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MEMBER
THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS
W AXAHACHIE DAILY LIGHT
MEMBER
UNITED PRESS
ASSOCIATION
VOLUME XXI.
WAXAHACHIE TEXAS WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 7 1914.
NO. 247
THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS UPHOLDS TEXAS POOL HALL ELECTION LAW
ASK TO ANHUL
PAVING AWARD
iwkntv-six itocioics sti:i:i:t
CITIZEN* 1-1 i.i : i'KTITlOX
WITH CO(\( IL.
ERROR IN ESTIMATE
( >UTuil Passes Kesolvition Requiring
the Construction «>f Sidewalks
ou Portions o| Park
\ VCIUlf.
Twenty-six of the properly own-
• •is on Rogers street have : igried a
petitit>fi requesting tlie citv council
to annul their action in awarding a
« witract to the General Construction
i ompany of Fort Worth for the pav-
ing oi' that street. Six of tin prop-;
crt\ owners signed a petition asking;
i! ;. i t lie council go ahead with the
c. t k and pay no h*•< <1 '<> the* prote: ?
(.)' the twenty-six. One property own-
er v. as neutral refusing to sign fori
either side. The city council pass-\
e<i tie- matter indefinitely at the reg-
ular meeting Tuesday night..
This protest arose over the fact
that in making esti.inn.tes as to the
cost of the paving it was underesti-
mated by the person having this in
charge. The original petition asked
the council to grant the paving at a
c<>•-•! not to exceed $1.87 per square
yard. The assessments against the
i-'-rty owners came to more than
thi.-•• C. K. Schuster spokesman forj
the protesting Rogers street citi-|
y■•li.-. insist-(I that the citizens who;
signed the petition in the first place
'atre under a misapprehension as ioi
t. t.e final cost of the paving and <!« •
ciared that they were not only nr.-!
willing to pay tin cost of the pnv-j
ing under the nnal contract hut that;
tie-. would light the matter to the:
last ditch if necessary. The mistake:
in the estimated cost came about by j
a superficial estimate of the cost of j
the work. Rogers street is much 1
'a Her in some parts than in others
s:."i <his fact was overlooked when!
the preliminary survey was made for!
i h • • work.
Curbing the Kickers.
' urbing was ordered placed
around the park on Grand avenue.
'iitor a vigorous protest against such
action had been voiced by J. R
Mayhew one of the property owners
to be affected by such an action. He
hf'id that what was needed \s as a
fence insisting that stock had the
right of way in that portion of the
«ity and that a curb was not neces-
sary. Another property owner de-
clared that tlie curb and gutter pro-
posed by the council was unneces-
sary as there would be no traffic on
The street and that the paving would
not be injured by the lack of such
a gutter and paving. The work was
ordered done however after it. was
explained that the cost of paving
clear to and including the park
would be much greater than the
cost of the gutter'and curbing.
A Sidewalk Resolution.
Lynn Reagor and other Park ave-
nue citizens asked the council to or-
der Park avenue citizens to lay side-
walks on that street from Bolton to
Rogers street. Mr. Reagor said that
practically all the property owner*
were willing to lay sidewalks if the
assurance could be given that all
would do so but until this had been
ordered they refused to lift Park ave-
nue out of the mud. The council
ordered a resolution looking to the
laying of sidewalks on this street.
Not "Busied."
Tuesday night the city had on de-
posit in the city's depository exactly
$504.15. No the city is not broke.
The December collections have not
yet been turned over to the city's
fuuds.
Whfrt'* the Limit* 7
Limits liniltB; who has the limits?
What limits? The city limits of
course* DIr em out of your pocket
and present 'em to Carrol Todd city
tax collector he has mislaid the
city llmita ajfd can't find them any-
where. That waa what he told the
city rouncil last night when he re-
quested r hn\ a map be drafted that
would clearls set forth what prop-
erty was in i lie corporate limits. Tin-
matter of the t:>i. iuur limits was
brought to Mr. Todd's attention
wlien one ol tii»• property owners
who ha • L' rn paying taxes for prop-
erty irt the city held the other day
tli.it pak t of this property w as not
city property and said that he would
refuse 'O he taxed for it on such a
basi:-. In fact Air. 'lodd went so far
as to say that no one present knew
what the limits of tic city were.
Less Lights l.css l*av.
