The Gazette

UNION UNION PLANS WILL MEET WITH OPPOSITION Bryan Demands His Followers to Oppose Increase, in Army and Navy. 80 DEMOCRATS AGAINST PREPAREONESS The Commander is Devoted Almost Entirely to Attacks on the Administration Program and the Leaders Are Worried. Washington, D. C. — Information obtained by Democratic leaders from returning congressmen and reports from the country indicate that there will be strong opposition within the party to the president's preparedness program. On top of this it is said that William J. Bryan is organizing his opposition and making personal demands on his following in congress to stand against any increase in the army and navy. Reports current in Democrat circles are to the effect that 80 Democratic congressmen are opposed to the president's plan. The first public manifestation of Mr. Bryan's congressional campaign against the preparedness program on Monday when members of the house and senate received complimentary copies of an edition of the Commander devoted almost entirely to attacks on the administration plan. Many of the articles are signed by Mr. Bryan. Wants Light Turned On. One of these, printed in heavy type, says: "Turn on the light and let the country see the fraudulent character of the pretended patrolism which is being paraded before the country by the president's agents to accuse the nation but are, in fact, nothing but leches and parasites." "The elections of 1915 ought to serve as a warning to the Democratic party," Mr. Bryan says in another article and then adds that the endorsement given preparedness in Massachusetts, if it did not defeat the party, "at least failed to save it." Taking sides with Majority Leader Kitchin, who opposes the president, Mr. Bryan says: "It is fortunate for the party and the country that the Democratic leader is too well poised to be 'shoed' into the coop of the special interests by manufacturer." The receipt of the copies of the Commander was accepted around the Capitol as Mr. Bryan's public declaration of war against the president and his program. Leaders Are at Sea. While this fight is on leaders who have the responsibility of raising the revenues are completely at sea. The program calls for an expenditure the first year of $130,000,000. The deficit today is $35,000,000. The war tax act, which expires Dec. 31, brought in $70,000,000 this year. This means a tax on the one ordinary revenues that must be provided. It is claimed by some leaders that the emergency war taxes must be re-enacted with, some - modifications. Sugar probably will be retained on the dutiful list, and many Democrats are urging a restoration of the duty on raw wool as a revenue measure. French munitions are strongly urged and the reduction of the exemption and the increase of the surtaxes in the income tax law seem assured. BIG GAIN IN EXPORTS Business Section Burned Brockport, N. Y. — Fire which started in a bakery shop spread over the entire business section of the village, burned all night and occasioned a large number of burns in the temple, was burned to the ground. Seven stores were wiped out. Vessel Man Killed Cleveland, O.-Capt. J. F. Wedow, aged 66, 1832 E. 90th, member of the firm of Mitchell & Co., vessel agents, Rockefeller building, Monday was almost instantly killed when he was hit by a automobile while waiting for a street car. Will Pray for Peace. Detroit, Mich.-Hundreds of thousands of mothers throughout the United States will be asked to meet in their respective cities, towns and villages at noon next Friday to hold an event to celebrate the day with its slaughter of thousands of men and boys, may speedily be ended. The day will be known as "Mothers' day." The attention of the nation will be turned to the movement by telegrams from New York to every woman's organization in the United States. THE GAZETTE George C. Carothers; special agent of the U.S. department with the U.S. forces, bids fare to add one more difficulty to the puzzle facing the United States in Mexico. Gen. Alvaro Obregon has protested to Gen. Carrena asking that Carothers "is dangerous to the tranquility of the de facto government." LAY CORNERSTONE OF M'KINLEY MEMORIAL Building Will Ce Erect on the Site of House in Which the President Was Born, at Niles, 0. Niles, O. — Officating on behalf of the people of the United States, officers of the grand lodge of Ohio. F. Aid A. M. here with formal ceremony and ritual laid the cornerstone of a birthplace memorial to William McKinley, 25th president, maryred by the bullet of an assassin in Buffalo in the summer of 1801. Men of prominence in the United States were present. Among the envoys sent from T. Herrick of Cleveland, L. C. Dyer of St. Louis, commander-in-chief of the "United Spanish War Veterans and a member of congress; James H. Hoyt of Cleveland; Oscar' T. Taylor of Pittsburgh, past commander-in-chief of the Spanish War Veterans; Joseph G. Butler of Youngstown, and Mrs. A. J. Duncan of Cleveland, sister of the martyred president. Then completed, some time next summer, the memorial will be a magnificent white marble building occupying the greater part of a block in the downtown section of the city and fronting on the principal business street. It will contain a great auditorium, library, relic room and assembly rooms for the G. A. R. and other patriciate and military organizations. The building will stand almost on the site of the little weather beaten house that was the McKinley homefield. The building will be erected with funds collected by popular subscription in every state in the Union. WILL ORGANIZE FOR HELP IN CASE OF WAR Washington, D. C.-The woman's section of the Navy league Sunday announced the inauguration of a "national service department" to enroll American women for active service in the event of war involving this nation. "Committees will be organized in every locality that will have charge of the registration of the women of their district for this work," says the statement. "Nurses, expert need women and women of executive ability who are particularly useful in the economy of the country in case of war will be registered for the work for which they are fitted." Following the woman's national defense conference, held here last week, the woman's section of the Navy league has organized a campaign for a million members. Mass meetings of women in various cities are planned to aid the defense program. The American Defense society Sunday outlined its plans for assisting the defense program, but the organization can help itself greatly by making public the reports of the army and navy boards and the special report of the navy-board made last August." Cows Burned to Death Gallipoli, O. - Fifteen cows were burned to death early Sunday in a fire which consumed a large barn owned by George L. Stage, near here. It is believed that colonies of *Bacillus* and William Banki colored, is being held by the authorities until an investigation is made. The general store and postoffice at Malaby, near here, was damaged by fire Saturday night. As oil was found on the roof of the building, it is believed that flames were of incendiary origin. ESTABLISHED AUGUST 25, 1883, AND ISSUED EVERY WEEK ON TIME SINCE. CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1905. Founder of Famous Educational Institution and One of America's Foremost Citizens Succubums to Hardening of the Arteries After Brief Illness Honored at Honeg and Abroad. Ey N. BARNETT DODSON. The news of the death of Dr. Booker Talinferro Washington, which occurred at his beautiful home, The Oaks, at the Tuskegee (Ala.) institute Sunday morning, Nov. 14, came as a great surprise to the country at large. The fact that Dr. Washington had been seriously ill for more than two weeks preceding his death with what was known as a stroke was witnessed at the Booker Institute, New York, where it was found that he was suffering from a nervous breakdown and hardening of the arteries. Upon the advice of Mr. Seth Low, chairman of the board of trustees of the Tuskegee institute, Dr. Washington fellier institute to St. Luke's hospital. The attending physician at this hospital gave out no hopes as to the distinguished patient's recovery. It was then decided, in compliance with Dr. Washington's request, that he be taken back to his home at Tuskegee, Ala. The news of his death was before the national conference of Congregational churches, held DR. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. In New York, where he delivered an address, which was considered the best speech of his long and notable career save the one which he delivered at the Atlanta (Ga.) expoition in 1880, in which he urged those memorable words, "Let down your buckles, when you are." It is said that this speech attracted the attention of the whole country as nothing else in Dr. Washington's career up to that time had, and it won for him international prominence. Born on a Plantation in Virginia. Booker T. Washington was born on a plantation near Hale's Ford, Va., in 1858, as a woman to uncle-in-law. His mother's name was Jame Ferguson, who was the slave of one John Burroughs. At the close of the war his mother and his stepfather took him, with the rest of the family, to Malden, W. Va., where he was put to work at a salt farm. He was ambivalent to obtain an education. After awhile he managed to attend night school for three or four months a year. Then his mother died, and he was compelled to earn his own living. Loving ambitious to get an education, he struggled for some time to earn money enough to go to school. He heard of the Hampton (Va.) Normal and Industrial institute and decided to go there to educate himself. After making the journey from West Virginia, walking a portion of the trip, he arrived at Hampton with 50 cents which he to pay towards his poses. He drew his dreams to the principal and the matron of the school, who permitted him to enter. After three years of diligent study he was graduated with honors. Soon after his graduation from Hampton he went back to West Virginia, where he taught public school for some time. The desire for more education caused him to abandon teaching for awhile, so he entered Wayland seminary at Washington where the Virginia Union University was founded. I went there he studied under Dr. G. M. P. King for a year. At the end of his first year at Wayland he was offered a professorship at Hampton and taught there for two years. Sent to Tuskogee by General Armstrong it was in ISSI that application was made to General S. C. Armstrong, president of the Hampton institute, by Great Organizer, Leader and Promoter of Peace: Asble from Dr. Booker T. Washington's work as president of the Tuskegee institute he was an active worker in numerous business, civic, religious and educational societies and conferences for bettering the conditions in the south and the country at large for both races. About fifteen years ago, after giving the subject the closest consideration, he decided that he would attend the school at Tuskegee was the formation of an organization to be composed solely of business men. Accordingly he issued a call early in the summer of 1900 for a meeting for the purpose mentioned, to be held in Boston in August, 1900. There was a generous response to this call by men and women engaged in business or who contemplated doing so. The contents of the meeting were now known as the National Negro Business league, the fifteenth anniversary of which was celebrated at Boston for three days the third week in August. He was the founder and promoter of the farmers' conference, held in January of each year at the Tuskegee institute; founder of the workers' conference, held annually at Tuskegee, and organizers for uplift among the people of the rural districts of Macon county, Ala. He was a great organizer, chancher, business man and leading educator. For his persistence in advocating industrial education as a foundation for further advancement he was of great interest as the founder of industrial education. His annual tour of one or more states gave him an opportunity to see and know personally of conditions among the members of the race as a few other public men of his character and standing have knowledge of history section of the country. He made home of fellowship. For the year he home and abroad and died beloved by his fellow citizens throughout the United States. citizens of Tuskegee, Ala., for some one to start an institution at that place on the order of Hampton. Booker Washington was recommended for the position and accepted with enthusiasm. Upon reaching Tuskegee he found neither land nor buildings, only a promise by the state to contribute $2,000 annually toward the expenses of the school in an old church and a shanty, with thirty students. After a short time he bought an old plantation for $500, paying down $250, which he had borrowed from General J. F. B. Marshall, one of his old teachers at Hampton Institute. By her eagle efforts he managed to raise enough money during the next five years of persistent effort by Dr. Washington the school's plant, with its 2,500 acres of land and its forty or more buildings, is estimated at more than $1,500,000. Its annual income from all sources is about $235,000, a considerable part of which comes from benefactions. In 1914 the number of students was 1,052 not counting the three teachers. There were 167 officers, instructors and helpers, and training was given in thirty-eight industries or trades in addition to the academic work. Since 1852 