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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-03
D. S. DEFICIENT IN
AIR CRAFT DEFENSE
LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED AVA.
ATORS AVAILABLE IN
CASE OF WAR;
Art Smith Declares the Nation Is Far
Behind Others in Aviation.
More Machines Are
Needed.

SAN FRANCISCO, August s.
Less than two hundred aviators and
fewer aeroplanes are available for
the army and navy in the event of
Art Smith the sensational exposition
flyer. declared today in discussing
plans for national defense which
President Wilson is now considering
The question of machines. he said,
would for a time be worse than that
of men Many exhibition machines
now in use throughout the country
would be useless in war and The ma
tion would have 10 wait for factories
TO turn out more. Even then the ma
chimes would not be up TO the dis
posal of those of Europe. Lack of
government support. Smith feels. is
the reason for the nation being be-
hind in aviation. More government
aid. greater appropriations and CON
slant experiments are necessary. he
said. He compared Frances 2,50o
available svistors al the start OF the
war 20 the available force in the
United States. and said the latter
would be masssered lin no time. .
An enemy would be able 10 see what
ven, on in the United States lines
~ said. while We could see nothing.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-03

ROME, August 3 When the 49,
tro- German armies complete thoIr
batterinE on Warsaw. the Austrfxns
intend to sweep down on ncrthern
Italy in . big campaign. accordins 10
Information from frontier tOwns
reaching here today Some II thsee
reports declare that the AuatrtaDs
are already massing troops betuecn
Trent and Royereto. and these a1e
partially confirmed By General Ca
darno's statement saying observers
lave told Of troop trains arriving 81
Rovereto.
Austrian troops, mostly IN small
bands. have attempted to start an
offensive along the Tyrolean FROM
tier but these have been repulsed.
These assaults are generally regard
cd as test or the Italian strength.
The munition minister's report
shows that the Italians are well pso-
yided with ammunition.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-03
.REPR|slL MEASURES
SUGGESTED 81 Press
USE or PATENTS NAY RE RE-
CALLED FROM AMERICAN
FACTORIES.
Munition Factories May he Restrict-
ed II Attitude Of America h
Not Changed Towards
Germany.

BERLIN. August The Tage-
blatt today suggested tha German
firms and German capitalists might
hinder the American manufacture
OF war munitions for the allies b;ss
taking measures at reprisals. The
paper suggested that German firms
owning patents refuse to issue H.
ccnses for use to American concerns
now engaged in the production OF
munitions of war. instancing the
making OF benscle as an example.
The paper stated that the Lehigh
Coke company had been forced hv
German capitalists owning large
share Of the stock to refrain from
supplying any Of its output to munl-
tion factories.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-03
JOHN R. LAWSON
may OBTAIN RELEASE
COUNSEL APPEALS FOR HIS RE-
LEASE PENDING FINAL Ord
ER FOR NEW TRIAL.
Convicted of Conspiracy in Connec-
tion With Death Of Mine
Guard and Given Life
Sentence.

DENVER, August 3.-The release
of John r. Lawson on writ pend
ing the final order for a new trial
was sought today from the state
supreme court by counsel for Law
son. The leader of the strikers in
the state Colorado labor trouble
was convicted of conspiracy in con-
nection with the killing OF mine
guard and given life sentence
in the penitentiary. He asked for a
new trial and liberty On the ground
impeaching the judges fairness,
charging undue influence on the jury
and citing more than one hundred
errors in the first trial.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-03
RAIDERS KILL
j. s. SOLDIER
DEPUTY SHERIFF. AND ANOTH-
Err SOLDIER ARE WOUNDED
IN BATTLE.
CALL FOR TROOPS
Brownsville Authorities Urge State
and War Departments to Send
More Troops at Once.

