The Gazette

THIRTY-THIRD YEAR. NO. 10. IN UNION THERE IS STRENGTH ALLIES ACHIEVE FURTHER GAINS British and French Keep Up Their Great Offensive Against Germans. TEUTON FORCES ADVANCE ON SERBIA Balkans Seem Certain to Become Embroiled in Great War, According to Latest Developments in London, Eng.—French and British, battering the German lines before Lille in Artiois and in Champagne, have achieved further successes in their great offensive, it is officially reported. The most striking successes claimed by the French have been registered in the region of Souchez, where at Vimy the dominating hill No. 40 has been captured, and in Champagne on the slopes of Tahure and north of Massiges. The British are reported to be making further progress south of Labassee canal. Berlin Claims Attacks Fail. The Berlin official statement says that the British attacks in the region of Loos broke down with heavy losses before the German fire and that some of the ground lost by the Germans north of Loos has been recovered. In the fighting since Saturday the allies are said to have inflicted upon the Germans losses estimated at not less than 120,000 men. Of these more than 23,000 have been taken prisoners. Seventy-nine captured German cannon already have been transported to the rear and vast stores of material of all kinds are in the French hands, which so far it has been impossible to inventory. In order to divert the allies' attention from the sectors where the heaviest blows are being launched the Germans are reported to have opened a violent bombardment of the French positions north and south of the Alise, in La Pretre woods and the forest of Montmorency. French artillery is replying and Gen. Joffre has made no move to indicate that his attention is being distracted from the main sectors. French Take Important Crest. The heaviest fighting on the entire front is going on in the Vimy section north of Aras. Here the French, occupying the command crest known as hill No. 140, are in a position to command with their artillery the important German supply railway, the network of wagon roads and the lesser heights which had been strongly fortified by the Teutons. The capture of the crest is declared in Paris to mark an important step in the campaign to recover Lilly, Lens and Dousl. The crest was won in a night battle in which the French, rushing forward under cover of darkness, succeeded in occupying not only the hill but also the orchards to the south. All day long, despite fierce attacks, they held their ground and now have established a strongly consolidated position on the crest. Teutons Advance on Serbia. The Balkans seem certain to become embroiled in the great war. "Five hundred thousand Austrian and German troops have begun an advance on the Serbian frontier, in the direction of Orsova," says the Athens correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Co. The Athens correspondent of the Havas News agency says it is expected Bulgaria will begin an attack on Serbia within 15 days. Plans for the campaign are being drawn up by the Bulgarian general staff, the correspondent says, with the assistance of numerous German officers who have arrived in Sofia. Bulgarian officers say no attack will be made on Greece. "Bulgaria and the central powers have concluded a precise agreement, according to authoritative information," says the correspondent at Saloniki of the Temps. "Under this agreement Bulgaria will enter the war Oct. 15." UNITED PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD OF OHIO CLOSES MEET WITH TEMPERANCE RALLY. Mansfield, O.-The United Presbyterian synod of Ohio closed its annual meeting here with a temperance rally at which Rev. John S. Rutledge of Cleveland gave the principal address. Wheeling, W. Va., was selected for the 1916 meeting. S. E. Findley of Mansfield was elected to the board of trustees of Muskingum college. The synod voted to give $7,000 per annum for three years to help wipe out the deficit at the college. Strong resolutions favoring prohibition in Ohio were adopted. Convict Slayer Is Killed Albany, Oregon.—Otto Hooker, an escaped convict, who shot and killed Hary Minto, warden of the Oregon penitentiary at Salem, and fatally wounded J. J. Benson, city marshal of Jefferson, died from wounds suffered in a revolver battle with a posse. Hooker was discovered in an unoccupied house here. A posse demanded he surrender. Hooker replied with a revolver. A member of the posse crept to a window and fired a bullet through Hooker's lung. THE GAZETTE VICTOR MURDOCK Victor Murdock, national chairman of the Progressive party, says a straight Progressive ticket will be nominated here next year, that being the wish of the party leaders with whom he has talked. WAR LOAN TERMS ARE ANNOUNCED BONDS WILL THEN BE OFFERED TO PUBLIC Cash Can Be Obtained at Par (100) at End of Five Years or Holders Can Then Exchange Bonds for $4½% Anglo-French Issue. New York City.—Official announcement was made simultaneously in New York and Chicago Tuesday evening of the terms on which the $500,000,000 Anglo-French loan will be issued, namely: A nation-wide syndicate now being formed by J. P. Morgan & Co. and other bankers and banks will buy the whole $500,000,000 bearing 5 per cent interest, at 96, the cost to the borrowers being over 5½ per cent. This syndicate will offer the bonds to the public at 98, the yield being 5.2-5 almost 5½-per cent. Cash can be obtained at par (100) at the end of five years or holders can then exchange the bonds for a 4½ per cent Anglo-French issue repayable in not less than 15 and not more than 25 years thereafter. Part of the issue will be in $100 ("baby") bonds, as direct appeal is to be made to small investors from end to end of the country, each federal reserve district having a local subcommittee of bankers to distribute the loan in their territory. The money, until needed, will be left on deposit in each district with bankers joining the national syndicate. The official announcement does not state that the money will not be used to pay for munitions. It merely says all the proceeds will be used in America to stabilize foreign exchange and thus facilitate export trade. Doubless they will do so, but many members in both countries will be astonished and disappointed to learn that it was found necessary to pay more than $1½ per cent on a joint Anglo-French loan ranking ahead of every other dollar of their national debts. The commissioners originally believed they could sell a straight 5 per cent bond without any conversion privilege at $100 to the public, allowing only 1 per cent or a little more to an underwriting syndicate. Instead, the loan is to cost at least $20,000,000—that is, the borrowers will get, not $500,000,000, but $480,000,000, or less if any allowance is made for advertising or other expenses. AUSTRIA'S NOTE TO U. S. REITERATES STAND ON MANUFACTURE OF WAR MUNI-TIONS IN AMERICA. Amsterdam, via London.—The Austro-Hungarian government, according to an official telegram just received here from Vienna, in reply to the American note of Aug. 12, relative to the manufacture of ammunition in the United States, has reiterated the position taken in its protest of June 29. The reply affirms Austro-Hungary never intended to imply it expected Washington would forbid American citizens to do a normal traffic in war material with the enemies of the dual monarchy, but protested solely against the economic life of the United States being made subservient to the production of war material on the greatest possible scale, whereby the United States became "militarized." Partake of Fatted Calf Lima, O. — A negro camp meeting which has been in progress in the Ezra De Long grove near Cridersville for several weeks was brought to a climax Sunday with the feast of the fatted calf. The sermon was on "The Prodigial Son," and at the close of the services the fatted calf was sacrificed at the altar and served to more than 400 negroes. A singing service followed, in which the hymn "Joy to the World" predominated. ESTABLISHED AUGUST 25, 1883 AND ISSUED EVERY WEEK ON TIME SINCE. CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1915. C. M. Thomas Shows Need of Vocational Training. BACKS OPINION WITH FACTS Taking the Economic Condition Among Our People In Philadelphia as an Example, Professor Thomas Makes Strong Plea For the Kind of Education Which Supplies Individual Needs. Charles M. Thomas, LL. B., in an able article which appeared in a recent issue of the Philadelphia Ledger discusses at length the need of vocational training for colored people. Professor Thomas' article in part reads thus: "The time has come when the colored citizens of Philadelphia and every citizen should talk, discuss, investigate, agitate and enthusiastically support all forms of education which seek to improve industrial efficiency. Having passed the period of exploitation of extensive natural resources, this country, and especially in its urban centers, is facing an era of conservation and higher efficiency through elimination of waste and increased skill in its operatives preparatory to securing the perpetuity of the republic through unborn generations. An examination of the occupation statistics for the last census of the city of Philadelphia shows 519,871 males and 200,298 females engaged in the fundamental activities of agriculture, trade, transportation, domestic and personal service and clerical work. Of these persons about 58 in every 1,000 are colored males, and 106 in every 1,000 are colored females. How are these people employed and in what ways can public education aid them and consequently the community in which they live? For, unlike many of the foreign born elements of the city, the colored people spend their earnings where they make them. "Suffice it to say that these people have physical wants to be satisfied by foods, houses, woods, metals, textiles and clays and drugs, such as all men have, and they have spiritual aspirations to be satisfied by culture from social contact, travel, amusements, literature, music and art, but they have aimed to satisfy the more pressing wants and aspirations by the methods at hand, by imitation and, to a large extent, by accepting any and every opportunity offered by those to whom they could be of any service. "A few, through keener insight, better guidance or more friendly contact and the equality of opportunity, have bizarred ways for their peculiar capacities to supply the wants and aspirations of those more able to secure what their capital would command. In fact, Philadelphia has been renowned among colored people for the number and fairness of its opportunities to secure diversified employment, and there are not a few families among its colored population who are beyond immediate want, if not able to aid others both by charity and employment. Using the method of trial and error, many have sought to increase their capacity to satisfy their greater wants by following the traditional curriculum of the free school system, only to find in many instances that such procedure made them aware of even larger wants and higher aspirations without proportionately increasing their power to satisfy them. "What is needed today is such a method of educating each and every child in this and each other American community so that he may not only know how to secure permanent and positive good in this life, but that he may know what constitutes such permanent and positive good in an economic age such as this now is and bids fair to remain. Education today must aim to inculcate character as just and equitable relations to one's fellows in all activities, to give training in the skillful and economic production of useful things and in rendering efficient service by maximum output with minimum expenditure of time and energy and to induce loyalty to the state and activity for its betterment. Such an aim can be realized at a cost not much greater than that now borne for a training largely literary and clerical, a training which neglects to a large extent the necessity for motor activity in the formation of the very ideas the schools claim to establish. "In the vocational schools the various activities may be subdivided, and the special fitness of students may be emphasized and provided for. An examination of the figures for colored males engaged in activities connected with transportation and the manufacturing and mechanical industries show an additional need for vocational training for them. Of the 43,574 total males engaged in transportation activities there are 5,676 colored males so engaged. This number is 20 per cent of all colored males reported occupied, but a quarter of that number are engaged as longshoremen and stevedores and one-third as draymen and teamsters and expressmen, thus constituting the colored males as one-twelfth of all the teamsters and expressmen and one-third of all the longshoremen and stevedores in Philadelphia. "To what extent is the traditional school system preparing the children and relatives of these men to meet the newer conditions of motor transportation, which must replace the teamster and expressman, and the endless belts and almost human cranes and conveyers which increase with the progress of industry. As now conducted, such occupations are but slightly differentiated forms of labor. Consolidating all laborers as reported, there are 5,118 out of 5,675, or 88 per cent of all colored males engaged in transportation activities occupied as laborers of various kinds. "In the manufacturing and mechanical industries 5,115 colored males are reported as laborers, in agriculture 247. In quarry operations 80, thus making a total of 11,118 colored males reported as laborers out of 29,561 reported as occupied. Add to that condition the fact that but 20 apprentices are reported with such a differentiation of industry as 31 colored bakers, 43 colored blacksmiths, 148 brick and stone masons, 54 builders and contractors, 9 cabinet makers, 177 carpenters, 67 compositors and typesetters, 17 cooperers, 30 electricians, 12 dyers, 2 engravers, 167 stationary engineers, 111 machinists, 94 painters and glazers, 18 paperhangers, 96 plasterers, 24 