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The Bolivar County Democrat., 1916-03-18
OFFICERS Wife
TELLS OF BATTLE
Onslaught Came in the Dead OF
Niqht and Wholly Un-
expected.
WOMEN RUN BULLET GANTLET
Wounded Nurse Says She Was Too
Excited to Notice lnjury-erief
Reign Of Terror Horrible
Experience.

Chicago.-The first refugees from
Villas brief reign of terror in Colum-
bus, N. NJ, reached Chicago yester-
day.
There were four in the party-the
wife and mother-in-law OF Capt.
George Williams of the Thirteenth
United States cavalry, the captains
touryear.old son, Worthington Will
liams, and the latter's nurse.
Captain Williams was with the de-
tachment under Major Tompkins
which pursued the Villa raiders across
the border and is still on duty at Co
lumbus. He is reported to have been
wounded in the hand.
Women Shaken by Raid.
The women appeared pale and
shaken by their experience, but Worth
ington, blue eyed. apple checked. and
tousled as to yellow hair, strutted up
and down the waiting room of the La
Sale street station, evidently having
the time Of his life.
The bandaged hand Of the nurse
told q story the boy did not know
now the wound which shattered the
Woman's wrist had saved the child
nom almost certain death by a Mex
lean bullet.
We were living in a house not far
nom the army camp" said Mrs. Will
ilams' who is on her way to her home
IN Norfolk. Va, which she thinks will
oe safer spot than the border. The
paoy was asleep in his little crib
when the raiders came.
Ihe nurse was resting on a cot in
'ae same room, and, fortunately, was
SaKelul. She was the first to hear
.ne shooting. She quickly warned
.ue rest Of US and then picked up
"orthington, still asleep, and started
through the streets for the camp.
wounded, but Reached Camp.
She had covered about half the
Instance when a bullet from one of
Ao raiders struck her right hand,
breaking several bones. She's a brave
sai 81. euough, and with the blood flow
~, rs from her wound she staggered
a'ons and reached the camp in safety.
II mat bullet had been an inch or
~ eitner way-well, | have enough
lO,fioie things to think of. But the
'apy, you know, was in her arms.
my mother and l ran to the camp
n. a ,eached 1t soon after the nurse.
~ 'hat time the bullets were f1ying
ra,,, ywnere' for the soldiers were re-
,"s ss.ans the attack. Then, before |
.aify realized what was happening.
ars -, husband had gathered his company
o. u was away with Major Tompkins
llstas. oi 'ne heeihs VII
o,,a never want to pass through an
~ ue such experience. 1t came at
ueao or night and was so wholly
we knew that Villa could not be
y. ~us.ed to keep on the Mexican side
n. ! .ne border. but we didn't think it
MI. u,',oie m Tor human being to COM
nooos sa'n an act as that attack on in.
women and children.
nr, Kan Bullet GantIet.
poor nurse was almost ex.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1916-03-18
HARASSING WITH SCATTERED BANDS
LIKELY TO BE VILLAS TACTICS

Washington, D. C.--The administra-
ton has announced that it has no in
tention Of entering Mexico in force,
and therefore will merely send sufi1-
cient body of mobile troops to locate
and disperse or capture the band or
bands which attacked Columbus.
This, then, is the problem before the
war department To bring this about.
two forces must be provided. one to 60
after Villa and the other to guard the
border, so that he or other Mexican
leaders may not raid it as was done at
Columbus, says Capt. Henry j. Reilly
in the Chicago Tribune.
II Villa keeps his forces concentrat-
ed and offers battle. the problem will
be much more simple than if he scat
ters his forces in small bands all over
the country. II he keeps them concen-
trated we will have to send a force suf-
ficiently large to defeat him in battle
and to guard it's own line of communi-
cation.
Provisions Important Factor.
II he scatters his troops in small
bands all the principal points through
out the country in which he can oper-
ate will have to be occupied In order
that he may get no provisions from
any of the towns or principal ranches
nor water from any Of the water holes
and be unable to use any of the passes
across the Sierra Madres. while at the
same time bodies of troops sufficiently
large chase and destroy his various
bands.
The guarding Of the border has been
a difficult matter since 1911, when the
troops were first sent on this duty.
The frontier is 1900 miles long. Ap-
proximately six hundred of this is an
imaginary line. Along the Rio Grande,
which runs along the eastern half of
the border, there are many fords. In
other words. in general the border can
be crossed easily almost anywhere.
All along it are ranches. Here and
there along it are number Of towns.
Need Cavalry on Border.
We have never had enough troops to
afford complete protection to all these
towns ana TdnCuGS. L uo consequence
has been that in most vicinities the
number of troops is not sufficient to
prevent such an attack as was made
at Columbus. Such attacks have been
foreseen for long time, but the war
department could not put more troops
along the frontier than it had avail
able. 1t is duty which should be
principally performed by cavalry be-
cause Of the distances to be covered
and because the enemy forces almost
invariably consist of mounted troops.
It may be remarked that in spite OF
this obvious lack of troops now evil
dent for almost five years the bill re-
Gently reported by Mr.. Hays commit
tee Of the house of representatives
adds no cavalry to the army and only
ten regiments Of infantry. Had there
been sufficient cavalry Immediately
available at Columbus the probabili-
ties are that had Villa attacked at all,
which would have been doubtful under
such circumstances, he not only would
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1916-03-18
vetoes Natchez Hospital Bill.

