The Gazette

THIRTY-THIRD YEAR. NO. 19. IN VALOR HONORAMUS FIXES BLAME FOR TURKISKATROCITIES Ex-President Roosevelt Lays It Directly at the Door of Germany. HOPE LETTER WILL AROUSE SYMPATHY Says Sympathy and Indignation Are Useless Unless Accompanied by Deeds on Part of the United States Government. New York City.—Theodore Rooselt lays the wholesale slaughter of Armenians by the Turks directly at the door of Germany and indirectly blames it on the "milk and water attitude" shown by the United States. The former president expresses his opinion on Turkish atrocities in a letter to Samuel T. Dutton, secretary of the American committee for American and Syrian relief. Hope to Arouse Sympathy. Col. Roosevelt's letter is given to the press in the hope that the sympathy and generosity of the American people may be "quickened and increased." The following are extracts from the colonel's letter: Eveq to nerves dulled and laded by the heaped up horrors of the past year and a half the news of the terrible fate that has befallen the Armensians must give a fresh account of the horrors that empathically point out that the sympathy is useless unless it is accompanied with indignation, and that the indignation in useless if it exhults itself in words or in actions. The people, through its government, had not shirked its duty in Mexico for the last five years, and if this people through its connection with the world war for the last 16 months, we would now be able to take effective action on behalf of Armenia. The people amount to nothing whatever if they are more methods of giving a sentimental but ineffective and safe outlet to the feelings of those engaged in them, indeed, many of them have had habit of giving, expression to feelings without following the expression by action is in the end thoroughly detrimental to the morality of the people concerned. All the terrible inquiries of the past year and a half, including this crowning iniquity of the wholesale slaughter of the Armenians, has been the initial wrong committed on Belgium by her invasion and subjugation, and the criminal responsibility of Germany must be shared by the neutral powers, headed by the United Nations, to safeguard the protest when this initial wrong was committed. The failure, to do our duty in Mexico created the contempt which made Germany the unlawful and the reckless behind the wholesale murder that accompanied the sinking of the Lusitania, and the failure to do our duty, in the case of the Lusitania made Germany, acting through the wholesale murder that accompanied the wholesale murder that marked the sinking of the Ancona. The weak and timid "milk" and water policy of the professional pacifist is just another way of the worthless and unscrupulous militaries for the terrible recrudescence of evil on a gigantic scale in the civilized world. Just that all Americans worthy of the name feel their deepest indignation and keenest sympathy aroused by the dreadful Armenian atrocities. I trust that they feel in the same way about the ruin of Belgium's nationality and realize that a great number of its own people and righting the wrongs of the Armenians would be worse than any war. Wrongdoing will only be stopped by those who brave as well as just, who put honor above safety, who are true to a lofty ideal of duty, who prepare in advance to make their strength effective and who shrink from no hazard, not even the final hazard of war, if necessary, in order to serve the great cause of rightness. When our people 'take' this stand we will also be able effectively to take a stand in international matters which shall prevent such cataclysm of wrong as have been witnessed in Belgium and on an even greater scale in Armenia. Workman Blown to Pieces. Wilmington, Del.—Thirty-one work men were killed and six fatally injured Tuesday in a terrific explosion of four tons of black powder at the Upper Hagley yard of the Du Pont Powder Co. It was the worst accident that has occurred in any of the company's plants in a quarter of a century. There was the usual rumor afloat that some outside agency may have caused the explosion, but Du Pont officials said there was not a shred of evidence on which to hang any theory. THE GAZETTE KARL BUENZ © UNDERWOOD S. UNDERWOOD Karl Buenz, *managing director of the Hamburg-American line*, on trial with the American district court at New York. They are charged with conspiracy to defraud the company and with manifestly alleged to have been obtained by them for vessels chartered by the line for purpose of taking supplies from American ports, and for vessels engaged in commerce destroying. PROGRESSIVES PLAN FOR 1916 CAMPAIGN Theodore Roosevelt Will Again Be the Standard Bearer if the Party Executive Committee has Its Way. New York City—Col. Roosevelt is to be drafted for president again if the Progressive national executive committee has its way. Behind closed doors, at an all-day conference, the committee Monday agreed: First, that there shall be a straight Progressive presidential ticket in 1916 and no deals made with Republicans or Democrats. Second, that Col. Roosevelt shall be urged to run a second time if only to hold the major portion of or all the 4,000,000 votes cast for him in 1912. Third, that the national committee shall meet in Chicago Jan. 11, next, to fix the date and place of the national convention. Fourth, that the convention shall not be held until the Republicans and Democrats have put their tickets in the field. Ghairman George W. Perkins and other members of the committee declined to say whether they believe Col. Roosevelt will be a candidate again. But there is trustworthy authority for the statement that until the convention meets the following national committeemen who participated in person or by proxy at the meeting will employ every argument they can command to induce the colonel to head the Progressive national ticket: William Flinn, Pennsylvania; Herbert Knox Smith, Connecticut; Matthew Hale, Massachusetts; William Allen White, Kansas; Walter F. Brown, Ohio; E. A. Van Valkenberg, Pennsylvania; William Hamlin Childs and Eleon M. Becker, New York; Mayer Lissner, California; George C. Priestley, Oklahoma; Everett Colby, New Jersey; Harold L. Likes, Illinois; Arthur*M. Sager, Missouri; F. P. Corrick, Nebraska; Eqwin M. Lee, Indiana; Halbert P. Gardner, Maine; C. W. McClure, Georgia, and Francis W. Bird, Massachusetts. Chairman Perkins issued the following: "Believing that the great Progressive independent vote of the country is just as firmly committed to these principles as it was in 1912, the Progressives throughout the country are insistent on maintaining the organization of the Progressive party with all the vigor possible. Therefore the national committee of the Progressive party is hereby called to meet in Chicago on Jan. 11, 1916, for the purpose of fixing the time and place of holding the national convention of the Progressive party to select candidates for the presidency and vice presidency of the United States and to adopt a national platform." Fear Man Is Drowned. Sandusky, O. — Clason Winters, aged 24, son of Judge Cyrus B. Winterz, is believed to have been drowned. His hat was found Monday on the Cedar Point dock. Dick Roryell Will Be Loved Pork barrel will Be Lean Washington, D. C. — Hints were dropped at the White House Monday by Representative Sparkman of Florida, chairman of the house rivers and harbors committee, that "pork barrel" legislation at the coming session of congress will be decidedly lean. "There will be no new projects if we have our way, although the estimates call for $47,000,000," he said: Mr. Sparkman said the president is determined to cut all appropriations to the bone in order that funds may be provided for national defense. ESTABLISHED AUGUST 25,1883 AND ISSUED EVERY WEEK ON TIME SINCE. PORTER'S RISE TO BISHOP FAVORED NOW PASTOR AT NASHVILLE In Tennessee Dr. G. W. Porter is Known as One of Most Successful Financier In A. M. E. Church, and This Has Made His Services Much Sought For—A Good Revivalist. Nashville, Tenn.—Paris, Tenn., has the distinction of furnishing to the African Methodist Episcopal church one of its strongest pastors and preachers, Rev. George Wellington Porter, D. D., who is now pastor of St. John's A. M. E. church and was one of the members of the last general conference, the Tennessee conference, which met Oct. 20. A little over forty-eight years ago he was born of African Methodist parents in Paris and received his common school and high school education in his native state and around the place where he was born. The finishing touch was received from Morris Brown college, in Atlanta, Georgia. This was the beginning of an active life, for in 1880 he entered the ministry, joining the west Tennessee conference in his native home town; Paris it was presided over by Bishop A. W. Wayman of Baltimore. Twenty-five years of active and successful work in the ministry are placed to his credit, and he is considered one of the leading preachers in the south. The Methodist ministry is a moving ministry, yet Dr. Porter, has the distinction of filling only four charges in eighteen REV. G. W. POINTER. years. He spent five years in Clarksville, Tenn.; five years in Vicksburg, Miss.; three years in Avery chapel, Memphis and five years in St. John's A. M. E. church, Nashville, Tenn., bringing to the church many new converts and making improvements in every particular. For three years he was presiding elder of the Clarksville district, but preferred the ministry in active pastorate. It was at his own request that he was returned to the pastorate where he has worked with the people. At the general conference which met in Wilmington, N. C. May, 1800, he was among the progressive delegates. It was his first time there, but he made a record for himself, and his worth and ability were recognized, and at every conference since, he has been there giving the benefit of his ability and experience. When the general conference met in Chicago in 1903 he was one of the general secretaries and has been one since. Not only has he served on the episcopal committee in the general conference, but he has been on some of the strong committees in the body. In Tennessee Dr. Porter is known as one of the most successful financiers in the A. M. E. church, and this has made his services much sought for in various parts of the country. He has a strong and striking personality and is one of the best revivalists. During his stay in Memphis he conducted a revival for four weeks in Avery chapel and added 730 to the church, and these were all converted from the altar. Some time ago Dr. Porter purchased a home in Memphis, where his interesting family lives. His wife is a well trained woman, and the daughter, Miss Lela B. Porter, a graduate from Straight university, New Orleans, and Udiden university, Nashville, Tenn., is a teacher in the Memphis public schools. What the future has in store for Dr. Porter is largely expected to develop in 1916 at the general conference in Philadelphia. He has been mentioned for the episcopacy and has many friends who think that he should be a bishop in the A. M. E. church and will go to Philadelphia with that in view. In racial matters Dr. Porter is found in the front. He is a member of the southern sociological conference, which is becoming a great factor in the southern questions, and is also striving to deal with the members of the race and not to talk about them. If the race is to be discussed the conference brings into its sessions as members men and women of the race to have their say. DR. BROOKS INDORSED FOR A. M. E. BISHOPRIC. St. Louis Ministerial Alliance Unanimously Favors Him. BY B. W. STEWART St. Louis.—The A. A. M. E. Ministerial alliance of St. Louis recently met and offered resolutions unanimously indorsing Dr. W. Sampson Brooks for election to the bishopric in May, 1916. At the close of the sixty-first session of the Missouri annual conference of the A. M. E. church Dr. Brooks was reappointed to old historic St. Paul church in St. Louis, where he has served so successfully for four years and enters upon his fifth year with the most thrilling prospect stretching out before him. He came to St. Paul church a stranger to the brethren of the Missouri conference and members of the St. Paul congregation. It was not long, however, before his affable personality had drawn many friends to him, and his worth and ability as a pastor and churchman were soon recognized. During the first eighteen months of his pastorate here he raised $17,000, raising in one single rally $5,000 and in another $7,500, and in twenty-two months a sufficent sum was raised to pay off the mortgage debt that had lung like a millstone for some twenty-four years around the necks of St. Paul's people, and by his indefatigable effort they were freed of all monetary obligations, and with-fitting ceremony the mortgage was burned. Dr. Brooks is not only adopt at mongery raising, but is a logical and earnest gospel preacher. Along with his temporal work, he never loses sight of the spiritual work of his church and has, under God, been instrumental in bringing many souls to Christ. Dr. Brooks is cultured and refined in his bearing, a man of high moral character, loyal as a friend and brother, and possessed of wonderful business tact and ability in managing great churches and the larger affairs of life. He is also a versatile writer and an author of no mean ability. Having traveled extensively, he has a wonderful knick of applying his observations to his ministerial labors. Dr. Brooks has not attained the plaid' e now holds in the church by a single effort, but has built the ladder by which he has risen, has served some of the humbest missions and, like many others, suffered deprivations and hardships and had all the experiences of an itinerant minister. Now, as one of the pioneers in this western country and as one who loves, next to his God, the church of Allen, we would say to the brethren who are to be representatives at the next general conference, the selection of men for the bishopric is a matter of no small moment, and I believe that men of the Dr. Brooks type, if elevated, will prove true to their trust and to the sacred office of bishop and will look well to the welfare and perpetuity of our great Zion. NEGRO FAIR WELL ATTENDED Exhibits Numerous and College Displays Excellent at Jackson. Jackson, Miss.