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Dr. "Alphabetical DuBois Flayed! Mrs. Ida Wells-Barnett Does Good Job! Dancing Every Thursday Evening at Barksdale's Academy, IN UNION IS STRENGTH THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR. No. 22 Dr. "All Mrs. I. CENTRAL SHOP A RACE ENTER G. J. TATE, Proprietor GENTS' FURNISHINGS, Hosiery, Underwear and Arrow Collars at 2922 CENTRAL AV. Phone Prospect 441-J. Buy A Home and Store See or Call A. I. GORDON, Re 2863 E. 87th St. Wilson's Poultry 2201 East 33rd St. Chickens, Turkeys & Ducks Prices Reasonable Cent. 1929-W PATRONIZER JOE HEDGES' POOL 3048 Central Ave. One of the Best in the city. come! Rosedale 1800. SLAUGHTER Funeral Director Embalmer Office and Funeral 3923 CENTRAL AV. Autos for All Occasions. Calls Answer WHEN YOU ARE THIRST AND WANT A REFRESHING DRINK— BEVIERA This is the popular, non-in toxicating beverage good in every way. Every drop is healthful ening and PURE. Order by the box from gist, grocer, confectioner or soda foundi phone Harvard 730. Prompt delivery servi part of Cleveland. 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TATE, Proprietor. GENTS' FURNISHINGS, NECKWEAR. Hosiery, Underwear and Arrow Collars and Shirts, Hats, Caps, etc 2922 CENTRAL AVE. Phone Prospect 441-J. Buy A Home and Stop Paving Rent See or Call A.I.GORDON, Real Estate Dealer 2863 E. 87th St. Wilson's Poultry Yard 2201 East 33rd St. Chickens, Turkeys & Ducks for Sale Prices Reasonable Cent. 1929-W JOE HEDGES' POOL ROOM 3048 Central Ave. One of the Best in the city. Everybody Welcome! Rosedale 1800 Quality Service SLAUGHTER BROS. Funeral Directors and Embalmers Office and Funeral Parlors 3923 CENTRAL AVE. Autos for All Occasions. Calls' Answered Day and Night This is the popular, non-in toxicating beverage that is good in every way. Every drop is healthful, strengthening and PURE. Order by the box from any druggist, grocer, confectioner or soda fountain. or phone Harvard 730. Prompt delivery service to any part of Cleveland. Cuyahoga; Central 5727 Edward Doctor's D 3035 Central A Wm. Brack, Prop. 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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, inquiries for relatives and advertisements of all kinds, including items announcing entertainments to be held in the near future, must be paid for in advance at the rate of 20 cents a line, six words to a line. Our rates for display advertisements will be sent on application. WILMINGTON—Mrs. Charles Buster entertained the following at a theater party, Thursday evening; Mesdames Robert Emmons, Arthur Fisher, Turner Darnell, Artiur Medley, Lewis Buster, Edw. Lovell, Squire Buster; Misses Iona Crockett, Jennie Frazier, Mary Shelton, Lizzie Mitchell and Jane Hunley—Miss Ethel McDonell and Mr. Geo. Wallace are ill—Ray Huffman visited Mildred Neal in Cleves, Tuesday—Mrs. Cyrus Moore attended her sister, Mrs. Wm. First's funeral in Columbus, returning Thursday—Mrs. Josephine Hart was the guest of Mrs. Geo. Moss, Xmas—Miss Arina Hart is visiting relatives in Dayton—Miss Gertrude Hamilton and sister entertained at their country home. Tuesday evening. The hostesses' mother served a dainty three course luncheon and an exceedingly pleasant evening was spent—Tell your friends to give their orders for The Gazette to the local agent and he will deliver it at your homes every week. You will need the paper this year. SANDUSKY—Mrs. Goo, Scott entertained many Revels and Carroll of Norwalk—Mrs. Sloan Jones is in Good Samaritan hospital. Dropsy.—Rev. G. G. Clemens, ex-pastor of the local A. M. E. church, visited here last week—Mrs. J. R. Davis is ill Likewise Mrs. Mahan and Mrs. A. M. Taylor, who is at her daughter, Mrs. Wm. Jones'—Both churches' Xmas entertainments were successes. Rev. George D. Smith, pastor, received an envelope with the usual annual donation, and thanks the officers and other members of the Second Baptist church. Rev. J. McCoy preaches for him, Sunday morning.—Messrs. Gleason, J. Thomas, Chas. Alexander and a number of our soldier boys enjoyed Xmas with their parents, sweethearts and friends. It was hard for them to return to Camp Sherman, Chillicothe.—Dear Friends, in this new year read The Gazette. You will need it. It is our best paper for the home and for our children. Rev. G. D. Smith, agent. WILMINGTON—Miss Esther Chapman visited in Cincinnati, recently.—Miss Bertha Mays of Cincinnati visited her father.—Miss Amelia Dugger has returned from a two weeks' visit in Chillicothe.—Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Brooks and son, Wilford, were entertained by the latter's sister, Mrs. Wm. H. Lucas, Sunday week.—Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Banniel of Detroit visited his parents.—Mr. and Mrs. Steven Patterson of Columbus visited her parents.—Mr. Wm. France spent several days with his sister in Bellefontaine.—The Xmas exercises, conducted by Mr. Thos. McKnight at the M. E. church, last Monday evening.—were success.—Mr. Elma Smithers of Springfield, Miss Katherine Peyton of Wilberforce, Mr. Ernest Garret and Miss Jane Hunley visited their parents during the holidays.—Miss Iva Edwards spent the last of the week with Mrs. Geo. Moss of Piqua.—Mrs. E. J. Ringo was entertained by her daughter.—Give the local agent your order for The Gazette and he will deliver it at your home every week. REMOVES A DRAFT BOARD Atlanta, Ga.—The entire board of exemptions for Fulton county was removed from office recently upon complaint of Maj. Gen. Crowder that the board was applying the exemption rules more stringently to Afro-Americans than to whites. Over 526 whites had been exempted and only six Afro-Americans. And this in the chivalrous south, too! 'Twas ever thus. DOINGS OF THE RACE J. A. Brown is a city councilman at Urbana, O. Bishop B. T. Tanner, of the A. M. E. church, was 82 years old Christmas day. The eleventh biennial meeting of the N. A. C. W. will be held in Denver, July 8 to 13. Tell your friends and acquaintances to start the New Year right by subscribing for "The Old Reliable" Gazette. It should enter every one of our homes. Harry T. Burleigh, baritone soloist and composer, "was the hero of the hour at the 25th anniversary concert of the Musical Art Society, Frank Damrosch, director, held at Carnegie hall, N. Y. City, last week Tuesday evening." Miss Cleota J. Collins, daughter of Rev. Ira A. Collins, of the A. M. E. Church, a former resident of Cleveland, O., is a pupil of Lela Robinson of the Metropolitan Grand Opera Co., N. Y. City. She has won the musical critics of that city with her beautiful voice. C. Arthur Lewis, a well known and energetic young man, has been placed in charge of Crown Oil Gasoline Station No. 58, by the Standard Oil Co., at Ewing and Pine Str. A new filling station for automobiles has been erected and Mr. Lewis has been given full charge—St. Louis (Mo.) Argus. Dan. A. Rudd, former resident of Springfield, O., and an old newspaper man, who has been in seclusion for a long time, has recently written a life of Mr. Scott Bond, one of the leading citizens of Arkansas. Mr. Bond resides in Madison, and Mr. Rudd, who is adept in biographical writing, has written a most interesting story of Mr. Bond's life. Andrew J. Peters, former assistant secretary of the Treasury, supported by Democrats and Independent Republicans, defeated Mayor Jas. M Curley of Boston, Mass., for re-election by 9,000 votes. Mayor Curley had incurred the enmity of Afro-American citizens by permitting "The Birth of a Nation" to be shown in Boston, and they put up a strong fight against him. The Cleveland Gazette, guided by good Harry C. Smith still does business at the same old stand and in the same old way. Putting it in his own words he is being "tried out in the fire" of villification, abuse and persecution, all coming from members of the race he has labored for, so successfully all these years. Well, Mr. Smith, take your medicine and know this, there is no royal road to fortune and that the place of honor is ever the place of danger. If you had been hanging back and seeking the lines of the least resistance, your enemies would not have insisted on being a force in Cleveland and in Ohio, with whom the balance had to reckon, and you must pay the price.—Dallas (Tex) Express. Hon. Harry C. Smith, the militant editor of The Cleveland Gazette, is waging a righteous war against ministers who have accepted "blood money" from keepers of vicious saloons in the colored wards, and against others who have been supporting corrupt politicians and making libelous statements touching his personal character. "Brer." Smith seems to have the better of the controversy and his contention for ministerial purity and community betterment has enlisted on his side the sympathies of all lovers of law and order and decent politics. In any kind of a scrimmage you can count on Harry C. Smith's ability to take care of himself—R. W. Thompson, Washington, D. C., correspondent of the Houton (Tex.) Freeman. 10550 EUCLID AVENUE FIVE MORE SENTENCED TO DIE! Brave Members of the Celebrated. 24th U.S. Infantry ---Will Pres. Wilson Stop It. Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio Tex.-Five more members of the famous 24th U. S. infantry were sentenced to be hanged in the second Houston riot court martial, findings of which were announced, Wednesday. Carrying out of the penalty will await ratification of President Wilson. The men given the death sentence are: - Private Rabe Collier. All the men are of company I. Corporals John Washington, Robert R. Jones and Earl Clowers each were sentenced to 10 years, and Privates Louis O'Neil, Ed. McKenney, London Martin, Will Porter, John Smith, Eugene B. Taylor, Ernst Wilson, each to seven years, in the disciplinary barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kas. None of the 15 defendants was acquitted. The foregoing supplements the 13 members of the same regiment hung on the military reservation, near this fort, on Dec. 11, 1917, three weeks ago, after being "found guilty of complicity in the (same) Houston riot of Aug. 23, 1917," when seventeen members of a white mob, four being Houston policemen, were killed. At that court martial, of the sixty-three Afro-American soldiers tried, forty-one were sentenced to life imprisonment. One man was sentenced to dishonorable discharge from the army, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and to be confined at hard labor for two and a half years. Three were sentenced to be dishonorably discharged from the army, forfeit all pay and allowances and be confined at hard labor for two years. Five were acquitted. What about the mob that killed the Afro-American sergeant? Will the government punish the members of it for the mob-murder of an American soldier, in uniform, too? Twenty-four troopers were among those who saved Col. Roosevelt and his "Rough Riders" in Cuba during the Spanish-American war and it has always been one of the best regiments in the American army. Members of it also volunteered and served as nurses during an epidemic of yellow fever while in Cuba. There are many such heroic acts to the credit of the 24th U. S. Inf., our soldier "boys." THE LYNCHING RECORD FOR 1917 Records kept by the division of records and research of Tuskegee, Ala., Institute, Monroe, N. Work in charge, show that there were 38 persons lynched in 1917, of whbm 36 were Afro-Americans and 2 were whites. Thirty-seven were males and 1 female. Twelve or a little less than one third of those put to death, were only charged with rape or attempted rape. The offenses charged against the