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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-02-12
bUST0N MAY
| GET WAR POST.
tpFTtgY OF AGRICULTURE
|ruI PROBABLY BE MADE
SECRETARY OF WAR
MAKE SELECTION
. .ideut Wilson Expected to Make
|. L.unointment of Secretary
yvben He Returns to WASH
ington Tomorrow.

A AsHINGTON. Feb. 12.-Presi-
|, Wilson will bring the name of
next secretary of war with him
H. he returns to Washington to-
BROW. officials believed today.
he President and Mrs. Wilson
enjoying a pleasure trip on the
ht Mayflower.
llthough there is strong belief
dark horse" will not be nam
b. the president it is known that
n the president left Washington
night two men stood out most
hinently for war secretary. These
|e Secretary Houston of the de-
kment of agriculture and Secre-
Lane of the department of the
Irior. OF these two the name of
! bston was mentioned most. Ger
h h-American opposition to Secre-
4
Lane has been voiced since it
kme known that he was of Ca
Ian birth.
ecretary Houston came from Mis-
II and is regarded as strong with
Farmers. He Is in intimate touch
D farming interests and is re-
Bed as being in a position to
bncile those interests into sup
ling the presidents preparedness
Gram. Above all he Is believed
the man to head this depart
d which the president feels is
Bed in every emergency. There
been some talk of Gen. Goethals,
ernor general of the Panama ca
zone, being offered the place,
it is stated on high authority
his name is not being consid-
is generally believed that the
)ident has narrowed the possl-
fes down to two or three men,
Pely, Secretary Lane, Secretary
)ston and and a man whose name
mot yet appeared in the discus
and whose identity is kept
+ secret.
Pthers mentioned in connection
the war secretaryship are AS
Rnt Secretary of the Navy Roose-
h State Department Councillor
+ and Col. T.. M. House, whom
|ors have suggested for every Of
\ position at the disposal of the
lldent during his term of office.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-02-12
CONFESSED TO ROBBERY
Of FEDERAL bU|lD|hG

CHICAGO. Feb. I2.--Oae of the
three men held for robbery of the
St. Paul government building Janu-
ary 6 when s577.337 worth OF rev.
enue stamps were stolen has con-
fessed, duplicating others, according
TO federal officials today. Other ar
rests are expected.
Three men and three women held
in connection with the robbery are
to be held in 100000 bail each
when they are arraigned this after
noon.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-02-12
CARDINAL MERCER COMPARES
germany To THE DEVIL

BERLIN, February IL The We
racity OF Cardinal Mercier was quea-
toned In a seml-official statement
today In reply To charges by the Bel
gian prelate accusing tho Germans Or
various acts against the Belgians.
The cardinal is accused OF using
his position as "a cloak TO operate
as political agitator and incite the
Belgians 10 resistance against Ger
many II is further charged that
he once compared Germany to the
devil.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-02-12
CANADIANS DOUBLE
GUARDS ON BORDER
FRESH REPORTS ARE HEARD Oh
NEW GERMAN MOVEMENT
AGAINST FACTORIES.
Guards nj Power Houses, briuges anu
Manufacturing Plants Equipped
With Machine
Guns.

NIAGARA FALLS. y. Y, February
|l2.-A detachment Of Canadian SOL
diers was rushed from Toronto ana
Throld 10 a point across the river
from here following rumors that Ger
man agents we're planning new
movement of some sort
Guards at power houses. bFias -
and manufacturing plants have been
doubled ard given machine guns thf
garrison now On duty consists e'
s7ao men with fifteen machine
guns
Dynamite explosion caused con-
ssss~nbgs damage Ia che Castner rlr
,rogvthic-Chefulcal cuuspaas s'''.'.
.f,.r midnight The explosion ~-s
!, bailline that was anaer coz
srructl0n. pclles ~4-
s.seks Of dynamite were t'1n4 Hsa
-. byiIssux Ofneiais 81 ere
many sroafed AZ the .asa of
German piot a. the company -1
s.etsrsug azlv ausfir fciA
bl.aehing poeaer -sea r re
-. Th~r sald te ste-l ror@ g
the rev building w- N1S -
p.ffa1o crnstructir caEl 4l4
!, - una~rz-osd re1f tAsre
,rauhse betxeen the coacesn aa- -
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FIRE JUST ONE BOMB 4