more than 8,000 graduates, and some young men and women who had taken partial courses have been sent out, all qualified to do good service as teachers and leaders of the mace. Harvard University Confers Degree. The remarkable success of the institution has been under the name of Truskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, was due entirely to the eminent ability, tremendous energy and undiminishing determination of Dr. Washington. His efforts received universal recognition in all parts of the country, and he was honored as one of the greatest men of his time, as the greatest benefactor of our race and of other universities conferred honorary degrees upon him. Dr. Washington traveled a great deal, delivered many important addresses and was the author of several important books dealing with the race problem and education of the American Negro. Washington's Good Advice to the Race. He was a man of charming personality and address, a deep thinker and a splendid business man. He was deeply interested in the advancement of the race along all lines of useful endeavor. In nearly all of his public addresses he would advise our people, especially the young men and women, to save their money, get an education, buy a home and go into business. This advice has been heeded by thousands of our people. Dr. Washington's belief that the race would win social and political advancement only after it had achieved economic independence and stability. He held that time was better spent in demonstrating the capacity of the black man in those cathings that are now open in him than in seeking opportunities in fields where every factor was opposed to him. This policy brought Dr. Washington into conflict with many other leaders of the race, but he maintained it from the beginning of his work at Tuskegee. He was not less concerned with the black people than those with whom he could not agree as to methods. Their dispute was over the means to be used, not the end to be sought. Author of many interesting Books. Although his duties and responsibilities were heavy and seemed to become more important as Dr. Washington found time to do much writing. As an author his books, like his public addresses were, are all highly interesting and instructive. Among his most important published works are "Sowing and Reaping"; 1900; "Up From Slavery"; 1901; "Future of the American Negro"; 1880; "Character Building"; 1862; "The Story of My Life and Work"; 1903; "Working With Hands"; 1904; "Tuskegee and Its People"; 1905; "Biting the Corn"; 1906; "Freedman's Business"; 1907; "The Negro in Business"; 1907; "The Story of the Negro"; 1906; "My Larger Education"; 1911; and "The Mant Fairest Down"; 1912. He had many close personal friends among the white people as well as among the members of his own race. MRS. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. Of the former may be mentioned such men as Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Oswald Garrison Villard, President Kelsey of the Tite Guarantee and Trust company, Andrew Carnegie, Jacob Schiff, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Robert Shaw Mintur, Felix M. Warburg, William Jay Schiefelin, Dr. N. D. Hillis, Seth Low, Governor Whitman, John Roswin贺罗德 and many others of like note and fame: Speaking of Dr. Washington's great maufitness and the loss the race and the following expressions by the following expressions by a few men who knew the deceased educator intimately for many years. Mr. Seth Low, chairman of the trustee board of the Tuskegee Institute, said: Without a Peer as Leader of the Race. "Measured by the value of his services to our country, I think Dr. Booker T. Washington one of the greatest Americans of his generation. He had done more, I believe, than any other one man to bring about good relations with the whites and with the south, and as the leader of his own race he had been without a peer. "His death does not come as a total surprise to me. I saw him in St. Luke's hospital on Thursday last and realized that he had not long to live. The trustees of Tuskegee have not given any consideration to the naming of a man as his successor in that work." He was the old friend of Mr. Washington, said: "In the death of Booker T. Washington, ton the entire country suffers a grievous loss because no other man, white or black, has been so successful in interpreting race to another." Colonel Theodore Rosevelt said: "He was the man who attended the death of Dr. Washington. He was one of the distinguished citizens of the United States, a man who rendered greater service to his own race than had ever been rendered by any one else and who in so doing also rendered great service to the whole country. He was one of the most useful citizens of our land has gone." Lillian C. Dodson, high school, Brooklyn, pays tribute to our fallen hero in the following poetic lines: "Washington, our king, is dead. All hope is in the loyal head, Loeb's valiant head, Vanquished at last. Vanquished at last. Vanquished at last. In accents sweet and clear: "Seek yg not the living with the dead. Your chiefship is not here. Your chiefship is not here." Dr. Washington is survived by a widow, Mrs. Margaret Murray Washington; two sons, Booker T., Jr. and E. Davidson, and a married daughter, Mrs. Porta Pitman. The funeral services, which were held at Tuskegee on Wednesday, Nov. 17, were attended by many thousands of both races. Interment was in the family plot at Tuskegee. J. Eliot H. Goodwin, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, and secretary of the organizations of this country and the organizations of commerce in Berlin, Paris, Milan and Constantinople a referendum emancipates recommendations to diplomats disputing boundaries and enforcing world order. These recommendations allow states to take steps toward bringing about a common neutralus to frame laws for the protection of life, at sea, an international court to resolve disputes of conciliation for questions outside the jurisdiction of the international court, economic pressure against national resources, and a force in case economic measures are ineffective, and finally international conferral of necessary amendment of international law. ANOTHER DEFECTIVE BABYBORN INTO WORLD Operation Would Relieve Its Condition Child's Parets Implore the Doctor to Let It Die. New York City.—Another defective baby came into the world Monday to question doctors and parents as to its right to life or death. The baby, a girl, lays at the Child's hospital. If no operation is performed it likely will die within a few days. If an operation is performed it may live, but its body will be paralyzed below the waist and both feet will be clubbed. At 9 o'clock Monday night Mrs. Joseph E. Roberts gave birth to this little girl. Dr. Julius Goldsmith attended her and later Dr. Maurice Rosenberg was born. The baby, when the physicians finally helped it into the world, was found to be terribly afflicted. It had a bifid spine, club feet, ankled knee joint and paralysis below the waist. When the parents saw the child they implored the doctor to let it die. It was born almost lifeless, but the doctors, in spite of protests by the parents and a grandmother, resuscitated it. The mother and father are both normal young Americans about 32 and 36 years old. The operation that he doctor urges to save its life is a delicate one. It is upon the spine. But it would stand every chance of success and saving the baby to life—crippled. "Above the waist the little thing is as pretty a baby girl as I have ever seen," said Dr. Rosenberg. "But it seriously crippled and no operation could save it from being paralyzed from the waist down all its life. An immediate operation could probably be performed on the bifid spine. Without this death is inevitable. I urged the parents to allow this to be done immediately, but they refused. Even the little thing's grandmother stood beside me and begged me to let it die." *Asks Thanksgiving Present.* Warren, O. — Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton, president of the Ohio Wheat Board, sent a letter to each of the 22 congressmen to reach them on Thanksgiving day in which she asks them to vote for the federal amendment. Such an amendment, if submitted, would have to be ratified by the legislatures of 36 states before nation-wide suffrage for women would result. *Congressmen Sherwood, Crosser; Pess, Mathews; Cooper and Emerson; Upson, Upsays* "have all promised assistance," the congressmen end in congress this winter. "Six other Ohio congressmen are known to favor votes for women, and the remaining 11 are non-committal." Unveil Ohio-Michigan Monument Udvhen Ohio-Michigan Monument. Toledo, O.-The unveiling of the terminal monument of the Ohio-Michigan monument, which is located at addresses delivered by Gov. Frank B. Willis of Ohio and Gov. Ferris of Michigan. Other speakers represented the archeological, historical, geological and topographic societies of Ohio and Michigan. S. S. Gannett of the United States geological survey recently finished surveying and monumenting the line under the joint direction of the Ohio topographic and the Michigan geological surveys. IN GOD WE TRUST WILL DEMOBILIZE IF ASSURED OF SAFETY DOUBT CONTINUATION OF CAMPAIGN The Situation of the Serbian Army Is Little Improved and It Is Gradually Being Beaten Down and Surrounded. Athens, Greece—King Constantine Monday put this plain proposition to the allies: "Assure, Greece of safety against the Bulgarians and their Tatars, because you have your Haitian expedition and the Greek army will denoblize." This is virtually a reply to Lord Kitchener's reported declaration to Greek officials that England will, by next March, have 4,000,000 soldiers under arms and be prepared to provision 6,000,000 Russians. Question of Self-Preservation. It is simply a question of self-preservation perplexed Greek monarch. Greece claims that she still in doubt whether the allies contemplate a serious continuation of the Balkan campaign. If the allies assure her of this, then Greece will remove the troops which now form a menace to the allies' rear at Salonik. The best guarantee, says a authoritative source, is the presence of the allied forces in a sufficient number to render Greece's own defense in Macedonia superfluous. Otherwise demobilization would leave Greek Macdonald at the mercy of the victorious Bulgarians with their army already in the field. It is also learned that King Constantine assured Lord Kitchener that he had no intention of arresting or interning allied troops who might take refuge on Greek soil. The opinion is held here that a solution of the complications in the relations between Greece and the entente powers may now be reached. An authoritative statement that the coercive measures which the British have begun to employ, do not constitute a blockade has greatly relieved the situation. London, England—The Bulgarians, assisted by Gen. Von Gallwitz with one German army corps, are preparing to attack the Anglo-French forces, according to Saloniki advises to the Daily Telegraph. An Austrian headquarter's report states that Gen. Von Gallwitz is making good progress north of Pristina and already is within 13 miles of the city. His army captured during Sunday and Monday 12,000 Serbians. Has Turned the Scales. Accorded with the Schercher of Zurich the firm stand taken by the quadruple entente in dealing with King Constantine has turned the scales in Italy and all obstacles to the sending of an expedition to the Balkans have now been removed. The Journal La Suisse of Chiosso states that Italian troops already are being landed in Albania. The desperate situation of the Serbian army was little improved Monday. They are resisting desperately at all points but are gradually being beaten down and surrounded. The southwardward of Pristina the Serbians are tenaciously resisting the Bulgarians' admits the Austrian headquarter's report. A Serbian official - report Monday claims a victory of some little importance in the region west of Nish and Lescovac. ASKS FOR PROTECTION SAVS AMERICAN LIVES AND PROPERTY ARE IN DANGER IN MEXICO. Washington, D. C.—Following an urgent plea by Representative Mann of Illinois that steps be taken to protect American citizens and American property near Topolobmpo, on the west coast of Mexico, the state department requested the navy department to send a warship to that port. The navy department instructed the commander of the Pacific fleet to send one of his cruisers there. Representative Mann called at the state department to request assistance in behalf of several of his constituents in who own property on the west coast of Mexico. He told Secretary Lansing that Yaqui Indians were terrorizing that territory and that the lives of several Americans were endangered. Crushed by Train Ravenna, O.-J. A. Skinner, aged 27, married, of Hudson, O., was crushed between the engine and caboose of a Cleveland and Pittsburgh train. O., his arm was amputated at the White hospital here. Find Bomb Near Home Tarrytown, N. Y. — That four sticks of dynamite with wire and caps, wrapped in paper, were found Saturday on the estate of John D. Archbole, president of the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey became known Sunday when the financier issued instructions to increase the number of guards. Chief Bowles of the Tarrytown police is looking for a man who was seen Friday near the place where the explosive was found. The explosive was found near a tree by the superintendent of the estate. