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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-23

a charge in wrong, for the gun JAM
med. The second machine gun work
ed properly.
MIR. Castleman, who was in the
Philippines and participated in many
battles, said he had been in many
tight places, but that this was the
worst of all. The Mexicans outunum-
bered us six to one at least, and l
don't see how we won, except that the
Mexicans are towards and because of
their bad aim. The Mexicans all shoot
high. All Of the marks on my house.
and it is full of bullets and bullet holes
are high. Our men all hit below the
belt, as we could see from the dead
Mexicans in the street.
Saw Men Shot Down.
''The battle ragged right in front of
our gate. Six Mexicans were killed
there. I think Mr.. Castleman got
twelve or more.
"Only sixty-f1ve men, by actual count,
followed the bandits into Mexico. There
were 500 or more Villistas. I went out
into the streets shortly after 7:3O
O'Clock. The horrible things Mexicans
had done and the more horrible things
they had tried to do had changed me-
saw Mexicans dead and Mexicans
suffering and was unaffected.
"Mrs. Slocum, the coloneps wife, who
is one Of the gentlest, sweetest women
In the world, said, I don't understand
it, but haven't any feeling over see
ing these men suffer- Every woman
was changed. They had lost all feel
ing They had no sympathy, no pity"
John Lewis Childs, a former New
York state senator. who has just re-
turned from the southwest, tells of bis
experiences at Columbus just after VII
Ia made his attack.
''Our train was approaching Colum-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-23
VILLAS AHACK|,
FORGE Nz|HE BORDER:
Bare Handful of Men BraveIy
Chased the Bandits Far
Into Mexico, but No
Battle Resulted.

house, and a Villista threw his rifle in
his face. Evidently my husbands sud-
den appearance frightened the Mexi-
can, for, although he was at very close
range, he fred his rifle, and the bullet
passed over Mr.. Castleman's shoulder
MI. Castleman killed the Mexican.
"Mr Castleman then turned the
guard out. Then he turned out Troops
F and 81. Meanwhile the camp had
been aroused. But Villas men were
already there. Some of the soldiers
were killed before they got their guns.
Lieutenant Fought Barefoot.
lieutenant J. P. Lucas, In command
of the machine guns, fought barefoot.
The battle was in the dark, and only
two men could get to Mr.. Lucas. One
Of these, a sergeant, was killed. Mr..
Lucas had only himself and another
man, and in the dark he must have put
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-23

