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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
RATTLEsNAKE JUMPS OUT :.
OF BOX AT POST OFFICE.

SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. July 26.--
A real live rattlesnaxe. with nine
big rattles, sprang out of cigar
box sen. through the mail, and re-
ceived in the local postoffice yester-
day. The box was being inspected
by attaches in the postoffice at
Seventh and Mission streets. and
when the rattler sprang out there
was CONSERVATION and worse. until
the reptile had been killed.
The ret;lesnake was mailed from
Los Gatos by D. Van Denburgh.
The package was addressed to Dr,
j. Van Denburgh, with offices at
2so st 1ckton street.
DR.. Van Depturgh today explain
cG that he was student OF the
various kinds of snakes and special
ized in this work in connection with
the California Academy Of Science.
1t happens that snakes const-
tute unmailable matter, according to
the laws Of Uncle Sam, and accord
ingly the rattler will be confiscated
ly the government.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
AMERICANS HELLO BY
BRITISH AUTHORITIES
s. s. M'cLURE DETAINED SEVER
Al HOURS ABOARD LINER
PHILADELPHIA.
British Authorities Announce that He
Will Sail From England Satur-
day-Release secured by
Ambassador.

LONDON. July 26.-The British
today informed Ambassa-
dor Page that s. s. Mcclure, the
American publisher. would sail from
England Saturday. The American
was held aboard the Philadelphia
when that liner arrived at Liverpool
yesterday for several hours. Then
Ambassador Page obtained permis-
sion for him to land.
Page was informed that Mcclure
must return to the United States
when the Philadelphia leaves Liver
pool Saturday. On the same boat
will probably be Mr.. and Mrs. Thos.
Kelly and Joseph Smith. three Irish
leaders interested In the Irish relief
work. They we're stopped at Liver
pool and refused permission GLAND.
McClure's deportation was order
ed, 1t was learned. because of what
the British termed his activities In
Germany. Mcclure was on the Ford
peace junket.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
THE BRITISH
SWEEP FORWARD
CAPTURE TOZIEREs A INSTINCT
LOSS TO THE GERMAN
FORCES IN FLANDERS.
LINES ARE united
Capture of This Village Enables the
British To Consolidate New
Positions-Russian Also
successful.

LONDON. July Pozieres nas
fallen. The brief admission from
Berlin confirmed General Haig's
early comment that the British Ter
r:torials had swept tho Teutons clea
Of the village. where for three dayc
hand to hand fighting ragged.
General Haig reported he con-
sclidation OF new British positions
by the capture OF German trenches
west OF the town. II the commander
ir chief follows this gain in The
same fashion OF his previous sue
.cesses London expects to see q
double offenive against the German
forces.
Special dispatches intimated that
artillery preparations for this step
are under way.
With this British gain in Flanders
came official word from Petrograd
that Grand Duke Nicholas had oc-
cupied Erzingan. an important STRAIT
egic poin: on the main line OF his
objective across Asia Minor.
Berlin reports small progress
against the Frnch at hill No. 3o4.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
ARE LARGER THAN
AVERAGE SOLDIER OF EURO
PEAN ARMIES.
.0UTsH|NE TEUT0Ms
In Sine and Appearance They Arc
Better soldiers Than the Fanous
Pottsslam Guards In Rerlin.
Slackcrs Among Quakers.
ny william q. shepherd.

BROWNSVILLE. Texas. July 26.-~
bigger than any OF the average sol.
diers l saw in the European armies
are the men OF the Third Iowa r,gI-
ment who today are fighting tho
cactus and grease weeds In their
camps.
They compare in size and appear
ance with the "hand picked" Gren-
adeers OF the royal household OF Lon
don. Put them in the splendid uni
forms of the Pottsdammer guards
in Berlin and in physical appear
ance they would undoubtedly out
shine that famous organization. One
crack Italian regiment Of Tyroleans
were the biggest men saw and this
Is the only thing that prevents the
statement that these Iowans are big
ger than any group OF men saw IN
the European conflict
Forty Iowa cavalrymcn aren't
coming here. They are called slack
ers" by the other troops. When l
sought information about these slack
ers l ran across Captain Fred Hird.
He's nobody in particular---only the
Iowa riffleman who went to Stock
holm. sweden, in 1912 and won the
worlds Olympic cup.
"You think we have the biggest
men In the world?" he remarked.
"well, we've got something else In
Iowa. We've rot the Quaker cav
airy, a whole squadron Of them. The
only layout OF the kind on eartn.
There are $50 OF them. They were
organized a year ago in the Quaker
district in Iowa.
when the call came to mobilize
the cavalry was in camp right In the
heart OF the Quaker country. rho
wives and swoethearts of the cs vnlry-
men came to the camp and talked
peace. There was nobody In the
camp but the Quakers. When the
time came to take the federal oath
over ITO of the $50 refused to swear
in.
"we moved the camp right away
to another part OF the state whera
|4ha ruakerc mfxed with other cav
alrymen and got the war spirit, Al
last we got all the cavalrymen cx-
cent forty to take the oath.
All the Quakers are excused from
military service in England. so the
Quakers have organized Red Cross
hospital.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
THE ]. S. LINE
IS RELIEVED
CARRANZA TROOPS ARE BEING
WITHDRAWN FROM vICIN-
ITY OF line IN MEXICO.
cause NOT KNOWN
Probably Withdrawn for villista
Campaign In somthera Chihua-
hun-Nlotor Truck Driv.
esS Quitting Service.

