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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-02

]. N. Criss. one of the best fellows
in the county. was here from near
Rocket. w. III. i.anier and Mrs.
Lanier were here from Waxahachie
route r. c. r. Thompson. from
Italy route three. was here and made
a trade for the Enterprise. Wood
son Williams. public spirited cliff
zen Of Milford route one, had the En-
terprise addressed to Mrs. Williams.
q. w. Madden. OF Waxahachie route
n. had seen the blue mark and had
u crossed from his paper.
The fellow who win tell thlng n
the truth not knowing II to be- 80 IL
"a liar even though what he tells may
BIO true. BILL cox.
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IT IS SERIOUS.
Some Waxahachie People Fail t.
Realize the Seriousness of
Bad Bachache.

baO bacndcIcs
The constant aching of a bad
back,
The WEAKNESS, the tired feeling
The pains and aches of kidney ills
May result seriously If neglected
Dangerous urinary troubles often
follow
A Waxahachie citizen shows you
what to do. :
c. E. Nolan, insurance agent, 504
Water St., Waxahachie, says:
Whenever l feel my kidneys need
a tonic, | take Doan's Kidney Pills
with the best of results. The worst
trouble is pain across my back
Doan's Kidney Pills, procured from
the Curtin Drug Co.. are all right
and l en- glad to give them m en-
dorscment."
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
that Mr.. Nolen uses. Foster-Mil-
burn Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
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DEUTSCHLAND LEAVES
ON RETURN v0YAGE

BALTIMORE. Nd, Aug. 2-The
German submarine merchantmen
Deutschland set out from Baltimore
on a return voyage to Germany 2t
$40 D. m. yesterday, after a decla-
ration of confidence from her CON-
mander, Paul Koenig. that he would
take her home in spite of the heavy
odds that she would face when the
three-mile limit in the Atlantic
ocean is reached.
After getting into midstream the
tow line of the tug Thomas F. Tim
minis was cast off and The Deutsch-
land proceeded down the Patapsco
river under her own power. The
Timmins went to one side, the coast
guard cutter Wissihickon TO the
other and the harbor police boat
Lannan brought UP the rear to pre-
vent undue crowdirg by the small
fleet OF launches that followed.
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$4,000 BONO ISSUE
FOR SCHOOL BU|lD|ne
THAT AMOUNT WILL BE ASKED
~ SCHOOL BOARD UNDER
THE NEW CHARTER.
The CITY Council L. Expected to Or
der a special Election st Early
Date---.iiso Co Vote On
sewage Bonds.

NJ htttttut VI aht way ctttpt
board Tuesday morning 1t was de-
cided To ask the city council 10 or
der special election for the par-
pose OF voting on the proposition
OF issuing bonds in the sum OF
$40. 000. the funds 10 be used In the
erection OF new high school build
ing
A skeleton ordinance calling for
the election was presented TO the
city council Tuesday night by J..
Lea Cannon, president OF the
board. The matter was referred to
the ordinance committee.
This action OF the school board
was taken under the provisions OF
the new charter. recently adopted.
making 1t possible tho lowing OF a
tax OF IL IL cents for school build
ing purposes.
II is very probable that the citi-
zens Of wAxahachic will be given
an opportunity OF voting on two
bond issues at the same time. The
council is considering ordering an
election To vote bonds for tho estnb-
lishment OF sewage disposal plant.
Some steps In this direction must
be taken before January /, 1917.
Under the laws of Texas all cities
have until that date to remove their
sewage from live streams. When
President Cannon OF the school
board appeared before the council
he explained that the board was In
no special hurry. and since the city
was considering ordering IN cleo
ton for sewage bonds II had been
Thought by the board that the. two
issues could be combied in one elec--
ton. II is expected that the cleo
tion will be ordered Just II soon AZ
the city can obtain estimates on the
probable coat OF q sewage disposal
plant. The cost 10 not expected To
be lower than $4,000. and It II
probable that the amount OF bonds
to be asked for will be $4,000
This amount. together with the
school building issue, would total
$115.000.
The matter OF ordering the cleo
ton viii probably come up at an
adjourned session Of the council
some time this month. The council
meets Friday morning to consider
bids for paving Ferris avenue, and
lit may be that the bond election
will be considered at that time. II
estimates on the cost have not been
obtained by then the matter will 60
over until later date.
No other business OF Importance
came before the council meeting
Tuesday night. The reports Of Of
ficers we're received and approved.
and accounts against the city were
ordered paid.
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FRANCE PAYS TRIBUTE MEMORY
Or FIRST FRENCHMAh sH0T
By HENRY WOOD.
United Press staff Corresponds