State Sunday School Convention News.
One thousand Sunday School work
ers from every county in the state and
from every Protestant denomination
will gather at Austin for the fifty
eighth Annual Convention of the Min
nesota Sunday School Association,
April $500. -.
Austin extends royal welcome to
the Sunday school hosts of Minnesota,
and will entertain all delegates on the
Harvard plan lodging and breakfast
free.) Every Sunday schoolin Mime
sofa is entitled to send delegates. Ask
your pastor, superintendent or any
county or district Sunday school officer
for application for credential" cards.
Ten Of the greatest Sunday school
experts in America are to be on the
program: DR.. Wilbur F. Crafts
Washington, D. c., Secretary Interna-
tional Reform Bureau; Mr.. John L.
Alexander, Chicago, Teen Age Boy
Expert, International Sunday School
Association; Prof. M. V. O'Shea, Mad
ison, Wis, Prof. of Education and
Child Training, State University; Dr.
R. W. Cannon, Chicago, Educational
Secretary Of the Interior; Mrs. Kath,
crime Willard Eddy, Kansas City, Kan.
sas, Dean of Woman's Training
School, Teen Age Girl Expert; Mr.. R
IN. McIntire, Topeka, Kansas, Business
Man, and an Expert on the Business
End of the Sunday School,; Mr.. w. D
Soften, DesMoines, Ia, General Secre
tary Of the Iowa Sunday School AS
sociation, Adult Leader; Mrs. Ella NJ
Snow, Fargo, N. D., Elementary Sup
erintendent Of North Dakota Sunday
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mel Slocum. He said that his force
numbered about $50 men, while those
Of the bandits were at least 1000.
CAS- soon as the firing began the
bandits rode through the town and
shot to kill whenever they saw any
one appear at window or door. A
general attack seemed directed at the
home of United States Customs Col
lector Riggs. He had his house bar
ricaded, however, but there were thou
sands Of shots all over the building.
Mrs. Riggs had her baby in her
arms. A nursing bottle was shot from
It's mouth, but the child was uninjur-
ed. Mr.. Riggs put the baby and it's
mother on our train and joined the
troopers in their pursuit Of the bandits.
"The people of the town were GER
tainly brave in their predicament, and
not one Of them showed the slightest
terror. When we left every man and
boy In the town large enough to hold
a gun was forming a company to re-
pei any other attack that might be
made"
Woman Held Nine Days.
Mrs. Maud Hawk Wright, an Ameri.
can woman who said she was held cap.
tive by General Villa for nine days and
was liberated In the midst of recent
fighting, declared that Villa announc.
ed on March his intention to attack
Columbus and proceeded north under
forced marches to carry out his pur.
pose. His men, with scant supplies
Of water and meat, suffered severely
she said, and many dropped from their
horses on the march to Boca Grande.
Villa, she declared, ruled them by
fear, and his officers with the fats OF
their swords beat the soldiers into
animation sufficient to reach that point,
where they rested.
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cording to Mrs. james Pryor Caste
man, wife of Lieutenant Castleman
who, as officer Of the day. repealed the
invaders
Mrs. Castleman's account of Villa
Staying the sentries is the first expla-
nation offered from any source as to
how the invaders got into Columbus
without arousin:, either soldiers or
citizens.
She saw Pancho Villa and Pablo Lo.
PEI, his chief lieutenant, standing in
front of her house, she said. Until
Lopez fell she had her pistol ready to
fire if either tried to enter her house.
All Houses Surrounded.
Finally Villa mounted his horse and
by circling among the houses escaped.
The house Of every officer was sur
rounded, as also were the homes of
leading citizens, she said.
Mrs. Castleman is Of the opinion that
her husband killed a dozen or more
Mexicans with his own revolver
lat 4:3O o'clock l heard the most
aWIul SnOOClng. BULLETS just ra1ned
on our house. l put my children un-
der their bed and got my pistol, for
said they would not take me alive and
certainly would get some of them
if they came in.
AN awful half hour followed, in
which heard nothing but shots and
shouts: Viva Villa! Death to Ameri-
cans!'
"Villa cut fence and came in be-
tween the Gibsons' ranch and the gate.
He killed all sentries with knives
noiseless1y. Then he set their horses
loose. His men were right in the city
before anybody knew it. and my hus-
bands shot was the first warning,
'Mr. Castleman stepped out Of the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-23

swift chase. Then, worn out the boy
halted. The man seized him by the
arm and said between pants: "Have
you a permit to fish on this estate?"
eyes, to be sure" said the boy
quietly.
"You have? Then show it to me-"
The boy drew the permit from his
pocket. The man examined it and
frowned in perplexity and anger.
'Why did you run when you had
this permit ?" he asked.
.'To let the other boy get away" was
the reply. "He didn't have none.''
-Argonaut.
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Our Country.

