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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1916)
t.A nT?A!OW EVENING OBSERVER PAGE NEIH AMERICAN NEGRO TROOPS GOING TO THE FIGHT AT CAUENTES Hera rathe negro pf the Tenth United States cavalry, who .under" Colonel W. C." Brown, killed thirty Villistas in the flgfct at Aguas Cal-ientes- This photog. aph shows them cheering on the way to the fight. Beneath is a company of United States tioopa .in their trenches at Casas Grande, showing (how they are pie-pared for any attacK that may come from Carranza troops. ,, ! We are menaced on all side. Cim. KAFFIR BOYS Leonard Wood. There ought never to be another presidential nominating convention, Woodrow Wilson. , .. BALAXY i WILD-EYED SOUTH AMERICAN LADS WILL SING SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1916 0 j. A A t S " - I if ff Chautauqua's Music End .Will Have Unique Number This Year . . ? ' " .A, - When the 1916 chautuuqua session is held here in June and July, a dis tinctly unique feature will be head lined in the musical department. ' It is the Kaffir Boy choir.. Concerning this iitt.r;ict.inn the hooking .hureuu has written to IW. 0. McMillan, sec-' the company wonderfully ; high. Hj says: The story of Balmer and his won derful singing Kaffir Boys reuds like the strangest tale of fiction. 'It is a story of hardships and sufferings, and after that, long years of patient toil on the part of BiJmer, to edu cate the peopls he had learned to love and admire. . Balmer was a young baritone of great renown. He was known all ,cver England and at one time was said to be the greatest baritone in London. But at the height . of his career, just when he was becoming re cognized as a great artist, his health foiled. To recuperate, he went to South Africa, there to live among the Kaffirs, the Hottentots and the people of Masbona. - After many years of life in this dis tant, land and many narrow escapes from death, Balmer gained the con fidence of the people and began to leach them to read and write. He helped them make their laws and to maintain order and was soon as highly respected among thsse people as any king or potentate. He found the Kaffirs the most in teresting people of all the South Af rican peoples. They are a race of people witn nigner uieais tnan any 01 the otnar blacks 01 tne Aincan ren jnsula. They ure straight and erect in build and many of them are very handsome. iBalmer found that many of the boys able voice; only 'lacking the rudiments ' of a musical education. Balmer de termined to teach some of these young 1 Kaffirs to sing. What he has accom plished is almost unbelievable, and when you hear and see these little Kaffir fellows on the Chautauqua platform you will marvel at their beautiful music, their wonderful grace of action and their smiles you will remember for many a day. They sing songs in their own dia lects but most of the program is rend ered in English. War songs, songs of the hunt and the feats of the Kaf firs are but a few of the long list the Kaffirs sing. Mr. Balmer sings bass and the boys sing soprano, tenor, and alto, thus forming an almost com pletely balanced choir. It has required two years to se cure the Kaffir Boy Choir under con tract for tha western Chautauquas. If we should tell you how much money it has cost to secure them for the peo ple of the West you would realize how popular they are and in what constant demand. At any . rate, .. they , have cost the managers of the western Chautauquas a lot of real money. When you have seen them and heard them, you too will say it is the great est attraction ' thnt has ever been brought to the West under any management. Talk about the Kaffirs everywhere you go. Tell everyone about them, Your friends will thank you many times for telling them of the merits of this uniaue organization. Make this your slogan: "The Kaffirs are coming to the Chautauqua." The 1916 Chautauqua Program is the greatest ever because: . It will cost thirty per cent more It is covering a greater range of activities than ever before. Practically all attractions are of na tional or international importance. It has been enlarged and strength ened over any previous program. Every musician is an artist, long experienced in Chautauqua entertain ment. New and efficient methods of man agement have been devised to make Chautauqua more enjoyable for you. This is the great year for the Chautauqua on the Pacific Coast- Notice Of Sheriff's Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, to all concerned, that under and by virtue of an execution and order of sale is sued out of the Circuit Court of the Rtajj nf (irnrrcm. for the County of Union, bearing date the 14th day of April, 1916, in that certain suit inerem pending wherein Delilah Collvor is mlnintiff and R. H. Betty and Effie May Betty are defendants, command l Knle of the herein after described -Droperty, and make thafrmn Vin Slim tit $600.00 !WmCl' pal, $72.00 interest, $75.00 attorney