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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-08
SANTA FE To ENGAGE
IN EXPRESS BUSINESS

TOPEKA, AKIN. Sept. s.-Ae-
oording to report in circulate
here today the Santa way VIII
go into the express business. II Is
the purpose of the road TO take over
all business done by the Wells Ergo
Express company on its lines. ne
official announcement on this mas
ter will be made in a few weeks.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-08
NO ACTION TAKEN ON
DALLAS FEDERAL bUIlO|hG

DALLAS, Texas, Sept. S.--Dallas
will have to wait for some time for
her new postoffice building and
union depot substation, although
the bill and appropriation of $l.soo,-
coo for that purpose was reported
favorably last July. Congress adj
journed today without having taken
action on the measure.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-08

CHICAGO. Sept. s. seventy-fiye
prohibitionists. including J. Frank
Hanly. of Indiana. and Ira Landrith
of Tennessee. prohibition candidate
for president and vice presidet re-
spectively, left here today on spe-
eial train for a 60-day ten Thousand
mile campaign tour extending to the
Pacific coast
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-08
Houses Record Of Work.

WASHINGTON, Sept. S.-During
the session of congress closing to-
day. 1890 bills and 642 resoln-
tions were introduced in house. or
these fifty-two bills became laws
and thirty-three public resolutions
were adopted. in addition to $50 pri-
vate bills and resolutions.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-08
HUN llIL 70 HUNGARY
Otc0P|ED HY RuMANIANs

dl,0,,,s N' Sept. s.-A Bucharest
he pn 70 The Times reported that
At tbs hanlans ,. had occupied orsevo
0egD.,;a. u gate of Hungary. The
Nrtsa :. Of orsevo has been re-
y bu, several sources recent
teen ,o.., spor's thus far have not
sn off, ned by the Rumanian
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-08
BRITONs RAID ENEMY
TRENCHES NEAR LILLE

LONDON. Sept s. british troops
southwest OF Lille last night raided
the German trenches southeast of
Ginehy and near Fichesboure
LAyoue. inflicting severe losses on
the occupants. says the Britiah Of
fetal statement issued this after
noon.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-08
|AEGnOEs GET FIRST Dl00D
UNDER NEW ORDINANCE

DALLAS. Tex. Sept. S.-The seq
relation ordinance recently passed
TO prevent negroes from living in
the same block with the whites
back fired today" The ordinance
works both ways aud Phillip Papa.
q Greek. was fined $l0 for moving
into a block occupied by negroes.
The complaint. which was the first
filed under the new ordnance. was
filed by negroes.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-08
ANN BUQNsTEtN, MARGARET BupNSTEIN /
EpmARD MORRISON lrrs

Of the girls. had told him on her
death bed two years ago that Nor
rison was the father of the girls.
II was also said the millionaire
adopted them so he would not die
childless, the Will OF his father hav-
ing provided that IL he did his
property was to go to the city.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-08

partment before the department Of
agriculture oan cooperate with IL in
the distribution of funds provided
for by the federal good roads act.
\ ruling TO this effect has just
been given by the department OF ag-
riculturc IN the case Of Indiana.
where there IS no highway depart
ment.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-08

The adoption by Edward n. Nor
rison, Chicago millionaire, OF the
two daughters of Jacob Burnstein,
junk dealer. has brought out n
remarkable situation. In the United
States court Burnstein made the
statement that his wife. the mother
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-08

Conscience helps. but the fear of
getting caught must also be listed
with the Influence for good.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-08

No matter what college a man
attended. his wife is apt to play
quite part in finishing his educa-
ticn.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-08
STATES MUST HIVE HIGHWAY
BOARDS TO GE4 ROAD MONEY

WASHINGTON, Sept. s.-Each
state must organize a highway de-
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-08

Subscribe for the Dany Light.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-08

Texas has no such department,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-17
751,972,372 gallon,

