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The Alaska citizen., 1916-09-25
Anchorage, Sept. 23.
Citizen, Fairbanks

Citizen, Fairbanks.
 Grigsby here. Addressed 800 peo pie at Union hall last night, but aroused very little enthusiasm. His speech was a two-hour tirade against Wickersham, Schofield and Cobb. Ir regard to Democracy he said that the people must endorse the national administration by electing Demo crats to all territorial positions. He referred to Schofield as a citizen of Seattle, saying that he Is not ar Alaskan, and called Cobb, his other opponent, d political outlaw, for the reason that he is running indepen dently. Fully 80 per cent of the peo pie here will vote for Wickersham al the November elections.
 STAR.
 ADrhnrapa Snpt %
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-03-10

the merchants of the city by placing
credits on better basis and discour-
aging the exploitation of our people by
outsiders, and by various other ways,
but, they feel that it ~ necessary for
Grand Forks to keep befora the world
by maintaining its fair association, its
bonspiels, it's baseball team, and other
enterprises of a similar nature. We
cannot afford to get into a rut and lag
behind other progressive cities. Those
who work indoors have little enough
outside recreation, and even more
than we have had in the past might
be beneficial.
Your committee believes that the
advertisement received by owning a
league team is of great value to any
city as there is no page in the news
papers so thoroughly read as the
sporting page, and when we play
league ball it is reported in nearly
every paper from coast to coast, and
from the Gulf to Hudson Bay.
These enterprises can only be made
"a success and profitable to the city
when everyone enters into the spirit
and boosts. BY acting in separate
units, little progress is made, and
therefore if it is not the wish of a
considerable majority of our people
that we play league ball your commit
tee wishes to be dismissed.
j. w. SIMMs.
j. d, BACON,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-03-10
Graphic Tale of Villa
Raid and the Preceding
Plans by Woman Captive
Mrs. Maud Wright, American Woman Captured and
Held by Villa Band for Days Before Columbus Raid
Villa Laid Plans as Early as March l.

Columbus, N. M, March 10. - Mrs.
Maud Hawk Wright, an American
woman who said she was held captive
by Villa for nine days and was liber-
ated in the midst of yesterdays fight
| ing, declared yesterday that Villa an
nounced March 1 his intention to at
tack Columbus and proceeded north
under forced marches to carry out his
purpose.
His men. with scant supplies of wa
ter and food, suffered severely, she
said, and many dropped from their
horses on the march to the Boca
Grande. Villa, she declared, ruled them
by fear, and his officers with the flats
of their swords, beat the soldiers into
animation sufficient to reach that point
where they rested and prepared for the
raid.
Tuesday, Mrs. Wright related, Villa
bandits attacked employees of the Palo-
mas Cattle company, engaged in
rounding up cattle. killing four Amer
iicans.
Mrs. Wright said her husband, Ed
ward John Wright, formerly of Hous-
ton, Tex, and Frank Hayden, a youth
employed at the La Booker sawmill
were taken from the Wright ranch
March 1 and presumably killed. When
she was taken prisoner and forced to
ride away with detachment Of viii
las men under Colonel Nicholas Ser
Ivantes, she said a bandit ordered her
to give her baby to Mexican family.
| Mrs. Wright was cared for at the
home Of Mrs. Slocum, wife Of Colonel
III. S. Slocum, commanding the Thir-
Iteenth cavalry. There she told the
story OF her capture and experiences
from the time she was taken from the
ranch at Colonial Hernandez, west OF
Pearson, where the de facto Mexican
government was reported to have
maintained q heavy garrison for the
protection OF Americans.
| Villa in War Panopiy.
| Up to yesterday, she said, Villa wore
citizens clothing, queer little round
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-03-10
Forks Merchants Put
Kink in Scheme to
Support the League

