels have ben issued by
the German government pending the
outcome of negotiations regarding the
representations made by this govern,
ment in President Wilson s note, ac.
cording to a Washington dispatch to
the "Times' this morning.
The Chimes says the information
was obtained in "a well informed quar-
ter" after cable press dispatches had
said a German submarine fred a tor
pedo at the liner Transylvania on her
trip from New York to Glasgow, ended
Monday. 1t was stated at the source
of information that the report about
the Pennsylvania could not be correct
"for the reason that submarine activ-
ity had been discontinued by the Ger.
man government.
Applies to All Merchant Vessels
1t is not disclosed, the Chimes"
dispatch says, whether the new orders
require that there are to be no attacks
by German submarines on vessels at
war with Germany unless they are sup
posed to carry war supplies and have
no passengers on board, but the dis
patch says it is the understanding that
the order will apply to all merchant
vessels, belligerent as we'll as neutral.
The order, it was said, was issued about
week ago, but the supposition is
that it has not been announced Of
tically.
1t is pointed out that since the day
following the sinking of the Lnsitania
only one German submarine attack on
a merchant ship has been recorded. This
WIS on May Is, or about week after
the Lusitania disaster, the steamer be-
ine the Martha, Danish craft, sunk
Oil Aberdeen and that in this case all
the members of her crew were saved.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-19
RUSSIAN Forces APPEAR
TOHAVE COLLAPSED after
ROUT ON ZOO mile front

London, May 10" Never since the
war began has any one day brought so
grave bulletin as that received late
last night, says the Petrograd CORE.
spondent of the "Post.'
"On this occasion, for the first time
since hostiIities opened, | failed to find
any indications that suggest a promis-
ing set-ofl to what ON It's face seems
something like a collapse of the Rus
sian forces. Over front extending
some 200 miles the Germans nave
caused the Russians to retreat
''After the experiences of the past
few months this seems almost incredible
and almost compeIs the belief that the
best part of the truth about the entire
situation remains hidden. The official
organ conveys the impression that what
the Russians have done is only to sue
ceed i'll escaping annihilation by Il series
of more or less mastery movements to
the rear. 1t is admitted that the Ger
man plan of compelling the abandon
ment of an invasion of Hungary by
fierce onslaught from Cracow has been
successful -
The Petrograd correspondent of the
Telegraph - says it would be absurd
to pretend that the situation developed
on the Russian front in the last three
weeks is anything but uncomfortable
for in almost every direction the TED
tonic allies seem to be gaining ground
rapidly. He asserts, however, that there
is no need for pessimism for the Ger
man successes are due entirely to the
possession of strategic railways which
enable them to concentrate rapidly in
any desired direction.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-19
NJ CALEB is APPOINTED
ASA Game Commissioner

Governor Brumbaugh this afternoon
sent to the Senate the following ap.
pointments:
Members of the Board of Game Com.
mlssioners of Pennsylvania-Geor d.
Gideon, Philadelphia; w. B. McCaleb.
Harrisburg; John NJ. Phillips. Pitts,
burgh, and j. S. Speer st. Mary's
Trustees of the State Asylum for the
Chronic Insane of Pennsylvania, at
Wernersville-S. p Light, Lebanon;
Henry NJ. Dechert, Philadelphia: Saw.
cry Bradley, Philadelphia; Jacob NJ.
Shenk, Lebanon; Walter T. Bradley,
Philadelphia, and Daniel j. Driscoil,
Reading.
Trustees of the State Hospital for
the Insane of the Southeastern District
of Pennsylvania, at Norristown-Frank
L. Smith, Norristown; Thomas w.
Marshall, West Chester; j. Whitaker
Thompson, Mont Clare; Samuel s.
Thompson, Philadelphia, and John G.
Swartley, Doylestown.
Members of the State Board of I'm
dertakers-J Lewis Good. Philadel-
phia; G. G. A. Bald, Philadelphia. and
Samuel Foster, Philadelphia
Trustees to administer law providing
payments to INDECENT, widowed or
abandoned mothers, in the county of
Continued ON Second Page.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-19
GAS FROM PIPE IGNITES
Fire Companies Are Called Out When
William Heller Tries to Connect Meter

William j. Heller, who is moving
with his family to 624 Curtin street.
tried to connect gas meter at that
place this afternoon without skilled as
sistance, but he did not meet with sue.
cess. While endeavoring to make the
proper adjustments he allowed the gas
to escape in some quantity from the
pipe The gas was then ignited by
candle which he was using during the
operation.
The flames shot out wildly for a
while, but did no damage. The fire
companies of the district responded to
an alarm sent in from box Sc, Sew.
enth and Curtin streets, but their serv
ices were not needed An emplove of
the gas company will connect the
meter.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-19
Premier Asquith to Remain
BRITISH HSTEAMER DUMCREE
TORPEDOED; CREW IS SAVED

Cardiff, Wales, May 10, Via London.
1881 ?. M.-The British steamer Dunn.
cree, which left Barry yesterday, has
been torpedoed in the English channel.
The members of her crew have been
saved.
The Dumcree was of 2,557 tons net
register and 374 feet long. She was
owned in Liverpool.
1t was due to the bravery shown by
the crew of Norwegian steamer that
the passengers and crew of the Dunn
cree were rescued. The Dumcree was
first torpedoed when off the Cornish
coast yesterday, but the projectile
failed to sink her. She was taken in
tow by the Norwegian steamer, but the
submarine started in pursuit and the
Norwegian east her off,
a second torpedo finished the Dunn.
cree. She was sinking rapidly when
the Norwegian vessel, perceiving her
peril, returned and took off the pas
sengers and crew.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-19
ALLIES LAND FRESH TROOPS
AT KUN KALE, DARDANELLES

London, May 19.-An Athens dis
patch says it is reported at Mytilene
that the allies disembarked fresh
troops Monday night near Kun Kale
on the Asiatic coast of the Dardanelles.
1t also has been learned there that
the Turks on the Gallipoli peninsula
who for weeks have lacked artillery
ammunition have obtained an abundant
supply of shells in the past few days.