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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-26
|OllllS GETS NEXT ASSEMBLY
OF THE PHEsHIIER|Aas

ATLANTIC CITY, y. r.. May Dc.
Dallas. Texas. Was chosen BY the
Presbyterian General Assembly for
the 1917 Meeting place.
The selection Of Dallas followed
a stormy meeting that lasted until
after midnight, which during the
nsorninr rejected the recommended
ticn II TIA ecanssee appointed TO
select a coitgeaticn city. The com
mitIaa recommaEded st. Louis
The meeting late IN the aight be-
came so dlsorderIy tha' Moderator
Marquis iinaliv said
Let nae appeal - 900 as eAris-
fians 90 behave yourselves
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-26
stsadiness In Business.

Why plugging beats dash In the busi
ness world IS explained b. a business
man In the woman's Home Compan.
ion.
One thing that Is hard for youne
man to learn Is that the race In bust
ness Is not to the swift hut TO the
steady he says. 1T was not until
after marriage that learned that BE
fore was looked ON as man OF anil
ity. but unreliable. held half dozen
jol,s. one after another. and was proud
OF the fact that I could apparently
make good anywhere. ! went to busi.
ness every day with a kind Of chip on
my shoulder AS long as my boss
was good to me I would condcscend
to work for him. butt was as free
from responsibilities as the wind
There was as good Job for me In
Butte, Mont, as in Chicago. so
while employers paid me well because
I delivered the goods, no one of them
regarded me as q man to be built into
his organization"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-26
ADMITS PLAN
STAY FAMILY
pg. ARTHUR waHRtN WAITE
IpIss ~ AWNING STORY
ON WITNIN- STAND.
CREED FOR MONEY
Intended a. XIII u.s Nifc's Family
IN Order That lie Might Come
into Possession of the Peck
NiIlion~---fnsauits Plea.

NEW YORK. May~2e The calm
admission that be planned to Kill
his wife as we'll as poison her pa
rents. MIR. and Mrs John =. Peck.
OF Grand Rapids. Mich, and also her
aunt. Mrs. Katherine Peck. WAS
made BY Or. Arthur Warren Waite
today whom he resumed his amazing
story OF the arch poison plot thru
which he hoped to gain possession
OF the Peck millions.
He made bis wife love him because
tier parents we're wealthy, he said.
lie said he planned the murder Of
his wifc's relatives after his return
from South Africa IN 1914. lie adj
ministered to Mrs. Katherine Peck
ground glass before her marriage.
After her marriage be applied dis
ease germs
lie applied disease germs only
once to Mrs. John r. Peck. After
that he put slow poison in her milk.
coffee and other food. When she
died he said he MAS ready for John
T.. Peek For long time he gave
him disease germs but they failed
10 XIII him. lie then bought arse
ME, he said. and gave TO him, not
only once, but several times. lie de-
clored that at midnight on the night
of March IL he went to Peck .
room. gave him chlorofirm and held
a pillow over bis face until he was
dead.
He said that after be had made
funeral arrangements he went 10 bed
and slept soundly.
| He said his relations with Mrs.
Margaret Horton, as related by her
yesterday. were pure aud platonic "
While he talked his father and
two other sons sat in remote corr
ncr Of the court room and sobbed,
some time today experts on in
sanity are expected to take the
stand and testify as 70 whether
Waite was insane to the point wnere
Inc did not know right from wrong
when be murdered the peeks,
Asked the pointed question. Are
you crazy. ON cross examination,
Waite replied, Il think not.
Didn't you say ut Bellevue that
you were ready TO pay the penalty
with your life?" asked Assistant
District Attorney Brothers.
4 II did. ("
30 you care whnt becomes OF
you nowg' he was asked,
Il want 10 do what Is right" was
the reply.
"what did You take poison for
the night YOU were arrested" he
was asked
Il wanted TO kill myself he
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-26