. ATHENS, Greece. Jan. Il 4
o (By maiD German trench q
= bombs fired from rifles. unload Z
. ed by ally army experts here 4
= show these rifle bombs to be 4
. the most intricate OF all bombs Z
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= Four separate explosions are q
= required to fire a bomb: The Z
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. 1t alights on its nose explod- 4
. ing q percussion cap, which 9
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= and causes half a ,pound of 4
+ gun cotton in the main body of 4
= the bomb TO be exploded. The Z
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. er trench bombs and costs per- .
. haps ten dollars. .
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-02-12
SURE YOUR Sins
WILL FIND YOU OUT
YORK BROKER, BELIEVED
40 BE DIR. j. G. LYMAN,
FLEES THE CITY.
who Paid His Bond in Los
Ihgeies Reached the City With
fFoos of Identity Too Late
By IA Day.

" YORK, Feb. 1s.-The Of
OF J.. Il. j, Putnam 4 Co.. bro
nave been closed and an in
.-ff petition in bankruptcy
-ea-4st the concern. and Put
aliseii Is missing. following
otery that he is DR.. j. G..
Fao has had an information
er Qf crime.
leaiification was made by
ltfis ol Los Angeles. Tufts
Helen Peek of Nyack. y.
4a confidence woman. a"
Am in Los Angeles APP
of putnam's identity
Lgman was convicted
ae coast ane lcrse1 two
ia the federal pris-
&asAIngton. Tufts aad
se.see bond for ~
a charge and shortly
nan fled. Tufts said
earChing for Lyman
-asr Of the investiga-
alleged association
ef a British army o.
e Trenches. II = said
alrn . The wcr11u
at Freeport. Long l.
Fed 70 London : feN
postal authorifles
IMAM On the liner
"a
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-02-12
THE FRENCH CONQUER 300
1aRD, Oh TRENCHES

PARIS. Feb ~ French troops
have conquered about three hundred
yards OF German trenches In the
Champagne region by a sudden gren-
ade attack northeast of Msslnil. the
var office announced today The
Germans made several frultiess
counter attacks
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-02-12
POSTPONE INQUEST INTO
Death Or SCHOOL GIRL

WAuKEcAS. IN. Feb i2-Cor.
onar Taylor determined this after.
noon not % 50 ahead Nifh fhe N
4aesf into the death ~ Aias Mar 1r
Lambert untfl nex' ee~k iie aid
~ sould naf holi me inquest anti
- had receleei the efhelai repoFs
~ - .nrarf ensutsf Nho H. maAHHs 4
nn anAlvsls - tha Tiri# stomach
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-02-12
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-ss1> To- ~ RkN It'll

MO IASEIRO F~n r. BE-
ea4se lt L. sakla a1sfesi aad nos IL
.assfes tn moszeFn 1emnerarf the fef-
e-aE congress ef HrArti haa namesi
= eamml a#ian - REVISE s4~ e1tsti-
salIsa. Tre arasa1 teasttafleu 80
~srlea alsaost tsr1arm frum t12t g
sAe Hstas4 state
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-02-12
Factory Is Damaged.

