The Gazette

THIRTY-THIRD YEAR. NO. 38. IN UNION DISTRICTS UNITED WILL PROBABLY BUY MYSTERY TORPEDO Congress Will Pay $750,000 for Invention of Messenger of Death. GUIDED AT SEA FROM SHORE Says Vessel Can Be Controlled by Aeroplane Four Miles Up in Air and Send It Against Warship Twenty-eight Miles Away. Washington, D. C.—A man of 26 probably will be voted three-quarters of a million dollars by congress in the next few weeks. In return Uncle Sam is to acquire all rights to a torpedo this young inventor has developed. The device is the radio-dynamic torpedo, of which much has been written, but the feats that have been performed with it largely have been shrouded with secrecy. It is claimed for it that it can be launched against a battleship and so directed and controlled from shore by radio-dynamic forces as to insure its striking its mark at a distance of from three to eight miles—or as far as the target can be seen, and that it can be controlled by an aeroplane a mile above the water. Experiments Cost Heavily. The inventor, who owns 128 patents that cover the entire process, is John Hays Hammond, Jr., son of John Hays Hammond, the mining engineer. He has been working several years developing the torpedo, and has expended several hundred thousand dollars in experiments. The fortifications committee, which made a thorough investigation of the device, reported unanimously in favor of the government's purchasing it. The only string to the purchase is that a joint army and navy board shall give it a final test. The story of how the torpedo is controlled from shore and what it can accomplish roads almost like a weird novel; in fact, the testimony before the fortifications committee would have seemed incredible had it not come from recognized authorities in the army. All the intimate details of the invention were withheld even from the committee. Col. Richmond P. Davis, before the committee, was asked to tell just what he saw at the test. Ordinary Key Control. "I went up to Gloucester to meet Gen. Weaver and to see the operation of the radio control of the boat which belonged to Mr. Hammond," said Col. Davis. "I landed there, inspected the shore station where the power was generated, and also some control stations which Mr. Hammond had down on the beach. I observed the boat steered and operated, such as stopping, going forward, backing, going to starboard, going to port and turning, up to a distance of 4,000 yards. "This was done by simply pressing down an ordinary key similar to a telegraph key, once, twice or three times, as the case might be, this pressure causing the impulses to actuate certain mechanisms and receiving apparatus aboard the boat. After I had watched the operator control the boat Mr. Hammond asked if I should like to control it myself. I then took the key, without experience, and operated the boat as he directed me." Mr. Hammond is confident that with in a short time he can increase the distance between a controlling aeroplane and the torpedo so that a flying machine four miles up in the air can control the torpedo and send it against a warship 28 miles from shore. Berlin Has Murder Mystery Berlin Has Murder Mystery. London, England.—A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Berlin says: the Berlin has a new first class mail mystery. There are also the Stettin railway. March 16 a basket which has just been found to contain the body of a beautiful murdered 18-year-old girl. Four families whose girls have been missing since early in the year think the body may be that of their daughter. Germany's greatest detectives are at work on the mystery. Child Actors Burn to Death. London, England—Five child performers were burned to death on the stage of the Garrick theater at Hereford. A children's entertainment to provide comforts for the soldiers was being given. The curtain fell on the final scene and the audience was departing when the cry of fire was raised. A panic ensued. In addition to those burned to death, several were seriously injured. Explosion Causes Death. Minerva, O.—Clifford Walker, aged 10, was fatally burned when a can of kerosene with which he was starting a fire exploded. He died a few hours later. The boy's father, mother, brother and sister were badly burned in trying to save him. British Shire Sunk. London, England. — The Danish steamship Asger Ryg has been seen, badly damaged, south of the Isle of Wight, says a report of Lloyds. Lloyds also reports the British steamer Avon has been sunk and the British steamship Adamaton has been reported sunk. One engineer and eight Lascars of the crew of the steamer Chantala were killed when the vessel was sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean. They declare they had no warning of the tmending attack. THE GAZETTE MRS. NEWTON D. BAKER I Soon after the selection of Newton D. Baker of Cleveland for secretary of war, he announced that he considered the life of Washington its least attractive feature. She is interested in her home and family and in charities, to which she was a liberal con- New York City.—Richard Harding Davis, famous novelist and war correspondent, died of heart disease at his home in Mount Kisco, N. Y. Davis' wife found him lifeless at the telephone, where he had gone to dictate a message. Davis, who recently returned from Europe, suffered an attack of pomaine poisoning two weeks ago and this brought on heart trouble. It was not known outside of the circle of Davis' most intimate friends that he was seriously ill. The fame of Davis rested jointly upon his work as a 'novelist and war correspondent. He was born in Philadelphia in 1864, his parents being L. Clarke Davis, editor of the Philadelphia Public-Ledger, and Rebecca Harding Davis. After completing his education at Lehigh and Johns Hopkins universities Davis took up newspaper work, becoming a reporter on the Philadelphia Record in 1887. Two years later he went to the Philadelphia Press. His natural talents rapidly won his newspaper promotion, but Davis had ambitions to be a war correspondent. His first chance came in the Graeco-Turkish war, where he represented the London Times and several magazines. Upon his return to this country he became editor of Harper's Weekly, but did not retain that position long, as he yearned for greater activity. Resigning in 1892, he went abroad and spent some time in Europe, Asia and Africa. Davis was present at the coronation of Czar Nicholas II of Russia in 1896, reporting the spectacle for Harper's magazine. He was the author of numerous volumes of fiction. Iron and Steel Trade. New York City—Iron Age says: There is the same urgent demand upon the mills for the delivery of steel, but the market is less feverish and new buying is lighter. Manufacturing consumers are covering for some months ahead. The large increases shown in the steel corporation's unfilled orders point to a continuance of the present strain for a good many months. Movie Boat Sinks Cincinnati, O. — The theater boat New Idea, a floating moving picture vessel, sank in the Ohio river after it crashed head on into a pier of the southern bridge near the Kentucky shore. There were five men and one woman aboard. They saved themselves by leaping to a large launch. Buys Another Plant Youngstown, O.—The officials of the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. announce the company has purchased for $2,500,000 the plant of the Andrews & Hitchcock Iron Co. at Hubbard, near Youngstown. The Andrews & Hitchcock plant will manufacture pig iron for use in the Youngstown mills. Find Nude Body in Woods. Canton, O.—The nude body of a man about 30 years old, believed to be Vincent Quinn of Ebensburg, Pa., was found in a wood south of Canton. Police and the coroner believe the man was murdered after a violent struggle in which his clothing was torn from his body. The clothing was scattered for yards around and the ground was trampled. Whether the man was lured to the wood with robbery as the motive and killed in the struggle, or whether he was the victim of enemies. ESTABLISHED AUGUST 25, 1883 AND ISSUED EVERY WEEK ON TIME SINCE. CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1916. MEXICO DEMANDS RECALL OF TROOPS Carranza Government Has Addressed Note to That Effect to Secretary Lansing. VILLA MAY BE ON BACK TRACK Reported Band of His Followers Destroy Property and Loot Sierra Mojada; Believed Possible Villa Was Among Raiders. Queretaro, Mex. — The de facto government of Mexico has sent a note to Washington to be delivered to Secretary Lansing, demanding the withdrawal of American troops from Mexico. San Diego, Cal. — Several Americans have been killed or wounded in bandit raids in the vicinity of Guaymas, Sonora, according to a naval radio message received here. Cruiser Ordered to Scene. The message was forwarded to the navy department at Washington and resulted in an order to the cruiser Denver, at San Blas, state of Tepic, to steam for the Sonora seaport and investigate. El Paso, Tex.—A band of Villa followers numbering several hundred, and possibly a thousand, have sacked Sierra Mojada, five miles across the Coahuila line and 80 miles east of Jimenez, destroying many thousands of dollars' worth of American property and looting the town of everything of value. This news, which may prove to be of the highest importance, as it is believed possible Villa was among the raiders, was received here by the representative of one of the largest American mining concerns in Mexico and is accepted by him as authentic. Doubled on Tracks. The bandits made their attack on the town April 5. Belief that Villa may be directing the operations of the bandits is supported by a report received from Ojinaga, stating that Col. Riejas, the commander there, had information that Villa had doubled on his tracks and was 200 miles southwest of that town. San Antonio, Tex.-Maj. Gen. Funston has announced that a change would be made soon that would affect the long line of communication between Columbus, N. M., and Gen. Pershing's advanced forces. He declined to state what the change would be, but, barring the free use of the railroads, it was assumed by army officers that it had been decided either to reinforce the line materially or shift it to a shorter route. Army officers are somewhat concerned by reported movements of Carranza troops in eastern Sonora. If Gen. Arnulfo Gomez, carries out the plan he announced, of moving his troops after Villa, he will cross the American line of communication near Casas Grandes. LULL DESGENDS ON VERDUN BATTLEFIELD LULL DESGENDS ON VERDUN BATTLEFIELD Believed Germans Have Made Gains, and Preparing for Another Fierce Battle. London, England—Following heavy fighting on both banks of the Meuse in the early morning hours, a lull has descended on the Verdun battlefields. Except for an artillery bombardment of terrific intensity against the French positions in the region of hill No. 304, Esnes and Mort Homme, the midnight communication from Paris says that the day was calm. The exhausted troops are resting in the trenches while their depleted ranks are being filled for the new battles which are to come. Earlier in the day the Germans attempted two attacks, one in the Mort Homme district and the other in the Callillette woods. In the former, despite the lavish use of flaming liquids and tear-provoking shells and fumes, they were repulsed at every point, according to the French statement. At the latter place they claim considerable gains in several directions. The assault on the west bank of the Meuse was launched in the early morning, strong forces, carrying flame projectors, advancing on the forest patch known as Caurettes wood, south of Cumieres. The attack broke down under the French machine gun and barrier fire, which poured from the forest in a solid sheet of flame. In their night attack they apparently have made gains against both these flanks and a violent battle is expected to develop on the entire two-mile front, the vital