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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-27
TIE WEATHER
Weather Forecast

Washington, January 26.-Forecast for Alabama: Local rains Thursday; Friday rain and colder.
 Tennessee: Rain Thursday or Thurs day night Friday rain or snow and much colder.
 Georgia: Partly cloudy Thursday; F'ri' day probably rain, colder north and west portions.
 Mississippi Local rains Thursday, colder north portion; Friday rain and much colder
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BASEBALL MOVIES.

"Ted" Sullivan, veteran sporting man. will lecture at the Odeon Two theatre tomorrow on the tour of the New York Giants and Chicago Cubs around the world. Six reels of nov ing pictures of the activities of the athletes accompany the Iecrure. ''The Wanderers" with Mary Ruby Vita graph drama, will be shown at the Odeon Two today, and this picture is said by Manager l.. B. Leftwich to be one of the best he has shown this winter.
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To Run Again

Washington, January 26.-Senator Culberson of Texas issued a statement tonight announcing formally that he would be a candidate for renomination in the forthcoming democratic pri- mary.
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RESSTE RARRTSCAT,r

"The Mating" a story of a poor girl working her way through col Iege and winning the right man with Bessie Barriscale in the leading role, will be shown at the Odeon One today
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bania, who is cooperating with the entente allies.
 The representatives of the Montene- grin government, according to a Vienna dispatch coming by way of Berlin, at last have signed articles regarding the disarmament of the Montenegrin army and the Montenegrins are everywhere laying down their arms.
 The British House of Lords has passed the third reading of the mili- tary service bill
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THE FAIRBANKS TWINS.

"The Burglars Picnic" is the latest effort of the Fairbanks Twins two young girls who have practically grown up in the movies" This pie ture will be shown today at the Colonial.
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MAE MARSH.

"An Adventure of the Autumn Woods" with Mae Marsh and Walter Miller will be shown at the Princess theatre today This is Biograph re- issue which means an excellent pie ture.
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Local Data
Weather Conditions

Summary of observations made at Uni ted States weather bureau stations dur ing the "A hours ending D. m., 10th meridian time January 26, 1915;
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ROBERT WARWICK.

Fruits of Desire" proved a highly diverting drama at the Rialto yes terday This picture, which shows Robert Warwick at his best, will be repeated today.
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SEVERAL honest subscribers
 of The Age Herald have NJ requested of Footlights and Screen that in lieu of the daily morning boost to the various and sundry motion picture theatres a few brick bats disguised as bou- quets might be apropos, For the sake of variety, which as the blond allowed. is the essence of temper amental existence, the suggestions will be followed
 The first attack will be on the automatic pianos. These Teutonic devices of mental torture who are always tuned up to play rag time" just as the heroine dies, or the mortgage is foreclosed, or at any of those moments that have passed off as pathos ever since Cain belt ed Abel on the scounce should be disqualified from active service. Better no music at all than the sym copated jinglings of a mechanical piano.
 Then there is the explanatory person. He is the koo who reads aloud the captions on the pictures and comments at considerable length on the story of the film. But for him-and it is sometimes "her"- thousands of moving picture pat rons would be deprived of the val uable knowledge of what was go- ing on on the screen when they at tend the movies" This paragraph may serve to lessen the cruelty to innocents in the future.
 Now for the boosts.
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OUR TOTAL TRADE

There are so many references to the magnitude of the increase in our foreign or export trade, and especially to the uneXampled foreign trade of 1915, which was approximately five and one-half bil- lion dollars-the greatest foreign trade ever secured by any foreign nation-that it is sometimes forgotten what the pro- portionate amount of our domestic trade is, or was in the year 1915. The estimate is that the aggregate money value of this trade for that year was nearly five hundred million dollars. That is little less than 1 per cent of the aggregate trade of the nation. Had the year been one of normal and nationwide industrial activity, the estimate is that our domes- tic trade would have been of the value of $55O, coo 0GO So it is said that if in 1915 our aggregate domestic trade was little under five hundred millions, it should be greatly in excess of that this year, in view of the fact that there is no longer any doubt of a general revival in business all over the United States.
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RT,ANCHE SWEET

