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lO Cents Week Delivered by Carrier. VOLUME II. NUMBER 102. LAFAYETTE, MONDAY, AUGUST 16. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTSL TWO PLEAD GUILTY IN COURT TODAY MUST TALK PEACE WITH CARRANZA GARRANZA1STS TO TO FOLLOW GARRANZA TEUTONS BREAK THROUGH RUSSIANS HURRICANE AT GALVESTON; WATER GOES JIVER SEA WALL CITIZENS BY THOUSANDS LEAVE IN FEAR OF liTORM AND EVERY TRAIN FOR MAINLAND IS CROWDED TO ITS CAPACITY.

General Ricaut Praises the First Chief as Only Leader Worthy to Follow. international service. i Kussian Knsoners become In tlis-trict court this morning Judge ('ample 11 presid.ng and District Attorney I lelielievue present. John Harry plead guilty to stealing a horse hid- and was sentenced to two months in jail. Jos.

Manager plead guilty to en- r.i I a so. i lie vaiiau.a faerious proDiem. atr-nc aiiiioiim evi utai i.ji- i a. iiiu zistus will be guided solely by the position of arrana in the pear-e i international News Laredo. Texas.

Aug. 11 General Alfredo R.caut. commander of Carranza forces in the Nuevo Laredo district. la-t niclit dispatched to Wash Intcrna'ionay News Service. Galveston, Aug.

16 The West In- dia hurricane blew al! night and in-! dec! ire none ill desert plans Ttv Carranza. Adelma art in house and and a pair of cuff hut-He was eiven two months in tenng steaiin tons, jail. Berlin. Aug. 11 It is officially nouncel that the Germans bmk throiich the Kussians from Narew to the Bug rivers.

The advance of th Thi weather bureau reports the hurricane will spend its greatest force on the coast between Texas and Louisiata. This is reassuring, but citizens here by thousands however, have left today fearing the effects of the storm. Kvery train for the mainland is crowded to capacity. People ington a reply to the I'au-Americ-n appeal to Mexican leaders that the meet on neutralized ground and reconstruct a constitutional government creased here to seventy miles an hour this worning. Water is coming over the sea walls for the lirst time since erected.

The weather bureau gave warning nd th- people are prepared for Eight if GERMANS INVEST RUSS STRONGEST FORTRESS the s-outhem republic, in which TRAP SHOOTING CLASSIC MEETING IN CHICAGO near th coast take to the hotels. presses the that any commu nication dealing with Mexican artuirs hculd be addressed personally to international News Service. Teutons is expected now to be much faster. The Germans are only thirty miles from Brest Livotsk. The in eminent Novogeorgievsk is complete.

There is no chance for the escape of the Russian earrison. Kovno holds ct but the Rusians are we.iken'i'g On account of the number of Russians captured the transportation ot (hem to Germany is a serious Yeiiustiano Carranza. "the supreme FIGHTING CHECKED rnational News Service. ill! authority our cor.ntiy ana tne en! QUIT GULF GAMPS FEARING STORM ON FRENGH I Chicago. August 11 The sixteenth I annual renewal of the traphooting nan whom a soldiT would in every xigency obey." Kicaut'8 reply is lelieved here to forecast the stand other arrana military leaders Petrograd.

Aug. 11 The war office announce that Novogeorgievsk. Russia's strongest fortress at the Junction of the Narew and the is invested by the Germans. The official report says the garison is from forty thousand to eighty thousand. It is believe that, with adequate am munition, the fortress can hold on" tlif Germans many months.

Novogeorgievsk is one of the strongest military works in the world. on tne i'an-American ap- morning the broken over the govern- Up to 3 o'clock this expected gale had not the gulf coast, thorfh Papal Secretary Recaiied from Paris Account of Peace Developments Is Reported. in al. which was delivered to Mexk-an neials in Nuevo Laredo yesterday in tnt reports indicate that it is ex- bv American Consul A. B.

Garrett. BATTLESHIP NEW HAMPSHIRE LOSES 2 MARINES IN STORM nternational News Service. Ricaut. in his reply, says that Car Paris. Aug.

