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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-11
six ARE IMO|CTER
EAsTLANO DISASTER
THE STATE GRAND JURY RE-
TURNS INDICTMENTS At
CHICAGO.
Capiases Issued for the Arrest 81
the Indicted Men-Oficial> Of
steamship Company.

CHICAGO. Aug. l1.-Six owners
and officers of the doomed ship
Eastland were indicted today by the
state grand jury. charged with
manslaughter and criminal negli-
gence. Capiases were at once is
sued for the arrest of the indicted
men. They are:
The president Of the Chicago and
ST. Joseph Steamship Company
Vice President Hull, Secretary
Steele. Assistant Secretary Davis
Captain Pedersen and Chief Engi-
neer Erickson. The latter was
charged with criminal carelessness
They jury recommended the trans
ferring of the steamboat inspection
service from the commerce depart
ment to the navy department Biams
for the Eastland disaster was placed
on overlooking. fatty ballast tanks
and construction OF the vessel. 9th
#er recommendation were .or re
organization of the inspection So
vice so that there would be no Coz
fusion aud for providing inspeefo
with adequate technical knowledEe
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-11
'MEX|CANs THREATEN
At TACK brownsville
SEND AUTHORITIES WORD WILL
ATTACK CITY II VERA CRlZ
Is OCCUPIED.
Citizens Are Arming Themselves
While Soldiers Are Being kush-
ed to the City.

BROWNSVILLE. Texas, August
11.-Natamora across the border
from here has notified the local al
thorities that Mexicans will make a
concerted raid on this city in the
event Of American occupation of Vera
Cruz.
This threat together with the con-
tiuued activities of the bands OF MeN'
lean raiders in the border country i
causing the situation to grow more
tense hourly.
Already frightened by the repeat.
ed raids OF the bandits citizens are
arminr themselves. POSSES AMI sol
diers left to-day spreading out far
like over the country Ia clean out
the raiders. In the mean time sol
diers from Laredo are rushing here
10 help those already ON the ground
The Palm Garden battle last night
and another az Sebastian today have
tent new gravity to an sireacN h@
condition.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-11
ONE SOLDIER
IS KILLED
FOUR UNITED STATES lNFAN-
TRYMEN ANiBUSHED BY
MEXICAN RAIDERS.
FILLING THE JA|lS
Known and Suspected Bandits Are
Being Rounded Up by Soldiers.
Battle Near Palm
Garden

BROWNSVILLE Texas, August
IL While the jails hereabouts are
rapidly filling up with known MeAi-
can raiders and suspects the border
situation grew more tense today
Fuller ge9orts reacaing here this
morning of the killing last night OF
"a United States infantryman near
Palm Garden said twenty-five Mexi-
cans ambushed four soldiers and the
battle lasted twenty minutes. Thea
soldiers and a posse came TO the aid
of the cornered infantrymen and
drove off the raiders.
Raiders also staged q battle at a
ranch house near Norias near
which town another spectacu-
lar battle was staged ear
ly in the week. No casualties, how
ever, resulted in last nights battle
there.
The same situation existed in a
skirmish at Armstrong. eighty-five
miles from here.
The killing of the Brady brothers,
Americans. rid the outlaws OF two ot
their prominent leaders.
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TART NOTE
FROM CARRANzl
ADVISES SECRETARY or STATE
To CEAsE INTERFERENCE
WITH MEXICO.
WARNED Delegates
The Scuth American Diplomats Arc
Also Advised 10 Stay Out Of Con-
ferences - Surprise In
Washington.

WASHINGTON, August 11.--Gen-
eral Carranza has issued proclama-
ton deprecating the anti-American
demonstrations at Vera Cruz and
stating that the city Is quiet today.
This information was cabled to the
state department today by Consul
Silliman. and was moss surprising as
lit followed the communication from
Commander McNamee Tuesday tell.
ing OF the growing anti-American
feeling az Vera Cruz. implying that
Carranza was encouraging it. and
strongly suggesting possible danger
for foreigners. especially Americans.
More serious. however. were mes
sages coming from Carranza advfs-
ling Secretary Lansing to cease med
ding in Mexieo's affairs.
Carranza also sent notes to ths
Pan-American conferences advising
eacn delegate that he had better keep
his country out of the 'sPan-Amer-
ivan otAlcttuCt uDlQNS.
Carranza requested that the rev.
olution b. allowed to take Its own
course. One statement intended
for the Brazilian government refer
Ired to the Brazilian minister as
"one of the persons who has
brought the greatest evil to the
Mexican republic"
The note expressed the view that
Carrarza had considered the con-
fere1ces as intended to decide upon
wh fec ion deserves recognition
and to accord such recognition, but
/ added that the trend OF the press
/ comments and quotations from
Tansine had alarmed the constitu-
nslist government. He advised
/ hat ii the United States compre-
i hended the true situation it would
leave the revolution to take its
own way until one party had won
a victory.
The note to the Latin American
/ delegates suggested that any coop
Grafton with the United States
aiming at an occupation movement
| would be thing absolutely un-
desirable not only as affecting the
relations between the Latin Ameri-
can nations themselves. but also be-
cause it might involve the support
of any future decision that may
grow out of similar conditions
From Vera Cruz came q message
from the consul TO the state depart
ment saying many Carranzista soil
diers were killed when Zapatistas
destroyed train on the Inter-
oceanic railway Tuesday.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-11
l|S|0N IS RETURNED
N WESTERN RATE CASE