COLUMBUS, N. NJ. Jul 26.--Car-
ranza soldiers in northern Chihua-
hua are giving the American expedi-
tionary forces wide berth. accord
ing to reports received here. Gen.
eral Trevino is withdrawing his
troops from the Immediate vicinity
OF the American line. General Per-
shing's scouts have not encountered
any Mexican troops n many days,
and fears of repetitionl OF the Car
rdiaal Incident have about been d.
sipated.
Whether the de facto government
troops are being withdrawn for the
villista campaign to the south Is mol
known.
Fifty truck drivers arrived here
from the east last night to take
charge of the trucks or the new
trains being formed TO Increase the
facilities for transporting supplies
10 General Pershing. The contracts
Of the chaffeurs terminate soon
and many OF them have signified
their intention of quitting the SER
vice on account OF the hard diff.
culVes. rough lroads and contina
GUS driving
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
FALL Of ERz|NGAN
OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED
ARMENIA HAS BEEN CLEARED
OF THE TURKS AND RUS
SLAMS PRESSING on.
The Way Is Now Open for Furth'
er Advance Across the PENN
sla-Russians Withstand
All Attacks.

PETROGRAD. July 26.-The war
office has announced the capture OF
Erzingan by the grand dukes forces.
Small successes by the Russians
against the Germans west OF Bara-
mowitchi were also announced.
The capture OF Erzingan clears
Armenia OF Turks and further opens
the way for the advance oil the Rus
SLAMS across the peninsula.
Besides advancing slightly north
west OF Erzingan against the Aus
tro-German line on the western
front in Europe, the Russian forces
withstood successfully attacks
which sought to bend back the first
line in the region of Kemmerno-
The enemy lost heavily in these at
tempts, the war office says.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
ANZsc sxn.DIERs TOOk WHOLE
or VILLAGE AFTEls ThREE
DAYS FIGHTING.
FORTIFIED HOUSES
Machine Gums canccalrsi IN HOn~e%
anl In Nearby Ccnss<esy s'psnS-
Ell Imllcts on Btistsls--fInnd
Ia IIAisI Fighting.

LONDON. July 70 The Anzac sol-
diera Of Great nritalns army. after
thrw days Of hand 10 hand fighting.
have taken the whole village of
poziercs.
Austrian and New Iceland
troops gained a foothold In the viii
LACE late last week. A series nf
German counter attacks failed 10
dislodge them. ClIngIng to make
shift barriers, the British forces re-
pulsed the Germans and steadily
pushed them back inch BY inch.
Threatened by weeks. the Ger
mans had umc to make cmplace-
ments in the houses for machine
guns and to buttress up their poxi-
tions with concrete and steel They
turned windmill in the northwest-
ern part OF the village into vcrit-
able fortress from which machine
guns sprayed bullets. In nearby
cemetery machine guns were placed
among the graves The cemetery
IL now shambles. e
The Germans IN the salient from
Manrepas to posicres are endanEer-
cd by the capture Of the latter place.
The Tcrritorials who elected tho
enemy have begun an eucircling
movement to the westward. menace
Ing the Germans In this loop OF tho
line The retirement OF tho (ier-
mans from this curve Is expected
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
HOS PRICES
/ SHOW INCREASE
pRICE OF BEEF Cattle FOR
MONTH SHOWS DECREASE
OF ss CENTS PER 100.
ARE HIGHER.
plisbt Decline In Prices of sheep
Noted, But Still Is High-Aver-
age Price of Mich Cows
shows Increase.