751,972,372 gallons decrease In five yean
Tho whole country drank only 29e,oce,
900 gallons of all kinds of liquor in 1874,
or only about $4,000 gallons more than
the decrease of 1915. In 1914 we drank
on an average so of gallon Of wina
In 1915 the amount was only 80 Of 4
gallon. We drank 20.54 gallons Of beer
apiece in 1914 and 2.3 gallons less ths
next year. The falling off in the use d
spirits was equally marked, for the y
crease was from 1.43 gallons In 1918
1.25 gallons in 1915. Spirits are faag
off in popularity, for in 1850 the aveHa
amount used was 2.24 gallons, while tAa
we drank only 1.5S gallons of beer Is
capita. Beer is still the most commoa
drink, as it has been since 1850. In onc
two of the eight years from 1907 to l'lA
inclusive, did the average amount drum
fall below 20 gallons. This makes ~
slump to 1924 gallons in 1915 most "
markable.
We are not drinking wine In anythns
like the quantities we did few years aso
It took only SO, 800, 900 gallons of imports
and domestic wines to supply the NY
demand, whereas 52,4OO,OOO were nee0''
in 1914.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-17
COMPULSORY ARBITRATION

In Australia and New Zealand legislation
has gone farther than in Canada. Roughly
described, the New Zealand compulsory ar
bitration act creates a number of Industrial
districts in each of which is a board of
Cancellation TO which disputes must be re-
ferred If conciliation fails, the dispute
goes to a general arbitration court for the
Islands, the findings of which are final, New
Zealand was prematurely called the "eoun-
try without strikes; but strikes and lock-
outs are legal there only If the parties
to them are bound by no award or agree
ment; and there have been about 80 in the
last 20 years. All unions Of employers or
employees are exp cted TO register under the
act in order TO obtain its benefits The ef-
fectiveness OF the general measures against
Industrial warfare was demonstrated when
in 1919 an attempted syndieated strike on
shipping and railways was blocked by
spontaneous uprising of the people to man
these industries. In Australia similar
law was passed a decade ago, and II also
has worked well. though troubles persist
as Is shown by the recent Golden Hill
strike, endange-irg the Labor Government
But In neither Australia nor New Zealand
would these laws work 30 well were or
ganized labor not so strong and guaran-
feed so many benefits under paternal legis-
lation. AIinimum-wage laws, factory acts,
vorkmen's compensation, have protected
labor interests and eliminated industries
not able 10 comply with them. The COM
pulsory arbitration acts are the capstone
to a complex structure OF laws such as
exists nowhere else.-New York Evening
Post
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-17
A Technical Distinction

Editor Of "What Do You RnotoD-"An.
swers to Yesterdays Quiz" of August IL
contains technical inaccuracy which, 1 am
confident you will be pleased to correct,
No. states:
"rhe Saturday Evening Post has a larger
circulation than any other American perlodl-
cal"
The inaccuracy lies in the fact that the
term periodical is defined by the postal
laws and regulations as publication issued
at intervals longer than one week, whereas
publication issued at intervals of one
week Cor less) is held to be a newspaper .
HARRY I. ABRAHAMS.
The distinction between a periodical and
newspaper is made by the postal regula.
tions for the sole purpose of putting into
definite categories the various publications,
without reference to the generally accepted
meaning Of the terms in common usage
Thus newspaper which was issued once
every two weeks could properly be called
newspaper, though the postal authorities
would have TO classify II as a "periodicaI'
to prevent evasions of the law. In Answer
No. the word periodical was used in its
generally accepted sense, and without refer.
ence to postalrule parlance. which in the
very nature OF the case must draw arbi.
trary lines.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-17
MY DOG

When my dog looks at yer friendly outer
meltin' pretty eyes,
An he wags his tail an tries ter lick yer
hand;
Then I don't care Wot you look like an 1
don't care wot yer been,
Yer good enough for meyer under
stand?
Sometimes a human bein' judges by yer
fancy coat.
An If yer gloves an shoes is new an
whole;
But dog. when he looks at yer, doesn't
notice little things;
A dog-a dog he judges by yer soul
When my dog looks at yer friendly like he
wants TO see yer smile.
An jumps upon yer, lovin', when yer call
I'd like yer If yer was alone without a home
r. friend.
A burglar-uamp or anything at all
Sometimes a human bein' likes yer sur
faee-polished up
Yer talk or table manners plays their
part;
But a dog. when he looks a. yer, goes be-
meath the top veneer;
A dog-a dog be judges BY yer heart
Christian Herald.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-17
THE EARLIEST COLONIAL DAME
Virginia Dare First Child of English in America
Holds that Record, But No One Knows Who
Her Descendants Are
By JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS

