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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-06-02
Walk. Trot and Gallon.

As the long hours Wore toward
a little late. he hit up the pace. Walk
and trot. gallup: walk. trot. gallop: the
column moved. but now 1t was mostly
lrot and gallop. \ man had to be
leather legged and have a spinal col
umn of tempered steel to stand that
ride-a long ride, hard ride-a typical
American cavalry ride.
Their was 4 brief halt here and
there to breathe the horses and tight
en- the cincheS, and then at the end of
more than fifty miles of the distance
and seventeen hours of riding the town
of san Geronimo showed faint and far
away through the clearing mist, and
tn" rifles were lifted from the rings at
the cavalrymen'S belts.
The NilliStaS fought what might he
described as Il rear guard action in
their flight. After about five miles the
main body began splitting up into
small netarhmpntS and lodging off to
the four winds. Suddenly every Next
can seemed to cvaporatr from The land
srape. They had all hnrkcl into the
hills. every man for himself and the
devil take the hindmoSl.
Erwin began closin" up and taking
stock. The fight was ovrr for the time
being. There was nothing left to be
done but t" pick up the wounded and
The dead. who lay SpraWled on the
ground. IS the long ncckel. long beak-
cd vultureS began wheeling like small
SpeckS in the sky far above.
With the campaigning of at least
Two weeks under their belts, there is
no cavalry in all the world that can
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-06-02

& Baseball Gossip s
By "SCORE KEEPER" rs


ball experts figured he had a splendid
rlanr" to beat ont Ty cobb in the bag
p~url"inlng lire. He started off well.
but fell ny the Wayside toward July.
T1llS year he expects to pilfer at
least Il hundred or more sacks. Milan
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-06-02
Boston Red Sox Confident.

Notwithstanding the loss of iris
Speaker. who is with the Cleveland
club. President j. j. L.annin of the
Boston Red Sox expresses confidence
that his club will capture the .Ameri-
can league flag.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-06-02
Outfielder Jackson Invests His Money

Joe Jackson. the heavy hitting onl-
fielder of the White Sox. has purchased
q home in Savannah. ia. He paid
$1,000 for the house and turned it over
to his mother until he returns from the
l3lt world series in the fall.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-06-02
Milan Out After 100 Sacks.

Clyde Mifan. the Nationals star out
fielder. is out to show the American
league base %stealers the way to pilfer
the bags this season. Clyde states
that he is speedier this spring than he
has been since 1912. Last season base
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-06-02
Grant Takes Uo Law.

Eddie Grants retirement from base
ball to take up the practice of law
marks the passing of one of the real
highbroWs of the game. Grant. Il grad
uate OF Harvard. probably is one of
the most thoroughly educated men who
ever played professional ball.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-06-02

Photo by American Press Association
Examining Bread For Troops.
equal these S~unhrownrl. hardened mon
ana horses of the American army.
They oltrudc Francisco Villa, one of
the hardest riding. fa>tesl moving
troop leaders that war has ever pro
ducrd. His horses We're supposed to he
the pick OF the country through which
he has fled and all Injured To climatic
conditions Whereabouts.
Cold Does Not Chill Spirit.
II has been bitter cold along the
ttSaS GranIcS and the Santa Marin
valleys. through which The American
troops are "amped or are moving. 1t is
bitter cold in the hills where the horsa
soldiers are riding. The cold spell he-
gan with a rain. which turned into
slcet. and lollnwin" the sleet came y
species Of snow, only it WAS colder
than most SHOWS.
The men in camp passed most of
their time in their dog tents, while
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-06-02
Wolter to Coach Stanford.

Harry Wolter. for years an outfieldcr
OF the New York Americans. has been
engaged to coach the baseball players
OF Stanford university.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-06-02
Rush For the Horses.