point on the northwest of Verdun, within the next 24 hours. Strikers Determined. Alliance, O. — Determined not to yield until President Morley accedes to their wage demands, striking car men on the Stark Electric railroad and the Cleveland, Alliance & Mahoning Valley railroad are holding out firmly. The company made no attempt to operate cars and as a result scores of jitney busses operated to relieve the inconvenience. Jitneys ran between Alliance, Canton, Damascus and Sebring. Salem merchants were holding "Dollar day," and the shoppers could hardly reach the city. MAJ. FRANK D. WEBSTER Maj. Frank D. Webster of the 22d Infantry, U. S. A., is now stationed at Douglas, Ariz. Preliminary Report Is Made to Congress; Independents Higher Than Standard. Washington, D. C. — The federal trade commission presented to congress a preliminary report on its investigation of the rise in the price of gasoline. The report carries a mass of statistics on production, but draws no conclusions as to the cause of the increase of prices. Of alleged price discriminations, which the commission is charged with investigating under a senate resolution, the report says: "If prices have been raised to higher levels in some sections than in others, making due allowance for quality of product, flight and marketing conditions, it may be inferred that an element of artificial manipulation has entered into the advance." Suggestions that increasing exports have been partly to blame for higher prices are considered in a table that shows 1915 exports amounted to 15 per cent of the entire gasoline content of all the crude petroleum produced in the United States within the year. Exports for the year of gasoline, naphene and benzine totaled 284,500,000 gallons against 228,500,000 in 1914 and 188,000,000 in 1913. Standard Oil companies, the tables show, produced about 60 per cent of the year's gasoline output. Their total was 681,750,000 gallons and the independents 400,000,000, in round figures. Price ranges show the price charged by the independents averages about 1 cent higher than Standard Oil prices. Differences in the cost of the crude oil, the report explains, affect the price in many parts of the country. A later report will take up that feature in detail to show what percentage of price differences can be traced directly to crude prices. Tank wagon prices went from 9.86 cents in the east and 9.61 in the west last July to 16.28 in the east and 15.30 in the west in December. Exports reached their highest mark last August and dropped in the fall as the price of gasoline mounted, until in December exports were 22,000,000 gallons against 33,000,000 four months earlier. Exports in January, 1915, were 13,000,000. DOESN'T FAVOR TEDDY BARNES DENIES REPORT HE WILL NOT OPPose ROOSEvelt FOR THE PRESIDENCY. New York City.—William Barnes, formerly the chairman of the Rep Barnes, formerly chairman of the Republican state committee, in a statement issued here denied a published report that he would not oppose the nomination by the Republican party of Col. Roosevelt for the presidency. "This year," Barnes asserted, "the periodical candidacy of Mr. Roosevelt is based upon Americanism, and such sporadic support as he is receiving comes from his declaration in behalf of proper national defense." Bride Suicides. Omaha, Neb. — Mrs. Jose W. Howard, bride of three weeks of Howard, the Orpheum circuit actor and song writer, committed suicide here by shooting. She was the daughter of Michael Kilgallen, a multimillionaire of Chicago, and was formerly the wife of Count De Beaufort. Probe Insult to Flag New York City—Mayor Mitchell has requested President William G. Willcox of the board of education to investigate an alleged insult to the American flag at a meeting held in the Washington Irving High school. The speaker to whom the alleged insult was attributed was James H. Maurer, president of the Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor. In opposing the proposed establishment of a state constabulary in New York he was quoted as having shouted, "Down with the Stars and Stripes!" PUSHING AHEAD IN EDUCATION How the National Training School Endeavors to Meet the Needs of the Masses Through Groups of Trained Leaders—Stands For Literary Excellence and Industrial Superiority. By N. BARNETT DODSON. By N. BARNETT DODSON. Among the many institutions for normal, industrial or higher education for the colored people of the country the National Training school, Durham, N. C., of which Dr. James E. Shepard is the president, occupies a conspicuous place. The work of the institution for the school year of 1916 has registered a high mark of efficiency. The accommodations for students and the splendid courses of study are salient features of the school which have given it a nation wide influence. To the people of North Carolina and the south generally the institution is valued as it were a pearl of great price. This is as it should be, for we should never expect to get the best results from our business, religious or educational institutions unless we conduct them on a high plane of efficiency and with an eye single to the public good. In the development of the National Training school Dr. Shepard has advanced many original and construc- DR. JAMES E. SHEPARD. tive ideas which time and experience have proved to be of great benefit, not only to his school alone, but to educators and educational institutions in many other sections of the country. In founding and conducting this school on a sound business basis so successfully in Durham Dr. Shepard has registered his name among the foremost educators of America. For the future he aims to have a thorough teacher training course especially adapted to the needs of the rural teacher. A bureau of investigation to study the social, moral, physical and economic condition of the colored people in order to more wisely co-operate with organized bodies and civic authorities in advancing the cause of education and general uplift movements among our people is another feature of work which Dr. Shepard proposes to develop. The board of trustees has made a budget of $221,000 to be used for the following purposes: For the endowment fund, $250,000; for administration building and class rooms, $36,000; for dormitories, $20,000, and for a central heating and water plant, $15,000. The board says: "Large schools cannot do the real constructive work absolutely needed to develop a young race; hence if a particular group of well selected persons are reached and trained and sent out to reach and train others it is a vast saving of time and money. The prime aim is to lift the race into racial consciousness, thus helping it to come into its own, and by serving and lifting itself it will also serve and materially aid the state and the nation." The institution is supported entirely by free will offerings. The monthly expenses are $1,500. Notwithstanding this large amount which Dr. Shepard has to raise each month, he has managed thus far in these hard times to keep the school going. The institution covers a field peculiarly its own and plans to do the work covered by no other school. In self government, thrift and singleness of purpose the student body takes high rank. Briefly the National Training school stands for directing the so called emotionalism of the Negro race into practical working channels, making it a means of uplift instead of destruction; it stands for the training of the 30,000 or more of our ministers, who largely constitute leadership of the race, by giving every day living workable Ideas and through them reach over 10,000,000 members of our race in America; it stands for the training of settlement workers, the training of leaders in special lines of work so that each person sent out will have a direct bearing and influence upon hundreds of others, and finally, it stands for literary excellence and industrial superiority. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS LOVING THANKS FILIPINOS. Could Not Have Succeeded Without People's Aid, Says Bandmaster. Manila, P. I., Major Walter H. Loving, who recently retired as director of the Philippine Constabulary band, expresses his appreciation of the people of the island in the following terms: "To the People of Manila and the Philippine Islands: "In severing my connection with the Constabulary band after fourteen years' service I would belie my feelings if I failed to express my deep regret at this parting. "It is no trifling incident for a man to sever the ties that bind him to a work to which he has devoted his heart and soul for so many years. And it is no trifling incident to part with friends, many of whom have supported me in my work from its very beginning. Indeed, whatever success I have achieved with the Constabulary band has been due as much to the loyal support of all classes of the people here as to any personal efforts of my own, for no man can do his best without the inspiration that comes from the aid and encouragement of his fellow men. "It is a far cry back to that day in October, 1902, when the Constabulary band made its first public appearance in Manila. Even at that early day I had faith in its future, for I was aware of the latent musical genius of the Filipinos. But neither my own efforts nor the efforts of my men could have made the Constabulary band what it is today had it not been for the loyal support we have received from the general public. "I shall always look back with pleasure to my cordial relations with the officials of the Philippine government and their generous co-operation during the years of my service here. I feel that I owe to them and to the people in general a debt of gratitude that can never be measured, because it has been through them that I have been enabled to realize the culminating ambition of my life. "I am also deeply appreciative of the many courtesies which have been extended to me by the military authorities in the Philippines, and I take this occasion to mention the fact that when the organization of a constabulary band was still in the projective state it was the army that came forward and loaned us the instruments to begin our work. "I have faith in the future of the Constabulary band. With its membership drawn from a race which possesses the essential traditions and temperament of musicians, with the experience gained by contact with great musical organizations abroad and with a competent director who is a thoroughly trained musician, there is no reason why the band should not progress in the future as it has progressed in the past. "If one who has received as many favors from the public as I have may be permitted to ask a parting favor I would ask that my successor be given the same generous support that has been accorded me, to the end that he may have a fair opportunity to prove his fitness. Let the public remember that any discouragement coming to him in the early stages of his responsibility could easily spoil a career that might otherwise be successful. "In leaving the Philippine Islands I do with the feeling that the band will succeed and that I will return some day to this faraway country, not for service, but to visit the scene of my life work and to shake the hands of many old friends in Manila, to whom I shall always feel grateful. "WALTER H. LOVING. "Major, Philippine Constabulary, Retired." YOUNG PEACE PROMOTERS. Features of Social Service Work Conducted by the Urban League. Sixty-two members of the Junior Park Protective league of the National League on Urban Conditions visited police headquarters in New York recently in response to an invitation tendered by Leroy Peterson of the committee on distress and unemployment. Acting Sergeant Shaw of the Police Training school had the men of the present class give a special exhibition, including jiu-jitsu movements. The boys were received during their visit by Inspector Cahalane. Sergeant Neuman of the Thirty-eighth precinct and Lleutenants Milhauser, Kenlon and Bass. They were especially delighted in having an audience with Chief Inspector Schmittberger, whose advice was very timely. The members of this league serve as volunteer aids of the city and act in co-operation with the various city departments. Each Saturday the boys leave the office of the National Urban league. 