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES (in Advance) One Vear.ee..cccesesees+e.8150.. Six Monthe. 2... .cscceecces 1.00 Three Months......sceseees 60 Subscribers are requested to re- mit by postoffice money or- der or registered letter "Entered at the postoftice In Cleveland, ‘Ohio, as second-class matter. Address all communications to HARRY C. SMITH Editor and proprietor, THE GAZETTE, Blackstone Bullding, Cleveland, 0. Member Ohio Legislature: 1894 te 1898; 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, NOVEMBER 27, 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. Henderson, Ky., barred the misera- ble photoplay, “The Nigger.” Good! Dr. Booker 'T, Washington was un- doudtedly, the world’s leader along in- ‘dustrial educational lities, . The National Negro Business League is the organization possibly most noted for its annual banquets and balls. When Memphis, Tenn. bars “The Birth of a Nation” it is high time for Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and Boston to “follow suit.” Has the American Press Association estopped further adverse comment, in its plato service, on the vicious photo- play, “The Birth of a Nation"? Ty penetra 541 All things considered, Frederick Douglass is by far the greatest man and the nearest approach to THE: leader of the race, the so-called “Ne- gro" in America has produced to date. Even to this day, he ovérshadows all. el tae we / Even Col, Theodore “Brownsville” Roosevelt says he “mourns.” Well maybe he does—when’ he remembers what he did to “The Black Battalion,” some of whom helped to save his life and those of his "Rough Riders” in Cuba during the Spanish-American war. ‘The supporters of “color line” Luna Park were noticably absent from the ‘Washington memorial service at An toch Baptist church, Monday evening. ores at thay. peo: paged the Ministers Alliance's projectéd serv iee, for that evening, and undertook to combine two memorial services at St. John’s church, Sunday afternoon. It is unfortunate that this contention arose but the members of the race who mislead, once or twice a year, thou- sands of their hardworking brethren and sisters to “color line” Luna Park to spend their money in the dance hall, roller skating fink, and LOOKING at the bathing pool, are hardly the ones to dictate to the Ministers’ Allance, the Baptist ministers, or any other members of the race in this com ‘munity. LOOKS LIKE CLIFFORD IS DEAN. “With a recent issue, the Afro- American Ledger with’ appropriate ceremony entered the year that brings it within touching distance of a quar. ter centuty of its existence. On July Bist last The Cleveland (O.) Gazette celebrated its thirty-second birthday and remarked that ‘having been in the editorial ‘harness’ “so long, we feel like the dean of the Afro-Amert ‘can press.’ “It the deanship goes to age, (this paper Was established March 2, 1882, and entered upon its: thirty-fourth year last March) it belongs to us” re- marks the Martinsburg (W. Va.) Plo- heer Press, which however is willing to cast the first vote for “deanship” not for age but for better services rendered, in favor of its Oh{o contem- porary. To thls The Gazette replied modest- ly that the palm nndoubtedly belongs to the “Pioneer Press” and the Afro- American Ledger was on the point of casting the second vote, when a glance at the files proved there are ‘three contemporaries older than either of the two mentioned, and one more which ts just as old. “The Christian Recorder’ of Philadelphia, is sixty- three years old: the Charlotte (N. €,) Star of Zion thirty-nine; the Louis: ville (Ky.) American Baptist, thirty- ‘seven; and the Richmond (Va.) Pla- net,, thirty-two. Now who is dean? Baltimore (Mid. Afro-American Ledger. The EDITOR longest, CONTINU- OUSLY, in the editorial “harness” is the dean’ of the Afro-American press. ‘The question therefore is, has Edi- tor Steward of the Louisville (Ky:) American Baptist been in the edi- torial “harness’ thirty-seven CON- SECUTIVE years? An answer, in the aMipmatirg. from im, will settle the -—The Cleveland Gazette. ‘This question of who Is the dean of the colored press has been up sev- eral {imes, and without any ciaim to the honor the statement of the serv. ice of the editor of this paper “has been given upon several occasions The Baptist Herald wax established | fo Paducah, Ky. in 1875 of which Rev. G. W. Dupee was editor and Wm. H. Steward, associate editor. ‘This paper was merged into the Am- erican Baptist, Jan. 1st, 1879, with Rev. A. C. Carpenter, editor and Rev. G. W. Dupee and Wm. H. Steward, associate editors, and ‘Bro. Steward has been connected continuously with one or the other of these papers since 1875 as associate editor or editor. ‘This information has been published before and it 18 a source of pleasure and pride without any regard to the reason which bas caused it to be re peated at this time.—Louisville (Ky.) American Baptist. If Rey. A. C. Carpenter is editor and Rey. G. W, Dupee and W. H. Stew ard, azsociate editors of the American Baptist, as the foregoing makes clear then Raitor J, R. Clifford of the Mar tinsburg (W. Va.) Pioneer Press is the dean, providing of course he ha: been the editor of his paper for the past thirty-three (consecutive) years “Speak up,” Brothers Clifford anc Steward! NOT “THE LEADER OF THE RACE.” __Dr. Booker T. Washington was not “THE leader of the Negro race.” ‘The ‘best. that can truthfully be claimed for him is that he was A leader of the race—as an exponent of the in- dustrial education ides, He was the leader of all peoples, the world over, in this respect, much as the dally ‘press of the country has tried to con- fine his leadership, of all kinds, to “the Negro race.” ‘It is notorious fact that the great majority of the leading men and women of the race have never accepted Dr. Washington's leadership except when it comes to the matter of industrial education. ‘This same thing is true of the ma- Jority of the masses of our people. ‘The course he was compelled to pur- ‘sue to promote the interests of his ‘great school, the Tuskegeé Ala., Nor: mal and Industrial Institute, made it impossible for him to follow the course “the leader of the Negro race” must pursue, It is true, that Tuske- gee Institute is the greatest thing of the kind in the world and it has done great work. But the sacrifice, in rights and privileges, our people have been forced to make ever since Dr. Booker 'T. Washington made that At- Janta, Ga, “separate-as-the-fingers-of- thehand” speech, many years ago, i a thousand times greater than the benofits of all kinds derived from his work and that of the school. It was this Iatter that made Mr, Washington the commanding figure along educa: ‘tional lines he grew to be. He was undoubtedly the world’s leader, as we have sald, regardless of race or class, when it comes to the matter of indus- Sr easy aeRg RISE OF LIBERIA, AFRICA, Ie Treated in an Interview With Prof. Frederick Starr of the Uni- varaliy’ ot Chichhio. Chicago, Il—“Liberia is now about the sizeof Ohio, ‘The American Negroes settled together near the coasts. Thelr descendants | number ‘about 15,000, They form the govern. ing class of Liberia, A property quali- ication of $250 Is required of each voter. 1 would say there are about Taisole ia te wepablic Thane people are Christians and Christianity {s the religion of the state. “Outside of these Liberians are some 17 native tribes. ‘The Krus live jalong the coast and take the place of white sailors on ships plying up and down the Afriean ports, In the. in- terlor are 1,000,000 natives, These tribes have not been touched by. the Liberian civilization. They are pagans. “The country is the richest. in ‘Africa, but is much smaller than it was originally. ‘This is due to the en- croachment policy of Liberia's neigh: bors. England. and France have wanted for years to get possession of ‘the lands of the republic and have \under one pretext or another taken off |a slice now and then until Liberia has ‘shrunk considerably trom its original dimensions, “Ivory is still found in abundance. Rubber is plentiful. Palm oll is pro: duced In profusion and also much vegetable ivory. It. was a Liberian who first made palm oil out of the ker. nels instead of the pulp, a process rec- ognized now as producing the best cll. It Was also a Liberian who taught the world the use of piassabo fiber for brushes and other utensils “This is the fertile country the ‘Liberian live in—and is it_any. won- der that they are traders? They have [been criticized for not taking to. agri ‘culture, for not producing something. ‘Can they be blamed for acting as-the traders for this immensely yaluable territory, for making their 200 per cent ‘on this and their 300 per cent on that? “They dress well, they live well, and they govern themselves! well. “I never saw so many dress suits in any white man's land as I did in. Liberia—dress Suits and tile hats, Their homes are attractive and substantial.” Here Professor Starr turned to some phioto- ‘graphs in his collection. One showed 4 Masonic procession in which all the party was clad in dress. sults, high bats and white shirts apparently as punetiliously as in an American ball: room. Other pictures presented solid homes and business structures of a peculiar but pleasing style of archi- tecture, PARAGRAPHS FROM PEAL. Have we reached “‘ftty years” o | progress in racial unity, ete.? Ques |tion raised by Mrs. Ida B, Wells Bar | nett. |" When we adopt modern warfare we | will get out of our racial misery, Group our patronage. Boycott, when necessary. Walk away around our enemies. Who are our enemies? Those that allow us to spend freely | but never employ us. | Who are the greatest friends of the rising generation—teachers. preach: ers or our business men? Debate! Why do nearly all of our race-lead: ers shy away from military training for our young men? Nobody can prove that we bave an ideal condition in America but a well trained man: hood will improve our status, Steals 90 Cents, Gets Three Years. ‘New Cumberland, W, Va— William Burton, 20, accused of robbing the Penneylvania railroad station at, Col- ers of 90 cents and a box of choco- ‘ate drops, was found guilty of grand Tareeny here, last. week Wednesday, ‘and sentenced to three years in the ‘penitentiary. | Miss ‘tice Baldwin gave, avery pleasant birthday party, Tuesday even- ing, at Mrs. Lulu Boydston's, Colfax Ra. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O.. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1915. | week and was buried, Inst Thursday ite had’ een'a mentor of the ot MIGHTY SMA FRESH OHIO NEWS i 'fiernrses ss | Lowe, who has been ailing for some : —— time, was too iM to preach Sunday | WRITTEN BY “THE OLD RELIA.|¢vening. Club 4’s entertainment, x : Wednesday week, given by the Guy SPONDENTS ee of Steubenville, was quite a| Se success. Club 1 gave its entertain- ; i mont Saturday week, Quite an exten: | FO Give a waite sive program. Mr. N. Freeman and THROUGHOUT THE STATE |isvsiters he ates stimer none) Negroes Have ee talent, Mts. M. Brown and Mrs. M.| ee Ford assisted, Mesdames L, Ramsey, What Our Peopie are Doing Each |. Brown, Miss M. Tyler and ©, Ram: |‘UNDER SOUTHE | Week—Church, Personal, Social, | Sc¥ of Cadiz, were in attendance,— | og tlerary ang hos | Mek a Washinton, ie” vite in| oe cose, Nterery an Mu: Stoubenville—Miss B. Beall visited in| setermined to Discred sical — Marriages, Pittsburg, last_week——Rev. and Mrs, | termined to Dison Deaths, Ete, Williams ‘were dined by Mr. and Mrs.| Fer This Photoplay Ed West, Sunday week.—Mrs. L. Mer-| the Parts Ordere et cer, Mrs. A. Washington, Messrs. | Out of it—Keep “The WELLINGTON.—A very interest-| Scipio and Jones were guests of Mr.| ed, Too—Eternal Vi ing and helpful address was given by | and Mrs, W. H. Veney, Sunday week.| sary, Miss Edith Robinson, town librarian, | —Prof. and Mrs. L. Price and Mr. and to the High School pupils (“white”), | Mrs. Newsome of Mt. Pleasant, were| That prejudiced so recently . entertained here the same day.—Mes. |their northern allies, —— dames M. Harris and A. Binns visited | to discredit our people, RAVENNA—The A. M. E. church |in Mt. Pleasant and Harrisville, re-/o¢ the country, in. the here has been reorganized and every-| contly.—D. W. Bigsby got his foot |northem, whites, and thing is getting along nicely. Bishop | mashed in the Bradley coal mines, foviny acainst ue to th Shaffer visited the charge recently, |last_week.—Messrs, D. Freeman and {cline against us 1 ¢ and preached Sunday week. ‘A grand |I. Davis of Cadiz, spent Sunday here. | i the aon time was the result. Lunch was |—Mr. J. Powell is sick. [no question. Purthern autved by the.menibers. | see ge aie jare using vicious, mal COLUMBUS.—Thos. A. Goode’s po- ‘Tuesday,—Mrs. Elizabeth West enter- Pittsburg, last week.—Mrs. Ellen pects are promising—The social at Simpson M. E. church, Saturday even. CORRESPONDENTS must mall all letters for publication at thelr main Dostoffice suMiciently early on Monday (or Sunday) of each week to have them teach The Gazette office on Tuesday morning, and always write also, their names and that of their city’ or town on the outside of the wrapper about returned copies. Un- less this latter is done, proper credit cannot be given you, Lists of names, wedding presents, etc, obituary no. tices, speeches, resolutions, poetry, in- ‘quirles for relatives and advertise. ments of all Kinds, including items announcing entertainments to be held in the near future, must be paid for in advance at the tate of ten cents a line, six words to a line. "Our rates for display advertisements will be sent on application. Send postal note and not stamps during warm weather. SANDUSKY.