A BLACK wall of mystery faced the
"A jamestown colonists when they
landed in Virginia in 1907. Sir Walter
Raleigh had charged them to seek Vir-
ginia Dare, the first native white Amer.
lean, and her fellow colonists upon whom
the forest primeval had so mysteriously
closed some 20 years before. But only
the pines and the hemlocks in the depths
OF that leafy wilderness could tell whittier
these lost ones had so strangely vanished,
and, until Raleigh's head fell upon the
block of the executioner, 1t was troubled
with wonder as to the fate Of his "lost
Roanoke colony"
Those $50 men, women and children
he had sent to Virginia to found an agrl-
cultural State in 1887. In three ships
they had sailed gaily out of Plymouth on
a balmy morning of April, but they did
not touch their restless feet to the sands
of Roanoke Island until the sun of late
July had scorched 1t. Their governor,
John White, brought with him his daugh-
ter Eleanor and her husband, Ananias
Dare. The colonists had hardly hewn
their cabins out of the woods when they
daughter to Eleanor and Ananias, and
the Governor christened his little grand
daughter-the first child of English par
ents born in the new world-Virginia
Dare, in honor of the new Province and
of Britain's Virgin Queen.
Having upon his arrival found skele-
tons of an English colony that had pre-
ceded him, Governor White wisely deter
mined to cultivate the friendship of the
Indians. So Chief Manteo, who lived some
distance away upon Croatan Island, was
given the title Of baron and Lord of
Roanoke thus receiving the first and last
peerage ever created on our soil. At
the same time Manteo accepted the rites
of the Christian baptism and both his
friendship and spiritual redemption ap-
peared to be assured.
II soon became necessary for the ships
that had brought the colony to return
to England for supplies and Governor
White went along to hasten their return.
He left behind him SO men, II women and
2 children. On his way home he touched
at ireland. where he gave the populace
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-17

! some potatoes, the first of that kind ever
seen in Europe. He started back with
two ships laden with the needed supplies,
but after he had gotten out into the open
sea his greed for gain caused him to
neglect his Roanoke colony. so sorely in
need of food. He diverted his course to
pursue some Spanish ships In search of
plunder, but they SO badly battered his
little fleet that he had to return to Eng
land, where the Spanish blockade of Brit
ish waters bottled him up for nearly three
years.
Landing upon Roanoke Island upon O
hot day late in the summer of 1890, he was
appalled, to find an absolute desolation.
His heart sank. The entire colony had
disappeared and even their houses had
all been removed. Carved upon a birch
tree. however, he found the one word
"Croatan." Apparently the Christianized
Manteo, Lord of Roanoke, had taken pity
upon the starving colonists and brought
them to his island stronghold, there to
live with his people, The Governor pre-
pared to visit that home of his friend,
the Indian baron, but the superstitious
crews of his ships, terror-stricken by
the sight of deserted wastes around them,
refused to embark in that direction. They
forced him to return to England with
them, and it was his bitter fate TO die in
ignorance of what had happened to his
daughter and grandchild.
One tradition has it that Chief Manteo
massacred all of the colony except four
men, two boys and Virginia Dare, who
became the bride of one of his braves.
According to another story. the entire
colony was taken up the Cape Fear River,
where the whites later intermarried with
the Indians of central North Carolina.
Captain John Smith, penetrating into the
mainland, came upon an Indian village,
where he saw a half.breed boy with yell
low hair, and he believed the child TO
be that Of one of his colonists intermar-
ried with red man. Certain blue-eyed
Indians found near Cape Hatteras along
the Cape Fear River. are alleged TO be
descendants of those lost whites.
The fate of Virginia Dare, our first
Colonial dame, remains a mystery quite
as dark as it was three centuries ago.
(Copyrightl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-17
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