2303 Seventh avenue, for an excursion to some point of interest in the city or vicinity. The founders of this organization are Mrs. Sophia M. Loebinger and Mrs. Harry W. Bell. The Manhattan divisions are in charge of Charles C. Allison, Jr.; A. Zucker and George Nellenberg, and the Brooklyn divisions are in charge of James H. Hubert. New York Methodists Show Manhood By a vote of 12 out of 15 to the New York conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, which closed its sessions at Peekskill, N. Y. on Monday, March 27, went on record as favoring the election of bishops of the Negro or any other race connected with the conference. The vote in favor of electing race bishops is said to be in a large measure due to the eloquent speech of the Rev. Dr. William H. Brooks, pastor of St. Mark's Methodist Episcopal church, New York city. IN HILIGH DIVINE STATEMENT GREAT ORGANIZER AND FINANCIER Constructive Work of a Former Georgia Minister at Second Baptist Church In Evanston, Ill.-Erects New Edifice, Adds New Members and Raises $35,000 in Less Than Four Years. Evanston, Ill.-Georgia has the distinction of furnishing to Illinois one of the most aggressive Baptist ministers in the state and a man who has won the hearts of the people and has accomplished much good. The Rev. L. A. Thomas, D. D., pastor of the Second Baptist church here, is one of the best known clergymen in this section of the country. Dr. Thomas received his public school and college training at Atlanta and Macon, Ga. He attended the Central college at Macon and also the Moorehouse college in Atlanta, which is one of the largest and best known institutions in the south for the training of young men. At these two institutions he not only took the regular literary REV. L. A. THOMAS, D. D. course, but his theological training also, and then a postgraduate course at the University of Chicago. It was Central City college that conferred on him the degree of master of arts. He was formerly an active figure in Georgia in the denominational work. For five years he was president of the state Baptist Young People's union. He was for some time professor of languages and higher mathematics in Central City college. He has been an active and successful pastor in Atlanta, Baxley and McKae, Ga. His last work in Georgia was at Central City college, which position he resigned to accept the pastorate of the Second Baptist church here in April, 1012. When he took charge of the church Dr. Thomas found a small membership worshiping in a dilapidated frame building, with a seating capacity of 200. In his initial sermon he declared that the building would have to come down and one more suitable to the needs of the people would have to be erected. Within a few months the building was torn down and the foundation laid for the present magnificent building, one of the finest in the state. Dr. Thomas drew the plans for the building, submitted them to the church for approval and later turned them over to an architect for perfection. He then superintended the erection of the church himself. If there is such a thing as "the heart of a city" it is there where the Second Baptist church is located. It is at least in the most important part of the city, and the lot alone is valued at $10,000. It is just one-half block from the Evanston postoffice. The church office is valued at $40,000, and under the leadership of Dr. Thomas $35,000 has been raised within three years and ten months. Perhaps it would be of interest to know that in addition to erecting the most complete modern church in and around Chicago 300 members have been added to the church in Evanston. After working a year or two among the pastors and churches of the Bethlehem Baptist association, of which he was elected secretary the first year of his residence in this city, Dr. Thomas was elected to the moderatorship without a dissenting vote. This association includes some of the largest churches of Chicago and vicinity. The Second Baptist church held three notable rallies during 1915, with these results: April 25, $2,000; Aug. 29, $2,600; April 25, $2,160. These amounts were devoted to the building fund. Special funds were raised for the building fund every month during the year. The receipts for 1915 were more than $16,000. This success is largely attributed to the splendid organization of the membership. The entire church is divided into eighteen auxiliaries. The ladies of the church are divided into eight circles, the men into four men's clubs, which make a splendid laymen's movement; the "teen" age girls into the Phyllis Wheatley Dramatic and Needlework circle. The Sunday school, the Women's Missionary society, the R. Y. P. U. are also doing splendid work. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY One Year. $1.50. Six Months. 1.00 Three Months. .50 Subscribers are requested to remit by postoffice money order or registered letter Entered at the postoffice In Cleveland Ohio, as second-class matter. Address all communications to HARRY C. SMITH Editor and proprietor, THE GAZETTE, Blackstone Building, Cleveland, O. Member Ohio Legislature: 1894 to 1896; 1896 to 1898; 1900 to 1902 THE GAZETTE is the oldest, and has the largest bona fide circulation, double that of any newspaper in the interest of Afro-Americans, published in the state of Ohio, and comparison with any will immediately establish its rank as one of the NEWSIEST AND BEST in the country. 10,000,000 Afro-Americans.. 160,000 in Ohio. 20,000 in Cleveland. SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1916. DARE TO DO YOUR DUTY. "Let us have faith that night makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our work to understand it."—Abraham Lincoln. Our esteemed contemporary and neighbor, The Pittsburg (Pa.) Courier, will please accept sincerest congratulations and best wishes on its entrance upon the seventh years of its publication. Dr. S. S. Sissen, a Cincinnati pastor, speaking at a ministers' meeting in that city, called attention to the many so-called members who are living to gether unmarried and said that the preachers knew it, but were too cowardly to tell them of it. He said if we get the devil out of the church it will prosper. God is able to take care of all who preach the word. He scored corruption in every form and raised aloft the banner of purity. If Dr. Sis sen came to Cleveland and visited the 11th ward of this city how he could "rattle the dry bones." Shake them up, Dr. Bailey. DEMOCRATIC EVASION OF FACTS "The dinner pail is full and the tariff is out of it." Thus speaks the Portland, (Ore.), Journal, a Democratic organ. But the Journal need not deceive itself as to the intelligence of its constituency. The business men, the laborers, the professional men of the Pacific northwest went through the period of industrial depression that followed the inauguration of the Democratic administration and the enactment of its tariff law which threw American industry into competition with the underpaid labor of Europe and Asia. With very few exceptions, the people of that section of the United States can read, and they have access to the official reports of this administration, showing the effect of removal of the protective tariff. Removal of the protective duty put British Columbia shingles on the roofs of buildings in the Oregon country, while shingle mills that should have been employing labor in territory served by the Journal, were idle. The industrial depression throughout the entire country put an end to railroad improvements, and curtailed all kinds of building, with the result that lumber mills closed down and their former employees were fed in the soup houses of Portland and housed in any sort of shelter that might be available. Millions of Chinese eggs came in duty free to curtail the markets of Pacific Coast farmers. It is unkind of the Journal to assume that its readers will forget these facts. It manifests altogether too poor an opinion of their intellectual capacity. It is true that in most parts of the country the dinner pail is now full, but readers of the Journal know exactly why it is full. They know that we had not the slightest relief from the depression brought on by the Democratic tariff law until the outbreak of the war, which cut off importations on the one hand, and gave us new and unprecedented markets for our goods, on the other. The dinner pail is full because of the European war, and for no other reason. The Journal knows it, and does not dare to print the statistics showing our balances of trade for ten months before and ten months after the outbreak of the war. Publication of those statistics would bring the blush of shame to anyone who boasts that "the dinner pail is full and the tariff is out of it." BE MEN! Mr. A. D. Male, whose article appears elsewhere in The Gazette today, is one of our leading, intelligent and substantial business men of central Ohio. His "Meadow Brook Farm," two hundred and seventy-six acres, at Mesopotamia, with its large herd of fine "Holstein" cows, is one of the "show places" of that section of the state. He is, too, a life-long Republican but, like thousands of other Ohio Afro-Americans, has been fooled long enough by Gov. Frank B. Willis, Secretary of State Hildebrant and their kind of alleged Republican officeholders. It is high time to call a hail. Every other potent factor of the Republican party of this state, but Afro-Americans, can be treated with something like proper consideration when it comes to the distribution of positions. We only, of all, are practically ignored because we have gone on, year after year, suffering such misattreatment without ever "striking back"— only complaining a little and that "under our breath"—because of a silly fear of being termed "Democrats" if we do what every other factor of the party has always done when so ignored and mistreated. Are we ever to remain so impotent? If so when, in God's name, are we ever to gain the respect and proper treatment our long years' loyalty to the party clearly entitles us to if we do not "strike back" and punish weaklings in office as Willis, Hildebrant and Mayor Harry L. Davis of Cleveland? Stop and think! Our capable young men and women, and older ones, deserving are passed by, year after year, and the positions they are entitled to given to others ("white") less deserving from every point, and all know it. Let us be MEN this year, and show Gov. Willis, Secretary of State Hildebrant and any others of the kind, that they cannot have our votes in the face of such glaring, insulting and unfair treatment. It is not necessary for The Gazette to add that it urges this as a loyal member of the race and a lifelong Republican, and not for any other reason or purpose whatever. We have absolutely no interest in or care for any Democratic candidate, and shall not vote for any one of them. But we will cross Willis, Hildebrant and all such pseudo-Republican office-holding candidates' names from our ticket when we go to vote, this summer and fall. BE MEN and do likewise! Show some real race loyalty. THE GREATER MEN. Why Afro-Americans Should Help Fight the Battles of This Country —A Fine Editorial. A STRONG PROTEST Against 'the Sentencing of Huber Eaves—Meade Camp Speaks Out. Columbus, O.