plumbers, 27 roofers and slaters, 39 shoemakers, 31 stonecutters, 71 tailors, 58 upholsters, and it becomes evident that were the colored youth not being trained away from trade activities by the traditional system of schooling there would be 500 apprentices among their journeymen rather than 20. "It is at this very point in industrial supply and demand that the vocational school is of prime importance, for it is well known that the older apprentice system is not favored by employer or youth in this day of sharply differentiated labor divisions and high speed. The vocational system helps the youth to select the activity for which he has both interest and capacity, and it not only trains him to a point of relatively high efficiency, but it gives him such a survey of collateral activities as to make him a more valuable assistant than is possible in a modern shop with its standardized output. "Let it be understood that the direction of colored youth into trade activities demands the enthusiastic support and the hearty co-operation of all classes through the respect to be granted, the credit to be given and the employment to be possible to those who leave such schools as fit to serve the community, the race and themselves. It does not take an economist to see that under present conditions in this country the men who handle the symbols of things, rather than those who produce them and actually transport them, are the most profitable, but it does take an economist to point out to the youth who would make a short cut to wealth the fact that the men who take the profit must invest capital, foresight and courageously intelligent knowledge of market conditions in order to handle the profits so as to make the profit. It is for the state to provide for the teaching of those facts. "All men may not be created equal, but they are created to struggle for equality, and a great industrial center like Philadelphia can increase its output and income while materially reducing its expense account from charities and corrections by investing in such modern educational institutions as condition schools, art museums, schools and vocational centers for colored children and for all children." SUCCESSFUL SECRET ORDER. United Brothers of Friendship Hold Meeting at Princeton, Ind. The annual meeting of the grand lodge, United Brothers of Friendship and Sisters of the Mysterious Ten, recently held at Princeton, Ind., was largely attended. Reports from local lodges submitted by delegates showed a decided increase in most all departments of the order during the year. The order has a large membership in the United States and is among the oldest and most progressive secret societies operated by our people. The next annual meeting of the grand lodge will be held at Evansville, Ind. The election of officers resulted as follows: Grand master, B. B. Alexander, New Albany! deputy grand master, Noah Bell, Evansville! grand secretary, Dr. W. E. Brown, Indianapolis! grand treasurer, John Coleman, Indianapolis! grand recorder, L. E. Johnson, Newburg; chairman trustee board, James Smith, Jeffersonville; trustees, C. M. C. Willis, William J. Bryant, Indianapolis! state organizer, Burt Alexander, New Albany; deputy state organizer, J. H. Fry, Evansville. Sisters of the Mysterite Ten: Grand princess, Mrs. Cora B. Jackson, Indianapolis! vice grand princess, Mrs. Anna Riggs, Evansville! financial secretary, Mrs. Hattie Holloway, Evansville! recording secretary, Mrs. Laura Embrey, New Albany! treasurer, Mrs. Mary Manson, New Albany! chairman trustee board, Mrs. Bell Street, Indianapolis. Indianapolis Y. M. C. A's Good Work. The employment department of the Young Men's Christian association at Indianapolis, Ind., secured positions of various kinds of employment for fifty men from Aug. 28 to Sept. 4. The membership of the association is increasing, and the work in all departments goes forward with briskness as the members return from their vacations. Bankers Conduct Successful Tag Day. Anderson & Co. bankers at Jacksonville, Fla., recently conducted a "tag day" to increase the number of deposits at their bank. The plan was a success, and nearly 1,000 new accounts were opened. Charles H. Anderson, the cashier, is also treasurer of the National Negro Business league. WEST VIRGINIA SCHOOL CLOSES PRAISE FOR PRILLERMAN. United States Commissioner of Education P. P. Claxton Chief Speaker at Recent Graduation Exercises — Governor Presents New Dining Hall. Professor Prillerman Reappointed. At the end of a school year filled with earnest effort and dotted with brilliant bits of unusual achievement Professor Byrd Prillerman, president of the West Virginia Collegiate institute, at Institute, W. Va., receives the compliments of the state board of regents in being reappointed head of this busy, thrifty state school. The work of the students in all departments of the school the past term bears the stamp of painstaking personal effort. The reappointment of Professor Prillerman is halted with delight by his large circle of friends among both races in the state, the race generally and educators especially, who know of the great work which he is doing for the race in West Virginia. When Gov- BYRD PRILLERMAN. ernor Hatfield recommended to the state legislature the raising of the institute to college rank he did it because the work and possibilities of the school merited it. At the recent graduation exercises the leading speaker was the Hon. P. P. Claxton, United States commissioner of education, who made a plea for the education of all peoples and all classes of people. He complimented President Prillerman in terms of high praise for the great work he is doing for the race through the institution. He also complimented the state for its attitude and liberality toward the school, adding that it was among the best six in the United States for the education of colored youth. The presentation of diplomas was made by M. P. Shawkey, and Governor Hatfield, on the part of the state, presented the new dining hall to the institute. A prize of $15 was given for the best kept room in the boys' dormitory and one for $10 to the room making the most progress toward cleanliness. Thomas Jesse Jones, connected with the United States bureau of education, made the presentations. The name of Miss Geneva Prillerman, the president's daughter, appears on the list of graduates from two courses. Below is a full list of the names of those who received diplomas and the departments from which they graduate: Normal course—Mamie Anthony, Ray Bowles, Brunette Brown, Carl Burkes, Florence Chapman, Martha Childress, George Coats, Ophelia Daniels, Lucie Dixie, Maggie Ferguson, Clifford Gore, Elvin Graves, Courtney Green, Emmett Hughes, Calle Jackson, Joe Wille Jamerson, James Lipscomb, Willa Lipscomb, Amelia McClannahan, Mozetta Page, Maggie Price, Geneva Prillerman, George Rayford, D. S. Slaughter, Cora Taylor, Edna Toles, Evelyn Wills, Beatrice Woods, Sarah Williams, Minnie Wilson. Academic course—Karl Bowen, Ola Calhoun, Catherine Chandler, Turner Dixie, Jenora Strothers, Emmet Fulks, Alexander Staples. English course—Berkley Brown. Commercial course—Cynthia Amos, Sadie Berkley, Etta Henderson, Mabel Reynolds. Dressmaking—Jenora Strothers, Maggie Price, Mimnie Wilson, Cora Taylor, Lucie Dixie, Estella Patterson, Ray Bowles, Geneva Prillerman, Maggie Wilkerson. Cooking—Sarah Williams, Catherine Chandler, Willa Lipscomb, Ola Calhoun, Lucie Dixie, Maggie Ferguson, Joe Wille Jamerson, Estella Patterson. Millinery—Ola Calhoun, Catherine Chandler. Carpentry—Berkley Brown, Emmet Fulks. Masonry—George Coats, Emmett Hughes. Wheelwrighting--Turner Dixie. Smithing--Carl Burke. Painting--Clifford Gore. Printing--Elvin Graves. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS GENERAL SAVOFF GRAND DEVIEW OE Gen. Savoff, one of the great figures of the war of the Balkan nations against Turkey, has come to the front again with the mobilization of the armed forces of Bulgaria, his country. HUMAN VOICE GOES FAR WITHOUT WIRE LATEST TRIUMPH OF TELEPHONIC ART Successful Experiment Demonstrates That Land Telephones Can Be Connected by Wireless and Great Possibilities Are Predicted. New York City.—Wednesday afternoon the human voice traveled across the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific without the aid of wire by means of wireless telephone apparatus and methods developed by the engineers of the Bell system. President T. N. Vail of the American Telephone & Telegraph Co., sitting in the offices of the company at 15 Dey-st., New York City, spoke into a bell telephone, connected by wires of the Bell system with the wireless tower at Arlington, Va., and his words were transmitted by wireless telephony to Mare Island, near San Francisco, Cal. This latest and most remarkable triumph of the telephonic art was under the direct supervision of John J. Carty, chief engineer of the American Telephone & Telegraph Co., who has been in San Francisco since he received President Vail's first messages at Mare Island, and repiled to them and repeated them back to Arlington by wire. The demonstration was held by permission of the navy authorities at the radio stations, and the experiments were witnessed and verified by them. The trans-continental wireless telephone employs radically new ideas in wireless working which have been invented and developed by the general engineering staff of the A. T. & T. Co., working to this end by direction of President T. N. Vail. But it is interesting to note that in starting this first message on its flight through the air to the Pacific coast President Vail used a Bell telephone designed for wire working. GULF STORM KILLS FIVE GULF STORM KILLS FIVE SEVERE GALE SWEEPS MOBILE, DEMOLISHING SCORES OF BUILDINGS IN CITY. Mobile, Ala. (by wireless messages from steamships Excelior and Creole).—Five persons are known to be dead and many injured and property loss reaching into the millions has been caused by the most severe Gulf storm in the history of the city. A gale with a velocity of 86 miles an hour swept the city, demolishing scores of buildings, stripping the roofs from hundreds of other structures and strewing the streets with broken glass and debris. Railroad and wire communication with the outside world were cut off and telephone, electric light and trolley service discontinued in the city. Wireless communication from New Orleans was interrupted by failure of the electric plant, but messages were sent from the steamship Excelior at dock there and relayed here from the steamship Creole, anchored below New Orleans in the Mississippi. Mrs. Mohr Is Indicted Providence, R. I—Mrs. Elizabeth F. Mohr was indicted by the grand jury here as an accessory before the fact in connection with the killing of her husband, Dr. C. Franklin Mohr, Aug. 31, last three and no needles, Cecil Victor Brown, Henry Spellman and George W. Heals, were indicted on the charge of murder. Another indictment charged the negroes with assault with intent to kill Miss Emily G. Burger, and Mrs Mohr as an accessory before the fact the defendants pleaded not guilty. IN ONION DIESEST HERDEN GRAND REVIEW OF 1865 IS REPEATED Thirty Thousand Veterans of Civil War March in National Capital. PARADE BEFORE PRESIDENT OF THE U. S. Colonel Palmer Leads the Way Down Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, as He Did Fifty Years Ago at Washington, D. C.—The Grand Army of the Republic Wednesday passed in review probably for the last time. Thirty thousand veterans of the Civil war marched before President Wilson, saluted him as commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States, and passing onward, disbanded. It was said by those who beheld the procession that never again will any large number of veterans of the struggle of 1861 hold a grand review. Wednesday was the big day of the G. A. R. reunion, which has been in progress here throughout the week. Early in the morning the crowds began to line Pennsylvania-av from the Capitol to the White House, and at 10 o'clock the sidewalks were packed. Wednesday's parade was in particular commemoration of the grand review of 1865, when, to celebrate the conclusion of the War of the Rebellion, the most efficient army that ever had been assembled up to that time, marched, thousands upon thousands strong, hour after hour, through the streets of the national capital. Fifty Years Ago. The remnant of that army marched through the same streets Wednesday. Then they saluted Abraham Lincoln as they passed the grandstand in front of the White House; Wednesday they saluted Woodrow Wilson. Then they were hardy, weather-bronzed veterans, declared by military experts of the day to be the height of perfection in fighting entities; Wednesday they were just old men. Then the step was fast and fiery; Wednesday it dragged. Then every man gave evidences of a bold, high spirit; Wednesday it was the same. When the waiting throng was at its highest pitch of eagerness and expectancy, Maj. Raymond W. Pullman, chief of police of the District of Columbia, rode down Pennsylvania-av from the Peace monument at the foot of the Capitol steps, leading three platoons of mounted police. Next came the grand marshal, Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, and then to the blare of martial music of the Marine band came detachments of army and navy regulars, infantry, cavalry and artillery; bluejackets and marines; strapping young men of the present standing military forces of the United States. Col. Palmer Again Leads. Followed the Sons of Veterans and the U. S. Grant post, G. A. R. of Chicago, these organizations having been chosen as the honorary escort of the commander-in-chief of the Grand Army, Col. David J. Palmer of Des Moines, la. Accompanied by his staff the commander came, saluting and bowing to right and left. Col. Palmer led the review of the army at the close of the war as colonel of his regiment, which led the division which headed in line of march the leading army corps. DUMBA IS RECALLED, VON PAPEN CASE UP Washington, D. C. The state department has been informed officially by Ambassador Penfield at Vienna that Austria has yielded to the request of this government and has recalled unconditionally her ambassador to the United States—Dumba. This government asked for the recall of the Austrian ambassador because of his participation in a conspiracy to interfere with the operations of American munition plants. The next important case of similar nature to be taken up is that of Capt. Franz von Papen, German military attache, who in an intercepted letter characterized American citizens as "idiotic Yankees." The state department is now considering whether to ask for his recall. Dumba himself telegraphed the department, stating he had been recalled, and asking for safe conduct. The state department at once asked the allies for safe passage for Dumba. He will probably sail on the steamer Nieuw Amsterdam on Oct. 5. E-4 Victims Are Buried Washington, D. C.