MONTREAL. February l2.-The
plant OF the Canadian Collar foun-
dry was damaged by fire early this
morning. The plant had been max
ing munitions.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-02-12
TODAY'S OLDEST STORY.

q ST. PAUL, Mimi. Feb. 12.- Z
q Buried with the body of Mrs. Z
Q William Wright under six feet =
Q of sod today. was the pudding =
q she had saved for 20 years. to =
Q serve when her son. from whom Z
Q she had not heard since the Z
Q Boer war. came home. Her Z
Q long waiting made her an inva- Z
. lid at 10.
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ssueslmss tbe synp4fniEer -
cniv sn sesrrA % par -e4.4rs-
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Every now and then you reed
about fireproof building burning
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Tas Daiiy Llsas sisss tns -s%-
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Most Of the Friends OF the People
expect TO get paid for H.
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Until he gets caught. man rath-
er enjoys being chased b. a woman
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03

Vivian would have been more to the
aspiring young writer than all the
others might put in volumes.
Guess last nights extra has used
me up" spoke Vivian at length, aris-
ing with a yawn. Then his lips set
close, as though all this were a mask
to conceal some unusual emotion. He
rather evaded Moore, the latter
thought. When Vivian was gone the
group broke up. Moore was glad of it.
His soul was bruised. He wished to
be alone, to think.
1T fell fiat" he soliloquized as he
reached the outer air. Il won't try
again."
He thrust the manuscript into an in
side coat pocket with savage punch
of his fist. Then he braced for long
walk. He was emptying out Of his
mind all the grand plans he had for
story, If his colleagues had given him
the least encouragement especially
Vivian.
A favorite stroll of his was along
the city edge, where broken stretch
had been developed into striking pic
turesqueness, and a number of fine
residences had exclusive location. At
one spot pretty rustic bridge
spanned a gully with a hayward
stream trucking through. He paused
there, leaning on the railing of the
bridge.
The surroundings were magically
enhancing in the clear white moon
light, and conducive to quiet thought,
but Moore brooded. Something had
gone out of his life. The first child
of his brain had been ruthlessly ban
ished.
Its the humdrum dog trot and the
bread and butter after this" he ut
tered, almost bitterly. "Good-by!"
He jerked the roll of manuscript
from his pocket in resolute way and
gave it vehement fling far as he
could beyond the bridge. A breeze
was blowing, and the leaves separated.
He watched them modify skither
here and there and finally settle down
along the edge of the ravine. Then
he turned his back upon it all.
Forget it," that was the admoni.
ton of practical Jerry Gowan. Yes,
he would do that The thing was done
with, but there was an aching void
at heart. not so much of disappoint.
ment as because the memory of the
incidents he had grouped to form the
screed were still cherished as lovely
bits of naturalness and suggestion
that he would have loved to exploit.
Hts rest was broken that night, and
he oversight the next morning. Just
as he arrived at his accustomed res
taurant he found Rourke Vivian. The
latter sat drumming his fingers on
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03
Twelve Men With a Story.

A raft from the Hampshire lived
through the boiling seas that swamped
her boats and bore u battered men to
land. When the admiralty unseals
their lips what a tale they will have
to tell!
The world waits to hear how Kitch-
ener died. In Germany the man who
is called ruthless and ''the Scourge
of the Boers," but for all that "a
man in the largest sense" is claimed
as a victim, in the words of the Kreuz-
zeitung, sat the hands of our navy"
Is it true? Did the British navy per
nit Great Britain's greatest war lead.
err to be picked off by a submarine for
lack of destroyer watchdogs, near the
very fold of the dreadnaught fleet? Or
is it true, as has been supposed, that
the cruiser was sunk by British mine
broken loose or a German mine SOwn
broadcast in the sea and floating aim
lessly to a shining mark?
Some of these - men may have been
on deck, where the path of an APP
preaching torpedo might be described.
They may be able to end suspense, to
establish the probable if not the GER
tain cause of the disaster. When their
silence is broken they will not lack
an audience.-New York World.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03
CitySchools Deficient Because They Are
Run on Old Country One-room Plan
BY WILLIAM A. WRIT
Superintendent Public Schools, Gary. Ind.

with the city school that out OF the one-room-
country and has forgotten its first plan With
teacher naturally every child had be doing the thing the
same time together All had to recie together lmag
the confusion which would result the city this
room-school PLAN
We doctors during hour and everybody must
time We could only to the store during another hour
still another The confusion which would result would
be overwhelming Every public facility would be oveowded to the
point of The simply could not exist the plan by which
we try to schools.
stand for the multiple of schools While one child
in the another the library shop the playground
We twice the buildings by utilizing them this
lies in arranging school life the plan OF the grownup
world Distribute the work and the classes Avoid
counoo plan for modern city schools and one building COM
foraby will do work of two Of the older type
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03
How Saint-SAens Worked.