—The attention of Gen Geo. G. Meade Camp, No. 75, Ohio, U.S. W. V., has been called to the publication in the newspapers of this date of the unnatural, uncalled for and illegal sentencing recently of Hubert Eaves, an Afro-American school-boy 11 years of age, at Des Moines, Iowa, to a term of nine years in the Eldora reformatory for refusing to salute the American flag. Even tho' the sentence was suspended, the military to the editorial comment of the leading newspapers of the country that saw fit to discuss the matter. By such action we are under the impression that the proud "Hawkeye" state is joining hands with that type of citizenship which thrives south of the "Mason and Dixon's" line. We desire to call attention to the fact that we refuse to accept such acts as this with the expected complacency. This Camp has already volunteered the services of its entire member Mexican situation calls for the services of veterans who have served their country honestly and faithfully. In spite of this, such unholy acts as the prejudice of this judge must not go unchallenged. In view of the loyalty and patriotism of the black American in all periods of our country's development either in war or peace, this despicable action on the part of a prejudiced judge is but another evidence of the growth of a devilish integral part of the American people, whose fideliity has never before been questioned by any man or set of men in the history of this nation. Committee: John C. Fulton, A. G. Smith, H. C. Gilbert, chairman, Warren Hawes, Robt. S. Allen, W. S. Thomas, commander. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1916 Written by 'The Old Reliable Gazette's Correspondents THROUGHOUT THE STATE What Our People Are Doing Each Week—Church, Personal, Social, Lodge, Literary and Musical — Marriages, Deaths, Etc. XENIA—Dr. A. A. Brown is one of the many physicians commissioned as a captain in the U. S. volunteer army which will not serve until called upon. It is a new branch of the national defense service. COLUMBUS—Twenty-two recruits for the Twenty-fourth U. S. infantry left the Columbus barracks, Monday for active service. They go first to Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, and thence to the border, where they will join their regiment, which is now being sent into Mexico. WILBERFORCE—This little town has been rejoicing for ten days as the result of its team's defeat of Lincoln University in the intercollegiate debate held in the Bridge street A. M. E. church, Brooklyn, N. Y. And because the same night another team defeated Virginia Union University in Mt. Olivet Baptist church, New York. Our team leads all in the debating line. We have solved, That the Naval and Military Resources of the United States Should be Promptly and Substantially Enlarged and Strengthened." SANDUSKY.-Mr. Hughes of Nashville, Tenn., has arrived with 13 men to work in the Ferrell foundry. He will go back for 14 more.-W. E. Smith of Marion, Ind., has located here.-Both churches and S. S. were held, Sunday, Mr. Jas, Davies, E. E. Alexander and M. Mary, George were elected delegates to the seminarial S. S. convention at the Second Baptist church in Akron.-Rev. J. D. Singleton will attend a conference at the A. M. E. church in Alliance, the 13th and 14th.-The S. S. and B. Y. P. U. are making great preparations for Easter.-When you want the truth, you must go to the church you must get a copy of The Gazette. Rev. Geo. D. Smith, local representative. CHILLICOTHE, — Mr. Isaac Payne and daughter attended the funeral of his brother, Mr. Gee. Payne of Greenfield—Lanuse Saunders and Orville Payne spent Sunday in Greenfield.—Mrs. Bertha Saunders spent last summer with her sister-in-law, Mrs Roy Hewlett of Landover. Mr. per at Goth's hall, Kingston, was an exceptional success. Many prominent business men of this city attended.—Mr. Robert Liggins' speedy recovery permits him to resume his duties at the City hospital.—Floyd Liggins, E. B. Ewing and R. Williams visited Fred. Richardson, Sunday afternoon. —Richardson, Sunday afternoon for Easter at Mission chapel—Get a copy of The Gazette and read the best race news. CORRESPONDENTS must mail all letters for publication at their main postoffice sufficiently early on Monday (or Sunday) of each week to have them reach The Gazette office on Tuesday morning, and always write also, their names and that of their city or town on the outside of the wrapper about returned copies. Unless this latter is done, proper credit cannot be given you. Lists of names, wedding presents, etc., obituary notices, speeches, resolutions, poetry, inquiries for relatives and advertisements announcing entertainments to be held in the near future, must be paid for in advance at the rate of ten cents a line, six words to a line. Our rates for display advertisements will be sent on application. YOUNGSTOWN. — Mrs. Mary M. Conrad entertained at dinner, Thursday, in honor of Mrs. A. E. West of Pittsburg.—David Brannock is modeling his cafe—Emily M. Harves is ill.—Buckeye lodge, Elks, will celebrate its anniversary, the 16th.—Mr. Gales is sick.—Mr. Wm. Leno was called to Hume. Va., by his mother's illness.—Rev. J. Ogborn and St. Augustine choir will go to Sharon, Sunday evening.—Geo. Newman of Pittsburg, visited his sister, Mrs. J. H. Moore who is ill.—Mrs. C. Ridley underwent an operation at the hospital, this week.—Wn. Pratis of Erle, visited Mr. and Mrs. Cameron—The couple was in the "old reliable" ways found in the "old reliable" Gazette. Ladies can also find the latest and best fashion news on the last page. CADIZ—Mr. Frank Blanchard, who was taken to the Wheeling hospital, is improving—Mr. Dean Howard of Steubenville, spent Sunday here—Young folk's day was observed, Sunday, under the auspices of Allen league—Mr. John Blanchard is quite ill—Simpson Chapel choir rendered very good music at the A. M. E. church. The play, "How the Story Grew," was also enjoyed by all—Rev. Moyer, Mrs. Emma Tyler and Mrs. Sara Bosell are in Kentucky attending the M. E. conference—Miss Elizabeth Ramsey of Hopedale, spent Sunday here—The B.B.'s were entertained, Sunday by Mr. Freed Ramsey—Mr. Jesse Rosenwald turned from extended visit in Oberlin and Cleveland—Mr. Simpson and son, Alvin, and Miss May Blanchard of Flushing, attended Mr. Wm. Alexander's funeral. The C. I. C. club, of which he was a member, attended in a body and gave a beautiful floral tribute. HILLSBORO. — Wesleyan church literary society meets every Thursday evening, and is quite interesting.— The A. M. E. church will render an excellent Easter program. Out-of-town musical talent will assist the choir.—Miss Carissa West visited her sister, Mrs. Chester Anderson, Sunday.—The sad death of the death of Mrs. Emma Ross Kittrell, in youngstown, was received here, Saturday. Her son, Lyman, left, Sunday, to attend the funeral.—Miss Mary Williams spent the week-end in Columbus with her sister, Mrs. L. Kiligore.—Thos. C. Harris, son of Mrs. Nance Trimble, died, April 10. Funeral services, Wednesday afternoon, at the A. M. E. church, conducted by Rev. J. M. Ross.—Mr. and Mrs. F. Racney, recently.—The Baptist choir will give an entertainment, April 21. Do not miss it.—Mrs. Annie Greene of Columbus, arrived, Monday, called by her uncle, Mr. Jefferson Hawes' serious illness—Miss Anna Davidson of Cincinnati, spent Sunday here with relatives. Miss Mary Williams, teacher, and pupils of the first grade, will give a "circus" entertainment at Lincoln building, April 28. Her office is at 1000 N. Mabel Christy of Cincinnati, former resident of this city, is dead. Her remains were brought here for interment. SMITHFIELD.—Mr. Richard Tyler, Jr., was in M. Pleasant, last week. Mr. Haze Harris' hand was mashed in the Bradley mines. D. W. Bigby has rheumatism, again. — Robert Harris was badly burned in the face, Sunday, while playing, from a carbite explosion. — Mr. and Mrs. G. Binns visited her sister in Bridgeport, Sunday. Mrs. G. Binns visited in Steubenville, last week. Mr. Dave Freeman is visiting at home in McIntyre, this week. — Mr. Rasmus West, one of the oldest residents of McIntyre, died there, last week. Funeral from the A. M. E. church, Rev. Chas Greene officiating, Messrs. Z. and H. West, and Miss Mary West of Cleveleen, died their father's funeral Saturday. They have moved to East St. — Mrs. Sie Fletcher of Steubenville, visited her mother here, Sunday. — James and Haze Harris visited relatives out-of-town, Sunday. — Mr. and Mrs. Chas Smith have moved back to 4th St. — Messrs. Scott, Gray, Stokes and Fowler of Bradley, entertained with music at Mrs. W. H. Veney's, Monday. — Rev. R. B. Lowe held the third quarter meeting, Sunday, the communal conducted by Rev. Geo Maxwell, P. E. Maxwell at McIntyre in the afternoon. He held quarterly conference here, Saturday evening. St. Paul S. S. is arranging fine Easter program. GEORGETOWN. — Mr. George Smith left for Toledo, last Tuesday where he has employment.—Mr. Foster Burr spent the week-end in Cincinnati. His brother, Saul, accompanied him home, Sunday evening.—Mr. Peter Payne and Miss Flora Black were married, last Tuesday, by Rev Bridges in the presence of the him and his wife.—Miss Congratulations.—Miss Dilsey Rice is employed as a domestic in Higgins port.—Miss Anna Braxton returned to Columbus after a pleasant visit here.—Mrs. Clarence Mills will soon locate in Cincinnati.—Mrs. Martha Taylor, Mrs. Debora Burr and Mrs. Alfred Masterson have been ill.—The A. M. E. S. S. is doing nicely under the superintendency of Mr. C. Williams.—A missionary meeting at the Baptist Chapel Appleton coated.—Rev. Robbins of Ripley here, Saturday.—Rev. E. F. Boston preached in Higginsport, Sunday Commencement there the last of April Miss Florence Gayton is our only graduate.—Mrs. Lucy Williams of Walsburg, was the week-end guest of Mrs Mary Bridges. The Baptist rally was quite a success.—Rev. J. J. Wilson and Master's degree.—Miss Cincinnati entertained by Mrs. Ripley.—Rev. Jas. Bridges preached at Decatur, Sunday. The Baptist were to have held a social, Saturday evening. Both S. S. are preparing for Easter.—Don't forget to buy a copy of The Gazette for Sunday reading. HITS WILLIS AND HILOEBRANT Both of Whom. Have Ignored Our People in Making Good Appointments. Mesopotamia, O.—What has the governor (Willis) done politically for the more than 50,000 Colored voters in this state? It is true he has made a few minor appointments — appointments that no well-posted, energetic Colored man could afford to accept, barring, possibly, the appointment of Wilbur E. King. I can assign but two reasons why he has done so little in a political way for them. Either he considers any and all Colored men incompetent to fill positions that he has filled with very "moderate" white men, or else, like most of the Babbitts for all purposes, for that matter, he thinks when the Colored voter has cast his ballot he has fulfilled his mission until the next election. PETER H. GOV. FRANK B. WILLIS. I was a candidate last fall for corporation clerk in the department of state, a position that had been given, invariably, to a Colored man by all of the Republican secretaries for the past 30 years. Mr. Hildebrant put this fact aside and appointed a white politician who lost out in the examination. In his large office force he has recognized us by appointing two janitors. Now next November, if all the Colored voters in this state do not run over themselves to support Mr. Hildebrant for re-election, he will consider them disloyal to the Republican party. Do not get it that I am saying this because I am so angry at him, I am simply sitting feasts in they are. I have always been a Republican, and expect to continue to be such, but take it from me, that if either Governor Wills or ex-Governor James M. Cox is elected to the governorship, it will be a great calamity to this great state and her citizenship. 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Ocean Springs, Miss.