PARIS, August France paused
today in tribute TO the memory of
Corporal Juies-Andre Peugeot. the
first Frenehman killed Ia the present
van.
I, was at Joneherey ON the Upper
Rhine. at 10 O'Clock a m. August
:. 1914. about 90 hours before the
war actually was declared between
Germany and France. that Peugeot
vas shot to death by Lieutenant
Mayer. at the head of German
patrol squad
national subscription is today
being collected under the patronage
OF the Minister of War and the Min
lister OF Public Instruction for the
erection of monument to Corporal
Jules-Andre Peugeot on the spot
where he fell.
/ II is proposed that the name and
heroic acts OF peugcot pass down
in history as have those of Marschal
des Logis Pagnez. the first victim
Of the war of 1870. who was killed
at Niededbronn.
i Peugeot. 81. was corporal in the
sixth company OF the 44th regiment
CT infantry. Early In August he was
stationed at Joncherey, two kilome-
tiers from Della and twelve kilo-
meters from the German frontier
On the morning of August ., he
had just finished placing sentinel
and returned to the house of A. NJ
Caucourt, when the latter's little
daughter came running in crying.
THE Prussians, The Prussians.'
Rushing outside, Corporal Peu.
gcot found himself facing mounted
German patrol of seven members
under command of Lieutenat Mayel
of the Fifth regiment of Chasseur,
stationed at Mulhouse.
Peugeot gave the order to halt
to which Mayer replied by drawins
his revolver ord firing three shot,
into the body of the corporal. Thu
latter fell to his knees. dischargin,
!. his gun before he could take aim
ii BY this time few Of Peugeot'i
/ men had rushed up, one of whom
, manned Monnier. killed Lieutenan
Mayer with two shots from his rifle
In the fight that followed. partici
psted in by some French dragoon
who had come up at the sound 0
the firing, all of the Germans wer'
killed with the exception of one VIII
escaped.
Peugeot. was the only French sol
der killed in the frey. He ha
stree been. cited to the order of TIL
day for his bravery.
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PRINCIPAL BATTIEs
OF THE WAR

y Charicroi. August 81. 1914. I
= Germans broke through French
. lines IN Belgium aud invaded /,
. France. ,
. Tannenburg. August 30. 4,
y 1914 Won Hindenbburg drove
. Russians out OF East Prussia.
. Lemberg. September 3, 1914.
. Russian drive across Galieia
. began.
. Marine. September 3. 1915.
. French and British drove Ger
. mans from Paris to the Aisne.
. Flanders, October Is. 1914.
. Battle began which prevented
. Germans from reaching Calais.
- Dunajec. May 3. 1915. Aus
. tro-Germans began to drive
. Russians out of Galicia.
. Warsaw. August 4. 1915.
. Germans complete defeat of
. Russian army along the Wis
O tula.
= Danube. Oct. 6. 1915. Aus
. tro-German campaign against
% Servia begun.
% Ctesiphon, December l. 1916.
. British forced to retreat before
. Bagdad.
% Dorian, December IL. 1915.
. Bulgarians completed conquest
- of Servian Macedonia.
- Gallipoli, January ., 1915.
- Evacuation by British army
- completed.
10 verdun, February %, 1916.
10 Germans began their offensive
10 against French Mouse lines.
10 Trebizond, April II. 1916.
10 Russians conquered major part
. of Eastern Asia Minor.
70 Kut-el-Amara, April 80,
= 1916. British Bagdad army
. surrendered to Turks.
. Jutland, May 81, 1916. Ger
. man battlefield engaged British
. dreadnaughts and returned to
. German base.
. Somme, July /, 1916. Anglo
. French major offensive began.
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medicine | took. Every month since
was young girl had suffered with
cramps in my sides at periods and was
never regular. saw your advertise
ment in the newspaper and the picture
of woman who had been saved from
an operation and this picture was inn
pressed on my mind. The doctor had
given me only two more days to make
up my mind so i sent my husband TO the
drug store at once for bottle of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. and
believe me, / only took four doses be-
fore felt change and when had fin
ished the third bottle was cured and
never felt better. / grant you the priv
ilege to publish my letter and am only
too glad to let other women know of my
cure" Mrs THos. MCGoNIGAL, 1892
Hsrtyille Street, Phila., Pa.
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Prairie Dogs Damaging Crops.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 2.--
Prairie dogs are becoming pest
in parts of Haron county. and some
relief has been asked OF the state
through the department of agricul-
ture. O. p Summons of Hollis was
in this city this week and told the
board of agriculture of the damage
that is being done by the rodents.
The board is asked to urge legisla-
ticn in the way of scalp bounties
or something else to stimulate ex-
termination of increasing pests.
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American League.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, August 2. st.
Louis defeated New York in fourteen
innings here yesterday, 3. to 2, scos-
ing the winning run when Sisler sin
gled, took second on Pratt's sacri-
flee and scored on Marsan's single.
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After August 10th all dogs not
wearing tags will be taken up by
the officers. New 1916 tags may
be secured at the tax collectors Of
flee in the city hall.
CARROLL TODD,
lis Tax Collector.
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Notice. Water Consumers.