Ql(f3ON. MAJ ss.---vioieni arr
"a ~ fsxhtiag marks the renewal
~ r1lcned tattAes bsven the srsat
orinlos 4 ver1un. The luli IN the
inlantry. fiehftns yrstssdsy. coupled
IN thc heavy AsttiI&y lombard
nonl. ip1icstes thas both sides are
to61y y runew The struxgic
- y The Meuse the French re-
1I1nfo1 tsenches lost yesterday near
I1lounont farm. Psris reported.
1ce1la <laimu fus1ksf slight gains
= ~ Dcnanont region.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-26

Early one bright spring morning a
ragged tramp called at q country vicar
age, where the lady Of the house had
the name of being very charitable
.ISind lady" he began whiningly as
he doffed his cap politely, II ain't 'ad
q bite to eat since my supper yester-
day. an termorrer will be the third
day"
"Poor fellow said the kind hearted
woman. "You must be hungry! But
you look strongi Why don't you look
for work. r.
"Ah, mum. ye see I'm q little bit
silly began the man in explanation.
Eyes. but silly people can often get
work." interrupted the lady.
'.But I'm not that sillyw finished the
tramp quiekly.-London Telegraph
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-26
Eathsr of Astronomy.

Hipparchus, the father of astronomy,
established the fact of tho procession
Of the equinoxes@th Is. that the sun
crosses the equator about one minute
farther westward each year-150 years
before Christ was born. and 1t Is con-
scquently believed that he knew the
earth was spherical In form. He cata-
logued 1000 stars and invented an in
strument for calculating latitude and
longitude
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-26

nAo nARBoR = r.. May 90
Lfonionnnt Rich sis. commanding
~ destroyer Fanning. WAS instantly
kflled II ihc nub-station o. the Sag
Horhor Light aud Power company
oosly this morning. According to
~ night wsschman. the only eye
wi(ness. Richards deliberately sui-
<I1p1 " picking up two heavily
ehersed wires.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-26

LDNIlok. Nay 26.--An Amsterdam
1inlIatxh rays eighteen women were
Woontxd " i tight between poles
~ foe1 ripters a rrankfcrt-onrtho.
D1nIn "Wednesday niRhs, ascending q
4 15erstch received ~ TIE Hague
Ator hendrsd and fifty women
v6nseked throash the ssreess carrying
klnck fen.lne Gags and siuginx go
<1u1tsstc songx
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-26
POLICE OFFICER KILLED
IsY MAN TRIED To ARREST

SAN FRANCISCO. May &c, ~
Police Sergeant John Moriarity was
shot and instantly killed today when
he halted and attempted to question
a eonnterfeiter. TIE murderer fled
and defied the police. He was final
~ shot dead after resisting the police
more than IN hour.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-26

DECATUR. Texas, May 20. -
Ralph Mann. son OF DR.. w y. Mann,
prominent druggist of this city. was
thrown from motorcycle ncre We'd
nesday and died before regaining
consciousness.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-26
ks Good as New.

The Browns We're always on the OUTS
High words were heard coming from
their tiat one day. aud neighbor said:
'oh dear, have the Browns had a
new quarrel?
NE" answered another neighbor,
but they've patched up the old one
till It's as good as new"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-26
Wilson Finishes Speech.

WASHINGTON. May 90 presi-
dent Wilson has completed the
speech he will deliver tomorrow
Night before the League for the
Enforcement of Peace
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-26

"Noula yon say that Blank Is hon
cgtF
Well wouldn't say that be Is lis.
honest. bur TT tell sou. Ntr Lawyer.
whenever hc Wanted - borrow money
fro1a NE ! ALWAYS managed a. be iuss
eut II fund. '-Dclnsit Free Press.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-26
EIGHT JURORS ACCEPTED
IN WILLIAM ORPET TRIAL

WAUKEGAN, H.. May 26.--The
second panel OF jurors In the William
Orpet trial for the murder of Miss
Marian Lambert was obtained today.
Eight permanent Jurors are now Ia
the box.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-26