The governor has vetoed the Match.
ez Hospital appropriation bill, giving
as his reasons that the bill carried an
increase, and he has registered his in
tention to veto any bill that unduly in
creases appropriations until the mat
ter of revenue Is definitely provided
for
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1916-03-18
Not Confined to Children.

This is a toy tea set got for my
little girls present. She likes to serve
make-beieve tea and ake-believe
sandwiches. a harmless fancy" Per
fectly. I've been to grown-ups affairs
where they did it. Louisville Courier
Journal.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1916-03-18
She Meant an EscaIator.

1t was a Brooklyn Mrs. Malaprop
who said there ought to be an oscu-
lator at every elevated road stairway"
A daughter Tin high schooD silenced
her erring lips with respectful kiss
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1916-03-18
Appropriations For Pensions.

The house appropriation committee
has favorably reported the house bill
to appropriate s475.O00 a year for pen
sions and made an unfavorable report
on the senate bill carrying $500.000 for
the same purpose.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1916-03-18
Only One Chance.

Manager-'I'm disgusted with the
mistakes that new man makes! He
gets everything balled up" Assistant
Manager-"Oh. well. some of the best
ones are that way at the beginning
He may bring home the bacon yet"
Manageable won't unless We send
him for ham. Judge.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1916-03-18
Winninu WAYS,

Ever notice those honeyed folks
who. refusing to wrange, keep plod-
ding on doing exactly as they had
intended always contrive to get their
own way?-Buffalo Times.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1916-03-18

The largest army that Napoleon
ever raised numbered between $780,
900 and 100000 men of all arms. Ref
erence is had. of course, to the grand
army" that the emperor gathered for
the invasion of Russia.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1916-03-18
SENATE VOTES FOR
HEMPH|LL BILL
MEASURE CREATES COMMISSION
TO PURCHASE MORE PRISON
FARMING LAND.
NO TAX ON LIQUOR PACKAGE
Attempt To Raise 100000 On Missis-
sippi Drinkers Thirst Ridiculed to
Death-News of the State
Legislature.



The Hemphill bill, which proposes to
create a commission for the purpose
Of disposing Of some Of the unproduc-
tive and expensive land now held by
the State for the purpose Of working
for the acquisition Of additional wild
wood lands adjoining or adjacent to
the present State property in Sun
flower county, has been passed by the
senate. Efforts were made to so
switch the intent of the bill as drawn
as to require the commission to be ap-
pointed to purchase land elsewhere
than In the delta, but the only effect Of
these amendments was to afford op-
portunity for prolonged and some
what rambling discussion.
The bill is the outcome Of recent
inspection by the penitetntiary COM
mittee who found, on visiting the Sun
flower state plantation, that large
percentage Of the convict population
there were actually loafing half their
time and in order to occupy them prof
itably the bill was drafted.
The area to be acquired is to be not
less than 1000 nor more than 5000
acres, and at valuation not TO ex'
ceed $25 an acre.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1916-03-18

Education is a grand, good thing.
Before she went away to school Vir-
ginia Featheringham called her moth
er NAV" Now she refers to her as
the mater."-Topeka Capital.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1916-03-18
.encn Prefer Water to Bad Wine,

no, FRENCH light wines are re-
neoa, aea and at one time most French
now o ufahk them; but for some years
m.n. wafer has been drunk by a great
cou,s french men and women who
No. NOT afford good wine and viii
maao sane VINE that is sold cheaply and
lJnso.. harmful by unnatural attributes.
haro haoi.unately, the working classes
gumaas not realized the force of this ar
ism ea'' l, and the fight against alcohol
Timaa Tin N France is the result.-London
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1916-03-18
postpones "FuII Crew" Bill.