Conceived in the pure air of human
liberty, breathing the noxious atmos-
phere of plutocracy; dedicated to the
proposition that all men are created
equal, desecrated to the conviction
that all men are not; vast as the
broadest reaches of a great continent,
provincial as the limitations of a town
board; ever striving with thy right
hand to grasp the glowing torch of
democracy, ever grovelling with thy
left in the mire of caste-in the ooze
of aristocracy.
Great enough to bear a Lincoln,
small enough to break a Lincoln's
heart; stern in the examination of thy
faults; blatant in the laudation of thy
virtues; rich in the command of the
worlds wisdom, poor in thy respect
for it; having all material things thy
servants, serving thy servants and
wasting thy birthright.
Stumbling but advancing, cropping
but grasping; trusting men to serve
you, finding men to betray you; ask
ing men to slave for you, finding men
to die for you.
Great in your imperfection; mighty
in your weakness; fearless in your ig-
norance; lovahle in all.
The joke, the boy, the yokel Of the
world.
Thy mighty laundering hulk will
though thou knowest. it not-yet serve
and save mankind. Life.
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bus" said Mr.. Childs, when we heard
the firing and saw the smoke from the
burning village. The engineer brought
it to stop, and we waited in the train
Not person had gun, and number
Of women and children were aboard.
We had been somewhat fearful of a
raid for a number of miles while we
were going through that country
Mr.. Childs said that they could dis
tfnctly hear the crashing Of the ma
chine gun, and then it suddenly stop
ped, and he later learned that it had
jammed. #
Later on we saw the bandits leav-
1ng," he said. First a few, appeared.
and these rode away in fight. follow
ed by ever increasing numbers, and we
then realized that they were retreating,
and can tell you there was a general
sigh of relief when we saw the VII
listas fleeing and about a mile behind
them a mere handful of our own troop-
ers. -~> ..
Anxious to Get Away.
"There was little firing from our
men. They rode with grim determina-
ton, but the bandits constantly turned
and fired. Their shots were occasional
ly answered by our men, who rode in
good order, like well oiled piece of
machinery. I thought several times
what would happen If the bandits
should turn and give fight to our troops,
who seemed to be about sixty in num-
Der. But the Mexicans were evidently
only too anxious to get away, and final
~ we saw them disappear with our
boys in close pursuit
when we finally pulled into Colum-
us I saw at least fifty bodies lying
about and went at once and saw Colo.
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A Strategist.

Two youngsters, one the possessor
Of permit, were fishing on certain
estate when gamekeeper suddenly
darted from a thicket. The lad with
the permit uttered cry of fright,
DROPPED his rod and ran off at top
speed. The gamekeeper was led q
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-23
WITNESSES TELL Of
WHICH SURPRISED.
Lieutenant's Wife Describes
How Her Husband Killed
a Dozen of the Mexi-
can Outlaws.

w YITH every officer in the war
s s sass9;as o ss; thy s sssssss
ton Of large military forces
on the Mexican border and with sew
eral detachments of cavalry already in
the troublesome little republic seeking
Pancho Villa, interest of the American
public has been transferred from Yer
dun and other European battlefields
to our own country.
All American officers agree that it
is no easy task to 'get" Villa. He is a
sly fox, in a great many respects like
Huerta, who caused so much trouble in
Mexico. But Huerta in all his reign
never did anything as brutal and saw
age as Villas attack on the little town
Of Columbus, N. NJ.
The bandits knitted every sentry to
death and thus effected, undetected,
entry into the heart Of Columbus, ac-
The Washington times., 1916-12-12
WASHINGTON LADY
NOW ENDORSES IT
Miss Rose C. Sullivan, Of 1857
C ST., Claims Plant Juice
Benefited Her Mother.

Nature, Hike an army when attacked,
has warnings and signals which should
ach. liver. or kidneys suffer slight de.
rangements. they send out their hurry
call to be careful. Each has Its warn
ing. note which frequently takes the
the stomach, nervousness, constips-
ton. pains in the back or sides, dizzi,
ness, sleeplessness, etc, Nine out OF
ten'people ignore these first and wait
until serious illness has laid them low,
before they seek relief.
Plant Juice, the new herbal stomach
remedy. assists Nature, and will bring
relief In practically all cases de
Thousands of well-known people are
testifying to the great benefit they
have received aztec they had prac'
ticslly given lp al h"pe If permanent
One of the latest signcd testih.ohisIs
is that of Miss Rose ., sullivan. who
lives at No. 1857 & streat =. w, and IL
popular young lady, having hosts or
friends In the city. She tells: how her
stomach trouble by Plant Juice. rs FOL
lows:
my mother. had suffered for "a
years with kidney trouble and rheu'
her side which became worse at night
and she could never get any sleep and
had to have hot applications constant
ly all night long. Her limbs would get
and were very painful. Her kidneyA
were badly affected and she had ter
rible pains in her back and all over
her body. She had tried ever so many
gave her any permanent benefit. We
had read OF the wonderful cures that
your Plant Juice had made In other
cities, and got a bottle for my mother.
One bottle has cured her entirely OF
a. in, In, hAr al "a al h.
night through, II has relieved her kid
neys and rheumatism, and she has not
an ache or pain. Plant Juice was the
only medicine to relieve her and we
friends"
The Plant Juice Man Is at The
Peoples Drug store, corner OF Tth and
II streets, where he IL daily meeting
the local public and introducing and
explaining the merits OF this remedy.
--Advt.
The Washington times., 1916-12-12
SUFFERINGS OF FINLAND
Dinner Speaker Tells Of People
Under Russian Rule.