1 have met Saint Saens in three
continents, says Louis Lombard in the
National Magazine. He has Travelled
repeatedly through North and South
America, Europe, Africa and parts OF
Asia. Frequently he wanders into
outlandish places.
1 recall asking why he went away
from the civilized centers during the
musical season, venturing to remark
he might like to know what is being
done by other composers. He an
swered: "That's just what l do not
want to do! 1 do not wish to be in
fluenced by the music of Others" And
he is right also for another reason
IT'S best to go dizect to nature for the
truth.
His journeys away from cities
away from the "hum and shock OF
men," have borne delicious fruit
Faithfully has he reproduced the
many strange and picturesque local
colors he beheld so often in far of
lands.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03
Sufragists Think More Now Of Their
Responsibilities Than Their Rights
BY MRS. GRACE JULIAN CLARKE Of lndian.poli.

We hear little of rights nowadays connection with suffrage the
emphasis those who plead the for women being placed
rather opportunities and responsibilities Having found many cond-
on especially those affecting and children far from just and
fair and for the good society," long for the opportunity to help effect
certain changes We have tried ndect influence with far from salts
factory results and wish take hand equipped with the same tools
that have found necessary bringing about the reforms they sought
Of not succeed doing all that desire to doceran
at but longer content k responsibilities as
citizens and the mother has borne upon that these
cities and towns just truly they mems The children
schools and factories the SICK the and
afflicted hospitals and nfrmar likewise the criminals in as and
pentenaries satisfied these looked after
and longer willing hug shoulders and say t
of our business"
As for the "odfashoned hom have nowadays
than have the oasond school, the oasoned church, the
odashiOned street the odhoned They all
right in their day. but living in the twentieth century, and
forced by the of things adapt ourselves its demands and
requirements.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03
Orinin of the Toothbrush,

When did the English first adopt the
toothbrush habit, which is now being
denounced by certain medical author
tiles? In "Esmond" Thackeray makes
Lord Castlewood spend "a tenth part
of his day in the brushing of his
teeth and the oiling of his hair and
in doing so the novelist commits a
double anacronism. During tbs first
half of the eighteenth century all fine
gentlemen wore wigs and had no use
for oil on their hair, while the tooth
brush was as late as 1854 unknown to
Lord Chesterfield. Writing to his son,
Chesterfield says: Il hope you take
great care of your mouth and teeth
and that you clean them well every
morning with a sponge and tepid wa
ter, with few drops of arquebuSade
water dropped into it. do insist upon
your never using those sticks, or hard
substance whatever, which always rub
away the gums and destroy the var
nish of the teeth."-LOndOn Chronicle.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03
National Sacrifices Needed to Awaken
The People to Their Responsibilities

young people enter college find the trouble with them
have bad habits but that they have habits at all
that they think badly but that they do not think All this is the
college simply whole generation 1t the inevitable
of life that has known national disaster and has made
material prosperity the goal of its desire.
Shall the European nations emerge from the awful conflict dsc
nd oodnated accustomed the service of the state and shall
America be found vacing and Ou lovers of ignob comfort
desiring above all things the full dinner pail and the fat urse Shall
ndivduasm by the tremendous
sitting the eache of the world make sacrifice
and win no inner victory?
share the frghtfu God
should fail share the worldwide sacrifice We
need deep and earnest study of the issues that undere the struggle and
which America stands What do mean by Amercanism?
What the Monroe Docne What by preparedness Here the task
of educated men,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03
Lost
and Found
BY VICTOR REDCLIFFE