--Full military honors were accorded 14 unidentified victims who lost their lives when the United States submarine F-4 mysteriously sunk at the entrance of Honolulu harbor some months ago. Their dismembered bodies, in four caskets, were buried in the Arlington National cemetery. As the flag-draped caissons were drawn along Pennsylvania-av from the Washington navy yard to Arlington, thousands of Civil war veterans and others lined the streets and uncovered their heads in reverence. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY One Year.....$1.50. Six Months.....1.00 Three Months......50 Subscribers are requested to re- mit by postoffice money or- der or registered letter Entered at the postoffice in Cleveland Ohio, as second-class matter. Address all communications to HARRY C. SMITH Editor and proprietor, THE GAZETTE, Blackstone Building, Cleveland, O. Member Ohio Legislature: 1894 to 1896; 1896 to 1898; 1900 to 1902 THE GAZETTE is the oldest, and has the largest bona fide circulation double that of any newspaper in the Interest of Afro-Americans, published in the state of Ohio, and comparison with any, will immediately establish its rank as one of the NEWSIEST AND BEST in the country. 10,000,000 Afro-Americans.. 160,000, in Ohio. 20,000 in Cleveland. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1915 DARE TO DO YOUR DUTY. "Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it."—Abraham Lincoln. ANOTHER GREAT VICTORY. Notwithstanding the fact that Gov. Willis assured the editor of The Gazette, many months ago, when we went to him with our plea against that miserable photoplay, "The Niger," the opening wedge for "The Birth (Flith) of a Nation," that "no films which reflect upon any class of our citizens will be exhibited in this state," we had our fears. With the assistance of the loyal and active members/ of the race throughout the state, The Gazette was able to lead a successful fight against the first named photoplay and have revoked the permit that had been given it to exhibit. Then came the repeated announcements, of "movie" theater managers throughout the state, to the effect that "The Birth of a Nation" was soon to be exhibited. Our people, headed by The Gazette, kept up the fight. Last week, the promoters of the maliciously harmful photoplay applied to the State Board of Film Censors, at Columbus, for a permit to show it in Ohio. The Columbus branch of the N. A. A. C. P., Mayor Geo. J. Karb of that city, Dr. Washington Gladden, Ex-Secretary of State Daniel J. Rabi, Karnell Kornfield, Editor James Carroll of The Catholic Columbian and many others of both races in that city signed a strong protest against the miserable photoplay, that was immediately filed with the State Board of Film Censors, which has been receiving similar protests for many months from Cleveland and other parts of the state. The promoters of Tom Dixon's infamous play, "The Clansman," from which "The Birth of a Nation" was made, evidently waited until Gov. Willis was out of the state to apply for a permit. He is in the west en route to the Panama-Pacific exposition and is to be gone a month from the first of last week—two weeks more. The following letter, written several weeks ago, gave us confidence, however, last and this week: State of Ohio Executive Department Columbus Aug. 31, 1915. Hon. Harry C. Smith. Editor, The Gazette, Cleveland, Ohio. Dear Mr. Smith:—I am in receipt of marked copies of newspaper calling attention to the objectionable film ("The Birth of a Nation") regarding which we have had considerable correspondence. I shall place this communication before the State Board of Film Censors. The law must be enforced and so far as I have power to prevent it no films which reflect upon any class of our citizens will be exhibited in this state. On Tuesday came the welcome news that the State Board of Film Censors had denied the request of the promoters of the miserable play, and on Wednesday morning came the splendid communication from the chairman of the board to be found elsewhere in this paper. It is an exceptional and unanswerable reply to the promoters request for approval of "The Birth (Flith) of a Nation" and we congratulate Chairman Williams and the rest of the members of the board on the same. The position they take is a credit allike to the great state of Ohio, Gov. Willis and the board itself. That our people of the state fully appreciate it there can be no doubt. We have escaped the riots and other disgraceful results the miserable photoplay has *thrust upon* Philadelphia, Boston, New York, Chicago and other cities in those states. **THANK THE LORD** Meantime, do not forget HIS instruments—our friends—Gov. Frank B. Willis, the State Board of Film Censors and the "old reliable" Gazette, which is always "on the firing line" when the race's rights, privileges and interests are being assailed or are in danger, and which ACCOMPLISHES RESULTS, with the help of the loyal and active of the race. Additional satisfaction can be gained from the knowledge that the State Industrial Board, which has jurisdiction over the State Board of Film Censors, has already refused to rescind bans placed on films by the State Censors. WHO IS A REPUBLICAN? It devolves upon me as a member of the Ohio Board of Censors to render my individual decision as to whether or not the film, "The Birth of a Nation," should be approved or rejected. Many protests have been brought to our attention from sources that indicate that the entire Colored race and those especially interested in their advancement seriously object to said film. Governor Frank B. Willis has repeatedly called the attention of the Board to the fact that many protests against this film have been initiated in his portrait. He has also recently requested that this Board give said film very careful attention, and if it should be found to be of such a character as to reflect upon the Colored race and tend to arouse racial hatred and prejudice, as claimed, he has urgently recommended that we reject the same. On the other hand, the owners of said film have filed quite a number of recommendations praising this photoplay. It is claimed by many reputable individuals citizens that said film is the most effective mode of dramatic and historical value. it is urged that it is the most gigantic production from the standpoint of cast and spectacular achievement the film industry has yet produced. After having very carefully considered the arguments pro and con, and having closely inspected said film as well as discussed the merits of the same with the other members of this Board, I am ready to explain (matters pertaining to the same), I now render my decision, looking to the things portrayed in the film itself. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1915 It will not be disputed that but that it has a great dramatic value and is stupendous from the standpoint of camera achievements. On the other hand, by no stretch of the imagination can we get away from the fact that it reflects unfavorably upon the Colored race. The entire race half said is to be overcome by subtilities portraying Colored men engaged in all sorts of vicious conduct towards the whites of the South during the Civil War and the Reconstruction Period following. There are many mob scenes where Negroes are in the most repelling way attacking white citizens, and scenes where Negroes are in the most violent historical upon white women and are engaged in all sorts of ridiculous and knavish conduct, not only as individuals, but as a race. True, they were in many instances led by what the film terms "scalawag carpet-baggers"; but this only further reflects upon the government of that period. While the picture is based upon some actual cases, these are exaggerated in such a way that the child unfamiliar with the real facts of history, would upon viewing the film immediately conclude that the result of the Civil War was the greatest crime in the annals of history, rather than the prevention of human beings being driven by the lash and sold upon the arm of the enemy, and seem to proclaim the very doctrine which it cost half a million lives and billions of dollars to eradicate. It is claimed that the film should not be objectionable because of the time that has elapsed since the period when these episodes were supposed to have taken place. With this I cannot agree. Many soldiers of the Civil War are still living, both in the North and in the South. This film cannot open the wound of ill-feeling between them and their offspring. Not only does it rekindle the feeling of sectional hatred, but it strongly tends to arouse hatred and prejudice among the coming generation against a race that is living in our midst. 400 of them are from Ohio. There are eight millions of this race in the United States; and since the constitution of the United States guaranteed them equal rights, and having taken an oath to support this constitution, I consider it wholly unwise, unjust, dangerous and harrowing. It reflects upon them and incites hatred toward them, retarding them in their progress, as this film does. The play also represents the Ku Klux Klan in such a manner that their conduct would be applauded. It tends to justify that organization in capturing the Negroes and, as masked vigilance committees, trying them at night, convicting them of supposed outrages, executing them and placing their bodies at the doors of state officials who sympathized with their cause. Without discussing the justification of their methods of that day, the same spirit that urged their activities at that time is the same that prompts such appalling conduct in recent times as the lynching made the lynchings a day of celebration. The same spirit prompted masked men to take Leo M. Frank from the custody of the law and execute him. Films which present scenes of this character in a manner which to the on-looker seems to be justified cannot fail to be harmful. It is also true that there are a few scenes on the end of the last reel of said film that show the Colored race in a favorable light. But to my mind, after considering all that has gone before, it is similar to forcing a very nauseating concession down the throat of a man and then giving him a grain of sugar to take the taste out of his mouth. Again, the objectionable features above described, including the plot, scenes and sub-titles, are so interwoven throughout the entire film that I consider it impossible to eliminate said objectionable matter. My individual decision, therefore, is that said film should be rejected in its entirety. DOINGS OF THE RACE Rev. W. H. Creditt, for many years pastor of Cherry St. Baptist church, Philadelphia, has resigned. Sergeant Clayton L. Brown of the Tenth U. S. Cavalry, stationed at Naco, Arizona, has passed an examination as ordinance sergeant, making an average of 96.08 per cent, standing sixth in a class of thirty-six. He is the only Afro-American who passed the severe test. Only 45 years of age, William A. Vrooman, regimental quartermaster sergeat of the 9th cavalry, retired on Sept. 12, after thirty years continuous service, with pay amounting to $67.50 per month. His entire service was with the Ninth. There is a tendency on the part of some Colored people to gush over whatever the white papers say of a complimentary nature editorially, at the same time disregarding the awful foul stories in the news columns which do untold harm—Louisville (Ky.) News. That the intermarriage of white and Negroes would not violate biological laws and that the offspring of such unions would be admirable stock, is the opinion of T. T. Waterman, professor of anthropology at the University of California. One of the greatest evils, sapping the very life-blood of our race and impinging its speedier progress, is the difference or scarcity attention which should greatly concern us—Newark (N. J.) Informer. Roy Morse of the Salem-Crescent club, N. Y. City, has equalled the record for 225 yards (at Toronto, Canada, recently) and bids fair to succeed Howard P. Drew as our world's champion runner. Maurice Menos, son of Solon Menos, the Haitien minister to the U. S., was married in Baltimore to Miss Lillian Burgess, (white), of Culpepper, Va. but recently attending a business college in Washington, D. C., where she met young Menos, who is 26 years old, and secretary of the Haitien legation, going to Washington a year ago from Paris, where he held a minor post. The marriage was performed Sept. 17 by Rev. I. M. Wallace, pastor of Aisquit St., Presbyterian church, an influential white minister. Mrs. Aped, an aunt, and Mrs. Joseph Janis, a sister, accompanied Mrs Burgess from Washington and the Haitien ministry to the ceremony. Luncheon was had at the Belvedere, the leading hotel in the exclusive residential district, after which young Menos and his bride left for New York. His father did not hear of the marriage until it was over. Some more southern "social equality." WRITTEN BY "THE OLD RELIA BLE" GAZETTE'S CORRE- SPONDENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE What Our People Are Doing Each Week—Church, Personal, Social, Lodge, Literary and Musical—Marriages, Deaths, Etc. SANUSKY—Rev. Chas. Carter, who is visiting Rev. G. D. Smith, an acquaintance of 60 years, preached, Thursday evening, at the Second Baptist church. Rev. L. H. Dodd, evangelist, returned. Friday—Miss Cordilea Solee and Mr. Moses Thompson are ill. She was unable to sing her solo at the B. Y. P. U. Miss Maudia Alexander, pres., returned from Detroit and presided. Sunday. Mr. Chas Alexander returned from Chicago Thursday. The entertainment at the Second Baptist church, Friday evening, was unique and fine. Get your money ready for The Gazette; it is now pay-day for the local agent. SMITHFIELD.