Iiccau -e'the Texas Light arid Low-
er compan; . who have been furnish-
ing power for tie- "white way" turn-
ed off the lights before daybreak
one >.r two ulc'iits. a ten per rent re-
duetion on their hill was ordered by
the council The council held that
the cont; -• with ibis company did
not ■ i ify • • >" hour for the lign's
to ii turned ( IV. but hat if did >p
oifkaliv declare th.i' they should
burn until da: break.
Who'll Make lp lieds?
V it was an interesting meet-
ing of t!»e council. A meeting that
chared up many matters of public
interest. For instance what is it
worth to make the beds for the fire-
men? The city at present is paying
$!> to the janitor of the city hall
who cared for that building. The
tire companies are paying £per
month making a total of $14. The
beds weren't made to suit the brave
fire laddies however and the jani-
tor got the "sack." The men doing
the work now asked for a raise on
the city's part oi *4 for this saying
that a raise of $2 on the work would
be had from the fire organizations.
The matter was held over until the
next meeting of the council.
I'liitoiii) Street Numbering.
Waxaliachie will soon have an uni-
form numbering of streets. The city
engineer and the contractor having
the numbering of the houses in
charge were ordered last night to
prepare a plan for this and present
it to ihe council at their next meet-
ing.
Members Present.
Couneilmen and city officials pres-
ent: Hnrtoji Prince mayor; Will
.Moore A. L. Rogers T. J. Andrews
U. 1). .Mc'Combs T. ().' Cheatham
eouncilmen; Jim .Jones marshal;
Clyde F. Winn city attorney; Carrol
Todd acting secretary.
NO DECISION
IN TM CASE
COMMISSION TO DKTKHMI.NK HIS
MKVTAI. STVTIS AIMOlltNS
W1THOIT DECISION.
SHERIFF TESTIFIES
The < >fticer Declarer Prisoner Has
Slioun \o Traits l»y Which He
Might He Considered
Dangerous.
lly the I'nited Press.
Concord N. II Jan. 7. --The hear-
ing to determine whether or not Har-
ry 1<. Thaw should tie admitted to
bail adjourned today without any de-
cision being rendered. The state of
New York railed no witnesses. The
commission bei'ore which Thaw was
being examined wired Prosecutor
Jerome that they desired co-opera-
tlon ot all parties concerned In the
collection of evidence.
Sheriff Drew and Special Officer
Stevens were the only w itnesses call-
ed. They declared they had never
heard Thaw speak of his wife in a
detrimental manner and testified
that they had never known the pris-
oner to show signs of irritation or
any mental traits which would in-
dicate that he was dangerous.
Kail Was iteiiwinded.
By the Associated Press.
Concord N. H. Jan. 7.—Bail for
Harry K. Thaw was advocated today
before the federal commission in-
vestigating his sanity by Thaw's
custodian* Sheriff Drow and Officer
Steven*.
Rubber atampa at Daily Light adr
Federals Loading Their Trains In the
City of Mexico for An Advance On the Rebels
i
The troops of Dictator Huena
have been hurried toward the north
of Mexico for more than a month
in an effort to prepare for the
march of Pancho Villa the con-
queror of Chihuahua. Almost ev-
ery day trains have been loaded
with provisions anil troops for some
I r>int in the north whore the stand
to intercept Villa will be made.
The bandit who took Juarez
on tiir American border without
much trouble and then went on
• nto Chihuahua one of th • richest
cities of the country iv in* met
with iMo resistance at rl h:i- -i-'-
laved his promised rn:i:-h
Mexico City. By t Ii • • linir lie is
r. ady the ttoOps of li-nna will b«-
scattered along his route ready to
make a fight.
■THE STEAMER CALVO
! JV5T FOILED MM
| actions of vi:ssi;i. ihttfici.i
< ()\i)K.M\i:i) iiv ( \rr\i\ <»»
THi: OKIJHO.M
I !»«'*<• lartthat \o Ffi'ort Was Made
i
j Ic» lie-scue Imperiled Men on
lilt' Oil Tank Strainer—
I
Survivors at Hasten.
By the United Pr- .
i Boston. Jan. 7. "Captain (J-uen-ter
•of tin- ill fated tank steamer Okla-
homa and seven members of his crew
arrived here earl> tins morning o\
the steamer Ba*ari;t. Captain Giicn
ter bitterly condemned the-art ion ot
the steamer Manuel Calvo. saying ii
i appeared early Sunday morning
"fooled around awhile put over a
boat then picked up the boat and
steamed away.'" 11- declared the Ger-
mans risked their lives to save ihej
survivors of the crew and they do-'
serve a Carnegie medal.
