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WAXAHACHIE J)AILYLIGHT 1
fOUJME^Xn WAXAHAOIIE. TEXAS. MONDAY. NOV KM HER 11. li»Hi. 1 M'MItKR 200.^
HOMME FRONT
r»ffWTI?l» »»' im>!R
owu vn FORTIFHWTIONS.
nC MIMEI
iif Built So ( lour and
Dm So Deep They ire I’rae
limUy lrii|M‘‘nnal.le—Al
lied Fire ToriIIlie.
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By Karl \V. Ackerman.
SOMEWHERE ON THE SOMME
WONT. Nov. -10, via Berlin and a
to Sayvllle, Nov. 13.—Ger
is defending tlie Somme with
teried artillery.
to their assault the French and
British are attacking only the sur
yt0t the greatest fortifications in j
:!f*orld. Germany built a surprise!
tsr the allies here in a wonderful
series of artillery proof fortifications,
rhese defenses are built so close and;
jj?» deep and which the allies are!
marking today with infantry, tanks J
ad artillery are only in (he out-,
iruof a powerful system of under-1
mond forts. The bombardment is j
e terrlffic that towns, woods and j
ladaare torn to pieces by the con-;
<ai espiosion of shells, but in the'
.citrground defenses nothing has1
its touched and it is from the sar
in forts that the Germans are re
.ig the allied attacks,
fora week 1 have been over the!
femme battlelield.
From a height near Peronne and j
to the south cf Arras our party pen-;
sated the shell area, viewing i
feonne and Bapaume, the two itti-j
irfiate objective of the fire. This I
ns the, first time since the begin-:
fas of the Sotnme battle that a neu-!
wl »as permitted to inspect this!
tut of the underground fot'tifiea-:
Ms constructed by the Teutons,
thieve were waiting in the library j
i! a castle serving as headquarters
-one of the commanding generals'
i — “ *
'us windows rattled and the doors j
rteok from the concussion of burst-,
:! shells. These constant explo-!
a? were in our ears as we were es
tned by the intelligence officer up
r mountain heights toward Ba
rrie Hen- we watched the Brit
:iring on the town. Only one
‘Wh spire and one chimney re
standing. Although in ap
’“achlng the front we encountered!
"fra* I'51®* of trenches none of I
s-m were defended except by buried
mmy.
*crmiles wo walked passing holes!
■t the ground large enough for men!
"1"‘ into. These were the en
C'Crito thousands of underground,
which the Germans have built
'“dlesg chains.
<■ underground defenses vary in
' h from few feet to sixty feet.
' «rr,on yet invented can pene
•f,Qi and this is the reason why
j the Orman officers declare the
■ British cannot destroy the defenses.
| Our automobile was halted enroute
; by soldieis who were cleaning the
• cstd of the debris from the recent I
i bombardment. Aft. r p. ssing thru
tie village it was again shelled, the
, bombardment being so terrlfc sis to
jl indesc ribable. Ac our automobile
• Increased it' speed another whizz d
l y \ ’lh the remains of a French
aei oplane.
'.Ye stopped at a ploughed field
! and entered ai\ underground hat
| lery. Above ground in some spots so
: many shell: had been exploded that
| it was Impossible to count the shell
j orators, while under ground no can
| non had been scratched and the of-,
i I’cers and artillerymen were living
i "ith many of the comforts of home,
j Further on French officers and
j soldiers were paving one of the chief
| lines. Neighbors were working on
new net of railroads which are:
i being constructed back of the Somme j
since the battle begun. Permanent'
construction of roads and railroads
is made necessary by the continuous
; rains. The old roadways are run
| ning rivers of inud.
| Automobiles arc hardly able to
| plough through these roads. Soldiers
I of the first line wallow in mud like
j pigs on a Hoosier farm.
The allied methods of attack on
the Somme has been to use heavy
artillery, gas bombs, hand grenades
and the tanks. In one village the
English fired 30.000 gas bombs, but
next morning the German soldiers
came crawling oui of their holes like
so many rabbits and went to work
again.