BROWNSVILLE Tex. Aug. g.
One American soldier was killed and
another soldier and a deputy sheriff
wounded in an early morning bat
tie with Merican raiders at San
Benito, twenty-five miles from here.
today Several of the raiders were
killed.
The dead
Private Mcclure, Troop A.
Twelfth cavalry.
The wounded
Private Curtis. Troop A, Twelfth
cavalry, ear shot off.
Deputy Sheriff Monahan. shot in
the leg.
The raiders crossed the river Sun
day night and renewed their depre-
dations last night. A detachment of
troops surrounded them on the
Scrivner ranch early this morning
and engaged them in a sharp bat
tie
Fighting is still proceeding'in the
underbrush and all available troops.
peace officers and citizens are rush
ing to the scene. A machine gun
squad is enroute to the battle.
Both the war department and
state government have been asked
TO send additional troops here be-
cause of the serious condition along
the border The bandits are be-
lieved to be Carranzistas stealing
horses for the army.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-03
CH|CAGO MAN TRIES TO
WIPE OUT W|FE'S FAMILY
GEO. II. JONES KILLS WIFE AND
TWO OTHERS AND WOUNDS
HIMSELF.

CHICAGO, Aug 3-Thoueh un-
conscious and dying from a self
inflicted bullet wound. Geo. II.
Jones. wealthy owner of a garage.
refused TO discuss the killing OF his
wife. sister-in-iaw. brother-in-law
and the shooting OF other members
OF his wife's family las, night, The
"other woman" Miss Margaret Bit
ner. 20. who drove the car after the
killing. commented that she
thought there was nothing wrong In
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-03
PLENTY Of MONEY
TO MARKET CROPS
UNCLE SAM MILL USE CASH AND
ADVICE LAvISHLY To AID
FARMERS.
The Government Has Plenty OF
Money to Market All Crops
in Normal
Fashion.

WASHINGTON. August a. Uncle
Sam is ready TO help the farmers
with cash and advice in marketing
their corn, cotton, wheat and other
products. From the federal reserve
boards letters TO the twelve regional
banks it is learned that the govern
ment has plenty of money TO market
all crops in normal fashion. Both
money and advice will be used La
ishly To prevent violent fluctuation
of prices. particularly of cotton, rs
this would be detrimental TO the
loaning banks. the producers. the
manufacturers and consumers.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-03
TWO HUNDRED VESSELS
sunk Bf The RUSSIANS
COAL AND AMMUNITION LADt.s
SHIPS HAVE BEEN DESTROY
ED BY ToRPEDO BOATS.

PETROGRAD. August 3.-Rns-
sian torpedo boats along the Asia
Minor coast have destroyed two huns
dred Turkish sailing vessels laden
with coal and ammunition, In some
eases the ammunition vas confis-
Gated whenever found available for
Russian use. The official statement
today reported that three ship build
ing yards had been fired and des+
troyed and thar coal depots were
wrecked by the Russian raiders.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-03
the Niles W|u SUCCESS
AGAINST TURKISH FORCES
TROOPS OF THE OTTOMAN ESI-
PIRE DEFEATED IN BATTIES
ON THE PENINSULA.

LONDON. Aug. 3.-In an attack
on the Turkish defense on the Gal
lipoli peninsula the allies have won
fresh successes, General Hamilton
reported today The enemy's works
threatened the Australian outposts.
Consequently charge was ordered
The British first bombarded neigh
boring works and then exploded
mines under the central positions.
finally driving the enemy out in a
bayonet attack. The Turks lost 70
dead.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-03
DYNAMITE STOLEN.

MASSENA. N. r.. August sTwo
companies Of New York state militia
are searching the strike district for
500 pounds Of dynamite alleged 70
have been stolen from the plant os
the Aluminium company OF America.
Al late hour this afternoon ii had
not been found. The guards at the
plant have been doubled A desui-
tory interchange of shots took place
today between the strikers and
guards. The strikers were concealed
behind shacks.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-03
FIGHT is ON AGAIN
IN WESTERN THEATRE.

AMSTERDAM. Aug. 3.-Heavy
fighting is in progress on the British
front near Ypres. according to tele-
gram from Courtrai. Belgium. the
boom of great guns and mine eX-
plosions was audible there for hours
and it was quickly followed by Q
steady stream of wounded men from
casualties were the result of sharp
mel wounds.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-03
ms CRACK TROOPS
/ hllt been DEFEATED
|IN<i COLUMN CAUGHT BE
|sEEN TWO DETACHMENTS
AND ANNIHIi.ATED.
he Rattle Gouth OF Torreon
|sreo AlilltOu Rounds of Ammu-
aitfon Cnptnred by OBJ
REGION.