—One of the grandest demonstrations was had at the Sec ond Baptist church, Sunday, at 9 p m, in memory of Dr. B. T. Washing. ton. The pastor opened the meeting by reading the 90th Psalm. Singing “Why should we fear to Die.” Rey Smith spoke eloquently of Dr. Wash ington’s successful life and said he hoped God would place an equally able successor in his place. He also said we have many good men who are do ing great work for the race and that surely one of these will fill the place made vacant by Dr. Washington's un timely death. Mr. Dean Alexander, one of our “home boys,” gave a fine talk. Subject: “Interesting Features of his School.” Mrs, James Davis and quartette sang “The Upper Garden.’ Mr, James M. French's address, “The Man and His Works,” was fine, Among the many good things he said was that the work of the great educator ‘cannot die. GREENFIELO.—Mr. Roy Hudson of N. 4th St, died, Monday. Interment in Greenfield cemetery, Wednesday. ‘The funeral was conducted by Rev. Braxton.—Miss M. Redd, of Colum- bus, will lecture at Shiloh Baptist church, Sunday, and at the A. M. E, chureh’at 7 p. mm. Rev. J. L. @. Burr preached two very inspiring sermons, Sunday.—Great preparations are be: ing made for a meeting under the auspices of the B. Y. P. U.—The A. M. ®. church is doing nicely under their new pastor, Rey. J. B. Harewood.— Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Coleman are re- joicing over a 10 Ib. baby boy born, Noy, 18.—Mr. Aaron Black, an aged citizen, ix siek.—Mrs. James Harper of Lyndon, spent a few days here with her sister, Mrs. Bertha Coleman.— We are glad to note the work being done by Mr. Russ Stewart, our lead: ing local tonsorial artist.—Miss Viola Brown is local representative of The Gazette. Give her your news and or- der for a copy of the paper, every ianekk. HILLSBORO.—The *“Mother's club” met at Lincoln building, Friday att- ernoon, An excellent program — was ‘rendered, and refreshments served. ‘The club is doing good work, helping ‘the boys and girls of “dear old Lin ‘eoln” and the community in general “The revival at the Baptist church ‘is progressing nicely. Rev, DeVaughn of Dayton, who is assisting the pas: tor, is an excellent preacher and sing. er—A. F, Donaldson made a business trip to Cincinnati Thursday, return: ing Friday. His daughter, Mrs, Walk- er, is better—Mr. and. Mrs. Frank Johnson entertained Revs. Orr and De Vaughn, at dinner, Friday.—Mrs. M. Stewart has returned to North Caro: fina-—The clubs of W. M. chureh teld harvest home entertainments, Friday ‘and ‘Saturday evenings. Rev. J. J. Burr preached at Bien, Sunday— “Mrs. Huth Woods attended her broth- er, Roy Hudson's funeral in Green- field, last week—Mr. and Mrs, Lang Young celebrated their fifth marriage anniversary, last Wednesday. The elderly persons spent a Joyous time from 3 t0.5 p.m, and the young peo- ple from 8 (0 11 p.m. ‘There was a large attendance, and many beautiful, useful and expensive presents were received.—Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Burr en- tertained at dinner, ‘Thursday, his brother, Rev. J. L. E. Burr. and wite. <Mr. Harley Hough of Jamestown, visited relatives here. SMITHFIELD.—The pastor, Rev. Williams and wife, and some of his congregation from Mt. Pleasant, at- tended the trustee rally here, Sun- day week. ‘He preached ably in the morning, and Rey. Lowe in the after- hoon and evening. Many from Mein- tyre and neighboring towns attended Club 1, Rev. Lowe, captain, raised $46.05; club 2, $45, Mr. R. Veney, cap- tain; club 3, $85, Mrs. K. Christian, captain; club 4, $14. Mrs, L. Davis, captain, Total,” $139—Mr. D. Leek ins, an invalid for years, died last week and was buried, Inst Thursday He had been a member of the A. M. E. church many years—Rev. R. B. Lowe, who has been ailing for some time,’ was too ill to preach Sunday evening. Club 4’s__ entertainment, Wednesday week, given by the Guy family, Mrse Me Viney and Mr. C. Garter’ of Steubenville, was quite a success, Club 1 gave its entertain- ment Saturday week. Quite an exten- sive program. Mr. N. Freeman and daughters, the Messrs. Skinner, home talent, Mrs. M. Brown and Mrs, M. Ford assisted. Mesdames L. Ramsey, 0. Brown, Miss M. Tyler and B, Ram: sey of Cadiz, were in attendance — Mrs. M. Washington fs visiting in Stoubenville—Miss B, Beall visited in Pittsburg, last week.—Rev. and Mrs, Williams ‘were dined by Mr. and Mrs. Ba West, Sunday week —Mrs. L. Mer: ‘cer, Mrs. A. Washington, | Mesars. ‘Scipio and Jones were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Veney, Sunday week. —Prof, and Mrs. L. Bruce and Mr. and Mrs. Newsome of Mt. Pleasant, were entertained here the same day.—Mes- dames M. Harris and A. Binns visited in Mt. Pleasant and Harrisville, re- vently-—D. W. Bigsby got his ‘foot ‘mashed In the Bradley coal mines, last week.—Messrs. D. Freeman and I. Davis of Cadiz, spent Sunday here Mr, J. Powell is sick. | A WOMAN SWUNG UP By the Neck Four Times — Then ‘Thrown Into a Creek by | Neate Bhi | Hopkinsville, Ky.—Mra, Annie Gray, a member of the race, who lives om the farm of E. C. Cayce, south of town, came here Sunday and reported to officers that last Saturday night four masked men entered her house about 10 o'clock and charged her with hay. ing knowledge of the whereabouts of $120 taken a few days ago by a high: wayman from J. L. Cardin. She said that when she declared she knew nothing about it they took her out- side, placed a rope around her neck and swung her up four times. When she still declared she was innocent they threw her into a nearby creek, then pulled her out and took her back to the house, where they beat her She said the men remained on the place until about midnight, and when her husband, Stoner Gray, came home from possum hunting they caught hold of him, but he escaped by slip- ping out of the loose gum coat he Was wearing and ran, The four men gave chase and shot at him, but he got away. The men did not return to the house. ‘The woman's neck and face showed signs of her punishment, and neighbors said they heard shoot: ing, She said she recognized one man and swore out a warrant for Jared Renshaw, (white), who declares that he is innocent of the charge. LEGALLY HANGED, | Ald-year-old boy was legally hanged ‘recently at Jackson, Ga. He was not a murderer. He was, however, con: Vieted of assault, and admitted his guilt (—they say.) With all due for mality and solemnity the child was cas ocean a death. “So here was one case In which stern Georgia justice took its course. Per haps the tiny gplprit, was fortunate Had anyone intervened to save him from the gallows (as in the Leo M Frank case) the infant might have doen fried or roasted over a slow fire by the best citizens. th Georgia there are worse things than hanging. * * ° oh? he interfered to | save” lite Joey Persons, the child who was hanged at Jackson. It was scarcely worth while to put the best citizens to the inconvenience of doing what sheriffs and hangmen are hired to do. Besides, Slayton is no longer governor 8 Grol and herent exo is evidently not the kind of man to In: terfere with popular rites. It need scarcely be remarked that Joey Persons had a black skin. Had he been white, even low trash white, ‘there might have been some way of ‘tempering Georgia justice. But Geor ‘gia justice is adamantine when there 1s a Negro (or Jew) to be killed, As noted, It tends to save the best citi zens much trouble, Yes, there really is such a place as Jackson in Georgia. It is the county ‘Seat of Butts county, not far from At- Tanta, It has a population of about 1,000) And at Jackson little Joey, ‘scarcely 14, was really and truly tried, ‘sentenced and hanged, and he ts now quite dead—Cleveland Plain Dealer | (Daily.) FROM THE SOUTHLAND. | mere New Orleans, Lay Nov, 22, ‘13. Hon, Harry . Smith, Cleveland, Ohio. oy dear Sir, Smith: —Thanks for ‘the marked copy of The Gazette of Oct. 8, 1915, in whieh so much oF In terest is to be found regarding the fruitful Ment made in Onto against ob Jectionable photoplays, espectally “The Nigger” and “Birth of a. Nation,” un der your vigilant leadership in The Gazette. ‘You people in the North and West do weil to keep wide awake and reads fo fight against. the introduction. in ‘any form in your section of every ma {clon idea attempted tobe brought out and established, slandering and misrepresenting the character of the Colored race, lest ft soon become with ‘you as It hag tong since been with the Colored people of the ‘South where feneniles ‘of the ‘rice rst gave our ‘people a bad name and character and then proceeded. to. suppress, oppress land to take our public voice and power from us. E Walle we are making trlends of many who were our cruel enemies {n the past and are rising through over whelming dificuities, the terror. and frightiuiness of the ordeals we have ‘oad to suffer in mind and body Ino der to be here yet would be too har ‘rowing to tell. All we can say is, we pray that the day may never come to Fou as we have seen it occasioned by mnalieious slander of the race here in the South, ‘Again thanking you for your kind: ness, Tam, yours truly, Victor P. THOMAS, YES, WE WANT TO KNOW! ‘The Negro fs often charged with be ing a “quitter” in the face of a siege. The Cleveland Gazette chides the race papers of New York and Chicago for giving up so promptly their campaign against “The Birth of a Nation” as Soon as the injunction proceedings jarred them. The Gazette wants to know why these once ferocious cham- pions of racial dignity have made no effort to have the permitting Injune- tions dissolved? Do we not forget too readily the wrongs perpetrated against us as a people? Do we nof*drop the spear too soon when the enemy ¢a- pers jauntily upon the battle fleld?— RW. Thompson, Washington (D. C.) correspondent, Indianapolis Freeman. MIGHTY SMALL THIS ATTEMPT To Give a White Man Credit Negroes Have Earned. ‘UNDER SOUTHERN SKIES’ For This Photoplay and See That the Parts Ordered Eliminated are Out of it—Keep “The Gazette” Post- ed, Too—Eternal Vigilance Neces- sary. ‘That prejudiced southerners, and their northern ailles, are determined ‘to diseredit our people, in this section ‘of the country, in the eyes of the ‘northern whites, and intensify the feeling against us to the point that it exists in the southland, there ean be ‘no question. Furthermore, that they ‘are using vielous, malicious and in famous photoplays, principally, to do this, we are now thoroughly convinced, Many months ago when the editor of The Gazette started the fight, in Ohio, against those two miserable films, The Nigger" and “The Birth of @ Nation,” went to Gov. Willis re- peatedly relative to them, and con: ‘tinued to lead the effort against them Juntil they were barred from, the state by the State Board of Film Censors, we felt that the firstnamed photo- play was only the opening wedge for “The Birth of a Nation” and ‘others of a like nature, and told the Governor so. We were not mistaken, as all now know. On Tuesday even- ‘ing, Sept. 28, 1915, we happened in a leading motion-picture theater in. the heart of this city and witnessed a photoplay, “Under Southern Skies,” which contained several scenes that were worthy of places in both of the migereble films very properly barred from Ohio by our state officials. Not only were “subtitles” of “Under Southern Skies” extremely insulting and“offensive but there was a scene whére an especially viclous-appearing “Negro” was shown struggling to overpower a white girl. And this en- tirely foreign to the play, too! Never- theless, it was repeated and for a pur- pose too obvious for even the dull person not to understand, It was ‘there to impress all who saw it with the false idea that “Negroes” were continually after white women—as- saulting them! There were other bad features. We immediately notified the chairman of the State Board of Cen- sors and received the following letter in reply October 1, 1915. Hon. Harry C. Smith, Editor, The Gazete, Cleveland, Ohio. Dear Sit:—I beg to acknowledge re- ‘ceipt of your favor referring to. the fivereel production, “Under Southern ‘Skies,” and note what you say in ret ‘erence to same. The records show that this. film was approved by. this Board with the following eliminations: 3rd reel: Cut out struggle between ‘man and girl in yard, ath reel: Cut out substitle, “Steve, you don't mean Negro blood.” Cut ‘out scene of struggle between man ‘and girl in yard. Cut out fight. 