items Of heavy movement. The ag-
gregate increased revenues from
th advanced rates would have been
over seven million dollars. The
increase in revenues the roads were
counting on in grain. grain products
and livestock. packing products.
fresh meats and broom corn aggre-
gate over five million dollars.
All the rates on big commodities
having been denied the railroads
will receive only increases OF ST.
632.3S7 from hay, straw, coal,
fruits. vegetables. rice and import
rates. So that while the increased
rates were granted on five items
and refused on four others. the
commodities upon which advances
were refused are vital as revenue
items. Besides affecting the mid
die west. the decision also affects
Texas. Oklahoma, Arkansas and
Louisiana points.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-11
WOODS ARE STRIPPED
BY GERMAN SHELLS
ONLY STCNPS AND FALLEN TIM
BER LEFT ON SLOPES OF
Ia HARAZEE.
The Crown Princes Army Has Used
Half Million shells Against
French in Last Few
Days.

PARIS, August 1I.--The German
artillery's heavy pounding on the
once heavily wooded slopes of the
valleys around La Harazee have
stripped them in tho past few days.
SO terrible has been the assaults
that the crown princes army has coil
sumed half million shells against
the French works east of Vienne ie
stumps and fallen timber mark the
northern section. This afternoon 5
official statement reported that the
French maintained their positions
yesterday and last night despite vio-
lent German attacks.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-11
TWO WARSH|Ps
SAILING SOUTH
NEW HAMPSHIRE AND LOUIS
lana PROBABLY B0t Nd FOR
VERA Cruz.
OFFICIALS SILENT
The Navy Department Makes No
Oficial Statement a. To Des:ina-
ton OF the Battieships.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 1.-THE
destination of the battleships New
Hampshire and Louisiana viii not
be officially announced by the navy
department until they reach that
destination. the department said IN
effect today.
The naval operations bureau said
Vera Cruz isn't the only place ON
the map. when pressed for a deli
mite statement as TO thc destina-
tion OF the warships
omciais are watching the MeNi-
can situation with much anxiety II
is considered that an anti~tofeiSa
outbreak Ill Vera cruz Is a distinct
possibility. IL IS understood that
orders will be sent 10 Admiral Ca
perton al Haiti To hold his warships
ready 10 make run 90 Vera Cruz
il needed This move would he
the quickest and most available
plan should Developments require
hasty re,nlorcs ments a. Vera cruz.
Zapatisias attacked the tram
preceding the one on which the
RrasHian minister was going from
NexIeo Csfg % Nera Cruz and de-
layed the iagter's train. the state
department vas ads isei to-day rae
minister. il was stated. could nos
reach Vera Graz before noon To
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-11
MAY
QUIT K0sN0
REPORTED THAT THEY ARE
PREPARING TO EVACUATE
THE CITY.
CITY UNDER ATTACK
Germans Have Been Smelling the
Fortress Since Saturday Night.
Charges Have Been
Repu,sed.

PETROGRAD, August 11.-Mili-
tary circles admitted today that the
Kosno fortresses now under heavy
attack may be eVacuted before the
end of the week. Thousands of shells
have been hurled against the three
principal forts guarding the city
from the west since Saturday night.
Desperate heroism of Russians each
time hurled back the Teutons when
they tried TO charge through the
gaps made by the shells. Though
regretting the possibility that il
would be necessary to retire from the
city military experts We're optimistic
over the entire front situation. They
credited the Slavs, if they are forced
out of Kosno, to fall back on Wins
stubbornly resisting the enemy's ad-
vance north of the Warsaw-Petro-
grad railway. To the north of War
saw the Germans thus far have been
unable to force a passage OF the
Bug river, while around Warsaw and
in the southeast the situation is de-
scribed as being satisfactory.
In a statement early today con-
cerning Sundays fighting at kosno
it said the Russians heroically re
sisted the Germans and added that
at the end OF the day the enemy re-
tanned only the works near the VIII
lage of Piple.
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ATTEMPTING TO BRING
PRESSURE ON SERBIA
DEMAND IL MADE THAT >HE STR
RENDER NttEDo>iA 10
BULGARIA.

