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VOLUME XVIII
ABILENE TEXAS MONDAY OCTOBER 19 1014.
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Icaiser. Tin- hurrneks tiro biiowii in the foreground. For iimny cln.s th. .Inpiim-su have bomlmrdcd this and other fortH and hue KrudunUy
Ih't-n n'duoii.K thfin to powder. It is of course bclived by military experts that they will not much longer withstand tlw attack.
TWO DIE IN KATY
WRECK IN TEXAS
emhneeu and fihemax .scalded
TO DEATH .NEAlt HAUTLETT
KAIILY TOO AY.
GERMANRIOTS WANTS WAREHOUSE
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S!XoCARSJ.EAVETHE.TRACK MORE CANADIAN TROOPS
Half Doien Paenfrcni Am HruNcd
Hut 5uno Are Seriously Injured
When tin Flyer Is Derailed
at Four O'clock.
Hy iho Associated Press.
OHANOEH. Tuxns. Oct. IB. Tho
northbound Koty riler wns derailed
niur linrih'tt. nt four o'clock thta
mnrnlni:
GiiKtnccr J V JohiiHon and Fireman
V. II Ithodes both of Bmltlivllle Tpx
wcro ecnldcd to death
Hulf a dozen paasengura wero brula-i-d
Hlx earn woro off tho track.
C Vnry and J. MUU'r mall clerku
of Donlson. wcro badly injured and
also Hon Campbell oxtra fireman.
Heeso Andrews n passenger of
Lockhnrt. waH badly bruised. Only
(P!i roach was overturned.
PICKERS GO NORTHWARD
When Hunch fame From Is Mjstry.
Distribution In tho Anxuu and
Stamford Sections.
Whim tint Aullnno and Boiithura
iiorthbound i!inrtod Monday morning
or Anson and Ilamlln It carried prac-
tlrnlly n coachload of cotton plckora
who will be JndlclouBly dlBtrlbutckl
ANTI
QUELLED IN L
FOLICE AHE CALLED Ul T
.STOP IXCII'IEXT l)KMON-STHAT10NS.
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Large Number LaDd Today At A toil
mouth England On Hoard An
Atlantic Liner Sajh Ueporti
from There
Hy Aaaoclatod Proaa.
LONDON. Oct. 13 Tho pollco today
quelled nntl-Onrmnn rlotn hero thin
mornlnK. It la bellovcd that tho dem
oiiRtratloiiH uro not y;t ove; and the.
pollco nro on a nliarp lookout for nny
trouble that may atart
Canadian Troops Arrlvr.
Hy tho Aflsoclated Pree.
AVONMOUTH. HnR.. OcU IP.A
larVo additional number of Canadian
troopfl arrived hero today on an At-
lantic Ilnor The numbor 1 not Riven.
VISITING RELATIVES HERE
Mr.
and Mr. TV. 1 Hlarktinro
VUlUnir T. P .Arnold and
Family.
Are
Mr- and Mm W U Hlackburn hT
Jnn arrived from New Haven Conn
for a fow weoka vlhlt with T. P. Ar-
nold nnd family Mra. Hlackburn waa
lAfA.t lin Miilniit Ulan f nm A ttnfff
nmontt tho farmer who nr In a Pr:t nonuIllr ftnd acc'nrai)ii3hed dauish-
plexliiK poa Ulon ror Jrw: ""jt(r 0f T. P Arnold of thla city. For
section. Where the o P ckera cmm h t t hM ak.
from could nt bo learned. 1 liun-1 k h department of
dertood that co ton In ho Htamford ; j where Bl0 mado a
ond llttmlln Kectlona ta tho beat In . a ont( rflCorU Mr nUckourn y a
number of yean. and the need of pick- mMulw of tJ0 M4tbodlBt churcl nmi
ora U very ursent. tn menjir 0f thw Kust Oklahoma Con-
Hy no meana U tho want of cotton tfronco jiH BprlnK ho received hl
plckcr In thla octlon Batlafled. Moro jegr.0 from the Yalo School of Roll-
tliuii ona farmer a In the city Mon- Kon Mr uiaCHburn la a graduate nl
Hay mornlinf snxloualy nna repeatea- Q a QtliuwHtorn Unlvuralty. where
ly Inijulrlnic of every likely person l0 uistlngulHhwl hlnulf a leader of
wlorw plckora could be Becured. r'VOT tj0 tntercolleglata debato ngnlnst tho
wngon yard wa aearched for plokera stnto uV.r8ty 0f Arkansaa. manager
mid luoomlng train were sought for of thl) i'niverHy traek team and in
men for tho noldn 'other college work
8lnre cotion gathorlng haa become Tho Hev Mr. Hlackburn ond Mra.