|\LVESTON. Aug. 3-The COM
I destruction of Villas flying
mn under General Fierro was
|rted to the Carranza consul here
y In Vera Cruz advices. The
|age said that a detachment sent
lward BY General Obregon and
|grxuing column caught the VII
Il between them, following the
|sta defeat at Pachuca.
|lregon reported that in the bat
Outh Of Torreon he took three
on rounds Of ammunition and
nnense quantity of supplies.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-03

zyf 0Itx Aug. g.. Supplied
IN o pressing forward
Sh0 U1 ftont and equipped
heQxJ G9nc Ill along the line.
sral aeIly11x - making a ter-
drive sn4 ftends to capture
yvnrens t1egrad railway at
points ~ tluesing the Bug river
! y milee von of the Polish capi-
~ y M xontly ander orders
|0frn ~ m of the city with
|furtles ln3
az HeSG1 have the supplies
ANN they are credited
hGYlnG tRo3 can continue the
d tndG nttoiy and finally eat
/ way hroueh the Warsaw de-
y until thty compel the small
|ison cf defenders to retire, ac-
ling q expest views. On the
|eary the var office asserted that
SlavS positions along the Bug
Vfstula are GOOD and that the
Ian tenoe1ly and stamina ma?
II po1Gtbto 10 prevent the Ger
from St11hing their way
|fgh To TIE Warsaw -Pefrograd
'ay II 4 shoFt campaign. OIL
dispxt xtchea ils Dealing with the
ian ar attacks on Warsaw Sat
Y said ssven persons were kill
nd fourteen injured.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-03
BRITISH MAXI
GAINS ON GALLlPOLI.

|)NDON, Aug. 3--The crest of
ridge in the Gallipoli peninsula
|,esn gained BY the British troops
|the position of the British in the
anslles has been improved. ae-
Ing 10 = statement given out to-
|hy the official press bureau.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-03
Released from Jail.

LAREDO. Tex. Aug Sixty
Nuevo Laredo citizens arrested and
jailed on the mayors order because
they asked for an investigation of
alleged misappropriation Of funds
have been released.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-03
PACIFIC NAIL COMPANY
STEAMERS To BE SOLD
Vessels May he Purchased ny Inter-
national Mercantile Company.

NEW YORK. Aug. s,~~Purchase
OF the Pacific Mail Steamship cont
pany's vessels by the international
Mercantile Marine company is re-
ported to be under consideration.
The Pacific Mail fleet will go out O.
business when the i.aFollette act be
comes effective
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-03
VERA CRUZ NOW IN
TOUCH WITH MEXICO CITY.

WASHINGTON, ,Aug. 3.-Tele-
graph communication between Vera
Cruz and Mexico City has been re-
stored. Provisions began entering
the city yesterday. and other train
loads are on the way.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-03
FORT NORTH DEALER GETS
a THREATENING LETTER.
!. J. Anderson Receives Threats
That store viii Re Wrecked.

DALLAS. Teas, August 3-Ad-
ding to the mystery of the dynamite
ing OF the w r. Moore home here
and threats to bomb the plant of the
Padgett saddlery factory ii became
known that A. ] Anderson. a sport
ing goods dealer of Fort Worth, nad
received threatening letters. An
derson is the man who failed to
identity Wallace Moore here yeter-
day as the purchaser of the dyna-
mite and picked another man.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-03
|lE 4 lInCH|hG
SLAYER Of YOUNG BOY
nnC1R OC THREE COT Mites
a'ALaENDDsNIA SEARCHING
FOR NEssRO.

|N FRANCISCO. Aug. While
ehestEs Of three counties are
,h1De for Jane Johnson. ne
onoso y talk OF lynching. tol-
lee The fatal shooting of Rich
L1n1nny. . boy. when the lat
3gncortod his aunt from IN. ne
l ateompoed assault. The shoot
|oceureQd On lonely ranch near
'sus.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-03
ARE PLANNING / SN[
on NORTHERN ITALY

Cameron county TO either persuade
the federal government to send sd
ditional troops TO the border or rusa
. company Of militia there BY to-
morrow because Of the activity OF
the Mexican raiders. Efforts are
being made to get into touch with
Governor Ferguson ct Rockport.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-03
VETERAN DEPARTMENT
EMPLOYE Is BURIED

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-Funeral
services were held here today for
Col g. Il. Bracket. eighty-nine,
for the last sixteen years chief
pomologist Of the department of
agriculture.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-03
Reunion Of Veterans.