whites lynched were: Rape and murder, 1; fomenting strikes, 1. The offenses charged against Afro-Americans were: Attempted rape, 5; rape, 6; murder, 3; killing officer of the law, 2; for not getting out of road and being insolent, 2; attacking women, 2; disputing white men's word, 2; entering woman's room, 2; wounding officer of the law, 1; molesting women, 1; stealing coat, 1; intimacy with woman, 1; killing man in altercation, 1; accidentally killing child by running auto over. it, 1; vagrancy, 1; wounding and robbing a man, 1; attacking an officer of the law, 1; opposition to war draft, 1; insulting girls, 1; writing insolent letter, 1. The states in which lynchings occurred and number in each state were as follows: Alabama, 4; Arkansas, 4; Arizona, 1; Florida, 1; Georgia, 6; Kentucky, 2; Louisiana, 5; Mississippi, 1; Montana, 1; Oklahoma, 1; South Carolina, 1; Tennessee, 3; Texas, 6; Virginia, 1; Wyoming, 1. As to Christmas and New Year's This may not be new to all but it was to us; also very pleasing—an aged mother sent it to a young man in the Blackstone Bldg., just before the great holiday: A Merry Christmas and many more, A Happier New Year than ever before. In the East St. Louis, Ill., Massacre Cases—Dr. Leroy Bundy's Wife "Let's the Cat Out of the Bag"—Time for an N. A. A. C. P. Housecleaning! Chicago, Ill., Dec. 18, 1917. Hon. Harry C. Smith, Blackstone Bldg. Cleveland, Ohio. Editor Gazette; Dear Sir: As the December Crisis, in quoting a paragraph of mine, says that I have made an untrue statement about the East St. Louis matters, I beg the privilege of space in your paper to vindicate myself. In a letter to the people before going to East St. Louis to investigate Dr. Leroy N. Bundy's case, I said: "Not a dollar has been raised with which to put someone on guard of the doings of the Investigation Committee." The editor of the Crisis follows this quotation with a blunt as- Citizenship Defense League Chicago 122.00 9.00 11.25 100.00 40.00 Total $1218.25 Continuing, Mrs. Bundy says: "The N. A. A. C. P. has about worried me to death about the money. As soon as they read that money has been sent to me, they start running after me and will not let up until I have turned it over to them. They don't even allow me my expenses to look after Dr. Bundy and see that he is comfortable. I have to depend upon my father and mother for the sup- sertion that this statement is untrue and then goes on to say that the N. A. A. C. P. has already spent $4000 for defense, succor and investigation. "We have hired excellent defense for the accused colored men and to defend Dr. Bundy," and then winds up with saying, "We have no objection to other persons and organizations collecting and expending money as they see fit but their pleas should be based upon fact not fancy." This letter in which the statement was made dealt with Dr. Bundy's case pure and simple and was made for the purpose of showing the people that they needed to do something else besides pray and march before we could hope for redress for the East St. Louis is outrages. The call to go to East St. Louis was made by Dr. Bundy's friends who stated that nothing had been done in his behalf. I spent three days in Lovejoy, St. Louis, East St. Louis and Belleville. My findings were published in The Gazette, and as a result of that investigation there was raised upward of $600 which has been turned over to Mrs. Bundy. Not a lawyer had been employed, not a dollar had been paid in his behalf until after my visit. The N. A. A. C. P. did not employ Dr. Bundy's lawyer. It has only contributed to the monies raised and has coolly appropriated all that has been raised by others, as the following extract from a letter from Mrs. Bundy will show. She writes under date of Dec. 7th in response to my demand for definite information as to how the money had been raised, had been expended and by whom: "The president of the N. A. A. C. P. did not like it because some friends, having heard that nobody had been employed to defend Dr. Bundy, raised $51 and it took to Mr. Webb. He said he wanted all money raised to be turned over to the N. A. A. C. P. This was in a conversation held at his home after he had called me and informed me that my father and Dr. Bundy's family would have to put all they could into the case, as the N. A. A. C. P. could not pay the $1000 required by Mr. Webb. I immediately telegraphed Dr. Bundy's father and had him come back from Cleveland. He advised that perhaps we had better turn it all over to the N. A. A. C. P., who had promised to make up the balance. This is the way the money was raised: "Rev. Chas. Bundy $ 200.00 Thos. Grawford (my father) 100.00 Dr. Williams 60.00 Friends 51.00 Other Friends 23.00 N. A. A. C. P. 149.00 Chicago Defender 353.00 IN UNION IS STRENGTH SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS d Job! OLD GAME! "log" All The Credit A. A. C. P. for ing Money l., Massacre Cases—Dr. Leroy the Cat Out of the Bag"— A. C. P. Housecleaning! Citizenship Defense League Chicago 122.00 9.00 11.25 100.00 40.00 Total ..... $1218.25 Continuing, Mrs. Bundy says: "The N. A. A. C. P. has about worried me to death about the money. As soon as they read that money has been sent to me, they start running after me and will not let up until I have turned it over to them. They don't even allow me my expenses to look after Dr. Bundy and see that he is comfortable. I have to depend upon my father and mother for the support of us." You will see by this that the N. A. A. C. P. has raised but $149 of the nearly $1500 that has been raised for lawyers' fees, and they did not do that until after we had started the defense fund and, as a matter of fact, they have contributed less than anybody else to the Bundy fund. Yet the editor of the Crisis brazenly claims that they have done it all! I have no doubt whatever when the public reads Mrs. Bundy's statement and compares it with the statement of the editor of the Crisis, it will decide that he is making the untrue statements. No better example has been given of the hypocrisy, deceit and insolent arrogance of the editor of the Crisis, to pretend that all is being done by the N. A. A. C. P. As a matter of fact, nearly half of the $500 that was raised to defend the first 14 Negroes on trial was given by the Masons and other secret organizations, but the editor of the Crisis says that the N. A. A. C. P. raised the money to defend them. The same is true of the other parts of that the $4000 which the sapient editor of the Crisis says they raised for "investigation, succor and defense." The colored of St. Louis are extremely sore over the injustice done them by his "claiming credit for work done by other organizations." They say that while the N. A. A. C. P. raised some of the money, it is quite untrue to say that they did it all, and most unfair that they give nobody else credit for doing anything but themselves. There are many splendid men and women in this country who have given their best efforts to make the N. A. A. C. P. a real force in this country, but they have never understood why the truly representative Negroes are not in the movement, many of whom have been deliberately frozen out of the organization. The N. A. A. C. P. has done some splendid work for which it has been given great credit. It can do ten-fold more if it will only get rid of some of the dead wood that is sapping the life out of the organization by failing to do the work itself yet trying to kill those who do. IDA B. WELLS-BARNETT. The foregoing cannot fail to remind our many readers of how Prof. W. E. B. DuBois tried, several years ago, in his Crisis to claim for the N. A. A. C. P. the credit for barring that infamous photoplay, "The Birth of a Nation," from the state of Ohio after some of our people of the state and a few white friends, led by the editor of The Gazette, had done the work Piqued, because this paper did for his foolish claim just what Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Barnett is doing so well with her splendid letter, given herewith, the Ohio branches of the N. A. A. C. P., the past spring, whether under instructions or not, undertook to duplicate our work of several years ago, but without the assistance of those who led in the first fight (the successful one) on the miserable film's showing, in Ohio, and made a dismal failure of it just as anticipated. The Gazette "put a crimp" in the foolish and unfair DuBois claim of three years ago, and it is sincerely to be hoped that Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Barnett will succeed, with Mrs. Leroy N. Bundy's able assistance, in doing the same thing, this time. Yes indeed; there is -great need of a "house-cleaning" in the N. A. A. C. P. just as indicated by Mrs. Barnett in her excellent letter and for the reason (and others)-she states. The good work cannot start too soon "for the good and welfare" of that organization. ademy, One Year $1.50 Six Months 1.00 Three Months .50 Subscribers are requested to remit by postoffice money order or reg- istered letter Entered at the postoffice in Cleveland, Ohio, as second-class mail matter. 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 NEWS- IEST AND BEST in the country. 10,000,000 Afro-Americans. 300,000 in Ohio. 25,000 in Cleveland. SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1918 THE MAN WHO DARES. "I honor the man who in the consecrious discharge of his duty dares to stand alone; the world, with ignorant, tolerant judgment, may condemn, the countenances of relatives may be averted, and the hearts of friends grow cold, but the sense of duty done shall be sweeter than the applause of the world, the countenances of relatives or the hearts of friends."—Charles Sumner. Happy New Year, to all! Roosevelt says we cannot win the war by announcing programs. The wrong officials in Washington D. C., are doing the resigning. The country still awaits the Edison invention which was to win the war. The president says he did not ask Bryan to quit as secretary of state. Maybe William Jay is a mind reader. Dr. Leroy N. Bundy's "confession" was made as a result of state advice. It was poor advice, to say the least. Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Barnett of Chicago, is rendering the race, and particularly the N. A. A. C. P. much needed service. Read carefully her letter on page 1 of this paper. The Washington administration is boasting that it saved nine million dollars in the postal service. Judging by the deterioration of the service one would judge that about three times that much had been saved. The North has lost its last important chairmanship in the House. Swager Sherley, of Kentucky, has succeeded John J. Fitzgerald as chairman of the committee on appropriations. We are still patiently waiting to hear that our government has taken some action to apprehend the scoundrels in the south who recently outraged the uniforms of soldiers (officers, too) of color. We cannot help but worry over that court martial of the fourteen more members of the twenty-fourth U. S. Infantry—now in progress at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas. Strange, that not mention at all is made of that Texas mob of lynch-murders that goaded the men into striking back! President Thomas Woodrow Wilson should ever be considerate of the pacifists. He recently said he was not opposed to the feeling of the pacifists but to their stupidity. He should always hold their stupidity in grateful remembrance for the good it did him in 1916. Ambassador Gerard, when he came back from Germany, said he was "shocked to find that in the years that had elapsed since the outbreak of the world conflagration nothing had been done to prepare the nation for a reasonable national defense." If Ambassador Gerard is following the Congressional investigations there is apt to be a serious case of recurrent shock reported. --- We are not the only "old Clevelander" of color who is rejoicing over the elevation of the Rev. E. Thomas Demby. As a matter of fact all the "old settlers" are made very happy indeed because his wife and great help-mate, Mrs. Nettie Ricks Demby, is one of the finest "girls" ever to leave Cleveland, regardless of race or color. Everybody loved her because she was not only pretty and winsome, but principally because she was kind to the old people and an exemplary daughter of hard-working parents who fought life's battle "with an eye single" to the future of their only child, "Nettie!" If they were but alive today, how proud and happy they would be! FIVE MORE SENTENCED TO DIE! As we go to press the dreaded news from Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, is being flushed over the wires to the daily newspapers of the country. Five more members of the brave and chivalrous Twenty-fourth U. S. Infantry have been marked for sacrifice on the altar of southern prejudice and hate of the Afro-American soldier and unless President Wilson intervenes the horrible deed will be accomplished. The sacrifice, three weeks ago, of those thirteen members of the same regiment, and life sentences given forty-one others was about all our people could bear, without loading on them this latest burden. It looks very much indeed as if the south, failing in its first effort to stamp Afro-Americans in that section of the country as disloyal, with its "flirting with German agents" stories, has determined to drive every bit of loyalty and patriotism from us all with these "military hangings" and other most drastic punishment of members of one of the very best regiments in the U. S. army, some of whom were goaded into doing what they did during the riot at Houston, Texas, on August 23, 1917. LORD, how long, O, how long! BAILEY, BAYLISS AND CRABLE SHOULD GO! "Starlight" Boyd was given a new license, last Friday, to operate his saloon at 3221 Central avenue. John Krause and Ed Horn, liquor license commissioners, made the provisor, however, that "Star" must cease signing bail bonds. Evidence at the hearing of his appeal for a new license showed he had signed more than a score of bail bonds, last year. His place had been closed since Nov. 26, because of complaints filed by state deputies, local Afro-American ministers and others in the Central Ave. district. "Starlight" has been disciplined pretty severely by being compelled to close his saloon for a month and lose his holiday profits," said Krause. "If he does not stop signing bonds his license may be revoked later." Mr. Krause's comment is really amusing. However, the defeat of the "Myers-Jackson" protest and petition, filed with the commissioners against a renewal of "Star's" license, can be attributed PRINCIPALLY to thepusillanimous failure of the other members of our local Ministers' Alliance who signed it with him, to stand up squately with Rev. J. S. Jackson for it when on the witness stand at the hearing, Nov. 16, 1917, as well as to the distressing and shameful disclosure, that day, when three of the Alliance (Bailey, Bayliss and Crable) while on the witness stand admitted that they had accepted ten dollars each from "Starlight" after they had signed the "Myers-Jackson" protest and petition. This was not done, however, until Rev. Jackson had exposed them while on the witness stand. Their and other ministers' statements that they were not particularly opposed to "Starlight" saloon but "opposed to the saloon business in general," was a great help to "Star's" side of the contest, but too thin and flimsy, in the face of their signing the protest-petition, to merit serious consideration, even by the commissioners. The fact is that it was filed against the issuance of a saloon license to "Star" and stated specific reasons for their opposition which showed plainly that the signers of the same were particularly opposed to his being granted one. "The saloon business in general" was not seeking a license. The protest-petition was not filed against the saloon business in general" but against "Star." Therefore when the members of our local Ministers' Alliance, Jackson excepted, failed to stand up squately for what they had signed, and that miserable "ten dollar" expose was sprung, creating a local sensation, not only among our people of this community, it spelled victory for "Starlight" Boyd and a stinging defeat for our spineless Ministers' Alliance. Rev. J. S. Jackson deserves credit for the fight he made, single handed and alone, and for exposing Bailey, Crable and Bayliss, who confessed that they had accepted ten dollars from "Starlight" Boyd AFTER signing the Myers-Jackson protest-petition to the commissioners against their granting him a license to continue his saloon in Central Ave. May God have mercy on them! THEIR CONGREGATIONS HAVE A DUTY TO PERFORM THAT ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WILL EXCUSE THEM FROM PERFORMING, BAILEY, BAYLISS AND CRABLE SHOULD GO! PROFIT BY EXPERIENCE In his latest weekly review of military operations, the Secretary of War says: "The magnitude of the task before us can be more fully realized when measured by the success which the enemy is still able to gain. It means that we must speed up our military effort." That was a true statement, and it was issued December 10, 1917. But what a fine thing it would have been to have read such a statement from some one in authority in 1914, instead of the declaration made by President Thomas Woodrow Wilson on December 8 of that year, when he denounced advocates of preparedness as "nervous and excited" and declared that we had not neglected preparedness. Democrats tell us there is "no use crying over spilt milk." True, but we can be guided somewhat by experience in choosing people to carry the pails in the future. JAPS WANT TOGS OF STRIKING CUT TASTE IN CLOTHES MEANS BIG MARKET FOR MAKERS OF WESTERN ATTIRE. Americans Miss Right Share of Trade, Says Bureau Report. LETTING IN THE LIGHT Congressmen who went home from Washington for the Christmas recess found the folks all talking about the revelations which Gen. Crozier had made before the military affairs committee, about the charges which Spreckel has made against Hoover's sugar committee, and about the general desirability to know more about all these things—and others. Like the tiger which has tasted blood, the country's appetite for the whole truth has been whetted; and the policy of "pitiless publicity" is to be taken out of the moth balls where the administration had consigned it. To the official statements which Gen. Crozier has made and which Surgeon General Gorgas has presented in his report to the General Staff, will be added other testimony, unofficial, but none the less accurate and convincing. Testimony of this kind has already come from Congressman McCormick, who has made an extensive visit to all the fighting fronts in Europe and who appeared before the Senate committee on military affairs to refute some of Gen. Crozier's few optimistic assertions; and from Congressman Miller, who, in a newspaper interview, has pointed out the shortcomings of our transport system overseas. Now that the veil of secrecy has been rent, the whole fabric is likely to be thrown aside and the taxpayers will be shown what has been done with the billions of dollars for which they are denying themselves in order to carry on a war which the directing minds of the administration evidently think can be won by red tape. NEW MEN AND NEW ENERGY War was declared by the United States in April, 1917. In December, 1917, after the Senate Committee on Military Affairs had disclosed to the public the dilatory methods of the War Department, the Secretary of War announced the creation of a "War Council," consisting of himself as chairman and five general officers of the army. All this will be puzzling to the mind of the layman who thinks along common sense lines. If a war council was necessary, why did the Secretary of War delay its creation from April to December? If such a council is needed, what is gained by forming it of men who are now and have been all these months within the Department and at the call of the Secretary at any time? By grouping these men under the head of "War Council," does the Secretary expect to inspire them with new wisdom or infuse into their blood more iron? If he and they have been unequal to the task in the past, what good will it do to group them under a high-sounding title? If they have not been able to co-ordinate their work in the past, why expect them to do so in the future merely because they are given a new title? These thoughts cannot but occur to the layman who is accustomed to judge affairs by the lessons of ordinary practical experience. What the War Department has needed from the beginning was not new titles but new men. It has needed new energy and sounder judgment. Instead of calling to the front men like Theodore "Brownsville" Roosevelt, Leonard Wood, Augustus P. Gardiner and others who have shown almost prophetic vision and marvelous energy, those men have been relegated to the rear and the "War Council" is made up of men who have had their opportunity and, by implied admission of the Secretary, have not measured up to the demands of the occasion. If Mr. Baker has not been able to utilize these men to advantage in the past, there is no reason to believe he can do so in the future. He should have called Leonard Wood out of exile and placed him in a place where expeditious work is to be done. THAT ONE - SIDED TRUCE Congressman Caleb Powers, of Kentucky, says: "There should be no politics in this war." This is an expression often heard from Democratic sources. To that we agree, but abominate and abhor a one-sided truce. A political armistice during the progress of the war is perfectly proper, provided it be observed by both sides. An armistice, however, that provides that the Republican party shall cease the work of organization and education relative to the fundamental differences between the parties—an armistice that demands that the Republican members of Congress and Republicans generally throughout the country, shall cease to be Republicans or to assert their Republicanism until after the war is over, and to stand by, defend and uphold all that the Democrats have done and will do during the progress of this war, does not commend itself to us or to our Republicanism, especially Democrats, who are busier than ever, the notwithstanding, in getting ready for the next campaign. JAPS WANT TOGS OF STRIKING CUT TASTE IN CLOTHES MEANS BIG MARKET FOR MAKERS OF WESTERN ATTIRE. Americans Miss Right Share of Trade, Says Bureau Report. Rapid adoptions of western dress in Japan has made Nippon one of the most promising markets in the world for European and American makers of wearing apparel, especially ready-made clothing, according to a report just issued by the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, department of commerce, the American manufacturers have not been getting their share of the business. The report estimates that at least one in every four or five male Japanese is now wearing western clothing. This means from 4,000,000 to 6,000,000 persons, and the number is rapidly increasing. It is evident, therefore, that there is a large market for foreign style