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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-06-30
Mexicans Leave IL G

Laredo, Texan exodus of Mexi.
cans to the south, presumably on free
transportation furnished by the gov.
eminent; the arrival of five American
refugees from the interior of Mexico:
the abolition of night train service in
Mexico: and everything quiet on the
surface summarizes the situation at
this border.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-06-30
$1,700, 900 For camna;,,

Chicago.-A campaign fund q, 81.
100000 will be raised by the Demo.
cratic party by popular subscrint,on
W. W. Marsh Of Iowa, treasurer q, tho
National Committee, said while An
route to Washington for a conference
with President Wilson,
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-06-30
More EastIand Suits.

Cbicago.-New claims for damages
apgregating $1,7OO,OOO have been filed
in me federal District Court on be-
half of persons who were injured or
lost relatives in the overturning Of
the Eastland July "a, 1915.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-06-30
Horses Goinu Down.

The machine guns were still going.
l could hear the bullets whizzing over
US. Because of Lieutenant Adairs Or
der we saved a lot of men. But the
horses did not have the same luck. The
bullets started to hit them, and they
were going down as if their legs were
suddenly cut out from under them.
The others. stung by the bullets and
kicked by the dying horses began to
rear and plunge. The men in charge
tried their best to hold them but they
broke away. Some of the men were
Killed trying to save their mounts.
when the horses got away we were
marooned. We fought back and pre.
vented the Mexicans from advancing
IN spite OF their advantage in numbers
and the machine guns. We began to
fall back toward the hills as vel, o.
we could.
I'VE recovered four horses and tben
the four of US were sent here 70 "a.
port. We left the rest of the troons in
the nils. The retreat was slow because
Oh the wounded. The Mexicans kent
nrlns' but were kept away by the &C.
curate rifle fire Of our men,"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-06-30
convicts See Circus.

Joliet, Ill.-Eighteen hundred con-
vic.s in the state prison here were
nermitted a half holiday to attend the
first circus performance ever given
In the prison yard.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-06-30
Civilian Aviation Sehoo,

FL Paso. Texan aviation scboo,
1cr civilians as well as for army men
Will be set up on the parade ground
at Fort Bliss by arrangement with tho
military authorities. Harry
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-06-30
Pension Bill Passes

"ashlngton-The annual uensi,n
appropriation bill carrying si5s oss
600, passed the house witbor, 'oOO''
cail' after debate devoted to MANI
subjects other than pensions '
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-06-30
Aviator Savage Killed.

Ewing. Neb.-Matt Savage, a Ne
braska aviator, was killed here while
making practice flight in bis ma,
chine.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-06-30
SPORTING ITEMS

Roger Bresnahan must be sore,, a.,
appointed at not being able tn s.t us us
to the association. ''' nre
ihere is not a baseball mapno.. T.,
inc country that would not ILL.,. ~
"''o waivers on the weather man -
nohdeau Is a new face in tho W.
.ns.oh lineup. This rookie rich. ' %
ef ~ a product of the America uelu'
citation. e''can asso-
Ne'ertheiess, the Washipyto,
kind wora y. appreciation I by saving
MINI WORD for the best cellars saying
Dt nns"s W.' srifith is working hi, stu,
p''eHer' walter johnson overtime ' sur
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-06-30

Cotton imports into China last vaa,
showed an increase of sS,75O.Ooo in
value,
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-06-30
TELLS STORY Of
MEXICAN AMBUSH
Escaped Trooper Gives Details
Of Tenth Cavalry Fight.
Carranza Troops Moved Down Men
and Horses With Machine Guns
After Leading Them lrto
Trap.