The unanimous opinion concern
ing the tank is that they arc a
“costly failure.” The tank can travel
only four miles an hour and are
easily overturned by artillery. Some
“Tommy” prisoner has declared
they “put the fear of God into Ger
man hearts.” It is admitted their
first use caused some surprise, al
though now nothing to fear. All
the German soldiers have had oppor
tunity to study ’small models and
the artillery now knows how to de
stroy the few tanks.
WHAT TO 00 WITH
GRAVESJS QOESTIOI
S'l .VTK I>K1*ARTMCAT NOT DKCID
Kl# .AS TO STATl'S OK MASTKU
Sl‘V I NliKH AIM5KST.
The l>rellmiiiary Hearing Set For
Wednesday Is Looked Kor*
ward to Witli Keen
Interest.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 13.—Tae
case of Dr. Karl Armgaard Graves,
master spy under arrest since Satur
day charged with attempted black
mail of the Countess von Bernstorff.
today developed into that ancient
problem, "now that we’ve got him
v. hat will w e do with him.”
Washington, seldom so thrilled by
a mystery In its own midst, is await
ing breathlessly for Wednesday's
preliminary heating which may dis
WHS ME MOVING
hd y. s. codmn;
- f .«£ lift 11 I
--
s„ ' T<xas- V«.v. tit !
^ ' dlistas under (intend
*j «f *r*.*”Te*<li,,K ,r‘”11 U,e vi'
:, toward die outposts
( 1‘rslnnfj's evpeditlon at
«' a,K'11 r’ft> tii'lt , distant.
’’E t" .•innountvmenf . f Car.
** ••""«*> today.
W v"«e band that raided
«(|iasM-nit«*r train
‘•'itiU-. * ,rr*Et« Ku.trds while
1w«l) ' *■!! ''"‘‘•'leans at l.a^uua
* i), tn ^■cranzis; is, liowev
tortj u, w*i<v<? *ho bandits will
't*t«*uuloss tltey e;i
^'"‘I'noitedn^ party
'"toi st^j.
■» K»ventnieni ..ffidaN
k,
t. potted that a military train of
Carrattzislas has been raptured just
outside of Cliiliuahua City l»y VII-j
listas. The bandits burned tl»«- j
luiilfees behind the train and the Cat ■
ranzistas wen* coni'’ -ndmi
it. (leneral liravo at Juarez had
iieanl nothing of sueli an attar '.
.. Friends i>r Capt. II. It. Scob- II. ]
lititisli consul at Chihuahua < i '■.
say advices have been received h.
him from tlie ei: assay at Washing* J
ton to abandon i s post for tlie|
pro'ctit. The const ' and hit> wife in
tended to leave Chil: ahua this week.
The release of two \merirans held!
al Juarez w.i* taken up by Consul |
tlareia again today.
|' lose relations concerning secret
I service of the Kuruppean govern
! ment. Particularly is ev itement at
a fever heat since Count von Born
j storff has notified his government
| that the sealed package directed to
him had been broken open and part
Oi the ruutents stolen.
Whether the amh&ssaclci had in
ntlnd the le'ters taken by the tie
ra tnient of justice front the Wash
ington hotel safe where Dr. Grave,
hr.d deposited them Is not known.
HUGHES STILL CLINGING
TO I Rffliomi HOPE
IIE IM> ttfl.COV si 11,1 HKLIKYh:
( tUHHlM t Wll,l, K.\l, IV
HI'GIIES' t llU t|\.
t
NEW YORK, November 13.
Judge Hughes and Chairman Wilcox
are still clinging to the hope that per
haps California's official count will
turn in favor of the Hughes forces.
This count was slated to start to
day'.
In the meantime Hughes is staying
at his Hotel Astor headquarters
where he plans to remain until the
California result is known. Then he
will take a test, probably going to
some nearby resort.
COTTON MAKES
PITCHES TODAY TOITHKD THE
HKiHEST LEVEL SINCE THE
CIVIL WAR.
urni buyer
I
Estimates of a Crop of 10,800,000 ;
!