More trouble! ....- ..- -. .
1t begins to look as though Grand
Forks will not. be in the Northern
league, - .a.-t
And over at Superior the finances
haven't been coming with any start
ling rapidity. In fact, latest reports
from Superior disclose Tagging in
terest.
Here's what The Grand Forks Herald
has to say of the situation at Grand
Forks: H.s
The report of the committee solicit
ing funds for the support Of base
ball team is as follows:
Your committee. appointed to solicit
subscriptions for the maintenance of a
baseball team, has for the present sus-
pended operations. We received sub
scriptions to the amount of nearly
$1,000 without a single turn down, but
upon meeting some of the retail mer-
chants were informed that their asso-
ciation had by very large majority
expressed the opinion that they deem
it unwise to subscribe to the fund at
this particular time, and the commit
tee decided IL the majority OF the bus
mess men did not favor the mainten-
ance Of a team. 1t was wasting time
in trying to raise the required amount
from other sources. The committee
realizes that the Retail Merchants
association has been of great value to
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-03-10

chance for Bloom to land the office
Once, however, it was apparent that
Bloom could not be confirmed-and
senatorial courtesy was not likely to
be overridden in this case, in view of
the fact that Senator A. J. Gronna OF
North Dakota told his colleagues in
the senate that he would consider the
confirmation of Bloom personal af-
front, then it is said to have been
understood that the democratic COM
mittee Of the county should be called
in and be permitted to make itself
heard.
But, to all intents ana purposes, this
wasn't done. Bloom evidently was
advised that the Gig was up" so far
as he was concerned, and a few days
later the name of Davies went to the
senate for the postmastership. But
it didn't bear the approval of the Ram
sey county democratic committee, as
is supposed to have been agreed upon.
When Kelly and other democrats
were apprised of the situation, they
called the county committee together,
and the. endorsement of w. H. Belford
for the post was the result.
That is the story as tho Kelly people
tell IL
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-03-10
Wilson Orders Troops Over Border to Deal Out
Punishment to Villa; Sole Object of Expedition
Is Capture of Bandit Chief and His Lawless Gang
Inside" Story Gives
New Version Of Devils
Lake Democratic Break

Devils Lake. N. D., March TO-
Here's one of the inside" stories of
the break between John Bloom, pub
Usher of The Devils Lake Journal, and
Joe Kelly, president of the Farmers
Railroad company, which has been the
most recent seven day wonder" in
North Dakota politics.
Ihe big break was brought about
because Hal S. Davies, editor of The
Devils Lake Journal, formerly a twin
city newspaper man, appointed to the
postmastership and whose name is
now hung UP in a senatorial subcom-
mittee, isn't a democrat. Kelly and
his friends insist that Davies is a re-
publlcan--that he registered during
the last two elections as a republican,
and is not, under such circumstances,
entitled to the support of the demo-
Gratis for the post,
Back of Mr.. Davies appointment,
which was itself somewhat OF a poll
t1cal sensation, and which marked the
final passage of John Blooms hope of
being postmaster, is said to exist an
agreement-a gentlemen's agreement
that the Ramsey county democratic
central committee would have nothing
to say as long as there was any
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-03-10
Funston Asks Permission
to Pursue Raiders; Time
For Action Has Arrived

wahlnsten, March toeenea Funston in an overneEt die:
the border to finally clean out the bandit gangs The
Az the state department It made plain that while the
the department.
involved not closed far the concern
ed with permission to
troops the bandit will 90 forward .
Funstons dispatch added that so long as the horder
and add hag srigader General Peshns reported
thinks would be obiec
Mexico of Va and that
hew recommending operation"
teegraphed the department brief report
further rorma
Scott the order of Secretary
Baker
only information that point at the department
Major
Tompns They pursued Villa about five miles
country where he scattered after making
which stopped Tompns advance These three troops
Columbus three lhey
corporal of troop G."
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-03-10

straw hat, and rode a small mule
but just before the fight yesterday .he
appeared clad in the trim militar~y
uniform which he wore at Jaurez and
rode one of three handsome sorrel
chargers which had not been ridden
during the long march.
Mrs. Wright said Villa led nearly
l,50O men upon the sleeping American
town, at which were quartered less
than 300 American troopers.
She said that some of the men de-
tailed to Suard her during the march
told her Villa had 5000 men and 5000
horses.
that many men and horses" she add
ed.
Just before she and her husband
were taken prisoners, with the Hay
den boy, Mrs. Wright said, the Villa
men told her they had raided Coli
onial Jaurez. an American Mormon
settlement west of Pearson, looted all
stores of flour and provisions, and had
killed some of the foreigners. She
had learned nothing further in corr
roboration of this story. she said.
| "Servantes, with twelve men came
to the ranch the night of March L.
Mrs. Wright said in her story.
Tells of Her Capture.
"They pretended to be Carranza
I SOiuicIo ddiu ds5hSu hLS n Adu amy
food to sell. My husband and Frank
Hayden had been to Pearson buying
supplies and were not at home. told
them we had only q little flour and
meal-just enough for our family and
the family of a Mexican employee. L
was cooking, in expectation OF my
husbands arrival home, and Servantes
asked me il he might buy some for
his men. I told him / would give him
and his men something to eat
| 1T was just about dark then and
my husband came into the yard with
| two pack mules. which he unloaded
AS soon as that was done, some OF
CONTINUED On PAGE 81
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-03-10
Not Intervention, White
House Says, Explaining
New Mexican Decision