'"The Ragamuffin," the Lasky- Paramount feature of the tramp type of heroine will be shown at the Strand theatre today with Miss Blanche Sweet in the title role. The words Lasky, Paramount and Sweet" should be enough to con- vince the patrons of the Strand of the merits of the picture on the programme today.
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"The Serpent the William Fox i'm feature which was shown at the
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p. c. HORTON, Local Foreeaster
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-16
GERMANY TO BLOCK
LOAN 10 BELGIUM
LOAN MADE TO THAT GOVERN
MENT MUST BE WITH CON
SENT OF GERMANY.
United States Government Advised
that III Such Loan Is Made With
out Previous Consent 1t Will
BE Held Void.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 16.--Ger-
many will consider null and void any
loan United States bankers may make
to Belgians with Belgian railway Sc
curities as a guarantee of the loan
unless previous consent is obtained
from the German government. Am
bassador Bernstorff told the state de-
partment today The text of the
statement is as follows:
THE imperial German govern
ment asks its ambassador at Wash
ington to inform the state depart
ment that in view of the statement
that in view of the statement thai
the Belgian government is trying tc
contract a loan in the United States
for the purpose of disposing OF the
Belgian state railways that any ar
rangements made during the German
occupation or without previous con
sent from the German government
will be considered null and void Ds
Germany.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-16

formed at once Of his sisters death.
will not come hero. II was under
stood early today. He ana Mrs.
wilson will accompany the body to
South Carolina for burial. however,
Mrs. Howe had been constantly
under the influence OF opiatcs since
President Wilson was here early in
the week. Death was due to perito-
nitis aad complications.
Mrs. Howe was born In Virginia
and. like her brother, was educated
there. She had two sons, Wilson
Howe Of primos. suburb OF swarth-
more. Pa. and connected with the
Pennsylvania railway. and DR.
George Howe. professor az the
University OF North Carolina, and a
daughter. Mrs. Perrin cothran OF
Raleigh. ". C.
Mrs. Howe was sixty years old
last Friday.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-16
PRESIDENT WILSON CANCELS
ENGAGEMENT TO SPEAK IN
ST. LOUIS WEDNESDAY.
BAKER TAKES PLACE
ter President Calls Off Engage
ments-Secretary of War
to Speak for Him.
BY Robt. J. BENDER.

ASBURY PARK. N. j., Sept. i6.
President Wilson today cancelled
his engagement to address the Ma
tion Life Insurance Underwriters
association at st. Louis on Sept. 20,
following receipt of the news OF the
death of his sister, Mrs. Anne E.
Howe, at New London, Conn.
His engagements for Monday and
Tuesday Of next week were also can
celled. The president has asked
Secretary OF War Baker to speak for
him at st. Louis. The engagements
for the president to speak at Balti-
more Sept. oath still stands.
The president and Mrs. Wilson
will probably meet Miss Margaret
Wilson, Joseph Wilson. the presi-
dents brother, and other members
of the family, who viii leave New
London with the body OF Mrs. Howe.
at Trenton. N. j. From there they
Will go with the body to Columbia,
8. c., where It will be buried beside
the body Of her husband.
The president and Mrs. Wilson
will meet the funeral train at Tren-
ton tomorrow afternoon.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-16
SEEMS
TO Be NEAR
EITCH MAY OCCUR IN NEGOTIa-
TIONS OVER THE MEXICAN
BORDER PROBLEM.
A DELICATE POINT
II Is Admitted That the Negotiations
Have Reached Delicate Stage.
Difference Of View AZ to
PatrolIing Rorsler.

NEW LONDON, Conn, Sept. L.
Tie Mexican negotiations
reached a delicate point today.
Whether Carranzas Willingness Is
more important than able to patrol
the border was the vital question
upon which the negotiations are
turning. SO far as surface indica-
tions go the first chief will proDa-
bly, take over the duties which have
deyolved upon General Pershing's
column, but the fact that his repre-
sentatiyes have not committed them-
selves to such a scheme makes the
reg citations at this stage extremely
important and delicate. As matters
row stand the American commits
sioners are In favor OF Carranza
doing most OF the patrollIng OF tn
bsrder with sort OF Mexican police.
The Mexican commissioners proposed
a joint international police. Now
the American commissioners want
Carranza to furnish e strong force.
Today in the absence OF the Mexi-
can commissioners the American
confceres indicated the belief that no
hitch is in sight. The Mexicans
aave despaired OF getting loan
rom Wall street and have decided
to turn to the small bankers.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-16
SAVES FELLOW PRISONER
FROM KILLING HIMSELF

LITTLE ROCK. Ark. Sept. l6.--
Otto Robisch OF Pine Bluff, who, Of
ficers say. has confessed 70 the muF-
der and robbery of Gcosgc Psrlbogo'
Young Italian of Lexington, oK''
at Pine Bluff last week. prevented
fellow prisoner from committing
suicide in the county Jail here.
Leslie Gray. also a Pine biui'
youth, charged with forgery, had at
tempted to hang mself in his cell
Unable to make the jailers hear Ms
cries, Robisch held ray in his arms
for nearly a half hour, thus prevent
ing strangulation. KoDisch was ex-
hausted when help finally came.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-16
AMMONIA PLANT OF CHEMICAL
COMPANY WRECKED BY A ).
TERRIFICi EXPLOSION.
FOUR KNOWN DEAD
From Four to Ten Men Were Killed
and Several Iniuiei--Parts
Of Bodies Found Same Dis
tancc From building.