—What the "Ocean Springs News" called "a near race riot" occurred here, last week, when Moxey Tryon, a white lineman, for an alleged insulting remark, knocked down, kicked in the stomach and then jumped on Frances Lyman, a colored girl. Alf Smith, the girl's uncle, and BJ Demison came to the girl's house, probably after life. Tryon's friends attempted to raise further trouble which nearly ended in a general riot. In police court the white man was dismissed and the colored men fined $50 and $10 respectively, as a warning perhaps against interfering with a "white gentleman" when one is amusing himself by beating up the person of a Negro girl. The New York Restaurant, 3854 Central Ave., will serve for Sunday dinner: Soups, roast and stewed chicken, roast beef, green beans, mashed potatoes, rice pudding, etc. There is no neater or cleaner dining room in the avenue. It serves the best home-cooking, too. Go there, Sunday, for your dinner.—Adv. 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E. trustees, to assist the city prosecutor in their case, against Rufus Justice, alleging embezzlement. The attendance at St. John's S. S. Sunday, was 553; collection $15.67. The Baraca class, J. L. Jones president, and teacher, claimed 53 men present. The Deborah club held a pleasant meeting at Mrs. G. W. Turpins on Central Ave., Wednesday evening. Dunbar Literary society's program Tuesday evening, at Shiloh church was an interesting one. The reading of Miss Mahala Johnson, the address of Charles S. Sutton, Esq., and the several speakers on the subject, "Resolved, that the Negro has been a potent factor in building up the United States," made an exceptionally enjoyable meal. St. Paul's Zion A. M. E. church, 2183 E 46th St., will have its formal opening tomorrow. A special program at 3 p.m. Participants: Mrs. Edith Venable and W. B. Smith, soloists; M. Mitchell, J. L. Jones, Director Lemar T. Beman, speakers, the Ladies' Harmony trio, the Misses Wells and Mrs. Cleage; Rev W. 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The fact that they advertise is assurance that they want it. Local reading notices (advertisements) ten cents a line (six words in a line). Social and Personal Our Classified Ad Department 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 A "jim crow" Y. M. C. A. meeting was held, Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Truman Ford visited their parents in Dayton, last week. John E. Murrell of Cambridge, Pa. arrived in the city, Monday, to locate Zion A. M. E. mission is remodeling a residence in E. 49th St., to worship in. Mrs. Mary West attended her father's funeral in McIntyre, last Sat- urday. Mrs. Jesse Redman, who visited here and in Oberlin, recently, has returned to Cadiz. Mrs. Good of E. 43rd St., who was called to Columbus by the death of her brother-in-law, returned Saturday. Mt. Zion Cong. church ladies are preparing for a bazaar, in May. Special services, for ten days, are being held at the church. All welcome. Harvey Armstrong of Los Angeles, Cal., arrived in the city, last week, and was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Robbins Mass. The editor of The Gazette is indebted to Dr. J. K. Nickens, 12 Twine Bldg., Muskgoose, Okla., for a recent copy of the Muskgoose (Okla.) Daily Phoenix; the Daily Times-Democrat, and the Tulsa (Okla.) Daily World. The editor of The Gazette was among those invited to attend Ex-Senator Charles Dick's conference held in rooms F and G of the Hollden Hotel, W. 10th Street, E. 43rd St., Geo. A. Myers and others were also invited to the conference. Major John R. Lynch, accompanied by Chas. W. Chestnut, Eqs., was the guest of the Minerva Reading Club, Saturday afternoon, at the Misses Georgia and Cora Fields', and gave a very interesting talk on the Philipines. Mr. Chestnut read one of his lectures. Rev. I. A. Lawson preached, Sunday morning and evening, at Mt. Haven Baptist church and the attendance was good. The Brotherhood class presented the S. S. with a large reversable blackboard, the presentation speech being made by G. L. Randolph, president. Sup. T. Lawson commended the presentation. The editor of The Gazette is indebted to the Public Publishing Co., Ellsworth Bldg., Chicago, for a copy of Bolton Hall's booklet, "The Disease of Charity"; to Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, N. Y. City, for a copy of his address, to the Union League of Philadelphia, at "Founders' Day" celebration; and to Dr. R. N. Y. City, for a copy of his booklet, "The Colorado Industrial Plan." According to a City hall employee: Syd. Thompson and James R. Snyder, who were recently examined for assistant district foremen in the street department, averaged, respectively, 50 per cent and 93 per cent, and 44th, just "got by" while Mr. Snyder was 19th on the list. Until he is appointed, Syd. must serve at $2 a day. No clerkships or better position, at the city hall, for Afro Americans only. Just remember this: Secretary Richard Bundy, of the American Legation in Liberia, is on his way to this country. He will be for over four years. He is an excellent officer and has made a fine record. He comes on the U. S. cruiser Birmingham and has made a his wife. This is unusual. But these are unusual times, and the country may expect unusual happenings. Mr. Bundy is the oldest son of Rev. Chas. Bundy, now located Our 25 local public school teachers, who are sitting still watching the attempts of "jim-crow" Negroes and prejudiced "white" persons to "saddle" a "jim-crow" Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. on our people of this community, will be looking for other jobs soon after either one is established-if they even are. Mark our prediction. Better wake up and become aggressive against these vicious incipient movements. It is easier to kill them now than later on. Separate schools followed the establishment of the "jim-crow" Y. M. C. A.'s in Dayton, Columbus, Philadelphia and other cities. While Chicago, Cincinnati and other THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1916. cities are having their troubles for the very same reason. The death of Mrs. Wm. E. Walker of E. 37th St. Saturday, two days after the death of her baby which died the day preceding, following so soon the death of a brother of Mr. Walker last September, was the culmination of a series of sad events in the life of the child that elicited befull person. He has the strongest sympathy of the community. Pulmonary tuberculosis caused her death. Funeral, Monday afternoon, from Lane Memorial C. M. E. church, Rev. S. C. Harris of Zion A. M. E. mission, of facilitating Interment in Harvard Grove cemetery, Slaughter Bros. funeral director, of the same also shipped the remains of Lon Sexon of 4205 Central Ave., to Columbus on April 1. A. D. Boyd ("Starlight") has furished The Gazette a sworn statement in which he says that the local item, which appeared in a recent issue of this paper, announcing the arrest of a woman in his saloon for creating a disturbance (threatening to shoot, it is said), "is absolutely false." He also accused for women and never accused any in his present place"; that he "does not allow women in his cafe," and that he "never heard of any gun affair until he read it in The Gazette." Inquiry at Central Police station discloses the following in connection with the above: On March 29, about 10 p.m., Elenor Sheppard, age 29, 3006 Scovil Ave., was arrested, charged with disobeying a law, she went to "Starlight's" saloon and asked for her husband. When he came out, words ensued in front of a house very near the saloon. About this time, an officer came along and be attracted by a crowd, arrived just in time to see the woman reach behind her. He took her in charge and asked what she had in her hand; her husband took it, later on giving her up. The arrest, therefore, was not made IN "Starlight's" saloon and it was apparently "a razor affair" and not "any gun affair." DOINGS OF THE RACE The unconstitutionality of the Louisville, Ky., race segregation ordinances was argued Monday before the U. S. supreme court at Washington, D.C. Lieut. Col. Harry Beaver, Major Fleming, Hard Johnson, Charles Donnelly, Captain John Johnson are officers with Cartranza's army in Mexico. Several were formerly members of our U. S. regiments. Many colored people are advocating "self effacement" for the race as the solution of the race problem. The more the race gives the more its enemies will demand. Never willingly relinquish any right.-St. Paul (Mimm.) Appeal. The article headed "Pythians Will Not Indorse Segregation" the Chicago Defender of March 18th publishes a series of the most infamous fabrications ever perpetrated upon any city. St. Louis (Mo.) Argus. The Defender is our most unreliable paper. The first Americans soldier to lose his life in the Villa expedition was George A. Hudnell, of Troop B, 10th Cavalry, of Colonel Dodd's advance force, which is composed of Seventh and Tenth Cavalry troops. Col Brown's advance force is made up of Tenth Cavalry troops only. Judge T. J. Moll of the Superior Court, Room No. 5, last Friday appointed Attorney James H. Lott of this city as judge pro-em for his court for such recognition is the first time that such recognition was even given to one of our Colored lawyers.-Indianapolis (Ind.) Recorder. The refusal of Hubert Eaves, the eleven-year-old school boy in Des Moines, Ia., to salute the American flag, when instructed to do so by his teacher, is an indication of the deep feeling of rebellion in the soul of the American youth of color, against the system of discrimination and injustice as practiced in his native land by the Baltimore (Md.) Commonwealth. Stick to it editor Harry C. Smith. Certainly the Republican party owes us more than we owe it. We won our laurels on bloody battlefields and saved the union along with hammering the shackles off our heels to the number of four million, and with folded arms and clam silence, they have alighted on the battlefield, lynched and burnt at the press—Martinsburg (W. Va.) Pioneer Press. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People committed all the credit in the State of Ohio in the defense of the race, in running out "The Birth of The Nation" and other efforts. Much of that credit belongs rightfully to the Hon. Harry C. Smith, ex-elegisator, and editor of The Cleveland Gazette. Render to Caesar the flag—Birmingham (Ala.) Baptist Leader. Young Eaves is well within his rights in refusing to salute the flag, and when brought back into court last week on the charge of refusing to obey the courts' ruling, is said to have stated: "I will not salute the flag, no matter what Judge Dudley does to me." He is encouraging in the history of this century, than this birth of a new spirit of pluck and determination—Baltimore (Md.) Afro-American. Seven hundred students of the College of Arts and Science, Teachers College, Academy and Commercial College, of Howard University, Washington, D. C., went on a strike last Wednesday. No disorder, but they will not return until their demands have been met. The students ask that the assistant professor, the board of Deans be immediately reinstated and that they themselves be allowed to return without incurring any penalty. It is said that Prof. Geo. W. Cook, secretary of the university and for many years connected with it as a teacher, threatens to resign if the strikers are thus permitted to return. Certain that the twelve or fifteen sailors and marines who had chased his brother, George Carter, Wednesday afternoon, from Washington street to Charlotte and Cumberland Sts., intended to lynch him, Willie Carter, a nineteen-year-old. Colored youth snatched a pistol from a store in which he worked on Washington street, followed the mob, and; when they were dragging his brother out of a house at the corner of Charleston on the sails, killing two of them, each of whom had a hold on his brother. The mob quickly dispersed, the sailors and marines seeking cover, and the boy who did the shooting made his escape and had not been apprehended up to the time of our going to press.