There vas 4 chorus of Slrill. excited
cries. a sudden tossing aside of thin.
NANCY blankets and serapeS as dark
forms sprang from the ground. There
was q scurry of feet. a rrcak of leatll-
fr. and Immediately the one street of
San Geronimo was TILED With evil
lookinG dark skinned men, dragging
amaciated horses after them and re-
peating:
The grlngnS are coming"
They We're the men of ranrho Vii
las nondescript command. Dirty and
tired. and hungry. and with the glare
nf hunted animals in their eyes. they
had punched their weary horses into
the town the night before and had
fairly fallen from their saddles 10
snatch a few Winks of sleep.
by the light of the sun and the GLOW
nj the moon and stars they had been
riding and fighting across over 300
miles of territory. huS1ling for the
sanctuary of the hills far beyond. al
ways with the knowledge that behind
them-fast oncoming rode a relentless
toe.
The gringOS We're coming indeed.
Dawn was streaking the hillsilcs as
Villas men finished strapping their
wide pommeled saddles to the sore
backs of their horses and examining
the cruel bits into the mouths VI the
tired animals.
Troops Emerge From Mist.
There came the noise Of heavy hoofs
heating upon the road. The peaked
service hat of an American cavalry
man lifted out of the vaporiSh mist.
Then another. Then another. Then
still another. Finally there came Il
muttlcd pop. as if some distant auto
mobile had blown out a ear tire. only
It was followed by the mover 10 be mis-
taken and never to be forgotten whine
of a steel jackc1ed bullet. CRYING along
the breeze.
The gringoes had arrived.
Villas men-the last of the golden
ones the ragtag volunteers and the
scared conScriptS-all that motley
crew that has been following the chief
tain across chihuahua made a mad
rush for their saddles. In another mo
ment they were flying ont Of San
Geronimo. but lcEind them. moving
closer and closer every minute. came
those bobbing peaked hats atop the
long Striding horses of the American
cavalry. and cver the momrnful wall Of
the gringo Springfield sang in their
ears.
Sixty dead MeXicanS We're gathered
M by those who went over the five
mile course of the running battle out
Of San Geronimo.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-06-02

I Four Americans. troopers of L.ieuten
ant Colonel Erwin'S squadron of the
famous Seventh cavalry. constitute the
total casualty list of the fight with
| Villas forces.
Led by Lieutenant Colonel Erwin
1t was Lieutenant Colonel Erwin
who led the column into San Geroni-
mo. His detachment was one of the
three columns under Colonel Dolh.
An hour or so earlier and Erwin
would have surprised the MeNiranS
asleep OH the ground in San Geronimo.
He had planned to hit the town about
4 o'clock i'm the morning. He was
s%natchiny Il leaf from Villas own book
of night attack. Instead he got there
about 6 O'Clock. His plans had mis-
carried To some extent. due to no fault
OF his OWN. In the meantime that Mex
lean meSSenger-a sympathizer with
Nilla-had managed to get to the vii
la@e with a warning.
With practically no provision for his
men and mighty little for his mounts.
Erwin swung tile noses of his horses
in the direction of San Geronimo. He
rode all that day. He rode all that
night.
Walk. trot. gallop. walk. tlot. gal
lop. their saddle bags bounding up
and down. their rifles slanted along
The backs of their ncckS and their sa-
ber> clat1ered agains, the stirrups-
all day. all night the men of the Sev-
enth rode.
The sun Went down. the stars came
out ana still they pounded along the
trail. \ cold wind swept down from
the molntainS-forerunner of the rain
and the slcct and finally the snow
through which most of the columns OF
the punitive expedition are moving.
Occasionally Il Suhdueu muttering
passed along the files as the me com
nented on their probable destination.
but mainly they talked little. They
knew they We're going somewhere and
We're glad of it -tlat's all.
liud,lled down in their saddles. their
heads bowed to the cold blasts. they
r"dr StlrruN I" Stirrup and boot 10
boot. The Wise old cavalry horses
footed it along with their mnZzleS al
most to their Knees. nuSiny The dark
roadway.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-06-02
O II Works.

u d"n'l see why mothers can't ecc
IN" faults in their chilurcn,' said Mrs
Smith to Mrs. Jones.
I'D" You think you CAM asked Mrs
Jones.
"Why. | would in Il minute if nv
children had any" - Ladies' Hume
Journal.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-06-02
Pancho Villa and His Wife.

he clattcrpl into the town and lifted
his poor horse back upon his launches
at a sleepy hail:
"Halto. Quien vive:"
1.-THE Srfngos are coming" was his
answering we'll.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-06-02

Clyde Milan, Washineton's Star Out.
fielder.
is considered one of the greatest field
ing center gardeners in the game today
as we'll rs one of the Slrrdiest. While
he has not been claSSpd us n heavy
stick artist. he is :; timely hitter.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-06-02
tremendous Obstacles Had to Be
of a
Battle With Villas Bandits
Which Proved That United
States Cavalry Is Unexcel|ed.

people realized the hard
ships that an army invading
Mexico must face. The Very
- nature of the country. with it's
The Washington herald., 1916-02-15
Tramps 80 Miles
Through Blizzard
Youth ColIapses at Station
House After Long Hike
from Home in Virginia.

