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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-13
TOOK WRONG MEDICINE.
EXCIAlAfS DYING MAN

MARLIN. Texas. March lS.-sGet
a doctor, quick! I've taken the
wrong medieine!@ These were the
las, words spoken by b. HARDING,
,.bo was found dying in a local
boarding house. A nurse who was
a. he boarding house, heard Hard-
ing groan ana utter t6e above sea-
teYce and rushed to him. A bottle
marked 'strychniue' was lo0nd
ncgY iho hcdH.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-13
MEETS s'ERfEND" But LOSES
SIX-CYLINDER AUTOMOBILE

DALLAS, Texas. Mar, 13.-Maple
Wilson of Plainview recently bought
a six-cylinder car here, went TO
Quanah, met Buck Moore, who
quickly became a friend left the
ear at a garage one morning, return
ed the next afternoon-and it was
gone. The car was located fourteen
days later in Ringing. Okla, doing
jltney service. and Moore was the
driver. Moore was brought to Qua
nah, where he agreed to plead guilty
to a charge of theft. The ear was
brought to Dallas. whore it plead
ed guilty to a charge OF needing
Gam Vgorth of reuairS.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-13
siACHIAI aIN STOLEN
FROM 18TH L. >. CAVALRY

FORT BLISS, Texes, March Ia
1t became known yesterday that q
machine gun belonging to the Seven
tesnth United States cavalry WAS
stolen two days ago. An ingeati-
CATION has been ordered.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-13

If you failed TO attend the mora
Ing service today. You are loser. BE
present tomorrow and at all the
morning services OF the week. s.The
Personality and Work OF the Holy
spirit viii be the theme at all the
morning services OF the week.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-13

Remember the personal workers
training class at I o'clock tonight.
The class VIII meet In the committee
room at the tabernacle. Mr.. Gulee
viii be iii charge. Come early az
the class must begin promptly at T
o'clock.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-13
ORGANIZED LABOR
OFFERS SERVICES

WASHINGTON, March tS,I0r=
ganized labor in America, through
its representatives in conference
here last night, offered its services
to the country in every field OF &c
tiiyty If, DESPITE all endeayors and
hopes. the United States should be
drawn into war.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-13

Ii you have secondhand articles
that you wish 20 c'spose Of let the
people know l. by placing a small
at in the Daily Liz t want quinn
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-13
MEDiATOR--A PIECE OF
HOT IRON SHOOTING
THROUGH TIE SKY

. PHILADELPHIA, March 10. .
. -Poliomyelitis is a brand of =
j New York breakfast food =
. wrote a young grammar schoa =
. miss in a general information q
. test given to all the pupils OF =
. Germantown Friends school !
= here. Z
. Two other definitions for the .
y word were perhaps just as Yen- 4
= turesome. One little Johnny I
= called it 1.-The result Of liquor
q and a demure though conscien- 4
9 tious lass >branded it as 1.-The
= worship of more than n god"
= Then there were other answers
. like these;
= THE first woman in congress
. was Betsy Ross"
4 "The character of Naaman
= appears in Omar Kajamm."
. '"The ukulele is an instru-
= ment OF torture.
= THE underground railway is
= the method of communication
. with congress revived by Presi-
. dent Wilson,"
- "A mediator is a piece of hot
= iron shooting through the sky"
- shadow Lawn is noted for
. the slaughter OF 1916
y
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-13

Members OF the Christian church.
attention! Tomorrow night is your
night. Boost this service, See that
your members and friends are all
present.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-13

4ssSest day at the HroNn.
h angflists are human,
Utter FOLKS, ans must have.
VRss high tension work
aiirs parEy spent the day yes
y Dallas visiting with friends
AFnng neg aeqnaintanees9 but
Il we're back on the job with
d energy.
meeting after enc week goes
ri o gith interest increasing
aeA aud every seryice.@The
ssfFiee today brongh oa-a
isfge audience and tie inter-
aaliested WAS good. Tonight
Elastllst will preach az usual,
NOTES.
s%sslaess women Of the city are
9lFard with anticipation to
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-13