clothes, wherever made—in Japan, England, Germany or America. It is also evident that this market is rapidly increasing. At the time the war started at least two countries—Germany and England—were managing to supply Japan with a large amount of ready-to-wear clothing. They were doing this at prices generally much in excess of the Japanese made products and selling them in the keenest competition with the Japanese articles, because of the superior quality of material or the workmanship, or both. According to the author of the report, Special Agent Stanhope Samus, the Jr. ansee like to dress well and in as strict conformity as possible with, the best prevailing fashions, whether in their native or in adopted foreign costume. They are not economical in the sense that they will wear old or inferior clothes. They wish always to make a neat or "natty" appearance, with good lines in their coats and trousers, and they especially like the former well cut and with a somewhat military look. In no other country, says the report, will the young men or the business men of standing spend more in proportion to their income for the purpose of making a smart appearance. It has been said that the better class of american wearing apparel cannot be sold in Japan because of the low priced labor available for Japanese makers of clothing, but once having adopted foreign dress the Japanese, true to his instinct for neatness and smartness, wishes to wear only the correct style, even if it costs more than the same clothing made by a native or Chinese tailor. This is shown by the fact that in most of the better class tailoring shops a point is made of having the cutting at least done by an English or American tailor. There is no more striking evidence of the growth of foreign influence in Japan than that furnished by the shifting of the national costume. Every day sees some change in this respect. Pictures of street scenes in Tokio of Japanese street life from that revealed by pictures taken today in the same thoroughfares. In the crowded hours of the day the streets of these cities present quite a western aspect. If one goes into the banking houses or into the larger commercial and mercantile establishments or into any of the government offices, every employee will be found clothed in western garb. It has ceased to be a question of national sentiment—as many sought to make it some years ago—and has become a necessity or a sort of uniform of advancement, and as such is being adopted more and more widely. FREIGHTING A STEAMER It Now Can Be Done by Marine Elevator A marine elevator which enables a vessel to be loaded at any time or tide, which doubles the normal rate of the loading and which reduces expenses a corresponding amount is now being introduced all along our coasts. Formerly a coast steamer had to wait for a tide to come in before she could steam up to the loading dock. Then the cargo wa...her hauled up by the ship's derricks piece by piece, or it was run up the gangway by the truck load. But with the elevator designed by Harry Barlow of Seattle, Wash., an platform of material can be quickly carried up to the vessel's deck at once. And if the tide is out, the light sound boat carrying the elevator steams from the dock to the vessel anchored near by. A small electric motor mounted on the top of the elevator structure furnishes the power for the half dozen cables used. The motor controls are placed at any point that affords the operator an unobstructed view. After the operator has brought the platform to the level of the loading dock, the filled platform can be easily raised up to the deck the largest steamer. Level trucking is thus afforded in place of trucking or down steeply inclined gangways. This fact makes the elevator indispensable for loading explosives or fragile wares. More Than Equal. Lady—1 hope you feel equal to a good day's work now that I have hired you. Servant—Shure, mum, I'm equal to it, an' then aga'in I'm more'n equal to it. I'm above it! Those Efficient Systems. Willis"—Bump has a very up-to-date office." Gilliam"—Yes. He has one of these office systems where you can find just what you want when you don't want it by looking where it wouldn't be if you did want it."—Life. UP IN FASTNESSES OF SOUTHERN ROCKIES Largest Existing Colony of Beavers Is There. Far up in the fastestness of the southern Rockies, hidden in one of the most inaccessible nooks that remain in this country today, what is probably the largest existing colony of beavers has established itself for a last stand. The beaver was once one of the most abundant of our American animals, but at the case with which he was trapped and the value of his fur soon drove him far on the road to extinction. Soon only the most stringent legislation was able to save him, but now he seems to be "coming back," and wherever he finds a favorable location he increases rapidly. There is no better place in the world to study the interesting habits of this little animal than in that little hidden mountain valley just south of the Colorado line, which the Mexicans have christened "Lagunitas" and the Americans call "Beaver Lakes." The valley nests against the very backbone of the continental divide, 10,000 feet above sea level, and from every side it is approachable only by long and toilsome forest travel, except in winter, when it is not approachable at all. The hollow in the 'mountains' crest is dotted with irregular rows and miniature ranges of hills, two and three hundred feet high, that make up a most bewildering topography. In among these hills the beavers have built them a city. The landscape is ideal for the building of their dams, and by throwing barriers of stick and mud from hillside to hillside they have created a dozen big lakes, some of them half a mile long. Along the shores of these lakes are built the beaver lodges. There are probably a thousand beavers in this community, reigning in undisputed supremacy over their mountain domain. They are shy brutes, but very early in the morning and just at sunset you can often surprise them cutting the quaking aspen on the bank with their chisel teeth, or plastering away industriously at one of their elaborate dams. GRASSHOPPERS FLY FAR Have Been Picked Up 1,200 Miles at Sea The grasshopper would seem to have nothing in common with the seagull, yet grasshoppers have been picked up in swarms at sea, 1,200 miles from the nearest land. The African grasshopper has been known to cross the Red and Mediterranean seas in destructive numbers and even to fly to the Canary Islands. For the most part these grasshoppers are of a migratory species (Schistovers tartarica) noted for its great flights. The bodies are about four inches long and are equipped with large air sacs in addition to the usual breathing tubes. These sacs buoy the insect so that it is able to stay in the air for days at a time, exerting practically no effort at all. During flights its speed varies from three to twenty miles an hour. When it is tired it rests on the water and is borne along on the waves. PHOTO SECRET IS OUT Camera Compound is Celluloid Mixed With Lamphack. The dead black used by most camera manufacturers, the composition of which has long been considered to be a secret of the trade, is a mixture of lamp black and celluloid solution, the latter being far superior to shellac varnish for the purpose. The lamp black is stirred in and thoroughly incorporated with the liquid. There is no difficulty in making the celluloid solution. Old photographic films may be cleared of adhering gelatine, washed and dried, then shredded as fine as possible. A solution is then made by dissolving acetate in amyl to the consistency of syrup and thinning down the acetone with it. MAKE WATERPROOF PAINT Whiting, Water and Linseed Oil Are Ingredients. To make a washable water paint, mix twenty-five pounds of the best whiting with two and one-half gallons of water and let it stand over night. The best way is to pour the water on the whiting and not mix it. The water percolating through the mass during the night makes a smooth paste. Work the mixture into one gallon of raw linseed oil. This is best done with the hands. The paste may then be thinned to paint consistently with oil, turpentine and driers. The paint will have sufficient gloss to be attractive and will wear well on inside work. Found the Place "Excuse me, but does Walter Halter live hereabouts?" Thus the English tenderfoot, traveling across the wild and woolly western prairie to the grizzled native in the slouch hat and whiskered trousers. "No," replied the native. "Well, do you happen to know where I shall be able to find him? politely pursued the Englishman. "No!" "Dear me!" The tenderfoot stood puzzled. "I must have lost my way. Perhaps you can tell me where Mr. William Bluff, popularly known as Grizzly Bill, hangs out?" "I can." "Where?" "Right here! I'm Bill!" "But," expostulated the tenderfoot, "they distinctly told me at the settlement that Halter lived within a gunshot of you." "Well," responded Grizzly Bill, "he did." Successful Appeal. Judge—Was that young Mr. Smith I saw leaving the house as I entered? Daughter—"Yes, papa." Judge—"And didn't I prohibit him coming here any more?" Daughter—"Yes, papa, but he appealed to a higher court, and mama has removed the injunction." HATS COLLAPSIBLE STEEL BARREL "Empties" Can Be "Knocked Down," Thus Saving Space. A collapsible steel barrel is the latest device of a Pennsylvania man. The article in question is comprising of a center, two adjoining sections and two end caps. The whole fits together with over-lapping rims, and, when set up, is held tight by a steel cordage running from end to end. If it is desirable to ship back empties, the barrels may be knocked down, and valuable space saved by telescoping. The Nerves of the Sky-Scraper. The nerves of the sky-scraper are the telephone wires, of course. And, inasmuch as progress in evolution is measured by complex nervous development, it is natural that New York's Down-Town, where Business, the highest form of social biology, has attained its fullest development, should be an enormous spider's web of telephone wires. The per capita consumption of telephone wire in New York is six times as much as in London. That represents the relative nervous intensity of business in New York and in London. Some such excess of wiring I suspect in the sky-scrapers of Down-Town. There are hundreds and thousands of rooms, and in every room one or more men with their mouths and ears at the telephone. It is all cellular partitions and wire ganglions reaching out to Chicago, perhaps, or San Francisco; wires to the Stock Exchange around the corner, wires to the assistant in the adjoining room, wires to the heart of the dictative in which Business is being dictated and from which Business will travel to the ear of the stenographer who will transfer it to paper. Our ghostly tourist will conclude that modern Business is a matter of conversation. Down-Town, inside of its tens of thousands of sky-scraper cells, is thus terribly busy—about what? So far as the eye can see, about nothing in particular. A man with a telephone at his elbow, a flat-topped desk with a metal basket holding a dozen letters perhaps, a photograph of the man's wife in a silver frame at one end of the desk, and that's all. But if the cell is a large one, sometimes reaching the dimensions of an entire floor in a sky-scraper block, the desks, telephones, metal baskets, and photographs are indemnities multiplied. The substantialities of Business are not there—the steel, wheat, cotton, bullion, the beams, casks, boxes, and bales which you recall being hauled toward quaint little wharves on toy trucks driven by men in jumpers and shovel-hats in the pictures in your school geography labeled Commerce. By externals there is no way of telling whether the man at the desk is engaged in selling stocks and bonds, or woolen remnants, or railway accessories, or trusts and mergers, or theater tickets. There is lacking the concrete symbolism of the old counting-rooms—the heavy ledgers, whose bulk suggested the raw materials of traffic, the clerks on their high stools, the bustle of orders given and taken. The heavy ledgers have been replaced by filing-cabinets, whose purpose seems as much decorative as useful. Your business office might as well be the catalogue room of a college library—Harper's Magazine. Fitting the Man to the Job. You can't push ahead by patting yourself on the back. 