Washington, March OPesident
the Mexican kill the raidd Columbus,
New Mexico
Major General chief expedition
would not than
Major General Funston In its stage presidents
ed intervention Mexico Iprovd for punitive expedition deal with the law
less which the no
The following
can adequate will be Villa with single object
him and putting his og This and will be
entirely friendly aid the constituted authorities Mexico and scupuous
spect for the sovereignty of that republic.
T declared that the United States will consider punitive expedition
still Mexico but has decided that
both Mexico and the United continued activities
be dior d daon vmwthuou whunds
Ay pp A l feeling relief H H alton a day yded-
tn f the n dH He
a a wa Gust o o h
h by ste tequed by those t the House the
dean Vera % Pains eetkenby ontouud
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Cra~ ~ dH tina the esh ntnuono fakngn yArxmnte
Hpdd d ser dtop tn ba ontad adbrkenou uavsh
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-03-10
Teuton Submarine Sinks
Big French Ship; Second
Vessel to Fall Prey

Paris March oA Havas dispatch from Havre says that the
night at II o'clock
ecrewv vass saved. No aboard
is the sunk by the submarine
February leaving the following day for France She
mostly ports in the
gulf of Mexico.
The auon dispatch operating
Havre
regarding hostile craft
AvaiabIe
ment of named the Hermatrice.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-03-10
Jamestown College Gets
$4,000; Almost Reach
Their 100000 Goal

~. 0Word received here this
of jamestown college stating that he had
securing additional $4,000 the
The from
city with William Lands
the celeb ationw mac a
10 about $sooooo.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-03-10
Illinois Militia Ready
For Service in Mexico

Springfield III, 1o-Adiutan Dickson
Illinois militia numbering
available active service II Mexico and be placed
President Wilson within This
zason which recently passed nsp econ BY department.
ssntake has been engaging in practice hikes Gava distance
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-03-10
Verdun Situation Still
Unchanged; French Deny
Claims by the Germans

Paris March 1o-There before Ver
dun either according official
adds bombardment
the but that there has been
no infantry attack by the Germans
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-03-10

Paris March issued eategocaIy
made official
yesterday aored fort of Vaux captured
regiments, under the
Guky corntz This assertion the note
denies other statements contained in
the German official communication.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-03-10

Fair and not SO cold tonight. Sat-
urday partly cloudy and warmer.
The midland journal., 1916-02-11
For a Bilious Attack.

When you have a severe headache
accompanied by a coated tongue,
lothing of food, constipation, tor
pid liver, vomiting of partly digest
ed food and then bile you may know
that you have severe bilious at
tack. While you may be quite sick
there is much consolation in know
ing that relief may be mad by taking
three of Chamberlain's Tablets.
They are prompt and effectual.
Obtainable everywhere.
The midland journal., 1916-02-11
Beautiful FIao Flower.

Among the stateliest and proudest Of
the members of Americas flower fam
lily none excels the larger blue flag.
which also wears the names Of blue
iris and Aeur-de-lis. Ruskin calls II
the flower of chivalry, which has q
sword for its leaf and a lily for its
heart Longfellow pronounces It "a
flower born in the purple, to Joy and
pleasance. 1t blooms In the wet, rich
marsh and meadow from May to July
end finds its home from Newfound-
land and Manitoba to Florida and Ar
kansas. The flag flower must look to
the insect world entirely for its propa-
cation. particularly to the bees as itn
pollen carriers. So it puts forth a
flower that is blue tinted, for it's ex-
perience has taught it that a bee can
be wooed with blue better than with
any other color.-P Pittsburgh Press.
The midland journal., 1916-02-11
An Indians Comment.