Messrs. Guice and Garth attended
the high school assembly this morn
ing. Friday night is high school
night. A big delegations Is ex-
pected.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-13
MOTHERS COUNCIL PLANS
TO SERVE FREE LUNCHES

FORT WORTH, Texas, March 1s
The Mothers Council has plans
lnder consideration to provide free
lunches in the Fort Worth schools
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-13

Messrs. Pierce and Tankersley fur
the car TO take the eYanee~
listic party To Dallas yesterday,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-13

Men, remember the prayer meet
ings at the Chamber Of Commerce
rooms and directors Dol Of the
waxahachie National Bank, I to 4.15
each Afternoon.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-13
NOTES.

ssslnsss women Of the city are
y ieFFard With anticipation to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-02
ARSENIC in FLOUR
300 Barrels Condemned; Plot
Suspects Under Arrest.
Child Epidemic Like Cholera
Spread Into Arkansas.

st. Louis. July 2.-The epidem-
ic of infective enterocolitis which has
caused the death of more than
Zoe persons in three Missouri counties
has spread into Arkansas, it was
learned today. Six have died at Luxe
Ark, in two days. Physicians are
treating over 200 cases but are able
to do little more than ease the vic
Tins pain. Flies are believed respon-
sible for the rapid spread of the
plague, which is said to have many
of the same symptoms as Aslatc
cholera.
Towns in the grip of the mllady
include Kennel, Seneath, Townley,
Campbell. Hayti, Oran and Sikeston.
The arrest of two men at Kennel,
Mo-, in connection with the plague
was caused by the finding of arsenic
II flour at SikestOn. The men are
under Indictment. Three hundred
barrels of flour nave been confiscated.
Physicians do not believe that there
is any connection between the poison
ed flour and the plague.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-02
CROWD is SPUD WILD
Storm City Hall With Rocks Because
Potato Supply Is Exhausted

Amsterdam, July 2.-The Handles
blad prints a report of disturbances
over the supply of potatoes in Amster-
dam. Hundred of women and youths
collected in the Ceruiisweg where a
limited quantity of potatoes had ar
rived. Only a small portion of the
crowd could be supplied.
Later thousands of persons besieged
pier where small barge with po-
tatoes for hospitals had been tied up
The crowd was driven off by mounted
on the police building where all the
windows were broken. Several mount
by stones thrown by the crowds.
Aliens Led Workers Riot
The Dusseldorf General Anzeiger
says that riots occurred in Dussel-
dorff, Thursday. wherein workmen of
enemy nationality participated. Shops
We're damaged, alcoholic liquors, espe-
cially being stolen. Citizens allowed
booty without hindrance. The police
reinforced by troops made many ar
rests. The military commandant is
sued orders forbiddIng street gather
ings.
1t was declared that saloons and
amusement places should be closed at
I 9 o'clock at night, except the munich
pal theater and opera house The
public was warned not to loiter in the
streets as an order was given to act
ruthlessly to anybody offering resist
ance to the police
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-02
WORK ON CARDS
Draft Board Numbering Regis
tratiOn Slips in Topeka.
StenOgraphers Make -Four
Copies of All Names.

corps of stenographers and other
workers in the city hall are today
stamping Topeka military registra-
ton cards with serial numbers, pre-
paratory to sending them to the ad-
jutant general as per orders received
from Washington.
W. G. Tandy, chairman of one of
the city's divisional exemption boards,
today asserted that the work would
be finished and the cards forwarded
by Thursday.
In addition to stamping the cards
the stenographers are making four
copies of a list showing the name of
the man registering and the number
given him. One of the lists will be
forwarded to the provost marshal in
Washington, another will be given the
newspapers for publication, another
will be kept in the city hall for refer
ence and the other will be posted in a
conspicuous place for the information
of those registered.
The drawing for military service
will be made, according to informa-
ton received here, by number. Every
man registered is supposed to know
the number given him and list of the
numbers drawn will be made public
after the selection.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-02
Forty Lives Lost When Car
Plunges Into Gorge.
Only 10 Bodies RecOyered-26
Rescued i'm Current.
WITNESSED TERRIBLE SCENE
Guardsmen Saw Bank Cave In;
Then Car Plunged.
Lands Upside Down and Slides
Into Seething Water.