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Wheeler, 2215 E. 30th St. Suite 6. 48 CLUB NOTICE — The Working Men's Social and Literary club meets, every Friday evening, for business and gives a dance, every Monday through their hall 3100 Scovill H. P. Williams, pres. 3040 Central Ave. L. V. Orton, sec., 2667 E. 40th St. Milton Watkins, chairman, 2524 E. 30th St. CLEVELAND Social and Personal HAPPY NEW YEAR, to all! If the country is not prepared for war, who is to blame? Mrs. Florence Austin, of E. 43rd St., left, last week, to visit her mother in Seattle, Wash. Mrs. Agnes Bolden Green left, last week, for Newport News, Va., to visit her husband. Mrs. Edward Turner, Quebec Ave., was called to Dallas, Tex., by the illness of a relative. Selmo C. Glenn was a member of the class of 1917 of the Cleveland law school, just graduated. Miss Vera Tutor of Oberlin College visited Cleveland, last and this week, returning, Wednesday. Mrs. Carrie Fields, Chicago, visited her sister, Mrs. James Offer, Pine Ave., during the holidays. The Caterers' Association held their annual dinner, Sunday afternoon. About 100 members were in attendance. Mrs. Arminta Black arrived from Chicago, Monday, to spend New Year's with her sister, Mrs. William McIntire. Rev. J. H. Williams, who went to Provident hospital, Chicago, for treatment under Dr. Dan Williams, is improving slowly. Mrs. Osceola Manson Litterch left last week to visit her husband, a member of Company D, 9th battalion, at Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Hale, Nashville, Tenn, arrived last week to spend the holidays with Dr. and Mrs. E. A. Bailey, of Pasadena Ave. If you owe The Gazette, do not wait for the collector to call on you but come to the office and pay. It is so much pleasant and better. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bryant, of 2202 E. 33rd St., are spending New Years week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. S. Mason of Belleveron, Pa. Pumar has it that domestic troubles of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Checks were taken into court, last week. She is said to be at the home of Mrs. Wm. McIntire, a relative. Dr. W. W. Whitehead, dentist, formerly of Macon, Ga., and Dr. O. A. Taylor, physician and surgeon, Topeka, Kan., have located at E. 38th St. and Central Ave. Dr. A. J. Whitehead, Scroll Ave., is visiting relatives in Jacksonville, Fla. Eugene Tolbert was reported to have been taken off a train very ill, last week Monday. Miss Edith Wright came from Nashville, where she has been teaching, to spend the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Wright, W. 85th St., and was taken seriously ill. Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Jackson entertained the United Workers, Dec. 17, in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Charles Burke, who was presented to the guests of honor for the Dr. L. N. Bundy defense fund. Mrs. James Scott, Cincinnati, mother of Dr. Arthur Scott, and Mrs. Nancy Purdy and Miss Frances Purdy, Erie, Pa., mother and sister of Mrs. Scott, spent the holidays with Dr. and Mrs. Scott, 10630 Greenlawn Ave. "Starlight" sent his money to Columbus, last Friday, with the intention of securing his license and opening his saloon as soon as it arrived, the first of this week. Another stinging defeat for our Ministers' Alliance. John H. Perry, former popular tion of St. John's church choir, was here from Camp Sherman to visit his parish, where he is a minister and platoon left guard, instructing in hand grenade work and other war maneuvers. Eddie E. Banks, for years in the employ of the Market Branch of the State Banking & Trust Co., has practically lost his sight and is at the Warrensville farm. His many friends will regret greatly to hear this. Go out to see him. While making your resolutions for 1918 be sure to include one to become a subscriber of "The Old Reliable" Gazette, and encourage your friends to do likewise. Keep up to date in the news of race news. You will need the paper, this year, more than ever before. See here, brother and sister, you know you cannot get the race news, especially all the real live local race news anywhere else but in "The Old THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, OHIO, JANUARY 5, 1918 Reliable" Gazette. Then why not subscribe for it now and start the new year right? Louia V. J. Jones, class of 1918, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Mass., spent the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Jones of E. 101st St. He and J. H. Morton, E. 36th St., paid The Gazette sanctum sanctorum a pleasant visit, Monday afternoon. Mrs. Willa Thompson Sampson and children were guests of her husband's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Sampson, E. 30th St. They were en route from Xenia to Jacksonville, Fla., where Prof. Geo. Sampson, Jr., was recently elected principal of Stanton high school. One of the "Skylight ten dollar ministers" is reported to have had the nerve" to advise the audience at E. Church, Sunday afternoon "to get busy being good." Wall What DO you think of that? It might be interesting to know what he feels is "being good." A debate, open to the public, is to be held this (Friday) evening at the Y. M. C. U. rooms, 2286 E. 55th St. Subject, "Resolved, that the Afro-American in less than 50 years of freedom will surpass all other American races, intellectually and spiritually." George Findley, promising young cartoonist, is a member of the publishing staff of the "Fairmount Junior," of the Fairmount Junior high school, and Travis Cousins has been elected editor in chief of the East "Tech" high school paper, supported by over 2000 "Tech" students. Quite an honor. Mr. Alex Morris, one of Louisville's most respected citizens and who has conducted a white barber shop for many years, has been appointed as the new executive director of Eleventh street. His wife was made his assistant. This is the first job given a Colored man by the new administration—Louisville (Ky.) News. Ernie Jackson says occasionally persons have come into his drug store and inquired if his father "was one of dem ministers dat took money from dat 'Skylight,'" and when told that he was not, they would say: "I'm going to St. John's church then." "Say, he isn't," the remains of Miss Mamie Queen, who is said to have been asphixated at her home in Washington, D. C., were brought here for burial, the first of the week. Funeral, Thursday morning, from St. Edwards Catholic church, Woodland Ave. A mother, Mrs. Roberta (George) Queen; sisters, Mrs. James (Edna) Joyce of this city and Miss Tootsie Queen of N. Carolina; two babysitters Baybert and other relatives survive her. They have the earnest sympathy of many friends. A Christian Endeavor mass meeting (celebration) of local young peoples' societies (all denominations) will be held at St. John's church, Jan. 30 at 3:30 p. m. All such organizations not attending by Sunday are cordially invited to participate. Each president is asked to make a three minute talk on "Christian Endeavor Goals and How to Reach Them." All such participants should send their addresses to Richard Lee, 2253 E. 43d St., immediately. Additional details relative to the celebration will be announced in The Ga When those three ministers (Bailey, Bayliss and Crable) admitted that they had taken money from "Starlight" after signing that petition and protest they defeated the very thing the Reverend Joseph S. Jackson of Bayliss had written to it. "Starsays he had them—the eight ministers of our local Ministers' Alliance—subpoenaed before the commissioners, and Rev. J. S. Jackson voluntarily "uncovered" them—told the commissioners that "some of these ministers have taken money from "Starlight"? Those three individuals of the ministers, either, who had taken money from "Star." Who are the others? St. James A. M. E. church, Hudson Ave., East End, was well attended, Sunday. In the morning the pastor, Rev. W. O. Childers, preached a very impressive sermon on the subject, "Times Flight." Rev. Jesse Bass of Oxford officiated in the evening, speaking ably and interestingly to a splendid audience. S. S. Childers attended and shows steady growth. This week a revival is in progress. Mrs. Emma Bowman-Johnson, evangelist, is assisting the pastor. Efforts are being made to add 100 members to the church. Almost every Sunday someone joins. Mr. Geo. Edwards and Miss Sadie McJunkins, of Ashville, N. C., were quietly married at the parsonage, last Friday. The Adams-Ramey Men's guild is holding some very interesting meetings. Last Sunday, very helpful talks were made by Wm. Crook, J. T. Turner and F. Ballard. The organization is planning to dress them soon, Mr. Bert. Hutchinson and Mrs. Odessa Butter are reported ill. Miss Faustina Walker of Wilberforce visited for a week at the parsonage. A junior choir, under the direction of Mrs. Clara Harris, is rendering excellent service to the church. Crable, Bayliss and Bailey were on the program of the "mortgage burning" exercises at Corry M. E. church, where they taught how all of the good people, especially Attorney Francis H. Warren Comments On Crable's Vicious and Malicious Attack Ormond A. Forte, 412 Superior Building, Cleveland, Ohio. Dear Sir; I note a communication in your issue of Dec. 1st, signed by "Rev. Chas. H. Crable," which appears to be a paid advertisement, but nevertheless constitutes a gross libel on the race and one of its most prominent members. Even if the acts contained in the article were true what would it profit our race to parade that fact before we already prejudice to the highest ranks of the association of black men with white women. When this same charge was brought against Booker T. Washington by the Boston Guardian I pointed out to it the greatest of the danger to all of our race, even if it succeeded in fastening upon Washington the vile charges made, for if the white man once gets it into his head that black men want only association with white people, he would worth living in the United States for Negroes, and the less you parade that feature against a brother of the race the better it will be for all concerned. As for the Honorable Harry C. Smith, who is father of some of the laws that protect our race in the state of Ohio, and several times a member of the Ohio legislature, I have known him more or less intimately for more than 40 years, and he has visited him in Cleveland and he has visited my home, and while he does not object to honorable marriage between white and black people, I have never known him to associate with prostitutes, either white or black, and I do not believe he does, as a man of his prominence could ill afford to so associate, and I