—Jackson was thronged recently by one of the biggest crowds that was ever in the town, and the parade organized by the Negro state fair was one of the longest and most interesting that, ever passed over the streets of the capital city, taking one hour and a half to pass a given point. The procession formed at Poindexter station, half a mile west of the Union station, and matched to the fair grounds in the following order: Cordon of police, brass band, officers of the fair, Knights of Pythias, Jackson school children by the thousands, Smith Robertson school, 1,214; float representing the Household of Ruth, fifty cowboys, mounted; carpenters, fifty graduate nurses, float loaded with small bibles, representing "better babies"; float representing Mary Proctor hospital, Bakers' club float, float representing Ucleam Sam, with a great stick of striped candy for cannon; stenographers' float, baggage haulers' float, Pleney-Woods school from Braxton, 200 strong and headed by a band; Brandon boosters in decorated buggies, vegetable truckers and raisers' float, float of possum hunters, with dogs and several possums in trees; missionary float, float representing North Jackson cooks, float of girls' pig club and boys' corn club, wagons loaded with corn, bulled hay, sweet potatoes, miss covered wagons showing products of truck growers' farms, steam callope and innumerable automobiles gray, decorated, in which rode gray caparisoned colored men and women. There were flags and banners denoting the several sections of the parade, three bands of music, player planes, clowns and other features. The exhibits were numerous and attractively arranged. The Tougaole and Alcorn college exhibits, occupying much spice, have never been surpassed on these grounds. The products of the farms, the woodwork, blacksmithing, needlework, etc., shown by these institutions were excellent. Negroes Form a Golf Club. Atlantic City, N. J.-A number of prominent colored men of this district interested in the uplift of their race have formed a company which plans to construct a nine hole golf course, exclusively for colored players, at Douglas City, very near the fashionable Northfield Country club grounds. The founders of the club say promises have been received from about 100 colored men to join the club. Former Private Secretary to the Late Dr. Booker T. Washington May Be Promoted to the Presidency of Institution Which He Has Served so Long and Faithfully. By N. BARNETT DODSON. There is much speculation as to the successor of the late Dr. Booker T. Washington, founder and president of the Tuskegee (Aln.) institute. Mention has been made of several well informed and capable men among the leaders at Tuskegee. Major Robert R. Moton, commandant of cadets at the Hampton (Va.) institute, has also been mentioned, but the logical successor of Dr. Washington is Emmett J. Scott, who was Dr. Washington's confidential secretary for eighteen years. Mr. Scott is at the present time secretary of the institute, having been elected to that responsible position about two years ago. He knows every detail of the work and is personally acquainted with every trustee or large contributor to the work of the school. There is no other man so capable who knows the work, aim and needs of Tuskegee in the same degree as does Mr. Scott. Mr. Scott has had a most interesting and successful career. It was while he was private secretary to Dr. Washington that former President Taft appointed him in 1909 as one of the three EMMEIT J. SCOTT. commissioners to investigate the financial, industrial and agricultural resources of the republic of Liberia. The other two commissioners were W. Morgan Shuster of the District of Columbia, chairman, and Dr. George Sale of Georgia. Emmett J. Scott is a native of Texas, and the finishing touches of his liberal education were acquired at Wiley university, at Marshall, Tex., from which he bore an honor diploma and carries the degree of A. M. His early years of employment were spent in the office of the Houston Post. About eighteen years ago Dr. Booker T. Washington visited Houston and lectured to the people in the interest of Tuskegee institute. Mr. Scott headed the committee on arrangements. So perfectly was the affair managed that Dr. Washington became deeply impressed with the executive ability displayed by the enterprising young man and finally secured his consent to go with him to Tuskegee as his private secretary. In this capacity, as the world knows, Mr. Scott has had a remarkable career. So closely has he fitted into the Tuskegee system that he has become practically indispensable to the welfare of the institution and an essential factor in all of the varied interests, educational and otherwise, represented by Dr. Washington. He is painstaking and thorough, tactful and discreet, patient and well poised, modest and unassuming withal, and he bears his great responsibilities with the skill and balance of a veteran. In many ways Mr. Scott has rendered substantial service to his race. As corresponding secretary of the National Negro Business league he has been instrumental in bringing both known and unknown material to the front through the carefully balanced annual programs prepared under his general direction. His unerring judgment of men and keen discrimination, as well as tactful encouragement of the worthy and progressive, have been the means of quickening the commercial instinct of the race. To him is due the entire credit of calling the attention of the war department to the advisability of having Negro regiments in the United States army and for securing from former President Roosevelt the order directing that the bands of all four of the colored-regiments should be hereafter led by chief musicians of their own color, thus opening a new and valuable door of opportunity to the aspiring Negro musician. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS Senator Charles S. Thomas of Colorado, chairman of the senate committee on women suffrage, has aroused the lire of suffragists throughout the United States by his official to provide for a hearing before the committee on the Susan B. Anthony amendment removing from the ballot-the qualification of sex. GOVERNMENT OWNED MERCHANT MARINE Washington, D. C.—The ship purchase bill will be treated as an emergency measure by its supporters in the coming session of congress because of the unprecedented congestion of freight at the eastern ports, New York and Boston. It will be introduced during the first days of congress. Whether the bill will originate in the house or senate is still unsettled. The opposition of Representative Kitchin, majority leader of the house, is still an undetermined factor and embarrasses the Democratic supporters, but it is believed his opposition will be passive. "I have no doubt that a bill providing for a government owned merchant marine will pass this congress," said Senator Fletcher Wednesday. "Some of the members delayed their support because they said. 'Wait for an emergency.' That emergency has come. We have every available car and freight house haden with freight to be exported and no ships to carry it out. Those members appreciate the seriousness of the condition of our eastern ports and will give this active support. The bill will be one of the first measures to be introduced after congress opens." Senator Fletcher probably will father the bill in the senate. WILL GET A HEARING WILL GET A HEARING CHAIRMAN OF SENATE COMMITTEE GRANTS REQUEST OF SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION. Washington, D. C.—The National American Woman Suffrage association Wednesday won its first tilt with the Congressional union for woman suffrage in the fight for recognition by congress. A committee representing the national association won a promise from Senator Charles S. Thomas, chairman of the senate committee on woman suffrage, to grant a special hearing on the Susan B. Anthony resolution on Dec. 15. Later a committee from the Congressional union called on Senator Thomas and asked for a hearing before the senate committee. He declined to grant it. Representative Webb of North Carolina, chairman of the house judiciary committee, said Wednesday that the suffrage question is already threatening complications before his committee. Although the committee has not yet been organized, Chairman Webb has received scores of applications for hearings on the subject of woman's suffrage. Killed in Collision. Youngstown, O.—One woman was killed and another seriously injured as the result of a collision between an automobile and a swiftly moving interurban car at Girard, five miles northwest of here. Wednesday, Mrs. John Calvert of Warren, wife of a carpenter contractor, is dead. Mrs. Bertha Richards of Warren was seriously injured. Another woman and two men who were in the machine escaped with bruises. Term in Pen Awaits Him Columbus, O.-H. G. Mason will be brought back from Altoona, Pa., where he was placed under arrest Wednesday, to serve a term of three years in the penitentiary on a charge of fraud for selling a bogus gold mine for $15,000 in Arizona to Lewis H. Taylor, Jr., of Dayton, in 1917. Gov. Willis issued a requisition for his return on request of the Montgomery county officials. He fired white under bond for $5,000 when his appeal to the supreme court was pending. IN NATION UNION CAMPAIGN AGAINST SERBIA COMPLETED Bulgars Waiting for Germans to Take Part in the Occupation of Monastir Because of the Delicate Situation in Greece. London, Eng.—With the capture of 17,000 men at Prizend, the Bulgarian government announces that the campaign against Serbia has been completed. The Serbian defeat in this, their last stand, was complete. In addition to prisoners the Bulgarians captured 50 field cannon and howitzers, 20,000 rifles, 148 autohobiles and a large amount of other material. King Peter, the aged Serbian ruler, escaped the fate of the remnants of his army only by a dash on horseback into the mountains. He was accompanied only by the Russian minister to Serbia, Prince Troubetzkoy. Capture Prisoners and Supplies: An official statement from Vienna announces that during November the army of Gen. Von Koevess captured 10,800 Serbian soldiers, 26,600 civilians liable to military service, 169 guns and 12 machine guns. Berlin had already reported that more than 100,000 Serbans had been captured. This was exclusive of those taken at Prizend. The Bulgarians, it, is officially announced, control all the roads and bridges leading to Monastir, the Macdonian capital, which the Serbians have announced they will surrender. At last reports the city had not yet been occupied, and it is believed the Bulgars are waiting for German troops to take part in the occupation because of the delicate situation in Greece. Continue invasion of Montenegro. The Austrians are continuing their invasion of Montenegro against stubborn resistance. Progress toward Plevlje is announced. Heavy snows have brought an almost complete halt to operations in southern Serbia. The French report nothing but artillery duels. Soffa says that since their arrival in the Balkan theater the Anglo-French forces have not only been unable to advance, but have been driven back several kilometers. "The Anglo-French forces have been confined to the Cerna valley," says the Sofa statement. "Since the arrival of the Bulgarians the Anglo-French forces have not only not advanced one step, but have been thrown back a distance of several kilometers. "All attempts of the Anglo-French troops to advance northwest of Cerna have failed. The left bank of the Cerna has been completely cleared of the enemy. The retreating French and Serbian troops destroyed all the bridges over the Cerna up to the mouth of the Vardan." Milan, Italy.—Austria has notified Rumania that she considers the closing of the Danube against the passage of Austrian armed vessels below the Rumanian frontier an act of hostility. This news comes in a Bucharest dispatch to the Corriere Della Sera. Rumania has replied to this notification by a marked increase in her preparations for the concentration of troops along the Austrian frontier. Will Investigate Explosion Washington, D. C. While the department of justice is making a rigid investigation of the explosion in the DuPont-powder works at Wilmington, resulting in the death of 31 persons, officials stated Wednesday that the facts gathered thus far indicate that the tragedy was accidental. Because of the recent large number of mysterious explosions, the department of justice intends to make its investigation of the DuPont disaster most searching. Millionaire Coal Man Dead. Columbus, O.