81 paSu, TeX.--NO more graphic story
can be found in the record of the
United States army than that told by
one Of the couricrS from the Inflated
troops of the Tenth cavalry that was
ambuShed by CarranZa troops. His
story Of the attack was told to Genera!
Pershing and included by that officer
In his report to Washington. 1t was as
follows:
The following is the story he tells:
I'VE had been marching since early
Wednesday morning when we reached
the neighbOrhOod Of Carri2al. Capt.
Charles T. Boyd WAS riding ahead Of
the column. Just behind him was Capt.
Lewis S. Morey. Lieut.. Henry K. Adair
was further back with the column.
There were 50 men in the troop.
Outnumbered to l..
From our position we could see
some Mexican soldiers in the village.
Captain Boyd sent forward messen-
ger under flag of truce to ask permits
sion to enter the town in search of the
bandits that we We're hunting Gen.
Felix Gomez sent back word giving
permission 10 enter.
Gomez himself rode out to meet
Captain Boyd. Captain Boyd gave the
word for the column to advance We
were Just starting forward when we
noticed Mexican troops pouring out
from behind different kinds of shelter
adobe houses aud the like-and de-
ploying to the right and left. 1t was
battle formation. From the first glance
we saw that they outnumbered us at
least five to one.
captain Boyd noticed their move
ment. TO any soldier that sort OF thing
can mean only that an attack is about
to be made. | saw Captain Boyd mo.
ton to the Mexlcans and make some
remark about it to Gomez. Gomez
wheeled his nlount around and sig.
nailed with his hands. Then he made
q dash for his own lines.
AT the same time couple of ma
chine guns. one at each end of the
Mexican line, opened up on us. We
were caught in our saddles in easy
range, and we were good targets.
saw Captain Boyd fall. A moment
later Captain MOrey was wounded in
the shoulder.
"Lieutenant Adair gave US the order
to dsmOunt. We got out of our sad
dies IN hurry. Then he told US to
throw ourselves on our faces and re-
turn the fire. Someone got Gomez Just
as he was reaching his line. The next
minute Lieutenant Adair was hit.
Both he and Captain Boyd are dead,
believe.
Evening star., 1916-06-04

kins and Those Gillespies." one feels
like urging the writer to go back to the
shoreside and the country folks for his
next adventure In fiction.
MY LADY OF THE MOOR. BY John
Oxenham, author of Gods Prison
err" etc New York: Longmans
Green & Co.
This is the story of Noel Daunt Re-
leased from the Dartmoor prison, where
he had served his sentence for an at
tempt on the life of another man. his
single aim was to bring to successful
issue this crime upon which his life
was bent Hotfoot with this intent
Daunt was hurrying from Dartmoor
when a chance meeting with the lady
of the moor" changed his course def
nitely and permanently. from that of
revenge to one of unrequited and self
sacrificing devotion. tiny chapel on
the moor was the sanctuary of this
nameless lady. There. like vestal vir-
gin, and medieval saint. and mere wom-
an. she lifted prayers for all the world
Daunt came within the warmth of this
fervor of human sympathy and there
after stood as true knight to the lovely
lady That the one for whom the lady's
warmest intercessionS We're made
turned out to be the man against whose
life paunt was plotting. that this man
while dishonoring Daunts sister be-
'hiie 'Ht loNeF OF the taQN
the moor. only brought these two to-
gether in closer bond of redemptive
, fervor. The war, without which the
novelist cannot make any effective
headway nowadays, brings Noel Daunt's 8
Enight-errantry to dramatic climax
II the story means anything, it means
that II one-or tWo-will love enough.
and pray enough, and believe enough.
and Will endow a sawdust man with the
attributes of human nobility, the saw
come changed as by miracle into the
qualities and essences of genuine man.
Evening star., 1916-06-04

THE LATCHSTRING. To Maine Woods
and Waters. BY Walter Emerson.
illustrated. Boston: Houghton Mif-
fin Company
A dependable guide is a necessity in
the removed places for which the tour
ist is ever on the search. A guide as
enthusiastic as he is dependable is a
treasure. And here he is Mr. Walter
Emerson is certain. past any chance of
controversy, that upon the state of
Maine nature lavished her most in
spired artistry. giving to this particular
commonwealth a variety of landscape.
a charm of climate, a choice of pleas
ures. with which no other part of the
country was endowed. And it must be
admitted that Mr. Emerson here makes
a good showing in support of this eX-
pansive claim. Living up to the hos
pitality of the title which he has given
to this book of summer pleasure. he
throws wide the door of the great
state and uShers the visitor into the
presence of its manifold attractions.
Acting now as guide. he gives plain
and specific ways of getting from here
to over yonder, and further on UP int O
the beyond of the frontier regions.
Again. he is the local historian. abound
ing in sketches and glimpSes and Incl
dents that mark the "doWneast" havors
of this section. Half a hundred photo
graphs assist him. sometimes to lure
the fisherman or the hunter. sometimes
to suggest merely what Maine has to
offer for the real business of the world
and most often of all to point to spots
that are too indescribably lovely for
mere words to paint. 1t is hardly con-
ceivable that one, reading this enthusi-
astic chronicle, Will not at once betake
himself to Portland. Me. where he will
hunt up the home or office of Mr. Wal
ter Emerson and say, Come on; let US
go together through these wonderful
Evening star., 1916-06-04