Water rents for the month Of
July are due. A discount OF 10
per cent win be allowed on all ac-
counts paid on or before the 10Th
OF August. ]. d. KIRyIN, Supt.
fady 119)
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WOMAN GIVEN
TWO DAYS
To Make Up Her Mind for
Surgical Operation. She Re-
fused; Cured by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Philadelphia, Pa--"One year ago I
was very sick and suffered with pains

IN my SIDE ana DacK
until l nearly went
crazy. / went to
differentdoctors and
they all said l had
female trouble and
would not get any
relief until ! would
be operated on. ]
had suffered forfour
we ars before this
time, but l kept get
ting worse the more
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CHICAGO, ILL.,, August 2.-Chica-
90 cut down Boston's lead yester-
day when they won double-header
from Philadelphia, to 0 and 8 to 2,
while Boston won from Detroit.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. August
2.-Dameron's home run. scoring
runner in front of him in the sixth,
urecipitated a bombardment by the
locals, which buried the Survivors.
~ to 0, yesterday.
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PHILADELPHIA, Pa. August 2
Chicago shut out Philadelphia yes
terday, 2 to 0. in the first game
but lost the second game, to 2, de-
spite the fact that Hendrix held the
home team to one hit.
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NEW YORK, August after be-
ing shut out in three successive
games, Pittsburg rallied here yester-
day and broke New York's winning
streak by taking ten-inning game,
4 to 3.
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Phone 4S6 viii get the printer
eigh. now Estimates cheerra!is II
en-. J. T. Tucker. job printer. that's
Albany q
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Western Association.

TULSA, OKLA, August o. The
Producers beat Fort Smith yester-
day. Z to /, in game that was inter-
fered with by rain. which made play
Ing slow.
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churchA There are 1000 drug
stores In the United States Goth
am--"No wonder the Post Office
Department makes so much money
out OF stamps. "---Yonkers States
man.
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DETROIT, Mich, August BIOS
ton made it three straight from De-
troit, yesterday, winning. to 2.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio, August g.
Boehling's ineffectiveness allowed
Cleveland to take an early lead and
win from Washington, 6 to /.
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disability list yesterday and went to
the rescue of Dell. obtaining credit
for the victory over. Cincinnati, 5 to
2 is
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Texas League.