The senate has indefinitely postpcn-
ed" the house bill requiring freight
trains on all railroads in the state to
carry additional flagnen and other
trainmen, or the full crew" bill.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1916-03-18
Says Uncle Eben.

IF you can't hab sure 'nuff peace"
said Uncfe Eben, de mex bes' thing
is not to git ratified wheN somebody
'nsis'es on havin' fuss"
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1916-03-18
Jltney Bus Bonds.

Senate bill 191, dealing with bonds
for jitney bus operators and owners,
was called up and an amendment fix
ing the minimum amount of bond at
$500 and maximum at $4,000. The
amendment was adopted. This amount
o. bond is graduated according to the
classification of the municipality.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1916-03-18
Must Paw for Wisdom.

Experience keeps dear school, but
fools will learn in no other.-Benja-
min Franklin.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1916-03-18

The judiciary committee of the z
ate bas reported back the Johnston
to create svstem of farm loan b;
that It be.~ Rssed,
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1916-03-18
No Tax On Liquor.

No Tax On Liquor.
The lower house Of the legislature,
after ridiculing to death the Rhodes
bill seeking to place an inspection tax
Of 25 cents on each shipment of liquor,
and requiring persons receiving such
packages to take them to officers and
have them opened, tabled the measure
by a vote of "a to %. Mr.. Green, OF
Adamas, moved to Indefinitely post
pone the bill. The roll call was de-
manded. The motion to indefinitely
postpone prevailed by a vote of GO
to 10.
Mr.. Rhodes had rough sailing with
his bill seeking to get revenue from
whiskey shipments, most Of the prohi-
bitionists voting with the ants to in
definitely postpone 1t, despite argu'
ments by the author that if it passed
it would bring about 100000 a yeaI
into the State treasury.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1916-03-18
Revenue Bill Falls.

Revenue Bill Falls.
After debating for more than four
hours what is considered by experts
the most drastic "blue sky" revenue
bill ever introduced in the legislature.
the house failed to pass that celebrat-
ed measure.
The measure was prepared by sub
committee Of the ways and means
committee, composed of MessIe. Rob
erson, Finch, Rhodes, Darden and Glib
son. 1t sought to place privilege taxes
on manicurists, doctors, dentists, flor
lists, collection agencies, horse traders.
pharmacists and others. One speaker
termed 1t the most drastic law ever in
troduced In the Mississippi legislature.
The committeeman frankly said 1t
sought to put tax on nearly every
profession and business now exempt.
One of the features was the licensing
of punch boards" at $25 a year. The
bill received only 81 votes, with At
against it, an insufficient number to
pass it, an insufficient number 10 pass
pass it, it being q revenue measure. Ell
forts to have trained nurses, beggars
and school teachers included were un
successful.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
WOULD HITCH MOOSE
TO WATER WAGON
Prohibitionists Tempt Them with
White Ribbon Harness..

Chicago, June 17.-An invitation TO
help pull the water wagon Was formally
offered TO the Bull Moose party by
Virgil g. Minshsw, chairman Of the
Prohibition National Committee, to-day
in a telegram to Victor Murdoch and
George W. Perkins. 1t readsi
THE Prohibition National Committee
invites you and oil other Progressives
In the United States TO attend the Pro-
hibition National Convention at st.
Paul on July 10 to 81; also the big
get together grand rally and confer
ence on July IS at the same place.
"The 5000 shouting enthusiasts who
for four days monopolized your Chi
cago convention will never be content
to 60 back to the G. o. p. or adopt
the donkey as an emblem Of progress.
"The Prohibition party, the original
progressive party, which adopted ma
tional prohibition. woman suffrage and
others reforms in 1872, is the logical
lnheritor Of all your following.
81 suggest that day be appointed
OF a meeting arranged OF representa-
tives of your national committee anc
ours between now and July to pave
the way for a genuine union of the rea
progressive and reform forces of Amer
/ lea"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
ANTl-WlLS0N HYPHENS
WON'T BE ORGANIZED
Weismann Says Leaders Will
Vote for Best Americans.