—Norfolk (Va.) Journal and Guide. A COURT HOUSE LYNCHING. Idabel, Okla. — Oscar Martin, charged with a criminal attack upon a thirteen-year-old "white" girl, was placed on trial in the county court house April 3. After hearing the evidence the several hundred court-room spectators seized the prisoner while the judge and jury looked on, placed a rope around his neck, tie the same to a chair, knocked him down over a court room balcony. There being no further business before the court it adjourned. IT IS ABOUT TIME! New Orleans, La. - A two-day conference on law and order, participated in by leaders ("white") of southern colleges and universities, prominent jurists and others, at which plans were outlined for creating popular sentiment against lynching, was one of the features of the southern sociological congress when the opening礼 was Wednesday. The sessions will end Sunday night, in a joint meeting with the southern conference of education and industry. SHOT TO DEATH! Del Rio, Tex.-Private John Wade, of Company C, 24th infantry, was killed here late last Saturday night when two rangers and Sheriff Almond attempted to arrest sixteen Afro-American soldiers who had created a disturbance in a house in the restricted district. The Texas Rangers have "had it in" for our soldiers ever since that Roosevelt-Taft "Brownsville, Tex. Affray." That doubtless explains this killing. Our Ministers Throughout Ohio Becoming Active Editor Gazette, Dear Sir:—Some time in 1915, Gov. Frank B. Willis agreed to the appointment of a local Negro as a deputy oil inspector for this county which position he held until January 1 when his resignation caused a vacancy in the oil inspecting job. Meanwhile, two or three aspirants applied for it, among the number being a local saloon-keeper who persevered in the search of people, where our church-goers must pass to and fro to their churches, being embarrassed by hangers-out and others passing in and out. In spite of our vigorous protests (for nearly two months) to Gov. Willis, as ministers of the gospel (representing several thousand Colored church communicants), against the appointment of a saloon-man, recommended largely by the saloon element, the Governor has appointed him and his staff to the duties dorsed, one whom we thought the best to represent the race in an official capacity. We, as ministers, sent letters, telegrams and night-letters (telegrams) to Gov. Willis in protest against the appointment of the saloon-man and endorsing the other aspirant. The Governor, however, has deliberately and outrageously ignored our protests and endorsements by giving the position to that element which he has endorsed (saloon) is doing more harm and causing more retrogression of the flower of our young manhood in this city than the actual physical slavery of our parents before the "sixties." We, the ministers and churches, stand for race elevation, a virile manhood, worthy citizenship and factors in every community, and for a better manhood and life. The Governor's action in this matter is in direct opposition to all these—and HURTS! What are we to do when these contemptible indignities are continually men to state and municipal jobs as a reward to the decent Negro republicans of this community, thus saying to the people, white and Colored, that SUCH men are the REPRESENTATIVES of the Negroes? We must and will organize and work to defeat any candidate for office, be he democrat or republican, who will so insult us, and Gov. Willis will be made to feel this, politically, if he is a candidate for office in November. (Rev.) H. C. Bailey, Pastor, Antioch Baptist Church, President, Cleveland Branch, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Columbus, O., March 17, 1916. Editor Gazette, Dear Sir: I have read Dr. H. C. Bailey's splendid article in The Gazette concerning the outrage committed by Gov. Frank B. Willis, in appointing a saloon-man to office despite the vigorous protests of Cleveland's leading ministers of the gospel and prominent citizens, and wish to register my hearty approval of the same. I have known Dr. Bailey all of my life and have always found him a true type of manhood, standing firmly for the cause of justice and the rights of our people. Shakespeare said in his "Julius Caesar": "The evil men do, lives after them. The good is often interwed with their bones." But thanks be to God we have some good men who are being thought of and recognized while they are living, receiving flowers before the Master bids them to lay aside life's weary tolls. It is high time that our race awaken to these facts: The Republican party has always thought that they could carry the Negro vote regardless of whatever outrages they might commit, because they feel that they bear first honors in the emancipation of the Negro race. But God accomplished that task and his servant, Abraham Lincoln, has passed to the great beyond. Furthermore, if we ever owed the party any debt of gratitude or anything else for any part it may have played in the emancipation or during the Civil War. God knows, in fealty, united support and vote for nearly a half century we have paid that debt and, too, with compound interest. It is now, and has been for many years, high time for the party to be considering the tremendous debt it owes the Negro for his long-time united support and to be paying something far more than it has in late years on that debt. I believe that I voice the sentiments of my good people everywhere when I say that the man and only the man who stands for the principle of righteousness and justice, be he democrat or Republican, will be supported by the intelligent and the punish Gov. Willis as a matter of self respect as well as race respect. It is our clear DUTY! Willis is not the party. I am a Republican. Yours resp. (Rev.) Carl W. Haskell. OBITUARY. Oberlin, O.—Mrs. Matilda Davis, for many years a resident of Cleveland, but for the past 15 years living in Oberlin, died, Monday morning, after an illness of several months. Mrs. Mamie Dunawa, of this city, was her only daughter. Her son, Frank Isaacs, was last heard of somewhere in the west and is not yet advised of his mother's death. Mrs. Davis was born in West Virginia in 1844, and was 72 years old at the time of her death. Funeral from her late residence, 199 South Spring St. TELL FRED, JAMES! James H. Jay of Sterling, Colo. is very anxious to hear from Mr. Fred. James, son of Mrs. Lyda Cheney of Youngstown, o. in regard to a pauld-up life insurance policy concerning Harry Lemon. Any one knowing him or of his relatives, please write at once of James H. Jay, Sterling, Colo.-Adv. Miss Minnie McDowell and Mr. Henry Barkley were married, Sunday evening, and will reside at 2332 E. 34th St. Mrs. Sallie Polk who has been the guest of her sons, Garfield and Henry Barkley, returned to Chittanning, Pa., Monday. Send or bring locals and all business matters to The Gazette's offices, suite 2, Blackstone Bidg. If you wish to see the editor call there, please. Dr. E. A. Bailey PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON (Winona Apartments) 2269 E. 40th Street (Cor. Central Ave.) Office Hours 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. 2 to 3 p.m. 8 to 9 p.m. Bell 'Phone, Rosedale 2306 New York 3854 Central Ave. The Best Home Service. Everythi Clean. Home-m and Other Regular Meals a Try Our Rolls and Coffee. 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Call Up Gar. 4379-m Art Printers We are Classic and know not Procrastination Send To or For Us 'Originators of Peculiarities' 10710 ARTHUR AVE., S. E. Quality Service BEFORE AFTER KINKY HAIR STRAIGHT HAIR SENT PREPAID. AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS With the view to making useful and better citizens the entire school forces of the Tuskegee institute are laboring vigorously, and the result will certainly reflect credit on the country conditions. Warren Logan, acting principal, has proved himself equal to the emergency and perfect co-operation prevails among the teachers. The wife and brother of Booker Washington are actively in the work, and their services and kindly touch are noticed in every department From Tuskegee to the rural schools is spreading the growth of home improvement, and marks of a greater civilization is evidenced in the school rooms for miles around, and in many counties of the state; in fact, with the Rosenwald fund in circulation for school buildings, there have been built many civic centers for the farm neighborhood. These schools have inaugurated an alternate system of work and study, hence the kitchen, the garden, barnyard and home are the annex to the schoolhouse, and here the teacher lives. There were many white guests for this occasion, among them Doctor Hyde of Auburn, who gave a most helpful lecture on sanitary conditions in farm homes, and also in towns and cities, and told of the danger to health of the fly. He told of the danger to children, especially, and the death rate of 6,000 children under two years old in the last 12 months, he thought traceable to sanitary treatment. Also of the 4,000 cases of tuberculosis, of typhoid fever, and of pellagra, and the enormous death rate from preventable diseases. Doctor Holberger of the United States Marine hospital service told of the cause and treatment of pellagra. One statement he made will set many minds at ease. He says it is "no more contagious than an ingrowing toe nail." Also he stated that it was more a condition from lack of proper food and that the disease had never been cured by medicine. After a close study of conditions and scientific analysis, he finds a diet of simple food and a plenty of it, composed especially of good, lean meat, peas, cornbread, with plenty of milk taken regularly will cure almost invariably any case. Of course, sanitary conditions make conditions worse or better. These two lectures were delivered in such simple language, yet were so forceful, that every man and woman present received a valuable lesson. If nothing more had been said, they were worth the cost of transportation. These diseases are very prevalent among the Nerroges. The schools, the industries, the lectures were all full of interest, but there was a great human interest on my mind—that is, how closely these students were linked with the history of a wonderful past. They are the descendants of old colored families we have, many, known before, and among the teachers many were from Virginia and the Carolinas who have been in touch with the old families and their traditions. Your editorial on the editorial of W. E. B. du Bois on Booker T. Washington is very suggestive and forceful. Chicago is as cast bound in social decorum as Mississippi, writes a correspondent of the Chicago Post. Some years ago a Negro, a graduate of Fisk university and of Oberlin college, visited me while on his way to Zululand as a missionary. In com- Bishop Branston opened the fifty-third annual session of the Washington conference, in Lolgh street Methodist Episcopal church at Richmond, Va. Rev. J. B. Hingeley, D. D., of Chicago, led in prayer. The bishop addressed the conference and administered the Holy Communion, assisted by the district superintendents. Rev. S. H. Norwood called the conference roll of membership. Rev. G. D. Johnson, Moses Opher and J. H. Tucker were reported as having died during the conference year. Rev S. H. Norwood was elected secretary; Rev W. S. Jackson, statistician, and Rev M. W. Clair, treasurer. Welcome addresses were delivered by Mayor Alnise, Dr. W. T. Johnson of the Baptist church, and Rev. Dr. S. S. Morris of the African Methodist Episcopal church. Doctor Widerman of Baltimore and Rev. J. B. Hingeley of Chicago made addresses. A check from the Book Concern for $2,736 was presented for conference claims. Sheep used as beasts of burden in northern India carry loads of 20 pounds. The plum, which was among the earliest of fruits to be cultivated and was raised when Thebes, Memphis and Damascus were in their glory, also grows wild in Asia, America and southern Europe. A portable but very powerful hydraulic press has been invented for bending large pipes to any desired curve without injury. The uses of whale oil are more numerous at the present time than