The sufrerings OF Finland under
Russian rule were described by Nine.
Aino Malmberg. OF IIelsingforr. ut
the dinner nj the New Ebbitt last
night that marked the close OF the
Conference % Oppressed or Depend
cnt NAtionalities
She told how her native land. In
hablted less than "A century ago by
people lacking the slightest elements
of civilization, has been educated to q
point wher" the proportion Of Hitter
acy u the smallest In the world.
Up IT, "A few years prior TO the war.
she said. Finland had enjoyed COM
pHratiVe immunity from Russian per-
Eccution, but TODAY every vestige of
liberty has been taken away, and the
duchy In enduring unspeakable tor
mcntS under the watchful eye OF "A
resident army composed mostly OF
cossackE.
"Nationaiism and the Creation OF
Values" was the topic OF AN address
delivered by Prof. William I. Thomas.
OF the University OF Chicago
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TO FORM ARTILLERY CLASS
q. W. v. Students VIII study Sub.
Iects Needed by Gunner.

Glasses I'm subjects essential to the
soldier have been organized for the
Coast Artillery Company at George
Washington University. to be held
the first hour of each drill night.
The men will be taught cmplace-
ment and service OF the piece, ,fite con-
troll system and apparatus, powders.
projectiles, primers, and fuses, cord
age, jacks, tins and shears, the maya
zine rifles, definitions OF regulations
and characteristics of warships. The
men are to be placed In each class
In rotation.
IL Ia expected that the company
VIII be recruited to the war strength
of 100 men soon. Plans are being
made for participation In the inau-
gural parade.
The Washington times., 1916-12-12
Senator Jones Says Referen-
dunn Is the Only Obstacle
to Its Passage.
CALLS THIS LIQUOR PLAN
Congressman Towner Says
Solons Are Hearing From the
Folks Back Home.

Passage OF a measure making
Washington "dry" at the present SEES
sion OF Congress was predicted by
Senator Wesley l.. Jones OF washing
ton, speaking at the annual banquet
OF the brotherhood OF calvary Bap.
list Church last evening.
Senator Jones said the only obstacle
to the passage OF such n measure was
the referendum, which he character
liquor interests In the hope OF de-
fcating the hill.
No Longer Feared Issue.
Congressman Horace NJ. Towner Of
Iowa said that the time had passed
when Congressmen hesitated To face
the prohibition issue. He said they
were hearing from the folk back
with more than half the states and
over 90 per cent OF the people on tho
water wagon, or In the act or ascend
ing. Washington surely ought mo-
longer to represent the minority,
said Ira Landreth, Vice Presidential
candidate OF the Prohibitionists In
the recent election.
when liquor selling IN n crime just
across the Potomac and for 600 miles
To the south, and for 5000 miles to
tho west, the outlawed trsffo ought
not to find a city OF refuge and be.
come n protected and polite commerce
In the high seat OF the Federal Gov
eminent.
with the bar banished from the
.neighborhood OF much more than
half the houses OF other Amer icans,
IL ought not to hover In hordes 80
threateningly near the white House.
the official home OF n republic which
boasts OF majority rule and submis'
sion to the popular bill"
other speakers.
other speakers were DIR. Clarence
True Wilson. general secretary OF
the board OF temperance, NJ. T..
Church: the Rev. DR.. Clarence a.
Vincent. chairman OF tho national
Congregational temperance council:
DR. u. q. Dinwiddie. director OF the
national temperance legislative Blu.
reau: DIR. W. W. Crafts, OF the IN.
ternational reform bureau, and Al.
bert Y. Shoemaker, of the Anti.So'
loon League OF the District
Dr. Vincent described the Congre.
gational campaign by correspondence
and urged that more letters be writ
ten In the cause OF temperance,
The Rev. s. II. Greene, pastor OF
Calvary baptist Church. pronounced
the benediction.
More than 200 men, members OF the
brotherhood and their guests, attend.
ed the banquet. DIR. Mitchell Carroll.
president OF the brotherhood, was
POSTMASTER, and the Rev. DR.. A. J..
The Washington times., 1916-12-12
FOUND HANGING IN CELL.