There will be no organized opposi-
ton to President Wilson's reelection
By Germans in this country, according
TO a statement issued last night by
Henry Weismann, president Of the Ger
man-American Alliance Of New York
State.
Leaders Of the alliance win do ex-
sctly the same thing as other patriotic
Americans" lie said. work for and
vote for the candidate whose American
ism is Of the highest and who regards
our eountry's welfare ss his chief aim.
president Wilson seems to feel that
TO differ with him on his conception
OF neutrality is mark Of disloyalty,
and that the fact that citizen so diff
fering with him happens to have been
born in Germany suffices to impeach
his motives and to deny him his rights
as a citizen. This sort of thing is q
dangerous innovation. It arouses race
feeling, if not hatred, and should be
resented
81 feel that the mass Of our people
do not agree with Mr.. Wilson in these
attacks on OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. The
good sense of our citizens of German
extraction will not afford any one an
opportunity to inject the question of
so-called divided loyalty of millions
of our citizens into the campaign"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
TAMMANY MEN BACK;
SEE WILSON VICTORY
Praise Convention, Platform
and Ticket on Return.

Lots more joyous than when they
left, BOO braves OF Tammany Hall re-
turned last night from the Democratic
conventno at St Louis. Brimming full
Of praise for the ticket and cocksure
Of victory in the fall, the ex-delegates
took turns congratulating each other
on the peaceful and harmonious cut
come OF the platform "fght" and the
outlook for a buzzingly busy campaign.
The Tammanyites came on three spe-
cial trains over the Erie. Pennsylvania
and New York Central. Thomas c..
Rush, Surveyor of the Port, as spokes-
man. had this to say:
at was tn eword harmony-real har-
mony-which pervaded the convention,
the quietest but finest convention in
my experience. II was a remarkable
tribute 20 President Wilson in that in
all that vast sssemblage but one voice
was raised against his nomination"
Tammany men are proud that the
three platform planks proposed by New
York-the civil service pension, ma
tionsl budget and tubercular ssnato-
riums-were all adopted
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18

fornis; Frank B. LOOMS. Assistant
Secretary of State, under Roosevelt, OF
San Francisco; former Congressman
John W Dwight, of New York, manager
of the Root boom; William d. Steph-
ems, Progressive Republican Represen-
tative from California, and Representa-
tive William r. Wood, Of Indiana.
The announcement that Mr.. Wood
was comforting with Mr.. Hughes was
given in such a way that all who heard
understood it was General Leonard
Wood q stanch friend of Colonel
Roosevelt, and all the Washington
papers this evening carried first page
stories telling of the visit of General
Wood, an error that Mr.. Hughes him.
self set right tonight.
"Uncle Joe" Cannon, when he left
the Hughes home tonight, said this
and no more:
"Allah IT Allah Great is Allah and
Mahomet is his prophet"
Former Senator Butler, who was a
strong Roosevelt man, said that the
vote in the South would be a surprise
TO the Democrats.
People Enthusiastic.
"Mr. Hughes will carry North Caro-
line" he said. "The people down there
are enthusiastic over his nomination,
although the state went for Roosevelt
over Taft In 1912. There Is not man
that / have met yet who has not ex-
pressed his pleasure over the nomina-
ton OF Mr.. Hughes, and 1t has made
the Democrats sick"
With Senator Borah, Mr.. Hughes dis
cussed his tentative plans for the cam
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18