—The Misses L. B. Hargrave, Mattie West and Mamie Smith left, Monday week, for Wilberforce university.—Mrs. Rhoda Veney was in Steubenville, recently.—The Jefferson Co. fair, Sept. 22-24, was largely attended by the students, entertained by Miss Eva Smith. Tuesday week.—Miss Minnie Beall returned, recently, from Minneapolis, visited her parents a few days, and left for Bryn Mawr, Pa., to spend the winter—Revs. R. B. Lowe and Chas. Greene attended conference in Cleveland. The former's farewell serenade was held at a large audience.—Mrs. E. H. Harris fell down stairs but was not seriously injured.—Mrs. H. Harris entertained Miss G. Redmon of Cadiz, fair week CORRESPONDENTS must mail all letters for publication at their main postoffice sufficiently early on Monday (or Sunday) of each week to have them reach The Gazette office on Tuesday morning, and always write also, their names and that of their city or town on the outside of the building. In the case less this latter is done, proper credit cannot be given you. Lists of names, wedding presents, etc., obituary notices, speeches, resolutions, poetry, inquiries for relatives and advertisements of all kinds, including items announcing entertainments to be held in the near future, must be paid for in advance at the rate of one cent per item. Our rates for display advertisements will be sent on application. Send postal note and not stamps during warm weather. YOUNGSTOWN.—Mrs. Wm. Saunders and niece, Sadie Boggess, returned, Saturday, from a two weeks' visit in Bellevue.—Mrs. Amanda Thomas spent Sunday in Columbus and left, Thursday, to visit in Pittsburg.—Mrs. Will Thomas spent a week in Wheeling.—Mr. Stephen Clark, a well known citizen, died suddenly, Saturday. Funeral, Wednesday, from the Third Baptist church; Logan lodge in charge.—Frank Leece, who sustained a stroke. is better.—Mr. Mary C. Hall of Toledo, visited Mrs. Hattie Harper.—Mrs. B. Cameron and Chas. A. Jack son spent Sunday in Cleveland.—Mrs. A. H. Berry of Leetonia, was here last week. AKRON.—The Daughters of Jerusalem's annual session, at the Second Baptist church, was a success. Mrs. Elizabeth Moore of Springfield, has been grand royal princess for 45 years. Mrs. Janie Pickett of this city, is also one of the founders of the order. Other officers at the session were: Grand deputy R. P., Emma Jackson, Dayton; first vice-pres., Mrs. M. Boone, Dayton; second, Mrs. M. Blackburn, Springfield; first steward, Mrs. W. Wheeler, Dayton; second, Mrs. M. Scott, Akron; Third, Mrs. M. Pickett, Akron; G. P., Mrs. W. Sherman, Chicago; G. M., Mrs. N. F. Archer, Akron; O. S., Mrs. M. Johnson, Dayton; G. S., Mrs. C. Henderson, Springfield. Next meeting in Springfield where they own an old woman's home. They wish to thank the friends of Akron for so royally entertaining them. The reception all enjoyed.—Mrs. Jacob Haines is home from People's hospital and convalescing. Typhoid fever.—Mrs. M. Dodson is also improving. ZANESVILLE.—Do you know that if 100 additional Negroes would patronize any one of our Negro enterprises, and spend only 25 cents aplece a week with him, in a year he would make $1,500? Suppose 500 Negroes would patronize him, in a short time his or her business would increase so rapidly that they would have to take on more help. Maybe then your son or daughter might be taken out of school. —Patterson-Greenfield is the name of the new automobile made by the famous race firm of buggy makers, C. R. Patterson & Sons, of Greenfield, this state. The car is said to embody many distinctive features and to in every way measure up to the Patterson standard of excellence.—This issue The Gazette illustrates nicely the absolute necessity of reading it if you want the Ohio news of our people and the conference of the conferences and the Ohio Board of Film Censors chairman's report on that violent and infamous photo-play, "The Birth of a Nation," and then give the local agent your order for a copy of The Gazette every week. ALLIANCE—Sunday services were well attended. The S. S at 9 a.m. and morning church service were very interesting. In the evening, Mr. Randall of Nazarine church, preached. One responded to the altar call. Messrs. Randall and Patric sang a duett. Mr. Frank Smith and Chas. Swaney of Salem, were here, Saturday. The latter and Chas. Garner went to Columbus, Sunday—Mrs. Sa. Swaney. The latter went to Cleveland, last week—Tow W. W. society was entertained by Miss Rosa Hargrave. Tuesday evening, at Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Palmer's. The following program was rendered: Readings, Mrs. Cisco, Mr. Dunwood and Mrs. Harrell; solo, Miss J. Stokes; instrumental solos, Miss N. Oliver and Mrs. Palmer. Refreshments. In two weeks, Mr. and Mrs. E. Harrell will entertain. Mr. Dawey Foster will entertain. Mrs. C. C. Sunday—The I. C. A. society will meet. Tuesday evening, and the sewing circle, Wednesday afternoon, at Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Moore's. The Chrysanthemum club's bazaar and musicale, Thursday evening, was a success.—Mr. and Mrs. G. Young of Ravenna, are moving to 1434 Jersey St. city, —V. H. Palmer of New York, are moving to Miss Lillian Royston of Sebring, visited Mrs. J. C. Turner, Sunday. STEUBENVILLE—The services at Simpson M. E. church, Sunday, were well attended. The S. S. is growing. The pastor, Rev. G. W. Tindull, preached a strong sermon in the evening and held a pledge meeting, having all the members promise to seek a deeper spiritual growth.—Mr. James Faris of Knoxville, Tenn., is here visiting his brother, Thomas, whom he has not seen for 32 years. The latter and his mother, M. E. Church, and Edwin Coffman of Wheeling, have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. I. N. McCullough, the past week.—The Four Leaf Clover club, 15 young married ladies and husbands' outing the 13th, at Stanton Park.—The Gazette's local correspondent was sick with tophilis and failed to send the news last week. "The old reliable" Gazette will be at your doors every Friday. It is one of the best race journals published. The latter and his mother, M. E. Church, hospital, Monday, for an operation for appendicitis. Mrs. Frank Clark visited her daughter in Cleveland, last week, for an operation for appendicitis. Do you want the Ohio news? If so, take the Gazette. H. C. Davis has been elected assistant janitor of Washington school.—Mr. and Mrs. Harry Carter visited in Columbus, last Saturday. Mr. Carter is custodian of the county court house.—Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Coffman home last Tuesday, for the emancipation. Mrs. Charles Hanna, Mrs. I. N. McCullough and Miss Eva Mercer also attended the emancipation celebration. Be prepared to pay for your paper when the agent delivers it. Be sure to notice the Gazette's great victory after many months' fighting "The Birth of a Nation." See articles elsewhere in this paper. "The old reliable" leads "Rev. E. C. Coffman" preached two sermons, Sunday.—We are glad to note the return of Rev. J. T. Farley for another year. He is one of the progressive men of the conference. Simpson M. E. church is contemplating repairs in the near future. The pastor is pushing things, and was at his best at both services, Sunday. HILLSBORO—Miss Ruth Smothers has returned to Dayton. She visited her aunt, Mrs. Alline Burton—Mrs. Lang Young is visiting her sister, Mrs. Carlisle, in Zanesville—Mr. Wm Johnson has returned from a visit with relatives in Cleveland—Mr. Robt. Kemp left, Sunday, for spring-field—Messrs. Howard Kilgore, Fred Riggs, Geo. Tompkins, Mose Tremble and Vivian Hudson spent Sunday in Columbus. Mrs. Gance, her son, Robert, and Mrs. Lewis Colter spent, Sunny Riggs, Geo. Tompkins, Mose Tremble and his parents in Jamestown, last week—Mr. Odus Bolden and Miss Margene Kilgour, both former residents of this place, were married in Columbus, last week. They have the best wishes of many friends. Rev. J. G. Orr left, last Thursday, for a two week's vacation in Kentucky. Geo. M. Atchison and Mr. Clarence Riggs spent Sunday in Columbus—Mrs. Rebecca Alsop is improving. Mr. Wm. Buson of Wilmington, spent Sunday and Monday in Columbus. Mrs. Rebecca Alsop, Mrs. Carrie Hudson, Miss Romaine Donaldson is attending Wilberforce university. Mr. Ed Jones motored to Moscow, Sunday. Mrs. Waters is improving. Mrs. J. Burr and daughter, Miss Anita, visited her brother, Joseph Jenkins, in Columbus, Sunday. The emancipation program was enjoyed by all. Rev. J. J. Jackson of Bellefontaine, one of the leaders of the Baptist denomination, delivered a speech. Hon. J. J. Collins and son and Prof Mason of Carthagenia, were in attendance. Alice Day visited her sister, Mrs. Green, in Bainbridge, Miss Ulah Alspor of Oakley, is visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Catherine Delaney. PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF OHIO. EXEMPTING PUBLIC BONDS FROM TAXATION. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: the State of Ohio: Section 10 of the constitution shall be submitted to the electors of the State of Ohio on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in October to amine articles XII of the Constitution of the State of Ohio by the addition of Section 12, to read as follows: JOINT RESOLUTION: Proposing a supplement to article XII of the constitution of the state of Ohio, by the addition of a section to be designated section 12 of article XII of the constitution of bonds from taxation. Proposing a supplement to the Assembly of the State of Ohio. Three-iffits of the members elected to both houses concerning therein: the electors of this state in the manner provided by law on the first Tuesday after January 1, 1809, shall be submitted to a proposal to supplement article XII by additional section to be designated section 12. article XII of the constitution of Ohio to read as follows: Bonds of the state of Ohio, or of any subdivision or district thereof, authorized by law to issue bonds, issued emptys from taxation. Be it further resolved That at such language be placed to this supplement shall be placed on the official ballot, in the manner provided by law and designation ISSUED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1916. OF THE STATE OF OHIO, OR ANY AUTHORIZED BY LAW TO ISSUE BONDS, FROM TAXATION) or in other language sufficiently clear to designate it. If adopted the state will take effect on the first day of January. CHARLES D. CONOVER. Speaker of the House of Representatives. President pro tem, of the Senate. Adopted April 27, 1915. United States of America, State of Ohio. Office of the Secretary of State. I, C, Q, HILDEBRANT, Secretary of State of the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that the foregoing is an official copy, carefully compared by me with the original rolls now on file in this office and in my official custody as Secretary of State and found to be true and correct, of the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, on the 18th day of April, A, D. 1915, and filed in this office on the 28th day of April, A, D. 1915, entitled "Joint Resolution to Amend Article XII of the Constitution of Ohio by the adoption of Section 12. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my official seal at the City of Columbus, Ohio, this 25th day of June, A. D. 1915. Secretary of State. [Seal] AUTHORIZATION OF PUBLICATION. Department of Public Printing of Ohio. Publication of the above proposed amendment to the Constitution of Ohio, under the Act of 1915, and relating to certain proposed amendments to the Constitution of Ohio and the publication thereof," passed by the General Assembly of Ohio, April 28, 1915, and amended on April 28, 1915, in the author of the Department of Public Printing of the State of Ohio. JOE E. CROSS. Supervisor of Public Printing. Cannibal God. Fijian cannibals worship a god named Mata Waloo, who has eight stomachs, and is always eating. QUICK RESPONSE TO APPEAL British Women Swamped Military Authorities with Respirators for Which They Had Asked. One would have to go far to find greater hustlers than the women of Britain are when it comes to making things for their men at the front. Their indefatigability in this direction has been demonstrated frequently since the war began, but never more strikingly than in response to the recent war office appeal for respirators for the army in Flanders. Respirators were needed, of course, owing to the sudden use by the Germans of poisonous gases as a means of warfare. They were wanted by the hundreds of thousands. The war office appeal for them appeared in the papers on a Wednesday morning. And within forty-eight hours another official announcement was forthcoming stating that sufficient respirators had been received and asking the public please not to send any more. It all happened so quickly that some of the evening papers on Friday which carried the later announcement on their news pages also carried on their inside ones the original appeal and elaborate instructions for making respirators, there having been no time to take the latter out. Meanwhile the rush for the materials of which respirators are made had been something unprecedented. By three o'clock of the day on which the appeal was made most of the principal shops and stores had entirely exhausted their stock of narrow elastic. One big house had by that time sold 12,000 pounds of wool and 18,000 packets of gauze. By the end of the same day another establishment had accepted orders to make 25,000 respirators for the front. SPOKE ONLY SIMPLE TRUTH Dog's Owner Not to Blame if Man With Whom He Traded Him Misunderstood Him. Senator William H. Thompson of Kansas smiled when reference at a recent banquet was made to sharp practice in trading. He said he was reminded of Jim