The ship owners LEAGUE has de-
- " trjng Ieeai action IN an ef-
obtain the scissss Of Aastro-
|06tnlzn veakeie fnscrned in Greek
|6ortn unless the ecntsal powers In.
|aepsnify the o~nnrs 81 the torpedoet'
Greek merchantmen.
The minister Of finance. u. o.
Rhallis. SIGNED contract yehtcgdny
with the National Bank OF Greece. un.
der witch the bank is 10 float an In
terror loan OF ilg.ooo,ouo draehmae
|The loan will be issued Of Ssi1
with interest at per cent. The ma
|tionai bank will subscribe ssseoo.o09
|drachmae
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-26

II is hard TO show up to a good
advantage in losing fight. and
there are also those who can't win
gracefully
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-26
ofisIti. REPORT 0N
LATEST BANDIT t'Is.ii1

WASHINGTON. My gs -0Hei.l
reports on the sisht stt~ea Amsri-
can forces anf MeSiNaa bandits ntar
IA. efures wers received a enc
W@r department t0dag fhe renarie
contained Information that David
AarkrhuFv w1e ALLIED
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-26

OtBcer so Tommy. who has been
using the whip freely on a FESTIVE
horsel-Don't beat him; talk 70 him.
man-talk 70 him. Tommy ,to horse.
os way az opening the conversationl--
COON from Manchester London
Punch.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-26
Decoration Services.

On account of the uniayorable
weather last Sunday afternoon the
W. O. w unyeiiing and decoration
services were postponed. TIE date
for holding. same has been definitely
set now for the first sunday In June.
Woodmen viii please take notice.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-26

II Is passing strange that women
continue to murder their husbands
and husbands their wives when they
can get divorce Tor fifteen cents.
Claude News
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-26

MALESTER. Ok, May &c
Word has reached here that 7. j.
Vaughan, 16-year-old school boy.
was thrown from horse and killed
at Kiowa Wednesday. The funeral
was held at Kiowa Thursday at
ternoon.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-26

hy d yea dislike yoar teacher
- Miiet"
e a9H exaeEfv DISLIKE Der. but rs
itfteft p'an 90 Ne wlF she newer
&c maffifsi - r,ctsst Ersse rr.-ss
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-26

Some OF the breakfast feeds seem
to be based OH the theory that one
can eat almost anything With sugar
and cream on It.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-26

rhe Daily Light gives the news.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-23
Why Women Outlive Men

From Tid-Bits.
 Among the obituary notices published in the Times in 1915 were those of s54 men and HIT women of so years or over. Among them were seven cen tenarians, all women.
 Insurance statistics have shown that women live longer than men. Between 55 and 65 the deaths of men exceed the deaths of women in remarkable degree, owing largely, according to a medical view, to the harder work and greater carelessness of diet among men.
 According to New York actuary a woman who takes an endowment insur- ance policy lives longer than a woman who takes an ordinary life policy. The longevity of the endowment woman is undoubtedly a question of spirit and the determination to live until the policy natures"
 The woman over 55, according to medical men, undoubtedly leads a quiet CT and more sheltered life than the man. Her life work is largely done; whereas father is competing in busi- ness against younger men who are hustling him harder and harder.
 Men always act >s if they were young. Unfortunately, their bodies have aged, no matter how young, they may feel, and they pay for their good time with shortened life. Women, from their youth, take all sorts of liberties with their health, but from 50 on, fewer inducements to eat. drink. and be merry are put before them as compared with men of the same age&
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-23
Self-Preserving Eggs

A new idea for poultrymen is that of making a hen lay self-preserving eggs. By offering grocer eggs which he could keep for sometime on his shelves without having to put them into cold storage, the aspiring poultryman could almost com mand his own prices-providing, of course, that the eggs were as edible as the best.
 In the April Popular Science Monthly. appears description of experiments un- dertaken by Dr. Oscar Riddle, now of the Carnegie institute.
 By his method the hen was fed uro- tropin, administered in capsules at the rate of less than a gram a day. Uro- tropin is deposited. in the egg. where it changes into formalin. well-known pre- servative.
 Eggs laid within A hours after the first dosing, as well as those laid five days after, were sufficiently affected to be preserved pr. Riddle tested the keeping power of the eggs in comparison with those from untreated hens under partic- ularly severe circumstances. Eggs of both varieties laid in the month of July were allowed to stand in temperature varying from 78 degrees above zero to 25 below. By the middle of September the differ ence between the two kinds of eggs could be easily detected; by the middle of No vember all the eggs from undosed hens were spoiled while those from urotropin- fed hens were still edible, although they had lost some of their bulk of water.
 The drug does not injure the hens, and is obtainable at small cost.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-23
Smoke Signals
From Tit-Bits.