A thirty mile tramp in two days through
blizzard and cold. practically a whole
night spent aCoot to neep from freezing
to death. and with hut one meal during
the entire time-such was the story six
teen-year-old Rotert Burns told last night
when he appealed TO the Seventh police
station for food ard shelter The youth
collapsed before the rail at the station
house.
Burns LETT his home in Hillsboro, Va,
above Great Falls, Sunday morning. He
was fearful of a certain conflict with a
neighbor, he said, and then he wanted
TO see the world. anyway. With but a
scanty lunch in his pocket, he started
out, though il was Geld and a storm was
Threatening. He had no money.
The storm. almost with the characteris-
tics of blizzard. overlook him in the
afternoon lie finished his tramp into
Washington through snow oftentimes a
foot deep.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-15
FEMALE ARMY
FOR ENGLAND
100000 Women to Be Re-
cruited for Duty in Fields
of Country.
WILL BE GIVEN UNIFORMS
TO WEAR AT THEIR WORK
Each Volunteer Also Will Receive an
Armlet-250,0OO Men Taken
Away from Farms.
special Cable to The Washington Herald.

Special Gable to The Washington Herald.
London, Feb. 1.-THE Daily News
announces that the government has
decided to organize a recruiting cam
paign for women to till the soil.
1t is proposed to issue an armlet
to women willing to undertake farm
work and that they will be entitled to
wear special uniform.
Every village will be canvassed by
woman's committees and all who vol
unteer will be registered and given
an armlet and uniform, which con-
sists of coat, skirt. stout boots and
gaiters. These are to be issued at a
low price.
Already 250.0OO men have been with
drawn from the field of agriculture.
and It is anticipated that a further
100000 will be lost to this occupation.
Practically only the shepherds,
ploughmen and others who are indis-
pensable will remain.
1t is essential that an army of at
least 100000 women be molilized.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-15
WILL HOLD ROOMMATE
Police to Charge Allegrinii
with Conspiracy to Com
NIT Murder.
REGICIDE'S WIDOW SOUGHT
Arrest Of Mrs. Sophie Bresci, Close
Friend of Would-Be Slayer of
Banqueters, Ordered.

Chicoga. Feb. H--Capt. Nicholas Hunt.
of the detective bureau. announced to-
night taht John Anegrini. would be
booked on a charge Of conspiracy to
commit murder. Letters connecting Al
legrini with Jean Crones, wanted by the
police as tho man who attempted to
poison Archbishop MundeIein and 900
guests at the University Club. and with
other anarchists caused the detective
chief to make this statement:
We have evidence which will make
the 'harge we intend to prefer hold water
in court" said Capt. Hunt "Anegrfni
was a close friend of Crones, who We
believe put the arsenic in the banquet
soup and he has been Identified as the
man who held long conference with
Croncs in his rooms the Sunday even
ing before the banquet He is an
anarchist by his own admissions, and
the letters found show hfs activity in
anti-gOvernmen agitation"
The International aspect of Crones' ac-
tiVity. and his close companionship with
Allegrini was strengthened during the
day by the revelation that Crones was a
close friend of Mrs. Sophie Bresci, widow
of Gaetano Bresci. who killed King Hum
bert of Italy. The st. Paul police have
been notified to arrest Mrs. Bresci and
keep sharp lookout for Crones
Antonio Forte, with whom Allegrin,
roomed. is sought by the police Forte
the police say, ostensibly is a travelling
salesman, and yet in his possess ion are
more than 200 letters which seem to
be reports of anarchist organization
efforts all over the country.
1t was learned today that the Grebal
instrument Company, of Carbondale
Fa.. mailed 4SO grains of arsenic, the
amount used in the soup.
Federal investigation of the Crones
case is to be started tomorrow by Gen.
Z. James Stuart, chief postoffice in
spectOr in Chicago.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-15
GERMAN OFFENSIVE OVER
SAYS BARON Won BUSCH
Will Remain on Defensive on All
Fronts, Declares Teuton Min
lister at Bucharest
=, r-r- -