5th reel: Cut out man bound to ‘tree. Cut out shooting. ‘With kindly regards, : Yours very truly, rt . ‘CHAS. G. WILLIAMS. _In answer to the foregoing we wired Chairman Williams that the Universal Film Mfg. Co. which was promoting “Under Southern Skies,” was ignor- ing the Board's order to eliminate the ‘objectionable features, noted in his letter, and received the following tele- gram’ in reply: Columbus, O., Oct. 2, 1915. Hon. Harry C. Smith, Editor, The Gazette, Cleveland, Oto. “Have wired the company to make tho eliminations at once. Yon can take it up with your local authorities if they fail to do 80. The Ohio Board of Censors. Let our people throughout Ohio be ‘on the Wateh for this and every other ‘viciously harmful (to the race) photo- play, and keep The Gazette and Chair- ‘man Williams posted, whenever {t is found necessary, just as we have done Jn the case of the miserable films, “The Nigger,” “The Birth of ‘a Nation” and “Under Southern Skies.” It must be “eternal vigilance” ‘with us, all the time, 1r we are to keep this state free from such rot. Notwithstanding the fact that Gor. Willis assured the editor of The Ga- zette, many months ago, when we went to him with our plea against ‘that miserable photoplay, “The Nig- ger,” the opening wedge for “The ‘Birth (Filth) 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 an- ‘nouncements, of “movie” theater man- agers throughout the state, to the ef- fect that “The Birth of a Nation” was 'soon to. be exhibited. Our people, headed by The Gazette, kept up the fight. ‘The last week in September, ‘the promoters of the | maliciously ‘harmful photoplay applied tothe State Bowrd of Film Censors, at Columbus, for a permit to show it in Ohio. ‘They evidently waited ‘until Gov. Willis was out of the state to apply for a permit, The following letter, written several weeks ago, gave us confidence however. ‘Aug. 31, 1915. Hon. Harry C, Smith, Editor, The Gazette, Cleveland, Ohio. Dear Mr. Smith:—I am in receipt of marked copies of newspaper call- img attention to the objectionable film (“The Birth of a Nation”) re- ‘On Sept. 28 came the welcome news that the State Board of Film Censors had denied the request of the promot ers of the miserable play, and on the morning of Sept. 29 came the splen- did communication from the chairman of the board to be found elsewhere in this paper. Itjis an exceptional and unanswerable reply to the promoters’ request for approval of “The Birth (Filth) of a Nation” and we congratu- late Chairman Williams and the rest ot the members of the hoard on the same. The position they take is a credit alike to the great state of Ohio, Gov, Willis and the board itself. That our people of the state fully apprect ate it there can be no doubt. We have escaped the riots and other dis- graceful results the miserable photo: play 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 al- ready refused to rescind bans placed on films by the State Censors, Svectal to The Now Yorklce. Columbus, 0., Oct. 6-— The victory of the Coloréd people and decent white people achieved last week, when the State Board of Censors refused a per- mit to “The Birth of the Nation’ to show in Ohio, was achieved only atter ‘& most gruelling fight, Daniel J. Ryan, former Secretary of State for Ohio, @ leading Ohio lawyer, led the fight ‘against granting a permit to show the ‘lima in’ Ohio, and to. him, more than tiny factor, ate. the Colored people of ‘Ohio indebted for the victory. won. ‘The foregoing 1s a fair sample of ‘the rot the sanie Columbus correspond- jent has been sending to various race ese some ‘of which, apparently, Rave not as yet realized ‘the. mean, ow And contemptibie. advantage of thent he ts taking. ‘There is absolute: Iy'no truth in the foregoing trom the ‘Age, except the information as to the Ohio ‘board of censors’ formal xetion tn refusing to permit that. viclous photo-play to show in Ohio, It was not until the last week of a “gruelling” SIX MONTHS" FIGHT made by our people of Ohio—particularly Cleve- land—and a few of their white friends, led by the editor of The Gazette, that former secretary of state, Dan J. Ryan, Robert Harcus and the local branch of the N, A. A.C. P,, all of Columbus, 0, got into the fight against the “Birth of | Nation.” Therefore, it is. readily seen how much injustice there is in the manifestly unfair claim of the per- sistent Columbus writer, that Ryan, Barcus and others “led the fight” and are entitled to the credit for influenc: ing the governor and the state board of censors against permitting the play ito show in Obio. Especially is' this true when it is remembered that MONTHS AGO Gov. Frank B. Willis promised the editor of The Gazette, in personal interviews at Columbus, and in numerous letters, some of which have been published, that “The Birth of a Nation” would not be allowed to Show in this state, This was MONTHS before Ryan, Barcus and the Columbus branch of the N. A. A.C. P., made a move in the matter. ‘The statement in the excerpt from the New York Age, that to Ryan, “more than any factor. are the Colored people of Ohio indebt. ed for the vietory won", is simply ridiculous. No one knows this better than Dan. J. Ryan, and that Columbus writer relative to whom R. W. Thomp- son, the well-known Washington, D.C, correspondent, had the following to say in a recent issue of the Indianap: olis Freeman: A recent issue of The Cleveland (O.) Gazette, edited by that dashing Henry of Navarre of the race, Harry C. Smith, had, the following to say of a certain seribbler, formerly an occtt pant of a federal office here, and. who {s now doing “something or other’ on the outskirts of journalism for papers in Ohio, Washington, Chicago, New York and elsewhere. Said The Ga zette: “The New York Age's and Chicago Defender’s ‘Columbus’ correspondent, who sometimes writes Cleveland and ‘Cincinnati’ letters, was at it Again last week and the week provi ons. Much that he writes 18 not true. When will the editors of those papers tumble?" Washingtonians, familiar with the methods of this shifty correspondent, are asking the same question. Why do so-called wise newspaper men “fall for" the thinlydisgulsed machinations of this chronie grouch and marplot? The matter is referred to The New York Age and The Chicago Defender {or appropriate comment and fitting /action. Harry C. Smith, the militant editor of The Cleveland Gazette, after thirty three years on the Journalistic firing line, 18 as live a wire as in the palmy days of yore, when he and the writer used to break a lance occasionally anent the issues that burned brightly at that time. It may be that Brer Smith is a trifle warmer these days, He is “after” certain “small fry” out in Ohio, who pose as “big Negroes,” Dut who are disloyal to their race In that they try to fileh from earnest and energetic colored men the credit they deserve for their labors in run- ning obnoxious films out of the Buck- eye State and force the laurel wreath upon the brow of some white man, whofn they wish to use for selfish ends. He punctures the hide of these pusillanimous fellows and drops a sigh of regret that one or two colored pa- pers seem disposed to ald them in this nefarious business, His “expose” of a well-known ex-federal official formerly stationed at Washington over the protest of the real leaders of the state, is one of the richest bits of journalistic “skinning”.the country has seen in a long time. Editor Smith is striking out straight from the shoulder against political grafters and stoo-pizeons and the race is with him in his fight. The Cleveland Gazette corroborates Ralph W. Tyler's denial of the story that he “swooned” when the news was conveyed to him at the office of the board of censors that the film, “The Birth of a Nation.” was barred trom the state of Ohio. Editor Smith rroves that Tyler was not present at the time the aforesaid “swoon” war ~eported'as having been pulled off — Sv Thomas Waspinetos 1 6 ean ale ane eee RESULTS OF CO-OPERATION. How the Organization Society Helps the Masces In Virginia. Whenever all the colored people of a community unite earnestly in asking and working sanely and grisely for a needed Improvement, witther tt Is a better schoolhouse, 2 manual training or cooking equipment, better teachers, better sanitation or anything else worth while, they usually get it. Scores of delegates at the recent third annual meeting of the Negro Organization s0- ciety, which was held in Petersburg, Va., testified to this truth. Major R. R, Moton, commandant at Hampton institute and president of the soclety, said in part: “The movement ainous colored peo- ple for better schools, better homes, better health, better farms. seems to have made an irresistible appeal to all the people of the state. Relizious, be- nevolent, secret and educational organ- izations of every character have joined in this movement, Leading white peo- ple, including the officials of the Vir- ginia boards of health, education and of charities and correction, have been most cordial in their support. “The state wide campaign for clean premises, clean homes and clean lives has received help and support lit- tle dreamed of, ‘The two races have been brought tozether on the ground of common needs of humanity. We have given white people a chance which they have long desired—n chance to help the Negro without compromise or embarrassment. They have met us more than halfway, “I am most anzions that we shall continue to be sane and wise in what we do aud say and not be swept off ‘our feet by those who feel that the great problems of humanity can be solved by abusing those with whom ‘we do not agree.” Reports from delegates, including many women, showed clearly that hundreds of rural communities are waking up to the possibility of making genuine progress by having people work together for common economic and social interests, regardless of re- ligious or fraternal affiliations. Ideas gathered at preceding meetings have been carried to distant rural districts and have been the means of doing much good, Professor J. M. Gandy, president of the State Normal school at Petersburg, who Is the executive secretary of the Negro Organization society, reported that in one year over 45,000 people had been addressed: on subjects relat- ing to community improvement, 602 school terms had been lengthened, G04 school leagues had been reached, $340 had been given to five schools and that these small gifts had inspired the peo- ple to raise thousands upon thousands of dollars for their own schools. TC, Erwin of Petersburg, the so- clety’s field agent, reported that 247 organizations and 648 individuals had become members of the Negro Or- ganization society. Professor Erwin has been at work in thirty-eight Vir- ginia counties, He has carried a mes- sage of new hope through organization to thousands of men and women. He hag reached school tmprovement leagues in nineteen counties and bas aroused the people to the necessity of practicing self help and working out ‘a constructive plan. Dr. H. B, Frissell, principal of Hamp- ton institute, pald'a warm tribute to the achievements of Dr. Booker ‘T. Washington. He declared that the Ne- gro Organization society stood for three big ideas which had rare trans- forming power—co-operation, good will and service. Several hundred delegates attended the annual meeting and heard address. es by Mayor Cabaniss and. Professor James B, Shields of Petersburg. Rev. Dr. L, L, Downing, Roanoke; Professor 8. ©. Atkins, Winston-Salem, N. C.; W. ‘T. B. William, Hampton institute; J. H, Binford, Jackson Davis, Ennion G. Williams, R. C, Stearnes and Miss Ag- nes D, Randolph of Richmond; Princi- pal B, A. Long of Christiansburg, Dr. W. B. Atkins and Mrs, Janle Porter Barret of Hampton and many other white and colored speakers who are experts in community improvement, Liberal Gifts For Brooklyn Y. M. C. A. The Cariton avenue branch of the Brooklyn Young Men's Christian as- sociation is conducting an energetic campaign to raise $15,000, the amount necessary to cover a gift of $85,000 with which to erect & $100,000 build- ing. The campaign began Nov, 1. ‘The amount received in eash and sub- scriptions up to Wednesday evening, Nov. 17, was $11,016.50. The largest amount subscribed by any one Indl- vidual was $1,000, the gift of Frank H. Gilbert, one of Brooklyn's leading business men, Mr. Gilbert is a mem- ber of the committee of management of the association and Is well known throughout the country as the regis- trar of the National Negro Business Jeague, a position which he has beld for many years. ‘The association Is quite confident of raising the required sum, Alabama's Champion Cotton Grower, One of the most wwidely known farm- ers of the south is Sazuei MeCall of Alabama. Mr. MeCall grows more cot- ton tothe acre than any other farmer, 80 it 15 said. The average production of cotton fs two-fifths of a bale to the ‘acre, but Mr. MeCall grows three bales to the acre, and one year he produced elght bales per acre. He is kriown as the champion cotton grower. San Readulaitan dieears mcm. ‘The Beltrama Bar association of Be- midji, Minn., recently elected Attorney ©. W. Scratehin vice president of the association. This honor came to Law- Yer Scrutchin solely on his merit as an attorney and man of splendid attain- ments. When Delia Scored. Former Mistress—"I would Ike to sive you a good recommendation, Delia, but my conscience compels me to state thet you never got the meals on time. I wonder how I can put it in a nice sdrt of way.” Delia--"Yex moight jist say thot Ol got the meals the same as Oi got me pay.’"—Puck. Optimistic Thought. ‘The wise man does nothing for the purpose of being well thought of, but practices virtue for Its own sake. HER TONIC is the result of scientific study of the causes of diseases of the scalp. 