Morris Rainey. twenty-five, OF GA
Morton street, who IL being held on a
minor charge at the Third precinct.
was FOUND hanging by belt from the
yesterday afternoon. lie was discov-
cred by Policeman Carr, who quickly
summoned Policemen LOTUS and
Hartman. Together they cut the
OF Emergency Hospital. They soon
were able to pronounce the man out
OF danger.
The Washington times., 1916-12-12
Boys at Leon Springs Get Their
Pay for Services During
November.
sTARTcHRISTMAs SHOPPING
Target Firing Goes on Despite
Cold and Wind-BaItimore
Troop Coming Home.

ha
-, 81 '.S, 80 ~. ,,, n,.,.,n.
snos, wa'keo throusn tnc bis'rict
militiamen's camp today leaving
golden trail which delighted the citi-
zen soIdiers Tho nav for Noyemberf
~, pas ~ ,, -.
SERVICES was all the more wcicomc DC.
cause II was twelve days overdue and
practically all OF the Washingtonians
had boep broke aimee before Thapks.
giving Day.
marched into Tho naynfaster's once In
receive their money and holiday
spirit prevailed in camp.
Most OF the militiamen paid LEU.
tbn,r w. n ~ s",,epe I'M their credit
accounts nj the caneen. Scores OF
hem hurried to the chaplain. Arthur
smlths oince ~ a." a,a ..nd mart
~ ui nun.g ,h.ir r.iatiyes In
Washinu,a ~, "
'o"
thriStmns shopp'"s'
otbora Immediately applied for
,...a A.. g., .n,o,Io an thew could
a, .ho,nIny and mali
90 their Christmas shopp'"s anu man
Yuletitdc membranes back TO
Washington. There are 30 many
temptatIons for n soldier to frittcr his
money away while In the field that
Christmas gifts today so as to be sure
the folks back home would not bo
disappointed thirteen days hence.
The excitement over tne soun9lns
of pay call by Sergt. Bugler l.oyeiess.
sn,a'arns 80 on The cold weather.
This was the coolest morning they
hnv, ever spent In the Held, the th.r,,
mometer registering :, u's "a
IN" MIGRANTS W chnp 49, 49,, ,,on, ,ban,
NO water couuln DC ia. "orn,ad in a
Tor making conee. ,,r inrb.s IN
,nickners oI IT. ght In anticIna.
buckets nIleu IaS' "'S"N "
ton or q freeze
Morning On Range.
., ,,.,,.,t.. .,.nt the
lhc """'s ,.,,o,,,r
morning on inc fhhg' '"H'p'NN
their slow firing at 500 and 600 yArds
4, the record course THIS afternoon
a, 80, an, ,.nId fire work
ano y.rds while the
' I,,ys.v.n Of thV AIN
noviccs 10 qualify for the record
course, thc VINO anu 81, ha'het.a m.
nsu,e na me-, In IN. record courac.
MANY OF them have scored moro than
forty nv. poIntp out Of possible
Tifty. while several waEhingtonians
vera Gifted with forty.HeVcn and
forty.eirht
Colonel Young and tho field and
staff Officers OF the regiment are
participating In tho record course fir'
ing.
49,, .,.,. s.s.,..ui.r.
.,,.'--- ...,,..,
The District mtlitianen Wi'hoHs''
"A sight last night which they say
aIp,o.t comp.nHstsd them for the
The Washington times., 1916-12-12
PASS FIRST DISTRICT BILL.

