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The Yale expositor., 1916-04-20
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MEXICAN Revolt

IL was 800 Carranza soldiers en-
Eaged 100 American cavalry at Parral,
according to a detailed report written
By Mai. Frank Tompkins and for
Narded to General Funston at San
Antonio, Tex, by General Pershing.
Forty of the Mexican soldiers, includ-
ing one major and one civilian, were
killed by the retreating Americans.
sThe American casualties were two
KILLED and six wounded, including Ma
Ljor Tompkins. His wound was slight.
1.-THE U. s. troops were attacked after
ybeing invited into the town by Car
ranza's officers.
There is no confirmation at either
the state or war departments at Wash
ington of reports from the border that
Villa is dead and his body is being
brought to northern Mexico to satisfy
American authorities. The Mexican
embassy has received similar reports
of the death Of Villa but places little
credence in them.
Consul Letcher, at Chihuahua City,
telegraphed General Bell at Ell Paso
the following report OF the Parral
fight: twenty-five unarmed Ameri-
can soldiers entered Parral to buy sup
plies. They were fred upon by Car
rama troops and civilians. Two Amer
scans were killed. They retreated to
camp, outside of Parral. and returned
the fire of the Mexicans. Forty Mex
leans were killed. Machine guns
were used. No figures on wounded"
The Mexican government will In
sist with inflexible determination that
any armed expedition OF the United
States which enters Mexican territory
in the guise of a punitive expedition
must be limited to 1000 men OF one
service alone, cavalry, according to
statement made at Mexico City by
Juan Neftali Amador, subsecretary of
foreign relations.
Following the fight at Parral Mexi-
can mobs held an anti-American DEM
onstration and destroyed millions OF
dollars worth of property. A. j. Nc
Quatters of Boston, president and gen.
eral manager of the Alvarado Mining
and Milling company, received tele-
gram at Ell Paso Tex, from Parral CIV
ing details Of the work of the mob.
Secretary Lansing let II be known
at Washington that he is ready to
treat with the Carranza government
on the subject of Withdrawing the
American forces from Mexico. The
secretary indicated a willingness to
give such assurances to Carranza as
will satisfy the Mexican people that
the expedition will be brought back
across the border within a reasonable
time and just as soon as circum-
stances will permit.
situation of extreme tension in
volving, among other things, the pos
sibility of an armed clash with the de
facto government of Mexico-or the
withdrawal of American troops from
Mexican territory-faces the presi-
dent and the American people. This
situation has been produced by bat
tie which took place at Parral be-
tween an American force and Mexi-
cans and a note, presented by direc-
ton of General Carranza asking the
withdrawal of American troops from
Mexico.
Secretary of War Baker at Wash
ington has telegraphed General Fun
ston TO take all necessary measures
TO protect the American forces in
Mexico and to avert further trouble.
Funston has been given unlimited au-
thority to reinforce the Pershing
expedition and make its operations
effective.
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-20
FIND BODY OF MISSING CHILD
Youngster Was Found In Small Lake
On The chaIIis Farm.

Brighton-The search for three
year-old Ernest Challis, son on Phil
lip Challis, a farmer living near here,
who had been missing since March
30, ended at Saturday noon, when the
body of the youngster was found in
a small lake on the Challis farm. The
discovery was made by Ernest West
hal, a neighbor. The disappearance
of the child, who was last seen todd
ling after the rig that carried his
father to the village blacksmith shop
on March 30, stirred all Livingston
county and was productive of a crop
of sensational rumors. among them
being a story that the hid had been
kidnapped by an itinerant peddler.
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-20

Fearing that he would have to sub.
NIT to a surgical operation, A. j.
Winslow, IS years old, Kalamazoo
capitalist, leaped to his death from a
third story window of Borgess. hos
pital. He was in the hospital pend.
ing a court action.
Twenty horses were burned to death
in an early morning fire at Menominee
which destroyed the Lhote livery,
three residences, and a warehouse.
The Herald-Leader newspaper plant
was partially burned The loss is es-
timated at $4,000.
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-20

A tramp shot and probably fatally
wounded Deputy Sheriff Frank Her
Eog at New Hampton. Ia, and then,
brought to bay by a posse, fought a
revolver battle with the posse and
finally sent a bullet through bis head.
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-20

A mob composed OF a few soldiers
and about 1000 men, women and chill
dren. residents Of Todmorden, Ont, at
tackled the home of Robert Hazelton
OF that village, author of letter to
Senator Choquete casting reflection
on the men enlisting in Toronto.
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-20
Foreign