SHREVEPORT, La. August -
Shreveport hammered Moore and
Crisis for total of eighteen hits
and made 1t five straights over Hous-
ton by winning yesterdays game, 10
to1.
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WACO, Texas, August 2.-Three
singles in the eleventh off Barefoot
enabled Waco to beat Galveston yes
terday, 3 to 2, and take the series.
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National League.

bOSTON, Mass. August BIOS
Ton won from st. Louis yesterday,
" " In an eleven-inning pitching
uuei between Rudolph and Meadows.
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bhookLYN. N. Y, August q
Nap hucker was taken off Brooklyn's
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FORT WORTH. Texas, August 2.
"A. Rankin Johnson held Beau
mont to five hits and was accorded
good support, while the locals pound
60 Hardin for eleven hits and won,
to l. Fort Worth released First
baseman Boyle yesterday.
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Subscribe for the Daily Lght
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when a baby 1t IL q home made
one bottomed with hickory bark and
looks clean and fresh. And the
chair he showed me is sixty-six years
old, being made by his father at the
age OF eighteen years. He also gave
me some slipppery elm bark which /
brought home with me. The very
sight of it seemed to make the widow
Cox long for the scenes of her chilli
hood In Alabama. was about to
forget that the Gist home IL one Of
the incest In the county. and that
Mrs. Gist gave us fried chicken for
breakfast. c. Il. Smith, one OF this
prominent merchants OF Red Oak,
renewed his subscription. A. ..
Brown and SON were coming 10
Waxahachie Thursday so came
with them. Friday Mrs. N. c. Burx.
of Waxahachie route c. gave me a
dollar for their subscription. Sat-
urday j. X. Faulkner OF Grove
Greek came to town and / got him.
Mrs. s. w. Allen. from Midlothian
route four. was here Saturday with
peaches. A. Goforth was down
from Allen. Collin county. shaking
hands with old friends. j. s. BY
mum. from Midlothian route four.
was here with some coin. ID. j.
Gray. one OF the old guards at Sar-
dis. was down Saturday. d. n. Kyle
OF Boyce remembered me Saturday.
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Havana Racing Results.
HAVANA, December l6..


First race. iwo-year-oIds; selling: five and
], to j. even. won; Immense, liz ,McCul-
loughi. to !. !. TO ]. eyea second: Mae Muir
ray, III tkleeger,, ) TO .. even, / to - third
Time, 1.03 80. Delos, Marblehe8d RoyaIton.
Brown Baby. Flora Bendera Fin Feather
Maznetinia Otscgo, Old Man Crit and CHINA
ginty also ran.
Second race all ages; selling; six furlopss-
King Tuscan, 10 tKnight,. to ), l to .. out.
won; Thesicres. 1G9 ,BalD, 3 to . l to .. out
second Perrot. 1oi WARD. 4 to /, $ to j. 4 to
8. third Time, l.I5. Cherry Belle, Argument,
Joaquin. Sand.I, Charlie Niece, Goodwood and
Gano also
Third race. all ages; handicap: five furonss-
J: J. Liilis, 10 ,kl"cgerJ, l to 3. out, won I;
friendiess. 100 Mink. ) 10 /. To >, l 10 =,
second fiumosr. III &C. CARROLL. 70 to l, u TO
!. 70 l. third. Time. l.ol 1-6. Royal Age,
DR.. Iab. Encore and York lille also ran
Fourth race. three year olds and up: selling
one miie-Soidier. lG4 tBhlJ 10 /. to 3. 3
TO ., won: Ambrose. l04 'kleegerJ, . to L. to
Money. Sky Pilot and Brave Cunarder also ran
Firth race, three year-oldh and up: mile
seliing-After Night. 90 (Wing6edJ. to ]. Z
|, 8 to 3. = TO 8. second; Bank Bill 1917 Gray,
10 to l. to l. . to L. third Time, l. 43 2
Dare Devil. Uncle VIII. Tntiana. Louise May.
Malabarn and Yorkshire Roy also ran.
and one sixteenth; selling-Hedge Rose. 10f
tBallt, 10 /, to 3, . to ), won: Rosewater,
l03 CARROLL. 10 =. even. / to 2 second ;
Lonise stone 1oG Corey, ) to .. even. to ..
Glow. River King. Dainger6eld aud Luke Van
Iandt also ran.
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TRIBUTE TO NICK" YOUNG.
National League Honors Memory of
Its Former President.