1. The Susan u. Anthony amendment to the
Constitution provides that the right to
vote shall not he denied or abridged by
any state on account of sex.
2. NaEasakl Is an important city md seaport
OF Japan on the west coast of the island
OF Kiushiu.
8. joseph p. 'Tumulty Is the secretary to the
President.
4. Philadelphia produces annually 500 OOo mn
worth OF carpets and rugs.
o. Mothers Day. which became n national
memorial by proclamation OF the Presi-
dent In 1914. Is the second Sunday In May
O. In time OF war the President may seize the
railroads for military purposes.
7. The cerebrum Is the brain.
3. 1t Is the duty of the Board Of Nadia tlo,
and Eonciliaton TO settle by medation
over wages md the like arising between
Interstate railroads and their train hands
o. Charles T.. Marvin Is the chief of the Gov
ernment Weather Bureau.
10. Frederick A. Muhlenburg. GnIushn A Grovv
and samuel j. Randall of Pennsylyania
have served as Speaker of the House OF
Representatives, 9' VI
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-17
TAPERING OFF
THE DRINK HABI,
Decrease in Use of AZ,
Marked Since 1911-SlumesV sV''l Z
237,OOO,OOO Gallons n =
One Year

TT NcLB SAM is taperine :,
~ drink habit. You rnioi.. :" On q,
so IL you compared the con.,,.a ~. 'hlsl
1850 with what was drunk in ,o.s opuOa &
per capita consumption of a,co,,as. 'Of u
of all kinds in the former veos u'iala
4.0S gallons. This was mado 'ss OH
gallons of distilled spirits, 81 ~ u Y
of wine and 1.5S gallons of ma. gaia
For the fiscal year ending nv !. a.QuoFt'
the total amount drunk. whs. W.
toned among the total ponplot,s appoe
1913 gallons each for every man saH
and child. There is an increas. .uOas
more than is gallons per can,,o se
than quart a week for each ,,.. mois
Every one knows that there 80
kinds of liars, including the plain I. 4'A
den variety. Perhaps it would h. -
up 10 date to say the golf var,e,, ..s
come the damned liars, with s,.,
closing up the procession, boos., bua
Beelzebub, the Father of Lies. H.
chose to use these figures he cou,s
to those who do not know ba,,o. Nv
Americans are drinking more th,u
before. But it would be easy hv ~,
more figures to show that he was 80
ing to demonstrate what was jmno..n,
The consumption of liquor in tho r,.,...
States did increase rapidly in ,bo
half of the nineteenth century. I, -
from 4.0S gallons in 1860 to 1850 s.,'7
in 1899. Then from 1899 to 1907 !, q
panded until the per capita conspnrs-s
was 22.79 gallons. This was an ,nos'...
in nine years of more than the toto, !.
capita consumption in 1860 It arno,n,.,
in round numbers to 10000, 900 rstlo..
There was a slump in the next I'm.
years. but in 1911 the average anon,
drunk rose again to the level of 1904
The quantity drunk since then has An.
tuated from year to year, but the ,s,.
dency has been downward The recc,,
of 1913 gallons for 1915 is lower than /.
any previous year since 1903. when
was 1857 gallons.
The marked decrease is of recent a.
gin. When the total consumption for N.
five years from 1911 to 1916 is command
with the consumption. for 1915 we tDs
that the decrease amounts to 751,y7syf
gallons, or an average of more than ls0,
100000 gallons n year. The figures ts
1915 consumption in detail follow
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-17
THE sHIPBUILDING BOOM

TIME House OF Representatives has not
J. gone far enough in concurring with
the Senate amendments to the navy bill.
Its Endorsement Of the building program
was patriotic and not partisan. All but
fifteen OF the Republicans voted for the
construction Of l57 new vessels. These
ships are needed. The plan TO build four
battIeships and four cruisers within the
next three years cOmmends itself to
thinking mem
But when the House was asked to pre-
pare for building them it balked. The
Senate bin contained an appropriation of
100000 for equipping the navy yards
for building capital ships. and provided
that the yards at Philadelphia, Norfolk,
Boston and in Puget Sound be equipped
at once. The House refused 10 concur
in this plan.
The private shipyards capable Of build
ing battleships or any other kind Of ships
have all the work they can do for the
next two years. It viii take them two
years to do work contracted for. 1t
would be a mistake to delay two years
before laying the keel for a new battle
ship. The Philadelphia yard could be put
in shape within a few months 70 begin
work on a warship OF the largest size.
The competition OF the public yards
win secure favorable bids from the pri-
Yats yards without injuring their bust
ness at all The contracts to be awarded
to the shipbuilders will keep them busy
after they have finished the merchant
ships on which they are now engaged,
and win give such an impetus to the in
dustry that the American merchant ma
rine win be IN fair say 70 assume its
Cd place On tie seas
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-17
Just what is the meaning of