Rules Sends Prices Scurrying C|>
ward—Liverpool and New
Oilcans Rnught.
NEW YORK, November 13.—Cot
ton touched the highest level since
the war between the states on the
cotton exchange this afternoon when
July futures sold at 20.0" and May
at 20.03, making gains of nearly two
dollars a bale.
Liverpool advances were two to
seven points on sales of 0,200 Ameri
can bales. Liverpool and New Or
leans both bought and trade publica
tions estimates of a crop of 10,800,
000 bales acted as a bullish factor,
sending prices up on Many and July.
At ten o'clock July wss Quoted nt
20.07, up forty-two points, and May
sold at 20.03, up 36 points.
SOUTH AMERICA IS
PLEASEO WITH ELECTION
RE-ELECTION PRESIDENT W1U
SON GRAT1 EYING TO PRESS
OK SOUTHERN REPUHLICS.
Lulling Daily \ew*pal»er • >1' Aigeii
tina Comments Favorably On the
Retention of Wilson In
Office.
It) Clms. I*. Stewart.
BUENOS AIHES. November 13. |
Tlie re-election of President Wilson |
lias elicited wide-spread favorable j
comment throughout South America, j
The press generally approves the
choice. Tins opinion is typically re
flected in an editorial in I.a Naeion,
Argentina's most powerful daily.
“President Wilson’s triumph is
particularly agreeable to La Naeion.
It is a tendency for friendly concili
ation, which invariably is inspiring to
South American policies,” says La
Naeion. “The democratic program
contradicting the republican impe
rialism has made justice the basis
of international policies of the Unit
ed States. President Wilson's ful
fillment of tills program in a meas
ure sui passes all predictions. The
pure character of his administration
is particularly significant because it
• uninspired by any purpose of com
men advantage, but solely by jus
tice.”
La Nation goe- on to , it out
that there still cxi<:t‘' .1 vim i online'
rial view which remains to be culti
vated
HUGHES’ MINNESOTA LEAD
HAS BEEN (TT TO ao2
ST. PAUL. Minn.. Nov 13. The
latest rat urn? today showed that
I Hughe lead in Minnesota has been
'iut to 202 votes.
OUT OF MONEY
| ENOS HIS LIFE.
IHsl*OM»r\T OVKIl HK'KKSK.S
\\. s. nixei: i:ki*«»i; i mi to
II \\ K < OMMIVTKIl Hi li I UK.
ONCE ifO HERE
lluil Ikrii :i It.—idem ui Wuxuliurliie
for Many kruf*. lining to Me
kilim l \liolil Throe Wu'ki
Ago.
McK 1N N K Y. Texas. Nuvembei 12. |
VV. S. Hole, vx ho came to McKin
ney from Wnxahuchte about three
weeks ago, committed suicide near
his little lestuurant here Kt ten
o'clock this morning by shooting
ntmreli in the head with u revolver.
He left n note staling that his j
money was gone. Hint he and bis wile
could not agree and that hi'- health
v.ag bad Mis body will likely be
shipped to Wuxahaehio as per a re
i|uest In toe note left hy Hoze
W. H. Boze has lived for many
yeurs in Waxahaehie. Home three
weeks ago ho went to McKinney aad
opened a little restaurant. The news
of his tragic death was received here
soon after the act was committed
and his grandson, Arthur Doze, left
at once for McKinney to look after
the remains. The deceased war. be
tween iO and 80 years of age and
for years and years drove a dray |
about town.
He was married aLout a year ago j
to a Mrs. Willis of Unnis and they j
have since made their home in Kast i
Knd.
SUB ESTABLISHES BASE
ON VENEZUELAN COAST
REPORT TO THIK KEfr'KCT IN CIR
CULATED IN NftlPPING CIR
CLES OK GALVESTON.
GALVESTON, Texas, Nov. 13.