Copyright, 1916. by W. G. Chapman.)
1t was his first ambitious venture in
literature, and Adrian Moore had be-
gun the reading of his little screed
with fear and trembling. Then, as he
got into the soul of his subject, he for
got self and was almost brilliant in
his delivery.
All his former trepidation returned.
however, as he came back to the harsh
realities with the last sentence en-
inundated. 1t was little skit of
pathos,e romance and description, the
result of a two-weeks' vacation in "the
cider country downstate, just as an
tique and crude in the present as half
a century before.
He faced his critics now-they were
five. The Chosen Six" comprised a
club Of newspaper writer's who met
and ate-and drank moderately-once
q week in the rear room of Greek
restaurant There, when they got
warmed up, more than one of the
group forgot stern impractical routine
stuff and for the first time poem,
scenario, a magazine effort would see
the light.
ITS Just a dash-off," observed
Moore almost apologetically as he sat
down, and blunt Jerry Gowan, who
wrote loaded editorials, in his usual
unsympathetic way made the COM
ment:
Forget it,
Clyde Winston, who was allowed to
act as critic of second-rate books, SIM
ply yawned. There was Dan Cheever
Great" he declared, slapping
Moore on the shoulder in his inevi-
table way. 'Lengthen her out and
give her a spin with the magazines.
you've acquired some STYLE OBJ
served Jack Whistler. Its refresh
Ing, and tastes-fine local color, and
all that-but more like soda than a
good bracing snifter."
All this was of no moment to Moore.
He glanced anxiously at Rorke Vivian.
He was the oldest of the party. He
had done London, Paris, New York in
q journalistic way, had written three
books, spoke little, and then to pur-
pose He sat now, his finely chiseled
face half hidden by his hand, and said
nothing!
There was where the whip scourged,
there lay the bitter sting for Moore!
One word or look of appreciation from
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03
Many Men May Dazzle World For a Day
But Real Merit Alone Wins in the End
By DIR. WELLS ANDREWS of Chicago

History furnishes example Of anything but merit winning in the
end Bubbles float easily and lightly upon the air. and sparkle beau
uy the sunlight but they float but for and then burst
and forgotten Society has its bubbles business circles have their
bubbles church has bubbles life full Of bubbles but their fate
is the fate of the bubbles in the air.
Occasionally bursts upon the community dazzes for day.
and then dies and for gotten leaving the record of life that sensible
boy would wish to initiate There real merit in such life,
nothing that the world wishes to tie to remember.
The only life that the made of actions which
the fruit pure motives the highest duty oneself
fellows motives deeds make
that will stand all the storms temptation and evil that
beat upon fe pathway and will the appreciation of every person
whose good opinion is worth anything
The work of life do good and good done that
lost 1t always lasting eternity If would be successful
they must be something and appear be something The
serespe noble inspirations honor and manhood womanood
dies and only the wreck of blighted life remains.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03
SUGAR Scarce in Antopodes.

There is marked shortage of sugar
in New Zealand, according to Consul
General Alfred A. Winslow, at Auck-
land. Prices have materially increased,
he says, and the future is not prom
Using, eff one is to rely on the press
and the trade" The wholesale price
fixed by the Food Price commission in
New Zealand for the best sugar, for
the period ending June 80, is $102.19
ton. but, this does not, according
to Mr.. Winslow, prevent the retail
grocer from making up prices. It Is
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03

expected that there will be a sharp
advance
New Zealand sugar supply, MI
Winslow adds, comes very largely
from the islands of the Pacit1c, ana
amounted in 1914 to 1860 long tons.
Of this amount the United States sup
piled only four tons. There is no pre-
ferential duty on sugar.
Grape sugar brought into New Zea-
land pays cents a pound, plus IA
ad valorem war tax of per cent. All
other sugar enters free, he concluoes'
save for the per cent war tax.