Are We civilized? A young woman
who visited the Grand canyon few
weeks ago had an educated Indian as a
guide one day. and as the party went
along they saw father, aggravated
by something his young son had done,
stop ON the edge of the canyon and
give the boy thorough spanking. The
Indian was indignant. 'sThat is what
call barbarous." he exclaimed. "Now.
that boy will always remember this
great canyon as the place where he re-
ceiyed a spanking. He might have car
ried a picture of its grandeur in his
mind that would have assisted in de-
veloping him. but now all that is spoil
ed. We Indians don't do things that
way. We expect our children to endure
pain, but we don't inhict it." And
wasn't the Indian right?-Leavenworth
tTiynno
The midland journal., 1916-02-11
A Titled KIeptomaniac.

A titled kleptomaniac almost CEN
tury ago was the Countess Of Cork.
She had reputation for stealing any
thing she could lay her hands on,
whether 1t was useful or valuable or
not. Once when leaving country
house where she had been staying she
saw and quietly picked up a hedgehog
that was crossing a hall. a pet Of the
porter's. and took it away in her car
riage. Finding it an uncomfortable
foot warmer. she decided to dispose Of
it at the first town where she changed
horses and then offered it to confec-
toner in return for sponge cake.
The midland journal., 1916-02-11

visors of Assessment are paid by
the counties and city. Add to the
above expenses the salary of each
supervisor in the % counties and
two in Baltimore city, about $35 :
900, which the tax payers have to
pay, and the total cost to the tax
payers of the State for collecting
the State tax for one year foots up
to $73, ,734.14.
Comparing the expense items and
the work accomplished, as seen by
the ordinary laymaD, has started
the restless taxpayers to kicking
against the Commission.
The midland journal., 1916-02-11
Demand Vote On Statewide Pro.
Iilbitlon.

A delegation of 1900 persons
went to Annapolis last week to de-
mand that the bill submitting the
question Of prohibition to the peo,
pie of Maryland be passed at this
session Of the Legislature.
The arguments made by the
speakers before the Temperance
Committee of the House of Dele
gates aroused a great deal OF en-
thnsiam.
The Rev. DIR. Thomas M. Hare,
superintendent of the Anti Saloon
League, said it was generally
agreed that democracy was built on
the sure foundation of popular
rule. The wisdom or foolishness
of prohibition, he said, was not be-
fore the committee. This Anti
Saloon bill was merely a referen
dunn to the people, and he could
not conceive how the opponents of
this bill could have any arguments
against it.
.The Legislature" he said,
sscan prohibit entirely the sale of
liquor in this State, but we are not
asking that. We are merely ask
ing that the people should decide
the question. So far as I know the
almost unanimous sentiment in the
House is that the people ought to
be granted the right to settle the
liquor question. The division
seems to be largely on the question
of the units. We believe that the
State ought to be the unit. You
can't make prohibition effective in
the counties as long as Baltimore is
wet. Under the decision of the
Supreme Court we would now be
able to stop every package of
I liquor at the State borders if the
people Of Maryland should decide
to abolish the liquor traffic"
Jonathan K. Taylor, in replying
to the suggestion that Baltimore be
omitted from the provisions of the
law, declared that Baltimore was
ssthe worst old sinner in the State I"
He called on the county members
not to let Baltimore have her way
in this matter, saying it was the
men of Baltimore who made prohi
bition Ineffective in the counties.
The midland journal., 1916-02-11
Eeuador,s Vegetable Wool.

Kapok, known In Ecuador as llama
de ceiba," or vegetable WOOL" il q
product Of the largest tree that grows
In the forests Of the littoral, a species
of the genus Eriodendron (allied to the
cotton plant. The ceiba bears most
Of its branches near the top, and the
appearance of its bright yellow fiOw-
ers marks the approaching end Of the
rainless season. After the flowers fade
the pods that yield the kapok OF COM
merce are formed. These are gath
cred and the fiber extracted by hand.
One hundred pounds of crude material
yield, after cleaning, forty-five pounds
Of first grade kapok. Kapok is gain
ing in popularity In the United States,
where, among the other uses to which
1t is put, it Is employed In stumng
mattresses and sofa cushions and, it
is said, has found some favor among
makers Of upholstery fabrics.
The midland journal., 1916-02-11

