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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-08
lUsTR|AAs RETREAT FROM
Demo OF The RIVER sTIR

BERLIN, July s.--Austrian troops
have retreated from their advance
line in the bend of the river Styr be-
fore the great Russian offensive. said
an official statement received here
today.
The German war office, however.
announced the defeat OF enemy at
s.cls.s; Il; Il; tho Lake Eoraez region, and
stated that Russian attacks north
west of Buczacz In Galicia were al
80 repulsed.
On both sides Of the Somme the
only reported enemy attack was re-
rulsed with sanguinary losses, the
war office said.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-08
FIREMEN CARRY WOMAN
OUT OF BURNING HOME

DALLAS, Texas. July s.-Mrs. @.
A. Robinson. an invalid unable to
leave her bed, had a narrow escape
when her home at 1000 Browder
street was badly damaged by fire this
morning.
Mrs. Robinson was in her bed
room and called for help as the
flames rapidly spread through the
residence. Firemen and neighbors
carried her to safety on couch.
The building was an old one and the
flames were fierce
The damage was about $500 on a
house and contents worth $4,000.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-08
CARRAhzA MUST ASK FOR
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

WASHINGTON, July S.-Presi-
dent Wilson will make no effort TO
rehabilitate Mexico with American
money until Carranza requests IT,
Administration officials have been in
formed that any offer OF financial
assistance might meet with a re-
buff. This is not due to the fact that
Carranza does not need money. but
to fears that Mexican officials can
not place full trust in. this country.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-08
TRIAL Of WILL 00RRPtT
IS DRAWING TO CLOSE

WAUKEGAN, ILL.,, July S.-rWill
Orpet's prosecutors fought hard to-
day, near the end of the trial, to
break down by rebuttal testimony
the evidence built up by the de-
fense about the theory that Marion
Lambert killed herself.
With the testimony due to end
before night the prosecution bat
tied to discredit the defense's poi
son expert testimony.
The case is expected to be in the
hands of the jury by next Thursday
night. Orpet is confident he will
be acquitted. or else the jury viii
disagree.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-08
AUTOMOBILE WENT DEAD
OWNER HUNG HIMSELF
CHANGED HIS MIND AND TRIED
TO SCRAMBLE BACK VI
THE TREE.
Fireman Rushed Up In the Nick OF
Time and Cut the Rope to
Save the Life Of the
Stranger.

DALLAS, Texas, bully S.--Mrs.
Abraham Toube and fve children sat
in their automobile in residence
street this afternoon and gazed won
deringly at Toube senior who had
grabbed a tow-line from the car and
started toward a tree. Toube had
been trying to resuscitate his dead
engine.
Whats papa going to do?" ask
ed little Toube. Papa" made an
swer himself. He climbed the tree.
PLACID one end of the rope around a
limb and fastened the other to his
neck and jumped. Mrs. Toube
screamed. The little Toubes scream
ed A fireman rushed up in a car
and leaped out. Toube, whose mind
had undergone a change about COM
mitting suicide. was scrambling In
mid-air trying to wrap his legs
around the trunk of the tree. The
fireman scurried up the tree and cit
the rope. After Toube got his breath
re said he he'd decided to Kill him.
self. He was from Portland, Maine.
ard was hunting work. Having no
money to pay for repairing his car
he decided to end his life. The
family had been without food twnty-
four hours. The authorities took
them in charge and got Toube job.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-08
PARALYSIS
CLAIMS MANY VICTIMS
NEW YORK HOME DEFENSE
LEAGUE CALLED TU HELP
STAMP lIwOuT.
---~------
Already 120 Deaths Have Been Re-
ported From the Disease in THAT
City During the
Week.

NEW YORK. July S.--Ten thou
sand New York citizens. members Of
the Home Defense league. were to-
day called out by Acting Police Com-
missioner Leon Cooley TO aid in the
fight being waged by the govern
ment and municipal authorities
against the infantile paralysis cpl
|demic.
Eighteen more deaths and ninety
five new cases were reported today.
This brings the total deaths for the
week up to 126 and the cases to S9a.
The majority OF the deaths and new
eases were in Brooklyn.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-08
GERMAN MERCHANT SHIPS
ATTACKED BY SUBMARINE