GENEVA. August ii.-Rome and
Athens information reaching here to-
day pointed % a spirit OF rebellion ca
Serbia's part regarding the diplomat
IL negotiations now under way. The
stories reaching here SAY he press ~
both Rome and Athens deci@Te that
serbian representatives are trying to
hAxe neutral correspondents send ont
STORES regarding pressure the allies
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-11
KAISER OIO NOT ENTER
WARSAW WITH his TROOPS
RENAMED OFT on CITY ON RE-
PORTS THAT PUBLIC BUILD
iNeS WE'RE MINED.

AMSTERDAM. August ll.-Be-
cause of -nmors that all public places
in Warsaw had been mined and that
Russian spies intended an attemrt
on his life the kaiser did not enter
the city with his victorious troops. i
Was learned on reliable authority -
day For 4 like reason the Amer.-
can and other foreign correspondents
at Berlin delayed their proposed viz
IL 20 the Polish capital.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-11
tokE SMITH ADDRESSES
THE COTTON SHIPPERS
Condemns Action oi England in In
serfe,ing With Cotton.

NEW NOkk. August II.-~Ad-
dressing a conference ot leading cot
ton shippers here today senator hoke
smith Of Georgia declared that any
further detention of cotton ships
bound for neutral ports ny Great
Britain should be regarded IS an un'
friendly act The delegates planned
10 draft a protest 70 Washington
against further British interference
with cotton shipments.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-11
Dis Loss
FOR ROADS
0X7}1<EU RATES REFUSED On
Al IMPORTANT CON-
MODITIEs.
& IN REVENUE
6na u the Proposed Rates
6dna = Loss of More Than
904em Million Dollars To
the Railroads.

WASHINGTON, Aug. ll.--Ad-
ance1 On grain. grain products,
Nootock, except in carload lots.
lSrG suspended today by the in
,SSfnto commerce decision in the
aoofGfn rate case. Advances were
,tSo suspended on packing house
ro6ucts, fresh meat rates, except
etwoen Iowa and Nebraska points.
Tho roads were permitted TO in
Na6o rates on car minimum ship
Ants from a.ooo 10 10000
30nd4 on grain. grain products
ia fertilizer. Advances were also
lowed on fruits. vegetables. brew
- rice, domestic rice. except in
4 load shipments. on coke and Bit
ninous coal, except on shipments
South Dakota on the last two
,n1ed c0mmodities which are held
be prohibitiyely increased. ADJ
nces were suspended ON broom
- hides. cotton piece goodsHand
; srdestie fertilizer.
Tho eQnmission's summary OF
,dinrs NJ based on the showing
operations and resultant financial
ndition 0f the respondents ON the
hole said:
sPrOp0sed Increase carload rates
grain and grain products con-
Tered as one commodity not JUS
led.
Proposed increase from $4,000
unds to 10000 pounds in the
inimum carload weight of grain
.oducis justified.
wssPr0poked Increased carload
tes on packing house products
d fresh meats. except as indicated
tween points on the Missouri riv-
/ not justified
+" Proposed Increased carload
les on fertilizer and fertilizer ma
N .ials not justified
Proposed Increased carload
, les on fertilizer and fertilizer
,terials not Justified
Proposed Increased rates on
luminous coal except as to south
kOta points. justified. The rates
:. coke here proposed, which are
u same as on coal. justified.
"Proposed Increased carload
= on brewers rice and less than
= had rufes on domestic rice jus
"a.
sProposed Increased carload
. on broom corn not justified.
Proposed Increased import
Is aud proposed increases in car
4 minimum from Gulf ports JUS
"a.
\ Proposed Increased carload
n o on fruit and vegetables iusti-
; l.
Proposed Increased carload
= on hay and straw, where not
excess of Glass &. justified
Proposed Increase any quantity
z = on cotton piece goods aud pro
y - increased carload rates from
~ II Texas not justified.
nl4Ao ecmmodities upon which in
- rates were asked include
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VARDAM.iN rs MISTAKEN
FOR MEDICINE f'.AKlR.