Jones' dog. Jim Jones had a hound dog, and having an opportunity to trade him for a shotgun with a party from the next county, he lost no time in making the swap. It was a month later before the traders met again. "Look here, you bloomin' 'possum!' cordially greeted the man from the next county. "You didn't do a thing but sting me on that pup!" "Sting you!" returned Jim, with an innocent look. "In what way?" "You know!" wrathfully exclaimed the man from the next county. "You told me that he would lick anything in sight." "So he will," declared Jim, with a pleasant smile. "He is a very affectionate animal." Making Cyanamid. An interesting enterprise is the American cyanamid works at Niagara Falls, Ont., which began operations in 1910 with a capacity of 12,000 tons, and which has recently increased its output to 64,000 tons a year in order to meet the growing demand for its product. Cyanamid is a fertilizing material obtained by combining atmosphere nitrogen with calcium carbide, according to Consul Julius D. Dreher, at Toronto. By simply heating cyanamid with steam, ammonia can be produced, which, being passed through heated platinum sponges, is oxidized into nitric acid, of which the explosive industry uses 55,000 tons a year. By fusing cyanamid with salts, cyanides may be produced which are used in extracting gold and silver from low-grade ores. As these and other useful products may easily be made from cyanamid, this article is likely to be in demand in various other industries besides agriculture. Guest Thought He Had 'Em: James F. McGee, former cashier of the Crestwood bank of Louisville, Ky., got the scare of his life and suffered a shock which necessitated calling a physician when he found a six-foot "Georgia bull" snake crawling about his room in a local hotel. Thinking a friend was playing a joke on him, McGee grabbed the snake, when the reptile began to show fight and put up a hard battle. Clerks and attaches of the hotel came to his rescue. A clerk at the hotel said the snake belonged to a vaudelle performer whose room was directly above that of McGee's. Food Oil from Weed. The discovery that oil from the "Devil's Claws," a hitherto worthless weed, can be utilized for food may result in making it a valuable industrial product for the semiarid regions of Kansas, according to Prof. E. H. S. Bailey, the University of Kansas food chemist. Laboratory investigations showed that this weed, now growing abundantly on the waste lands of western Kansas, Colorado, Texas and New Mexico, produces a seed from which an edible oil is extracted that may take the place of olive or cottonseed oil. The press cake from the oil is also valuable for stock food, as it has a high protein value. Some System. Rankin—What do you think of the plan of giving cabaret patrons little hammers with which to pound on the tables for applause? Phyte—It is an extremely ingenious method of turning a knock into a boost.—Judge. CARD OF THANKS. We desire to thank kindly the many friends for kindness and courtesies shown during the critical illness and at the time of the death of our beloved son, Kenneth W. Rogers. The floral offerings were most profuse and beaul titul. Mr. and Mrs. James A. Rogers and family. Year Began in March. March 25 once was the first day of the year. THE WIZARD OF CONCORD. Professor Frank Sanborn Values Freedom More Highly than Wealth. Boston. — Professor Frank Sanborn of Concord, Mass., noted abolitionist and possibly the last of the men who became famous on account of the part they took against the slave trade in America, made a most timely speech to the delegates present at the recruitment of the National Negro Business league held in this city. Mr. Sanborn received a most wonderful ovation when he arose to speak, for he is honored and revered by the colored citizens of Boston in a very marked degree. Mr. Sanborn said: "It has given me the greatest pleasure to hear these reports of the progress your people have made in the past fifteen years. But the feeling came over me as I sat on this platform as your guest that this is the time when perchance you may have use for advice from a very old man like me. "It has occurred to me that, as I heard to how great an extent some of you have progressed in getting material possessions, you should be warned that an accumulation of capital is as likely to be a vehicle for unrighteousness as it is for righteousness. I have in mind the coming to our city of Boston some months ago a moving picture exhibition whose exhibit was offensive and indecent in the eyes of all good people. I suppose more than $1,000,000 was behind its being made and exploited before the public. It was just such an accumulation of capital for unrighteousness as I before warned you of. So much money was represented, and of course that much power, that of the free press of Boston, which should have stood on the side of correcting such an offense against citizenship. There were but two papers outspokenly to protest against its continued exhibition. "I have been interested to hear what some of your men said who had profitably and shrewdly made money in real estate and chiefly in the rise of real estate values. Real estate does many times increase in value, but invariably it is because the city in which it is located has grown. And, as you come to think of it, you must realize that it is you yourselves, in your own town, who produce the very thing that increases your real estate values, for the nicer your town and the more upright it is the more people will want to come to that town and make it their home. "I desire to bring to your attention a report of a conversation which took place between Abraham Lincoln and a friend of his named Gillespie, from Kentucky, which I believe has never appeared in print. The two friends met some sixty years ago, and the talk naturally fell upon the subject of slavery. Mr. Lincoln said to his friend, 'I am terribly afraid this slavery will spread to my state of Illinois and from there all through the north. I will tell you what I think causes the spread of slavery more than anything else. If a man of means has his property in the form of securities and bank deposits perhaps nothing much of his fortune will be known. If, on the other hand, a man has two or three slaves to follow him about the young men are apt to be impressed by the evidence of his wealth and by the fact that what he wants he gets. It may be only his slaves who are doing the work, and it is from their ownership and their labors that he has come to have means.' "Your race, you remember, was treated merely as representing only property. Your race was indebted to the immortal Lincoln and in some part to those persons with whom I was associated all my life. It was due to these things that the time came when you were no longer considered to be property, but as a race whose men were just as much men and should be just as free as any other race of men." ELKS' GRAND LODGE MEETS. Annual Session Held In Chicago—Nutter Re-elected Grand Exalted Ruler. Chicago.—The Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World closed its sixteenth annual session recently in this city at Odd Fellows' hall after being royally received and highly entertained by Chicagoans, who understood how to treat "the best people on earth." The reports of the grand lodge showed a remarkable increase in the lodges and temples and a decided advancement in finances. The order is to be credited for standing as a unit for all Elks. There is no division in the ranks, and its era of prosperity under the administration of T. Gillis Nutter, G. E. R., and George E. Bates, G. S., is a revelation. The parade, ball and reception brought the convention to a brilliant close, much to the credit of Great Lakes lodge and its local committee. Officers elected for the ensuing year are: T. Gillis Nutter, G. E. R., Charleston, W. Va.; George E. Bates, G. S., Jersey City, N. J.; James T. Carter, G. T. Richmond, Va.; C. W. F. McMechan, G. E. L. K., Baltimore; George W. Holbert, G. E. L. K., Minneapolis, Minn.; H. Adolph Howell, G. E. L. K., New York; W. Hopkins Johnson, G. L. G., St. Paul, Minn.; Dr. Stevens, G. O. G., Norfolk, Va.; Henry Chisman, G. Esq., Hampton, Va.; J. J. Jones, G. T., Chicago. Cleveland and Philadelphia entered the race for the next convention. Philadelphia won, and the slogan is now, "On to Philadelphia." Carney Post Wins Prize at Detroit. The William H. Carney Post, No. 45, Pittsburgh Veterans of Foreign Wars, on the silver loving cup at the recent encampment of the order held at Detroit. The Carney post made the finest appearance in the annual parade of the veterans at Detroit. THEY DO! Cleveland, Sept. 28, 1916. Friend Smith:—The Colored people ought to give you great credit for the hot fight you put up for their good, each week. Yours truly, B. S. Driggs. Great City Less Foggy. Weather records compiled for more than a quarter of a century indicate that the atmosphere of London is becoming less foggy. A BARGAIN Seven Room house, all improvements, on 101st St. near Cedar Av. WILL MAKE LOW PRICE to early Buyer. C. D. KERSHAW 906 Williamson Bldg. Main 5450. Evenings, Garfield, 5463-W MME. C. H. JONES' Hair Tonic and Invigorator HER TONIC is the result of scientific study of the causes of diseases of the scalp. Instead of treating effects of the diseases she treats the causes, eliminating the same and leaving the scalp in a healthy condition that can be maintained by using her Hair Tonic and Invigorator, according to her directions. 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Social and Personal Our Classified Ad Department FOR SALE.—Good houses; two and three hundred dollars down. S. E. Woods, 2828 Central Av. Bell 'phone, Prospect, 996. FOR RENT. Houses and Rooms— If you have them to rent or if you want to rent, advertise in The Gazette. It brings results. NOTARY PUBLIC—For such services call at The Gazette office. No. 2 Blackstone building, No. 1424 W. Third Street, near Superior Ave. FOR SALE.—Houses or lots. If you have either or anything else to or if you wish to purchase a vertise in The Gazette. If anything can bring you results, it can and will. Cleveland Sixth City Mr. and Mrs. Jas. A. Smith of Scot vill Ave., spent Sunday in Youngstown. Miss Alta Moss left Sunday for a short visit in Columbus. Rachel L. Walker will sing in Pitts- burg, Oct. 20. Mrs. Mattie Allen McAdoo has loca- ted in Cleveland in a nice flat on the heights. Wesley Jackson returned, recently from a fine trip to the coast and left almost immediately for the east. Mrs. Lottie Harvey of Zanesville, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Chas, Bundy E. 95th St. Mrs. Margaret Hargrave of Zanes ville, is visiting Mrs. Clarence Hunni- cutt, E. 101st St. Mrs. Henry Taylor of Cedar Ave has returned from a two weeks' visit in Columbus and Urbana. Misses Lettie King and Lelia Thomas of Lima, are guests of Mrs. S. A. Lucas. *If you want a good home cheap, and on good terms, do not fail to read the advertisement, elsewhere in this paper, headed "A Bargain"*—Adv. Mrs. Ina Perkins of E. 86th St. has returned from a delightful two weeks' visit with her sister, Mrs. Ada Felipe, in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Taylor of E. 43d St. spent several days in Youngstown, last week, and report a delightful visit. *Wanted—1,000 men to trade regularly at the Central Shirt Shop, 2922 Central Ave. Hats, caps, neckwear, underwear, arrow collars and shirts, earrings.* Marriage licenses were issued last week to Isaac Lawton, 3332 E. 128th St. and Ella Tucker, 2319 E. 36th St.; Clarence Perry and Lucy Starkey, 3829 Pine Ave; Rob Overton and Catherine Kinney, E. 29th St.; Ralph Spencer and Bessie Simmons. Do not fail to read carefully each week, The Gazette's editorials (in cols. 1 and 2 page. 2.) They mean much to you, reader. If you want to keep up to date in matters of race interest, you must read "the old reliable" Gazette. This is admitted generally. Among The Gazette's callers, Tuesday, were Dr. E. E. Underwood and son, of Frankfort, Ky.; Revs. J. S. Jackson, J. M. J. Price and Thas. O. Dr. Underwood was in the city to enter his son in the Pharmaceutical department of Western Reserve university. The former is a "Gazette alumnus." Messrs. A. T. Abbott and Edward Daw of this city, and J. Frank Gardner of Delaware, a committee appointed by Mr. Sidney Cheeks, M. W., were in conference, the first of the week, with a Marion committee and city officials relative to the local arrangements for taking care of the Odd Fellows' 1916 D. T. C. lodge meet. They report the outlook as excellent. Those of our voters in the 11th ward who wish to vote for an Afro-American candidate for the City Council, should support Dallas S. Cooper. He is decidedly the best in the two and has not written in the court, but has absolutely nothing, in the way of legislation, of direct benefit to our people. He has not been a failure as a councilman from a race viewpoint. Think it over and see if we are not right in reasoning thus. Neither men nor women who have been notoriously dishonest with their fellowmen, especially members of the same church, should be retained in the church as members, to say nothing of their being officials of the church. They should not be allowed to toil themselves on the church in order to get their votes, several of our leading churches, in recent years and it ought to be stopped. Let the good members be more active and insist upon a "house-cleaning"—for the good of the churches. --- THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1915. The Gazette regularly should notify delivered promptly. fully examine The Gazette's adver- s. Business men who advertise in image of Afro-Americans. The fact that they want it. tisements) ten cents a line (six Personal Art Morris and John Wood spent Sunday in Detroit. Mr. Edward Jones, father of Mr. Harry Jones, died recently. Mrs. Geo. Jackson of Martinsburg, W. Va., is in the city visiting relatives. Mrs. Roger Dillard of 2162 E. 30th St., is visiting in Youngstown and Pittsburg, this week. Mrs. Alice Day of Ridgeway, and Mrs. C. C. Perry of Mansfield, are guests of Mrs. W. T. Blue. Mrs. Eugenia