WASHINGTON. July 26.-The
bricos paid for hogs. cattle, sheep
Ind chickens for the month from
bune Is to July Is showed about
! 5 per cent increase. the agricul-
kural department announced to day.
Hog prices increased 20 cents per
hundred on July Is. This is Il high
kr price than any month since June.
l9lO. A year ago the average was
)s.s4.
Beef cattle prices declined 13 cents
1uring the past month. On July IS
he average was $6.7S. compared with
|6.O7 year ago.
Sheep prices declined 81 cents dur
hT the past month, but prices ere
lin high. averaging s6.33, oompar-
h with $5.35 year ago.
Mich COW prices have advanced
bth month the past year. Ihe past
Aonth experienced an increase OF IL
Rnts. The average on Juls l5 was
I64.04.
Hog prices increased about so
ents a head for the month ending
hly Is, but has declined in recent
ears.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
SHOT INTO FARMHOUSE;
THIRTEEN ARRESTS MADE

MOUNT PLEASANT, Texas, July
26.-Thirteen arrests have now been
made in connection with the shoot
ing into the residence OF u. II. Greg
ory. four miles north OF town. one
week ago. A load OF buckshot was
fired into the Gregory home. bare
ly missing Gregory's small daughter
Officers began working on the case
and one arrest followed another un
ill thirteen boys and men are nov
held In connection with the shooting
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
EAGLANO TO EXPLAIN
BLACK LIST POLICY
DETAILED EXPLANATION TO BE
MADE IN HOUSE OF COM
MONS IN DAY Or TWO.
Page Gables That He
Has Had Conversations at For.
eign Office--NO Under
standing Reached.

WASHINGTON, July 26.-The
British government will make de-
tailed explanation of the purposes
and extent OF the application of the
commercial black list in the house
of commons in day or two, IL was
officially announced at the British
embassy here today.
Ambassador Page cabled the state
department. saying he had had sew
eral conversations at the foreign Of
flee regarding the black list. but
that no definite understanding had
been reached.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
HARRY nE|lnAM PLAYS
the ROLE Of HERO
STAR ouTFIELDER nor TIGERS
PIINGEs INTO RIVER AND
sAvES YOUNG WOMAN.
Two Persons We're Drowned When
an Auto lrft Driveway and Fell
Into the Detroit River.
Driver Rescued.

DETROIT. July 26.---AIiss Lydia
Johnson OF Rome, Nv York. was saw
ed from drowning last night by Har-
ry Heilman, outfielder for the Detroit
Tigers. Miss Johnson was in an auto
which ran off the Water Park drive
way into the Detroit river Heilman.
fully clothed. tlived into the river
and brought her ashore. The acct
dent cost the lives Of Mrs. Steadman
and her three-year-old daughter 81
this city. steadman. who was dris-
ing, was rescued.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
|COUT IS Hello As
FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE
AN GOING UNDER NAME OF GUY
JOHNSON BELIEVED TO BE
GUY HARTMAN.
ranted at Fort Smith in Connection
With MOonshine Frauds-Iden-
tity Not Clearly Estab-
lishe<l.

COLUMBUS. N. NJ. July 26.--Two
|ficials here today who compared
OF Guy Hartman, want
at Fort Smith, Arkansas, for
hoonshine" revenue frauds, with
|at Of Guy Johnson, a prisoner held
the stockade here, declared the be-
n that they are one and the same.
johnson relunctantly admitted
|nt he was wanted in the United
|ates on a criminal charge, but de-
ed having any connection with the
|bonshine case.
With the expected arrival of j. IL.
Arkman from Arkansas. who knew
Rrtman. his identity may be clear
up.
/ The hardships of life in Mexico
here he has been working as a
put for the American expedition
b forces has effected such a
ange in his appearance that iden-
" from photographs is not abso'
tely certain.
Military men here are very much
terested in the case on account oi
good record as scout.
Two deputy sheriffts at Colum'
Ds. who effected his arrest, viii
Rim reward of $4,000 if the man
|oves to be Hartman
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
GARMENT WORKERS REJECT
THE strike AGREEMENT

NEW YORK, July 26.--Amidst
tho widest disorders the agreement
which II was hoped would settle the
long drawn out garment workers
strike was tentatively rejected at a
meeting here today. Charges were
made. that representatives OF the
strikers sold out in drawing up the
agreement TO the employers. Solo
man Metz. chairman OF local No. 4.
was forced to flee through a rear
window to escape rough treatment
at the hands OF his co-workers.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
BANKER HACK AFTER
ABSENCE or ~ MONTHS.