-Col. W. P. Rend, aged 75, millionaire president of the coal company in Chicago bearing his name, who shipped the first train load of coal out of Columbus on the Hocking Valley railroad 40 years ago, died suddenly Tuesday in Chicago. He was a native of County Leitrim, Ireland, and came to this country when a boy and served in the Civil war and was the first man wounded at the battle of Yorktown. He made his fortune in the coal and oil business. Auto Bandits Loft Bank Napoleon, O. — Six auto bandits visited Hamler, near here, early Wednesday, blew the sails in the village bank, held the villagers at bay for one and a half hours while doing their work and escaped with $3,000 in currency. After an exchange of shots they motored north. Villa's Army Near Line. Douglass, Ariz. — General Francisco Villa, with his entire Sonora army of more than 10,000 men is encamped 50 miles south of this place. His troops are scattered along the railway line to Nacozar and from Fronteras to Bacschi. This news was received here Wednesday night by military officers, who immediately communicated it to Gen. Funston. It is feared that Villa is planning raids into the United States to get money and provisions for his army. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY Vaptee ee SUBSCRIPTION RATES (in Advance) One Years. cccee..ececeeee 81.80... Six Monthe. 0. ...cccscccsee 1:00 Three MORths........cec00. 80 ae Subscribers are requested to re- mit by postoffice money or der or registered letter fintered at the postotfice In Cleveland, Ohlo, as secondclase matter. ‘Address all communications to HARRY C. SMITH Editor and proprietor, THE GAZETTE, Blackstone Bullding, Cleveland, 0. Member Ohio Legistature: 1804 to 1896; 1896 to 1898; 1900 to 1902 THE GAZETTE is the oldest, and has the largest bona fide circulation, double that of any newspaper in the Interest of Afro-Americans, published in the state of Ohio, and comparison with any. will immediately establiah 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, DECEMBER 4, 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. “The Birth of a Nation” is in its twenty-seventh week at the Colonial theater, Chicago, and apparently no effort is being made by our people of that city to stop it. Will the Illinois Idea (Chicago) tell us why? LAW-ABIDING AND LAW- ENFORCING. Southern newspapers are giving strong expression to the natural indig. nation inspired by the atrocity (lynch ing) in Georgia. The newspapers of that state declare that. the act is con- demned by the lawabiding citizens— who constitute a vast majority in the commonwealth, No one doubts that such is the case. ‘The law-abiding citizens are in a large majority in every state in the Union. ‘The law-breaking citizens and those ‘who are ever ready to violate it under the spur of the slightest excitement are greatly in the minority. And the attitude of the law-abiding portion of the citizenship of any state toward lynching can be determined in ad- vance, But it is not only necessary that the ‘majority be law-abiding. ‘There is a certain passivity about mere law-abid- ingness which the law-breaking ele- ments take full advantage of, The law-abiding must be law-enforcing; they must mix action with personal conduct and opinion. They must rouse themselves to the point of taking as much trouble to prevent and punish violations of the law as the violators take to commit them. ‘Phat is the situation which con- fronts Georgia (and the whole South) today. Its decent citizens are called on to assert themselves or abdicate their functions as a’ majority in favor of @ reckless, headstrong, lawless mi- nority.—Chieago Daily Herald, A SIGNIFICANT FACT. Many deductions will be drawn from this year’s election results. But one fact is unmistakable and signif cant. Where the Republicans forced the issue on the Wilson Administra- tion and its policies they made tre- mendous gains and secured all thelr victories, Especially emphasizing. this fact is the election in the Twenty- third Congressional district of New York. There had died a Democrat who had carried the district last year by 6,800, which has bee@ about the normal Democratic margin since the istrict has existed. At this year’s special election to fill the vacancy the Republicans had as a candidate William S. Bennet, who did not live in the district at all. Bennet, accord: ing to 80 high a Democratic authority as the New York. “Evening Post,” made his campaign. on national is- sues. He began by an announcement that he would open the Presidential campaign of 1916 by attacking the Wisom Administration's handling of the tariff, economic, civil service, and other policies. The Republican Na- tional Committee helped Bennet. Several United States Senators from other States, in the favorite son class, visited the district to stump for him. ‘The whole Republican campaign, in fact, was made to turn on an issue of national character, The Democratic candidate seemed willing that this should be so. He paraphrased Mr. Wilson's “America First” slogan and appealed to all hands to support him on: m platform of “patriotism.” In plain language he asked for votes as an endorsen.cnt of the Wilson Ad- ministration. The 6,800 plurality which the Democrat secured one short year ago was transformed into a Re- publican plurality of $00. Further comment is unnecessary. OHIO AWAY BEHIND! A correspondent writes that “the one thing” Gov. Willis said in his speech to our people at Columbus, Sunday afternoon, “that took the peo- ple as by storm was: ‘Any people thet could deliver the kind of ad- dresses that he had just heard, and could sing the kind of songs and fur- nish the kind of music that was being rendered there, was too great. & peo- ple to be insulted anywhere.” Very true, governor. These very people thoroughly appreciate your splendid stand against vicious photoplays, like “The Birth of a Nation,” being shown in Ohio, but are still patiently wait- ing for you to keep your promise to give them proper recognition, in the way of appointments, for the splendid support they gave you and the entire Republican ticket at the polls, last fall. Nearly one-haif of your term as governor has expired and, as yet, not @ single personal appointment of an Afro-American to office have you made. We still have confidence in you and believe that you will do this, and soon. Gov. Chas. S. Whitman's appointment of Hon. Chas. W. Ander- son to @ $4,000 @ year position in New York city, and MAYOR Wm. Hale Thompson's appointment of fve or six Afro-Americans to positions in Chi- cago, paying. from three thousand to five or six thousand dollars a year, leaves the great state of Ohio ‘far in the rear” when it comes to such ree- ognition of Afro-American constitu- ents. ‘They have not as yet, though a certain Columbus correspondent to Tace newspapers has tried hard in re- cent months to do s0, been able to make us belleve that Gov. Frank B. Willis will fail to keep his promise to Ohio Afro-Americans along an ap: ointment line. “THE BIRTH OF A NATION” Barred Again—Will Not Be-Shown the Buckeye Boys’ Gorn Growers’ Ex- cursionists—P resident ‘Cheek's Good Work. Cleveland, Nov, 22, 1915, Hon. Frank B. Willis, Governor of ‘Ohio, Columbus. Dear Sir: Information has reached the Cleveland Association of Colored Men that the Buckeye Boys’ Corn Growers’ excursion, is scheduled to leave Dayton, on the 29th inst., for a tour to Washington and Philadelphia, and that the itinerary includes a visit to an exhibition of “The Birth of a Nation” at the Forest theater, Phila- delphia, Thursday, Dee. 2. This ex- eursion is personally conducted by T- P. Riddle of Lima, who is. connected with the agricultural department. of thig state. ‘The. exhibition of “The Birth of a Nation” to these young minds can only tend to incite race ha- tred and stir up strife. On behalf of the Cleveland Association of Colored Men of this city, of which {am pres!- dent, T hereby ‘most earnestly urge that you use your good offices to the end that these boys may not be con- ducted to this exhibition in Philadel- phia, or elsewhere. Not only the As- sociation but the ‘entire Afro-Ameri- can population of the state, thank you most ¢ordially for the position you have taken as regards the exhibition of obnoxious photoplays. Respeetfully yours, er oe Se eeee tT Nie ee ret eee Pee Dear Sir:—On receipt of your letter I immediately called by phone Mr. Riddle, who has been placed in charge of this year’s Corn Boy Excursion by the State Board of Agriculture and in: formed him that 1 strongly disap: proved of placing on the official pro: gram of entertainment outside of Ohio attendance upon the exhibition of a moving picture film ("The Birth of Nation") which the Ohio Board of Film Censors had decided to be im. proper for exhibition in Ohio. I fur- ther informed Mr. Riddle that if tis feature of the official program is re- tained I shall feel justified in cancel- ling at once my promise to be present with the excursion at Philadelphia to deliver an address to the Corn Boys. Yours very truly, FRANK B, WILLIS, Governor, Copies of the foregoing communica- ae te cee et er ae tia eee CONVENTION ADVANCED 2 DAYS. Dec. 13, 14 and 15th Fixed for Nation- ‘of Equal Rights Convention and Gelebration of 50th Anniversary of the 13th Amendment. ' philadelphia, Pa—The joint local committee of arrangements for the National Kqual Rights Convention at the 8th annual meeting of the Nation- al Independent Equal Rights League and National observance of the Semi- Centennial of the 18th Amendment, have decided upon Dec. 12 and 14 for the League’s convention and Dec. 15 for the 13th Amendment observance. This is two days earlier than the orig: inal date set. The sessions will all be in the Alien A. M. E, chureh, 19th and Bainbridge streets, this city. A big convention seems assured. Every city is asked to send delegates which are not confined to members of the League. ZACH. JACKSON MAY RETURN. Good Reasons Must be Given if Aged Employe is to be Kept Out of tha ‘Baries, Springfield, O.—Secretary of State ©. Q. Hildebrant ordered the dismis- Sal of Z. R. Jackson of this city from the position of messenger in his de- partment. He will have to: give to the state civil service commission some reason better than the one he employed for dismissing Jackson to keep him out. The commission has ordered Hildebrant to appear before it to substantiate the charges of in- competency or to reinstate Jackson. ‘Jackson had been in the messenger service of the state for twenty years. He is 60 years old. By reason of his length of service he is exempt from the new civil service law and cannot be removed except for cause. He has carried millions of dollars between the state treasury and local” banks and between the secretary of state's office and the treasury. Members of the carpenters’ union, industrial department of Wilberforce College, were here recently to study buildings and operations in line with thelr course of instruction. ‘The par- ty was in charge of the instructor, Prof. 8. Richards. WILLARD BOX LANGORD? Not So You Could Notice It—What ‘Sam Would Do to the Pseudo- ‘Champion Everybody Muowa: Boston, Mass.—A syndicate com- posed of well known men, represent ing a-pool of $50,000, went to N. Y. city, Monday, and offered Tom Jones, Wiliard’s manager, that sum for Jess to box Sam Langford in Boston. There is no likelihood of the offer being ac- cepted, however, because, as every one knows, Willard is no match for Langford. What big Sam would do to Jess is notorious and the latter Ix not yet ready to hand to any one his alleged championship. It is also no- torious—that alleged Johnson-Willard “Seht” at Havanna, Cuba. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND. O.. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1915. jand Mrs. S. Scott:—Rev. L: H Dodd | ment, Mrs. ‘Tindull, pres. | IRaMeneRattia ACA Bochurch., Thaleave lis sonust.taanestvin Second Baptist church was’also well |tions of meat, fruit, vegetab ‘attended, Sunday. Collection, $65. | money to the sick and aged ¢ —— ‘The members “are, endeavoring, to son M. B. congregation Mrs « raise $80 this month.—Mr, and Mrg.| Martin, who underwent an oj WRITTEN BY THE OLD RE a ene ara oie w'ture) | at ihe ely hospi wet bet GAZETTE’S CORRE- and goose Thanksgiving dinner. Rev. | is at home convalescing —Mrs SPONDENTS {and Mrs. J. D, Singleton and Rey. and | Howard, one of our aged mothe peas [Mrs G. D, Smit were among the | has been quite fil is better — number—Mra, M,N. Washington is |nelia Brown's club raised th THROUGHOUT THE STATE) tte but Mr. Charles Taylor does | money for the Second Baptist not seem to improve. He had to quit rally—$198.61; it is no use t pe work.—Harriett and Lloyd Alexander | beat her. Deacon, W. A. G have gone to Ft. Wayne, Ind., to visit | Mingo Jet., was second, with What Our People are Doing Each|an aunt, Mrs. Wright Little, W. | Lee Cameron, $10.28: Rev. BI ‘Week—Church, Alexander was quite iil, last week, but | dison, $44.67, One club has ae near ae ae catia ee | eee ay ans ae 1° BY Ano: Miss Bessie Brown of Cleveland, dined | work since he accepted the ch sleal — Marriages, ‘Thanksgiving, with her brother and | years ago. He has raised $90 Deaths, Etc. eee eee ee ed ee vis.