Ballard had as guests, last week, Miss Fannie Webb and Mrs. Service of Pittsburg. Rev. Wm. Dawkins, a student of Payne Theological seminary, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Lemon, E 87th St., last week. Mrs. J. D. Jackson of E. 33d St., and Miss Carrie Beeler were guests of Mrs. Henry Allenworth in Wheeler last week, and attended the emancipation celebration there. Mrs. Charles Coleman of Cincinnati, who was summoned here by the serious illness of her sister, Mrs. Walter Brown, E. 29th St., has returned home. Marriage licenses were issued, the past week to Thomas Butler, 2709 Woodland Ave., and Sarah West, 2320 E. 29th St.; Benjamin Harris and Beatrice Jones, 2339 E. 34th St. The Optimistic club held an interesting meeting at Mrs. M. Sherman's E. 27th place, Wednesday. The Excelior club met at Mrs. J. H. Beckwith's Woodland Ave. Tuesday. Mrs. Clark, guest of Mrs. Cooper, E. 39th St, for a week, has returned to New York. Mr. Cooper is on a trip to the coast and the Panama-Pacific exposition. Rev. J. J. Price of Wren, is greatly interested in the organization of a race insurance company with head offices in this city. It is a big enterprise and would be a paying one too. Rev. J. F. Gregory has accepted a call to the Peoples' Congregational church of Washington, D. C. He is a son of Prof. James Monroe Gregory well-known among our oldest residents. Mrs. W. T. Maxwell, wife of a former pastor of St. James church, is seriously ill at Middletown, so Rev. Maxwell, who was in attendance on the conference, informed a representative of The Gazette, last Saturday. That "fair" at Randall, last week, is still considerable of a conundrum. The daily papers' announcement that our churches and societies were promoting a "cake-walk" to be held during the "fair" surely cannot be true. It is reported that the Rosa Boyd property in E. $2d St., has been sold. Also that Mr. Abner Smith is no longer in the employ of the Postal Telegraph's repair-box department. He served them for nearly 20 years. The advertisers want your trade. Those who do not ask for it in The Gazette certainly care little, if at all for it. Therefore, we urge our readers and all of our friends to patronize those who ask for your trade in this paper. Our long-time friend, Mr. J. W. Butler, is now secretary of the South End Chamber of Enterprise. That organization could not have found a better man for the place. We congratulate both. Send or bring locals and all business matters to The Gazette's offices, suite 2, Blackstone Bldg. If you wish, to see the editor call there, please. All matters for publication in current issues of The Gazette, must be in the office by 4 p. m., WEDNESDAY at the latest. The Daw-Moser case was disposed of in Police court, last week Thursday, the latter being punished. The案情 succeeded leaving Moser the costs to pay. The charge was assault and battery. The suit for $500 damages, under our Ohio Civil Rights' law, has been started against Moser for Mr. Daw by Senator W. T. Clark. Mr. G. W. Carroll of E. 74th St., tended Dr. and Mrs. Chas. Bundy and her sister, Mrs. Lottie Harvey, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hunnicutt, Mrs. Margaret Hargrave, Mrs. Lulu Cox and daughter, and Mrs. Cliff, Bundy, a dinner, Thursday evening, which was up to his unusually high standard. Mr. Carroll, as a host, has a reputation not confined to this city's limits by any means. Dr. Chas. Bundy was tendered a fine reception, Tuesday evening, at St John's church. He has done excellent work for it and has been a positive help to our people of this community. Mrs. Chas. Bundy will leave the city with the best wishes of our good people of this community. He has gone to Mt. Pleasant to visit his aged mother and will stop here en route to his new charge at Toledo. The Gazette wishes him continued success, good health and prosperity. D. B. Johnson of Hague Ave., (west side), age 56, for 18 years an engineer with the H. P. Nail Co., who had been ill of and on ever since his wife's death, a year or two ago, sustained a paralytic stroke, Aug. 18, and was taken to the Glenville hospital, where he died, Sept. 5. The remains were The North Ohio (annual) conference of the A. M. E. Connection, Rtt Rev. C. T. Shaffer, bishop of the third Episcopal district presiding, opened its sessions in St. John's church, last week Wednesday and closed them. Monday. The annual sermon was preached by Rev. H. F. Fox, who was elected secretary of the conference; Rev. C. M. Hogans, statistical sec.; Rev. J. D. Singleton, rec. sec.; Dr. Carl W. Shaffer, bishop's private sec.; Rev. S. A. Atkins, M. M. Lewis, and G. W. Lacy, marshals; Revs. J. T. Farley, J. S. Jackson, Rev. C. H. Young, reporters; and Rev. Chas Bundy, postmaster. The evening was devoted to a reception and an entertainment. A fine program was rendered. St. John's college and freshmen refreshments. Blues. J. H. Jones of the 9th Episcopal district of the Connection, who visited the conference, was also in attendance. Thursday morning's session was devoted to reports of missions, circuits and stations. The afternoon, and most of the evening's sessions were given to the election of four delegates to the General Conference, Major W. T. Anderson and Rev. J. H. Collins—and an equal number of alternates—Revs. G. W. Maxwell, J. E. Hagins, J. D. White and H. E. Talbert—to the General Conference to be held in Philadelphia in May 1916. A splendid lecture on education by Rev. J. H. Talbert was presented at the district, and another excellent program closed the evening session. Friday morning's session was devoted to an morning session, after the conference, on motion of Major W. T. Anderson, exchauling U. S. army, had extended the Hon. Harry C. Smith an invitation to address it. Bishop Shaffer introduced the editor of The Gazette. Major Anderson prefaced his motion with a short talk in which he warmly praised The Gazette and ordered the Hon. Harry C. Smith for years. Editor Smith's address was an exhortation to the members of the conference to encourage the organization of Citizen's Rights' leagues or clubs in their various communities for the purpose of defending the race from the many vicious photoplay and other attacks being made upon it these days; to help protect the rights of our people in the public places of their communities; and to assist in all such matters of state and even national magnitude. He was splendidly received and esteemed by one of his too brief address—made so by lack of time. After a short session, in the afternoon, the Woman's Mite Missionary society held forth, reporting the collection of more than $1,000 and handing to the bishop a check for $450 to be used for home-mission purposes. A receipt for the balance, from the foreign missionary department, was shown. In the evening, a fine concert was received by St. John's choir, led by Major Anderson and Rev C. S. Williams of Allen Temple, Cincinnati. The latter "lifted an offering" of $40 Saturday morning's session was devoted to hearing statistical, judiciary, unfinished and other reports; new business and the report of the memorial committee. The afternoon and evening sessions, to the business of the Preachers' Aid association and to the aid of a program it had prepared. Sunday, early morning "Love-feast" service, conducted by Rev. G. W. Maxwell, P. E. The service of the day was in charge of Bishop Shaffer who announced that the ordination sermon would be preached by Bishop Jones. About six men were on duty, two several of the church. Three speakers followed the report on memorials, Bishop Shaffer closing with an address on the life of the late Bishop H. M. Turner. The reading of resolutions closed the sessions of the conference. Rev. Maxwell presented Bishop Shaffer with a purse, made up by the ministers as an appreciation of kindness, necessity, and then returned tables, and then began the reading of appointments which follow: Cleveland district—Presiding elder, George W. Maxwell. Stations—St. John's, Cleveland, J. S. Jackson; St. James, Cleveland, C. H. Young; Steubenville, J. T. Farley; Toledo, Chas. Bundy; Youngstown, J. M. Glmere; Bellaire, T. A. Green; Smithfield, R. B. Lowe; Cadiz, Stillwater and Selo, O. W. Childers, E. Liverpool, J. M. moved to the home and on Sept. 8 the funeral held, Rev. Wm. Kraft officiating, assisted by Rev. W. J. Rotherburger of Franklin City. The body was taken to Hushylvania. For burial beside his wife's remains, Mr. Johnson was a fine man; though modest he was intensely loyal. A niece, Mrs. S. C. Early of Hague Ave., and brothers and sisters and other relatives in southwestern Ohio survive him. Tate; Wellsville, J. H. Mason; Salem, M. I. Pemberton; Alliance, J. C. Turner; Canton, Jesse Bass; Akron, H. E. Lewis; Newark, W. P. Myers; Mt. Vernon, T. W. Woodson; Mansfield, W. S. Grimes; N. Lewisburg, A. T. Green; Marysville, W. H. Coleman; Delaware, M. S. Hunter; Marion, G. H. Cotton; Mechanicsburg, S. W. White; Lorain, G. L. Hicks; Sanduky and Norwalk, J. D. Singleton; Fremont E. Artis; J. Pleasant and Marriott; William Shilver; Chilville and Flushing, George Smith; Sharon and Warren, F. H. Gray; McIntyre, C. W. Green; Ravenna, G. C. Clemens. Springfield district—Presiding Elder, J. H. Collins. Stations—North St, Springfield, W. B. Lee; Trinity, Springfield, D. W. Butler; Hamilton, W. S. Watson; Lockland, Primus Alston; Lebanon, W. T. Maxwell; Oxford, M. M. Lewis; Pliqua, C. M. Hogans; Urbana, H. F. Fox; Middletown, A. A. Challanger; London, W. M. Dawkins; Kenton, Jesse Smith; Lima, J. E. Haas; Lebanon, W. T. Maxwell; Enelid Ax Dayton, E. Fort; Bellefontaine and Pickrellton, H. H. Uphergrove; Findlay, J. D. White; Troy, N. M. Culpher; Yellow Springs, E. A. Adams; Long and Eaton, R. Thomas; Harviesburg, H. Maxwell; Glendale and Mainville, R. B. Wright; Van Wert and Pauling, S. S. Atkins; Wren and Carthagenia, J. J. Price; Dayton mission, J. H. Upshaw; Rumey, G. W. Suel. General Evangelists, W. W. Anderson and Horace E. Tobert. E. Wavell. Virginia Day, Rosa Johnson, Mrs. B. A. Powell, E. Glover and J. Okey. Transfers; H. H.ummers to the Pittsburgh conference; F. D. Taylor to Ohio conference. Rev. V. H. Jackson, appointed a professor at Payne Theological seminary, Wilberforce; Rev. G. W. Priolean, chapplain, 9th cavalry, U. S. A. member of conference. Monday's session was brief and of a business nature. The Ohio Conference's Appointments. Cincinnati District—Presiding Elder, P. E. Mills, Stations—Allen Temple, Cincinnati, C. S. Williams; Brown Chapel, Walnut Hills, T. D. Scott; Wilmington, Charles H. Sheen; Washington C. H., J. O. Haitcox; Wilberforce, A. W. Thomas; Xenia (old site), John Coleman; Xenia (new site), John Coleman; mostown, C. E. Williams; Jiamo, J. M. Cardville, I. N. Patterson Jr.; South Charleston, A. N. Clark, Missiones—Gee Chapel, O'Bryansville, B. F. Adams; Bainbridge, C. C. Method, Circuits—Sabina and Richland, J. N. Blackwell; Selma and Jeffersonville, G. A. Grant; College Hill and Delhi, J. L. Griffith; Georgetown and Decatur, James Bridges; New Richmond and Batavia, F. H. Mason; Frankfort and Bryau, F. H. Johnson; Greenfield and Junction, J. N. Woodrow City Missionary—D. C. Williams, Supernumerary, G. R. Wingfield. Columbus District—Presiding Elder, S. P. West, Stations—St. Paul, Columbus, J. W. Gazaway, Mt. Vernon Av., Columbus, C. D. White, St. Paul, Zanesville, Ira A. Collins, Chillicothe, A. Farrell, Ironton, J. S. Ferguson, Portsmouth, John Irwin; Cambridge, New Hampshire, L. W. White; Clypeville, I. A. Charleston; Gallipolis, F. D. Taylor. Mission—Wayman Chapel, Columbus, J. H. Pursley. Circuits—Barnesville, Cumberland and Captina, L. W. Becks. Middleport, Rutland and Pomeroy, J. W. Carroll; Lancaster and Nelsonville, Williams; Worthington, Westville, Williams; D. M. Carson; Carr's Run, Straight Creek and Piketon, to be supplied. Transfers—T. W. Woodson and W. H. Edwards, to North Ohio conference. Evangelists—Mrs. Maud Smith, Ironspot, Ohio. Supernumerary—E. C. Cotton. Regret for the illness of our great and good friend, Senator J. B. Foraker, is tempered by the knowledge that he has borne most nobly a very serious surgical operation. Indications prevailed to a continuation of the illness has rendered this country invaluable service. The resolutions in his behalf, offered at this conference which met in Cincinnati, week before last, were unanimously adopted. They were offered by Rev. C. S. Williams. After Bishop Shaffer had announced their adoption, the ministers and delegates for all over the state and the congregation, with bowed heads, engaged for several minutes in silent prayer for the recovery of the great statesman. Speaking on the resolutions, Rev. Williams told of the great anxiety our people all over the country felt after the report of the illness of the Senator had been received and in side view of him in the "The Senator." he said, "is the Afro-American's greatest friend in America. He is a second Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln freed the Negro from slavery and Senator Foraker contributed a large share to the elimination of all the handicaps incurred during and since those dark days." (Rev.) J. J. Price. A. Cuyahoga, Edward De (T R 3035 Cen Wm. 