16 Cardinal Gasparri. ranz.i, since the assassination oi pected time before noon. Reports from the sea indicate that the wind's velocity materially decreased 6ince it passed Jamaica Friday. At that time the reports stated classic under the auspices of the Interstate Association nd the Chicago Association of Trap Shooters began here today and will last until August The Grand American Handicap, the feature of the meet, is scheduled for the last day. It is planned to be the biggest and best event of its kind ever held in the Middle West.

Tom Marshall, the only man who ever won the classic twice, and who had a large share in promoting this summer's event, says 400.000 shots will be fired over Lake Michigan during the contest. ikro. has been the only "minister or I'apal Secretary of State, was hur riedly recalled to tre Vatican, ac International News Service. egu'. i-jthority" to fight for constitu cording to the Rome correspondent tional order and he has continued as WILSON WILL UPHOLD of the Faris Journal.

Reports state the only recognized the action was on account of peace All honorable Mexicans, he states. Washington, Aug. 11 The battleship New Hampshire on her way to "Southern waters'' encountered hurricane off the Florida coast. Two marines privates were washed over-toard and drowned. MUNITION EXPORTATION developments, and say the Austrian are convinced Carranza is the only capable leader, and has demonstrated Emperor wrote the Pope compliment ing him fcr his peace move.

It is officially announced that fight his ability to satisfy the "just aspira tions of the people and re-establish constitutional order." ing on the French front is confined to the wind had a velocity of seventy four miles an hour. The reports from government sources last night indicated the wind had a vlocity of fifty-four miles an hour when li1 miles out from the coast. Campers along the gulf coast are fully prepared for the storm, having found shelter on high ground out of reach of the waves that is or. ground higher than the waves have ever been known to reach. Reports from High Island Caplen.

Rollover. Port Bolivar, Sabine and Sabine Pass tell of extraordinarily heavy tide which is breaking on the intermittent cannonading and com bats with grenades and bombs. 0 0 international News Service. Washington, Aug. 16 The Austrian reply shows the administration will oppose any effort to place an embargo on munition exportation.

The Wilson reply is believed to be the first gun in the fight against the expected effort of Bryan to secure an embargo from Congress. ALLIES GRANT 0 0 0 FUNSTON SENDS ENTIRE REGIMENT TO BROWNSVILLE BULGARIAJEMANDS 'nternational News Service. Make Your Own Decision International Ncas Service. Lusanne. Switzerland.

Aug. 16 A Washington Aug. 16-Gen. Funs dispatch from the Bulgarian capital beach. The wind is nothing more than a pleasant breeze, but the sea's ton reports he has sent the entire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MEXICAN BORDER SITUATION WORRIES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 twenty-sixth regiment to Brownsville the seat of the main border trouble to the German Journal says the allies granted Bulgaria's demands tc gain Bulgaria's support in the war disturbance indicates violent atmospheric action farther out.

A dispatch says the note from the allies is kept secret. $750.00 Five Passenger Touring F. O. B. Toledo.

Ohio. Funstcn Charges Marauders are Car-ranzaistas and Acting With Consent of Generals. TURKS ON ASIA MINOR COAST DRIVEN INLAND 1a International News Service. international News Service. Athens, Aug.

16 The allied warships continually bombard the Asia Minor coast. A Mitylene dispatch says the Turkish camps have been dispersed and the population driven nto the interior. Washington. Aug. 16 The Mexican border situation overshadows the American effort for a peace conference.

Despite their denial Carranzaistas officials believe Gen. Funston is correct when he charges that the marauders are members of Carranza armies. He charges that the marauders are acting with the consent of their generals. On account of the apparent determination of the Caranzaistas to oppose a peace conference, America is seeking to secure the support of as many governors as possible. WILL RESIST PLACING 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 We presume that every man in Lafayette is fully capable of DECIDING FOR HIMSELF what would be to his best advantage in regard the kind of Life Insurance Policy he wishes to carry, and it is not our purpose or intent to dictate to him what he SHOULD or SHOULD NOT, do in the matter.