Sir Edward Grey. Britain's secretary
of foreign affairs, handed Lloyd Girls
com, representing the American pack
ing interests. check in settlement
of the long-pending cases growing
out OF the seizure of American car
goes. The amount OF the check is
said to be $15,00O.00O.
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-20

The Scheldt dixie has broken near
Quatrecht, six miles east of Client,
and large area of southern Holland
and northern Belgium is under water.
The damage is estimated at $1,000 900.
Thus far no loss of life has been re-
ported
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-20

Mrs. Frances Hennessy. wife OF
Capt. Frederick b. Hennessy of the
Third field artillery. and daughter Of
Gen. Robert O'Reilley. late surgeon
general Of the army. committed sui.
eide at Washington by asphyxiation.
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-20
Domestic

DeLloyd Thompson, an aviator, OF
Washington, Pa. scared 5000 feet
over Washington and dropped 300
excelsior-filled bombs on the city. Mr.
Thompson said he made the ascent as
a demonstration to members of con-
gress TO accelerate sentiment in favor
of aerial preparedness.
A contract for 100 nowitzers, at a
cost OF $2,70O0O0. was awarded the
Midvale Steel G. Ordnance company
at Philadelphia by the British govern
ment.
Another life was added to the indi-
rect cost Of the Villa chase when Capt.
II. L. Brown of Oakland, Cal, a men,
Der of the medical corps, stricken
with heart trouble in Mexico ten days
ago. died at the Fort Bliss military
hospital.
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-20

A dispatch from Holland says the
Danish steamer Dorothea has been
blown up by a mine. The crew was
saved.
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-20

Tables prepared in the bureau OF
foreign and domestic commerce at
Washington shows United States ex-
ports to South America valued at $97,-
100000 for the last seven months.
The Yale expositor., 1916-04-20

Secretary of War Baker at Wash
ington has telegraphed General Fun
ston to take all necessary measures
TO protect the American forces in
Mexico and to avert further trouble.
Funston has been given unlimited au-
thority to reinforce the Pershing
expedition and make its operations
effective.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-02

my memory So poor that could mot
remember my husbands namei 20 =
j thought the thing over for about
half an hour while leaning against !
hltchlng post and then / walked on. j
was going back to Dad ] never was
much of a fighter, though 1 was pretty
strong on matrimony. l understood lat
sr that the heirs took possession. of the
mouse ana ate UP everything In the line
OF provisions ad kicked ali the beds to
ipleces and then vanished and the
taradtse Hotel, after standing vacant
tnrsse tsds years, was converted into a
Dad sat in the doorway smoking his
pipe as l reached home,
WHAT'S the matter?' he pfped, as
sat down beside him.
Ny second husband is dead" I re-
pIled. and have come to the old home
10 70 draw 9 long breath before l look
Was he hung. MatildaT".
NO; ne died peacefully in his chair.
II was me that found him dead and
"And did yon go through his pocket,
before you raised an alarm?' asked
ny old man. In very anxious tones.
No, of course not" said.
But he probably had as much as
with him and you let the doctor or
the coroner get their hands on iii Ma :
ttida, you have no business head on Won
You walk on and get married and lose
a husband and you come back home
ior me 70 support and you don't bring
idiotr
Don't grieve. daddy said 81
.Nen't be here long and see Won have
got few turnips out in the field yon-
DER You shant have to complain OF
The Washington herald., 1916-01-02
ARIZONA KICKLETS
Giueadan, Gulch Is Cold, Bat LiueIy.