PITTSBURGH. Pa, Sept. f6.--
An explosion that wrecked the am
monia chyrstallizing plant OF tho
Aetna Chemical company at Oakdats
at midnight resulted In four to ten
deaths and in the serious injury Of
several others.
Company officials admitted the
loss OF four men. The identified
dead are John Paul and Is. u. D0bbs.
Dobbs was superintendent and was
directing the work when the plant
blew up.
we're found more than one hundred
feet from the wrecked building.
Dobbs' death was established by
small pieces Of flesh bearing
peculiar marks.
Several nearby buildings were
damaged and windows were broken
by the explosion, the cause of which
has not been learned.
Employees OF the Aetna Chemical
company's plant at Oakdale, where
the explosion wrecked the nitrate
building. declared this afternoon that
probably more than a score had been
killed in the blast. One empsoye said
he entered the adjoining building
and counted eleven bodies. These
he said we're exclusive of the eight
dead. whose scattered remains have
been found.
An Investigation has already been
started by the county officials to de.
/ termine the cause Of the explosion.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-16
CONFEDERATE HERO
IS MUSTERED OUT
GENERAL BASIL DUKE PASSED
AWAY AT NEW YORK FOL
LOWING OPERATION.
Right Hand Man 0f General Morgan
In Raids Through Indiana and
Ohio Passed Quietly Away.
Early Today.

NEW YORK. Sept. 10.--f3iigadies
General RASH Duke died here to-day.
General Duke was 20 years old. lie
was l,orn In Kentucky and II now
known In Louisville at a lawyer. Tic
was the author Of many books ON
the civil war.
General Duke suffered an infec.
tion Of the foot while visiting his
daughter here recently. He was
taken to the Presbyterian hospital
where an operation was performed
II became necessary later TO remove
his leg ut the knee. The shock ol
the operation WAS too severe for him
10 Withstand.
General Duke was second in com.
mand Of the famous Morgan cavalry
OF Kentucky. When Captain John
II. Morgan first formed his company
at the outbreak of the civil war Duks
WAS made first lieutenant. As ths
command grew Duke rose In ranl
with Morgan. He MAS Morgan's maii
reliance in his raid through Indians
and Ohio and many writers have plac
ell him among the heroes of the con
fedcracy.
President Roosevelt appointed Gen
Icral Basil Duke as one of the trustees
Of the Cbickanauga park, n position
he heLi until his death. He Is sur
viyed by several daughters and ON
son, Calvin Morgan Duke of Louis
willie. ny. His wife. who died som'
years ago. Was a sister of Genera
Morgan.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-16
DIPsEA MARATHON RUN
TODAY IN CALIFORNIA.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. l6.-Tne
best distance runners in San Fran
cisco and the bay region will par
ticipate in the twelfth annual Dip
sea Marathon to be run tomorrow
from Mill Valley to Willow camp.
The Olympic club, which will stage
the event, reports record entry lis.
for the cross country classic. The
race is a handicap affair open 10
registered athletes over Is
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-16
RAIN STOPS THREE
GAMES IN NATIONAL

BROOKLYN. n. Y. Sept. Lee
Brooklyn won race against an i'm
minent rainstorm yesterday. beating
Pittsburgh. 5 TO /. in five innings.
increasing her lead over Philadelphia
TO two fuip games Eight hits. m
cluding home run drive by Wheat.
with the bases full. netted eight runs
In the second inning. 1t was the
twenty eighth straight game In which
Wheat has made one or more hits.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-16
NAVAL BATTLE IN
GULF Of BOSNIA
RELIEVED THAT GERMAN AND
RUSSIAN NAVAL FORCES
ARE ENGAGED.
Heavy Firing Has Been Heard Along
the Swedish Coast-Thick
Fog Obscures
Fighting.