The Tax Commission is due for
some bumps this Legislature. Last
week in the House Mr.. Tydings in
troduced bill t6abolish the Office
of supervisor of easements for the
several counties and the City OF
/. Baltimore, which Offices were
created under the Tax Commission
Bill passed by the last legislature.
The. exhaustive rerort of the
Commission on the Revision of the
Tax Laws, showed that the tax
system of the State was SO full OF
glaring inqualities that the last
Legislature passed an act creating
the Tax Commission, with power
to remedy the evils and to bring
about equality in assessments and
uniformity in taxation.
The work of the Commission
thus far has not been up to the
expectation of thetaxpayers, hence
there is clamor for the abolishment
of the newly created body.
Judge Lesser, minority member
of the State Tax Commission, has
refused to sign the report of the
Commission presented to the Legis-
lature. He Withheld the reasons for
his action for the present, but will
give them later. The statement of
expenditures of the commission for
the first six months show total Of
@1S, $40, SO, and for the year closing
on November 80 last $3S,734.14.
OF the latter s27 ,474 1s was ex
pended in salaries, S3.4SO for Office
rent and @1,40O for travelling ex.
penses. The salaries Of the Super
The midland journal., 1916-02-11
ILLUSTRATING the idea.

A school inspector was examining 9
class In grammar and trying to eluci
date the complex relations of adjec
tives and nouns by telling example.
Nov. for instance" said he. ''what
am II"
That was an easy question, and al
the children shouted:
"A manr' and then looked around
triumphantly. 4
'sYes, but what elser said the In
spectOr.
This was not so easy, but after q
pause boy ventured to suggest:
"a little man"
eyes. but there is something more
than that"
This was poser, but at last an In.
fant phenomenon almost leaped from
his seat in his eagerness and cried:
"Please, sir, know. sir-an ugly lit
tie manw-Pearson's Weekly.
The midland journal., 1916-02-11

Coughs and Colds are Dangerous.
Few of us realize the danger of
Coughs and Colds. We consider
them common and harmless ailments.
However statistics tell us every third
person dies of a lung ailment.
Dangerous Bronchial and Lung dis
eases follow a neglected cold. As
your body struggles against cold
germs, no better aid canbe had than
DR.. Kings New Discovery. Its merit
has been tested by old and young.
In use over As years. Get a bottle
to-day. Avoid the risk of serious
Lung ailements. Druggists.
The midland journal., 1916-02-11
Colds Need Attention.

Internal throat and chest troubles
produce Inflammation, irritation,
swelling or soreness and unless
checked at once, are liely to lead to
serious trouble. Caught in time DR..
Bells Pine-Tar-H Honey 1oosens the
phlegm and destroys the germs
which have settled in the throat OF
nose. 1t is soothing and healing.
Pine is antiseptic; honey is soothing,
bot. together possess excellent med
icinal qualities for lighting cold
germs. Insist on DR.. Bells Pine
Tar-Honey. Csc. all druggists.
The midland journal., 1916-02-11

The man of millions is the one
who will profit most by our policy
of preparedness. Hence the man
of millions is the one who should
cough up liveliest in the matter of
paying the freight. Tax the big
incomes-and collect the taxes.
The midland journal., 1916-02-11
ksnt Him waitinn.

The Scotch clergyman who invented
the percussion lock for firearms Ia
1905 had to wait twenty-seven years
before it was tested by the British
government, thirty-two years before a
regiment was armed with it and thir-
ty-four years before 1t was used in
war
The midland journal., 1916-02-11
Well Named.

"A wonderful man is my uncle said
little Binks. $50 very original and wit
ty. He says he called his dog Sau-
1age because it was half bread, bis
goat Nearly because it was all butt
and his prize cockerel Robinson be-
cause it Crusoe."
The midland journal., 1916-02-11
Something Good.

Those who hate nasty medicine
should try Chamberlain's Tablets
for constipation. They are pleasant
to take and their effect is SO agree
able and so natural that you will
not realize that it has been pro-
duced by medicine. Obtainable
everywhere.
The midland journal., 1916-02-11
ouita Easy.

Mother (annoyed)-I don't see, Elsie,
how you can be so naughty. Elsie
why, mamma. it isn't bit hard.-Bos-
ton. Transcript.
The midland journal., 1916-02-11

"What," asks contemporary, "are
the most inspiring words in the Eng
lish language? Much might be said
on behalf of these: Enclosed fnd
check."-Ch Chicago News.
The midland journal., 1916-02-11

He who has the truth In his heart
need never fear the want Of persuasion
on his tongue.-Ruskin.
The midland journal., 1916-02-11
whv She Was Sad.

The Groom-Why so sad, sweet
heart? The Bride-I was just think
ing how miserable I'd be, Jack. If I had
never met you. Judge.
The midland journal., 1916-02-11

No man is a good physician who has
never been sick.-Arabian.