Hymn Book and we never deviate from
our schedule rates
There are several establishments IN
columns. We want them % come In. We
oon't say that we shall look up their
respective records and communicate
s2eS don't 1ssf Ssf s. ss fss thss Rss .sSss sssss
Ing viii pay them a profit and that
they won't feel half as nervous when
the stage comes In with > stranger
tective business.
Our contemporary down the street
managed 70 work on ffteen copies on
the unsuspecting public before his
oubb1e- HIS news was about us, Of
course, and, as usual he turned him
self inside out in his anxiety 70 hold
US up 20 public ridicule and contempt
What he made such an ado about was
IN reality only tribe and we will
give the facts as they occurred:
We have contracted the habit Of
splitting on mans boots when stand
ing and conyersing with him II may
ets i no occasion sSt toI PsSPs sRs hsSs sS5
feelinGh a. we do IL unconsciousiy
and are always willing to apologize.
We were % taking with the Major the
hce and naturally enough spst on his
boots. he didn't stop 70 ask what we
meant By such conduct, but hit us on the
down. We SCREWED up TO pull our gun
on him, but mutual friends interfered
and satisfactory explanations were
made. We afterward drank whisky
with His Honor, and he subscribed
two copies OF the Kicker 20 be sent
90 friends in the East II was simply
likely 70 occnr Between two SeStIs. Ses
men az any moment but. Of course.
the old hyena down the street thought
he had a good thing and wanted 70
m = "a NJ
Several weeks ago seven citizens of
Grass Valley dubbed together and
paid an Eastern agency $50 a piece
to send on seven women IN search Of
husbands The women arrived the
other day. The youngest of the lot
had a cataract on her left eye and
took one brief glance and then boitsd
sSipped to HIi DenvsT enc next a1s dsS. Smsh were
Colonel John Roberts stopped HIS
paper last week because there were
only fourteen murder items in IL, and
his usual dose is twenty-one. We had
to overhaul 900 exchanges TO find as
many as we did. and we rather feel
got a regular mania for murder items.
and II anybody has 500 Of them in a
scrap book the Colonel will pay at
least $50 for the outfit and read every
one OF them over ive times.
The Mayor OF Rocky Hill was In
town yesterday TO invite us to de-
liver an address on Columbus in his
town next week. We felt Obliged 70
decline with thanks A year ago we
delivered an address on washington
over there and the audience got him
mixed up with Napoleon. Shakespeare
and Lord Byron and pelted US with
missiles Of various sorts. we've got a
jim-dandy address on Columbus, but
it's not for Rocky Hill. They'd be all
right over there for the first ten min
utes, and then they'd mix the great
discoverer up with poets and pirates
The Washington herald., 1916-01-02

mutton. He likewise smscked his lips
over his Mocho and Java coffee and his
potatoes are always mashed TO his liz
butcher shop herself that day and she
asked for the cheapest and poorest roast
OF beef the butcher had in stock.
There is to be a change, chr smiled
Yes" replied Mrs. Bowser. Mr.. Bow
ser. says l am too extravagant."
He won't say so after eating this
roast" was the remark of the butcher.
as she went out.
Returning home, she said TO the cook:
MARY, l want you to empty the coffee
grounds out on dish and put them In
the coffee for dinner use the old
Lord, ma'anr' exclaimed the aston
ished cook, do you want to kill Of
mo, Mary, just want him to see that
! am not an eXtraVagant wife. You can
also boil the potatoes with their jackets
on and not peel or mash them. For sauce
we will have stewed prunes. Mr.. Bovser,
as you know, loves lemon pie. Lemon
pies are very extravagant You might
therefore make one OF cocoanut. be-
lieve we have part of an old cocoanut in
II won't make any difference. II Is only
economy to use up old cocoanuts. That
Is all. Mary, we will have for dinner to-
night. Oh, yes-you may put on some OF
Print butter is too extravagant for these
hard times"
When Br. Bowser entered the hall at
six o'clock in the evening, II had been
dark for an hour. He found the hall al
most as dark as the outside of the house.
The flame OF the gas jet was turned
down until It was no larger than a buck
shot and after winking and blinking for
a spell he called out:
Mrs. Bowser. are you here?"
Yes" came her answer.
Then why in thunder and blazes dom I
you have this hall lighted as II should
be!
She came forward and without turn
ing UP the light, she said
''I knew could save three cents worth
OF gas by keeping 1t low down between
fiye and six. Three cents is three cents
these hard times and we are going to
save It."
Mr.. Bowser reached up and turned on a
The Washington herald., 1916-01-02