SPECIAL Gable to The Washington Herald
Bucharest, Feb. H.-Bsron Won Busch.
the German Minister here. replying TO a
question IS 70 why Germany delays her
attack on SalonikL made the following
statement during a private conversation.
We shall do nothing more We con-
slider tina We have enough territory and
shall remain on the defensive on ell
fronts, awaiting the attacks Of the allies.
Notwithstanding this, there is positive
Information that the Germans are pre-
raring for a violent offensive against
Eiefr
The rumor is current that Field Mar
hal Won Mackensen, the noted German
Ieader, has declined all responsibility for
the results if the attack on Saloniki is
delayed.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-15
Girls Wireless
Lands a Husband
Miss Whitehouse Changes
Her Mind and Calls Jilt-
ed Swain Back.
s,.ri,l tn rh. w,.hington Hrr.la.

syccial to The Washington Herald.
New York. Feb. lL-Miss Mildred :.
Wair-h. usc came all the way from
Round Hill, Conn, to the st eamship office
OF the United Fruit Comrany and asked
If there was any way by which she could
send a message to one near and dear to
her who was aboard the Tenadores
When tod she could, Miss Whitehouse
wrote out the following wireless:
TO Howard Whitcomb-I have changed
my mind. This is leap year. Will you
have me? Wireless Immediately"
Shortly after O'Clock, Miss White
house made another trip to the office.
There waited the following wireless re-
ply:
To Miss Mildred :. whitehouse-A
great valentine. Will return by next
boat. Howard WhitcOmb."
Il guess that fixes things up" said
Miss whitehouse as she left the office.
According to the passenger list, Mr.
Whitcomb is a New York publisher.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-15
St. Cyr Well
Hid, if Here
Not Located in the Capital
Though Reported Head
ed This Way.

Although dispatches from Philadelphia
yesterday stated that Jean Harold Ed
ward st. Cyr, the young millionaire
whose Identity has caused much discus
sion during the last two weeks, had left
hurriedly for Washington with Robert
Won Schwem and an unknown man, the
party could not be located here last
night.
According to the reports, they left
Philadelphia at 1874 yesterday morning,
ieaving his wife, the widow of James
Henry c'Si'ent") Smith, at the Belle
vue-Stratford Hotel. The object of the
hurried departure is unknown. st. Cyr
was accused of being Jack Thompson,
a former newsboy of Texas. but he
stoutly maintains that he is French
nobleman.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-15
Senators Would Have District
Decide Triennially on Pro-
hibition Question.
UNDERWOOD WILL STEER
PROJECT THROUGH SENATE
Dry" Forces Will Seek to Make Bal
lot Here Disqualify Voter
Elsewhere.
BY JOSEPH +. AMIN.

law requiring a triennial referen-
dunn on the question of prohibition in
the District, or whenever 45 per cent
endum shall ask for it, virtually has
been determined upon by Senators,
who will propose submitting the
Sheppard bill to the people of the
District.
The form of the referendum is that
which obtained in Alabama before
Statewide prohibition was adopted
The measure will be prepared in large
part by Senator Underwood
In the event that the referendum
provision passes the Senate. the pro-
hibition forces will fight to incorpor-
ate in the measure a stipulation that
voter on the referendum shall be
disqualified from voting elsewhere.
Underwood Not Interested.
Senator Underwood said yesterday
that he was not particularly interested
in that phase of the question.
Both Senators Dillingham; and Suth-
erland declared that the question was
altogether one for the Senate to de-
termine through the wording of the
act
The District is a government reser-
walton over which Congress exercises
exclusive control because at present
1t does not organize it into self
governing community" declared SEN
ator Dillingham;, ranking Republican n
member of the District Committee.
If Congress chooses, iE considering
a proposed piece of legislation for the
District, to consult .he people of the
District, Congress has a perfect right
to do so and to specify what people
she wishes to consult"
"Constitution Not Affected"
The constitution IL in no way af-
fected." said Senator Sutherland, rank
ing Republican on the Judiciary Com
mittee. 1T is purely a matter of
legislation for Congress to settle. The
referendum could have no binding
force, that is, action on the prohibi-
tion bill could not be contingent upon
the result of the referendum"
The Washington herald., 1916-02-15
Germany Declared to Have
Perfected Practical Sub
marine Monitor.
WILL CONDUCT CAMPAIGN
AGAINST MERCHANT SHIPS
Naval Expert Asks What u. S. Viii
Do When New Dreadnoughts
Sink Vessels.
By ARCHIBALD HURD.