nlmost unlvoraal in thla aectlon of tho Hlackburn will oon return to their
atnto there haa been a ateady demand work In Oklahoma after an absence
for all plckeru who arrive. With tho of two year in tho East.
rout In tied fair weather aiid the deplei
Hon of tho cotton In tho central andj A good cook U thfr beat bouaohold
southern parti of the county tho mat Jowel.
ter of necurlng pickers U proving uot
BILL 10 BE PASSED
WILSON FSES I.NFLll.M'E O.N
HOU.SK. SENATE HAM.Xi AL-
KKA1 PASSED SIKISI'KE.
"RESTRICTING STATE ISSUE"
lteduclu? of Cotton Crop Next Season
In Entire! n State Question tho
President Is Credited With
Hnrliuc Declared.
Hy AuHochited PrcBB.
AVASIUNOTON Oct. 19. Prealdcnt
WHmoii toduy unci IiIh iutluenco to
try to gut thn Houao to past tho
Lever bill ror tho establishment or
cotton w.trehnuKOH throughout tho
South. Tho Senate linn nlrendy pasa-
hd thla bill.
Thin la tho only cotton relief mens
uro that tho president haa endorsed.
Ho said that tho restriction of tho cot
ton crop next year l entirely a state
jucatlon.
DEAD BODY OF
BABY IS F
UNB
WELL (HUN IT DEVD TIIHEE
HILES FHOJI AHILENE EAHLY
.UONDVY MOHNINK.
WAS WELL DEVELOPED BOY
Aato Stopped At Well Last Tuesday
Ifiinilny P. 31. hy
1'uyHtclnnH.
Far bettor bo on pleaBiiro bout than
on pleasuro broke
Kiieh a aerious difficulty after all but
distribution Iibb uot ben uniform and!
for that reason there hav been fields U. 9. Department of Agriculture
plcWd and laborers gona before nel- WEATHER 11DKEAU
ehlinrlntr Haldl rnllld b treated llkft-l i
w"o. ' Abilene. Texas. Oct 19. For
Thn nrlM of 76 cents nerhundred Abilene and vtclnltr' Tonight and
nnin alliirlnir in mint- nlckera airlv- Tuesday unsettled weather
Ing In this section because tu the aou- For East Texas: Tonight and mg with English girls from Germany
thirn part of the Ute the price has Tuesday unsettled- jand Austria She also says that food
been fairly satisfactory at 65 csats For West Tex Tonight and seems plentiful in tha places visited
i er hundred mark i Tuesday generally cloudy and life quite normal. The opera saa
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vion is on in rraaau
CALVES SIGHT AFFECTED
Onner of a Fine Herd Heports n
Peculiar HlNentio Attaching
Cuttle .Near Here.
Tlie owuur of a flint herd of cowa
and calvcrt mported Monday morning
thut eomo peculiar malady Is attack-
ing lib young cnHoa and that he can
uot detormmo just what is tho mai-
ler with them and what to use to houl
tho brutes. Howovcr ho Is under the
Impression that too much groen feed
la tho cause of their going blind. Tho
eyiK beuomo bluo and they can hard-
ly see to move about. Hownvur lila
tullch rows uro not attacked tho mal-
ady bolnp confined. It appears to the
oung cnlvea.