But we do maintain that we can SAVE YOU AT LEAST FIVE YEARS PREMIUMS on a Twenty Pay Life Policy by placing a PRUDENTIAL FIFTEEN PAY LIFE PARTICIPATING POLICY in your possession for a LOWER annual PREMIUM RATE. And we will not only put our proposition in writing, but will GLADLY PLACE ONE OF THE POLICIES IN YOUR HANDS FOR INSPECTION. As we have no other line of business to attend to OUR TIME IS DEVOTED TO INSURANCE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES EXCLUSIVELY, therefore we are in a position to give you FIRST CLASS SERVICE AND INFORMATION about any kind of policy which you may now have or contemplate purchasing. J. S.

GIVENS INSURANCE AGENCY, Insurance In All it's Branches. COTTON AS CONTRABAND International News Service. The biggest value yet produced by the Overland Factory. You will be enthusiastic about this car when you have had an opportunity to see it and ride in It Let us arrange for Demonstration. Call, telephone or write us.

Lafayette Motor Car Ltd. Washington, Aug. 16 The adminis tration is preparing to resist vigor ously the British plan to place cotton on the contraband list The reply to the British note will be ready for th 10 cabinet tomorrow. It is realized that should England place cotton on the AT PLANT MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION AETNA POWDER contraband list the administration will be seriously embarrassed on account of the situation in the South. tl '1 'I il A -A V.

400 AMERICANS IN MEXICO International News Service. Emporium, Aug. 16 Five men were killed in a mysterious explosion at the Aetna Powder Plant near here this morning. The cause was not learned. The plant is maktng munitions war orders.

CITY NEARLY STARVING International News Service. Washington. Aug. 16 The former secretary of the Brazilian minister T. I.

MONTGOMERY, Mgr. Ordinary Dept. to Mexico notified the state depart ent today that four hundred Ameri cans in Mexico City are on the verge 0 0 0 0 MANY MEXICANS KILLED ON BORDER of starvation. Over a hundred want to return to America if means are 0 provided, but the others want to remain and protect their property. 2 0 San Antonio, Texas, Aug 11 Re xkxxoxxxxxxxxxxxx ports reaching army headquarters PRESIDENT WANTS TALK WITH CABINET SEPARATELY here yesterday from points in the Rio Grande Valley Indicate that many I Mexicans have been killed as a recent bandit raids in that section and appy Workmen The Beaten Path That leads to comfort and security is the savings baak account.

Over it you must travel if you would avoid the worries and cares which beset at every turn. The man who has a savings account has no cause for worry, and care flies away. If you want to be care free and lighthearted, open an account today with our bank. THE FIRST NATIONAL BUNK International News Service. Washington, Aug.

16 President Wilson called off the cabinet meeting for tomorrow and announced he wanted a private conference with the different members of the cabinet. declare there is no way of accurately estimating the number. The reports indicate that several hundred have been killed and that Mexican popula tion in all towns feas been greatly di Notice. minished, many Mexicans having left for other parts of Texas and other There will be a regular meeting of the Lafayette Buliding Association on Aug. 18.

at 7 p. m. MONEY TO states. are usually made so by having good tools and mate rials at their hand. Men who handle our Lumber praise it for its uniform excellence and soundness.

We supply most of the builders hereabouts, and they con-tiaue to patronize us til the year round, which should be good proof: that we are giving them satisfaction in quality and in price, too. It is estimated that two thousand have-left the lower Rio Grande sec tion. LOAN. -Members wishing to borrow should attend. FELIX H.

MOUTON, Secretary. Within the last three days, accord mg to reports here a score or more of Mexicans in Brownsville and su rounding country have received no WHERE GOVERNMEN HAS NO AUTHORITY TO INTERFERE tices from leaders of bandit band demanding that they join or contrib ute funds to a movement against Tex MOUTON LUMBER PHONE No. 4 as. International News Service. Washington, Aug.

16 The American government has no authority to interfere with the spreading of pro-German and pro-allies propaganda in this country so long as the matter is not seditious. Established in 1882. CkariM Daballlon, Manager. FOR SALB A good milch cow. Apply to M.

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