Naval expert q the London Daily TeleGraPL
sT,ssI C-bI. TO TIE washtDroa Hersld-
London. Feb. I4-Among the new
described as submarine monitors
They already have been at sea and
are fairly big vessels.
Above a more or less circular hull
is long battery ed by armOr.
which can b. II \ ,,'sht In
the cent is R0rer's tower.
Within tie .ttery are
mounted guns, whose caliber is un-
known. but which are certainly pow
erful weapons.
Such vessels. which are no doubt
much swifter than the vessels hith-
erto employed. will prove formidable,
The submarine monitor can approach
its unsuspecting prey. and can bring
its armored battery just above the
water. leaving the hull submerged
In this awash condition she may be
immune from the light artillery OF a
merchant ship. the submarines guns
being behind steel walls Should a
British man-of-war appear it would
be easy to close the battery and dip
baneath the surface.
Such vessels. ! imagine will be used
in the new campaign.
What will the neutrals. and particu-
larIy the United States. say 10 the
claim that these ships can he sent out
to sink any liner or cargo boat which
has a gun as a means OF defense
against the new piracy?
The Washington herald., 1916-02-15
Wilson Fears Me
And Kaiser IT. R.

The last word from Oyster
Bay was brought to Washington
yesterday by Sam R. Sells, of
tennessee, a Republican mem-
Der of the House of Representa-
tives. He called on Col. Roose-
welt shortly before the latter's
departure for Bermuda and the
Colonel said:
Il am not for any particular
Republican candidate for the
Presidency. but | am against the
reelection of Woodrow Wilson.
He has deadened the conscience
of the American people by his
foreign policy. There are only
two things he is afraid of. |
am one and the Kaiser is the
other"
The Washington herald., 1916-02-15

Airship Reported Over
Big Munitions Plant

New York. Feb. l4.-Reports
from PbilIipsburg. N. J.. said
that an airship, equipped with
a powerful searchight, circled
over that city tonight. 1t is said
to have hovered for some time
over the plant of the IngersoIl-
Rand Company. where war sup
plies are being manufactured.
1t was first sighted coming
from the direction of High
bridge. After flying over the
plant of the Edison Cement
Company at New Village, it is
said to have disappeared in the
direction of Bethlehem, Pa.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-15
ENGLAND TO PROTEST.
VIII Not submit to Disarming Ner-
chant Vessels.

London. Feb. lA-England will reject
proposals made by the United States
that merchant vessels be disarmed In
taking this action Great Britain will have
the backing of all the entente powers.
This has been determined by informal
preliminary conferences held by Sir Ed
ward Grey with representatives OF the
allies in London and formal affirmation
of the decision will be made at a great
war oouncn to be held in Paris in the
near future.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-15
DISTRICT SENDS $4,000.
Jewish Relief Fund Hcadquarters
Gets Big Checks

New York. Feb. IA check for s25.-
.o0o representing contributions from Jewish
residents Of Cincinnati. Ohio. was rcceiv-
cd today by the American Jewish Relief
Comittco The fund now totals S27SS. 81.
Other large contributions received were:
Washington Committee. $4,000. Norfolk
Committee Sl1.C0o Elmira Committee,
s.. nm: Pittsfcld Committee, ss5i: Altoona
Committee 5000: Jacksonville Commit
tee. $3.50; Atlanta Committee, $1,000. and
Wichita Ccamittee, S2,O17.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-15
Allan Liner Safe

Liverpool, Feb. 1.-THE Allan Liner
Gretians, from St Johns, NewfoundIs nd.
With a valuable cargo, arrived here to-
day. She was fifteen days overdue, and
it had been feared that she was Iost
Engine trouble in mid-Atlsntic was the
had leaped to S guineas per cent