BERLIN, July s.~~A submerged
enemy submarine attacked without
warning nine peaceful German trad
Ing ships on July 2, but the ships
were lucky to escape. said an official
statement OF the admiralty today,
The attacks occurred south OF the
leland OF OrInnd.
THE torpedo's wake was clearly
observed, said the statement. Also
two whirlpools made BY the torpedo. :
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-08
GREAT ALLIED OFFENSIVE
ENTERS SECOND WEEK
have evacuated Jimincx. which hc
captHred two days aao, emitting the
CAsranxa line of commmYicstion
lmr. Inward to ParrnI.
AMERICAN sOi.DIER Kli.LED
By COMPANION IN MEXICO

CouMBus. Ne NJ. July sc. w.
Nasco. a private In company T.. Sec
ond battalion Of engineers, was shot
and killed late yesterday by r. Van
gorten. private in the sams com
pany. at place given In the iofIicial
announcement AZ along the line Of
communication in Mexico An In
vestigation ia being made Of the af-
fair by the military authorities.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-08
SLAvS MAKE
GREAT GAINS
AUSTRIAN FORCE OF BETWEEN
1000 AND 10000 CUT OFF
BY THE RUSSIANS.
DANCER OF CAPTURE
Russians Are Trying TO Squeeze the
Austrians Against the Foothills
of the Carpathians and Ef-
feet Their Capture.

PETROGRAD, July S.--Russian
troops have cut off an Austrian force
of between twenty and thirty thou
sand men southwest of Kolomea.
The Austrians are massed east of
the railway leading southwark thru
Jablenitiza pass.
\ The sudden dash of a body OF
Russian infantry, which seized the
railway station of Mikuliczyn, cut
off the retreat of the Austrians to
the southwark.
The right wing of the same Rus
sian army advanced westward on
Naddorna and severed their commu-
nication with the Austrians to the
north. The Russians are trying to
squeeze the Austrians against the
foothills of the Carpathians and cap
ture them before they can escape
through the mountain passes.
The withdrawal of the enemy's
heavy artillery offensive under Cen
eral Won Bother is reported by Rus
sian air scouts. There are other in
dications that yon Bother is hard
pressed by the Russians advancing
on Stanislau and is preparing to
fall back along the whole Galician
front. Both on the Riga-Dvinsk
front and in the fighting around So
kul, where the Russians have made
further progress, the enemy is
counter attacking with great vigor.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-08

THE ALLIES
HOLD lines
ALL ALONG TIM FRONT ALnIDas
Arm ATTACHING AND H0s.ep.
ING POSITIONS GAINED.
Rain s0Aks FIELD


LONDON. InIy a.--The sssl~r~os-
fensivc of the allies entered IL
second week to-day with tho silieu
everywhere attacking anil nsaln-
taining their early xsains xt prastl-
Gully every poInt dcsp;.'- the lseayy
counter attacks by tho s;csmnnss
Hcavy rNins yrwersiay nft<rnOoss
transformed the lnsttle grosspd lon
both sitlee III the sssnnac into great
scas of mud which last night serl-
ously iansperrd operations despite
the fact that the French chain fur.
tier gains.
The british troops north os the
somn,c. after scorina lnlnrtAns
successes against the (iernanS yen-
tcrsiay, confented tlsonsselver~ Isst
night With improving their positions.
The fighting ut the village u Con.
tain,aison reachcd . des4ilosk lass
night with the british hoidinR the
western and. the tiermaps the csss-
tern part of the ruined town.
No official estimate Of either the
tierman or British Iossex has l,cen
n,ade BY the war office Since the o.
fcnsive began last Saturday morning
at 7:;s0. hut the Germans sre unoffi-
ciaIly reported to hxvc last from
10000 Ia 10000 in killed and
Wounded. besides nearIy 2a.OOO ptis.
oners which have been taken BY the
allies.
A special dispatch from Paris ~
ported 5000 I'russian guarslsn,cs,.
the flower or the kskIser'n army.
killed In the early days. of the fight
ing. This number may be- cxAx.
gerated.
Operations on the Russian front
where the Slnv offensive continues
10 spread and develop are beinx
watched with great intcrcs, hers.
London military critics are certain
the retirement of General yosl both
ler's army under Russian pressure -
(;aiicia Is now hat matter II = few
days. On the other hand Wild ru-
nors of the Acknowledgement begin
ming general retreat from Kiga a,
Southwestern Gaiicia Is discretiited
by all reliable news sources and
are not borne ont BY official dis
patches from Petrograd. Ion4lon
has high hopes Of the new Slay Of
fensivc. but does mot entertain tho
belief that General Won Hindenburg's
line can he smashed with the sxme
ease as icneral Flanders In Buko-
wilma.
General Haig reported this after
noon minor engagements ON The
british front extended northwsrd
from the Anere. At Gommecourt.
the scene Of heavy fighting NJ the
opening ~ the great drive, British
field gums and trench naortarS boisl-
harded the enemy trenches last
night
Near Neuyille, north Of Arras and
north OF Roclincourt the Germans
were active yesterday. They explod-
esi & mine 1T Neuville without nna-
terial damage and exploded
craters at Hohenzollern Int to M
advantage.
East Of Huliuchs the British min
ed the enemy gallery. british sero-
planes gave valuable service despite
the unfavorable weather. They AID
ed IN important Reconnaissance and
wrecked an enemy hangar besides
doing other material damage.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-08
BATTLE IS RAG|NG
SOUTHEAST J|M|NEz
DEsPERATE FIGHTING IN PROM
RESS BETWEEN CARRtNZA
SOLDIERS AND vILLlsTAS.
Villa Ii Reported to BE at the Head
Of 5000 bandits Advancing for
an Attack on ParraI--,Jiniinez
Evacuated.