= SHENANDOAH Iowa, Aug. II. =
= Offended because United .
= States Senator James K Var .
= daman of Mississippi object .
. ed to the service she was rem =
= dering him at local hotel, .
= waitress retorted. Il guess you =
= patent medicine peddlers are o
= not used to storniRs at hotels. =
. The long hair of the senator =
. caused him to be mistaken for =
= an Indian street fakir who is =
= appearing on the streets. AS .
= new Iowa anti-tipping law has =
. just become effective. Senator .
. Vardaman did not fee the wait =
. ress. =
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-11
THE BORDER PATROL
MAY BE INCREASED

WASHINGTON. Aug. fi.-See-
retary Of War Garrison went into Il
conference today with all the war
department officials who would have
anything to do with the border sit
uation While he would not dis
euss the conference il is generally
believed that plans to increase the
border patrol were discussed.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-11
Tuo GERMAN NINE
~wEErEH> pt>fiohf
osfssiaIl, A,inaitte,i The, Mere >une
off Cult RIGA.

BERLIN. August IA s"mi-oi
meal statement TO-DAY admitted ths
loss aI Tao German nline sae"p*rs ia
sundays engagement between th
s.rmau aud Russian waEships OF
n. Gulf ~ RiEa entrances.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-11
Farmer Killed self.

TEMPLE. Texas. August IA
few minutes after being locked in
the city jail yesterday evening Jesse
Meadow. a farmer. aged about Z =
years. residing at Holland. died of
carbolic acid poisoning The BODY
Was claimed By his wife.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-11
THE FIFTH CAVALRY
ORDERED To THE BORDER

FORT LEAyENWORTH Kansas.
August l1.-When the Fifth United
States cavalry returns from practice
march il viii lentrain for the Mexican
border. unofficial reports said todas.
->---s~~~-~
Continued on page ?. column ~
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British steamer Sunk.

LONDON. August 11.--A British
steamer and a Norwegian bark have
heep added TO the German subma-
rine list OF toll making four yes
sells sunk since last night
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ANSWER IS FORWARDED
IN THE VIM. P. FRYE Case
AMERICAN GOV
ERNuE>r Wli.t. ACCEPT
DAN Nt.t.~.

WASHINGTON. August il-The
answer Go ihe William T. Frse aoie.
foru arlea 60 Germany last Gieht. +
understood 60 accept damages with'
out Waislng the American claim thai
The FRYE sinking VAS uHNaEranfsd
The administration. Il i believed.
uiu arbitrai. this question.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-11

Lord Kitchener, who runs away
from the photographers in London.
permitted one of them to take this
picture OF hira and the premier of
England being introduced TO Gener-
al Drubbel. commander of the sec
ond division OF tire Belgian army
on the battle front in France. The
Belgian Is shown shaking hands
with the British war minister while
he is presented by General Bridges.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-11
LANSING TOLD tn QUIT
MEODL|NG IN MEXICO.

is putting on Serbia to induce her 20
surrender Macedonia 10 Bulgaria N
payment for Buigaria's entry into the
war. The serbians. 1t is said, speak
angrily of the Justice OF the allied
demands.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-11
BIG GOLD SHIPMENT
REACHES NEW YORK
English shipment Did Not Reach
There Yesterday as Announced.

NEW YORK. August l1--The
British governments s52,ooo.ooa
gold shipment reached here today
after curiosity seekers had been
thrown off the trail by tho announce
ment yesterday that the shipment
had already arrived
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-15
HIGHER PAY TO TELEPHONE GIRLS is ASKED
BY FRANK WALSH