WAYNEsBORo. Miss. July 26.-
G. G. Green, formen banker ana
land owner OF Waynesboro. who re-
turned late Sunday night after an
absence Of moro than year and a
half. during which he was believed
By his family and friends TO be dead.
declined to discuss his disappearance
or return.
II am not feeling we'll. ana 40
not feel Ike explaining my absencu
last now" he said, but Will make
a statement within the next three
or four days." Green said when ask
cd where he had been since Janaa-
ry II. 1915. the date Of his siisap-
rearance
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
TEXAS GETS BIC SLICE
OF GOOD R0l0s FUND.
|RECEIvED LARGER AMOUNT OF
APPROPRIATION THAN ANY
OTHER STATE.
The Amount Appostionesi for Texas
to BE Spent Between Now and
June 10, 1917. Is @20i,O DAT.
Voted by Congress.

WASHINGTON. July 26.---Texas
gets TIE biggest siice--$231.937---
out OF the five million dollar appro-
priation available between now and
June 80. 1917. in the $4,000. 900
voted by congress to be spent on
good roads in the next five years.
This announcement was made by this
department today The
apportionment is based on area. pop
ulation and mileage OF mail routes
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
SUBMISSION HAS BARE
LEAD Of ONLY S52. VOTES

DALLAS. ycx.s July 20.-Thc
returns from 23t counties today set
senator (u.p,4sa,.'s lead over l1r.
$. r. Brooks for second place In the
tlen,oc, aIic nomination for the SEM
ate at 6,876.
q. II. Coiquitt, former governor. y
already assured u PLACE In the second
primary.
The vote on submission Of state.
wide CONSTITUTIONAL prohibition
u,.c,ninn,nt now stands as follows;
Far admission. i53,i70; against,
i52.525.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
GRAND DUKE MAKES
PHENOMENAL PROGRESS
RUSSIAN ARMY IN CAUCASUS
COMPLETED NEARLY FOURTH
JOURNEY To ANGORA.
Progress Being Made Is Almost
Equal to March OF Army In
Peace Time-Itaiiroad
Il Threatened.

PETROGRAD, July 26.---Grand
Duke Nicholas and his army have
completed nearly one-fourth OF their
Journey to Angora. The Russian
troops are forcing the enemy back
and are steadily advancing.
The rate of progress Being made
is almost the march OF an army In
peace time.
Erzingan Is about to fall and tho
Russians under the grand duke ap-
psrently have little difficulty IN
pressing onward.
Angora is the eastern terminus
OF the railway which leads 20 Con
stantinople. 1t is the immediate OBJ
jective OF the Russian advance.
So far the grand duke has made
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
DENVER FREIGHT ~
BURNED; TWO KILLED

PUEBLO. Colo. July 2e.-Two
persons We're killed and several 9TH
ers are believed TO have been burn
ed TO death when a freight train on
the Denver and Rio Grande railroad
was consumed BY fire following n
derailment west of here last night.
At least twenty persons en route TO
the middle west to work In the har-
vest fields were on the train. accord
ing to one survivor. Only five have
been accounted for.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
IARTMAN ADMITS HIS
IDENTITY TO OFFICERS

COLUMBUS, July 26.-After four
(ys OF denials Guy Hartman, whose
fasery as a scout with the Ameri-
N expedition in Mexico won the
faise OF officials. today admitted
s identity. He expressed a will
knesG to return to Fort Smith and
(cs the charges of moonshnie inter
kl revenue frauds.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
MILITIA NAY STAY ON
BORDER UNTIL This fALL

WASHINGTON, July "a The
senate this afternoon created means
by which militiamen on the border
may cast their votes or president
and members of congress. This IS
taken to mean that the national
guard win be maintained on the bor-
der until late in the fall. The plan
was adopted iii en- amendment to the
army bill which is expected 10
pass the senate in few days
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
ENGLAND WILL PROPOSE
APPOINTMENT COMMITTEES.

LONDON. July 26.--The British
foreign office will submit to Am
bassador Page tomorrow proposal
that President Wilson appoint a COM
mittee OF neutral citizens on Polish
relief work. This committe would
administer relief funds in Poland,
Serbia and Montenegro.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
MAN HOOKED BY COW
DIES OF INJURIES.