Ell PASO. Texas, July "a des-
perate engagement is raging south
east of Jiminez between two thou
sand Carranxa soldiers and 500 VII
Iistas, according to official adyices re-
ceived by General Gonzales at Juarez
today in delayed message from Chi
huahua City.
Unofficial advices reported Villa AT
the head of 5000 men advancing "a
attack Parral. Villa Is reported Ia
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-08
ONa|Sus BILL CARRIES
MILLIONS FCR BUILDINGS

WASHINGTON, July S.--An ON
nibus public buildings bill is to be
introduced in few days carrying
a total of s25. 100000 or 100000
900 and containing appropriations
for postoffice buildings and sites In
Detroit and Kansas City, for site
in Chicago and for a building and
site in New York City.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-08
DALLAS WOMAN ENDS HER
LIFE WITH POISON TODAY

DALLAS. Texas. July s.-Aftcr
saying goodbye to her husband and
kissing her five children Mrs. MAY
Franklin. aged so, cvaded sever u
who sought to restrain here and
swallowed two ounces OF poison. DO
spite efforts OF physicians she died 0
few minutes after being placed IN
the table for an operation.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-08
THREE VILLAGES ARE
CAPTURED BY RUSSIANS

PETROGRAD. July s.--..e vii
lages of Doljitia. Gruziatien and Ma
nevitehi in the Sokul region h2ve
been taken by the Russians aft
suffering slightly east of Baroni-
yitschi, but were later compelled t.
retire.
Southeast of Narccz the German
Irecaptured part of tie trenches lost
Thursday. Fighting continues north
|of there.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-08
PENSACOLA Is SAFE
FROM BIG STORM.

NEW ORLEANS. La. July S.
Pensacola came safely through the
hurricane. None killed. Big dam
age to docks and buildings"
The foregoing was the brief radio
message received here early today
by the United Fruit company's sta
ton from the naval wireless station
- Pensacola.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-08
TRUCK DRIVERS ESCAPE
FROM MEXICAN BANDITS

MARATHON, July 8.--Two truck
drivers held up by Mexicans near
Boauillas have escaped and are hid
den In the brush. according to re-
ports received here this afternoon
Their fate is unknown as they have
failed to report at Cabell, to which
place they were enroute from the
Del Carmen mine.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-08

AUSTIN. Texas. July s.-Several
cases OF infantile paralysis have
been reported to the state board Of
health. but no fears are felt. howev-
er. that there will be an epidemic in
Texas
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-08
TwO POLICEMEN KILLED
IN STREET RATTLE

RICHMOND, Ind. July Sin at
tempting TO arrest Eli s. Carr for
drunkenness today. George N. Lit
tile and Elmer Stevenson. patrolmen.
were shot and killed by the man
lCarr was captured after being shot.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-08
YOUNG PEOPLES UNION
SELECTS MEETING PLACES

CHICAGO. July S.-The National
Baptist Young Peoples Union today
decided to hold their 1917 conven-
tion at Detroit and their 1918 con
vention at Philadelphia
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-08
wAXAHACHE, TEXAS. SATURDAY. July s.. 1916.