Niagara Falls, N. Y, July 2.-Forty
persons may have lost their lives
when the Gorge railroad car plunged
over an embankm ent and into the
seething waters of the Niagara river.
The total known dead was in
creased to ter Twenty-six persons
were rescued, some seriously injured.
Twenty nine are still missing The
bodies of some may have been washed
away in the swift current.
These figures are based on the lat
est to hu1ations OF officials early this
morning AL thru the night and ear
ly today soldiers and police patro1led
the river III search Of victims of the
car which plunged into the river at
the edge of the whirlpool rapids Sun
day afternoon.
The known dead are:
MRS. LEO S. WALLACE, Akron, Q.
MARION LLOYD SCHUMACHER,
Akron, o
]. R MUCK. Princeton, Ind.
JAMES SKEMP, Scranton. Pa.
MRS. BERTHA SEASTROW,
jamestown, N Y.
MRS. b. NJ. RESTERY secretary to
| the president of the Illinois Central
railroad, Chicago.
HARVEY G.. PHELPS, Schenectady,
N Y.
ALEXANDER HERON, Niagara
Falls, N Y.
Two unidentified men at rnorgue
Heavy Rains Undermined Bank.
1t is believed the accident was caus-
i ed by washing out of the roadbed by
recent heavy rains. Three investiga-
tons were started today, one by the
! district attorney of Niagara county
! another by the state public service
commission and the third by the rail-
| road.
Private Joseph Crowley of the 74th
| regiment, who was on duty under the
Csntilever bridge when the accfceni
! occ urred, said today:
| Il was watching the car at the
| time The trolley pole left the wire
and swung around in the air. Their
| the car just seemed to sink down ir
/ the earth. There was n scream and il
Just raised my hair on end. There
was not a chance for the poor souls
who were trapped there.
Car Wavered in Midair
THE whole bank slid out-went ou'
just like sand. The trolley cal
screeched. I guess that must have
been the brakes put on suddenly. L
was a terrible sound. The bank KEEP
going and in a second the trolley cal
was swaying on the tracks and the
ties and there was not any earth be
tween it. All seemed to happen in E
second.
"I don't know what happened next
I could hardly move. Women cried
1 heard that. I saw heads and hat:
and arms out thru the open sides O.
tContiDued Page TwoI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-02
ANARCHISTS PARADE
Petrograd Reds" Stage Predicted
Demonstration Without Violence.

Petrograd, July 2.-The great dem
onstration by workmen's and soldiers
delegates and the revolutionary
democracy, which has been discussed
for several days past with consider
able anxiety owing to the declared in
tention of anarchists to make a coun-
ter revolutionary outbreak and to
carry arms, passed off without disas
ter Unarmed professions of many
thousands marched thru Fetrograd to
the Marssovcie Pole, the military pa
rade ground, where victims of the
revolution are buried, headed by
bands and carrying banners.
None of the latter bore martial or
patriotic inscriptions. only declara-
tons of hostility against the wealthy
and bourgeois class.
Down with the Duma and
the Council of the Empire; Down
with the Capitalist Ministers" THE
Peoples Fight for Peace" were
among conspicuous notices. body
of infantry soldiers carried a banner
reading:
Down with the imperialistic war
We want an armistice on all fronts tc
discuss peace"
A few inscriptions denounced q
separate peace and secret treaties Of
Russia with Great Britain and France
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-02
CHASED 5 HOURS
But Liner Sinks One of Four
Pursuing U-BOats.
Survivors of Lost Cunarder Also
Reach L. $. Port.