s fee, and the costs and disbursements of this suit, taxed at $16.00, and for accruing costs. THEREFORE, on Tuesday, the 16th day of May, 1916, at 2 o'clock P. M. at the front door of the Court House at La Grande, Union County, Oregon I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the following described lands, described in said de cree, to-wit: ' , mil. iu xtr nt 1ns one and two, and the north eight feet of Lots three and four in Block nine, Honan s Addition to La Uranae. ud wr ty, Oregon, together with all the right, title and interest of said defendants, .R. H. Betty and Effie May Betty in and to said premises. Dated at La Grande, Oregon, this 14th day of Am cm :t TTnim Pmrntv. Oregon. Daily Observer-April 15, 22, 29 May 2, 8. ' TENTH CAVALRY , ' . ' VVf f " . VJ f VILLA KII6 QFALL F1ENDQM I k4iWir h-a- li if,- 1 ?AAJsSr'l f it I! "Tho Ventilo Back," an ex elusive feature of OUTRAGE AGANST SISTER HE LOVED TO BLAME His family Sinned Against, His Career Becomes Bloody Gruesome Peon farmer boy hoarder of un known wealth: outlawed bandit soldier hero; devoted husband, barbarous bit;- . aroist; just freoJhanded leader cruel : and vindicative dictator; cool and ' clever (political adveratuiior (ravin : and Jlnnlt.hiratv min1-mi. ul,.atiril ' statesmen ignorant malefactor. Such a man is Francisco Villa, "The Tiger," as seen by his friends and by his enemies. Real History Mystery We in La Grande, far remote from the scenes of his terrorisms, scarce ly iippreci'Jte the nature of the brute man. We hear only of him through press and magazine. The Observer has compiled a brief story of his life,-1 . . . - .-, .. . ' , . tntihtnrv ini.iQD ...n....!... i... : . ... . . plnim 1 0 000 npRnR rowanl. Oncn- , R D,'mu,, ' ctn.nvt, roo or ieai iroin anyunc wuu wo i - V i j : 1 u u Moving th mwr. no n- tf nnA ,.nr,,u, . i a ,i i lv ho con-ted nnd married the shop , Mexico, ent. It follows that only the more jways with tftiem he was generous and important events of his career can be i onen-handod , a free-giver and a kind Bet Trula Urk. V. 8. Fit. OOoft No pressure of steels on the spine. -. The corset for 'every oc casion. . v Spring models bring new . comfort, new beauty, new styles. Have your Easter gown fit. ted over a Ltt Camilla and note the difference. MRS. ROBERT PATTISON CORSETIERB. Other models at $2.00 op. Residence 1702 Oak . Phone Red 8221 . L IN TRENCHES AT GASAS GRAUCES i i I i in iiWi iii r ii ..mJ man. In the foothills of the mountains the entire Uncle Sam Army who has climes, Really Modern Robin Hood Rivalling Robin Hood , in the var ied careor of his life, but lacking the polish of that famed Old English fi gure Francisco Villa was a character albout whom (there has .been more written, perhaps, than about any oth er Mexican-of his generation; a' man wfhoae naimo will go down in history as that of one of the most picture sque and widily known, though little known, mon of intrigueidden Mex- te'SV ' ... , . . , .. visions A pretty senorita, the bello Valla's personal histoiiy and life f town, was the sales-woman. have been as much a mooted question 1jn atj you bought our as nus ueeii uie rigni, anu wrong 01 ds ,, ghe to thc officer, "We his cause. His bn-Uhi is shrouded in r,;j ti,b Tiirer' would come the bloody fights .between Villa' and the rurales, of time plundering raids of "The Tiger" on unsuspecting towns, and they feared him. , ' One night the magistrates and soldiers announced a dance, and pla,ns were announced for a royal merry making. An hour before tho dance started a powerful, black-mustached man, clad in the full uniform of an officer, strode into the small general store ana doubt place, time ancestry, Mexico's "man or moon nas been were afraid and irob us." I The officer laughed, then invited her to dance. They danced through- claimed as brother of a negro, as a II ,, . i 1 C 1 i squaw man, as a imu-ureeo ta . ,v " . ,,. t 4.1,. MTican-Negro Mood, as half-breed of , l ?&&a&?j Mexican-Indian Mood, aud as a ful!-?yl; fledged Mexncan of pure Spanish ex traction, The Revernod Alfred Young, a Ne-i gro minister of (Baltimore, claimed Villa was his bi other. His hair was dhiort and "kinky" like that of the African; his check bones high and prominent like those of the Indian; his complexion that of the Mexican; his temperament that of tlhe Castil ian. 1 .