. NEW YORK. July s.--Greek =
= letter fraternitics. say college =
. boys. are playing strong in col .
. lege politics. Perhaps they have =
. jimmied their way into the ma =
. tional game.
. Charles Evans Hughes, the @. .
. o. y. presidential candidate, be- =
= longs to the Delta Epsilon .
. crowd. .
. Frank Hitchcock. the man .
. who "did it," also wears the .
. Delta U. emblem. =
Q Major Crossett. major domo .
. at Hughes headquarters, is =
. national officer of the Greek =
. letter organization which =
. Hughes is member OF. .
. II may be that the whole .
. thing was plotted at some mys- =
. tic hour in the chapter tomb" .
>>>~> 80 . - . . 80 80
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-08
v|[[|STAS PLAN RAID
ON AMERICAN TOWN

will not be withdrawn pending nego-
tiations with the de facto govern
ment over the border patrol and
other border difficulties.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-08

. LONDON - The bishop OF
. Derby was fined IS for allow
. ina bright light to shine
= from his study window at mid
. night. thus violating the anti
= Zeppelin darkness law.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-08

LIvERPOOls--Over 500 men
employed on government work
here we're discharged enmasse
and replaced BY invalid sol
diers.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-08

Tbe Daily Lixh, gives the news.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-08
WAR ODDITIES.

, LoNpoN-The Metropolitan
, water board for the city OF Lon
don announces that streets will
not be sprinkled this summer
} on account OF the war.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-08

The Daily Light gives the newA
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-10-27
S.SSSS+SNSAsN%tNt @~NS~SANSAS+tN$
BUILDING OPERATIONS GAIN
Uncle Sans Statistics Show Increase
of 4 Per Cent in 1915 in 4e
49,. of Largest Cities.

Uncle Sam finds from a compilation
of building statistics that building OPP
eratiOns in many Of the larger cities
Of the country increased in 1915 as
compared with the preceding year.
These figures show that in 48 select
ed cities the total cost Of building Op-
erations was $641, ,7G9 100, an increase
Of $22,016S4j, or nearly per cent
over 1914. Twenty-eight of these
cities showed increase and 20 showed
decrease.
New York was the leading city in
cost of building operations, with $103,-
023,800, an increase Of S2S,993, $50
over 1914. Chicago, which was the
leading city in 1914, was second il
1915, with building operations costing
S97, ,291, 400 an increase of $14029,690
Brooklyn was third, with a total of
$45,601 ,S51, an increase of $3729,544
over 1914.
The number of permits issued or
buildings erected in 1915 in these 48
cities was 2O1190, a decrease of 2,542
compared with 1914. The number of
permits or buildings ranged from 469
in st. Joseph Mo-, to 14,515 in Brook
lyn, N. Y. The average cost per opera
ton was So, ,190 in 1915 compared with
$3,042 in 1914.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-10-27
BRIEF FACTS

A thread spans rhe space between
jaws of an implement invented by a
Kansas City man for cleaning between
the teeth.
Norway is to have plant that will
use Il Belgian engineers process for
the electrical extraction Of zinc from
ores heretofore regarded as worthless.
The inventor of a new square funnel
contends it operates more rapidly than
Il rourd one, which causes rotary
motion in liquids and delays their flow.
A Swedish engineer has invented a
process for extracting a substance
from sulphite lye which, in powdered
form, is compressed into bricks for
use as fuel.
A device for coupling ordinary We
hicles behind automobiles, so flexible
that sharp corners can be turned is
the invention Of an elghteen-year-old
California boy.
Recent investigations Of Korea's iron
mines have led to the prediction that
they can be made to supply all domes-
tic demands, and in addition supply
Japan with 100000 tons of metal am
nually.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-10-27
FROM ALL OVER

A concrete Eeg said to he almost in
dostructtble has been patented by a
Wisconsin inventor
Helmets for ayiators have been in
vented with wireless receiving tele-
phones built into the ear flaps.
The japanese are paying much at
tention 10 australian ores suitable for
refining or smelling in Japan.
one automobile to every eight fam
lilies is the ratio which will be reached
in the United States this year.
For outdoor sports a st. Louis man
has invented a program that can be
fastened to a persons hat to form an
eyeshade
An anonymous Frenchman has Of
fered a $4,000 prize for the mechani-
cal apparatus that will best supply the
place of a missing human hand.
The worlds greatest hydroelectric
plant, planned for India, will deliver
water to the turbines at a pressure Of
ESQ pounds to the square inch.
English street railways are expert
mentihg with compound rail, the
worn parts Of which can be renewed
without disturbing the roadbad,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-10-27


the Woodpecker, who
many other members Of the aered tribe
dwellers
is the observation who interested in birds and
in the subject that the bdpoecdon laws Of the federal and of
a great
cialy the
This
interested in birds Last they buebirds bunn
godhnch
and the yellow warbe than preceding and
numbers
everybody,
Washington gardens yards
shrubbey in
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-10-27
TOWER 1873 YEARS OLD
Uncle Sans First Beacon Light
Still Shines.
Mariners Guide Was First Built at
Boston Harbor 200 Years Ago, but
Was Destroyed by British
In f776.