ple. am going 70 wiring this proof
before YOU"
But Mr.. Slade failed 70 keep nj,
word. The witness not only denied tb.t
she had ever told any one the trunks
found in her home were planted bat
told a connected story Of how Oliver
Osborne had left them there when Ia
had suddenly departed, and Of how
government agents had opened them
after they had had special keys made
Judge Wolverton characterized Mr..
SHADES request that Mrs. Denham de-.
scribe Oliver in detail. ss "ridiculous.p
refusing 20 allow tho cross-e1amin,-
tion 10 continue along this line
An outbreak from Miss Tanners At
tomey came just after Mrs Nys b,d
stepped 70 the stand. and had refused
20 tell the address Of a factory vhers
she was employed az a stenograpbs,
After insistent interrogation, a..
leaned over and whispered the Addr.s.
TO the foreman Of the jury.
This is the worst farce Of a tr;,I
that ! ever saw in my experience as
lawyer" Mr.. Slade exclaimed bitterly
On taking the stand Mrs. Nye wa,
asked by Miss Tanners counsel 70 r..
move a heavy veil which obscured her
features. This she refused 70 do. De.
spite Mr.. SHADES violent objection the
judge permitted the witness 10 keep on
her veil
Mrs. Nye testified that she had ne,
Oliver Osborne in 1914 and was mar
ried TO him in Hoboken a week later.
When he deserted her, she asserted, ne
had taken one Of her scarf pins. This
pin, she asserted, she had recognized
when she saw her husband at the Dis
trict Attorneys Office.
Mr.. Slade read into the record q l..-
ter written 20 Mrs. Nye By her hus-
band, in which he declared he would
soon be in New York to carry her
away"
Weren't you amazed when your hus-
band spoke Of carrying you away" she
was asked.
Cant people make fun" she asked
in return.
A moment after the letter had been
read, Mr.. Slade asked for an adjourn
ment, saying he wished to catch train.
Judge Wolyerton refused. Mr. Slads
had just started 20 frame another ques-
ton, when Miss Tanner broke out SOB
bling.
Judge Wolverton directed tia. she
should come and sit beside his desk.
but her sobs became so yiolen. that
she was carried into an snte-room in
the arms of a court attendant Mr..
Slsde asked again for an adjournment.
His plea bas backed up by Lewis Stuy-
vessnt Chanler, associated with Mr..
Slade, who demanded that a mistrial
be declared.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
Defendant Borne Sobbing
from Courtroom-Coun-
sci Gets Adjournment.
JUDGE AND SLADE
HAVE MANY TILTS
"Oliver Osborne's" Former Wife
Says Accused Man Was Not
Her Husband.

Yesterdays session Of the Rae Tan
ger perjury trial reached a wild climax
shortly before o'clock, when Miss
Tanner becams hysterical and was car
ried sobbing from the Federal District
Court.
As she was borne from the room
Benjamin Slade, her attorney, rose to
ask that the case be adjourned until
Monday. Judge wolverton stoutly re-.
fused. Three times moro Mr.. Slade
made his request, which each time was
met by an order from the bench to go
en- with the cross examination OF the
witness who was on the stand. At the
final order Mr.. Slade became defiant.
He dropped into his chair and cried:
81 refuse to proceed In the absence
of my client"
His stout determination carried his
point. Judge Wolverton yielded and ct
once directed an adjournment
There had been no want Of action In
the days session up TO the Anal climax,
Mr.. Slads and Judge Wolvsrton were
in almost constant battle, and several
times the attorney was sternly ad-
monished from tho bench, as he had
been the day before. At one point in
the proceedings Mr.. Slsde threw his
papers disgustedly u lis table and
openly designated the trial as the
greatest farce he had ever seen.
Important testimony was given dur
ing the session by Mrs. Stewart Dem
ham, in whose boarding house the
mysterious Oliver Osborne's trunks
were found by Federal officers, and by
Mrs. Ethel Brooks Nye, who declares
she was divers wife, Both witnesses
denied that James W. Osborne, whom
Miss Tanner swears was "her own
oliver" was the man they had known.
As Mrs. Denham took the stand Mr..
Slads sent a thrill through the specta-
tors in the courtroom when he an
nounced:
81 am going TO prove that these
trunks were a plant, that Oliver Os-
borne was a plant, and that il was all
a part of q plan conceived by James
w. Osborne to send this little girl to
prison. The object was to save this
hound Osborne and several other peo-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18

paign. Mr. Borah would not reveal
what was said.
Former Governor Gillette, OF Call
fornia, declared that the Progressives
in his state all would vote for Hughes.
"The California Republicans and
Progressives will get together just as
in every other section of the country,
and California will give Hughes a ma
jority Of at least 100000"
Kansas for Hughes by $4,000, was
the prediction Of Senator Curtis, while
Representative Austin declared that
Tennessee would go Republican next
fall for the first time in years.
mo one can realize who has not
been down South, the strong Hughe,
sentiment" said Mr.. Austin. 81 told
Mr. Hughes that he ought to include
the South in his speaking tour, espe-
cially Tennessee"
All Not Political
But all the callers were not there on
political missions. Scores Of friends Of
Mr.. Hughes and his family who live
here came to pay respects and say
goodby.
The sightseeing wagons passed the
Hughes house slowly to-day, while the
man with the megaphone informed the
visitors of its distinguished occupant.
One megaphone man shouted-to his
passengers:
Ladies and gentlemen, that house
on the corner, the red brick one with
the crowd standing outside, is the home
of the next President OF the United
States"
He was cheered.