—Take The Gazette. building on it in the spring. a aa live long to enjoy the fruits 0 | URBANA—Pres. B, W. Curry of] capIz—Mr, Frank Blanchard of |bors—Mrs. Jessie Christian our local “Institute,” was given an| Akron, is visiting his parents,—arl |tained the ———— club, Oakley five passenger tourist car by/and Roy Wallace of Pittsburg, spent | evening. Their husbands w Mrs. Jane Dobbins, a member of the | ‘Thanksgiving with thelr parents. | uests.—Mrs. Clara B, Carter a race living in Columbus. While the | wiiliam Alexander has inflammatory | Sarah Porter celebrated thei car has been used, it 1s in good con-| rheumatism. —Miss Bessie Glenn, |day, Monday, visiting them dition “and decaredtiy anoretinted: Lanne tia anleware Ginn iutee | Bork to Mr and Meaceeey, ZANESVILLE.—Mrs. George Steele left for a two weeks’ visit in Staf- ford, with her parents —Mr. Kennis Armstrong spent Sunday in Belpre.— Miss Manella Alexander visited sev- eral days in Rendville—Master Barl Ransom is improving slowly.—Mr. ‘Thos. Harris is steadily improving. — Union Baptist church ladies will have a fair, the week of Dec. 6. ‘Thanks: giving services were held, Rey, Ira A. Collins preaching. Grafonola con- vert and box social during the holl days.—Mr. Russell Williams is con- valescent.—Get a copy of The Gazette every week and urge your neighbors to do s0 also. It brings you the Ohio hews and much more that is not only interesting but valuable, ‘The local representative wishes more regular Weekly: patrona; SANDUSKY.—Mrs. Charles Gilker-| son 1s convaicecing—Mr. and. Mrs. Wm, Ferguson were in. Cleveland, Thanksgiving, ‘visiting relatives —Mr. dnd Mee Lawrence “Dickerson. spent| Sunday with his tincle and aunt, Mr.| and Mrs. S. Scott-—Rev. L. H Dodd preached at the A. M.B. chureh. ‘The Second Baptist church was also well attended, Sunday. Collection, $69. The members are endeavoring to raise $80 this month—Mr, and Mrg. Ci Miller entertained” 10 at Lurkeb and goose Thanksgiving dinner. Rev. and Mrs. J. D, Singleton and Rev. and Mrs. G. D, Smith were among the number—Mrs, M,N, Washington is better, but Mr. Charles Taylor does not seem to improve. He had to quit work.—Harriett and Lloyd Alexander have gone to Ft. Wayne, Ind., to visit an aunt, Mrs. Wright Little. W. H. Alexander was quite 1H, last week, but dined with Rev. and Mrs. Smith.— Miss Bessie Brown of Cleveland, dined Thanksgiving, with her brother and sisterinlaw, Mr. and Mrs, James Da- vis—Take ‘The Gazette. CADIZ.—Mr, Frank Blanchard of Akron, is visiting his parents —Earl and Roy Wallace of Pittsburg, spent ‘Thanksgiving with their parents — William Alexander has inflammatory rheumatism. —Miss Bessie Glenn, teacher in the Delaware Girls’ Indus- trial school, visited her sister, Nellie, ‘Thanksgiving —A fathers’ and sons’ banquel was’ held at the A.M. E. church, Thanksgiving evening. Many attended —Miss Anna Davis of Smith- field, visited Mrs, Jennie Davis, Sun- day.-B, 8, Lee entertained the B. B., Sunday.—Mr. Cronoble of Steubenville ‘spent Thanksgiving here—William and Howard Ramsey of Hopedale, vis- ited their sister, lizabeth, —here.— Prof. R, F. Batlard and ‘daughter, Eloise, visited the former's mother in Cleveland, Thanksgiving. —The infant daughter, Willa Juanita, of Mr, and Mrs, Chas. Mason, was buried, last Week. Pneumonia, — Mrs. Jessie ‘Thompson and daughters, Margareta and Theresa, of Steubenville, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Alex’ West, Tent (week: YOUNGSTOWN.—Mrs. John Clark, who underwent an operation at_ the hospital, Saturday, is doing, nicely. Logan Lodge will ineet, the th.— Mrs, Harry Bias and brother, John Good of Detroit, spent" Thanksgiving with their mother in Wheeling—Mr. and Mrs, Wm. Paynter entertained at din. ner, ‘Thankssiving. Music and cards “Mir. and Mrs, Achilles Fox, and Mrs. Mable Fox of Cleveland, were the Week-end guests of their cousins, Mr. and Mrs, Herman ‘Taborn and’ Mr. Achilles Jenkins. Mr. Harry Carboin of Cleveland, A--Williamson of Pitts durg, and Frank Miller were enter tained “at dinuee Thanksgiving | by Messrs, ‘Taborn and Jenkins, — Mrs. Matthew Fleming died, Sunday, after & long ines, She wax born in North Carolina, 25 years ago, leaves & husband, ovo small children and mother, Mrs. Jane Melan. — Miss Aritha’ Marie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Poyd Davis, and Walter G, Hil were married af the bride's. parents’ Thursday evenidlx, by Rev. G. Mt Gil mere. A wedding supper was served <A shower was. given, Monday, at Mrs. Hannah Bogges’ in honor of Le hora MeGruder, who is to. wed soon. ‘The social features of the evening ware. thoroughly enjoyed. HILLSBORO. Miss Lucile Frazier spent Thanksgiving at home in Co- lumbns.—Mrs, Annie Larter has re: turned from Cleveland.—Mr, and Mrs, Wm. Delaney entertained Mr. and Mrs. John Hudson at dinner, Thanksgiving —Prof. Chester Anderson spent Satur day and Sunday in Cincinnati—Mr. Jefferson Hawes'ls very #i.—Rev. Buss of Darke Co, held quarterly meeting at the W. M. chureh, and preached un interesting sermon, Sunday afternoon —Miss | Elmyra West of Cincinnati, spent Thanksgiving with Mr, and Mrs. James Anderson. She returned home Saturday.—Aunt Ellen Groves is sick “Mr. Clarence Pleasant of Columbus, visited his mother, this week.—The Baptist church closed a successful re vival, Sunday evening. It has been spiritually revived and 15 have been added to the church. Rey. H. De- vaughn, of Springticld, assisted Rev. W. Orr in the meeting. ‘The former was Mr. and Mrs, Alex, Holland's guest.—Mrs, Cary, Mrs. Daniels and son, John, of New Vienna, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Lamb, Miss Mere Cole, Marvin and Doyle Cole dined with Mr. Leo Cary, ‘Thanksgiving. —Hook- er T. Atchison has returned from Co- lumbus, where he attended school, and resumed his studies in the H. 5. —Miss Anna Davidson of Dougiass school, Cincinnatl, spent her vaca- tion home.—Born’ to Mr. and Mrs, Elisworth ‘Trimble, Thanksgiving, a daughter.—John H. Johnson of Cin- cinnati, spent Saturday and Sunday here,—Misses Bertha Allen, Mattie Dalton, and Mrs, Greene, of Douglass School, spent the week-end with Miss Anna Davidson. Miss Mary Williams entertained for them, Saturday even- ing. Miss Davidson’ entertained, at dinner, Sunday.—The pupils and’ pa- trons of “Dear Old Lincoln” brought many good things for the children to Sah CA GE EEC) ed ea ne ae eda inl ab haat aaee auhaauiiea cap phate Leach of Zanesville, residents of this ‘city a score of years ago, were here recently and contemplate removing their barber shop to Steubenville ‘Mrs, Annie Gaines and son, Anthony, of the Gaines trio, Wheeling, werd here Sunday, week.—Mrs, Flora Lu: eas of Cadiz, visited her sister, Mrs. 8. ‘Thomas.—Miss. Sadie Mercer of Mt. Pleasant, visited her mother and sis- ter, recently.—Mr. W. Tilton of Cleve- land, lecturer, was in the city week before last.—rs. S. C. Green is near- ly convalescent after a month's ill ness.—The annual Thanksgiving serv- ice was held Sunday afternoon week, at the Second Baptist church with all three churches participating. The ser- mon, an excellent one, was preached by Rev. G. W. Tinduli, ably assisted by Revs. J. T, Bariey and &. M. Grand- ison, Rev. Tindull preached the anni- versary sermon in Bellaire, Monday evening. All the churches were well attended Sunday, week. At Simpson M. E. church Rey. Tindull’s second sermon of his serles, subject: “A Woman's Place in Matrimony,” was fine. His first sermon was. to mar- ried men; his third, last Sunday even- ing, was to young men. He is firing somie “hot shots’ which it will pay any one to hear. The reverend is a “live wire.” He preached, Sunday after- noon, at the Second Baptist church rally. Anniversary week, last week, at this church, Monday, a debate. Subject: “Woman Suffrage.” Affirm. ative, A. B. Reed and John Caring. ton; ‘negative, I. N. McCullough and John Davis. There was a change of program each evening. Rev. R. §, Gordon of Bridgeport preached, Sun- day morning and evening. ‘The rally netted $275.54. Rey. J. T. Farley of Quinn A. M. E. church preached ably to two jarge eongregations, Sunday All of the different auxiliaries of the cburch are busy preparing for the re- pairs to be made prior to the annual conference next fall. The pastor is a very busy man. He preached, Wed- nesday evening, at the Second Baptist church, The Mercy and Help depart- ment, Mrs. Tindull, pres., recently gave its annual Thanksgiving dona tions of meat, fruit, vegetables and money to the sick and aged of Simp: son M, B. congregation —atrs, Jennie Martin, who underwent an operation at the ‘city hospital, week before last, is at home convalescing.—Mrs. Nancy Howard, one of our aged mothers, who has been quite ill, is better—Mrs. Cor. nelia Brown's club raised the most money for the Second Baptist church rally—$138.61; {t 18 no use to try to beat her. Deacon, W. A. Green of Mingo Jct, was second, with $82.01; Lee Cameron, $10.25; Rev. B. M. Gran: dison, $44.67, One club has not re- ported. The pastor has done great work since he accepted the charge, 11 years ago. He has raised $9,000, pur- chased a lot and is ready to ‘start dullding on it in the spring. May he live long to enjoy the fruits of his ta- bors.—Mrs, Jessie Christian enter- tained the club, Monday evening. Their husbands were the guests —Mrs. Clara B. Carter and Miss Sarah Porter celebrated their birth- day, Monday, visiting the movies— Born to Mr. ‘and Mrs. Harry Brown, a 10-pound baby boy—Joseph Nathan: fel Brown.—t. N. McCullough and A. B. Reed, addressed the federation, of Ia- bor, Wednesday evening, at a “smok- er,” representing our" meribership. ‘The former's subject was “Choosing the Better Part.” He also sang a’solo, “The Arrow and the Song,” accompa: nied by Mrs. Harry J, Bowman, the accomplished pianist. — Simpson church's Preachers’ Ald society gave a successful oyster hincheon, Tuesday evening. INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION And Dr. Booker T. Washington—What One of Our Thoughtful Readers Has to Say Anent Them ‘and Candidate Burton. New Albany, Ind: Noy. 20, 1919. Editor Gazette, Dear Sir:—Hturraht for “the old reliable.” 1 know just What you would say; “the old reliable” can always be depended upon to. say THE RIGHT THING AT THE RIGHT ‘TIME, I most heartily éndorse all that you say. T thrice compliment you on your very strong editorial of the week, the 1ith and 20th; namely, the Burton 20 years of public life. A chal- lenge to his friends of color to state what he has ever said or done for the race, No one has youchsafed an an: swer yet. ‘The other: “Dr. Booker T. Washington was not THE Leader of the Negro Race.” ‘That Is trae! All this bosh about this man and what he has done for the race is all “Tommy. rot.” It fs the failing of our people to make the mistake of accepting the SHADOW for the substance, They will never be able to get out of the gutter as long as they can be misled by the shoddy.. I have always opposed this industrial school {dea and for many reasons. First, because {t was uot necessary that ‘we go to school to acquire a thing that we could get without doing so. All of the gigantic industrial in stitutions of this country are carried on successfully by a large per cent of foreigners who never as much (that is the most of them) have seen the in side of an industrial school Second, that the black man’s trouble and short-comings are not due to the fact that he is ignorant about things Industrial; but rather they are due to his stupld Ignorance of men and meas- lures; from not belng able to cope with others in that large field of endeavor, and uot knowing how to take hold of lite, ‘Third, that the thing, from the be- ginning has had for {ts’ main purpose to take the poor black’s mind away from the direction of the tree of real Knowledge; that the industrial idea hus, more than any thing, go fixed the status of the black man in this world that i's going to be an uphill fight to overcome it. We will let the dead bury {ts dead—our mission (they know not) is to strive to bring out all that Is high and noble in our race. "A READER. THE GOVERNOR IN DAYTON. The Washington Memorial Meeting a Great Success—Splendid Music and Addresses. Dayton, O.—Gov. Frank B. Willis and party arrived here, Sunday at 7:45 p. m,, from Columbus, was met at the depot by a large reception com. mittee and escorted to the hall, where & packed house awaited him while a sacred concert was being rendered, The chairman introduced Attorney Moses Jones and other speakers be- fore introducing the governor, who delivered the principal address of the evening. He dealt with Booker T. Washington from youth up jas stu. dent, teacher, writer, traveler and as a great American.” The memorial meeting Was one of the greatest ever held in this city. As in Columbus in the afternoon, so here—at the close of the meeting, the governor held an informal reception and shook hands with hundreds who Were delighted to meet and greet him in this informal manner. ‘Wfeaistnatan: Muskaetal earner: Columbus, O.