Reports were circulated In shipping
circles today that the German sub
marine supposed to be operating in
the Gulf of Mexico had establtshed
a base in the Gulf of Maracaribo,
Venezuela. The Gulf of Maracaribo
is said to be well suited for such
purposes as are the adjacent Dutch
Islands of Orbua and Curacoa.
COAST bUnnO CUTTER COES
TO BID TANK STEAMER
—
GALVESTON, Taexs, Nov. 13.
ccast guard cutter Comanche has
gene to the assistance of the tank
steamer Racoi, which ran aground
on Sabine bar yesterday. A had fog
prevailed yesterday and today on
that seption of the gulf coast.
I
COLD WAVE IS
COIJiKST WEATHER EVER RE
CORDED IN Not K.MHKR I’RE
VAIES IN NORTHWEST.
BELOW ZERO IRK
- I
A Number of I’Ihccs Kc|H>itc<l a Teni- j
limiturr liclnvt Kent — Eight
Hnoiv Kell al Hall.is This
Morning.
DENVER, Colo., November 1:5.
The present cold wave has broken j
several records in the Northwest and i
Rocky mountain region, according to j
Forecaster Hrandenburg of the local ;
weather bureau.
Pocatello and Poise, lilaho. r
ported the lo-v mat k . I and 12 de-|
grees above zero, respectively, the!
lowest temperatures ever recorded in '
November in those two cities.
Denverites shivered in a temjiera- '
turo below zero at six o’clock this
morning, and the forecast was for
lauothci tv. enty-foti: horn: of contin
Iued cold Some relief was promis
jid for tomorrow The snowfall so
: far has been light
The low pressure aiea is now south
of Colorado and is lying over New
Mexico today. It must travel far
eastward liefore waiw weather will |
i«»b)I in this legion. Thc'cirst of j
t!ie odd wave remained over Mon !
lain Iasi night with the temperature ,
ten degrees below aero.
'
Mmn at Pallas.
PAI.I.AS ii'v.i*, November II ]
The first nnow of the «< asoit fell here j
todni It was no; enough foi sleigh
riding but It “snew" all light
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liUTATKII FO|{ t.OM ItNtif:
TO OUT i:K \n*lll\TMK\T. !
WASHINGTON, Nov 1.1. T'.i# I
r.mie of Ndwin S. Swrect wn# sent to)
the president today by Secrets y
lledfield for re-appointment as ua
r.i-mnt seer fary of tnniniereo. Sweet
ti-igned ii lake the r:>ci fir rov
e nor In .Mtchli ;.ti but waa defeated.
BfliriSH HIT GERMAN - j
LINE TERRIFIC BLOW;
I SOI.ISII HUM KH APVWt I TO j
PKPTH or ONU Mlt.r ON THK
tiKIOIAN HtONT TOP At.
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LONDON. Nov. III. Gen Haig's!
forces K'ruck another terlffle blow' ;
at the German lines about tbe Anrre j
today. Alter heavy preparation with)
; rtliter.v fire the Infantry took
general position lo the depth of a .
ndle along the front.
Till: imt.gauian I'diius \hi: in ]
KKTItKAT ON TIIK CKIt.V.l
VOD.V FltONT.
GAINS FOR HUES
Allies Continue to Hiiiiiiik i liie Teu
ton l.ine nt Kvery 1‘oiut On the
Kaoti’iii «n»l Souiliensti-rn
Front—Herbs Successful.
DON I >ON, November 13. .Serbian
forces are continuing their pursuit of
the i('treating liulRars who were driv
en out of I’m log on tin' t'crnavod*
front. Ttir Serbians have captured
I veil, north of Polo#.
Russians, Rumanians and Franco
Serbium; are continuing their ham
meting against the Teuton line at
every point on the eastern and south
eastern front. Al some points the
Germans and Austrian* are counter
'it lacking, but according t.i advice*]
from ail the capitals the major suc
cesses are being won by the allies.
Petrogrud reports the fighting at Cer
navoda for possession of the great
Danube bridge, which resulted in Die
turning of General Mackensen’s left
flank, to have leached u critical
stage.