venture to say that if he is ever seen in the company of white people, either men or women, I would be the already respect and the equals of all other people either in Ohio or elsewhere morally or otherwise. Then what can be said in favor of ministers of the gospel who accept contributions from such sources as Rev. Crable confesses he accepted them. In Detroit ministers who would accept such contributions would not last here over night, if it were known by their congregations. One Christian people, of this city view this fragrant act of the Old Folks' home arrangement committee, but there were many, in attendance, who are very properly most outspoken in their denunciation of it, some saying that they will never give another dollar to the Old Folks' home until this very repugnance, in attendance, nor has it that another minister said from one of our local pulpits, Sunday or Sunday week, that "Starlight" was a good business man," etc. If this is true, we fail to see how the members of that church can ever again permit that minister to occupy their pulpit. Praise of that kind, in what is known to be a headquarters of prohibition, is something out of order, inconsistent, and in extreme bad taste to say the least. Bailey, the Myers-Jackson protest signer, the Myers-Jackson protest petition to the Cuyahoga County Liquor License commission, against the issuance of a license (saloon) to "Starlight" Boyd, and their subsequent acceptance of ten dollars each from him, this admitted on the witness stand (under oath) before the commission on Nov. 16, 1917, ought to be quite enough for the members of Antioch Baptist church, Lansing Memorial C. E. Mt. Mt. Mt. Mt. church TO OUST them from the positions they hold as pastors of those churches. Be sure to read the editorial headed "Bailey, Bayliss and Crable Should Go," on page 2 of this paper. These are the acts that are bound, sooner or later, to bring mob demonstrations, if not lynchings, to Cleveland, if something is not soon done to drive from the city the large criminal class that has been attracted here by the "open town" privileges accorded denizens of the "underworld" by the local city administration. Mrs. Ida Berger's pluck and courage saved her life when she was tacked by a Negro while on her way to work. Mrs. Berger had just left her home at 2485 E. 388 St., when she noticed a man following her, she told police. "I tried to hurry, but before I could get away he struck me on the head with a bottle," she said. "I fought him but he hit me again. Then I screamed for help and he tried to stuff my furs down my throat. I fell down and when I tried to get up the man ran." Mrs. Berger was taken to Charity hospital. Delinquent subordinates, especially the East End, will please save our collector the long trips to their residences by sending us a post office money order, AT ONCE, and oblige The Gazette, greatly. Our advertisers want your trade. Those who do not ask for it in The Gazette certainly care little, if at all, for it. Therefore, we urge our readers and all our friends to patronize those who ask for your trade in this paper. BEST FOR THE BLOOD — Puro Herbs. Sold only at Brown Drug Co., cor E. 28th St. and Central Ave.—Adv. You should take PURO HERBS, the great blood purifier and system cleanser. On sale only at the Brown Drug Co., 2742 Central Ave., cor E. 28th St.—Adv. Be sure to read carefully Attorney Francis H. Warren's letter, elsewhere in this paper, and call your friends and acquaintances' attention to it. A fellow who tries to do business without advertising is like the fellow who throws his sweetheart a silent kiss in the dark; he knows what he is doing—but nobody else does.—William Jennings Bryan. Whenever that malicious lie—that the editor of The Gazette, received $500, or any other sum, from a democrat to defeat a Republican candidate for office at the recent election, or any other—is repeated in your presence, frankly tell the person "hawking" the lie that they are slandering the editor and had better not let the fact get to him or there will be some Episode. of our large churches, the Second Baptist, had a minister some years ago who accepted contributions from a white house of prostitution which occupied the building next door. I understand he got $50 as a Christmas present every year. The result was he never complained about the presence of the house of prostitution and that was undoubtedly the reason the present was forthcoming. But when our present pastor of the Second Baptist church took charge, seven or eight years ago, together with the trustees he began to seek ways and means to move the doors of his church. First he thought of moving the church, but in a conversation with the writer he found he could move the house of prostitution and the writer was employed by him for that purpose. My retainer for filing bills against the houses of prostitution, two in number, was $100. The proprietor of the largest of the two houses involved offered $5,000 if I would drop the charges and permit the houses to operate, and I know that they offered Rev. Bradby the usual present to begin with, and later a sum probably equal to what they offered me. But we both insisted upon the removal of the prostitutes and Purchaser. Perhaps a few Braddys in Cleveland, if you want to get rid of the abominable conditions I found in the immediate vicinity of Rev. Bailey's church. I do not know so much about the others mentioned in the articles I have read. Vice is like weeds—it grows and thrives without special cultivation. While culture, morality and right living need the encouragement of not only Christian leaders but also of lay-leaders as well. And instead of trying to besmirch the character of Hon. Harry C. Smith, it seems as though the proper thing for a minister to do, who has made the mistake of accepting contributions from such a source, for which there is and can be no excuse, is to turn in and assist any lay-man who is brave enough to fight the sources of evil. What manner of Christian is Rev. Crable, anyway? Your truly, FRANCIS H. WARREN. more arrests and punishment in the courts. Please repeat the foregoing to those whom you think need the information. Do not allow your landlords to take advantage of you in the matter of rentals, etc., but come to The Gazette office when you have troubles of that kind. DARE TO DO YOUR DUTY "Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to utter it."—Abraham Lincoln. * "Any prejudice whatever will be insurmountable if those who do not share in it themselves truckle to it and flatter it and accept it as a law of nature." - John Stuart Mill. Good Substitute. If you are afraid white or ivory woodwork is too difficult to keep clean, consider the substitute of a very deep oid ivory. This gives the general effect of white woodwork and does not show the dirt. "An Eye for an Eye." "Lex tadionis" means the law of realliation. It provided that the punishment should be the same in kind as the crime. Thus we have the expressions, "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth," "Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed." Many other expressions like these are found in the Bible and elsewhere. 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Don't Throw Away Your Copy of THE GAZETTE After Reading it, but Give It to a Friend or an Acauaintance who Might Subscribe after Reading a Copy of It ie a Sy att Wace Ba ~ i Pe Ad > R) c Saag ff @ | i tear ae i, 4 a) ex Za WS LS (% A Es PS ONES ka oF Ly Q) se os Gs fi 7 ; x 4 ; ape b 3) }y) es amas ie a a ko ar h 39 Me SOM et dea NW Cae o® i VAR i oe. t k og O, be a =i CA IM Vt 5a Ae | All the Kings In the World Can’t Beat My Hand _ 2, oe 2 a2 2 Taking ‘‘Friendly” Advice; or the Parable of the Good Mule Samson ‘If you should ever risit Prosperity| that Public, who didn’t know much | “Certainly I'll help you with a Mttle ‘Town—and we sincerely hope you will| bout machinery, would get disgusted ae se said Agitator, doing his aa With te treadulit when Ko found that best to hide s grin. “Its appareat ee ee ee eee cenipen caid tes ay causing men aes ai aoe ‘8 few of Agitator’s tools to smash itup| needs is a few hard knocks. There's a mule, but he's some pumpkin in| with, for Public didn't have much pa-| something complex about a mule’s Prosperity Town. Unlike his biblical | tience in those days. So Agitator got | psychology chat needs just that sort o saisenika Se Sasi Gs aroun qulling|s cfowter and worked Getustsioety|Goataeat’ Now I can sall yon » splen Gee caies Glie Teer, [aren ie esdhill lor several mais-|cid hammer to watiop tim with, ha ‘ian [after walch he prasuea off Mel will edminlster’ the’ proper paychi with the jawbone of his deceased fa- clothes and went back to his hardware| stimulus. Then I have some excellen ‘ther Moreover, when he has had a| store to wait for business. axle grease here, compounded of a mix A few minutes later Public returned | ture of labor trouble and industrial un from lunch with a bad attack of indi-| rest, Just rub a litle of that into th 5 > || sSsenasass gre setae tes) chur te rod ba nd treadmills tn general’ His il tom | 60 Publle bought the ‘hammer an per was increased by Samson's inabili-| the axle grease, which was really glu A ty to turn the treadm'll at the accus-| incognito, and went back to Samson tomed rate of speed Poor Samson| At heart Public was a kindly man, anc teak puffed and’ struggled, and manifested | he felt that it wes unnecossarily eric anor t23a2sheenUL || “a te otter aistronsing symptoms of| to Mt Samson with the hamsner’ bath RT 33th Ske wat" | hard work, but he couldn't keep up to| had implicit confidence in Agitator, a eA Vv : time, Public belabored him until his|he spat on his hands and let Samsor y bec arm was tired, and then, scratching/ have a few good ones, whinn nearl; BY his head, he mused irritably. broke the mule’s back, but falled t Ne “1 wonder what alle that mule, any-| produce any tangible ‘rovults. tn. th aptesc (C9) how!” He certalnly gets enough to-eat| wey of Increased speed. Then as Sa tt), 2 I've been feeding him right along on a| last resort Public took up the fak Hain | Sree: g00d rich diet of profits.” axle grease, but as he was about t He ESR NOUS TRY oy Scratching one's head has often been| rub it into the machinery he say es 7D Known to stimulate « sow of brillant something that made im hesttate ani ae cas, and Pubile, after continuing tho| cteu sand for the repair tam Actes LL——_ Process several minutes decided to vis-| tor, {t see~* had underrate’ wis. in telligence “Well” ald Publto, “I've taken th | advice of my trlends” (strong. accen eee ey advice of my friends" (strong accen shave, shampoo, and a haircut, our Samson {a as strong, nay, stronger than ever. Samson ts a good, constructive cit! xen. It's his job to run the treadmill that turns the wheels of industry. If Samson should quit his Job all the fac- torles in Prosperity Town would have to close their doors, and factories, by the way, are the mainstay of Prosper!