The first District bill OF the session
"a minor measure relating to the
abandonment OF a cemetery was pass.
ed by the House yesterday prior to
the opening Of debate on the Indian
appropriation bill. The bill prohibits
1.-THE interment OF the body OF any
Cemetery OF the Whites Tabernacle
No. 30 of the Ancient United order
of Sons and daughters, Brethren and
Sisters OF Moses, In the District OF
Columbia"
The Washington times., 1916-12-12

MADE v. Q. TRAINING CAMP.
PENSACOLA, Fla. Dec. 12-Fort
Barrancas, overlooking the entrance To
Pensacola harbor, has been designated
as the training camp site for the south
eastern portion OF the United States.
The Washington times., 1916-12-12
SURE SUFFRAGE WILL, COME.

Mrs. Walter McNab Miller, vice
president OF the National American
Woman Suffrage Association, re-
ceived a wire last night from Ssna'
tor-elect Hiram w. Johnson. OF Cell
fornia, that equal suffrage has pass
ed the experimental stage in Cali
fornia, leaving no room for doubt of
Its value.
The Washington times., 1916-12-12
ADMITTED BY SUPREME COURT

Edward $. McGraw, for three an
half years confidential secretary
to Secretary OF Labor Wilson, was
admitted TO practice before the Su'
preme Court OF the United States
on motion OF solicitor General Davis
yesterday,
The Washington times., 1916-12-12
anderson, assistant pastor. offered
the invocation.

anderson, assistant pastor, offered
the invocation.
Officers Elected. ~
The following were elected as offi-
GERS for one year: President. Robert
u. McNeilI; vice presidents, Charles
e. Hughes, Joseph w. Folk, DR..
Mitchell CARROLL recording secretary,
]. g. Herring: corresponding secretary.
Wade Il. Hampton; treasurer. w. w.
Everett. members executive commit
tee, George Otis Smith. II. Mex. Por-
Ter. Crate Ia Dunkum. and Henry M.
The general committee on arrange
ments was as follows: Robert II. Mo-
NELL, chairman: Wade u. Hampton.
secretary. Reception--Grant s. Barn
hart, M. D.. chairman: George u. Heb
bard. vice chairman. Attendsncc--
owen r. Kellery chairman. Program
Mitchell Carroll. chairman. Finance
William T. Gill. M. D.. chairman.
Floor--Louis ID. Bliss. chairman. Din
ner---w. w. Everett. chairman. Dec
orations---Arthur Copeland. chairman.
Press-William w. Greene, chairman.
Music Elmer Fox. chairman. In
yitations-James G. Herring. chairman.
Printing-Waring ". Evans. chair
man. Nominations--Dr. A. r. Ander-
son, chairman.
The Washington times., 1916-12-12

J. E. Perry. Youngstown, willard.
o. A. Miller, Columbus, Willard.
n. farmer and wife. Toledo, willard.
Mrs. Il. l.. Harris, Cleveland, Willard.
Mrs. William q. Boyce. Cleveland, Willard.
Franklin c. Sherman. Akron, willard.
Il, J., Wilson and wife. Cincinnati, New
Ebbltt
Mr.. and Mrs. o. F. Care. Toledo, Metropoli-
tan.
n. y. Moser, Cleveland, Raleigh.
II. J. DE Bart, I,ondonviiie. Raleigh.
J. NJ. Biddle. Cincinnati, National.
The Washington times., 1916-12-12

Lieut.. r.. clinton Knight, of Com
pany u, First Virginia Regiment, re.
turned home today from Brownsville,
whore he has been stationed with his
regiment since June. He In on a fur.
Tough OF twenty days.