Just what is the meaning OF the
voluminous reports printed since the be-
ginning of the week concerning the prog
ress OF the Entente offensive? Those re-
ports could have been held up. In most
cases, at London. Yet they were allowed
TO come through virtually uncut, and
their tenor is singularly monotonous
There Is no chance Of breaking through,
the offensives have reached the point Of
stagnation, there is no danger TO Ger
many. The only thing left 10 chance is
, grave disaster to Germany on the east
ern front. The similarity OF these re-
ports. their prejudice in favor of Ger
many. the suddenness with which they
all arrived. are all suspicious. It looks
very much as II the London press bu-
reau is preparing TO plant something.
Perhaps this something is enthusiasm
over fresh advances reported today.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-17
Chats With Famous Athletes

Mr.. r. C. James, who thought nothing Of
trimming Mr.. Oswald Kirkby on the nine
teenth green at Merton last fall, says:
while I am for the moment not playing
strictly championship golf, l am still un-
beatable at my main accomplishment. 1
can drive an automobile through the heart
of the busy city without for a moment paus-
ing in the detailed description of every shot
played in my four-ball match the day be-
fore, and find 1t entirely unnecessary to
stop talking even while executing the most
delicate and important putt or mashie shot,
while a few words on the downward swing
adds materially to the length Of the drive"
H H II
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-17
Promotions in Schools

Editor Of "What Do You Eno,,n- n,
How many promotions a year do thew ba va
in the Philadelphia public schools? (21 Is
an examination given at each promotion ,
And II only one examination is given teIl
at which promotion it Is given, in Feb
ruary or June. LOUIS SILVERSFEIN.
"a Promotions are made in February
and June. cd Examinations are given
who have not reached that standine in
their daily work which the school an.
thorities think is high enough to iustifv
promotion without examination. That is
some Of the pupils are promoted without
examination. and others are not promoted
until they have passed an examination.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-17
Pardon, Madame, Come Right in!

Slr-Are there no fair athletes? Why
not chat with me, If l may be so bold? l
think can tell you something worth adding
TO the list of indoor sports. It's a little
game / indulge in with my coolo every
morning. She begins il in this fashion:
She approaches the bedroom door and
knocks Come - 1 say. She allows one
ear and one eye to show beyond the jamb
of the door. "Whatamitodotoday? she says.
l look up and catch her one eye with mine,
but cannot hold IT, 1t disappears, but the
ear pauses momentarily With my voice
1 attack that 1t yanishes. 1t retreats into
the hall. My voice, reinforced, follows, and
If l am quick enough my sortie is success
full. my last word hitting the enemy as she
disappears down the stairs It's great
game, and I'm always II. THE MISSUS.
You needn't worry about the hot weather or
illness-0rder them from us, and you needn't
woTry.-trOm grOcer's ad In Galveston
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-17
An unfortunate concomitant Of

An unfortunate coneomitant Of vice
inquiries Is the spreading OF an ex-
asgsrsted sense In the community OF It's
own wickedness, On a per capita basis
there is probably greater percentage Of
persons living immoral lives in small
towns than in great cities. The big city
draws the most successful and ambitious
men and women from the country dis
tricts into an atmosphere Of keen COM
petition which the rural community
does not provide. There is neither time
nor energy. however much opportunity,
1t the disposal OF the hard-working city
dweller to give 70 dissipation The vices
ef cities are really the prerogative OF a
special class. the failures, where IN rural
llfe L Is too often true that the success
ful people. As well as the failures. sue
eunb 70 exeesses because there Is moth
ing else to do Especially Is this true
q hard drinking, OF which there Is a
great deal more among the WeIlto-do OF
towns than Of cities.~ Han a dozen
places around TIE hfty Thousand mark Ia
Fsnnsz,Vapia seem 20 have WED with
zaea e1asf = = known - 'ths worst
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-17

note" he writes that the sharks have in
every case attacked men and boys with
bare legs Their bodies. covered with suits,
also ladies with stockings, have not been
bitten"
Perhaps those males who refuse to wear
socks and trousers in the surf may keep
off the sharks by stenciling on their bare
calves: This is not leg, but a limb
Louisville Courier-Journal