- ty Town. Any time you happen to ase the treadmill you can see Samson doing his atanding marathon. He nev- er seems to tire at his job. Tnere are folks in Prosperity Town who think that Samson, as an industrial tacvor, fs capital, but we hesitated to state the fact for fear you might accuse us of trying to perpetrate a pun. Samson’ driver {s a man Public, an intelligent, well meaning person who is Just beginning to get along famously ‘with Bamson. There was a time, how. ‘ever, when Public was so engrossed with the affairs of his numerous fam- fly that he hadn't much time left for the occupation which gave him his tn- come, and mule driving requires study Just lke medicine, military tactics, ‘mixing mint juleps or any of the other exact sciences. Something happened recently, now- ever, which caused Public to take a ‘eoner interest in bis job. He was home eating lunch one day when a man named Agitator, a former resident ‘ot Prosperity Town, passed the tread- mil of industry, and, seeing that it was unguarded, thought {t would be a ‘00d joke on Public to put a few kinks im the machinery. It wasn't a sense of humor alone that gave Agitator his tn- spiration. He saw that he might make Bis Uttle Joke pay. You sce, he owned a hardware store in Prosperity Town, where be kept in stock a fine line of hammers, axes and other implements that can be used to advantage in Iepocking and tearing down. He hoped (industrial Conservation, New York.) that Public, who didn’t know much about machinery, would get disgusted with the treadmill when he found that it didn't work properly and would buy 8 few of Agitator’s tools to smash it up with, for Public didn't have much pa- tence In those days. So Agitator got a crowbar and worked industriously around the treadmill for several min- ‘utes, after which he brushed off his clothes and went back to his hardware store to walt for business. A few minutes later Public returned from lunch with » bad attack of indi- gestion and a grouch against mules and treadmills in general His {il tem- per was increased by Samson's inabilt ty to turn the treadm'll at the accus. tomed rate of spee¢ Poor Samson puffed and struggled, and manifested il the other distressing symptoms of hard work, but he couldn't keep up to time. Public belabored him until his arm was tired, and then, scratching his head, he mused irritably. “I wonder what alls that mule, any. how? He certainly gets enough to eat. I've been feeding him right along on a 004 rich diet of profits.” Scratching one’s head has often been known to stimulate a uow of brilliant ideas, and Public, after continuing the Process several minutee decided to vie- ER (FAX | (7 1\ IW ca s rh SF Ih i it his friend Legislator, who ran a mil down the road and who professed tc Know all there was to be known abou! muloology. Legislator was not only willing but eager to give advice on ‘the subjeot. “It’s as plain ae the nose on your faco what alls that mule,” he said sticking his thumbs in the armholes of his vest and shifting hia cud, after the fashion of sturdy Yankee lawmakers. “You're feeding him too well and you're not giving bim enough work. Gut down his dist of profits and mix some defictency in his food Then put on his back several sacks of the excess taxes I've just ground out of my mill.” Public, breathing a sigh of reltet, twted Legislator's prescription on Sam: aon, but the treatment merely had the effect of reducing the mule's energy still further. After a few moments more of head scratching, Public decid: ed to consult Agitator. Agitator was a wise man. At least he talked’ well, and Public at that time was very sus: namie «Ree nonang r. > oe THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, OH 10, JANUARY 5, 1918 “Certainly I'll help you with a Mttle expert advice,” sald Agitator, doing his dest to hide 1 grin. “It’s apparent to any thinking man ‘that all Samson needs is a few hard knocks. There's something complex about a mule's psychology chat needs Just that sort of treatment. Now I can sell you a splen id hammer to wallop him with. That will administer the proper psychic stimulus. Then I have some excellent ‘axle grease here, compounded of a mix- ‘ture of labor trouble and industrial un- rest, Just rub a little of that into the machinery of the treadmill.” 80 Public bought the hammer ana the axle grease, which was really glue incognito, and went back to Samson. At heart Public was a kindly man, and he felt that ft was unnecessarily crue! to hit Samson with the hammer, but he had implicit confidence in Agitator, #0 he spat on bis hands and let Samson have a few good ones, whina nearly broke the mule's back, but failed to produce any tangible results in the way of increased speed. Then as a last resort Public took up the fake axle grease, but as he was about to Tub it into the machinery he saw something that made him hesitate and then send for the repair man. Agita- tor, it sees had underrate? his in telligence. “Well.” ald Public, “I've taken the advice of my friends” (strong accent ‘on the friends), “but from now on I'm going to use my own judgment.” So while the repair man straighten: ed out the kinks in the machine Public Dulled the bags of excess taxes from Samson’s back and treated the mule to a good meal of his customary food. Presto! ‘The mule hegan to run, the treadmill began to buzz, and the board of directors voted to raise Public's sal- ary for increasing the prosperity of Prosperity Town. But that fs not the end of the story. Some enterprising sleuth Inked up the injury which had been done to the i h c = Sas 3¢ 5 e | Wo & oe ae Ee 3 — ae 2 ? & i ? lake y= EREZYZ és ali Geran ees (SS Snes ay \Vf a d Cp os “Nix on Friendly Advice” treadmill with some of Agitator's ott er activities, and the municipal au thorities decided that they would el ther have to change the name of the town or as) Agitator to leave, They voted in favor of the latter alternative, and one fine day the hardware dealer was ridden in state on a rail to the outekirts of the city, where he was handed bis passporte-—Charles A. Rie. ser, Industrial Oonservation, New York. “Nix on Friendly Advice.” CLOCKS VARY WITH TRAVEL WLS ‘The average commercial traveler who journeys about the United States has to keep a close watch on his ume piece to seo that It is telling the truth. ‘There is an hour's difference in time when you enter and leave some cities and it’s an important matter that you do not forget to set your wateh back or forward an hour, according to which way you are traveling. If you overlook it, You may miss a train, An express official who travels al- most all the time and is so busy that he sometimes forgets to change his watch at Detroit, Mich, for instance, or at Dodge City, la, hus frequently had an experience of this kind. Some- tines he has arrived an hour ahead of time or, perhaps, an hour after a train has left, giving him time enough for reflection. Recently, he conceived the idea of making bis watch tell all four differ ent thnes—Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific. He went to the jeweler and had extra hour hands put on his Umepiece—each of a different color, 80 that he can recognize it at a glance, on the face of his watch. For instance, the ordinary hour hand, set at Bastern time, {s silver; a blue hand, set an hour back, represents central’ time; ted hand, for mountain time, is set two hours back; and a green hour hond, three hours back, represents Pa- cific time, ‘You can do this to your own watch. The jeweler will make a set of hands of these colors and alter your watch for a consideration of a few dollars, 80 that witen you go traveling it will not be necessary to disturb the mec- hanism of your watch by setting the hour hands back and forth frequently, according to whether you are in De- troit, Chicaio, New York, Denver, San Francisco or other places on the map. But such an arrangement would be particularly useful only to the itiner- ant salesman or other frequent trav- ler. TREES PUT IN FREEZERS. ture Effects. A contrivance designed to freeze whole trees has been constructed at the Utah Agricultural college, Logan, Utab, to aid in experimental work in- tended to uiscover, under actual or- chard conditions, ‘the frost danger Point. ‘The contrivance is very similar in principle to the old fashioned ice- cream freezer. It consists of a huxe galvanized iron tank, large enough to enclose an entire tree, ‘This tank is divided into halves and each halt is fastened to a plank base, so con: structed that a half can be frozen, and the two parts drawn together, completely enclosing the tree. ‘The tank is doubled walled, with a four inch space between the walls. A large lid covers the tank and rests on the inner wall. Ice and salt are packed in between the walls and over the lid. The temperature inside is regulated by pumping in cold or warm air, and the air inside is kept stirred by an electrically driven fan, Four self-registering weather bureau thermometers and a thermograph, hung from different branches of the tree, keep an accurate record of the temperature within the tank. ‘The resistance of buds to frost can be accurately determined by this method and data collected that will tell when smudge pots or other arti- ficial means of orchard heating should be used to save the fruit crop. ‘The tree is not injured by the pro- cogs, since care is taken and constant watch is kept to prevent the danger point from being reached. ENERGY LOST IN COUGH. German Has Figured It Up to Heat Units. It you cough once every fifteen minutes for ten hours you expend energy equivalent to 250 units of heat, which is equivalent to the nourish: ment contained in three eggs or two glasses of milk. So says a German who has specialized on the waste of energy in coughing. At a normal rate we expel air from the chest at the rate of four feet per second. ‘Thus a persistent cought not only weakens the constitution, but it is a Girect cause of emaciation according to the same authority. Such weighty statistics lead to a reiteration of the oft repeated injunction, “never neg- lect cough.” TO CEMENT RELINERS. Proceed in Following Manner, Expert says. Before cementing reliners, the paint on the inside of a tire should be scraped off. If possible turn the tire inside out, a part at a time, and buff with a pow- er driven brush, Neither goroline nor other tquld preparations should be used. Thor gum up the surface ena consequently make good work impossible. Lots of fathers who give thelr daughters away would like to get rid ef their sone-in-law as easily. U. 8. 