DUBLIN, Texas, August 3.Con-
|federate veterans and Old Settlers
are ''re-uEing" here today. and will
continue 10 do so for three days. In
Icidentally Dublin will have special
Dallas and Fort Worth days. and vii,
have in her midst i lot of trade
boosters from the two cities
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-03
Dies OF Injuries.

CHICAGO, Aug Geo. n.
Jones died today from his self-in-
fiicted wound without making a
statement regarding the killing OF
his wife. sister-in-law, brother-in-
law and the shooting of two other
members of his wife's family.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-03
KAISER CLAIMS DIVINE HELP
IN CAMPAIGN OF THE EAST
This Information Is Given Out b,
Cardinal Hartman.

BERLIN. August 3s.rhe ont
above us has helped MS in the war.
responded the kaiser when Cardinal
Hartman. who congratulated him
over the success OF the eastern cam
Ipaign. The cardinal related the In
|cident during a pontifical service.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-03
EXPLOSION OCCURS N
BOMB PROOF ARSENAL
ONE MAN WAS KILLED AND
TWO INJURED WHILE En-
PERINIENTING.
PHILADELPHIA,

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. s.-An
explosion in the experimental
bomb proof" United States arsenal
at Frankford today one man was
killed and two injured. II is un-
derstood that high explosive shell
was being tested at the time.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-03

II may be said for the average
tightwad, or against him. that he is
more liberal with himself than he
is with anyone else.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-03
HANK CASHIER FOUND
DEAD IN MS OFFICE.

franklin J.. Johnson Killed Him.
self at Ss. Dz,uis.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. s.The sui.
eide OF Assistant Cashier Franklin
L. johnson OF the Mercantile Ma
tionai bank in his sprivate Office to-
day will probably be the subject OF
an inquest tomorrow. Bank OH
cials assign III health as the cause.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-03
IS STILL HAMMER
|CATES OF WARSAW
WAR MODELS CONTINUE
To DE LATEST STYLES

Russian Houses aud Military Tighs
FITTING skirts Will Re the Rage.
CHICAGO. Aug. 3.---"War mod
elss" continue TO be the proper
women wear for fall The Russian
blouse and the military tight fitting
skirt were pointed out as the very
newest things in fall dresses at the
fashion show today.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-03
Telegraph Ferguson.

AUSTIN. Tex. Aug. 3.-Governor
gram from the county judge OF
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-03

keeping company with Jones and
that they had planned to marry
after he obtained divorce.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-03
PROSECUTION REQUESTED
OF THE GOVERNMENT.
Asks That Those iResponsibIe for
Mmnition shortage he Prosecuted

PETROGRAD. August 3. - The
government was asked by the duma
today to prosecute those criminally
responsible for shortage of ammu-
ni.ion, for the Russian armies re-
gardless of their position
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-03
BROKERS' FORCE PRICE
OF STOCKS HIGHER
Act on Belief that the War Is to BE
Continued.

NEW YORK, Aug. Belief in
the continuance of the war was reg
istered by brokers today who forced
Bethlehem stock to the new high
record of 275. At the same time
United States steel hit 6S 3-S. or
80 points above the low level of a
year ago.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-03

the morning OF July 80 to side door
from which they entered the death
chamber.
Father Cashin, prison chapinin.
was with Becker up 10 mis- death.
The priest stood before him repeat
ing prayers in which Becker joined
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-21
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES

1t would seem that Ernest Rhys in
his biography of Rabindranath Tagore
has supplied just the information tnat
people have most desired about the ia
nous Hindu poet. Not only has he told
the main facts of Tagore's life and the
interesting events In his career but no
has put Tagore in his proper place III
Hindu culture, showing among other
things his relation to Indian writers
and Indian society as whole In ad-
dition to this Mr.. Rhys has reviewed
critically the more important OF Ia
gore's works and has explained how
they are expressions of the philosophies
which the author has held at dinerent
periods of his life.
Godfrey Monmouth points out in tn
Bookman the difference between $,
John G. Ervine's Alice and Famif''
and the majority Of stories about poo.
people. Usually" he says wher,
one deals with those who are poor a:
sense of misery pervades the story, bus
not so with this gentle author. To
poverty does not mean the suppression
of all Joy nor the distortion of human
values Possibly this is due to certain
selective sense with which he projects
his material; but more probably 1t may
be caused by robust and healthy vision
which makes him see that many are not
so conscious OF their own pitiful sltua-
tions as outsiders would surmise
Alice and A Family is merely slice
of life, and a very pleasant cut at that.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-21