—Gov. F. B. Willis, in an address’ delivered at the Booker T. Washington memorial services held here Sunday, said, among other things: “The sympathy of the world goes out to the life that begins in low estate and rises gradually and surely to position of respectability and pow- er, Booker T. Washington's heritage was poverty, illiteracy, slavery. To- day our nation in sorrow recognizes its irreparable loss in the death of this great leader. We may console ourselves with the realization his fame is Recure and that the work he inaug- urated and the message he brought for two races will go on conquering.” Wilberforce’s New Secretary. Xenia, O—Rev, Frederick Douglass of Cairo, IIL, has been elected secre- tary of Wilberforce university to suc- ceed Rev. Horace Tolbert, who re- signed a Tew weeks ago after years of service. Mr. Douglass is pastor of an A.M. E. church and was recom- mended for the place by Bishops C. 7. Shaffer and B. F, Lee. Members of the executive board who attended the meeting for the election of a secre- tary were Bishop C. T. Shaffer of Cht- cago, Rev. J, P. Wallace of Richmond, Ind., Rev. George David of Cynthiana, Ky,, and Rev. J. T, Woodson of Chil- licothe, THESE “BOYS” CAN SHOOT! Nogales, Ariz.—Fifty-eight Mexican soldiers crossing into the United States at Harrison's ranch, east of here, fired on six American troopers of the Tenth cavalry, last Thursday. Twenty-five other troopers of the Tenth cavalry who were on reserve post opened fire on the Mexicans, killing several, according to report, and bringing one wounded prisoner pe cee Dr. §. M. Glark of Knoxville, Tenn., Sets the Pace, Prominent Physician Is Just One of the Rave Making Good, and Hie Work In Arousing the Enthusiasm of Young Mon is Being Noticed and le Worthy Prion Knoxville, Tenn.—Flundreds of young De ane ne oe en Hoos of therm are tabling hele plates 10 the front rae. In this number isto be found Dr, §, M. Clark of Knoxville, San, hp fas ede saute bree a0 7 een ae ee Tike the ‘rather of Hs Country, George Washington, he js claimed by Virginia, being born in Pulask in 1882. He got his foundation there, graduat fog Seo the bch echpol. uk tei wa relict per omyrrey nen eee f. aS —_ iil 4 fie ken Bo? a a OR a ee en th ea. aes fe + ad ge i heared graduating therefrom with honors and Was a prize winner, He won the gold medal for orators. He lived in the hearts of the mem- bers of lis class, and it is not surpris- Ing that le should be the president of iis class in 1006, leading his class out of the school, ‘The cominencement ex- eroises of that year were said to be the finest in the history of the school. Bat young Clark did not feet that all was in his head, but there was room for iin provement, especially since he was go- ing to make a place among the profes ‘sloual men, With his college diploma he enter- ‘ed Meharry Medical college, Nashyijie, Tenn., in the fall of 1906, This was his forte, aud it was not long after he entered the school before his ability fas a student was recognized. He sue- ceeded in passing the state board in hhis junior year aud was permitted to practice in Tennessee. It was in the spring of 1910 that he graduated from the Meharry Medieat collége with high honors and decided to locate in Knoxville. ‘Then he fitted up & first clas# office. He was without the real cash, but had ambition and pluck, backed by industry, honesty and reliability, and it was on this that he tarnished his office on credit. ‘The whole bill was soon paid, and his prac- ce continued to grow. Looking out for the futnre, Dr. Clark has purchased a lovely home in the most popular residential section of the city. Tn tt are to be found his love- \y wife and two sous. His home has been blessed. He has traveled very extensively since he has finished school—through Canada, Mexico and many sections of this eountry—and has had access to some of the best hos- pitals in America, which has greatly helped him in his own work. His success has not carried him away from his people or chureb, but 48 found active in religious work. He 4s one of the leading members in the Vine Street M. E, church, being chair- man of the trustee’ board, and during ‘the past year took the lead in the erection of 1 new church, which cost $10,000. It fs just. completed, and as chairman of the board be had entire charge of the work and has given it his personal attention, Recognizing his werth to the church and race, he was sent as a delegate to ‘the annual conference a few weeks ‘ago, and his annual conference, teel- Ing the need of a strong, active mem- ber to represent it in general confer- ence, elected Dr. Clark a delegate to the general conference. which meets next May in Saratoga Springs. He is to be found tn chureh every Sunday. In fraternal organizations he 1s an ‘active man. He is the medical exam- tner of the Knights of Pythins, the Masons and the Odd Fellows. Dr. Clark Is Just one of the young men of the mace making good and de- serves credit for what he is doing to inspire the young men of bis race. ‘To Lay Natchez Church Cornerstone, Natchez, Miss.—The cornerstone of the St. ‘John Methodist. Episcopal chureh will be laid Nov, 28. The pas- tor. Rev, M, T. J. Howard, has literal- ly done wonders in paying its debt. National Association Branch Work. ‘The Cincinnati branch’ of the Nation- al Association For the Advancement of Colored People has elected the follow- ing named persons as officials for the year beginning November, 1015: Wil liam Stevenson, president; C, R. Davis, vice president; Mrs. Andrew Lee, sec- retary; Mr. Andrew Lee, assistant sec- retary; John Taylor, treasurer; ‘Thom- as Triplett, Thomas J. Monrve, Mrs, Edith Miller, Mrs. Phoebe Allen, Rob- ert Greer. members of the executive hence cea PASTOR PENALVER MAKES GOOD AS MUSIC TEACHER. Holds Musicale and Reception on Thir- ty-sixth Anniversary. | Professor Pastor Penalver celebrated the thirty-sixth anniversary of bis ca- ‘ret as a teacher of music and orches- ‘tra leader in New York city with a ‘musicale and reception, which was par- ticlpatea in by many of his old and new pupils in the new Central hall, UL16 West Fitty-third street. New York, recently. A large and appre- lative audience was present and en- Joyed every number of the excellent program presented. ‘The New Amster ‘dam Symphonie orchestra opened with an overture. ‘The artists were Ford, violinist; Austin, cornetist; Donge and Allen, clarinetists; Riker, bass; Mar- in, bell and trap drum; Downe, cor- netist; Grant, accompanist; Davis, pianist, and Beaumont, solo flutist. Miss Aurora Martine, twelve years of age, gave on the plano an artistic ren- ition of Donizetti's sextet, which won applause. It was rendered with precision and mastery. ‘Then Master Andrea Martinez, elght- een yours of age, was introduced, and, going to the piano, he executed the classical “Chansons des Alpes,” to the great surprise and the admiration of the audience, which consisted of many Veteran musicians and other profes- sionals, who applauded voclferously at its conclusion. ‘The next number was a “Cavatina” by Mr. George Davis of Nassau, W. 1, whieh was rendered with expression aud the touch of a master hand, Frofessor Penalver, ac- companied by Mr. Carl, violinist ‘and ‘composer, rendered two violin pleces in which the old master showed that his hands have not lost their cunning, Judging from the applause with whieh he was greeted when he left the stige. A selection from “Il Trovatore” by A. Martinez (Verd!) was rapturously ap- plauded. ‘The young man was accom: panied by the New Amsterdam orches- tra. The musical part of the perform- ance was brought to a close with this number. Patt 2 Included an address by Mr. J, H. Robinson, city editor of the New Amsterdam News; presenta- tion to Major Wandalls and staff of the boy scouts of a loving cup, the gift of Professor Pastor Penalver ay a token of approbation and encourage: ment of the discipline which boys should receive to, make them useful and law abiding cillzens, ‘The reception and musicale was a pronounced suc- cess artistically and financially, and Professor Penalver was the reciplent of the hiearty good wishes of all bis friends for many returns of the day 60 ‘suspiciously and pleasantly celebrated. HENRIETTA VINTON DAVIS. New York Audience Gives Noted Dra- matic Reader Great Ovation. Miss Henrietta Vinton Davis was given « royal reception at Beth ‘Tphil- Iah Fourth Moravian church the latter part of October, when she appeared in Shakespearean readings and electrified. and charmed a large and_appreela- tive audience by her splendid interpre- tation and rendering of the lines of the immortal bard. In scenes from “Macbeth,” “Richard U1," “Romeo and Juliet,” she follows to the letter Hamlet's advice to the players, speaking “the speech tripping- ly on the tongue.” and as she proceeds we see Macbeth or mad Richard If. or the loving Romeo and Jultet as we im- agine Shakespeare saw them after he had created them, It fs difficult to say in which role Miss Davis excels, the humorous or the dramatic, for in response to an encore she gaye in her most inimitable way a selection (humorous) from_ Dunbar, “Mammy’s LIT Baby Boy,” which com- pletely convulsed the audience with applause. Tt was so perfectly natural and realistic one could almost hear “mammy's UT" baby bos” squall—a sort of black squall, When Miss Davis left the platform after this number had been given the audience tay back and roared its de- light. ‘The sexton of the church on the following day swept up nearly a dust- Pau full of buttons which Miss Da- vis! contagious humor had burst from, the garmeuts of some of her pleased hearers. Professor Freeman of the Choral society and a number of his Scholars furnished an excellent musical AIDS CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS. John Wanamaker Finances Extension Work Among Negroes. ‘The liberality of John Wanamaker hhas enabled the Christian Endeavor soclety, whose work began years ago under the Rev. Dr. Francis B, Clark, to extend widely its activities, The Rev. Dr. Ira Landrith of ‘Nashvilie, ‘Tenn., will have charge of enlarging the society's efforts among the Negroes of the south. ‘Dr. Landrith has ben made exten- sion secretary. He is a Texan, is a member of the Cumberland Presbyteri- an chureh and was moderator of the general assembly of that body imme- diately before it voted to enter the Presbyterian fold. Mourn J. Milton Turner's Death. ‘Ardmore, Okla—Many are mourning the death of J. Milton Turner of St. Louis, formerly United States minister to Liberia. Mr. Turner died from tn- Juries recelved {n the ol! tank explo- slon recently. He was seventy-six Fears old and was the first Negro to enter gie diplomatic corps of the Unit- ed States, being appointed to the Libe- rian post In 1870. When appointed minister he tid the rank of brigadier fencral in the Liberian army and com- modore fn the navy. ili iia ee ‘The Indians have the best title to the name “real Americans, since they Were here when the first immigrants from the old world arrived on these shores. The fact that they (the In- dians) may have come here from some other continent doos not affect the argument. 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Ballard, of Cadiz, were in the city, last week, visiting his mother, brother and sister (of E. 43rd St.) They visited The Gazette sanctum, last Friday afternoon. They visited The Association's "informal opening" Monday afternoon and evening, of its new club house, at 2216 E. 40th St., which it is purchasing, proved an enjoyable affair. Ladies were entertained in the afternoon. Messrs. Edward Daw, J. E. Reed and J. H. Beckwith went to Columbus, Sunday to attend a state meeting of the Society of the Arts. O. F. O. F., to prepare for the annual encampment at Marion, the first week in August. George Roper, age 43, was found dead in his apartments at 3335 Central Ave., Nov. 29th. Funeral services from Slaughter Bros. funeral parlor, 4, Rev. E. H. Smith officiating, Internment in Harvard Grove cemetery. The editor of The Gazette acknowledges the receipt of a neat little bound book containing the rules and regulations governing traffic on the public highways of the state, sent by the Ohio State Highway department at Columbus. Miss Alleen Murray, aged 17, of Frank St., whose kinoono caught fire from an open grate gas stove, last week Tuesday morning, died the following day and was buried, last Friday afternoon, from the residence. She leaves a brother and parents to mourn her demise. Miss Murray was the most technical High school (last year). Thos, W. Walker of Pine Ave., our only school custodian, resigned, last week. He started in the service at old Eagle school, thirty-seven years ago. Later he was transferred to Alabama school when Eagle school was abandoned. Mr. Walker was known as the most politic custodian in the school district. He was a member of Eureka lodge. A. F. & A. M. The Optimistic Club meet at Mrs. J. Burnsides', E. 29th St., last Wednesday evening. It will hold a bazaar at Mrs. Della Offer's, 2926 Pine Ave. Dec. 15. All persons buying Christmas presents will do well to purchase from these women because the products are of food for the deserving poor. Help, because it is a worthy cause. 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. We are delighted to visit the new confectionary and delicatessen store at 3503 Central Ave. just as soon as possible. Adv. Miss Webble Parish's funeral services were held at St. John's church, Tuesday afternoon, the pastor officiating. The deceased was an ideal young woman, taught public school until, forced to resign on account of illness, and was very active in the S. S., being a member of Mytelele class and a volunteer mentorship. She leaves a devoted mother, Mrs. Eliza Parish, to mourn her demise. Mrs. Rosa Johnson, president of the N. O. M. M. societies, addressed the junior missionary society at St. John's A. M. E. church, Friday afternoon, and the Young Women's Mite Gleaners, Friday evening, at Miss Lillian Scott's. She is planning a trip to the district conventions at Sandusky and Lima. Mrs. Johnson gave an enthusiastic report of the national missionary conference, and was reelected first vice president of it. Harvey C. Jackson, an old Cleveland "boy," has opened a photographic studio at 474 Beaubien St., Detroit, fully equipped for making photographs of any kind, and has on exhibition a fine display of portraits, group portraits, enlargements, copies, flashlights, views of homes and places of business, interior and exterior, commercial photographs and finishing for amateur photographers. He also has supplies, frames and art pictures. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Smith were informed by telegram, on Thanksgiving day while at dinner, of the death of her brother, Mr. Harry McKoin, who had been seriously ill for several weeks with pneumonia. Last week Wednesday, he was reported better. Mrs. Smith left immediately for St. Louis, her former home. The deceased was about 25 years old when she and was in business with his father, the junior member of the firm of Harrison & McKoin, undertakers. St. Louis, Mr. and Mrs. Smith have the earnest sympathy of a host of friends and acquaintances in this community. The studies taught and those that might be taught in Cleveland's public schools were discussed at the meeting of the Advisory Committee of The Cleveland Foundation survey, Monday noon, by Dr. Leonard P. Ayes, director of the survey, in the assembly room of the Hollenden hotel. The following charges were made against the Cleveland school curriculum: History is given little importance in elementary schools; study of elementary science is not contained in the program; civics is eliminated from the schools in a city noted for its civic activity; physiology and hygiene are given a small time allotment which is usually devoted to some other subject; reading is given undue importance and J. E. BRANHAM'S 4401 Central Ave. PUSHAW The Arcade. Superior Entrance. *OPEN SUNDAYS. Our Classified Ad Department WANTED—An active young man, preferably a student in one of our local high schools or colleges, who desires to make some money, without any investment, during his spare hours. Address Box 4. The Gazette office, Blackstone Bldg. City. For Rent.—House. Inquire at 3931 Orange Ave. Mrs. Sadie Apple, Central 3165-R. For Rent.—Two ten room houses, bath, gas, etc. Each $22 per month. Apply at 10518 Arthur Ave. 3t 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; furnace, bath, gas, nice yard, cellar, etc. Apply, Suite 2, Blackstone Bldg. 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 sell, or if you wish to purchase, advertise in The Gazette. If anything can bring you results, it can and will. Cleveland Sixth City Mrs. Annie Larter has returned to Hillsboro. Miss Inez Spires of Wellsville, was here, Sunday. Miss Bessie Brown spent Thanksgiving in Sandusky with relatives. Garrett Morgan was in Chicago, last week, and Tom Fleming in Wheeling. Miss Effie Yates of Detroit, is visiting her sister, Mrs. H. S. Slaughter of Central Av. Mr. and Mrs. Achilles Fox and Mrs. Mabel Fox visited relatives in Youngs town, last week. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ferguson of Sandusky, visited relatives in this city, Thanksgiving. Club entertained, last week Friday evening, at Miss Doctor's. E. 33rd St. C. J. Warwick of Mt. Pleasant, has pneumonia and has been critically ill for more than a week. O. H. Slaaughter of Springfield, who is in here in the interest of his well reckens. Miss Inez Johnson, E. 92rd St. underwent an operation at St. Vincent's hospital, Monday, and is doing nicely. Miss Rachel Walker sang in St. Louis, Thursday night and will concert in Louisville, Ky., Monday night. Miss Rachel Walker sang in Philadelphia, Thursday evening, and will concert in Louisville, Ky., Monday evening. Miss "Misses" Dickie "Cook" and Anna Williamson of Wilberforce, may be guests of Mrs. Della Eubanks of Lakewood, during the holidays. Tom Fleming has moved out of Sam Wood's office in the Clayton block to a room over Bass & Turk's saloon, cor. Central Ave and E 30th St. Wanted—1,000 men to trade regularly at the Central Shift Shop, 2922 Central Ave. Hats, caps, neckwear, underwear, arrow collars and shirts, Household of Ruth, No. 7, gave an entertainment at ideal Hall, Monday evening, assisted by a committee from Co. A, Cleveland Patriarchie, No. 18, 4th Bert, G U O O F. The Ways and Means committee of St. Andrews E. church gave a musical at Plymouth chapel, Tuesday evening. Chas. H. Leatherman, manager. Announcement has been made of the engagement of Miss Louisa Annette Holmes of Youngstown, and Mr. Alto Cousins of this city, a former resident of Athens. The corner stone of the new St. Andrews P. E. church is to be laid, Sunday. Some of the members are still resting of a new rector to succeed Row. B. W. Paxton. Mrs. Lillian R. Thompson of this city and her mother (of Akron), who are visiting relatives in Pittsburgh, Homestead, Johnstown and Windsor, Pa. will return this week. Miss Heloise Ballard and father: THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1915. The Youth's Companion 9 Great Serials 250 Short Stories SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED AT THIS OFFICE an excess amount of $150,000 is spent on the subject each year. If the ladies were required to remove their hats so as to not obstruct the view of so very many in attendance upon these lessons, the ladies of whom would not be be, either. The "Boethians" defeated the "Mt. Zions in a very exciting foot-ball game, Thanksgiving, Score, 20 to 0. The United Workers scored a hit, Tuesday evening, in the rendition of the comedy drama, "Uniforms for Women." The pantomime. The Sloux Chief's Daughter," was in an interesting and exciting feature, Iris McAllister deserves special mention as a successful promoter. The C. E. will hold a "candlelight" service, Sunday evening. Rev. J. S. Jackson preached an excellent sermon, last Sunday evening, on "Why God Made Man." The Junior stewardesses met, Tuesday evening, at Miss Scarcella's party, and prepared for the new church year. Mrs. Grace Lucas is still president. Rev. Chas. Bundy was here to Toledo, this week. The W. M. society will meet at Mrs. C. Hamilton's, E. 43d St., Monday evening. At the last meeting, at Mrs. Offett's, E. 39th St., Mrs. Mollie Green was reelected chairman of the committee to have charge of the entertainment of Mrs. George Hammonds, 6497 Euclid Ave., through her attorney, Alexander H. Martin, Esq., Monday, brought suit, under Hon. Harry C. Smith's Ohio Civil Rights law, in municipal court for $500 damages against Lakeside hospital. In her petition, Mrs. Hammonds was charged with assaulting Lakeside, where, according to Attorney Martin, she was sent by Dr. Geed W. Crile, of the Lakeside staff, for an operation. "A bed in a two-bed ward was reserved for Mrs. Hammonds," he said, "but when she went to the hospital, Nov. 18, she was refused admission." He said he wanted to refuse Mrs. Hammonds a room." Dr. A. R. Warner, Lakeside superintendent, Monday was surprised when he was told the hospital had been sued. He said the hospital never turned a Colored person away. "One of the cases of the hospital is that we took him to bed wards," he said. "They can take private rooms or go into the big wards." If Warner is correctly quoted in the foregoing, Mrs. Hammonds has a clear case and will win, as the law, which is clear on this particular point, does not permit a public or even quasitory rule on the conduct out rules or anything else contrary to its express provisions. THE EQUAL RIGHTS LEAGUE. Militant Race Organization to Hold Celebration in Philadelphia Boston—Breadth centennial week, the week ending Dec. 19 and including Dec. 18, which is the exact fifteenth anniversary date of the enactment of the thirteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States, has been chosen as the time and Philadelphia, chief city of the state of Thaddeus Stevens, where the Declaration of Independence was framed and declared, has been taken as the place by the National Independent Equal Rights league for its eighth annual meeting. This league, which started in 1908 on a protest against the Iowaville discharge and won most face by its protest against federal segregation, believes that this real fifteenth anniversary year of freedom should end with a civic observance by means of a great national meeting of the colored people of this country, together in conference. This eighth annual meeting will be held Dec. 14-16 in the beautiful Allen A. M. E. church, Philadelphia, pastored by the militant race champion, Rev. W. S. Carpenter. All colored Americans who will, whether they are members of this particular league now or not, honestly and earnestly contend in the cause of full liberty and full equality of rights are invited to attend this meeting. As the Jewish Americans will meet in a national congress, so let colored Americans meet in a race conference. All persons interested in a self protective struggle are welcome in Allen church, Philadelphia, on Dec. 14. It will be a general citizen's celebration of the semicentennial of the enactment of the thirteenth amendment. Sunday, Dec. 10, will be semicentennial Sunday. The league calls upon the colored people in every city to observe locally the semicentennial of the thirteenth amendment enactment in church edifices afternoon or evening. The Rev. Byron Gunner is president of the league, and Editor W. Monroe Trotter of the Boston Guardian is the secretary. "RUBBING IT IN!" Arlington, Tex.-Three thousand school children and citizens greeted the Liberty Bell with cheers and hurrahs. Only a short stop was made here. One of the men in charge singled out and called for a small Colored child in the crowd, had it brought to him, placed it in his arms, had it to kiss the bell and then had it photographed in that position. 9 Great Serials The year 1916 will be crowded with the very best reading in FREE All the issues of THE COMPANION for the remaining weeks of 1915. THEN The 52 Weekly issues of THE COMPANION for 1916. Jackson and Tyler The "Jabs and Joils" man was one of the leaders of the nerve to tell the truth about the Giles B. Jackson exposition flasco, Richmond, Va, and the failure of Ralph W. Tyler as national organizer for the National Negro Business League. The same organization helped the team collage the hair truth about the school situation in Washington. — R. W. Thompson in Indianapolis Freeman. Miss Newlin's Gifts to Our Schools. Bequests for $1,000 each are made to the Church Home For Children, the Day nursery, the Hampton (Va.) normal school, the Booker T. Washington school, the William J. Edwards school at Snow Hill, Ala., and the Children's Aid society in the will of Miss Margaret Newlin, a member of one of Philadelphia's old families, who died in October at 1510 Arb street. Philadelphia, leaving property valued at $105,000. The will has been admitted to probate. It gives her interest in the Shipley farms, in Delaware county, to her sisters, Mary and Katherine, and directs that they share in the residue of the estate with their brother, Thomas. 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 nuages, Plaquat, Mt. 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HUGH THOMPSON Proprietor First Class and Quick Service Quality Service Price of Comb and Alcohol Heater, complete, $1.50. ALREADY THERE IS DISCUSSION OF SPRING FASHIONS. Serge Foulard Will Be One of the Most Popular Fabrics—New Cotton Voile That Makes Most Dainty House Gowns There are no longer merely two fashion seasons of the year. Each of the two seasons has a midseason. This is well. Even now there is much talk concerning the fabrics of spring. It seem like an absurdity, with winter here and the long months to wait before the crocus blooms again. Yet it is not so absurd, either, for in a very short time the holidays will be upon us and the northern fashion birds will wing their way southward with trunks well packed with summer togs. Serge foulard is one of the new lightweight fabrics, and it is excellent, too, for little frocks to be worn under the heavy coats of fur or velour. The new serve "Trykho" is serge of much grandeur, having a soft, velvety feel that makes it most attractive and rich. Barbeline is a new wool vole, heavier than the ordinary voile, and of stunning shades. A new cotton volle has little picked-up threads here and there, giving to the fabric a design like scattered ladder rungs. For dainty house gowns it is quite adorable. Two colors combine in many of the new patterns—rose and white, white and mauve and white and black. A novelty known as "ralebruges" is made of alternating stripes of volle and lace cloth, the cloth formed by leno weave. The effect in two colors is very attractive. Pikella is a new pique, but more supple than the old-fashioned fabric that we know. Satella is another pique. HOLDS DUSTING CLOTHS ```markdown ``` A Bag for Dusting Cloths, Bound With Tape and With a Loop of Tape at the Top to Hang It By. The Crestone Pocket is Cut Slightly Wider Than the Back in Order to Give It a Little Fullness. RETURN TO HANGING LOCKS? Signs Seem to Indicate That Women Are Going to Wear Their Hair Down Again. Are women going to wear their hair down again? Perhaps. If you are a devotee of the film shows you will know that many of the moving picture stars wear their hair about their shoulders. And