An Atlantic Port, July 2.-How the
Elder Dempster liner Akabo, on Fri
day evening, June "A, sank one out of
four German submarines in a running
fight of five or six hours, was told
by passengers from England today on
their arrival here. The big liner
evaded all the Germans attempts al
firing torpedoes as well as gunfire.
One of the Akabo's shots carried away
the submarines periscope and then
one following struck the hull of the
U-boat There was a big explosion
and the submarine went down.
The three remaining submarines
pursued the liner until dawn wher
British patrol boats beat them off.
The passengers also told of the tor
pedoing of the Cunard liner Ansonia
All aboard We're saved and the vesse
itself was lowed into port. The An
sonia is a steel vessel of S,153 tons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-02
Warrant Prepared Following
Death of Mary Myers.
Theory That She Died of Al
legged Crimi.4aI Operation
CRUM CHARGED WITH MURDER
CentraIia JeWeler Is Being
Hunted by Officers.
Later Developments in COnnec.
ton With Mystery.

One of two warrants charging mur-
der, growing out of the sudden death
of Mary Eliza Myers, a young school
mistress, in a Topeka hotel June %,
was issued from the court of Topeka
Saturday afternoon. It is for &. L.
Crum, age %, former Contra liza
jeweIer"'former,"f for the reason that
his jewelry store is said to have been
closed and abandoned since the day
the girl died in Topeka.
1t is charged by county officials
who have investigated, and by John
Myers, father of the girl, that the
school mistress died following a GRIM
inal operation. The warrant calling
for the arrest of Crum is based upon
the theory that he was responsible for
the performance of the alleged GRIM
inal operation. But his arrest will be
! secondary in Importance to the arrest
of the person said TO be directly re-
sponsible for the death because of
having performed the operation.
The issuance of another warrant
charging "A physician with murder in
some degree is expected at any time.
County officers have evidence that
the operation. if performed was per-
formed in a Topeka rooming house
| on Wednesday preceding the death of
| the girl They have evidence pointing
10 the identity of the physician who
! performed it, also
w dffd1lC AIteE Autopsy,
| 1t is not likely that a warrant for
| the physician will be issued until af-
ter an autopsy is held over the body
| or the girl. It was removed from
the Roam hotel in Topeka to Cen
| trana before the death was reported
| 10 shawnee county officials and il is
due TO that fact that there has beer
SO much delay i'll bringing about the
! issuance of a warrant ArranEe1nents
are being made for Dr. o. Z Narcotic
coToner' to go to Nemaha county and
mold the autopsy.
The evidence in the hands of ,,o;ii,,s
" OFFICERS TO date shows that Mara
myers knew she was in trouble befor,
she left Emporia and that she me
~ UNI mere, probably by appointment
Iney first went to the rooming house
ana 1t was there, officers say tbe a
Iesed criminal operation was per
formed. That was on wednAsiIa !,
June 20 The girl became very sicl
and Thursday evening the Young man
now alleged to have been Crum. tool
her to the Roam hotel at the corne,
of Fourth and Kansas avenues. TIL.
| motel proprietor, formerly of HoIton
! told the officers that he called DIR Nc
Grew at Holton and asked him to com,
to Topeka. DIR. McGreW spent the las
hours with Mary Myers. She die,
AT o clock Friday morning and DIR
McGrew signed a death certificat
! showing that she died of pancreatitis
After taking the girl to the hote
Thursday evening, sick she coult
not register, the young man now sail
to have been Crum disappeared TIL
hotel people say he first told them h.
was brother of the girl and late
that the girl was a friend of his sis
ter. He has not been seen in Topek;
since that time and the search tina
has been kept up for him has been un
availtng. He is % years of age Mar
Myers was 90
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-02
RECAINS THRONE
Former Emperor of China An
nOunces He Is Ruler Again.
Assumption of Govt Ends Short
Lived Republic.