AeAA-AA L w AAAo44s N4AcNA4 AA4esAA - A--SSN
States Industrial Relations Commits
sion, swore an oath before an au-
dience of the Woman's Trade Union
league, in the Schiller building yes
terday. He declared ''by almighty
God" that when the commission he
is head of finds capitalists and cor
porations using autOcratic powers
over the working class the commits
sion is not going to hide that cOndi-
ton, but is going ito tear it open"
He said if the American Telegraph
& Telephone Co. is working thou
sands of hello girls at less than a
living wage" the commission will say
so. The hello girls are human and
the commission is going to be human
all the way through. It's the business
of the public which controls the wire
corporations by regulatiVe laws to
see that the hello girls get the decent
pay of decent women.
Walsh served notice he won't keep
his month shut about greedy exploit
tation," fntoleTable industrial con-
ditions," "we1-fed persons driving
bargains with hungry ones, or any
thing else that hits the commission
as rotten wrong between capital and
labor. He said the commission had
been accused of lacking judicial
poise," and replied:
81 have no judicial poise. haven't
got job that requires judicial poise.
If 1 had it I wouldn't use it. Miss
Agnes Nestor tells me that one cause
of industrial unrest is lawyers. Being
a lawyer perhaps 1 ought to know
something about that and something
about judicial pOise from first-hand
investigation.
Mother Jones went to the front and
shook hands with Walsh when he
finished his speech.
It was the speech of fighting man.
Rockefeller papers such as the New
York Sun and the Brooklyn Eagle
have been hitting Walsh for dragging
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dug into the facts about the fOUnda-
poor people from the poverty caused
by the industries owned by these ruch
men. Yesterday Walsh practically
said: Hands off! We're going
through on this; you can't stop u.s."
He shook two clenched fists and
his eyes blazed as he spoke of mis-
information born of passionate greed
and dishonesty" The telephone trust,
the Armour fertilizer combine, the
Colorado coal companies, report to
their directors and stockholders eve
erything about money and machinery.
but nothing about the human beings
who run the works. Newspaper read
ers, the public, ''have not had the ac-
tual facts" he said.
1T is said the commission has been
leaning toward labor" said Walsh.
Nine members constitute the COM
mission. The law says three shall
represent capital, three shall be from
labor ranks and three from the gem
eral public. For a year I've been try
ing to find out just who represent. /
find it is the ultimate consumer.
'If called on to say what class I
represent so far as numbers are con-
cerned have to say l represent the
working class of the United States.
in leading industries on one side
are the victims of abuses. On the
other side invariably is the man or
body of men who have autOcratic
power, power to inf1ict pain and
wrong. One side desires to drag it
out and let it be known to all men.
The other side wants the sleeping dog
to lie. They want to let well enough.
alone.
eff the commission has earned the
criticism that it has leaned to labor
it comes from the fact that we have.
not let well enough alone. If we find
a rotten condition we're going to tear.
it open.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-03-22
Importante robo descubierto
Un peon que Sc hace socio.- La sucursal
de la Puerta del SOL iValiente peje!

das clases, azadas, hachas, botones,
gruesas de hilo, cuerdas de guitarras,
molinos de cafe, etc., etc., pareciendo
dicha residencia una sucursal de LA
Puerta del Sol''. Fue arrestado en- ell
acto, y averigu6 la detective que en- ell
establecimiento de Luis Gonzalez, este
saieto hac1a tres meses ven1a vediendo
efectos de estos que sustra1a. La detec-
tive investig0 en- dicho establecimiento ell
asunto, manifestando al senor Gonzalez
que, efectivamente, hac1a tres meses we
MIA comprandole efectos este indivi-
duo, y 10 1ltimo que adquiri6 de el fue-
ron tres rev6lveres. En- menos de dos
horas y debido a la actividad de la de-
tective dirigida por su jefe ell senior Qua
nil, todo qued6 esclarecido, y un emplea-
do de ella Puerta del Sol'', tom6 nota
de todos los efectos ocupados los cuales
quedaron en- la oicina de la detective,
hasta q. terminen estos funcionarios sll
labor en- ell esclarecimiento de este robo,
pues ademas Sc han ocupado otros efec-
tos de carpinter1a que no pertenecen 4
esta casa de Comercio, y Sc presume que
sean de otra pr6xima donde quizas ell
acusado pueda haberlos sustra1do. Ha
ingresado en- la carcel a disposition del
fiscal de este Distrito quien terminara
la investigation y hara la acusaci6n
cuando llegue ell case.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-03-22
Declaraciones del
ministro de Hacienda

Paris, 13.-S'Le Matin" publica unas
declaraciones del ministro de Hacienda
ruso, Bark, de las cuales 10 mas nota-
BILE es 10 siguente:
"Nuestros enemigos, mejor, nues-
tro enemigo, no comprende toda Ia i'm
portancia de los acontecimientos que
ha desencadenado Y de las catastrofes
que fatalmente han de caer sobre el.
Esta guerra no terminara con la ac-
ci6n militar. Mucho tempo hara que
habran callado ca1ones y fusiles y la
guerra continuara en- otro terreno. To-
mamos va las medidas para continuar
sin cuartel Ia batalla economical. Nues-
tros amigos los franceses substituiran,
de hoy en- adelante, los alemanes, en-
ell mercado ruso, y este solo 10 alcan-
zaran apropiandose de sus metodos.
Vengan los franceses a estudiar sobre ell
terreno nuestras necesidades, nuestros
habitos, nuestras costumbres comercia-
les Decides que hallaran en- nuestro
pals toda la ayuda protection nece-
sarias, y que seran recibidos con los
brazos abiertos. Por mi parte, yo no
retrocedere ante ning1n esfuerzo para
|satisfaecrles, convencido de que con es-
to no tan solo hare una obra de amigo
sincere de Francia sino tambien de
hombre de Estado y de patricia ruso." :"