perhaps because of greater talent. but
! better facilities for study The
womens life class Is a day class, the
mems life class meets at night The
women for the most part give all their
time to study, the men have most fire.
quently been regularly employed dur
, ing working hours Whether this ap
plies to the honor winners this year is
not known, but at all events the
competition is not hurtfuI.
Some exceptionally good work has
been done by members of the compo-
i'sition class this year. works which
give more promise than Is ordinary
The painting classes have also come
IN for their shore of compliments, and
the work of the water color classes
has found particular favor.
The Corcorsn School of Art is prac-
tically free and 1t is situated in a
city which is not an art producing CEN
ter There is little real employment
here for those who would make a live
lihood of artistic pursuits-the be-
ginner who would make his or her way
while mastering technical knowledge
Hence the average would not sup
posedly be as high as i'll schools in
New York, Philadelphia or Chicago.
Yet those who know say that the stand
ard upheld does not fall below the
standards of these greater schools. Mr.
Breckenridge. who 3 one of the chief
instructors in the Pennsylvania Acad-
cmy, when serving on the present Jury
of award. remarked that students who
came to him from the Corcoran school
never had anything to unlearn-that
Invariably they were well grounded
This is high testimony to the worth of
the school and the Kind of instruction
given therein, for school of art can
do more than this and few, it is feared
do much.
Furthermore, the spirit of this school
Evening star., 1916-06-04

hood. Like all of the stories built
around Dartmoor from those of Eden
Phillpotts down. this one is at its pest
when dealing with the moor itself In
its appearances. and moods. and mean
ings.
THE ROAD TO MECCA. BY Florence
Irwin. New York: G. P. Putnam
Sons.
1t appears that there are many
meccas. Indeed. that each makes a
mecca for himself. in his own image.
as he makes his God. And so, some
of these are golden cities and some
are waste places. and some are noisome
corners. This story tells of the mecca
fashioned by a young woman under the
urge of sharing the gay life OF those
who. by the accident of easy means. were
dancing few rungs higher up on the
social ladder than she herself occupied
The money-making instinct OF her
solid. unpretentious husband opened
the way for this fulfillment- The story
progresses under this momentum. And
the woman. matter of course, ar
rives at the mecca of her own building
Given a rag of a conscience, near
Sightedness that shuts off any poSsl-
bihty of vision. an exaggerated sense or
ones own beauty and charm. a few
Sickly ideas doing duty guiding prIn-
hypnotic phrases. among which living
ones own life is e-eminent-siNen
this impedimenta. any woman can lose
her husband and betray her friends
and take on mad experiences. all under
the delusion that she is treading the
happy and shining way to the city Of
her dreams. This is the substance of
Miss lrwin'S new novel Serious in in
tent and painstakinG in development,
the story. though here and there of un-
accustomed handling. is a very credit
able and interesting study of a common
phase of our modern social life.
Evening star., 1916-06-04
CONTRIBUTION REACHED
THE HiGH-WATER MARK

| fEOR more than twenty years the
clerks in the different bureaus of
! the executive departments of the gov
ernment have paid pretty tribute to tire
! soldiers and sailors of the different
wars in which the nation has beeen en-
gagged by contributing to a Memorial
day fund, which this year reached the
! high water mark In an article pub
! lished in The Sunday Star Nav IS an
erroneous statement was made TO The
effect that the pension bureau is the
only government bureau to take up q
| collection for Memorial day observ-
ances.
| The veterans of the sixties and those
of the Spantsh-American war who are
employed in the different branches OF
the government service are very proud
of so much voluntary good will. and.
as one Of the old soldiers expressed
it. they have had such a satisfactory
Memorial day celebration that they
feel reiuvenated and are anxious to
march in the monster preparedness pa
rade on June Il. if Uncle Sam will let
| them off. President Wilson has signi-
fed his intention to grant a full holi-
day to government employees if the
law permits. If he is unable To do this
he promises 10 grant by executive or
der Il holiday to all government en-
ployes who wish to participate in the
parade.
The patriotic Offering which is taken
up each year in the different Depart
ments is entirely voluntary and is put
into a fund for buying flowers. fass
and wreathS of immortelles to be used
in decorating the graves at Arlington
and other national cemeteries in the
District and in decorating the ,nonu-
ments to departed heroes in the public
parks and squares.
\ part of the fund is also used to
convey to Arlington or other cema-
teres the old soldiers who would 9TH
erwiSe be unable to go owing to the
long march or the inconvenience of the
cars. This year there was a larger
number than usual to take ADVANTAGE
of the courtesy.
Subscriptions are given from the
heads of bureaus down to the lowest.
salaried employees.
In the government printing offics
they have a rather unique way of
"etting together at The noon hour
the day before Memorial day and hold.
i3g a little celebration all their own
'sually they invite some celebrity to
make a short address on a subject of
the day
The bureau of engraving and print
ing and the Treasury Department were
both enthusiastic over the interest
taken in Memorial day exercises, and
gave SO generously to the fund that il
is expected a comfortable surplus will
remain after all expenses are paid, to
,e used in the charities to which the
j. \. Il. thinks best to donate 1t.
Evening star., 1916-06-04
THE $50 GOLD PIECE OF
PIONEER DAYS I'm THE WEST