A preliminary investigation into;
the causes of the Oklahoma disaster j
begun today by Inspectors Savage;
and Blair. The testimony of the
survivors was taken for the federal
grand jury. j
Chihl Lal>or Health T«\si.
!
Boston Mass. Jan. 7.—The re-
cess committee of the legislature
which has been holding hearings
for and against the law forbidding j
the employment of minors less than|
16 years of age for more than eight j
hours a day is expected to make a i
report today. It is rumored that !
the committee will recommend a !
physical examination for all chil-1
dren employed in the state making
health the test and removing the!
eight-hour limit on children in j
good health. Representative Tufts
| declared this is favored by one or I
two members. |
W REBEL PRISONERS
EXECUTED IT OJM
Hav<> I Seen SIimmI I'p unil
Shot Since Sunday \i«lit.
\\<>uiiiI<><1 Rebels I'm
Out of Misery.
Fly tile Vnlted Press.
Presidio Tfcx. Jan. 7.—Reports
of federal officers today showed
that sixty-five rebel prisoners have
been executed since Sunday night.
In addition many wounded rebels
have been "put out of misery" by
federal burial parties.
t Villi Hi's 1 lllllt.
"1 want it box tomorrow night"
said adman's voicf over the phone.
"All right sir what size?"
"Oh. there'll be quite a party .>!'
us it) it. j'erhap* six."
"Six: I'm afrahi I'll have to
have it made special sir! They
never eome bigger than for one yon
know!"
What are you talking about!
isn't this the (.'alcium Theatre?"
"No. sir; (his is Graves the under-
! aker." Philadelphia Kocorcl.
Neither is the tnitli always
< nough to justil> a gossip.
Tl»OI SVM)S <>! I \KMPIOYKI>
I !.<>< K TO DilTliOn IN
Si VKCH <>i' WOltK.
EMPLOYED
1'oril <'ompmiy Advised by I'olice to
Kmploy No Men I "in il Local La-
bor Circle's <%5ni#»t Down—
Hint I'Vaml.
By the United Press.
Detroit Mich. Jan. 7. Drawn by
Hie announcement of the profit shar-
ing piun by the Cord Motor Car
company thousands of unemployed
from cities in the middle west began
arriving here today anxious for jani-
tor jobs at the minimum wage of
$5.01) for a working day of eight
hours.
None were hired today. The police
advised the company to withhold
jobs for a week or until the general
unrest in local labor circles quieted
down for fear of a real riot.
A Liberal Sentence.
A West Virginia judge arraigned
a sliantv boater for stealing a
horse denounced him as a persist-
ent lawbreaker and then sentenced
hltu to ten years at hard labor in
the State prison.
"Have you Anything to say?" he
asked when he was through.
"No" said the sentenced one—
"except that It strikes me you are
pretty rfumed liberal with other
people's time!"
So many think they can afford
it if they can set it.
SHERMAN LSI PLEASES
ATTORNEY GENERAL
IT IS KNOWN m; is Not \n\-
loisioi; \N\ .\>IKNT»I».NTS
to rni: law .
; l*i»*pai<'<! (<> ( Trust Lr^lsla-
| lion When the President Re-
turns (o Washington Horn
i
Vacation.
By the Associated Press.
| Washington .ian. 7. Attorney
(Jenera 1 Mr nohls h;t.s prepared lu
! t:»k*.» up \vi". i/ Pr-'.-iu.'nr Wiiron upoi.
| his retur.ii Wa. liiiiKum all < : the
J proposed tru"t' l«>.u i :*« »i m :• 'sfi< ■
[appearing as bills in •• •:.
I last nine month-. A • ■ >mp"reh< n.-i.
j summary ot' thcs^ HI1: is now in »h-
| hands of r.. Hod.'.. .M-'Ri-ynoM.-'
jassistam. if is known h«-n* tha? A
Reynolds is satisfied w ith i.e. Sh-r-
I man law and is not anxious to amend
jit. unless along iin.es of a definition
| ol what cons-.itutes restraint of
i trade.