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Send or bring locations 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. What caused the "jar" between the Cleveland Association of Colored Men and our local ministers over the Washington memorial services? The Baptist Alliance's memorial ministers would not submit. The ing was announced for Antoch church, last Monday evening. Do not fail to read carefully each week, The Gazette's editors (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 realism" of Gazette. This is admitted generally. The editor of The Gazette acknowledges the receipt, last week, of an invitation from Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hansbary to attend the wedding of their daughter, Helen, and Carl M. Putnam, Thursday, at 1700 West 24th St. We wish the young people health, success and happiness in their new life. The editor of The Gazette attended the meeting of the Ohio Commission to the Illinois Half Century Exposition & Lincoln Jubilee, held in Columbus, Ohio (the location of the memorial) at the state's capitol was the Afro-American mayor (Mr. Hunt) of Rendville, O. The latter will visit Cleveland soon. Try a box of Miss L. E. Warren's wonderful hair grower—39 cents per box for ten days only, beginning Nov. 20 and continuing to Nov. 29 inclusive. On sale at the People's Drug Store, 3315 Central Av; Mrs. R. H. Bell, 2422 Central Av, and at Miss Warren's store, 3927 Central Av—Adv. At a recent meeting of the local branch of the N. A. A. C. P. the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Rev. H. C. Bailey, pres; F. E. Young, vice pres; C. H. Jackson, treasurer; S. B. Keeble, sec.; Charles W. Chesnut, R. K. Moon and W. E. Miles, members of the executive committee. The Cleveland Association of Colored Men's Booker T. Washington memorial meeting at St. John's church, Sunday afternoon, was a success, the final apaul speaker being Pres. Thwing. The singing of the chorus, under the direction of Miss Rachel Walker, was a most pleasing feature. The attendance was large. The Wilberforce club elected the following officers, recently: Pres., Miss Estelle Gainer; vice pres., Mr. Skdney Hill; sec., Miss Ward; corresp. sec., Miss Eugenia Ballard; treas., Miss Lili Scott; chairman lookout committee, Mrs. O. V. Hamlin; chair an program committee, Mrs. Basey, reporter, T. J. Hicks. The new confectionary and delicatessen store, opened at the corner of Central Ave. and E. 35th St., by Mr. M. Smith, recently, is one of the best in the city. He desires our patronage and is asking for it in an advertisement in this paper. We use our read, written, and new confectionary delicatessen store at 3503 Central Ave., just as soon as possible. - Adv. C. J. Crawford, through his attorney, Chas. S. Sutton, Esq., made a complaint to the police prosecutors, last week Thursday morning, against G. J. M. Currellley, saloon-keeper, at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25, for disemination. Currellley appeared before Prosecutor Folk to make explanation. Miss Edna Earl Williams and Geo. C. Ecton fled suit, about three weeks ago, through their attorney, Sutton, against Wong Kee, of the Gold Dragon restaurant, Public Square, for refusal to serve them on the evening of Oct. 15, 2014. The defendant retained to assist in the trial of the case, which will come in in court about Dec. 1. Washington, Tilton, founder of the Direct Humane Mission, of Canton, and travelling lecturer, who claims that he tries to live up to the teachings of the Bible—care for the widows, etc.—gave a practical demonstration. Monday, when he took unto himself as wife, Mrs. Sarah Dickerson, 2504 E. 28th St., widow of this city. He left early Tuesday morning, for the south, where he is to speak. His first lecture, en route, will be delivered at Lexington Ky. Mr. Tilton regarded Dr. Booker T. Washington as a leader of the race and admires any one who has the courage of his convictions. He says: "The Lord hates a deceeer" which, of course, includes the hypocrite. *O. C. SCHROEDER'S, Cuyahoga Bldg. J. E. BRANHAM'S 4401 Central Ave. PUSHAW The Arcade, Superior Entrance. *OPEN SUNDAYS. Our Classified Ad Department For Rent.—House. Inquire at 3931 Orange Ave. Mrs. Sadie Apple, Central 3166-R. For Rent.—Two ten room houses, bath, gas, etc. Each $22 per month. Apply at 10518 Arthur Ave. 3t FOR RENT—Room with conveniences, for a couple; 2285 E. 90th St. 'Phone, Garfield 954W. FOR RENT—Two nice rooms, all conveniences, for gentlemen. 2347 E. 86th St., near Quincy Ave. Take Scovill car, Call after 6 p. m. FOR RENT.—Eight room house, new- ly papered and in good condition; furn- nace, bath, gas, nice yard, cellar, etc. Apply, Suite 2, Blackstone Blvd. 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 call or if you wish to purchase advertise in the Gazette. If anything can bring you results, it can and will. Cleveland Sixth City Mrs. James Weaver, E. 43rd St., is convalescing slowly. Mrs. Chas. Terry, E. 39th St., is visiting relatives in Ironton. Mr. Harvey Wallace and Miss M. Breckinridge were married, Wednesday. Mr. George Perkins is visiting his brother, Frank, of E. 73rd St. The Deborah club held a pleasant meeting at Mrs. Dillard's, E. 30th St. Wednesday evening. Mrs. Nannie Howard of E. 36th St. Miss M. McFalls and Mrs. A. M. Se- goins were sick, last week. Be sure to read the advertisements in our "classified ad" department in column 2, page 3. The grand rally, Sunday, at the Church of God and Saints of Christ, E. 37th St., was a grand success. Mrs. Anna Hearn, of Central Ave., returned from Springfield, this week; also Mrs. Mary Yates of Blaine Ave. Mrs. Edw. Daw received $222 in settlement of her claim against the Rosa Boyd estate instead of $125 as announced recently. Mrs. Lottie Green who has been quite ill is improving. Her mother, Mrs. Mitchell, will return to Oberlin, in a few days. The salary of the deputy oil inspectors in this county is $100 per month, provided their fees amount to that much, says the state auditor. Mr. Roscoe Simmons has returned from the lakes and is stopping with his sister, Mrs. M. Cooper, E. 43rd St. Mr. M. Austin who visited her cousin, Mrs. Chas, Hayes, E. 30th St., returned to Auburn, N. Y., Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Ferguson were tendered a shower, last week, Wednesday evening, at Mrs. Amanda Taylor's, E. 37th St. Wanted—1,000 men to trade regularly at the Central Shirt Shop, 2922 Central Ave. Hats, caps, neckwear, underwear, arrow collars and shirts, etc.—Adv. Rev. E. A. White, of Cory M. E. church, preached to large congregations, Sunday. During his three weeks' absence, the pulpit was baily filled by K. Smith was hays of Elyria, Jackson and Cox of this city. Mrs. Malinda Fox and son, Arthur, have moved to 2214 E. 105th St., up stairs. Charles Alfred Fox and bride will soon move to 2244 E. 103rd St., having sold his two houses on Arthur Ave., and bought a comfortable home there. Rev. J. S. Jackson delivered two very helpful sermons at St. John's A. M. church, Sunday. The W. M. M. held a pleasant meeting at Miss O'Fet's, E. 39th St. Monday evening. The baby exhibition, under the auspices of the S. J. paddle roll, was an unique and enjoyable affair. Mrs. Embeth McIntire, sup't. Mrs. Morton and Mrs. Cyril Cowlr were in charge. The Excelsior Billard parlor, re THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1915. Washington Memorial Service The Youth's Companion 9 Great Serials 250 Short Stories SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED AT THIS OFFICE Our local Baptists met in Antioch church, Monday evening, and held splendid memorial services in honor of Dr. Booker T. Washington, who was a loyal Baptist. The pastors and ministers with their congregations in attendance were Revs. E. H. Smith of Shiloh, Rev. C. R. Jones of Mt. Haven, Rev. Watkins of Triedstone, Rev. Brown, exposter of E. M. Pleasant church, and Rev. A. Frank Houser (white) of Triedstone Church who was ofered Dr. H. Cole, the position of the mayor-elect. The auditorium of the church was well filled with the burden-bearers, and those who sought truth and inspiration from the life and work of Dr. Washington. Antioch's choir sang most beautifully and touchingly a number of fine selections. The principal speaker, Dr. A. F. Houser, for the funeral eulogy on Dr. Washington that was the finest, most pathetic and inspiring, we have ever listened to. He said that Dr. Washington was not merely a leader of the Negro race but a leader of the human race in this country—white and black. He picured himself in a large eulogy was identified as being a great race, a great people, to produce a man in 50 years, who was one of the first citizens of our country, ranking as CORRESPONDENTS WANTED. The old reliable Gazette desires an active agent and correspondent in every city and town in Ohio and neighboring states having a number of Afro-American residents. Only a little time on Fridays or Saturdays is required. We are especially desirous of hearing from persons in the following named cities: Springfield, Dayton, Plains Mt. Vermon, East Liverpool, Akron, Lima, O., and other places, particularly in Ohio, where we have none. Cuy Central 6661-L G. G. REED Dry Goods Ladies' and Gents' Furnishings Sole agents for the AMERICAN LADY NEMO R. @ G. COR ETS 3222 Central Ave. DON'T THROW AWAY Your copy of The Gazette after reading it, but give it to a friend or an acquaintance who might subscribe after reading a copy of the paper. Editor 9 Great Serials Editor The year 1916 will be crowded with the very best reading in The Youth's 9 Great Serials SN CUT THIS OUT and send it (for the name of this paper) with $2.00 for The COMPANION for 1916, and we will send FREE All the issues of THE COMPANION for the remaining weeks of 1916 FREE THE COMPANION HOME CALENDAR for 1916. THEN The 52 Weekly Issues of THE COMPANION for 1916. SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEI one of the foremost educators of the 20th century. Dr. Houser said he took the Colored race by one hand and the Blacks by the other, nounced them brothers. It was an occasion long to be remembered by all who were at Antioch on Monday evening because all of the speeches he delivered were slung by choir: "Neater My God Singing by choir: "Nearer My God to Thee." Scripture reading by Rev. C. R. Jones. "Mr. Washington's Ancestry, Birth and Education," C. M. Dabney. Song: "Shall We Meet Beyond the River?" "Mr. Washington, as an Educator," Rev. H. C. Bailey. Song: "It Is Not Death to Die," Mrs. G. Land. "Dr. Washington as a Leader of His Race," Rev. A. F. Houser. Song: "One Sweetly Solemn Thought," etc. "Prophecy—His Vacant Chair and Wife," Kevin E. H. S. Smith Remarks by others Closing hymn, "Shall We Gather at the River?" Benediction by Rev. W. G. Thurston. Miss Vivian Jackson, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. J. S. Jackson, was married to Dr. J. S. Keller, of Xenia, formerly of Springfield, Wednesday morning. 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HER-TRU-LINE removes the ugly kinks and curls, and makes the hair grow so long and soft that it can be done up in any style. This pretty picture was sent us by a customer made happy by using HER-TRU-LINE. Large jars 50c at drug stores and by our agents. Send us ten cents for a sample box and you will thank us for telling you about it. Agents wanted. MR. HUGH THOMPSON Proprietor First Class and Quick Service Quality Service 3923 Central Av. Cammission on Church and Rural Life Will Inaugurate Movement. OBLITERATE DENOMINATIONAL LINES They Will Be Made to Serve Country Communities in Same Way as Chambers of Commerce Fill Needs in Cities. Columbus, O.—Definite plans by which rural churches will be made to serve country communities in the same way as chambers of commerce now fill needs in cities were disclosed in reports of the National Commission on Church and Rural Life made public here today. The plans are intended to dim denominational lines eventually by combining or federating country churches in Ohio and establishing community churches. These will be expected to be active in promoting the causes of good roads, scientific farming, public health and sanitation, temperance, public recreation, community beautification, better schools, library organization and contentment with rural life. The campaign probably will be initiated at the national convention of the Commission on Church and Rural Life, which will be held in Columbus Dec. 8, 9 and 10, in connection with the meeting of the Federal Council of Churches, with President Wilson and Gifford Pinchot as the principal speakers. Here is a general outline of campaign plans: First, country districts will be flooded with newly developed publications telling of the success of a few community church enterprises in Ohio and other states. This will prepare the minds of ministers and rural leaders for possible church mergers later. Then it will be urged that several churches in a township or community effect a federation by choosing delegates to an interchurch committee. This committee will assist in co-operation of its member churches in any community interests. Each church may retain its individuality and its own minister by this plan. Eventually, however, it is considered desirable by leaders in this movement that these churches would employ a common preacher. Denominational identity might be retained in order to keep churches in touch with strong sectarian organizations, but these lines would not be observed closely within the community. The campaign in Ohio will proceed on facts discovered in the rural survey, which has been in progress for the past several years and which is not yet completed. It is said to be the only comprehensive survey of the kind ever made of an entire state. Further results announced today are these: Eight hundred of the 5,000 rural churches in Ohio have been abandoned. Only one-third are growing and two-thirds have either ceased to grow or are dying. Eighty-three per cent have a membership of less than 100, 21 per cent have less than 25 members, 27 per cent have between 25 and 50, 34 per cent have between 50 and 100. REOPENS MURDER CASE REOPENS MURDER CASE MAN CONVICTED OF MANSLAUGHTER GIVEN A NEW TRIAL BY COURT OF APPEALS. Toledo. O. — Judges of the court of appeals Friday reversed the decision of Wood county common pleas court in the famous Nyeswander murder case. It will go back to the lower courts for retrial. Charles Nyeswander, a prosperous farmer living near Deshler, was indicted for murder in the second degree after the body of his father-in-law, W. E. Binder, had been found near Nyeswander's home Dec. 13, 1913. Binder had been killed by a blow on the head. A jury in common pleas court at Bowling Green convicted Nyeswander on the charge of manslaughter. Given Five Year Term Given Five-Year Term. Morris, Ill.