1THERE has recently arisen dis
cussion concerning a gold coin
which enjoyed circulation to a
greater or less extent in those times in
California which are generally referred
to as the pioneer days" Pioneer
days'' represent "A time which X diff
cult to determine. Even the begin
ming of pioneer days cannot be acCu-
rately fixed. and the time when pioneer
days passed or merged into the middle
past or into the present cannot he fix
ed Everybody knows what is meant
by pioneer days, but the limits of that
period are largely matter of impress
sion or opinion. a hundred years from
now it is likely that the people of the
Pacific coast of that time viii look
back upon the present IS a remote
period, and it may be that some of
them will refer to the early years of
the twentieth century as the pioneer
DAYS of the west. For in the west
even of todav there are prospectors. in
divdual gold and silver miners. COW
boys. Indians. cattle round-ups,
bandits train and stage robberies. min
ing camps and other features which
speak of the youth of a section.
one OF the CONS WhiCh tound clfcula-
ton in pioneer days of California,
which may be roughly inscribed within
the wears lSi7-1STG. was the slug
gold piece having a bullion value of
$50 It was not a United States coin
that is. it was not mirted by the United
States or under the authority of the
United States. These coins. and there
is no record of the number of them.
were issued by an assayer and stamped
by him with their bullion value.
Stories are told that the standing Of
this assayer for integrity was so high
that bars of bullion with his mark of
weight and fineness were never reas-
Evening star., 1916-06-04

man who makes it his business to stir
up discomfort in the mind of the labor
er. melting him to acts of violence and
lawlessness for the redress of real or
imaginary wrongs. Forty years ago,
or thereabout. strikes among railway
employees led TO riots and the destruc-
tion of property. Cleveland. the home
of John Hay at that time. was the CEN
ter of one of these disturbances. Look :
ing upon this situation one of pro
found misfortune and disgrace" and
tracing its origin to ill-advised and ir-
responsible political agitators, Mr.. Hay
embodied his ideas upon this subject
In the social drama of The BreadWin-
nerS. The types OF character. the
scenes and incidents created medi-
UNI for these, the social environment,
the direction and outcome of this de-
Velopmert combine here in a novel
whose effect is quite interestingly and
unexpectedly cotemporary. immedi-
ately modern as the problem novel of
today. and much more carefully
wrought than the great bulk of these
can lay claim to he.
Evening star., 1916-06-04

It has often been said that the gov
ernment of the United States once
minted fifty-dollar gold pieces but the
coins referred to are those old Cali
fornta "slugs,' a few of which may he
seen in museums and no doubt some of
vate collectors. statement concern
ing ffty-dollar gold pieces was re-
Gently issued by the director of the
mint as follows:
The first and only time fifty-dollar
gold coins ever were struck in United
States mints was for the recent Pam
anna Pacific international exposition.
Three thousand in all were coined and
only half of these We're subscribed for
by the exposition company: the re-
mainder are held in the san Francisco
mint, but under the law cannot be dis
tributed because they were not called
for while the exposition was in prog
ress.
In the matter of the coins referred
to by the director of the mint it will
be recalled that during the prepara-
tions for the Panama Pacific exposi-
tion the managers caused the govern
ment to coin a limited number which
the exposition company was TO pur-
chase and sell as souvenirs, but the
plan was not entirely successful.
The superintendent of the United
States mint at Philadelphia has said
that in 1877 dies were made for fifty
dollar gold piec". but. owing to the i'm
possibility of striking so large a piece
on the coming presses. it was never
adopted. The fifty dollar commemora-
tive gold pieces made for tht, san
francisco exposition We're coined on
medal press.
Evening star., 1916-06-04