the moving pictures are a tremendous influence in modern life—even, perhaps, in the fashion of doing the hair. Already some young girls have copied some of the favorite picture actresses and wear their hair curled about their shoulders. The last fashion for wearing the hair down was the Janice Meredith curl—and surely that "best seller" hardly had more influence than the films have today. The fashion for Janice Meredith curls was short lived, to be sure. But it was a fashion, nevertheless, for wearing the hair down, and a very pretty fashion on the young and charming, at that. There is something couquettish about a hanging curl that can never be suggested by hair piled on top of the head, be it ever so sleek or be it marcelled to perfection. The fashions of the present, if anybody knows just what they are, favor a return to locking locks. For in 1860—perhaps we shall get our bourn skirts from that period—and in 1870 or 1880—and may be we shall get a tight bodice and a certain skirt drapery that suggest a bustle from that time—women cultivated curls and wore them hanging at the neck or about the face. So with our old-fash SUGGESTION FOR GIFT APRONS May Be Made Extremely Effective When They Are Composed of Two Materials. The practice of true economy always gives a pleasant feeling of satisfaction. The woman who is able to make gifts for birthdays and other anniversaries has a splendid opportunity to experiment with economy. Some of the greatest gift aprons can be handmade of two materials. For instance, by using barred muslin for the upper part of an apron and fine handkerchief linen for the bottom, or pocket portion, of the apron one can very successfully combine two materials for a sewing apron. The edge of the apron can be finished with lace edging which almost anyone has lea- nned in the box of odds and ends. another effective apron can be made of two heart-shaped pieces of material, the smaller heart being of ligured material and forming the bib, while the large heart forms the lower portion of the apron and is of plain The Material of the Model is Dark Brown Broadcloth, the Skirt Coming to the Shoe Tops. The Coat Reaches to the Hips, and Is Fitted to the Figure. The Feature of the Coat Is Its Wide Flare and the High Collar With Its Two Revers Opening at the Neck. The Collar and Cuffs Have a Small Rounded Piece of Black Velvet, Which is Turned Over. A Dark Brown Sash of Charmmeuse is Tied About the Belt and Ends. With a Fancy Tassel of Many-Colored Silk Threads. loned, new-fashioned trows a curling lock on the shoulders or about the face would be quite appropriate. FOR THE HOT-WATER BOTTLE Pretty Cover That Is Practical and Will Also Serve to Amuse the Small Child. A cunning cover for the miniature hotwater bottle, which is called into requisition for childish toothache, caraches and cliches, is made of canton flannel. A small pict edge of mercerized cotton is crocheted around the edge and the opening, which is drawn up over the neck of the bottle with a narrow tape. On one side of the flat cover is embroidered, in blue outline, the image of a pleasant old tabby cat, whose silhouette, as she sits smiling over her whiskers, just fills the shaped cover of the bottle. The reverse side of the canton flannel bag is embroidered to resemble the back of the same tabby. The bag, besides retaining the heat and giving a more comfortable sensation when in contact with tender skin than the rubber bottle, distract the mind of a young invalid from her illies and insure a more speedy convalescence. DICTATES OF FASHION White organdie has been and still is in great favor. Odd velvet coats will be worn with cloth or rep sere skirts. Chiffon sleeves seem to be as much as ever in favor for fall dresses. Black lace dresses with many ruches at the hem are certainly charming and distinguished booking. All sorts of trimmings are being used as borders to fabrics and many stuffs are woven with borders which come in most useful for trimmings. Silk braiding is being much used as a trimming on tailormades, and fur is being put on in bands — throat bands, cuffs, bands round the skirt and so on. The coattee blouse will probably be much in evidence as the autumn season advances and will be in velvet and brocade, with sleeves of georgette. The long sleeves are tight fitting all the way down and there is more than a hint of the early and middle nineteenth century in the cut of the bodices. Ostrich feathers have been turned to a new use; they form a rosette on the bodice and the girdle about the hips in fringe form. Practical Suit for Child An exceedingly practical little suit for a child is blue and white spot alpaca with hems of plain white. An elastic regulates the fullness at the waist of the tunic, the knee length knickers being similarly mounted, and the whole affair is easily slipped into and out of. material. On such an apron a belt of beading should be attached and black velvet ribbon run through. The touch of black always adds character to flowered materials. To Keep Silk Fresh Any silks that have been laid away in boxes or trunks for any length of time are sure to have a dead scent about them. To keep silk fresh it should be laid away loosely in boxes filled with tissue paper. Between the creases of the paper and beneath it there should be quantities of violet sachet. The sachet will fight off any tendency the silk may have to grow musty smelling. Newest Styles Soft drapery arrangements in toques are gaining in favor. Oval toque styles are new style features made in antique velvet of dark, rich shading. Hand embroidered ornaments are used as artistic trimmings on some of the soft toque styles. Head sizes fit snugly, eliminating in many instances the use of hatpins. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1915. FASHION HAS TAKEN ANOTHER FORWARD STEP. Daring Leaders of Modes Are Wear Flowers Just Above the Shoe Tons. Instead of at Walst. as Formerly. The Parisian creators of fashion have issued the royal edict that to be the vogue, skirts this season must be short. The shorter the more vogue to them. No doubt the fashion mentors had in mind that the spaces intervening between the skirt bottoms and the shoe tops would be utilized by some creative genius in the introduction of the latest fad. Of course there was the ankle watch and the anklet muff to fall back on, but such tame things as these could very easily be improved on by someone with imagination. Naturally one must have a dainty ankle. Yes, indeed, a very dainty ankle, to attract the proper amount of eyes. But then, again, like everything else, there are likes and dislikes, and the plano-bottomed ankle is just as apt to attract attention as is the one built on the lines of a Venus. Lorothy Newell, possessing as charming a figure as one would desire, bethought herself of a daring innovation. Having the daring of her convictions, she went about executing them. If, Miss Newell figured, it be the proper thing to wear a corsage at the waist, why not use a bouquet to adorn the ankle? Having started the vogue, it caught like a house of tinder when the torch is applied to it, and now the florists are getting real fussed up about it. Aye, they are studying the most courtyard of manners in so far as the art of kneeling is concerned. If the vogue spreads as it is already doing, the cavaliers of the UNDERWOOD R UNDERWOOD florist shops will be compelled to carry kneeling cushions about with them, as an aid toward adjusting, at the proper place, the beautiful ankle bouquet. The most attractive flowers for this purpose are the rose, sweet peas, and chrysanthemum; the last named must, however, be removed from the cabbagehead variety. That may do on the six-cylinder anklet, but for the trim ankle a dalyty variety of flowers is desired. Carpenters are busily engaged in filling orders for screens for use in the floral shops. Behind these screens the lady can in secrecy adjust the bouquet exactly where she desires. SCREEN CONCEALS A COUCH Admirable Scheme Evolved From the Brain of a Woman Who Has Practical Ideas. A hospitable little woman who loves dearly to entertain, but whose domicile is too small to accommodate many guests, has contrived a very sensible way to put up the occasional man who can "bunk anywhere"—the anywhere usually being the living-room couch. Out of an ordinary wooden clothes horse, the largest size obtainable, this hostess has evolved a slightly and practical screen which turns that corner of the living room in which the couch is located into a very comfortable and perfectly private bedroom. Opened out, the clothes horse, which has three sections, completely hides the improvised bed from view, and the screen, moreover, is almost six feet high, so Want Deer Protected Columbus, O.-The killing of deer which stray into Ohio from Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Michigan each winter and hunting of rabbits at night from automobiles are practices which the next legislature will be asked to stop. At least two deer have been shot in Ohio this season. Night rabbit hunting automobile parties have come into vogue in many parts of the state. The bright lights of the machine attract the cotton tail to the highways, where they are shot. Poor Outlook "We want to keep business out of politics," said the reformer. "Well," replied Senator Sorghum, "you've taken all the pleasure out of it. If you take all the business out of it too, I don't see what's going to be left."—Washington Star. Improvement Needed. "Woman ought to vote as well as the men." "If they can't do it better," replied Miss Cayenne, "there's no use of their bothering about it." EASY TO DYE AT HOME NO NEED TO SEND MATERIALS TO PROFESSIONALS. Housewife May Save Much Expense and Achieve Equally Good Results by Doing the Work Herself—Some Useful Hints. In almost every household in the spring and fall there are articles for household and personal use that must be sent to the dyers. These can be done equally well at home. Now that one dye can be bought which will answer alike for silk, cotton and woolen fabrics, success is well-nigh assured if the directions on the packet are strictly followed. These are usually explicit, and experienced dyers need no other; but the amateur is apt to stroke snags despite directions. She may not think it necessary to clean the article to be dyed, but oil or grease of any kind kills dye, so that any garment known to be greasy at all should be soaked in a warm solution of ammonia and water for half an hour, then thoroughly rinsed in hot water before going into the dye pot. Cotton goods should be washed in hot soapuds and given a thorough rinsing. To leave soap in will interfere with the dye. When dyeing cotton or mixed goods they should be allowed to become cold in the dye bath. Dyes set very slowly in these fabrics, so the cooling process is necessary to success. Woolens, on the contrary, absorb the dye quicker, and may be rinsed while hot. Closely woven woolen goods should be bolled a little longer than those loose ly woven. Woolen goods of any weave should never be allowed to boil fast. A gentle simmering will bring the best results. If boiled violently, the tiny hairs mat and cause shrinkage, besides making the material close and board-like. The fiber of linen, being harder and tougher than that of wool, silk or mixed goods, requires longer and faster boiling. Linen should be allowed to boil until the desired shade is obtained. This will be longer than in the case of the other materials mentioned. Silks are so often weighted with fillers that on dyeing them they will fall apart. It has been proved that sixteen ounces of silk can, with fillers, be made to weigh double that amount. Good silks, satins and ribbons will dye satisfactorily, but it is a waste of time to bother with cheap silks. It will be better to wash them through and use for linings or trimming when making over garments. Two different articles may be dyed to match if they are the same color before being dyed. If otherwise, it is practically impossible to dye them to match, but they will dye black. The home dyer should guard against overdying. Use only the quantity given in the directions. Never wring dyed articles too firmly, and always dry in the shade. The dyeing process goes on until the article is dry, consequently any portions exposed to the sun will dry quickly and the result will be a streaky garment. Luncheon Dish Tasty, and easily prepared, is this dish. Wash, then pare and slice fine, three medium-sized white potatoes, two large onions, two tomatoes or a cupful of canned ones. Put this in an agate kettle, add two tablespoonfuls of rice and one quart and one pint of cold water; simmer for one hour, season with salt and pepper, two tablespoonfuls of minced parsley and a cupful of good, rich gravy, or one may substitute two tablespoonfuls of beef extract. Stir until dissolved. Now drop in one tablespoonful of peanut butter and stew for five minutes longer serve hot, with croutons or thin brown buttered toast. Olive Sauce. Allow as many olives as it is desired to use to remain in a basin of cold water for 30 minutes, meanwhile putting a small slice of onion in a saucepan with a few tablespoonfuls of salad oil and cooking until the onion commences to brown. Now add two tablespoonfuls of flour and stir until smooth. Pour in a pint of rich stock and remove the pan to the side of the fire to simmer gently. Stone the olives and add them to the sauce, seasoning with