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Why not in real estate? Something no one man or two can carry away. I have lots from $150 up, on easy terms. Also a few lots left in Mt. Pleasant. Call or address. R. W. WINBUSH 2192 E. 35th St. Prospect 1043-J CAP and BELLS WHERE REAL TROUBLE BEGAN Argument Between Hogan, Casey and O'Brien Progressed Smoothly Until Stranger Butted In. When a man just naturally wants trouble it is mighty easy to find an excuse for macking it. According to Mike Hogan, Casey and O'Brien were having an argument of their own. It had progressed to the extent that each had forgotten what it was about originally, and they were wholly oblivious of the gathering crowd until an urbane and genteel person in a frock coat put in. "Come, come, my man," he said, gently plucking Casey by the sleeve. "You don't want to fight. I can tell it by your looks. Your face is too benign—" "Two be nine! Two be nine, is ut, ye scut!" bellow Casey. "Me face is two be nine, is ut?" And there was where the real trouble began—Louisville Times. Important Inquiry "Father," said the small boy, "couldn't George Washington tell a lie?" That statement has been seriously made by his son. "Well what did he do when his folks had unexpected company and he was told to say he didn't want any pie for dessert?" Hopeful Future. "To tell you the truth," said the man who is ostentatiously cheerful, "the hotter the climate is the better I like it." "I envy you and your calmness of mind," replied the sardonic person, "and trust, for your own comfort, that your ideas of future punishment are stricly orthodox." The Eternal Feminine. Pretty Daughter—Papa, I'd like to give a party next week. Papa—Why, my dear, you gave one only last week. Do you think it necessary to entertain your friends so often? Pretty Daughter—But this is not to entertain my friends; it's to snub my enemies. Only Difference. "One of my daughters has tonsillitis," exclaimed Mr. Growcher, "and the other has sprained her wrist." "Yes. Nothing seems to work out the way it ought to. The girl who sprained her wrist stings, and the one with a sore throat plays the piano." Business Manager—Well, how many orders did you get yesterday? Traveler—I got two orders in one place. B. M.—That's the stuff! What were they? T—One was to get out and the other was to stay out. A Correction. Friend (intending to compliment)—I heard somebody say the other day. Mr. Naggs, that your wife was a fine conversationalist. Naggs—She's nothing of the sort. Friend—No? Naggs—She hates conversation. She's a monologist. Ella—He says that he shall never forget me. Stella—No; you have one of those indelible faces. As Paw Had It Doped. Little Lemuel—Say, paw, what is an impressionist? Paw—An impressionist, son, is an artist who tries to give one the impression that he sells more pictures than he can paint. Wherein They Differ Bethy—They say that a camel can work seven or eight days without drinking. Omar—That's nothing. Many a time I have drank for seven or eight days without working. No Cause for Alarm. Omar—Death loves a shining mark, they say. Hazel—Oh, well, don't be uneasy. You're not so brilliant. NEAT BONBON BASKETS NEW IDEA IN TABLE DECORATION IS REAL NOVELTY. Intended to Hold Salted Almonds or Confections—Expensive to Buy But Not Difficult to Make One of the novelties in table decoration this season is the tiny gift and lace individual basket designed to hold bombs, salted almonds, or other dainty confections. They are the prettiest things imaginable, and though expensive to buy, should not be difficult to make at home. One should make a trial basket first. Get a ten-cent knot of gilt wire and fashion into a basket, weaving the wire in and out in a very large mesh, in any preferred shape. There is the dainty little French basket, also the square shape fashioned on the order of the ordinary waste paper basket. Both are popular and also quite easy to follow. The lining is of valenciennes lace. The first step is to cut a tiny round of cardboard to fit the bottom of the basket, square, or oval as the case may be, and cover first with silk in a delicate color and then with a scrap of the valenciennes lace. Next cut a strip of lace edging a little wider than the depth of the basket and long enough to go around it and half as much again. Gather the straight edge of the lace and sew to the piece of covered cardboard. Put in a gathering of the lace, thus creating a little trill to stand up all around the basket, trim the handles with baby ribbon tied into bows to match the color of the bottom, and the basket is complete. For a Christmas table the baskets could be trimmed with red or holly ribbons. For ordinary use one could get a very pretty effect by using a different color for each basket in harlequin fashion. In this way any scraps of silk or ribbon that night be on hand could be used up. Val lace at ten cents a yard or less will answer for lining. It should be from three to three and one-half inches Pretty Eonbon Basket. wide and the scallop not too deep for obvious reasons. As one becomes more skilled in bask ket making larger pieces could be attempted, as a catch-all basket for the bunches. A basket for the pieces for a bunchoon to hold the favors. TOO TALL OR TOO STOUT Dressmakers' Art is to Cover the Defects in Stature of Their Patrons. Most women, measured by an ideal standard of beauty, are too tall or too thin, too short or too stout; they do not stand well; they walk badly; or they have spoiled their complexions by hook or by crook—something is wrong. The dressmaker's art is to cover these defects so far as possible, to draw attention away from defects toward the good points of the figure. The ideally beautiful woman can wear anything from a Greek gown to a peasant costume, and look divine. But with very few exceptions allowed for the perfect woman, designs in dress must be adapted before they can be adopted to advantage. Fashion plates are drawn upon beautifully tall and fair women to show the proper proportions to be observed in the designs themselves, according to the mind of the designing artist. Some designs are hopelessly bad at the beginning. Designs, however good in themselves, are not meant to be slavishly copied. A woman six feet tall may wear a dress skirt eight or ten yards wide at the bottom, but the dumpy little woman who is as broad as she is long will be a ridiculous figure in the same enormous sweep of skirt.—Belle Armstrong Whitney, in Good Health. Smocking for Skirt* Smocks have taken the popular fancy this summer, and smocking is employed on many of the thinner material. The skirt that is shirred, sometimes smocked, into a slim silhouette at the waist line and hips is very becoming to the slender woman. Turbans of Various Design and Sailors of Medium Brim Are Favorites. A round, bow-shaped turban of black velvet, with thick frill of black malines from front to back over the crown, is broken by a bunch of pink velvet roses near the front. A round turban with one high point on the left has a crown of Ottoman and a brim of velvet. A small round plush turban fitting low on the face is trimmed with a rosette near the left front. Small turbans of silk or velvet finish with a twist like a large wing worn upright and in front. Taffeta sailors have a round crown and medium brim with a slight roll all around. The large sailor is covered with heavy Georgette crepe and a scarf of the times, and sometimes the crown is covered with silk fringe. Two Figures for Fall It is said that this autumn will show the two extremes of the straight and the rounded figure. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1915 VANCOUVER & PETERSON The model of this semitailored suit is of black broadcloth. The skirt reaches to the shoe tops and the coat is double-breasted. The collar, cuffs and coat edging are of black fox. TO USE ODD BITS OF LACE Great Variety of Pretty and Useful Things in Which Odd Pieces Can Be Used. There seems to be an endless variety of uses to which fillet crochet can be applied. A large square of this crochet could be made into a very charming boudor cap. A square with a rose pattern would be very pretty, although the extremely conventional designs are equally good. The square should be made with fifty or sixty codon net, as it will be more attractive if the mesh is not too fine. A picot edging may be added to the edge of the square, or it can merely be finished with two rows of the plain mesh. When making this cap a casing is stitched around the inside of the square, forming a circle by eliminating the corners. An elastic is run through the casing; then the corners are wired with fine millinery wire, so as to make them stand out. The front and back corners are slightly rolled over the crown. The points of the corners at each side are turned back. The effect is very much the same as a Normandy cap; but, being made of fillet crochet, it is very quaint and unusual. LACING FROM BOOTS TO HATS New Bolero Jacket is Laced to Fit the Figure Snugly—Gloves Also Are Laced. As eagerly as the buttoned boot was discarded to replace the laced one is the idea of lacing any two pieces of material that seem in any way to belong to each other being introduced and adopted. A costume that has attracted much attention is one of navy blue gambardine, the bolero jacket of which was laced to fit the figure snugly. The rather large sleeves were laced to fit the lower arm; the collar, too, was laced to the chin. With the new inside lacing of the boot comes the hat, whose several portions are joined with lacing. Gloves, too, are laced on either the inside or the outside of the arm; in fact, to be quite up-to-the-minute one must have two parts of the costume laced together. What Color For Waists. The most radical change in the waist styles this season is in the color. The dressy waistls are either dark, so as to match the suit, or are in some high color, thus contrasting with the suit. On the other hand, the semi-tailored models continue to be mostly in white and in flesh-color, says the Dry Goods Economist. The new season waistls of conservative type are in navy, brown, dark green, purple, gray or mulberry. Waists of more striking type are in garnet, light green, rose, royal purple, French blue and other tones which will blend harmoniously with the dark suit colorings. **Cleaning Wheat Felt Hats.** The white felt hat is much in evidence that the wheat felt hat is gone when it becomes soiled. To it brush it thoroughly with a soft clean brush; then take some flour which has been dried in a slow oven, mix it with bread crumbs and rub it into the felt with your hands. When all marks have disappeared brush the hat briskly. A New Silk. There is a new silk out in deep dark blue on which is a printed border in deep red and a bright tone of blue. This aids the dressmaker in a most graftifying way to solve the problem of trimming. If we are to wear simple lines, and to depend on our original material for our effects, then we may often be in despair as to how to get in our color. Tulle on Straw. A charming hat shows an accordion plaited tulle ruffle around the brim of a straw hat—the straw in coral; pink hair; the straw in blue. The result is truly delightful. MORE FUR IS SLOGAN WHAT FASHION MAKERS DICTATE FOR FALL WEAR. Cuffs on Every Jacket Are Now Muffs —Hems of Skirts and Jackets Smothered in Bands of Fur. It is probable that women will never be persuaded to give up pieces of petry that cover the shoulders; it is the remaining savage instinct in them to fling around their bodies the skins of wild beasts; this truth was proved during the summer, when every woman who could afford the price of a fox, white or otherwise, ar- rayed herself in it, even on days when a mosquito netting would have been too warm a covering. She temporarily reverted to the cave-woman. The furriers, however, need not spend sleepless nights wondering where their rent is to be obtained, for paradise is opening to them. Fur, and again fur, and still more fur, is the slogan of the fashion-makers. As to Neckpieces. There may not be a great quantity of neckpieces worn, as fashion does not indicate any loose covering for the shoulders that will hide their lines, but so much fur is demanded elsewhere that it is more probable the furriers will spend sleepless nights wondering where to get it. The cuffs, for instance, on every jacket are now muffs. They extend to the elbows and flare to a width of eight and ten inches at the hands. This is a part of the Russian influence, and there is every reason to believe that these immense bell-shaped accessories will be sought by every woman who likes to take up the extreme thing. In addition to such lavish use of petry on the sleeves, the hems of skirts, as well as jackets, are smothered in bands of fur. Evening wraps are in the nature of Russian coats, and one of the newest, by Callot, has entire sleeves of fur that are shaped out from the shoulders into a great 1 White Broadcloth Trimmed With Beaver Fur. width at the wrist. There are other evening coats that have round Victorian tops of sealskin, with all the edges outlined with ten inches of sealskin. As for flaring fur redingotes—that's another chapter. (Copyright by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) CHANGES IN WOMAN'S HAIR Simplicity in Style Gives Way to Pompadour, Pulls and Curls This Fall. In the Woman's Home Companion the fashion editor comments in part as follows about the changes in coifure this fall: "There is to be a decided change in the coifure this autumn. Simplicity has been the model these past two or three seasons. Now there is a return to the pompadour and puffs and curls. This should be welcome news to many women, as this new style is far more becoming and softening to the features than the severely plain coifure recently favored. The new pompadour is interesting as it is so different from the pompadour so popular in the past. It is called the slanting pompadour, because it is very low in front and rises gradually until it reaches the crown, where it is finished with a group of small puffs or curls encircled with a soft col." JEWELRY FOR TAFFETA FROCK Stones of Color in Contrast to Dress Are One of the Novelties of the Season. With the newest taffeta frocks contrasting colors are worn in the jewelery. Turquoise with dark green, sapphires on French pink, amethysts with cherry or gray, and rubles on pale blue are the very last word in gem and silk combinations. Lapis-lazuli mounted in repousse silver is used in a handsome necklace worn with a sago green taffeta afternoon gown and an unusual hat completes the costume. The hat is of soft, two-toned straw, green above, faced with dark blue; the brim is broad and the crown low and rounded, while its only trimming is a jeweled ornament matching exactly the lapis and silver necklace. Riaited Underskirts. With the underskirts accordion plait ings have come back again—an admi- rable treatment for underskirts which give freedom of movement. F. FERMORE & CO. The model of this fall coat is of tan English broadcloth with satin belt and trimmings and stole of