CIVILIANS AM.OED TO KETt'U.N
EniclNh aud HussIbbh Who Are Caught
In German and AuMrian Health
Mcjort Are Unmolested
LONDON. Oct 2. by mail to Nov
York Ungllsh and Husalan clvillaua
caught In the Gorman and Austrian
health resorts at the outbreak of the
war aro now allowed to return to
their own countries excepting able-
bodied mon of miliary age. Fow ro-
ttlrlutlons are placed on alien enemies
retnalnlug thorp who are allowed to
travel short dlstaucee aud to reiuaiu
outdoors until 9 o'clock at night
which Is the curfew hour
These are tho conditions reported
by a member of the American Wo-
man's Relief Committee of London.
who haa Just taken over & party of
German girls from England return-
Tho dead body of an Infant prob-
ably a week old vvnn found early. Mon-
day morning by KzoKlet King aon of
John King in a uecludcd well Jimt off
(I... f.wlnt fnt ...mrl !... ...tf.ta u.tuM.
of Abilene. Tho officem being linmo-
maioiy nouiieu uni 10 ino Bceno-
OfflcerM Weir and Whaley. Count
Attornoy Keeblo nnd Justleo of the
Pcaco T M. Willis and qtborH went
to tho Hcono In an auto Tho hod)
was brought to tho cjty and left at
tho undertaking parlora whom an
autopsy waa hold by Dra Cash uud
IIoIIIb. It In tlie opinion of tho doc-
tors that tho baby waa choked to
death or smothered.
When Kzeklol King wna looking for
horsoti near tho well ho happened to
look into tho well nnd saw a body
boating on tho "water which was
about nine feet front tho aurfaco. near
riiutonwillovv creek. Thinking It a
dog ho got a fishing polo and lino nnd
endeavored to draw It up whon ho
discovered thut It waa a baby fully
dressed. Tho boy let tho body drop
into too won. ho iriguicneu wna ut-
ile then told hla father and tlui latter
telephoned to tho nfflcora who went
to tho ncone Tho body waa wrapped
In an olleloUi covering and brought
to i ho city.
Tho autopsy wan held In tho par-
lor of tho undertaking room Tho
baby was about 21 Inches long bad
on awaddUng clothes a band about
Ita stomach and a dress or two
Ono of the peculiarities of tho dress
wan tho fact that at tho end of the
t Icevea thoro were drawing cords aa
well aa at tho feet Exterior ovldouca
concluMlvely proved that tho baby had
lived at eat a week. Dissection of
tho body showed that tho luuga had
Inflntotl Rn far nil ratllif ba told them
Tver no wound on the body Tho
body howavor waa badly bwoITcJi
and decomposition had set In Tho
doctor believe tnni tuo oauy mm lam
In tho water about a week or Un
t'aya Th heart howed that there
had been circulation Tho head was
badly discolored. Indicating that blood
rad been surcharged there indicating
tile oaDy nau prouauiy ucen ctumu
PHESKXT FACTIONAL (DHI'LICA-
TlOr.S NEVEII HEEN KQIMl.. -ED
THEHE.
Uy ABsoclntod Press.
HAVANA. Oct 1 by mult to Now
York Oct. m.HlectlotiB will b held
In Cuba on November 2 for hnlf the
inemlHTHlilp of tbo IIoubu of Uopre-
heuutlveri unci certain munlclnal uud
provincial counclimeii. VThllc llilrt Is
not Itnelf an important election It may
hitvo iih u HlKtilflcant prellmluiiry to
tho campaign for election of a new
president next year. Prcnldeut sleno
cal Ih on record na Inflexibly iikjiIiihI
accepting h renomluutlou and tho
(uT.tlon of who IiIh BiiccexKor will
bo Ih already becoming mi Interesting
one in Cuba.
Tho prcnent factional complications
have never been counted hero. Whllo
In n broad aeuno thoro aro two mnln
partieM. the CouservnttvoH mid tho
LlbernlR. nt the snmo time thoro are
uumeroiiit nominally liidepcmleiit
groupn wl'OPtj affiliation am not de
fined. Them Ih for liiHtnnco ono Im-
portant offshoot of tho old Liberal
party mode up of the "Old Guard'' of
tho administration of President Jose
Miguel Gomez who recognize lilm iih
their chief nnd who will doubtless do
their utmost to place him In tlio pre.
(dxntlal chair ngnln.