fore he returned It to the dish. . He did
not fancy that kind. The bread was
stale and the butter was floury and one
mouthful satisfied him. He swallowed q
over IT that Mrs. Bowser almost laugh
ed aloud The cocoAnut pie remained to
be tasted and It fairly lifted Mr.. Bowser
out of his chair. He had a part to play,
however. and he remained at the table
until Mrs. Bowser had finished. Several
times during the meal she spoke of the
tender roast and fragrant coffee, and
how they had saved at least two dollars
on that dinner and had a plenty that was
good and palatable. She likewise thank
ed Mr. Bowser that he had put her in
the way OF practicing economy.
When they had reached the sitting
room she struck a match and lighted one
gas jet and explained:
you always wa-t plenty OF light here
but We must be careful to keep the gas
bills down. We will therefore DO here
after with one Jet ! have been talking
with Mary this afternoon and she says as
long as we are hard up for money she
viii work for two dollars a week 1ess
than before. She has thrown several
pals OF water into the coal-btn TO make
the coal burn longer, and that Is why
the room is 50 chilly. l am going to try
and save half ton OF coal next week.
Did you bring home box of fve-cent
cigars, Mr.. Bowser? / want to tell you
than I saw a junk man this afternoon
and he said he would give me twenty
five cents a pair for your old shoes. He
Is coming for them tomorrow
Mr. Bowser did the only thing that a
man could do under the circumstances
and keep his self-respect. He found his
way through the semi-darkness to the
hall and the hatrack and went softly out
into the night. He walked up to tire
corner and leaned against a wall. He
wanted to mediate and think on the
subjects of economy and extravaganza.
While he was thinking, it began TO snow
likewise, two tramps came along and
each side OF him, and when each one
put a hand on his shoulder they said in
chorus:
."Old man, how do you like It as far
as you have goner'
And Mr.. Bowser moved of without an
swering them. He was wondering wheth
er Mrs. Bowser's economy would go be-
yond hashing uo that old roast for break
fast. y
The Washington herald., 1916-01-02
BOWSER'S ECONOMY
He SETS orr fo Reduce >EnusehoId E,noncos

Something allied Mr.. Bowser when he
came home the other evening.
Three Jor four times week when Mr..
Bowser comes home from the office he
has crouch against the world and
shows 1t In his face. AS soon as Mrs
Bowser discovers it. she sets out to talk
him out OF 1t and generally succeeds. She
saw the crouch this time and did her
very best at the dinner table to dispeli
it, but he hung to it like q dog to a root
and was looking more solemn when the
meal was finished than before II begun.
! Mrs. Bowser sat down to book when
| they went upstairs. Mr.. Bowser sat down
ms and Sy hs threw
Mrs. Boweer. are you very busy this
EVENING""
why, not unusually So" she said.
Then I hope you can spare me ten or
| fifteen minutes"
IAN hour, II you please. my dear. What
y9S wssh' wsissd ike atsee sSSee times ana
half across the room. He looked at the
clock. He looked at the cat. He looked
up at the ceiling as II he expected to
him to make start. but he finally said:
Mrs, Bowser. there must be a change
| in the way you have been running this
house. l have let You go on Tor years
Il
said nothing The time has come when
| must speak. I hope there will be no
hard feelings about Il and that we shall
well. what change do you wish
made?" she asked.
| "A change from extravagance to econ
omy'n he answered; % we nm must i've en-, cheap Is,
| here and there 10 meet them. Everybody
/ talk with is economizing. Let US do
| likewise. We had better have the money
4 T.. II WNa4k@ Nf
with the grocer and the butcher"
What evidence have you seen of my
extravagance?'' quietly asked Mrs. Bow
| ser.
| ABOUT a thousand evidences, but /
| will not name them. Sufficed to say that
| the bills have been growing larger and
larger and there will shortly come e time,
| unless a change is made, when my IN
come will not meet them"
| Perhaps l have been extravagant, Mr..
! BOwser, and so have you, but We will
both call halt from this time on. You
buy ten-cent cigars by the box. You are,
Of course willing to replace them with
| hve-centers." -
"HumI HUM said Mr.. Bowser as he
And you buy 81 neckties when one for
half a dollar would do as we'll"
| Hum! HUM
And you have four pair of shoes lay
\ ing around upstairs when you can wear
| only one pair at a time"
| WELL" said Mr.. Bowser, as he hitched
around in his chair uneasily. Il will try
| the new way with you. As smoke very
/ few cigars, II doesn't make very much
difference lust what brand they are. Per-
haps have been too particular about my
| shoes You win find me ready TO meet
| you half way in this matter. I am go
| ing to the Economist Club this evening
and hope you VIII think it over and will
| be ready to make a change tomorrow. l
| thank you for your prompt agreement
| with me and that found you so ready
The Washington herald., 1916-01-02