—"Guilty, as charged in the indictment," is the verdict of a jury which for eight weeks has been trying Charles B. Mundy for conspiracy to wreck the LaSalle Street Trust & Savings bank of Chicago and its affiliated institutions. His punishment was fixed at five years' imprisonment. The jurors were unanimous in their belief that Mundy, as president of the LaSalle Street bank, conspired with William Lorimer, erstwhile United States senator, and H. W. Hutting of Muscatine, Iowa, to loot the bank and its allied concerns out of more than $3,000,000. WILL Meet Heavy Losses Will Meet Heavy Losses. Sandusky. — O'Cabbage growers throughout the northern part of Ohio stand confronted with losses because of the war in Europe because the suerkraut is being exported, according to W. H. Erdrich of Bellevue, president of the National Kraut Packers' association. "Hundreds of tons of cabbage will not even be harvested," said Erdich. "Less kraut is being made than usual because there is no export trade. Accordingly, the price of cabbage is so low that harvesting the crop doesn't pay." Refuse Gowne to Agent Paris, France.—The Paris dressmakers' syndicate has refused to sell gowns to a man named Kurzmann, said to have been commissioned by Mrs. Norman Galt, President Wilson's fancee, to purchase wedding finery for her. The Paris dressmakers at a meeting Friday decided to blacklist two customers in America because of their German ancestry and Kurzmann happened to be one of the two. The dressmakers are willing to supply Mrs. Galt direct with any gown she desires and to do so free of charge. AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS A revival of old memories, harking back to the antebellum days when he as a boy, was sold many times on the auction block as a chattel and finally, at the age of seventeen, learning of the war to free the Negroes, he escaped from his master and found refuge in a camp of Federal soldiers, was occasioned a few days ago in the mind of Rev. J. Preston Watson of Pueblo, Colo., by the receipt of a letter from Thomas Gannon, an old soldier now residing at Monte Vista, Colo. It was Gannon, a first heir tenant in the Ninth Missouri cavalry, and later promoted to captain, 54 years ago, who formed a liking for the fugitive colored boy and took him in. Throughout the war, until the close four years later, Watson remained with Gannon. Then they separated with the understanding that Watson was to go to Gannon's home and under his instruction learn the timer's trade. But alternating circumstances intervened. Although in the years each frequently tried to find a trace of the other, their efforts proved in vain until two years ago Watson, then a veteran pastor who had done nearly 40 years service for the African Methodist church, learned that Captain Gannon was living near Leadville. This being in the district which Watson toured as presiding elder, he renewed his search and finally found Captain Gannon, a feeble, gray haired man, at that time just recovering from an operation. "Of course neither of us knew the other," remarked the Rev. Watson in telling the meeting. "When I knew Gannon in war times he was a square shouldered young man with a long black mustache and bushy black hair. Half a century later I found him an old man, little resembled him in his letter received a few days ago. Mr. Gannon said: "Again I recall an incident—the colored boy who wandered into camp, a fugitive from slavery, meek, humble, seeking protection. My boys in blue treated him with kindness and sympathy and I soon realized his faithful services; honest, truthful and diligent, employing his leisure moments in the efforts to learn to read that he might be helpful to his fellow freemen. Now, how well he has succeeded. From a humble servant to a devoted servant of the Lord and zealous in the uplift of his people." Born near Lynchburg, Va., Watson was sold when a baby with his mother to Robert Barnett, Bowling Green, Pike county, Mo. When four years old his mother died and from that time until ten he was sold five times on the auction block in Missouri. Educated through his own efforts entirely, Rev. Mr. Watson is one of the prominent retired pastors of his church in the West. He has lived in Pueblo, first 20 years ago and again for the last nine years, and has been pastor of both the St. Paul's and St. John's A. M. E. churches. Mrs. Watson is superintendent of the colored orphanage at Pueblo. When white men discuss the Indian problem the discussion generally has to do with a scheme to get the Indian's money. An optimist is a man who makes a living in town. A pessimist is one who earns his on a farm. "Banneker, the Negro astronomer," was born at Ellicott's Mills, Maryland, a few miles from Baltimore, several years before the Revolutionary war. He learned to read while doing farm work and managed to study and become quite proficient in mathematics. In his study of astronomy he was encouraged and assisted by Andrew Ellicott, an astronomer and civil engineer of scientific attainments and founder of Ellicott's mills and connected with some large enterprises. Ellicott was a friend of Washington and when he was employed to survey the District of Columbia and locate the city of Washington he gave employment to Banneker. After this Banneker made astronomical calculations and published almanacs which were used in Maryland and some other states. Thomas Jefferson sent one of the almanacs to the French Academy of Sciences and the secretary of the navy wrote Banneker a complimentary letter. He died in Baltimore in 1806 and many scientific societies bore testimony to the correctness of his mathematical and astronomical work. Many years after his death, J. H. B. La Every community produces a citizen or two whose chief ambition is to make a living exhibiting a five-legged calf. A woman can get more into a trunk, but a man has something "on" her when it comes to stowing a derby hat safely in a suitcase. What, mentioning him quite casually, became of the old-fashioned man who referred to the Bible as "the Word?" Brunettes are said to be stronger and healthier than blondes. But men go right on picking the blondes. There is some criticism of old Noah due to the fact that he took two hairless dogs into the ark. It is always the man with a bad stomach who fears other people eat too much. No boy takes much stock in the theory that a whipping hurts his father worse than it hurts him. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O.. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1915 In a communication to the Houston Post D. Porter, principal of the Brenham Normal and Industrial college, writes: Prof. E. L. Blackshear, with his dogged tenacity has succeeded in organizing some of the best Negro farmers in Texas into a 'farmers' congress," having them to come annually and spend from six to eight days in our state school, where they can get strong help by the way of lectures and coming in contact with the actual experimental work that cultivates them a strong love for their farms and at the same time broadening their views upon the plans of getting better results from their many productive farms. And many of our boys are laying their diplomas in the bottom of their trunks and taking a part with their fathers in the development of their farms. They are no longer looking at labor as a disgrace, but are rolling up their sleeves, and taking a part in the various communities in whatever vocation they find best, to be pursued and are thereby making home worth while. This kind of teaching was the end in mind of the founders of our state school. Blackshear is a southern Negro, and thoroughly understands southern conditions and his constant lectures and conversations with the students of that institution have so thoroughly fitted them not with a prejudiced mind to his brother in white, but with a knowledge to go, hand in hand with his neighbor in the various duties of life without the least friction. No one during Blackshear's principalship has heard of a single Prairie View student having the least trouble with any of our white citizens and we have hundreds of them going out on various roads at the close of that school. Now, I was born and reared in Texas, and would not live anywhere else. Have tried to teach 22 years, and do believe that if there is any one man in Texas that knows anything about that state and the kind of teaching necessary and best fitted for our people, I should know something about it. I have for the last 10 or 12 years spend much of my time traveling and talking to many of our country teachers' institutions, and I find that a large number or a very large per cent of these teachers are from Prairie View. I have made it my business to talk with each superintendent as to the work, and as to how these teachers get along with their white neighbors. Uncle Tone and Aunt Nancy, Uncle Jim and Aunt Susan who the old pioneers had the highest regard for, are all passing from the stage of the living and the young Negro is coming on the scene. He has to have that teaching that will enable him to live in perfect harmony with his white brother. Not every criminal leaves a trail. The miscreant who invented bean soup covered his tracks so carefully that he never was apprehended. Men are a good deal like horses in the respect that the thoroughbred should be picked for speed and the scrub for service. Another precedent has been overturned by a Kansas bachelor. He was in a hospital six weeks a couple of years ago and did not marry the trained nurse who attended him. trode, a prominent citizen of Baltimore and for a long time connected with the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, wrote a memoir of Bannek which was published by the Maryland Historical society. A large newspaper plant in Philadelphia has recently been taken over by a company of colored men, who are preparing to issue a weekly paper for circulation in a number of different cities. Arrangements have been made for its distribution in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, and thirty other cities within a twelve-mile radius of Philadelphia are expected to be included in its circulation. This is the first large newspaper enterprise ever undertaken entirely by colored men, and the purpose of the paper is the general uplift of the colored race. The undertaking is well financed, and will embody the highest ideals of race journalism. The paper is to be controlled, edited and printed entirely by colored men. The printing plant includes every labor-saving and cost-cutting device known in the newspaper world. Something like 40,000,000 barrels of beer are brewed in the United Kingdom every year. Among the other prohibited things which we do not care to do is that of loafing in the depot waiting-room. Generally speaking, it is the man who has no story to tell who laughs at yours. Osaka is a great Japanese toy-making center, with Tokio next. A man picks out a nice round stone. A woman throws the thing that is handiest. A little applied common sense solves most of the problems and disposes of practically all of the theories. If a man goes so far as to wear whiskers he might as well part them in the middle. It takes nerve to fly in the face of tradition, but the fact is they seldom serve prunes at a boarding house. OLD STYLES REVIVED PARISIAN MODISTES GO BACK TO PAST CENTURIES. Moyen Age Effect, With Novelties, is the Latest of Designs—One of the Best of the Results Achieved Is Shown. There is a designer named Maurer in Paris, whose name is not heralded far and wide, but whose costumes are bought and sold by the most important American houses. An admirable gown she made this season carries out the moyen age effect. It has a green velvet bodice with armholes, shoulders, elbows and hips outlined with a broadly striped silk. There are women who would dislike to have their curves and angles so definitely marked out and brought to notice, but the color effect is good. The striped silk itself is framed in with a narrow edge of gold braid; this manipulation of trimming is one of those trifles that count in clothes and is always gratefully received by the woman who is in search of some ornamentation not commonplace. The skirt beneath this medival green bodice is of biscuit-colored cloth to match in color the barrel-shaped sleeves of biscuit-colored chiffon. There's novelty for you. Paquin gets the credit of inventing the leather jacket, but many designers must have followed on her heels quickly, for several of these coats appear under several names. The one that bears her label is of white leather, very thin, collared and cuffed with fur. It buttons straight down the front and has a wide slit pocket at each hip. It is a novelty, of