Only meager details have reached
lieia concerning the Dobrudja fight
ing since dispatches told of t’erna
voda and Conctansa being in flnmets.
Ttie French are securing the po
sitions they won from the Germans
yesterday at Haiily Sallish on the
western front. An apparent lull in!
Hie fighting is reported ui other sec
tions on the western front.
ALLEGED VOTE BUYING
IS NDWJNDER PROBE
AI.LKLKH THAT WAS
SPFVi IV THU VICIMTl OF
CHICAGO.
Il Is I'luliiK'iJ Thai Fifteen Thousand
\ i>trn WeW llought in Northern
Indiana—Probing Campaign
I- ninls.
CIUCACO, November 1 •’!
Charges ttiat laige Chicago business
firms attempted to coerce the votes
of then employes last Tuesday are
being investigated by United States
Idstric t Attorney Cline. Bccuae of
new developments Cline said that the
federal grand jury hearing would be
postponed until latei in the wish
The it regularities; are said to cov
es a huge territory around Chicago,
it is alleged that $;<8n,0‘»n was spent
to swing the votes In the industrial
sections of north* rn Indiana It is
tiling*d that t 5,00(1 votes wen bought
in '»ary. Michigan City and Lake
• minty, Indiana.
(.’banter or corporation rnntribii
Ittotis in the campaign land ol both
I parties are being investigated by
1 Frank <i. Hailey, special prosecutor.
I IE
gp II STICK
1
I (Mill s \sTHo\oMKK
I'l.llMMl IIA DKATH.
I’HOKNIX. Art/. Nov. 13. Hr
lorclval Idjaell, world famous u»
tmmtiner. and head of the ohserva
t< ry at Flagstaff, Arlisong, died late
I, .»t night of apoplexy, according to
word received hero today.
M It S VIS IIOW VNMtHtK
ATTKMITKII TP list'AIM:
BKKI.IK. Nov 13 The report of
the commander of the Herman sub
marine whit It sank the British steam
ship Rowunmoro, on which there
vote several Americana, has hcen re
■ rived hy the admiralty and Indicates
tl at the captain of Ihe ateatnshtp
\.hh responalble for he" bombardment
by the atihnuirlue. The rep trl say#
II. o Howanmore disregarded the sub
n mine's signal to halt and endeavor
cd to escape at full special. making
il necessary for the submarine to fire
a few shots in order to bring her to.
The crew showed Its opinion of
the captain's course, the report says,
l > piling Into the hoata, leaving the
master tilon on the steamer. He was
forced to lower a boat unaided and
\ as paddling around nlone therein
v hen picked up by the submarine.
Tho Aincrleiuis on board, ns far ns
run be learned, were negro firemen.
I WIS RETORTS TWO
DIG COTTON HALTS.
ENNIS. Taxes, N'ov. 1,1. Planters’
(tin company of tins city Saturday
sold 515 bales of cotton to Arthur
Wicker, u local cotton buyer, for II*
t:ent« tier pound, the highest price
ever realized on n list of cjSton here
'1 lie total sales amounted to $tk,!'J5.
Hr. T W. White of this elty nWio
sold 260 bales at the same price to
r Galveston firm.
ON THE JOB
WITHHOLDS ANNOI NCKMKNT OP
POLICIES PENDING Itl.CI IIT
OP llPGMPJi’ TELEGRAM.
’
I
t urinal Ion of PrnpoHiiU to lie Con*
tallied III Message to Congress
to He IL-ld l‘p I util Hughes
Admits Ills Defeat.
By ROBERT .1. RENDER.
WASHINGTON, Nov. HI Pres!
d* lit Wilson Is hack In Washington.
He faces a vast job which must be
cleaned up rapidly.