From I1t-BlIS.
 A French paper gives the story of smoke from a chimney being employed to give information to the enemy. The members of q battalion of French in- fantry that had moved into we'll cov- cred country and thought themselves con- cealed were inundated with shells.
 The officers were astonished at the ac- curacy with which these shells were de- Iivered, and sought to find who was giv- ing signals to the enemy. In a farm house at no great distance from the bat talion a German, disguised as a peasant was found seated before a chimney in which was a great wood fire.
 The pseudo peasant was alternately raising and lowering chimney cover or screen, which caused the smoke to come from the chimney in long or short puffs as he desired. While doing this he looked through a window upon the fields where the French battalion was performing its evolutions. These signals, which had been agreed upon between the spy and the enemy. readily informed the Germans of the movements of the little troop. On discovery of this strat- agem the false peasant was arrested and immediately shot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-23
PRICES HIGHER
 FOR COTTON GOODS Labor Scarce in Mill Gen. ters With Export De-
 mands Steady

New York, April 22.-Prices on cotton goods have been ruling very firm and in some instances they arc tending hams are still held at value, the last print cloths has been noteworthy, con- tracts extending into September. Staple prints are to be advanced to basis of ' cents for standards on May 1, this price being the same that prevailed at the top level in 1907. Standard ging- hams are still held at value, the last price being 8 cents. Other colored goods ruled firm and many long term contracts are on the books of both eastern and southern mills. Cotton duck is very well sold ahead and rules firm. There has been further buying of fine cotton goods at top prices for spot ana contract delivery. Bleached cottons are firm and agents are endeavoring by every means possible to catch up with orders.
 Advances in wages have been asked by operatives in Fall River and New England, and the matter Is under con- sideration by manufacturers. Northern New England cotton mills have already begun advancing wages. the second time this year. Labor is becoming scarce and although business on the books is of very large volume. 1t is becoming difficult to maintain full output. Export demands continue steady and full.
 Prices quoted are as follows: Print cloths, 28-inch 64x64s, 4hc; 64x60s, 8 15-16c; 38k inch 64x64s, 5Rc bid; brown sheetings, southern standards. Sc; denims, 2.20s indigo, 18Mc; tick ings, 8-ounce, 15c: staple prints, 7c; staple ginghams. Sc; dress ginghams, 10Ac
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-23
New York Clearing House

New York, April 22.-The statement of the actual condition of clearing house banks and trust companies for the week shows that they hold $99, ,90S620 reserves in excess of legal requirements. This is decrease of $2S36,07o from last week. The statement follows:
 Actual Condition-Loans, etc, $3.3S5 esO,- 600; increase, $7,5S4,000. Reserve in own vaults "S46o,14s,Oo0; increase, $4,264, 900. Re- serve in federal bank, s165, ,979, 900; decrease, $4,543,oOO Reresrve in other depositaries, $56, 5000; decrease, s3,616,oO0. Net demand deposits s, ,493 OOO decrease s, ,255, ,OOO Circulation, $31,SoS,000; increase, $S0,000. (*$3s7. .793Ooo specie included). Aggregate re- serve, $682, 893, 900; excess reserve, $99, ,902,- 620; decrease, S2, ,8360
 Summary of state banks and trust com panies in Greater New York not included in clearing house statement: Loans, etc. $OS, Al 5O0; increase. $4 4S33 300. Specie, $5S,- 755, ,40O increase, 300. Legal tenders &, 1869, 700; decrease, S9100. Total deposits $87S. .652,s00; increase. s3701, 200 Banks cash reserve in vault, $11, ,8o9,600. Trust com penies cash reserve in vault, $55.s15. 50o
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-23
Produce Market