course, like the fascinating little muff that Worth invented. It consists of two small pocket of fur joined in the middle with a fanciful cord. With these Worth in- 1 Green Velvet Bodice Trimmed With Gold Braid, Biscuit-Colored Striped Silk Skirt. produces long gloves of soft kid, laced at the sides and finished with tassels. Ladies wore these when they hunted in the forests with falcons on their wrists, didn't they? (Copyright, 1915, by the McClure News- per Syndicate.) VARIETIES OF VELVET FROCKS One May Have Them In Practically Any Design That Occurs to the Fancy. There are quantities of three-piece velvet costumes whose coats are short, reaching only a little way below the waist line, or of hip height, and either belted or very loose and flaring; and often there are, too, innumerable velvet frocks that have no accompanying coat. These frocks may be of the elaborate sort, part clifton or lace or silk much trimmed, but newer are the simple, one-piece frocks of velvet, almost untrimmed save for mere touches of fur or embroidery and buttons, made, in fact, with almost exaggerated simplicity, but with careful attention to line. Many of these have high, close collars of the velvet, bordered at the top with fur, or relieved at the top by some white collar arrangement; but these straight up and down all-velvet models, while undeniably chic, are as undeniably too iot for comfort in our overheated buildings and practical only for street wear under fur coats or with small furs. Recognizing this fault, some of the designers have arranged the collar so that from a high, close, velvet choker it may be unbuttoned and turned over FLOWERED CAPS FOR BOUDOIR Not at All Difficult to Make, and Something That Will Prove Decidedly Worth While. A cap with flowers is elaborate, but hardly difficult to make. The crown is simply a circle, gathered into a band of suitable size. It can be made of mull, lawn, batiste, net of sheer, thin silk. The frills, two turning up and one a bit wider, hanging about the hair and face, can be made of the material of the cap, hemmed, hemstitched, feathersstitched or whipped, if the cap is of net, with a heavy colored thread, or they can be made of valenciennes lace. In one dainty cap the band of ribbon is of golden yellow, and the flowers, which fasten the bottom frill so that it keeps out of the eyes, are rosebuds of yellow, rose and maroon. Another cap has a shaped frill, scalloped about the edges and divided at the back. The crown of the cap, a big circle, has most of the fullness drawn well to the back and fastened THE FASHION WEEKLY Coat of silk corduroy, with collar of opossum fur. The coat is lined with a supply silk or crepe, and is suitable for general wear. The lustrous surface of the corduroy makes it possible to use it also for visiting or evening dress. into a lace-faced, rolling collar, but even that leaves the all-velvet bodice a very hot affair. COMBINE LINEN AND LACE Something of a Novelty That May Be Appreciated by the Needleworker. There are many needleworkers who delight in working on large pieces of fancy work; but there are just as many, if not more, who prefer to handle small pieces that are less cumbersome and that bring about results more quickly. For such as these, then, the embroidered squares solve the problem. These can be effectively joined together with wide or narrow cluny lace to form bureau scars, bourdor pillows, table runners and dear knows what else. One woman who had been given a quantity of square doilies three and four inches square put them to good use by using them on wide lace and using them on the buffet. She objected to using them singly and was highly pleased with the scarf that resulted from joined forces. Squares of tan linen embroidered in colors can be joined effectively to form table runners. Of course, the lace should match the color of the linen. If you should fail to find tan to match, dip white or cream lace in tea. Try a little piece of the lace in the middle of the tee if the tea in of the proper strength. Have you ever seen a bedspread made of linen and lace joined together? Once you have seen one you will want to make such a spread for yourself. It is advisable when making such a large piece to use long strips of linen rather than squares. One which was included with lots of other pretty things in a hope chest was made of a very heavy linen. Near the center the linen was embroidered in pink and green flowers, heavy silk being used for the purpose. After the strips of linen and lace were joined the spread was bound with lace edging. Anyone who objects to the colored embroidery and the flowers can substitute for it a monogram placed on the center strip. This was surely something different from the ordinary spread for the bed. The One-Lace Shce. Have you seen the one-lace shoe? Not the shoe that laces at the side nor yet the shoe that laces straight down the back—although the shoe in question does lace down the back. But this is a shoe that laces with only one lace. And the lace fastens around little metal hooks, from top to bottom, like those at the top of men's laced boots. These hooks would prove awkward if skirts were longer, for they would be sure to catch in the hem of the skirt and cause tripping and falls. But with the skirt swinging well above the boot top, and far away from it, too, because of the flaring hem, there is no chance of catching in the little metal hooks. It goes without saying that these new boots could be very quickly adjusted. New Cretonne Cushions There are some interesting new cushions for cretonne chairs that are made with a little apron attachment in front that hangs down from eight inches to a foot over the front of the chair. They are made of stenched linen or cretonne, and the little flap is edged with linen fringe about an inch wide. They are a novelty and very attractive. into a band. Ribbon is used to cover the band and is knotted in a bow in front. Of Art Linen. Quite the prettiest among the art linen novelties so dear to the heart of every women who "makes things" is a new oval bag—at least the bottom is oval—of Mnen-covered heavy cardboard. A linen-covered oval embroidery hoop covers the joining of a straight piece of the linen to the bottom. The bag is lined with a bright-colored silk to harmonize with the linen. The corners of the back are tucked in envelope fashion and the two straight edges at the top are held close with snap fasteners. Loops of black braid at either side are used to hang the bag on the arm when it is taken out for the sewing club party Binding Society Together Joining in the amusements of others is, in our social state, the next thing to sympathy in their distresses, and even the slenderest bond that holds society together should rather be strengthened than snap—Lander. CAP and BELLS GETTING NUTS FOR COLONEL Gardener Is Coolly Informed by Stranger He Was Gathering Nuts for Kernel, Not for Shells. Some time back a certain colonel's gardener was going through the woods belonging to his employer when he saw a man busy gathering nuts. As the colonel had given strict orders that no one was to be allowed to pick the nuts that year, as had hitherto been the case, the gardener said to the man, "You'll have to clear out of this. I've got orders to keep all these nuts for the colonel this year." "It's all right," replied the man; "that's what I'm getting 'em for." Satisfied by the answer, the gardener passed on. Meeting the same man a week after the occurrence, he said: "Look here, you were not getting those nuts for the colonel at all." "I tell you I was," was the emphatic reply. "But I know better. The colonel told me that he gave neither you nor anybody else any authority." "Well, I knew jolly well I was getting them for the kernel; I didn't want the shells."—London Tit-Bits. HAD A FIT. "The paper says that when the present was given to him he responded fittingly." "Fittingly' is a good word; he had a spasm while he was talking." Fatal Fall "So you have a Steeplejacks' union in this town?" "Yes." "How many members?" "Only two now. There were three at first, but there was a high wind one day and the third member dropped out." Maybe. "Montmorency, can your flancee cook?" "No, mother, but she can paint beautifully on china. She can paint the most natural grapes and peaches you ever saw." "Well, maybe looking at them will appease hunger when there is no dinner ready." Pentateuchal insurance. "Your age, please," said the insurance solicitor. "Nine hundred ninety-nine next birthday." reniel Melitzdek. "Pretty high rate, I'm afraid," said the insurance man. "Why didn't you come to me a couple of hundred years ago, and not put it off till you're middle aged?"—Judge Time's Changes. Black—Someone just told me that Miss Gayway's mother won much fame for the delicate yarns she used to spin in olden days. White—And Miss Gayway wins much fame for the indelicate ones she spins in modern days.—Judge. Delirious. The Wife—Oh, doctor, I think Henry is much better this morning. He took my hand just a minute ago and called me his own 'little tootsy wootsy. Hereditary. "And when you grow up," said the visitor to five-year-old Eloise, "I suppose you will get married?" "Oh, there's hardly any doubt about it," answered the little miss. "Everybody says I'm just like mamma, and she's been married three times, you know." When Love Is Remarkable "Do you think there is anything remarkable in love at first sight?" asked the romantic youth. "Not at all!" answered the cynic. "It's when people have been looking at each other for four or five years that it becomes remarkable."—Pearson's Weekly. Kept Happy. "Did your wife enjoy the scenery in her trip across the continent?" "I don't think she looked at much scenery. But she enjoyed herself, all right. She looked at hats in eleven different states." WHOLE FAMILY OF BOOMERS Father, Mother, Son and Daughter All Found Busily Engaged in Laying Out New Towns. The only occupant of the Nebraska cabin was a girl about twelve years old, and when the colonel rode up and asked her the way to Scottsville she replied: "Dad might tell you if he was here, stranger, but dad's off over there layin' out a new town to boom." "And your mother?" "Marm might tell you if she was here, but marm's off down this way layin' out another new town to boom." "Any brothers?" "One, and that's Bill. Bill might tell you if he was here, but he's over the river layin' a third new town." "And how about you? Can't you direct me?" "I might, stranger, if this wasn't my busy day. You see, I'm layin' out a hundred acres of this claim for a new town, and I've just made Mary Jane avenue run from here to the creek. Want to speculate, stranger?" "No, I guess not." "Cause if you do you I'll give you the first pick of lots along Mary Jane avenue for $10 apiece and half of it in store pay at that." "You seem to be a booming family," I observed, as I got ready to ride on. "You bet!" she heartily exclaimed, "Dad booms, marm booms, Bill booms, and I'm either going to boom or tear down the shanty! Don't want any corner lots in the new town of Primrose, ch? All right, stranger. Selling for $10 now, but six months hence you can't buy 'em for $50. So long to you! Good-bye!"—Exchange. Problematical. "What's the value of that trunk?" inquired the baggage man. "You mean my wife trunk over there?" asked the man who was smoking a Pittsburgh stole in a gold-mounted meerschaum holder. "Yes." "Well, my private opinion is that the whole outfit ain't worth four dollars. But if you had ever seen my wife get really riled you wouldn't lose it for a million." Getting at the Facts Wife (after the honeymoon)—Why did you deceive me as to your income? Husband—I didn't, my dear. Wife—Yes, you did. You told me you were getting $50 a week when you asked me to marry you. Husband—You evidently misunderstood me. I said my position was worth $50 a week, and so it is, but for reasons best known to the boss, he gives me only $10. The Day After. Mrs. Mixer—Tell me the worst, doctor. Is my husband's condition serious? Doctor—There is no cause for alarm, madam; he is now out of danger, although suffering acutely from enlargement of the cerebral gland. How do you sunnip it was brought on? Too Thin. Officer—Why, what's the matter with this? That's excellent soup." Private—Yes, sir—that's what we sez, sir. Officer—Very well, then. What's the complaint? Private—It ain't the soup, sir; it's the cook. 'E calls it stew.-London Punch. Friendly Advice Sapleigh—Weally, I—aw—have a notion to—aw—blow me bwains out, doncher know. Miss Cutting—Indeed! Well, in case you do I'd advise you to say nothing about it afterward and no one will ever know the difference. A SWEET FACE. Big Sister—And what did Jack have to say, about me? Small Sister—He said you had a very sweet face and asked me to find out what you put on it to make it that way. Make It Longer. Bill—Do you believe previty is the soul of wit? Jill—Sure thing. "And I suppose that is the reason the English spell it humour." The Cause. Doctor—You have had a great shock since I saw you last, your wife tells me. Patient—Yes, doctor; it was your bill. Her Aim. "That pretty stenographer is laying her plans to marry you." "Oh, no; you are quite mistaken. She only wants to be assister to me." "Suppose the development of cotton should be arrested." "But then, you know, it could always be baled." Too Easy. "Let's bet which will have the prettiest lawn at the end of the season." "Now, you know, that bet would be sure to end in a hedging."