salt and pepper and simmer for 20 minutes longer. Skim well and just before serving squeeze in the juice of a lemon. If a thin sauce is desired, use less flour. Canning Pays. Canning at home, where fruits and vegetables are grown, is an attractive business which may be started in a small way, and developed into something bigger. It is essentially a farm industry and every member of the family may have a part, either in producing the crops or in the canning operations. The toys and girls of the home generally take an interest in canning and when given a chance to make some money for themselves, they will develop habits of industry and thrift. Sweet Gherkins. Fill a tub with salt water strong enough to bear an egg. Put gherkins not over a finger long in this and let them stand nine days. Take them out and harden them by letting them stand in fresh cold water for several hours; then spread them out, on a folded tablecloth to free them of moisture. Meat Roll. Two pounds stew beef, one onion, one egg, two slices of fat pork, four slices dried bread, salt and pepper. Grind beef through meat chopper, grind onion, add egg; mix together in loaf, put the pork on top, salt and pepper. Bake one-half hour. All the Good From Potatoes Before baking potatoes, rub them dry and grease. This causes the outer skin to peel off very thin, thus saving the most nourishing part of the potato. EVER-WELCOME PUMPKIN PIE No Improvements Have Been Mads on Cooking Methods Used by Our Grandmothers. Our grandmothers often baked their pumpkin pies in square biscuit tins, and always with a scalloped rim. While their pumpkins came without exception straight from the field—the heaviest golden sphere they could compass—we of today are in many cases forced to use the canned pumpkin, and excellently good it is. If fortunate enough, however, to get the genuine pumpkin, it seems more "Thanksgiving" to follow grandmother's example from the start. In this case having caught your pumpkin—a small sweet sugar one preferably—wash, cut up without peeling, scrape out all the woody fiber, then put over the fire on the back of the stove. Add just a little water to keep it from sticking on the bottom, cover closely and steam gently for six or eight hours. At the end of this time the pumpkin pulp should be thoroughly cooked in its own juices. Take up, cool a little, then pull off the skin with a sharp knife. Press through a steve and let it stand overnight in a press so as to remove the superfluous liquid. When ready to bake, measure the pulp and to every five cupfuls allow one teaspoonful of salt, half a grated nutmeg, a table-spoonful of mace, two teaspoonfuls of ginger and a large cupful of sugar. Beat four eggs and stir into the pumpkin pulp, together with four cupfuls of sweet milk and a half cupful of cream. Beat well and taste so if it is sweet enough. Turn into plates lined with good pastry and bake three-quarters of an hour until firm in the center and a rich, golden brown. Serve with good American cheese. WASTE IN THE HOUSEHOLD Buy the Nonbreakable Kind of Utensils and Then See That They Are Well Cared For. Brooms, scrubbing brushes and soap are wasted needlessly. Brooms should be hung by the handle or rested on the handle. Scrubbing brushes should be put to dry with the bristles down. Soap should be kept in a wire dish to prevent dissolution by the water. Pastry brushes and grease brushes should be washed and rinsed as soon as they are used, and put to dry. Old tablecloths should be cut into squares and hemed to use over the table or as screens for bread, buns or when cooling cakes. They also make exceedingly nice window or silver cloth. Save the salt and flour bags and use them for greens, lettuce and parsley that are to be put on the ice. Furnish your kitchen, if you wish to be truly economical, with nonbreakable utensils. Insist on their being properly cared for and see that each utensil is used for the purpose intended: To prevent breakage use granite ware plates in your refrigerator in stead of stoneware, granite mixing bowls instead of the old-fashioned yellow earthen bowls and tincups for measuring purposes. — Good House keeping Marazine. Tasty Outlets. Boil half a pound of macaroni for half an hour in salted water, strain and cut into inch lengths. Have ready half a pound of finely chopped veal. Melt in a small stewpan one ounce of butter and a tablespoonful of flour, add a teapoonful of milk, pepper and salt, and powdered mace to taste. Cook all together for a few moments, stirring constantly; add the beaten yolk of an egg, with the macaroni and veal. Stir all together and simmer for a few moments. Pour on to a flat buttered dish, and when cold cut into neat cutlets, flour well, dip into egg and breadcrumbs, and fry in fat. Drain well, and serve with a garnish of broiled tomatoes. Split Rea Soup With Ham Bone Wash one pint of split peas in cold water and drain. Add an onion quarter, with three cloves stuck in each quarter and a little sprig each of parsley, celery and a bay leaf. If you have no celery, use celery salt. As soon as the contents of the kettle reach a good boil, push back on the fire and simmer three or four hours with a ham bone or bacon rind, until the peas are tender. The fireless cooker is a good place for this overnight. When ready to use, press through a coarse colander, season with pepper and salt, heat and serve with croutons.—Ladies' World. Mock Cherry Pie. One cupful cranberries, cut open, half cupful raisins chopped fine, one cupful sugar, half cupful boiling water, one tablespoonful cornstarch dissolved in cold water, one tablespoonful vanilla, turn cold water on the cranberries to remove seeds. This makes one pie baked in custard pie plate—two trusts. Boil all together a few minutes until berries are done, then add cornstarch, the same as for cream-pie. Add vanilla last. Civilization and Savagery The one great difference between the savage and civilized man is that the former clings to the past, while the latter is always looking to the future. Civilization's systems of thought and life are constantly progressing, but the savage's systems are held stationary by customs and religions of a long-nast age. We are ruled by imagination, but the savage's world is dominated by a nightmare of tradition. The Climax "We had a bad accident the last time we were out motoring." "What was it?" "We were so unfortunate as to knock down a man and fracture his skull—" "That was bad." "But that wasn't the unfortunate part of it. The man was holding a sharp knife in his hand and the point of it punctured our tire." Exciting Moments "Uncle, have you had many exciting adventures in your life?" "Oh, yes, my boy. Several times I have been caught in motor cars driven by fool friends who wanted to show me that their cars could make sixty miles an hour."-Detroit Free Press. CAP and BELLS PROUD MOMENT FOR SPEEDER Man Under Arrest Wanted His Friends to Listen to Testimony of Police man in Court. "You are charged with speeding." "Impossible, your honor!" "The policeman who arrested you says you were traveling at the rate of 60 miles an hour." "Indeed? I wish some of my friends were here." "Haven't you money enough to pay your fine?" "Oh, yes, your honor. They have made so many uncomplimentary remarks about my car that it would be a source of much satisfaction to me if they could hear this policeman's testimony." Too Painful. "Did you visit Vesuvius the last time you were in Italy?" "No," replied the traveled man. "Not interested, eh?" "That wasn't the reason. I knew that if I saw so much steam going to waste in Vesuvius the memory of the trouble I have every winter in persuading the janitor to heat my apartments sufficiently would make me bitter." Vexatious. "I presume every man has a little Ananias club of his own." "No doubt. Still, I find it rather difficult to keep tab on the members in mine." "Yes?" "Every now and then some fellow who has been a member of my Ananias club for years puts over a hard luck story on me and I lend him money." The Right Ratio. "I suppose the world has need of pessimists." "No doubt. They are the leaven of life, so to speak." "I don't quite agree with your definition, but by striking a happy medium between the snarls of pessimists and the cheerful idiocy of optimists one is enabled to appraise life at its true value." Dense Ignorance. "If there is anything that makes me tired it is an egregious landlubber finding fault with the United States navy." Know the type. He's the sort of fellow who thinks the captain's bridge is a private gankplank." COLD-BLOODED. ART DEPT Artist—Say, I've got some of the funniest pictures you ever saw. Magazine Editor—Really! Where did you have them taken? Perquisites. "Will you leave office poorer than when you entered it?" "No," replied Senator Sorghum. "It is a mistake to say that a republic is ungrateful to its servants. A republic will loosen up all right, if you know how to convey a gentle reminder when a tip is due." But It Didn't. "That will do, Henry," said Mrs. Twobble, coldly. "The yarn you are telling me won't hold water." "I wasn't trying to make it hold water, my love," replied Mr. Twobble, somewhat peevishly. "I hoped it would hold you for a while." Valued Seclusion. "Do you enjoy your magnificent new library?" "Yes," replied Mr. Cumrox; "for a while I didn't get much good out of it. But you don't know what a nice quiet place it is to try out the latest records on the phonograph." Really Doesn't Matter "I see you at the theater quite often with Mr. Dubson. Do you enjoy his society, my dear?" "Oh," replied the debutante, frankly. "when I'm absorbed in a play I would as soon be sitting beside Mr. Dubson as anybody else." Troubles in Store. "Jimway seems to be an easy-going sort of fellow." "Well, he won't be much longer." "What happened to him?" "He's just bought a second-hand motor car." THEIR CHANCE TO STOP WAR THEIR CHANCE TO STOP WAR Peace Agitators Meeting in Back Room Given Opportunity to Bring Conflict to End. The peace agitators were meeting in the back room. They had just declared the war must be brought to an end. "It's all up to us," the impassioned chairman shouted. "If we do our duty the thing's accomplished." At that moment the door opened and a military aid in full uniform appeared on the threshold. "Fall in," he cried. "You are now a part of the first company of the Second regiment of the Black Brigade. You start for the front this afternoon! Forward march!" And the little band trumped forth to end the war—Cleveland Plain Dealer. An Achievement "Are you sure you thoroughly understand that question you attempted to decide?" "No," replied Senator Sorghum; "but I fancy I expressed myself in terms sufficiently obscure to prevent anybody else from taking enough interest to call me down." IN COLD HANDS. "She returns my love." "When you get it back you will find that she, being a Boston girl, has chilled it through, and you will have to warm it over." "Perhaps so, but we need a few people in the world like him." "Yes?" "If everybody spent his time in reading poetry, admiring works of art and listening to music who'd donate the money to bind libraries, art galleries and auditoriums." Wistful Waiting "I passed a man sitting in a broken-down motor car while taking a trip through the country this morning." "Did he seem worried?" "Not particularly. In fact, he had a far-away look in his eyes." "Maybe he was thinking of the place he hopes to reach some day." Twould Seem So. "Trolley car conversation is about on a par with street corner gossip." "I think it's rather above." "Why so?" "Considering the difficulty of making oneself heard on the average trolley car, the person who talks there must have something worth while to say." Just a Theory. "Good heavens! Why does that young woman playing the piano next door sing so loudly?" "Maybe her conscience hurts her." "What do you mean?" "She probably wants to drown out the racket her mother is making in the kitchen washing dishes." Indifference. "Which do you prefer, summer or winter?" "I've no preference," replied Mr. Growcher. "It is equally depressing to me whether I put in a large portion of my time reading about the hottest day ever, or the coldest day ever." Doubtful Aid: "My barber is a Frenchman. Every day while he's shaving me he gives me a little lesson, in French." "Fine. But don't you find it rather difficult to make replies?" "Yes, to a certain extent, but the lather that gets into my mouth seems to help my accent." Carefully Proportional "How were your crops this year?" "Jes' about right," replied Farmer Corntossel; "not big enough to mean much work or risk an' at the same time sufficient to make the summer boarders think that they was livin' on a sure-enough farm." His Preference. Oldham—Are you going to hear the lecture tonight on "The Girl of Today"? Youngun—I should say not. The girl of tonight is far more attractive. Professional Humorist Diggs—Your friend the doctor is a funny fellow, isn't he? Diggs—In what way is he funny? Diggs—He is always taking somebody off. She Fixed It. Husband—Why in the world do you have our bills come in weekly instead of monthly? Wife—You told me that you didn't want them so large, didn't you? Quite So. "That aviator looks rather dilapidated, doesn't he?" "Somewhat so, but then it is quite natural for a birdman to look seedy." Just It. "Excuse me, my friend, but your violent utterances will simply encourage lynch law." "I don't care a hang!"