ever before. Scarlet fever is difficult to control, as its cause is unknown, and mild cases may occur which are almost impossible of detection, but which serve as a focus for further spread of the disease. Gold is being mined at a depth of more than 5,000 feet in South Africa, and it is believed that the shafts can be sunk 3,000 feet more. Nearly two billion dollars are deposited in the savings' banks of New York State. pany with him I tried to obtain service at a restaurant and we were refused. We tried the barber shops, and we dexied a shave. Together we then went to a number of hotels with similar experiences. Booker T. Washington unquestionably did the greatest work for the Negro, in the South, in the three R's and for industrial education—"the bond of politics and the deeper foundations of human training." In January, 1907, I was at Minster City, 125 miles south of Memphis. There I met a presiding elder, a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, who told me the following story. I vouch for him as a man of truth. "My friend," he said, "you in the North do not understand Booker T. Washington as we understand him here in the South. Some months ago, by invitation, I sat on the platform at the Normal school at Tuskegee, and made an address to the students present—some 400 in number. I noticed that there was not a coal-black or full-blooded Negro among the students, and I asked Mr. Washington for the reason. He replied: "I have found that the full-blooded or pure Negroes do not advance beyond a certain point in their education. I have, by experience, tested and proven that only Negroes who have white blood in their veins comprehend the higher mathematics and sciences, and are the only ones who can become abstruse metaphysical thinkers. So I diplomatically guide the others into other channels of education." These facts may explain some things not generally understood in the educational system of the late Booker T. Washington. Assuming that the basis of what is termed national music is found in folk-song, it may be urged that American music, so far as it is peculiarly American, is based on Negro melodies. This finds support, for example, in Dvorak's "Symphony From the New York World," which abounds in melodies strikingly suggestive of our plantation tunes. True, it is contended that none of these melodies is to be found in Negro music, in the form in which Dvorak wrote them, but the influence of the plantation song is apparent. Of Indian music, as it survives to us, there is much to be said, but the scope of Negro folk-song is of more immediate importance, since its effect is more widely felt. But the Negro is not confined in music to melodies crooned in the field or wailed in meetings or chanted on decks. The musician is becoming less essentially Negro, and more widely musical. In other words, here and there Negroes are writing music; not merely repeating traditional tunes from generation to generation, but composing music that has no racial qualities to set it apart. In churches all over the English-speaking world, choirs are singing the works of Coleridge-Taylor, a Negro whose death a few years ago was regretted by all the world of music, and choral societies are singing his beautiful setting of "Hiwatha." And only last week, Amato, the great Italian baritone, sang in a concert in New York a song of warring Italy, which was composed by Harry G. Burleigh, a modern American Negro, whose music has been played in Richmond frequently, notably by that remarkable Negro organization, the Clof Club orchestra. The first American ancestor of Major Moton, the newly-elected principal of Tuskegee, was brought from the West Coast of Africa in 1735 and was the son of the chief of a powerful tribe. He had been entrusted by his father with a dozen or more slaves, captured in battle from a neighboring tribe, and he brought them down to the coast to sell to the American slave traders. The young African chief delivered these men to the captain of the ship and received his pay in trinkets. He was then asked to go out to see this wonderful sailing vessel. After he had inspected the ship, he was asked by the captain to dine. He said that they gave him some nice things to drink, all of which he enjoyed so much that he fell asleep. When he awoke he was chained to one of the creatures he himself had sold, and the vessel was headed toward the United States.—World's Work. The Paris board of health has forbidden the sale and use of hair lotions containing tetra-chloride of carbon as dangerous to the heart, head and stomach. The tortuous Alaskan coast has so many indentations and promontories that its actual length is greater than that of the United States seaboard proper, all told more than 26,000 miles. A remarkable photograph of the trail of a meteor in flight recently was made by an English soldier in India. The British meteorological office has established a station for furnishing weather information and forecasts to aviators and aeronauts. New York city's net revenue from saloon licenses amounts to more than $12,000,000 a year. Elimination by the war of Belgian competition has brought unprecedented prosperity to Sweden's matchmaking industry. The annual mineral output of British Columbia aggregates about $30,000,000. The true shape of the earth still awaits accurate determination. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1916. DAINTY AND USEFUL AFFECT SHORT VEILS --- MADE UP IN TWO COLORS SMART FROCK THAT WILL AP PEAL TO ALL WOMEN. Nothing Prettier Has Been Shown in Many Years Than This Model—Makes Up Well in Silk, Cotton or Linen. You could hardly find anything prettier or more practical than this dainty frock for the college girl or small woman. It is easy to slip into, because it is in one piece, and it has all the 1 Smart Double-Flounce Skirt. fullness necessary for both comfort and fashion. This design is built of sports silk, in one of those new heavy weaves that have such lovely surfaces. Some like linen crush; some like uneven ripples of grass-cloth. This dress is of delft blue, with lit- APPLY POWDERS WITH CARE Much Harm May Be Done to the Skin If It Is Laced On Too Lay- Many women whose complexion is blotchy, red and unclean looking, can trace the source of their trouble to a superabundance of powder. Even the best, purist powders on the market will clog the skin pores, if applied too heavily and often. Powder was not meant to cover the face so it looks as if the four barrel had been visited head first. It was intended as a means of removing the shine from the skin. Is there anything a more disgusting sight than a woman with her chin and nose white with powder? It seems that the women who affect the "headlight powder system" have the largest noses, the homestead chins. Of course, the powder only focuses attention on these features. The tint of the powder used must depend on the coloring of the user. Blondes must use one color, brunettes another, and according to the degree of fairness or darkness. Also for evening use there are certain shades of powder which are much more becoming than the tints most attractive in the daylight. Bag Is One of the Prettiest of the Trifles Which Women Like to Have in Profusion. This bag should, of course, be made in quite a tiny size, and it is carried out in dark brown silk and lined with pale pink soft silk. It is cut out in two pieces and sewn together at the sides. MADE UP IN New Idea in Waist Style That Has Beer Received With a Good Deal of Favor. A waist in basque style is made of organdie of two colors and two thicknesses. The front has shaped dart seams from the shoulders, and is covered with folds of organdie. It closes directly down the front with buttonholes and velvet rimmed organdie buttons. A belt extends across the front, and the back is seamed and has a plaited peplum. The long sleeves are in raglan style. The shaped turnover collar is supported by a band of pale blue velvet ribbon. A waist of sheer crape and satin has the front and sleeves of crape, with the back, collar and cuffs of satin. The front is arranged in surplice effect, and passes around the figure to form a girdle. The close-fitting collar is of white satin surmounted by a ruffle of gold not edged with gold lace braid. The blouse fastens down the center of the shirred trimming down the front and around the sleeves. The sash is of dark blue and the skirt consists of two simple and very full Spanish flouces—that is, the effect is in the Spanish flouce style, but the two portions are put on a lining that reaches to the lower portion. The same design is equally pretty in any of the season's silks or thin cottons or linens. In the case of tafetas there should be trimming of quillings, scallops, ruchings or cordings around the flouces, and if cotton goods are used the skirt portions should be finished with small ruffles. These are always fetching, and they wash better than any other decoration. Lace or embroidery may be used as an edging, either with or without the ruffles. HANDS REQUIRE MUCH CARE Woman's Attractiveness Depends a Great Deal on Their Dainty and Proper Appearance. Beautiful hands are a sign of good breeding, it is said, and certain it is that no one who neglects her hands can expect them to look well. Only regular attention and steady care bring forth any results in beautifying the hands. The girl who works for her living need not despair, however, for if she will devote a few moments each night to her hands they will look almost as well as those of the lady of leisure. Be careful first of all as to how the hands are washed—in tepid water is the most satisfactory, for it is not too cold to remove the dirt and not too hot to redden the flesh. Constantly changing soap is very bad for the skin. A good soap should be selected and be used regularly without change. Be sure that all the soap is off the hands, then dry thoroughly, so that the flesh is not left damp and moist. Once a month is none too often to go to a professional manicurist, but by watching attentively how the work is done, you may be able to do your manicuring at home the rest of the time. The monthly visit will just serve to keep the nails shaped rightly if you do them yourself once or twice a week. Invest in a good nail file, some emery boards, a cuticle scissors, a nail bleach, an orange stick, a polish and some powdered pumice stone. SOPHIA SOPHIA SOPHIA Miss Justine Johnson in a charming Heatherbloom creation. The novel gown is made of Heatherbloom pompadour taffeta with a plaited flounce design. The charming dressing sacque is of blue taffeta with flowers and buds embroidered in white silk. Miniature hearts of white embroidered silk dot the sacque here and there. the seam afterwards being hidden with two pieces of fine brown silk cord, the ends of which are knotted at the bottom of the bag and frayed out in a tassel. The material at the top of the bag is turned over and hemmed down and some of the same silk cord run through, and to the end of the cord a small ring is attached (a small key-ring will quite well answer the purpose) that may be slipped over the finger, and in this way prevent the possibility of the bag being dropped or otherwise mislaid; in fact, the bag can be allowed to hang from the finger and thus leave the hand free to hold a paper or magazine. Upon each side of the bag appears a butterfly worked with silk. Homemade Picture Dress Who cannot afford a striped dimity, say yellow and white with a tiny blossom running in alternate rows? Make a plain gathered skirt, with four bands of plain yellow in graduating widths to trim. A simple waist with puff sleeves set in the low shoulder and caught into star-pointed cuffs of yellow to correspond with a deep star-pointed yoke, above which a softly plaited rucha. the back with gold-embroidered, satin- covered buttons. A waist of black chiffon over white chiffon has a pattern of drawnwork across the center front, marking the base of a square