Pending receipt or Judge Hughes'
tefegrnm conceding victory me
|.president has withheld any an
laaims'ment regarding his policies
lor the next four years. It was inti*
i iated by Ids Immediate friends Glut
I t will Issue a statement upon re
| ceipt of H'lgheC telegram of con
gratulate n He will start at worn
in h-s first message to congress to
l<- delivered when that body recon
venes jie.xi month. The continued
doubt at to the composition of the
nt xt Itiiu e and ns tr> which part*
v. Ill liAld tile balance of power and
elert a speaker, the president will
temporarily hold up the formation
i sc- a-l
LETTERS WERE
CODE MESSAGES
v\\ AllltlCNTM) ON IIMCKMAIU
iv<j chahgix conhiikst
tIK lIKIMi AtVl ITTKII. ,
TO TELL CONTENTS
IV'i-liirr*. Ho Will llevwil Kontwtt*
'of tile Intel« If He I* Trtml.
t 'I’litnliici! AiIihik i' fbfnr
1 ninthn on V-lft.
' i
NKW YOKK, Nov 13 — Dr. Karl
A ingaanl Graves, •'inlornatloiial
Ki>v," expressed himself as confident
(.1 freed im on* the charges of black- ?
n ailing Countess • von llernstorff,
v if«* of the German ambassador at.
Washington.
The letters, on which the black
mailing charges were made in Wash- ,
ington Saturday, were explained by j
Graves as containing Informal! on
ri griding the sulmiH/lne U-63 ex
ploits In which h<; says Count Barrt
starff made a “stock market clean
Grave* avers that the German
r.aihus*ador is thousand)' of dollara
richer hy reason of advanoe Infsrma
Hon on the German submarines
venture. He *ay« that the letters
\> ere apparently a woman's missives
to Count*** Hernatorff, hut lit real
iv they are «ode mctu agea which j
Count tteruatnrff would not wnnt
revealed. Further, he said. "I will :t
relate the contents If I am tried,’*
n> tl says the information woult? be
iteeful to llie United Mates.
Graves came buck to New York
f.n over Sunday following his release
| in Washington under *20«o bull.
! He found department agents await
J Ipg his return to guard hltn against
whut he called "the greatest danger ,
of my whole career/*
<<f )>roi«oeal* to he contained in hia
first message. Regardless of the
condition* in the house the preat
1 dent's message will urge immediate . J
| i.UIoii In clearing up the program ’
J | roposed at the time he obtained
| congress' co-operation In uvertlng
1 the recent threatened railway strike.
! JUDGE WHO ISSUED FIDST
STIIIKEMCriR! DEED
MTMJK II. T. TOII.MIN DIFD FAR
IA THIM MORNING AT HIM
HO.MF IN MORI I,F.
MOHH.K, Ala, Nev. 18. Judge H.
T Touluiin, who whh stricken with
(paralysis while reading of President
Wilson’s re-election, died early lo
duv Judge Toulmln was to have
i tiled Decentbef 1.
He v.u* the first federal judge to
| issue i> strike Injunction, when In
j IS03, he enjoined the l.ouisvtlle &
| Nashville railway employes.
| .11 DGi: I'ALI.S DFAD IN
HOTFI, AT SAN ANGFIJt.
SAN ANHKI.O, Texas. Nov. 13 -
j J. W. Timmons, judge of fifty-first
I district, fell dead In h hotel here
: Sunday morning. Heart disease was
; the cause of death.
AMERICANS AT Plill
IRE REPORTED SAFE 1
Id, PASO. TexM'. Nov. t:i.—Ttie
! first definite information conrei niiig
t ihc safrtj iif tin- ten Ainerirans at
j Parra I »»> o I Sained toda> h> I lifted
Stales government officials.. A fill*
in sr men limit wlm came overland
I from PaJi.il to Chihuahua City
• ii'wIhiI tin- American border during
4*
the aiv£it. Ue .told tin* federal
atsvtii* (lint \ illNtas never entered
the town.
tin the da> the Chinese inerrhaiit
'elt, Nowmlier K, be uiiil he saw two
of the Ainerieutts alive and believed
all otIters were safe
This statement baa been transmits
led to ilie state itoiiartiiieilt.
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