Amid the passing Of the Old-tlmc
landmarks, Uncle Sans first lighthouse
still stands sturdily ut the entrance OF
Boston harbor giving It's warnings to
mariners through the flashing OF its
powerful light and the screeching of It's
siren. The two hundredth anniversary
of the establishment Of the Boston
light was recently celebrated in the
presence of high government officials,
the governor of Massachusetts, the
mayor of Boston and other dignitaries.
The present structure is 1913 years old,
having been built in 1888 to replace
the tower which had been destroyed
by the British at the beginning Of the
Revolutionary war, in 1II6.
At the celebration of the two hun
dredth anniversary Of the establish
ment of the light, in which Secretary
Redneld of the department of com
merce took a leading part, a bronze
tablet installed IN the tower, was un-
veiled. The tablet recites the fact
that the lighthouse was built by the
province Of Massachusetts and was
first lighted September II, 17lG.
Boston light has had an eventful and
interesting history during its 200 years
of existence. First built by the prov
ince of Massachusetts, it was captured
and recaptured several times in the
carly days Of the Revolution, and final
~ demolished by the British in lITG
mt the time of the evacuation Of Bos-
ton. 1t was rebuilt on the same site in
1888, Immediately after the close Of the
war, and with eight other colonial
lights then in operation, was taken
over by the general government in ac-
cordance with the act Of congress OF
August Z, 17S9 The height of the tow
er was increased in 1859, and the build
ings have been renovated and the APP
paratus and equipment improved from
time to time, as needed, so that despite
It's age, the light station is for all prac-
teal purposes essentially modern and
up-tO-date. 1t displays an incandts scent
oil-vapor light giving a white flash of
100000 candle power every 80 seconds
visible 16 miles in clear weather, and
as an auxiliary aid in foggy weather
sounds a powerful steam siren, with
double blast o. i've seconds each every
minute.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-10-27
May Predict Weather
Two Weeks in Advance

Uncle Sans fOrecasters soon
may be able to predict the
weather that any part of the
country is to have two weeks in
advance, at least as TO the time
when storms may be expected
to make their appearance. This,
it Is claimed, may be the result
of q new discovery.
Research, conducted by a for
mer chief of the United States
weather bureau and a represen-
tative of the Smithsonian insti-
tuition, has shown there are
riffs in the upper clouds of the
solar atmosphere, which cause q
variation in the amount of heat
radiated to the earth. 1t is said
the investigators have discOv-
cred the period of time between
the passage of a heat rift in the
solar atmosphere and the APP
pearance of resulting storms on
the earth.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-10-27

One hundred species of oysters have
been classified by scientists.
An English inventors electrical tool
for removing boiler scale delivers s.
900 hammering and tearing strikes u
minute.
only one out Of 100 inmates Of a
certain lunatif asylum had red hair
and only four were Of light hair and
complexion.
a woman is the patenree Of a dou-
be-looped strap for street cars that
win serve either tall or short passen-
gers who are obliged to stand.
Sixty miles of thread woven from
the fiber Of a species Of Italian nettle
weighs only two and half pounds.
Spain prohibits the importation of
cottonseed oil unless previously rem
dered unfit for human consumption.
The United States cruiser Saratoga,
which recently arrived at Seattle for
repairs, entered port flying a pennant
100 feet long, one foot for each soldier
aboard.
Much of the ivory from which piano
keys, billiard balls, knife handles and
combs are made is collected in Sibe-
ria from the fossil remains Of the
Rinnt mammoth.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-10-27

tom himself to using all kinds of
pens to crafty the vanity of those
who want to keep as souvenirs the
pens with which certain measures in
which they are interested are signed.
Ordinarily the president uses
soft-pointed fountain pen, but lately
in approving important measures Of
legislation he has used every variety
of pen. The eight-hour railroad bill
he signed with four ordinary pens
with steel points and black wood
holders. In afIiXing the name, "Wood-