FORT WORTH, Texas, July 26.---
w. II. Long. aged 63, was hooked by
a COW near his home this morning
ANA died rom the effecte of bruise
over the heart. The COW had been
tethered ou, To Craze. Long passed
and the animal attacked him. He
walked block and died.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
.ENGLANO WILL De ASKED
TO EXPLAIN IACI0tNT

WASHINGTON. July 26.-The
United States government Will ask
Great Britain TO state why admit
tanee was refused Thomas Hughes
Kelly of New York. treasurer of the
Irish relief fund, his wife and Assis-
tant Joseph Smith.
Ambassador Page in London made
a report on the case today.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
RESCUE WORK RESUMED
IN TUNNEL DISASTER

CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 26--
Rescue work was resumed today in
the waterworks tunnel disaster with
the arrival of safety electrical mine
apparatus thirty-six hours after more
than score of men had been killed
by a natural gas explosion.
Efforts are being made to recover
the bodies of eleven men who were
trapped and suffocated in the death
hole under Lake Erie.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
nIDENTE|ED WHITE MAN
IS KILLED BY 4 TRAIN

DALLAS. Texas, July 2G-The
pdy Of an unidentified man, believ-
to be Il fisherman who was struck
a train some time during the
light, was found near the Rock
land tracks early this morning.
here were no papers or documents
the body to give a clew to the
|an's identity. He was about fifty
bars old, had light hair, wore blue
|irt, Fedora hat, brown overalls
Id heavy shoes.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
BANK CASHIER SLtGGED
IsY TWO AUTO BANDITS

INDIANAPOLIS Ind. July 26.--l
Two auto bandits knocked Charley
si,,iman. cashier OF the East Tenth
street State Bank, unconscious to-
day and escaped with $4,000.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
NEW THRESHING RECORD
ESTABLISHED IN KANSAS

SALINA. Kan. July 26.--Four
thousand bushels OF wheat Is the
record days threshing reported from
Russell. Thomas Maloney had
twelve pitchers on the job and work
ed two hours over time.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
STANDARD Oil COMPANY
DECLARES ITS DIVIDENDS

NEW YORK, July 26. - The
Standard III Company of Indiana to-
day declared its regular quarterly
dividend of 3 per cent.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
MILITIA NOT SENT 70
BORDER FOR / SHOW

WASHINGTON. July 26.---Thas
the service Of the national guard on
the border is "a necessity to the
United States in protecting fh
country" and is not merely for the
purpose OF drilling" was explained
in letter written by President VIII
son to Mrs, Henry Smith 1T Winninac.
Indiana.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
IRISH SITUATION GRAVE AS
ENGLISH PAPERS SEE IT

LONDON, July 26.---All the Lon
don papers comment editorially,
earnestly and gravely on the collapse
of the Irish negotiations. The Daily
Telegraph says: "The abandonment
of the recent hopes of a settlement
means trouble--trouble in Ireland
anu trouble in the house OF COM
MONS"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
BRITISH wARsHIP HIT
BY GERMAN ToRPEDoEs

BERLIN. July 2s.--0crman sub
marines struck British dread
nought with two torpedoes off tho
Orkney Islands on July 20. the
German admiralty announced today.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
WILSON APPEAL FOR POLISH
RELIEF REACHES THE KAISER

BERLIN. July 26.-President Will
sons appeal for Polish relief was de-
livered to Foreign Minister Jagow
by Ambassador Gerard today. The
message was Immediately telegraph
ed to the kaiser on the eastern front.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
ERZIvGAN EVACUATED BN
THE TURKISH TROOPS,

LONDON. July 2s.---The Turks
have evacuated Erzingan In the fsce
OF Grand Duke Nichoias' sirivc. ac-
cording TO reports from the wirc-
less Press bureau IN Rome.
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his phenominai advance without
the aid OF a railroad for maintain
Ing his supplies
INCREASE RATES on FRUIT
FROM FONTS N TEXAS.

WASHINGTON. July ss.--The
Interstate Commerce Commission to-
day found Justified the proposed In
crease in rates ON fruits and vegc-
tables from Texas producing points
Ia marketing points. The suspend
ed rate bccomes effective september
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
DALLAS GETS FIRST RAIN
SINCE July FOURTH.

DALLAS. Tex, July 26-Rain fell
here today or The frs time since
July 4. There have been several
faint traces OF moisture in the SUI
burbs. but this was the first real
r2n thrat has fallen since the fourth.
The rain started at 1858 and is con-
tinuing.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
PRESIDENT Of COTTON
BELT DIES IN ST, LOUIS.

ST. LOUIS. July 2s.--J. II. Brit
ton. president Of the Cotton Belt.
died here this morning.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
, THF UNITED STATES PuBLIC .
, HEALTH SERVICE ASKS .
} DO YOr Q

Q Think dog muzzling cruel aud =
Q then marvel at the spread of .
. rabies7 .
o Carefully select your brand .
Q OF liquor and then feed your .
. children unpasteurIged milk? .
. Repeat the Golden Rule and .
. then sneeze In somebody's face? =
. Go camping for your health .
. and then place your toilet g .
Q that IL drains into your water .
. supplyg =
, . >A~~>>~>~~Se~ . . ~>>