yoke. The collar of white organdie, embroidered in black and silver roses, is edged with fur, as are also the cuffs. A smart net blouse has military pockets, high collar, made in points at the front, and turnover cuffs. A four-in-hand tie carries out the severe simplicity of this model. Freshening Gold and silver lace may be cleansed by brushing with alcohol or gasoline. If this lace is in the dress, cover waist carefully with heavy towel. Metal lace may also be cleansed by boiling in salt and water, using two tablespoonfuls of salt to each pint of water. Navy blue is the bread-and-butter color of the wardrobe. --- The short fly-away veil is more popular than ever, writes a Paris correspondent. I mean the quaint little veil which just covers the nose and which is attached to the hat brim like a gathered flounce. French women find these veils convenient. Once they are arranged they need not be touched until the hat is taken off, for they do not get into the way of a teacup or indeed of anything else. The most popular veil of the present season is made of violet spotted net, with a fine black lace border, the latter quite narrow. Violet spotted net is specially becoming to fresh complexions, quite as becoming as heliotrope tulle, which is saying a good deal. I have seen fly-away veils in nut-brown tulle introduced with good effect on rough brown straw hats; violet veils are worn with black, dark blue, purple and pale gray hats. Lewis told me the other day that hatter's plush was going to be the material for spring and summer hats. You, of course, realize that hatter's plush is the silky material used to cover men's tail hats. At the immediate moment the Parisiennes are wearing wide-brimmed hats covered with this stiff stuff in conjunction with the smartest walking costumes, and it almost invariably happens that the hat is absolutely untrimmed. This is a smart fashion and very French. Good hatter's plush is an expensive material and the hats in question, though guillfulness of trimming, are fairly costly. The well-known milliner I have just mentioned is of opinion that such hats—in black and ivory white—will be largely worn in the summer with thin muslin frocks and bright silk sweaters. It will be a very pretty style. In several of my recent articles I have spoken of the revival of interest in ostrich feathers, long and short. Indeed feathers and feather trimming may be said to be ubiquitous just now. On many of the newest evening gowns little clusters of feathers take the place of flowers, at waist or breast, and fringes of feathers appear on the capes and collars of theater and restaurant cloaks. A little later on in the year we shall find long feathers of the "weeping" order again very fashionable; just now the rage is for short full tips. Lewis is covering the whole crown of hats A Large Hat of Dull Blue Satin Lined With Black Chip—Faded Red Roses and Long Dull Blue Ribbons Form the Trimming. and toques with small feathers, and I saw the same thing chez Reboux and Carlier. Long hat pins covered with tiny feathers will be very popular this year; hat pins with torpedo heads. Small tips are also worn in the hair at the theater, or for a dinner party. This is an effective fashion and specially charming when small black feathers are introduced in coils of fair or powdered hair. At a recent "opening" a well-known Parisian actress wore an Alfred Stavens hat, which had the brim covered with sapphire blue suede cloth and the high crown hidden under a weight of silky black feathers. Her dress was composed of black and blue shot taffeta and she had a loose wrap-coat of chinchilla. She looked charming. FURNITURE IN LIGHT COLOR Cretonne Widely Used, and Most Housekeepers Will Welcome the Idea as One of Great Merit. In no way can a chair, a couch or almost any article of furniture which has become dingy be brightened more easily and inexpensively than by a judicious use of cretonne. But cretonne this season is by no means merely a disguise for the unsightly. The shops are showing as the newest thing in bedroom furnishings for the country house whole sets of white or cream enameled wood with fabric panels in every piece, and many separate articles similarly decorated serve various purposes. This is an advantageous fashion, for with the aid of a few vards of cretonne it is pos Shoes to Match. In shoes for winter wear the newest showings are in colors. There are shoes to match almost every popular shade. Gray, purple, blue, tan, buff and white are the colors shown in the street shoes. The new college boot comes with a black patent leather lower and a white top. It has a moderate heel. Some of the more attractive evening pumps show the effective use of sequins. Jet trimming on white is very striking. Narrow fringe is also used on evening slippers. New and handy are the cretonne boudou slippers in Roman stripes. Artificial Flowers for Trimming. Old-fashioned artificial flowers copied after the early Victorian period appear on quite a few of the gowns. The idea of placing artificial flowers in the center of a group of embroidered foliage, which was used to some extent last fall, is seen again. The artificial flowers, which are made of the material of the gown, are crushed, and occasionally further trimmed. In one instance the edges of the petals are embroidered with small aritro sen The suit is a novel flame-colored creation of Georgette crape, trimmed with a wide white silk braid. The pearl buttons are unusually large and make the effect more striking. The hat is of leghorn straw and is tastefully trimmed with Georgette crape of the same color. sible to transform beyond recognition a piece of furniture and make of it an up-to-date novelty and not something which has obviously been made over. Cretonnes are used in every conceivable way this spring. They are no longer confined to the boudoir and the porch, but make their appearance in practically every room in the house. Consequently a wider variety of designs has been put forth. There are still the dainty flower and wreath designs, but more ingenuity seems to have been expended upon the beautiful verdure patterns for upholstery purposes and the big, splashy examples of Chinese design so effective as hangings in living room or library. In the darker hues the heavy creatons closely resemble tapestry and rival it in beauty of color tone and design. They make excellent coverings for the fireside chair or odd rocker, are now considered to be in good taste in any informal living room, and cost but a fraction of what is asked for tapestry. The more vivid color combinations contrast well with wicker ware, whether plain or in the old ivory or mahogany stain. Wicker tables, muffin stands and tea wagons have centerpieces and trays of the creatoned covered with glass. Mohair Mohair and worsted mixture is a fabric peculiarly suited for spring wear. It is light, cool, has a lustrous, silky sheen and because of its springy texture, is perfect for the new flaring skirt and cape-coat. Mulberry is a new color which is especially glowing and soft in the mohair and worsted weave, and the new Bolling green is notably rich and distinguished in this material. A Lanyvin frock shows green mohair and worsted in stitched bands on a skirt of green Georgette crape. The close bodice buttons straight down over the bust with white pearl buttons, and the long Bishop sleeves are of green crape with white satin cuffs. The collar is of white satin veiled with green Georgette crape. Hats That Drop. The drooping hats of the Empress Eugenie may be seen side by side with the position hat shape. Wise women choose what suits them best out of all the styles. But while the revolutionary period has sent in a liberal contribution to current modes, we have some pretty novelties associated with the days of Louis XVI. French designers seldom go farther afield than their own country and its history and associations. jet beads. In a great many instances some of the petals are encased in gold net. Martial et Armand use charming crushed flowers made of net in old colors. Regular artificial flowers at the waist line or at the pannier draperies are met with in several instances. Novel Dressing Table. A bride who is furnishing out of a meager allowance has made herself a delightful dressing table from a plain-legged one intended for kitchen use. She shortened its legs, enameled it gray and provided it with a glass top over a cover of rose-patterned chinzt A plain mirror, enameled to match was hung on the wall behind it. Bows and Bands of Straw Colored as well as black straw is used for bands and bows instead of ribbon. In fact, this idea is already so overworked that it is probable that we shall be tired of it before spring comes. All these novelties are quickly run to ground, especially when they start so early in the season. Adrift with Humor PURCHASE YOUR CHECK FIRST Young American Author, Who Dared to Signal Pompardoured Waitress, Receives Rude Jolt. A young American author, who was exposing his films for fresh impressions of his birthplace, after several years' absence in Europe, wandered into what he calls "a hot-chocolate saloon for women," to see how American girls publicly indulge in strong drink. Another man was adrift in the crowd of petticoats, and following his example the author ventured to signal a pompardoured waitress. "A cup of chocolate," he murmured. The waitress transfixed him with a suspicious stare. "Come, now; hand over your check." "Check?" he replied. "Oh, don't tell me you've forgotten it. You don't get chocolate till I get a check." The returned American will go back to Europe. They are politer, he declares, in any brassierie in France. Parental Anxieties "George Washington was the father of his country." "So I've heard," commented Farmer Cortossel. "I sometimes wonder whether he had any more worry bein' father to an entire country than I've had bein' father to my boy Josh." When Skirts Are Short. "Why does that Pinkum girl make up her face so strikingly?" asked Maude. "She interferes when she walks," replied Maymie. "She has to make up her face to draw attention from her feet." No Telling. "How long will it take to prepare?" "No telling," replied Senator Sorghum, "if the ordinary course is purgatory, if the preliminary investigations are held." In Doubt. "That man has been sending me sentimental letters and valentines for three years," remarked Miss Cayenne. "He is attentive." "Yes. But I can't feel sure whether it's a courtship or a diplomatic interchange." As Suggested. "I'm at a loss to know whether this article is intended to be humorous or otherwise," said the village editor. "Why not run it in the puzzle column and let the subscribers guess?" suggested the assistant. One Thing at a Time: "Do you think we can excuse what your political friends are trying to do?" "The excuse part isn't hard," replied Senator Sorghum, "after it's all over. The question is, Can we do it?" Not to Blame. Customer (indigently)—That parrot you sold us hadn't been in the house a day before it began to swear dreadfully. Dealer—You asked me for one that would be quick to learn, mum. Its Kind. "Here, that fellow Jinks borrowed my umbrella just for an hour last week, and he hasn't returned it yet." "I guess his borrowing it for an hour was just a put-up job." Accounted For: "The woman in the courtroom this morning had a face that would stop a clock." "It did, when her husband got mad and threw the clock at her." THEIR FIRST QUARREL. Mr. Newed—Was there any tool in love with you before I married you? Mrs. Newed—Yes, one. Mr. Newed—I'm sorry you rejected him. Mrs. Newed—I didn't; I married him. Making Peace. "Your wife and your mother-in-law are looking for you." They are working together, or can I see my wife first and cook up a separate treat?" Ups and Downs. Biggs—short tells me he is going to turn over a new leaf and settle down. Biggs, he owes me ten dollars. I hope he settles up before he settles down.