MY Dear Mr.. President: Jerico was
seething all night long last night,
and think IL my duty as loyal Of
the particulars as soon as possible.
For the last Eve days the patriots
of Jertco have been on the ragged
that England. France, Russia. or Ger
many had declared war against US,
and that every able bodied man would
be needed to defend the country The
ping high and bubbltng over, and tell
ing how anxious they were TO ole on
the field Of glory.
'' Pan Pinkham.' said old Deacon
Harris, as he came into the pastofnce,
i am eighty-seyen years old, but not
too old TO die for Jerico and the proud
you. we must all be ready. It will
be a hard struggle, but We shall con-
quer In the end. Pap, what branch Of
the service do you think ought to
In the artillery I said.
But why7 he asked.
down By the Thousands. whereas you
can't kin dozen men day with bull
%He waved his hat and howIed for
the stars and stripes. Half score
OF other men came in and talked like
that, and IL I hadn't a good job as
postmaster I should have absorbed
Some OF L0elr eNCltemenl- As II was
Mr.. President. / was very cool I am
always cool in an emergency. and for
that reason / think that my salary
ought to be raised should the post
rush IN and rescue the last mail bag
II IL burned on my sye-winkers.
Yesterday afternoon, while the pa
triots were still boasttng and brag-
ging, Joel Goodheart received a tele-
gram from the Fulton fish market IN
New York, which gave the news that
the bluensh had ceased to run, and that
the Mexicans' had invaded Texas with
forty thousand men and asking him
to call a public meeting and see how
many recruits could be raised in Jer-
and in two hours had the yellow
posters out and posted on the walls.
1t was beauty OF poster. 1t called
upon all true Americans to give up
their lives in defense of American soil.
II spoke Of the glory Of dying on the
neld OF battle, and II said that an
those who did die would be remember
ed with the heroes OF Bunker Hill
u found myself sweating my collar
I wrote the last lines of the poster,
but I did not boil over. realized
the meeting called for the evening
they would expect an address from
me, and man with an address on
hand must not get too excited until
There was a crowd around every
poster for hours, and some Of them
had weapons in their hands and q
pockets All the talk was about dying
for Texas, although some OF the men
present had bought Texas oil stock
and were living on turnips instead OF
fire engine was brought out and drawn
around the square. 1t was a noble
sight and Il did much toward fflling
Liberty Hall when eight o'clock ar
rived The patriots entered with
shouts, but I was detained at the post
office for half an hour and the open
ing OF the meeting had to wait. II
was during this half hour that the
crowd had time to think, and to grow
cool over the situation.
Il had prepared an address that
would make a one-legged man start
of for Texas as soon as the last word
was delivered. 1t was a rouser. II
was fervid In the extreme. 1t spoke
Of Bunker Hill and Lexington in words
of fire. Mrs. Pinkham went to buckle
on a sword. woman that she is. when
The Washington herald., 1916-01-02

moment" said the sheriff, and then the
woman held the child up TO be kissed
and sftervard her own face. There were
no tears or lamentations
'Waal, Indy, goodby,' said the hus-
band.
Goodby, Jim' she replied. Pears
70 be hears O. fussin' bout yo'r KILN
that peSky critter, but reckon you'll
hev to abide
With that she turned away and left
him, and he picked up his greasy. old
cards and began TO play a lone game
She didn't ask about the scsffold. prob
ably having forgotten Il, and I was
glad enough when she passed through
the gate, saying as she went:
Much obleeged sheriff; got a long
way TO go, and reckon III tote myself
right along"
The Washington herald., 1916-01-02
BRLXS, WIDOW
She Tries Marriage for Third Time.

Well, my second husband was dead
and ] did not weep much. There was
a heap OF dishes to wash and a heap
of other work to be done and left the
tears to some other time
II was understood that my late la
mentcd had not a relative in the world
hut had been a poor down-trodden orr
phan. II he thought so himself he had
made a big mistake. There being no
heirs, as was asserted, l was advised
ss his widow to go ahead and run the
hotel on my own hook I had run IL
only A week when three wagon loads
or strangers drove up. They ranged
from an old man OF ninety with not
tooth left, to a sucking babe six months
old.
I stosd in the door of the Paradise
to welcome them thinking they had
come As summer boarders. soon dis
man with aisTife and FIVE children came
forward and asked
Is the old man Granger dead"
He Is. and buried" I answered
Did he leave a wife,? he continued,
He did and am the sorrowing re-
Then you skip"
= But for why7"
Because this crowd are his legal
heirs and we don't want you around.
IF you skip now we won't have to throw
YOU out. But IL you act ugly about 1t
you will get the bounce"
/ went 70 see lawyer about II. He
but. as there were tweny-eight other
claimants and all were in q fighting
mood. had better take a walk II
went 10 law about u II would probably
he thirty years before my claim was
adjusted. would then be so old and