(-."'" Durango His Birthplace Perhaps the most direct line upon Villa's birth comes from the Mexican state of Durango, south of Chihuahua. It was in these mountain footJhills that Francisco Villa was born in 1876, the son of a peon farmer ac cording to best reports. While he was a child his parents moved to the state of Chihuahua, one scene 01 tne greatest activities of Villa s life a state thnt tremibled with lear at his name, yet whose people benefited by his generosity. . , fwlhile Villa was in his early teens his parents died and left in his charge an older sister, a bccutnui, tiarK- eyed senorita whom Villa loved. Kenny Lovea mis sister This very devotion to his sister led Valla into open conflict with the pow er then in control of Mexico. Rural es, the roving armed policemen of Mexico, were wont to carry away for the magistrates of the government tny protty woman who declined their attentions. Villa returned home one day from his plow to find hiis sister gone and in that imoment of discovery was bom Mexnco's fury, "Pnncho, The Tiger." Villa at once attacked the magis trate of the town. Ho seized his re volver, mounted a swift horse and, compelling a priest to ride with him started in pursuit All day and ell nlight they irode, and at 4 o'clock one morning, almost a week later they caught up with the party. Made to Marry The Girl At the point of Villa's revolver the priest performed the marriage cere mony, the Magistrate signed his own death warrant, and in less than five minutes the magistrate was dead and Villa rode for the mountains of Chi huahua, a fugitive from justice. Thus began She career of the man who caused more trouble for two governments than any other one man in history. He was outlawed, and a price was placed on his head. Kindred spirits flocked to has ban ner, and for eighteen years they de fied the rurales, raiding, pillaging, murdering.plundering. Peons Were Spared Villa's rifles carried 48 notches, trordiess obituaries of rurales who sought to capture him and win the re ward. But his friends of these days stoutly assert that never did Villa Durinp ttie last dMice he chid- ed her of bar fear for Villa. "What would you do if Villa, were to come here now?" he asked, "I would die of fear," she answered with a shudder. . . 'I have a secret to tell you," he said, and whispered in her ear; "I am Villa." " A Brazenlv Villa danced tihiroughout the night with the very rurales who were seeking him, dead or alive, to girl. Then Came Mndero good fortune came. Tton revolted and Villa and his followers, 1,800 strong,, placed themselves under Madero's command. Many are the tales that are told of his work in that irevolution. He came to the front like a true leader of men strong, forceful, resourceful, daring. He nev er sent a soldier where he would not go himself Always (he was in tho thick of the fight. - His powerful 'sorrel chargers Villa had a passion for sorrel horses al ways carried him at the hend of tihe column. ... He captured Juaircz by strategy seizing a Federal troop train and all telegraph operators along the line and entering the town before the defenders had discovered his ruse. Was Cruel to His Wife From outlaw to general in seven montta, Villa became the popular hero with tho rovoluntary class. His enemies he lined up and shot, fre quently with his own hand. . Intrigues worked around Ihim, and caused his estrangement from' his . wife. . His cruelty to her was terrifying, it is said He tortured enomieB until they paid tribute, end then shared his tribute witihi the soldiers who worshipped him. His officers he ruled by fear, his men by . fellowship, daring ond gen erosity. With the ascension of Huer ta and Hie death of Mndoro the old banditry began again,, nnd Villa was again an outlaw., He swore death to Huerta, and was the horo of the 'revolution that swept Huerta out of FVnllv Promised But Broken fnrranMl. nominilllv Condor of tllO Ma.lom revolution, was lost sight of in Villa's oruiuanb leuuur&iuy . w,a " And, to Carranza, tCio man he has fought bitterly for a year, Villa swore fenlty less than two years ago. In the spring 01 ami us law; as August of that year, Villa disa vowed any 'desire to rule Mexico and J..U..1. l. .1,1 n.l,ra Vi!d Mfn rt Carranza, that he would leave Mexico if Carranza so desired 'rut an sept ember of that year Inc broke loose again, and carried on a warfare that thrived in his native state of Chihua hua, culmbiating in tho raid of Colum bus. ' How groat Villa's strength in north ern Mexico was is a matter of con jecture. He was feared, worshipped; hated, loved; villificd. At Chihuahua city he maintained a beautiful Villa, where his wife resided. The place was exquisitely furnished, richly equipped. His wife has been reported at San Francisco, El Pnso, San Diego, Chi huahua City. Whether it is the same wife, or different wives, no one seems to know, as no one knows - the true history of this many-sided man of Mexico, Francfeco Villa, ; "Pancho, The Tiger." ; : ' This war began in secret diplomacy. It will end in secret conferences by diplomats. Jane Addams. I do not pretend to guess exactly what role religion will play in the fu ture. Norman Hapgood. SAY YOU" How About That J I Alfalfa SeedD i-n. 1 1 r nr .. . "i J. II mai iou were uomg uu Sow This Spring .. Come in and see us at your "first opportunity. Don't wait until the very last moment. 25 Per lb, while it lasts SAWYER-CLARK COMPANY, Phone Main 17. Corner Jefferson A Greenwood :" Streets. READY FOR YOU TO DRIVE HOME-THEN PAY AS YOU RIDE , s I,- '.-. a- 1 ; - - ; i Your Maxwell Is Re&AyNow! 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