!k.i.Mors \in riii/-K
\or m> < o\i:tkd vow.
j Koine Jan. 7. "Grand Prix tie
| Home" forinerh the most coveted
! art prize in the world is not as de-
jsirable now as ft used to be. The
| winning of it entitled the artist
sculptor or painter as the case may
be to spend three years at the fa-
mous French academy in the Villa
Medici at Home which is now under
the direction ot Besnard. the famous
French artist. It has just been de-
cided that in the future the "pen-
sioners" will not be allowed to mar-
ry as the bin villa has not the ac-
comodations necessary for the do-
mestic happiness of the students. Ex-
cept ions will be made however by
the French Minister of Public In-
structions when the case seems to
warrant it
WILL QfWlItlT
IFTEBII LONE SERVICE!
Joseph <'lumberlain Announce* I1»
Will Hetlre «c the Xe\t lii'n-
rral Klection—In Service
Since 1S76.
By the Associated Prest.
Birmingham England Jan. 7.—
Joseph ("Vmberlain. the noted
British statesman who has been
in parliament continuously since
1876 today announced his retire-
ment at the UMt general election.
>1 U t) II \Li t\<. rn\ llOOTfl
to si:r: 11 \ \> iiusons
AcceptIrivitsiti<>n >t <inv«'inoi- tn <«..
With Him ami Me < ohttiiu.
l»aiiy L«:-'ht riperial.
Austin. Te\. .Ian. 7 --Aerum-
!»;* 11 If <1 hy (i«i \ • • m 1 o r and Mi-. Od-
qui'.t .Mr- .'•-invi>I• • UnlliiiUion I'ooth
of Xi-'-.v York noted prison P-fiirm-
• r and lead i> 1 f 11»* Vol i!111 <-r
I League ol Ami'!'!' a will mak« a
| thorough in of the "IVxa -
; ponitentiarh.-. The go • '-nor oi.n♦*
[tini4. ago extend.-d an invitation t->
[Mrs. i'.i.olh lo •. • -i! th" prison
Item and today a reply • • re-.iw-d
i from Mr-. Hooth in which ■ ..<■
v i.:f■ s that . he -•.ill :■» to California
jjiext n.:.i:th and on her \va> v. ill sina
! 1mt»* and n.ak'- the inspection e'liair-
rnan Murray of ih.• penitentiary ays-
item was advised of the coming visit
i
I'l>\ IMC M WIMMI s
vi\si si-;< i:ki u:\ or
si vn: iii i i si n.
'Tfiiv <:»sc \\ iv I iivl !o T*'M Hit*
liiuliT »>i Social ( lultv li>
i-i'|lit>i- !<• Hom-
Ix'rs.
15> yii' Associaii (i }'!<•. s
Austin "i"« \. Jan. 7 15oH.a!idc
! social clubs it. T«\\as !«•<•< ha scr-
! ba<-k toda> v. hen the moronic cour'
rein H<! : 11.• iii'ii io!; 11' fi i- a ; • • ;: t i<.
I'di' malum m us b> .1. i. l'eclf-r
.agaim-i Secretary or' Slat'.' WVinorl
| I'll is case was designed to tc.-a tin-
ri:.;i11 oi' social c 1111 >io dispmis.' !i-
I'jtjor to Hi!cr- and iiuj r u 1 i n
I means that ti:c secretary oi' stat" i -
J not < nil! polled ro approv.- i h• • char-
j tors of .meh or?;ai)i/.ai io-io..
iSI.KHM < I K.H I I Mi AT
r\Vo roiN is Ki i»oirn:i>.
I
I'.y f hi• A>socia-cd Prc-s.
I Washington .Ian. T. OfM< lal dis-
j patches received here today from
jTnmpico report thai serious liu tit-
ling i< in prom-M .. i;i fto vicinl'y oi'
I C.i r(i♦-1!a - and -'an ! mi> i'otosi
! You in v- sonn•; :mos misv .-• ur
! calculaiioiss without missing: liimdi
rot nr oi ('ki.mi\ai. \i*i*i vi s
SOI Mint !M \Til KM I.L
TMI .SI I NSTi ri Tl< iN's
LI HELD VALID
(Y<uri I pliohls the Hight <>t 1 ?i«'
Legislature to A u» l»<»ri/e such
I'.lertioiiN—W i) harder
Case \f! .
Hy the Associated Press.