mole. FALL STYLES FOR CHILDREN School Dresses Are Made in Ginghams, Percales, Linens, Ratines and Piques. Children's wash dresses suitable for school wear are in ginghams, percales, linens, ratines, piques, cordalines and other heavy wash fabrics. Many are in plain colors trimmed with checked, plaid or striped material, while others are of a fancy material trimmed with a plain fabric. Combinations of middy or blouse of plain color with a skirt of plaid, or vice versa, are very pretty. Colored worsted dresses are also in a great variety of styles in serges, poplins and checked and plaid worsted. Some are made in sailor effect, while others have the middy blouse or the new college blouse with smocking. In dressy little frocks combinations of worsted and silk, such as serge, with plaid or check silk, are seen. Corded and plain velvets are combined with satin charmeuse, or fancy plaid, checked or striped silk. Party dresses of net, crepe, chiffon or lace are often combined with silk. For older girls three-piece suits are popular. They consist of simple little serge or gabardine dresses with a short, snappy coat in norfolk, Russian or box effect, of the same material. Flat collars are almost universally worn and sleeves are usually set in at the regular armhole, finished off with a flare cuff, or made in flare effect starting from the elbow. Belts and sashes are usually of self material, or of the same fabric as the collars and cuffs. Children's coats are made with a slight flare in the lower section. Sometimes a coat is cut in two sections and joined together at the normal or slightly lower waist line, this joining covered by a belt or sash. A yoke sometimes appears in the back, sometimes in front. Sometimes as many as four pockets appear on a coat, and they are also used on belts. Smocking and hand embroidery trimse wee coats, and braids and buttons trim all coats. Krimmer, beaver, otter, seal, mole, chinchilla, squirrel, ermine and honey, as well as velvet in plain colors and novelty stripes and checks, are used for collars, cuffs and other trimmings. Natural Silk Hose. The pale tan stockings so fashionable this summer with skirts of dark material, are most often of natural silk, this shade having a particular delicate, lustrous appearance over the flesh of instep and ankle. With slippers of patent leather, natural silk stockings are very smart, worn with frocks or black or navy blue pussy willow silk. About the Fancy Boot A light and fanciful boot or shoe demands elegance and daintiness in the whole toilet associated with it. Moreover, it must be fresh, shapely, immaculate. The wear and soil that are tolerable and can be easily hidden in the serviceable black or russet leather or in white canvas or buckskin are not permissible in the dress shoe or boot. The New French Ribbons Paris finds, for one thing, that ribbons made this year are of a very inferior quality. The French ribbon industry, it seems, was largely carried on by men. The men went to war and women went into the ribbon factories. They are doing their best, but as yet the best ribbons they can turn out are inferior to the ribbons the Paris dressmakers desire. In some cases the dressmakers can make silk take the place of ribbons. But this poor quality of ribbons has helped to decide the nature of the trimming of autumn millinery. Stripes Acceptable Stripes are the most acceptable of all the black and white combinations, if one may judge by the number of black and white striped frocks that one sees. There are some charming afternoon frocks of this sort in chiffon or silk volle, with stripes an inch and a half or two inches wide. These frocks are made with black or white—for trimming bands, vests, collars, cuffs and girdle—to accentuate their character. AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS A correspondent of the New York Evening Mail, writes as follows: Evening with writes as follows: I read with interest in the Evening Mail the proposal of the "compulsory enlistment of Negroes in a huge standing army," primarily to wield the shovel and incidentally to defend the country, and this, too, offered as a solution of the Negro problem. Of all flights of the imagination this is the worst. The Negro has always been foremost in the defense of his country, and always among the first to answer his country's call. I will mention Crispus Attacks, the Negro whose blood was the first shed in the War of the Revolution in calling the citizens of Boston to resent the attacks of the British; the conduct of the black troops in the Civil war, especially the men of the Massachusetts and Illinois regiments, who fought throughout the war without murmuring, although their families were without support because a secretary of war refused to pay them because their faces were black! Though these men didn't receive their pay until seven years after the war, there was no thought of mutiny or of quitting. When Gen. Benjamin Butler sent his famous message to headquarters, "If you don't send me re-enforcements by tomorrow I will carry the war into Africa," time has shown he made no mistake in so doing. Of the conduct of the Negroes in the Spanish-American war, those who were at El Caney and San Juan Hill can bear witness. The president of the United States has seen fit to congratulate the black men of the border patrols for their splendid discipline and efficiency between a rain of lead in front of them and a storm of prejudice behind them. Then why this compulsory enlistment of a race that never in the history of this country has been weighed in the balance and found wanting? The Negro does not have to be driven to serve his country, but he does ask that he be allowed to serve his country as a man. The only place the Negro race, or any other race, has is that to which by merit it is entitled. The time has long since passed since the Negro was only a hewer of wood and a drawer of water. In this government of the people, by the people and for the people, the Negro asks only an equal opportunity for his lawyers, his doctors, his business men, etc. A race that can produce such concededly efficient fighters surely can and has produced men capable of acting as officers. Then why "white" officers? I regret not having been able, as the writer, "to have done my full duty to my country," but that wasn't my fault. Perhaps my experiences in that direction might be interesting. When a student at the Boys' High school of Brooklyn representatives from several Brooklyn regiments called at the school to interest students in high school companies of those regiments. Every man in my class was approached but myself. Having learned of the part Negroes had played in the wars of the United States and being ambitious to do my share, I presented myself at a certain armory near the school. I was informed that they had no companies for colored men. Later on in life as a student in a university up state which has compulsory freshmen military training under the control of an officer of the United States army, I was told by There is a lesson given in every thing they do at Tuskegee, and a demand that they do it well, writes Mrs J. B. Reid in the Birmingham (Ala) work harder. They are taught that good service is important, and that poor service ice is not wanted. Every pupil, boy or girl, is given the opportunity of learning a trade, fitting themselves to do one thing best, though they learn many lessons in all kinds and classes of work. They are disciplined, are taught order, politeness, stimulated to study; when they fail to do their best they are put in the drone class, subjected to the charge of failure, and this plan has worked well. Think of the lessons learned from the cultivation of diversified crops, all done by students—110 in Doolly yam potatoes, and other crops of similar acreage; the preparation of a silo for winter forage, a butcher pen, cold storage plant, furniture factory, wagons, buggies and carriage, shoe shops, laundry, bakery, printing press, creamery, a model dairy and kitchen, where every girl is forced to take cooking lessons, sewing room, plain and fancy stitches; can- Of the minor race divisions, the Albanians, the inhabitants of the remaining immediate possession of European Turkey, are supposed to be direct descendants of the ancient Illyrians. They are still in the patriarchal stage of social development, living in clans, as did the Highlanders of Scotland two centuries ago. It requires 582.333 of the smallest screws in the world to make a pound. A magnifying glass is needed by one who would see them clearly. The Albanians are half-civilized mountaineers, and live in perpetual anarchy, every village being at war with its neighbor, even the several quarters of the same town carrying on mutual hostilities. Many of them serve as mercenaries in other countries, and they form the best soldiers of the Turkist army. Fish are being shipped to England via Montreal from British Columbia waters, the reason being the fish are caught in the waters of the fishery interference with the North sea fisheries. this commandant that I would be excused from the regiments because the presence of a colored man in the company would cause friction. Quite a change since the Wilderness. Over my protest to serve my country I was refused. A classmate of mine who joined the bugle corps was asked to resign because there was one too many buglers, yet he was among the first to come out for the position and had experience. In connection with the meeting of the National Negro Business league, at Boston, the New York Post publishes some figures relative to the commercial progress of the Negro during the last 15 years. In 1900 there were in this country 20,000 Negro business enterprises; in 1915 over 45,000. In 1900 Negroes operated two banks; 1915, over fifty. In 1900 there were 10,000 Negro retail merchants; 1915, over 25,000. During the same period the value of farm property held by Negroes has increased proportionately. The value of domestic animals advanced from $85,000,000 to $177,000,000; poultry, $2,800,000 to $5,000,000; implements and machinery, $18,500,000 to $36,800,000; land and buildings, $69,500,000 to $273,500,000. The percentage of increase ranges from 36 per cent to 29.3. Much of this progress is credited to the influence of Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee institute, and to like institutions, which have stood for vocational training. At Tuskegee and the other schools which have been modeled after its plan, emphasis is laid on such courses as blacksmithing, dairying, poultry raising, etc., which fit the student for immediately recursive employment. In his address before the Negro business men at Boston, Doctor Washington urged his audience to take up truck farming, baking, storekeeping, etc., saying "there is in the United States no hope for us, except we teach our young people to apply their education to develop the natural resources and promote human happiness in the communities in which they live." On farms, both North and South, there is ample opportunity to put this advice into effect. Despite lynching in the South, which is an expression of community lawlessness rather than Negro antagonism, there is reason to believe that prejudice against the Negro is dying out. When the Negro exposition was held at Richmond, Va., a short time ago, the newspapers of city warmly supported the undertaking, urging white people to attend, and there were thousands of white visitors. At the exposition in Chicago, where the work of 2,000,000 Negro school children was on exhibition, the opening day was declared a holiday by the city council and all municipal and county offices were closed. "Few colored men have had such a large number of friends among prominent white citizens as Walter Perry, for many years employed in a responsible position at the Country club, and whose death occurred recently," said Robert B. McDowell, secretary of the Southern club of Birmingham, Ala. "Some years ago while I was secretary of the Country club I hired Walter and he was there until he died. Always dependable, always faithful, no one could have given better service. Everybody who knew him liked him, and I among hundreds learned of his death with sincere regret." ning and preserving; all of these were in operation at the summer school as well as through the regular term. Already 90,000 cans of preserved fruits, vegetables, jellies and fruit juices have been shelved there, and the work still goes on. Milk and butter from 90 Jersey cows; pupils are taught the care of stock, milking and dairying; nurses are trained in the hospital, both men and women. This is a human factory, turning from its workshop, out of rough material, laborers ready to meet the world's emergencies in the field of progress, in the demand for skilled labor. There is no foolishness about the system—it is worth while. They are teaching them practical lessons and teaching them books, studies adapted to their vocations. There was no mention of lessons on Cicero; no effort to show off. It was a matter of fact business. The small diagonal streaks or wrinkles across the grain of a piece of timber not only betrays weakness, but sometimes indicates periods of stress through which the wood passed when it was growing. The nominal strength of Turkey's navy is about 40,000 sailors and marines, exclusive of officers, commanders and admirals. Three dreadnaughts, built in 1912 and 1913, two cruisers, three old battleships, and a variety of old gunboats comprise the total number of vessels. The telegraph announces that a plot has been found in Siam. And we assume that, following the usual custom, it will be used as the basis of a musical comedy. The port of New York in 1914 handled 46 per cent of the entire export trade of the United States, and the total of $1,807,000,000 of foreign trade, export and import, which passed through the port was larger than that of all the other American ports combined. An eight-day watch, which tells the day of the week and the month, is the product of a Belgian firm. The manufacturers claim that the time kept by the watch cannot vary more than one minute in its eight-day run.