ioH ,ne naS liau d sluuio IN Ne" forh'
ano, "Iile eAnlpl,ihs niue: mas pro
49,, iiiu'i WI oi an Interesting
etla a atteL- MISS ihofhps"i 49, III ldct'
one OF tne most a"conphshed OF our
pae.eht uaS pasteHsts ana heF Por-
@ @eiat.s nave oistlhctioh ana charm
quite 'hei own
,,r,-p ~, -
I'll H->i'i D. 9->EA-- viii cohduct MS
summer class of outdoor painting
at East Gloucester this season and
,n,o,. .L -. ,,,
uT,sh;,, -, - Nj: -, ~
and Miss Porter.
Evening star., 1916-06-04
woods and walk and talk together be-
side these miraculous waters" A
charmingly whole-hearted and captivat-
Ing book.
THOSE GILLESPIEs. BY William
John Hopkins. author of "Old Har-
bor," etc. Illustrated by Lester G..
Hornby. Boston; Houghton Mif-
fin Company


bor." etc. Illustrated by Lester G..
Hornby. Boston: Houghton Mif-
fin Company.
The author of The Clammers" and
other stories of New England character
and scene here comes into town and
writes a novel of city life. using Bos-
ton as the background of this social
drama. A little six-year- Rudolph
Gillespie, is the real hero of this tale
Upon him is put the man-size task not
only of bringing together his estranged
father and mother. but the additional
one well of arranging a match be-
tween his pretty aunt and his beloved
Jack Ramsden The story takes its
general color and movement from the
monotonously familiar fact that Mrs.
Gillespie is tired of her husband and is
thinking seriously of giving both him
and the boy up for somebody else OF
course she finally does nothing of the
kind, thanks to the youngster. aided
and abetted by Jack Ramsden and the
pretty aunt
All women get tired of their hus-
bands. one assumes, and, no doubt
though this is not so important-all
men get tired of their wives. Why
does not some one write A story about
one of the millions of women who,
tired to extinction of their lawful
mates. nevertheless brace Up under this
rather trying situation ahd play the
game fair according to contract? That
would make a pleasing change for nov
el readers and it would. besides. open
possibilities for most exhilarating
story.
Coming back to William John Hop
Evening star., 1916-06-04

has been in course of construction. VIII
be opened this week with appropriate
ceremonies. This opening of new
and important art museum will be
signali7ed by an inaugural exhibition
to which other art museums and pri-
vate collectors viii make loans. and
by the gathering In Cleveland of those
interested in the advancement of art
from all parts of the country. Among
those who have been especially invited
to this opening is the director of the
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Mr.. Mimi
gerode.
A T. this same time there is set forth
~ at the Albright gallery. Buffalo. a
notable exhibition of American sculp-
! ture-the largest and most notable col
lection, it is said, that has at any time
so far been assembled save in connec-
tion with the great eXpositions. The
entire Albright gallery has been
empted to make room for the tempo
rary exhibits. and not only are the
works in sculpture shown within the
four walls of the gallery. but in the
adjacent grounds, This exhibition Will
continue throughout the summer and
will undoubtedly repay visit
! THOSE planning summer excursions
to the far west may be glad TO
make note not only of the exhibitions
in Buffalo and Cleveland. but also of
those at the art museums of Cincin-
natl, Chicago. Minneapolis and st.
Louis. all of which Will he found of
special interest Those going north
will do well to take cosnizance of the
collections to be seen at the Rhode
Island school of Design. at Providence
at the Worcester Art Museum, Poland
Springs. and the Art Museum of Bos-
ton. There is good deal of art III
this country if one only knows where
to look for II. LEILA MECHLiN-
Evening star., 1916-06-04
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
SELECTED LIST OF BOOKS RE-
GENTLY ADDED.

The following list. arranged ny suo-
jects. includes some of the latest addi-
tions to the Public Library.
The lists which appear in this coiuhh
each Sunday are reprinted, at the emu
of the month, in the librarys monthly
bulletin. Copies of this may be on
tsned free at the library or VIII ~
sent by mail for 5 cents year
Evening star., 1916-06-04
Christianity.
Religious Work and Missions.

'ranston. Eari. Up. Breaking Down th-
Walls. pKME-Cs57.
tufhhert. Father. Tho Romsntcism of ST.
Francis. nNFI-C914
Robinson. =. IL. History of Christian Mis-
sions. pS R-ulGh
Wilson, Eliza Fifty Years of Assaciar io-
Work Among Young Women. 1ss6-I9lG DI-
W696.