The National League. at its melting at
the Waldorf-Astoria. New York. Thurs
day. passed a suitable resolution paying
tribute to the memory of Nicholas E.
Young, for many years president of the
league, who died in Washington last Oc-
tober 2h The resolution follows:
Whereas the national game lost the
great dominating figure Of its inception
and development. when. on October 81
tivities Nicholas E. Young. former presi-
dent. secretary and treasurer Of the Ma,
tional League of Professional Base Ball
Clubs: and
Whereas he was a player Of skill. an
organizer of unerring judgment, and an
executive of answering honesty and
faithfulness, who stood to the last degree
for all that is clean and square in the
building of our sport otis present stand
ard as a national institution; and
Whereas he was a patriot, a citizen of
high moral principles and of deep re-
ligieus convictions, and was beloved of
business associate and 'neighhor alihs;
therefore, be 1t
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star catcher has gone into business for
himself. He is operating a box rae,
tory at Amherst. Mass, his home. and
is said to be doing an immense bust
ness.
Henry had intended TO spend the
winter in Washington. but when he
found good investment in his own
town he lost no time IN making it.
As was predicted Clark Griffith did not
pull off anything resembling deal at the
annual meeting at Chicago. He did have
an offer from the St. Louis Club--Eddie
Plank for Eddie Foster-but, of course,
that proposition was out of the question.
Griffith is not foolish enough to make
any. deal which would rob his team OF one
of it's most valuable players. He has
several on his list he is willing to trade,
but unfortunately they are not of the
caliber that would be acceptable to any
of the other major league clubs.
Joe Tinker He must go to the minors
as manager or retire from the game.
There is not chance of his getting
position of any kind in the major leagues
He is not a capable manager. having
failed in both Cincinnati and Chicago
AVID his PLAYING days have long been over.
Tinker could not get enough money in
the minors As manager. but he might
he willing to invest some coin in one OF
the A. A. clubs.
Thomas j. Hickey, Wfo was elected to
the presidency of the American ASsocia-
ton the other day. is not new to that
league Hickey was the president of the
association for fully eight years. not re
firing until at the end of the season of
1903 Two others have held the job since
Joe O'Brien and Thomas Chivington.
Though Hickey has been out Of the
game for many years. he has kept in
close touch with it and is sure to prove
a capable official
Joe Jackson says there is a chance
of the Tigers figuring in several trades
during the off season. st. Louis it is
said. will offer some pitchers for He'll
man this winter, and the offer probably
will be accepted.
Manager Jennings will take his boys
south about the same time he did last
spring. the latest announcement being
that they will report at WaXahachie
March /. That will give nearly month
for work. There will be few exhibition
games next spring for the Tigers other
than the matches with McGraw's Giants
on the way home.
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OLD PRIZE FIGHTER DEAD.
John Miller, Conqueror of Jem Mace,
Succumbs in Chicago.

CHICAGO, December 16.-Few who
watched the modest funeral procession
accompanying the body of John Miller
to the cemetery today knew that he was
other than man who for forty years had
been model saloonkeeper of Chicago.
Yet half century ago his name was
known throughout the pugiiistic world as
the conuueror of the famous English
prize fighter Jem Mace DIR. Robert
Stewart who attended Miller in his last
illness. said:
Miller became English champion by
the defeat of Mace The fight took place
in France and attracted much attention.
In it Miller lost the sight of one eye. for
that was before the day of boxing gloves.
In one of his many fights British soil
he broke his right forearm. 1t poorly
set. as was plainly shown i'll after years.
asked him if the fracture stopped the
fight. No, he said. it just started it
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HIGH-CLAsS HORSE DIES.
Bradley's Frigerio, Cost $12,500, Is
Dead at Charleston.

LEXINGTON, Ky, December 16.-E
r. Bradley received word from Trainer
Cliff Harmon. Charleston, announcing
the death there of the two-year-old
chestnut colt Frigerio. Death was due
to sickness, contracted in shipping from
Lexington to Charleston, December 4.
Frigerio was insured for $4,000. He
was by Marathon out of Grace Com
moner. the dam of Daylight. Jeff Rob-
ertS and WaShoe Belle, and was pur-
chased by f. +. Bradley from Grover
and Hundley Baker last fall for re-
ported price of $1,000. lie was only
having won seven of his races and was
second i'll the other two.