This photograph shows the strange
German who is believed to be DR..
Anton Meyer Gerhard, Count Won
Bernstorff's alleged messenger to
Germany concerning American senti-
ment over the sinking of the Lusi-
tania, or DIR. Alfred Meyer, member
of the German privy council and pur-
chaser of war munitions in the
United States for the German gov
ernment.
In other words. the charge is made
that the state department was tricked
into obtaining safe passage for a
German military agent. The German
embassy sent DR.. Meyer-Gerhard to
Berlin to carry word to the kaiser of
American feeling over the Lusitania
affair according to the German am
promises from the warning nations
promises form the warning nations
that they would let him go through,
and word was received the other day
he had reached Norway. Meyer
Gerhard had ostensibly been in the
United States in connection with the
Red Cross.
Now, 1t is charged. Meyer Gerhard
was never here, but DR.. Alfred
Never was. He lectured on the Red
Cross, and at the same time dealt
with ammunition men for arms, it is
charged.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-21
COMMENT ON WATERLOO

DUNNING through some of the
IN comment brought out by the
anniversary of the Battle of
Waterloo was a note which indicates
that it is more or less widely believed
that if the battle had been fought
under modern conditions the armies
would have dug in" and that it would
have taken quite as many days as it
actually did take hours to decide it.
Such an opinion, doubtless, will afford
considerable amusement in military
circles.
No one. not even the German strate-
gists who seem to have thought of
everything else, foresaw how important
trench operations would become in
told it probably would develop that
no one can predict just how they are
going to end. How they happened to
occur, however. is another matter, and
ii is quite clear even to the nonmilitary
observer. They are the effect of armies
so large that nothing else can be done
with them. In a certain sense, mill
tary preparation has been carried to
such a length that it has defeated
itself.
Battle lines, hundreds of miles long,
start at some unturnable point like a
deep blue sea, and they anchor just as
securely at some other point like a
range of cloud-piercing mountains or
a neutral boundary line. The only
thing the contending forces can do is
sit down and reduce slaughter to a
daily routine.
But armies the size of those COM
manded by wellington and Napoleon
are not so unwieldy. Moreover it is
not safe to assume that maneuvering,
higher strategy and fine-spun cam
paigns are a thing of the past just be-
cause armies now In the field have re-
verted to caveman tactics. The great
Japanese Russian campaign was a
series of huge but wonderfully carried
out flanking movements, and that war
may safely be counted modern even
in a hurry-up age. Wellington to-day
probably would dig some trenches to
lessen the responsibility thrown upon
his squares, but he would not waste a
great deal of effort in that direction
Bonaparte would have no more use for
the strategy of the mole now than he
had a century ago.
On the whole it would be much
more rational to guess that Waterloo
to-day would more resemble a huge
automobile race than siege. Wei
lington had less than 10000 men; the
French army was but little over that
figure. Forces of that size, given
motor equipment and good roads
would be much more likely to fight
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-21
TELEGRAPH PERISCOPE

Many a man who would blush to
own that he had been injured by the
rear appliances of a mule boasts of
once having had his arm broken by a
kicking automobile.
Park View children. who were in
jured at a fire some time ago, on Satur-
day burned down their home. This
puts the old adage that burned child
breads the fire in the same class with
that which told us that lightning never
strikes twice IN the same place.
SO many men are so busy asserting
their rights that they are continually
getting in wrong"
Some people find SO much joy in
being miserable that Heaven promises
to be a sad place for them.
-we note the following significant
advertisement in E. w. Howe's
Monthly: Harp, violin, piano, cornet,
guitar, typewriter; for sale cheap to
close. Want transit, prism, binoculars,
microscope. Won Berg. Johnstown,
Nebraska" We don't like to appear
unduly suspicious, but haven't the
Johnstown correspondents overlooked
ground for a very good German spy
story?
Even the man who puts on airs
occasionally enjoys an electric fan.