President Mcnocnl In addition to his
rcsolulo otand not to nccopt n Tcuom-
Inntlon dcclnreu that during tho re-
mainder of hlB tortu ho will carry out
liJB own pollcloa Id hla own way and
not defor to this or that group or tac-
tion which offer support aa tho price
of presidential favor nnd that he will
endeavor to Inaugurate soon a "Na-
tional Party" for tho amalgamation
or nil that la best tn tho Liberal and
Consorvatlvo organization.
It Is certain that whoovor tlm noxt
Conservative or Natlonnl Presidential
candidate may bo ho will havo n for-
mldablo rival in Gomez. Tic foi-
mer president has Just returned to
Havana to occupy IiIh new palace on
tho Pnrdro nnd his candidacy will he
officially declared soon nftor tho No-
vember elections. Ho will then begin
nctlve work to rally tho ouco united
Liberal party which elected him In
1008 There Is no question that tin
General enjoys a certain popularity
In tho island nnd ho will havo ovory
advantage that great weaitn can oo
stow In conducting hla campaign
Other probable candidates mention
ed this early aro General Carles Gar-
cia Volez. -minister to Greqit Hrltnln
and General Emlllo Nunez who may
appear in tho Hats with the backing
of tho veteran element.
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JAPANESE DESTROYERS HEARINO EXPLOSION AND SEEING
FLAMEB RUSHED TO SCENE IN KIAO OHOW BAY BUT
CRUISER QUICKLY DISAPPEARED
JAPANESE OWN
AUSTRIAN SUBMARINE SUNK BY FRENCH
Bombardment of Crtttnro in Adriatic Sea Started by French Aus-
trian Aeroplano is Unsuccessful in Its Attompt to Drop Bombs
on Tho VcbscIs Which Were Making The Attack on
Tlmt City Today.
ALLIES ESTABLISH CLOSE CONTACT
WITH BRITISH FLEET; FIGHTING W ON.
WHEAT 8CAIIC1TY IX nOLLA.ND.
Ilakers Deride to Bake. Hyp Dread
Only Ob AccouHt of Lack
t of Floar.
AMSTERDAM. Oct 1 by mal to
Now York. A scarcity of wheat flour
is felt In Holland At a meeting last
Saturday tho bakora of Velsen decld
cd to bako ryo bread only. Tho Nolh
crlands produco very Httlo wheat dye
and barley being tho principal cereal
crops. Dut to tho fact that during
tho last four weoka no wheqt haa been
imported owing to tha rlgorqus en-
forcement of tho contraband by the
Urltish and French cruisers the sup-
ply of wheat is nearly exhauBted
WAR TAX BILL TO C0XX1TTKK
FIlUbHiterla or eraUtIte Hearj
of Tmu Is 8ee8sfiil
To4ay
Hy Associated Press.
WA8HI.NUTO.Ni UCU IV.-llir..-
.tiv ir..nrv fiillbusturliiB against
tho War Tax bill forced Its reference
to the Ways and Means committee to
day
sMW
LONDON Oct. 10. Tho Allies have established close contact
with the British navy on tho North Franco coast. It is reported that
British gunboats nro fighting about Dunkirk and West Belgium.
Tho appearance of tho Gorman torpodo .boats off the Dutch coast
is taken to indicato that they are convoyingubmarines for an in-
tended attack on tho British warships on the French coast.
A French official roport says that the Belgians not only repulsed
the Germans in tho northwest corner of Belgium but have advanced
to Roulers Belgium about 20 miles directly south of Ostend.
A French report says that the Germans are heavily canaonadlBg
tho Allies in Belgium without effect.
All dispatches indicato that the Allies have made a decisive
movement on the Belgian border.
In the fighting about Lille the French claim to be adraftcing
continually
PARIS Oct. 19. Unofficial claims made here today are to the
effect that the Allies liavo won tho battle of the Aisne.
Somo French military mon dispute the accuracy of this state-
ment saying that the Germans have probably stopped important
fighting along tho Aisne for good but are still in a possible position
to renew it there.
JAPANESE CRUISER BLOWN UP BY JfflNE.
TOKIO Oct. 10. (Official). A mine in the Kiao Ohow bay
sank the Japanese cruiser Takachicho on the night of Oct. 17 accord-
ing to an announcement made hero today.