Austin Jan. 7 Th<- people of
ot Te\.:*s havp as much right ro
vote out pool hails at local op-
tion elect ions as they ha-.v to vote
out saloons according 10 a de-
cision rendered today by the court
of criminal appeals in upholding
the validity ot the .Johnson pool
room law passed by the last legis-
lature.
The case came up on appeal from
Wilbarger county. Charles Fran-
cis. the appe'.iant contended that
the constitution does not author-
ize local option elections for pool
rooms but the court held that the
legislature has the power to au-
thorize such elections. Judge Da-
vidson dissented.
This case is one of wide import*;
ance as it will open the way for
local option elections on gaming
on Sunday laws and on many other
police regulations when authorized
by the legislature.
The decision will affect many lo-
cal option elections on pool rooms
which have been held since this
case was filed with the higher
court. In practically every elec
CONTEND FOR
II GREAT BANK
M:\\ YOKK liWKI.ItS WANT i:k-
s» i;\ k *; \ s k i<» o\ kksu uj-
ow \1.L IUHF.IW.
INCLUDE THE EftSI
{( I- < thiil DMrici Should
Iiwcv \>w Mi:j»laud and K.\-
i« in! West lo I'il ls-
burg".
fly 11 i♦- Associated fress.
XV.. York. .Ian 7. -l)espite the
.1 !'-m opposition >;' Secretaries
\!<Adoo ar:d Houston to the New
York bankers' proposals for the es-
l;iI> 1 iitj11*«111 her** of . regional hunk
ov.-r hadowiug all <>tJ;« rv- prominent
hna.'i' ii'i's insisted a lino.* t unani-
mously . ' tli'* in-; ! :; u today that
- u< !: a hank w as mve^ary. George
y f.aker. Jr.. vf lather. whom
i;.- v<■ p re-.en*»'.i i> connected with
mor.' corporations i!: -ri any other
man ii: U:r <ountr>. i untended that
tlm ea-;ern district f.<•.11 (1 include
Neu Knglhnd ami .-\t--nd as far v\«-si
:s fit tsburg.
woi id i\i i.i i>i: m w
II lis! ^ MSTKKT.
f.y Mil' I'tuted fress.
Now York City N. V. Jan. 7.—
That th." N'-w Km gland states Now
York and Now Jersey. should b«
[■minded in the eastern federal re-
serve system wa- the recommen-
dation made by George K. Haker
president of the I- rr National
Bank and Charles Sabine vice
president of the < hi a mnty Trust
company both of th:s city before
I Sef-r- taries McAdoc and Houston
j at the- currency heat ing held today.
! f>ak» r said that he bei;.>ved fbil-
| adelphia and firtsbnrg- might also
he included n the X*- v York bank
a i.d t ha* it should he made large
enough to command respect and
the confidence of all banking in-
fres idea; M.-irt inda le of the
t'i; n ■ i' Nat ion a! Hank said that
h»- believe.I r he reserve system
could g •' along with h'ss than
might batik- He suggested that
the hank:- !.»•• located in New York
ch^-ago. St i.ouis. Minneapolis or
St. fa ill Xe\v Orleans and San
Fran< iseo
Steph'-*: !'»:>rker president of *he
Bank Manhattan said that the
belief that the centering of so
mu'ii money in New York TNould
e;i eongestioii in the money
market was without foundation.
"Yi'U cannot grow cotton :n Wall
street and you cannot finance rail-
roads r'u> cotton fields'' he
said.
Way Kent president of the Hank-
er-' Trust company explained thai
New York was the financial cen-
ter of the country \!1 witnesses
agreed that the bank to he estab-
lished in New York should hava
the greatest capital.
rIon held the poof rooms were vot-
ed out.
ill iv rot vn km-:ctio\
IS NOT \KFhCT*;i>.
Thai Is ihe 154-1 i«*l' <»f a Member
ol (he I III is County liar.
The belief of a prominent mem-
ber of the Ellis county bar. in re-
gard to the Wilbarger pool hall
case affirmed by the court of
criminal appeals today is that
this in no way affects the h'liis
county pool halls and applies only
tc counties in which the election
was held and declared. The fact
that an injunction was issued out
of the district court here to pre-
vent the declaration of the elec-
tion by the county commissioners
aud that the case is now before
the court of civil appeals in Dal-
las prevents this action of the
higher court from affecting local
conditions. Had the result of the
election been declared then is alt
probabilities this action of the
criminal court of appeal* would
make the running of ft pool ball
here a criminal offense.
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