New York, April 22.-Butter firm; re- ceipts, 514s; crearnefy extres, 92 score, S51Ac; creamery. higher scoring. 36a361sc; firsts, 34A@35Ac.
 Eggs firmer; receipts, 146T. Fresh gath cred, extras. 23AQ24c; regular packer, firsts, 20s4G22c; seconds. 19AQ2014c.
 Cheese irregular; receipts. 1924; state held specials, 1S1k@19c; fresh specials, 16% @17c; average run, 16AQ1s1hc; Wisconsin Twins, held, l9QplS14c.i
 Live poultry steady; broilers. 45@4Sc; fowls. 20Q1201sc; turkeys, 200. Dressed firm; chickens. 17QS0c; fowls. 17@22c; tur- keys 32QSSc.
 Chicago, April 22-Butter unchanged.
 Eggs, receipts, 36.698 cases: unchanged.
 Potatoes higher; receipts g cars; Michi- gan. Wisconsin. Minnesota and Dakota whites, 75Q93c: Minnesota and Dakota and Ohios, 75115c.
 Poultry, alive unchanged
 Kansas City, April 2z.-Butter, eggs and poultry unchanged.
 Elgin. Ill, April 22.-Butter, 30 tubs at S3c 69 tubs at 34c.
 St. Louis April 22.-Poultry unchanged, except ducks, 1Sc. Butter and eggs un- changed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-23
UNIQUE GAMBLE IN A TOWN IN FRANCE British Officers Had Pool on Possibility and Loca-
 tiOn of Air Raid

British General Headquarters, North ern France. April 5.-(special) )-sol- diers in the field take their fun where they find it. like most people, and If 1t can't be found they manufacture the product. In a certain town in these parts, a few miles behind the actual front. there arc stationed a number of officers of his majesty's army. The place is not within range of any ex- cept the very biggest of German guns which have paid little attention to this particular spot, hut 1t is quite within the range of the bombs of enemy aero planes. For a long time, however. there had been no visitation of these pests to this particular place and one night the officers were discussing the chance of an aerial attack. Most of them agreed that one would undoubt- edly take place.
 One officer who probably in the days of peace was fond of the races, sug- gested gamble on the possibility of aeroplane attack. He got a chart of the town and divided the place into Tlo squares. Then officers drew lots ana each thus got one of the squares. Then each contributed 10 francs to a POCi' AHc uHueTStanQ1ng was that if there should be an air raid before the first day of tho following month the man in whose square the first bomb dropped would win the pool of 100 francs. An eleventh officer who want ed to come in was permitted to take the field" against all the rest. Thus IT there was no raid at all he would win.
 The time limit was some three weeks off and great was the amusement en- gendered by this simple game, Night after night the chances were put mn at auction and sold and resold, each oif1cer holding forth on the merits of his particular square as a place where bombs might be likely to fall. Natur ally, some squares were better for bombing purposes than others. The one containing the great town church TOT instance, was considered to have an excellent chance. As time wore on the eleventh starter in this competi- ton was considered to have a growinp chance. He was induced to sell his chance for five times what he maid TOT 1t and finally his ticket won for the Germans failed to make an air at- tack before the date set.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-23
Cotton Situation
 Summarized

Conditions coming to the surface and bearing on the price of cotton are: i. The uncertainties of the final outcome of the punitive ex- petition into Mexico; 2. The se- rious aspect of our relations with Germany; and 3, the continuation of reasonably good conditions for the planting and germination of the cotton crop.
 Of these three conditions the last is the only one that seems likely to affect adversely the price of cotton. A good stand on the promised acre age would mean the possibility of a crop which would be more than adequate, considering our large present stocks, and prices would consequently decline.
 As a matter of fact. the inn mediate effect of breaks on the part of this country with Germany or Mexico, or both, would not be de- pression in the price of cotton, as Germany and her allies are using very little American cotton, and American mills would increase their consumption by supplying heavy cloths for war purposes, in- stead of light fabrics for afternoon teas"
 The ultimate effect of hostilities would be to reduce production and increase consumption. Consequent ly, prices would naturally advance.
 The facilities of this company enable owners of cotton to carry it' conveniently through declines and to sell promptly on advances.