It is reported that 347 of the crew were drowned only one pffioe?
and nino men being saved.
Tho cruiser was only a small ono and was twenty-nine years eld.
In carried six-inch guns.
Tho cruiser wss on patrol outside of Tsing Tau. The Japanese
destroyers hearing the explosion and seeing the flames shooting out
from the cruiser rushed to tho rescue but the cruiser quiokly disap-
peared and in tho darkness only twelve men" of the crew were res-
cued. The correct losses aro: 28 officers; 244 men and petty ffkwrs.
FRENCH CRUISER SINKS AUSTRIAN SUBKARDjfl.
OETTINJE MONTENEGRO Oct. 10. A French cruiser today
sank an Austrian submarine in the Adriatic Sea.
Two submarines put out from the Bay of Cattaro to attack the
French fleet which was stealing along the Dalmatian cet. Leek-
outs sighted them and the guns of the French cruiser opened fire e
the leading submarine which was sent ta the bottom. The ether
escaped.
The French then began a bombardment of Cattare. An Anetdan
aeroplane dropped several bombs about the French fleet hnt nee ef
the vessels were hit.
MAN
M
E
LAYER API
BY BRITISH SHIPS
WAS DISGUISED AH HOSl'ITVL
SHU SAYS MEPOttT FKON
LON0 TODAY.
1 Temnerature Highest 78. low-
li la Malar for ma avtirair man to t Mt BS. mean tS. rainfall 0
all In Invo with a V Am all thaja It Ul4
Frankfort
There are a few things sore us-
i . 1 !.. Aav4ak I tot lii m
....I .i... i. m..a tin' riimn from a
or smothered to death. Tho baby was we t do family.
a well developed boy I officers stated that last Friday nlgni
pr Cash In speaking of tho peculiar 'part!e camped on tne eiae oi we ryu
clothes the child bad worn stated tha.t near the well and departed tho fol-
ihev wee seldom seen In any otherowing mornlngi On last Tuejtfay
urt the draw-string sleoves and at-automoblle came from the city ana
tachmeuf to the clothes. The face of weot toward the well and after stop-j
.1.. .LIU I...I . ..nnlllnn Ihll lUm.' i ..... .hurt llllia llirtlBal aTOUnU
ed to iodtcato that It had been choked jnd resumed their Journey toward
jto death The body was placed in a'xbllenc. It was a muddy elsat ana
fcasket aaa tnierrea looaay iiornoB ine jnformant ot uo oaavci. - 2 CZ
In the local cemetery ibo pwibm h9 was surprises uv " i
were taken oaT and are being kept. (out In an auto In the mud. .. I
They were given a cursory examma-i jutiCe of the peace T w
Hon. which showed wnat was oeiievea'etIcted o maae uis report
to oe Hiooa spioicue. ( " aeam ibm sviieruuww --
laundry marka ou them prored futile tody i tho aceae aa wH a in ta
t ... wall 4rfluwt and Indt-1 ji...di.a .una
U. S. TROOPS ARE
LANDED TODAY AT
CAPEHUTEfiKAin
HEBELS OCCUPY THAT Tf AS!
MARlKs mVKW MALI.
TAIX HAMTT
Hy Associated Press-
LONDON. OcU 13. The Central
News Company reporta that the Brit-
ish cruiser Undaunted and two tor-
pedo boat destroers which Saturday
funk four German destroyers in tha
Xortb Boa captured a German mine
yayer boat.
The mine layer waa disguised
hospital boat aaya the report.
You may hare aotleed that whe the
weather is good for ducks it tat e4.
for anything ele. I
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Every time a waa aMeHrs tkM a'
won haa taele4 hWsi Ms aky M
By the Associated Freae.
UAl'B IIAITIKN QftC 1
marine landed here t4y to
the safety trf tka altv. Tha
rebels occupied tka cttr tadar
You ca't lb at 9t
necavae UMy hat say.
A dlplnwit
witiitt aeUallr
It is wrhrt
ism's trust K k
a
Ik
WUe fa the vtjf psj
trwa U In sag. an haSilbMa)
for him to stay the.
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