Shanghai, July 2.-Hsuan Tung,
former emperor of China, deposed in
the revolution which made China a
republic, today announced his suces-
sion to the throne agai nand assump-
ton of the government
At Picking martial law thruout the
empire was formally proclaimed
President Lii Yuan Hung has been
formally ordered to relinquish all
authority.
tary governor of Annwei province, has
! taken a prominent part in the recent
internal troubles IN China and a dis
patch from Picking, June IS, said that
he had assumed the power of dicta-
tor. At that time it was reported
that President Lo Yuan Hung was
virtually a prisoner. and that friends
of the president were not permitted to
enter the palace. Chang Hsun is re-
puted to be the strongest of the mill
tary governors of China and there have
4. been various reports in the last year
or two that he would make an at
tempt to reinstate the Manchu
dynasty.
President Since June 6, 1916.
| General Lii Yuan Hung succeeded to
| the presidency of China June 6, 1916,
! after the death of General Yuan Shi-
to change the form of government in
| China to a monarchy. The present
/ difficulties of President Lii arose over
his refusal to uphold the decision OF
/ the cabinet to break with Germany
! and it had been reported that he was
/ opposed to the entry of China into the
war.
/ Hsuan Tung, son of the Prince
/ Chun. assembled the throne of China
December 2, 1908, Under the regency
of his father. December 6, 1911, Prince
/ Chun abdicated as regent and Febru-
airy II, 1912, the youthful emperor
! abdicated the throne and the Chinese
republic was established. Since that
time the emperor had virtually beer
a prisoner of Presidents Yuan an6
Lii.
In February of this year it was re
ported that Hsuan Tung would be
brought to the United States to com
that President Ii had approved the
plan for the Manchu emperor to come
to the United States
Hsuan Tung was born in 1904 He
first bore the title of Prince Pu-Yi an6
took the name of Huan Turg when he
was enthroned as emperor in 1908.
May Mean Civil War.
Washington, July 2.-The restora.
has been demanded of President L
by General Chang Hsun and Other
military leaders, according to state
department advices from Minister
| Reinsch today. Civil war in China i:
feared if the militarists have the pow
er behind them that they seem t.
have.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-02
END TO DRYDALE
Orders Issued to Close Up Sa-
looms Near LeavenWOrth.
Action Taken Today by the c. 5.
State Department.

Orders to clean up Drydale came
TODAY
o. T. Wood, United States marshal
here, received a letter from Samuel
]. Graham, assistant attorney general
at Washington, asking him to call a
conference with the marshal for Mis-
souri, and Leavenworth city officials
and formulate a plan of action.
Wood opened communications with
Leavenworth and Kansas City and an
nounced that the conference will be
held at Leavenworth tonight.
Graham's letter stated that the de-
partment of justice had received let
tiers forwarded by Senator Thompson
from James C. Davis, mayor of Leav-
enworth, and John T. Glynn, the
city's chief of police, asking that ad-
ditional deputies for the government
be placed in Drydale and an effort be
made to clean it out.
The letter from Graham started ac-
ton Immediately.
Soldiers Buy Liquor
Government agents here stated to-
day that it will be possible to close
Drydale without establishment of the
10-mile dry zone around the army
post a federal law prohibits sale of
| liquor to soldiers. Wood and W. A
| Shelton, the Missouri marshal, both
say they have evidence that this law
| has been violated by the Drydale sa-
| loon keepers and declare the saloons
! can be closed because of the viola
/ lions.
| The letter plainly checks it up to
/ the federal officers of Kansas and
| Missouri to close the place 1t was
said from the marshars office here
| that deputies from the regular force
would be used in the work and if
more are needed members of the
Leavenworth police force will be
deputized.
| U. S. Marshal to Investigate.
Kansas City, Mo, July Wv. A.
| Shelton, United States marshal, for
western Missouri, today received or
ders from the office of the attorney
general at Washington to investigate
in cooperation with city officials OF
Leavenworth, Kan, and the federal
marshal of Kansas, conditions at Dry
| dale, Mo, saloon town across the
| Missouri river from Leavenworth and
the military post there. A conference
| concerning it will be held at Leaven-
worth tonight Mr.. Shelton announced
and, after personally viewing the sit
uation, a report will be made tC
| Washington. The orders received BY
/ Mr.. Shelton, he said, were not to close
the saloons but merely to report or
whether or not that should be done