LONDON. Sept. l6.-The Morning
Post received dispatch from Stock
holm to the effect that the German
and Russian naval forces we're engas-
ed in a battle in the Gulf of Bosnia,
north of the Alland Islands. Heavy
firing was heard along the Swedish
coast, but because of heavy fog
il was impossible TO observe the fight
ing more closely.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-16
THREE GOVERNS MEET IN
CORN GROWING COUNTY.

LEBANON. Ind, Sept. 16. Boone
county. famous as the home of prize
winning corn, today entertained
three governors: Samuel NJ Ralston
OF Indiana, a native of the county;
Thomas G. Bilbo of Mississippi and
Governor Pleasant of Louisiana.
The southerners came to help the
Indiana governor make the county's
celebration Of Indiana's centennial
a success.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-16
90UsANDS OF WORKMEN
ARE READY TO GUT WORK

NEW YORK, Sept. 16.-The Gen.
Federation Union of New York
submitted to individual unions
onmendations for a sympathetic
''ke as . boycott OF the elevated,
NAY and surface street car lines.
me resolution adopted recom-
= Sas preliminary to a general
lze' that the longshoremen, boat
Transfers, engineers, firemen
plumbers whose labors keep the
= running stop work at once.
70 guarantee to support you to
end'' the resolution said.
Tho men are called out the
10 Union will not affect us, as
nave large supplies of coal and
- nore," is the reply of Pres
Snonts OF the marlborough
8 % the strike threat.
'sas the argument that the
saa interests" are determined
n uhionism six trades unions
already authorized their lead
0u q strike at their n,Cn dis.
n according to one report.
maehinists' union of 10000
s has ordered a referendum
W a strike, it is said. The
S'emen are scheduled I'd meet
afow afternoon at 1 o'clock Ia
.'der similar vote.
me police commissioners reaort
that thirty-sevcn persons
q 0een hurt and two killed ON
~ sAe''on lines affected by the
dal'ns the past twenty.four
aangled body of a man
IA On the Third avenue ele-
! this morning. Thirty.
s injured in rear.end col.
E,,, 'ah'e line at the station
s,.a a's'rAir'i street. when = train
hin So strike breaker struck a
0g at the station there
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-16
BIG BATTLE
IS. GOING ON
VIOLENT FIGHTING sTII.L IsAta-
ING RETWEEN BlyITlSH AND
CERMANs NORrH sOMME.
THE BRITISH Gains
Liac Has Bcen Thrust Forward More
Than Five Thousand Yards.
Three More Villages Held
Isy the british.

LONDON. Sept. ia.--Thc british
center has thrust forward to = point
five thousand yards north of FUur-
e.sux wools In violent haftlc now
raging north or the somnsc. tsencral
iaig s~Inrs~si 20 the war officc Ia
day.
The wholH Villages os Courcclette,
Martinpuch and Fiers arr firmly IN
the hands Of the british. Five huu-
drcd prisoners were captured, maly-
ing a total Of 2.SOO Germans ofSi-
cislly reported captured In tho first
forty-cight hours of thc renewed
sornmc offensive.
The ISritish gains of yesterday,
linked with the great French al
vance early In thc week. complctesI
the task OF sma~hiqg completely the
whole of the German third liuc po-
sitions ON practically the whole of
the somnsc front under attack. On
ly at Thicpvsi. where the German
works have delayed thu british 3D.
vancc. are the tsersunps still cling
ing 10 the third linc. Thicpval WINS
ontflankesl by rho british wiio cap.
tnred Courcclctte yesterday after
noon and its capture In tho merit
british advance appears certain.
The news of the british snccess-
,es. coupled with the allies grent
gains in the Balkans and tho re-
aumptlon OF the Italian drive ON Trf-
este. has aroused the London pub
lie to high pitch OF enthusiasm.
How large a part the new armos'-
cd motor cars are playing In the
British advance Is not yet known,
bni military critics believe the new
war terrors have wrought havoc
among the Germans. Dubbed "Wii-
Ilies" by the ToInmics the new cars
present terrifying appearance
when In action. Their trial behind
the front has eonyinved General HaiR
|of their worth.
The British advance yesterday
morning wns followed BY terrible
delugc Of shells that poured ont On
the German works.
CourccIettc village was literally
blown Off the usay before the human
ilod began rolling down upon tho
Tcutons. The first stroke earrirsl
the British to Foureaux woods ansI
into the outskirts Of Flern.
sharp bnyonette and grenade fight
ing drove the. Gernia nmachine glio-
ners from thetr last position behirtsl
the ruins of the town and Flcnn was
In possession of the attackers before
noon.
| The hardest fighting occurred On
the wings. THE Germans chung ten
aciousiy 10 Courcelette because of ~
position on the flank of Thcibral
THE Germans. driven out Of the VII
Iage by powerful smash, reformed
about the cemetery ard counter-at-
tackled time and again yesterday At
ternoon In an effort 10 re-cspture the
town.
Near Maginturcp ruined mill has
been converted into strnagly forti-
fled position, from behind which the
Teutod~ lost many successive conn-
lter-attacks.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-16
|..csuoREMEN AND BOATMEN
V~spoyp To THE GENERAL
STRIKE CALL.
R1DIT|0N IS ACUTE
!. Leaders Predict that Seventy
". thousand Men Will he On
strike Before the End Of
Next Week.

rrw YORK, Sept. ia sympa-
IT, strike, which union leaders
I, in result in 10000 men leaving
=, ,obs and joining the striking
.,,o,es Of the traction companies.
I,.me effective In New York before
bon today.
twenty thousand longshoremen
y hostmen we're the first workers
,ssuond TO the strike call. Labor
aders predicted that these men viii
! followed BY $4,000 machinist
kters before night.
M the end Of next week, unless
m Is a change in the traction
k;le situation, union men predict
i thousauds of other workers will
! out, including men in all indus-
- who contribute to the produc-
y Of power for the transportation
~
| The first clashes on Broadway
N reported TO the police today.
hsa cars were held up and ston-
! nd call for the polio reserves
necessary to disperse the strik-
/ The official announcement that a
umthetic strike had been ordered
\ 70 much minor disorder in many
" Of the city.
ne police are prepared to estab-
y districts and camp Throughout.
city. Camp equipment will be
ought up from Staten Island. This
uIpmen. will include stoves and 4
nplete kitchen outfit. The long
avmen have threatened to call out
waters serving the police along
water front, and this would at
n make the food situation criti-
for the officials.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-16
PLAN NAVIGATION BETwEEN
ONTARIO AND HUDSON RIVER

ALBANY. ~ ". Sept l6~-Thru
navigation via the New YORK Barge
canal is planned for spring by state
Engineer Frank Williams from 0s-
wego to Lake Ontario and the Hud-
son river.
Williams Is investigating today "a
get an idea of the cost. II was ex'
pected that the United States gov
ernment would help in this work,
but there Ia no present indication
that II will.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-16
BUENOs AIRES REPORT SHOWS
GRAIN GOING TO THE ALLIES

BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 16. -
Argentinas wheat has been sold al
most exclusively to the allies dur
ing the last six months. 1t has
been shipped, with practically NO
exceptions, in British bottoms.
The export was 1.379.962 tons, OF
which the United States took less
than 100000.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-16
'vEnlEl0s NAY YET HEAD
the NEW GREEK MINISTRY

LONDON. Sept. is Premier
zaiinis has finally declined 20 at
tempt to reform the Greek cabinet
and has suggested to King conHtnn-
tine that former Premier venizelos.
leader OF the pro-allied war party.
be invited to head the new ministry.
said an Athens dispatch to the EvSn-
ing Star today.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-16
ITALIANS on OFFENSIVE
on the IsOhl0 FRONT

ROME, Sept. 16.--Italian troops
are now on the offensive on the
whole Isonzo front from Goritz to
the sea and the Austrian line has
been broken at several points. The
Austrian losses during the last two
days OF fighting exceed ten thou
sand. il is reported
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-16
MORE CHICAGO HANKS
DUE TO DE CLOSED

CHICAGO. Sept. Is. - Several
more private banks in Chicago are
due to close their doors shortly. ac-
cording TO statement today OF Mac
lay Hoyne. states attorney, who de-
clared he knew OF a number OF such
"one-horse, one-man institutions
Further investigation into the af-
fairs OF Michniuk AZ Sans. private
bankers, was promised for today
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-16
SERBS DRIVE DUlGARs
BACK TOWARD FRONTIER

SALONIKI. Sept. Victorious
Serbian troops are driving the dc
fea;ed Bulgarians back toward the
Serbo-Greek frontier in the direc-
ton of the Serbian town of Monastir
said a Serbian official statement is
sued here early today The Bulga-
rian losses were enormous, one regi-
ment losing $500 men
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-16
BELIEF CROWS THAT BREMEN
4 IS NEARING AMERICAN COAST

NEW LONDON, Conn, Sept. i6.--
There is a renewal OF the belief that
the German ub-merchantman Is
nearing this port. This is indicated
By activities around the pier of the
Eastern Forwarding company today
Paul Hilken, who directed the ar
rangements for the arrival OF the
Deutschland, reached here today.