18 NOW THE HOME ‘OF DIAMOND INDUSTRY Een ot gee eRe ee Jewel Cutting Center. Since the earliest days of the art Amsterdam has had a monopoly of the work of cutting diamonds, and outside of Holland few competent workmen could be found. It is a dificult art to ‘acquire, and there has been Little exact knowledge of its technicalities except in Holland, where diamond cutting has been largely a hereditary trade, its secrets and processes being handed down from father to son tor many generations, Of late, however, partly owing to the interruptions of the business due to the war, and to some extent be- cause of the rapidly growing sales of precious stones in America, the United States has become one of the largest—it not actually tho largest— diamond markets in the world, and tie trade of diamond cutting has become established on a large scale. In New York City there are now twenty or more shops, employing over 500 skilled workmen. Most of these men are Hollanders, who for several years have been drifting over in in- creasing numbers beca:1se of diminish- ed employment at home and also be- cause of the wages they can command in the United States, which are vastly higher than they ever received at home, At is sald that approximately $1,000, 000 worth of diamonds are cut in New York every month. Indeed, it is as- serted that the diamond cutting indus- try is firmly established on a scale that promises to make New York the permanent diamond market of the woud. NORWEGIAN FISH BY PHONE Instrument in Water Tells Presence ‘of Schools, A strange way of discovering the whereabouts of fish is practiced in some parts of Norway, and the me- thod was discovered by a clever Norwegian. ‘A microphone, which is an in- strument that will transmit the slight- est sound, is lowered into the water from a fishing boat with a wire from the microphone is attached to a telephone fixed in the boat, The op- erator ‘takes the receiver of the tele- phone and places it to his ear, ready to signal to the fishermen when he hears the least sound beneath the water, and the fishing boat is then immediately steered in the direction whence the sound come. The result is—a splendid haul. As cod, herring and meckerel swim in enormous schools their passage thru the water causes a rushing sound which is clearly heard by the fisher- men, who immediately steer in the re- quired direction, and let down their nets, GLASS TRAY USED IN BAKING New American Ware Stands Extreme Heat Tests, A tray made of one of the new American glasses with which chemists have been experimenting since the supply from Germany became exhaust- ed has been used in successfully bak- ing a cake, The use of glass for bak- ing purposes promises to be the great- est advancing step in the art of cook- ing, according to the American Chemical Society of New York City. ‘The wife of a young chemist, recent- ly married, wished to bake a cake for Sunday, but found she had no baking tins. In the house was a glass tray which the chemist had tested -~ong other articles made of the new Amer- fean glasses. He suggested that his wife use the tray. The cake was baked on the top as well as on the bottom, and the glass tray had withstood the heat of the oven without cracking, ‘The chemist’s wife Inter baked a pie in the same tray, and the result was satisfactory. NEW WAY TO CLEAN OUT PIPES: ee eater ere Nae Santee In Few Seconds, An automatic apparatus which is said to perform the operation of blowing ont a tobacco pipe in a much more effective manner than is obtain~ ed by lung power, and with less objection to those about has been devised in a recently patented inven- tion. A cap fitting tightly over the opening of the bowl of the pipe has a hose and bulb attachment, and when the latter is pumped a few times it makes a pressure which will remove all stoppages, and the operation may be performed without arousing the ire of those who do not happen to be interested in the preformance, INVENTS TRAP FOR BURGLARS Detective Says Device Will Handcuff Them Automatically. ‘The life of the burglar will be fraught with a new danger if an in- vention by Detective Sergeant Will iam Higgins of Yonkers N. Y., does all that he says it will. The device according to Higgins, automatically handcuffs burglars while they are at work. He says that 90 per cent of the burglars in Yonkers are committed in homes that are closed either for a day or longer, Higgins purposes to attach a steel trap to the sides of drawers, of sideboards and bureaus, 0 set that as the drawer is opened the burglar’s hands are fastened by handcuffs. HAS NEW “CURE” FOR OBESITY German Scientist Feeds Patients with ‘Small Quantities of Metals. A German scientist claims to cure obesity by treating patients with small quantities of certain metals, introduc JAPAN FIGHTING HARD IN WAR FOR ; WORLD MARKETS Has Made Tremendous Strides in Manufacturing and Ex- porting Since 1914, HER INDUSTRIES THRIVING Has Captured Markets Held by Other In the past few years Japan has “n- dergono a tremendous industrial devel opment. ‘The enormous progress made by her in manufacturing and export {ng since the outbroak of the war is Uttle realized in this country. It ts not fully recognized that Japan fo gradually changing from an agricul. tural to an Industrial country, and that in hor new drive to win some of the foroign markets she has captured con: siderable of the business which was forme:ly held by this country. The great expansion of her foreign trade since 1914 ts shown by the official re turna of her trade in 1916 Exports Far In Kxcess of Imports. During that year tue total value of imports was 766 £00,000 yen, being an increase of 734,000,000, while the x ports for the aame period amounted to 1,127600,000 yen, being an increase of ‘about 419,000,000 yen. ‘The actual ex cosa of exports over imports for the year was 371,000,000 yen, as compared with 170,000,000 yen for 1915. ‘The changed position which has taken place since the beginning of the war may be seem from the fact tnat for the year 1914 there was actually ‘an excosa in the value of the imports over exports of about 4,500,000 yen. Cotton manutaeture ts one of her principal industries, and the statistics show that the average number of epin- Ales working daily in Japan in 1914 (the Intest avatlable year). was nearly 2,600,000. Wool manufacture was not carried on before the war to any great extent, but it has mow received a con siderable impetus, and Japanese fac: tortes are executing orders from the Russian Government. The production of iron and steel— oth in government and private works —has alao been very considerable, the best fron ores being imported from China, Japan has some 600,000 tons of shipping now under construction, and the industry fs in a flourishing condition. Her merchant marine con: ists of 2,170 steamers of 1,704, 785 tons, and 9,187 eafling ships of 672,403 tons. Ocean-gotag steamers exceeding 1,000 tons number 448, with « total tonnage of 1,428A18 tons. Thirty-nine ocean-oing steamers of 140,236 tone were launched from Japanese yards in 1916. May Use Amertoan Machinery. It might be added that Japan ts now investigating the possibility of using American cottomepinning machinery in their mills. The extent of purchases already decided a is estimated at 200,000 spindles, How her credit stands may be seen from the fact thet her 4% per cent. Joan is quoted am the London Stock Hxchange at 91%, yielding at that price, interest of nearly 5 per cent. Great Britain's 4% per cent. loan te quoted at 92%, #0 We see how the rele- tive pomtions: @ the two countries have changed eimge 1914. Before that fateful time no ene would have dreamed of comparing the two credits. ‘Already Japanese manufacturers have quadrupled ¢hetr exports to Aus- tralia. Ships whieh in the past aver aged a cargo of 460 tons now bring to Sydney 3,500 tome, ‘The Japanese have captured a great @eal of the trade once firmly held by American, British, Ger man and French exporters. In the silk market they nave won the premier position, and Aurtralian shops are now filled to overflowing with cheap Jap anose stiks. ‘The following Japanese goods are now sold with great success in the ‘Australian markett Glasses, eclentifie instruments, silles, Panama hats, cot tons, toys, ineulaters, electric light ap- paratus, camphor, eulphur oll, matches, daaketware, rubber tires, bottles, por colain. Japan's rapid todustrial and com mercial strides will aerve to intensity the formidable eempetition which the American manufesturer will have to meet both in @emestic and foreten markets after the war. They afford another striking proof of the necessity for restoring friendly relations de twoon capital an@ labor, securing few. er and better Dusiness laws and moulding » dette public attitude to- ward business g@ that American in- Austry may be ri@ of {te harassments and made strong for the trade fight after the restoratiem of peace—Indus Feeling the @ublic Pulse. A board of trade or chamber of com- merce can render vital service to a community by affimg in the passage of iaws which tem@ to make the com- munity more presperous. In that re- spect the organtaetion acts as an ‘n- terpreter, helpimg to translate the noods anj the éestres of tne people into laws that will encourage, rather than discourage, Business enterprise Industrial Conservation, Yew York. COTTON GOODS COMPANY BUILDING MODEL CITY. Constructing 100 Cottages with Hosp tal, Library, School and Meeting Hall. A big cotton goods manufacturing company with offices in New York City and a million-dollar plant at Pas- aaic, N. J., recently completed the pur chase of 300 acres of land, comprising the whole village of Allwood, near Passaic, and bas begun the construc tion of a model industrial olty. ‘Almost a thousand men are em- ployed in the Passalo plant, which will be abandoned, Plans are to have & city of about 8,600 population. One hun- dred cottages will be built. ‘There wil be hospital, Ibrary, school, and meeting ball “Twenty homes for su: perintendents are to be put up at once. Homes will be purchased on monthly payments. Social welfare workors, architects, nd industrial leaders have given ad: vice to the president of the mills. Hle plan {s regarded as the 12>°+ advanced step of the Kind, in some respects, that has Deon taken in this country. ‘The present mill has rest rooms nurses, and a dining ball. Dances have been given there every Saturday eve ning throughout the winter. There have been practically no labor trou bles. — Industrial Conservation, New York, USE OF LEISURE TIME "A FACTOR IN SUCCESS. ‘Time Not Spent In Working, Eating ‘or Sleeping May Determine Efficiency. “How do you spend your letsure time?” is the question which appears ‘on the application blanks for employ: ment in some of the largest business houses today. To some this may seem an unnecessary intrusion on the pri- vate life of the individual, but the way in which a worker utilizes the interval between 5 and 6 p. m. and 8 or 9 a.m. ‘as well as his holidays and Sundays, has an important bearing on bis eff ctency Dull heads and unsteady hands, which are often the by-products of misused leisure hours, are distinct Mabilities in any work, whether it be mechanically routine or of the sort that requires judgment and adapta- bility—Industriat Conservation, New York, HOW TO SAVE A BILLION A YEAR. ORS) eer eee an Enormous Loss. ‘There ts an estimated waste of « Yillion dollars annually in industry in the United States, due to labor trou- bles. This billion dollars could better ‘be employed to the advantage of both the man who hires and the man who ts hired. Capital can gain no advan- tage by fighting labor, and labor can gain no advantage fighting capital. ‘The result of the battle is always an expensive draw. On all sides, however, are to be found evidences that both parties have ‘dogun to realize the futility of endless friction —Induatrial Conservation, New York, THE HUMAN NOTE IN INDUSTRY ‘Will Be Most Strongly Accentuated tn Coming Years, Says Edison. “Problems in human engineering,” predicts Thomas A. Edison, the elec- trical wizard, “wil receive during the coming years the same genius and attention which the nineteenth century gave to the more material forms of enginoering. “We have laid good foundations for industrial prosperity. Now wo want to assure the happiness and growth of the workers through vocation educa- tlon and Yocational guidance and wisely managed employment depart ments. A great feld for industrial ex- perimentation and statesmanship is opening up.”—Industriat Conservation, New York, NEED FOR LOYAL WORKERS. Men Who Will Exert Best Efforts te Help Win War, It would be impossiole to overestt- ‘mate the importance of labor in its re- lation to the war, and the necessity fo7 every workingman to give his best ef: forts in order not to handicap the gov- ernment in {ts work of carrying the ‘war to a successful termination. ‘The loyal American workingman may be depended upon to do his full duty if he is not led by the mistaken policies of his leaders to do the things ‘which his own consclence and bis own reason tell him are wrong.—Industriat Conservation, New York, USE OF LEISURE TIME A FACTOR IN SUCCESS, Use of Time Not Spent In Working, Eating or Sleeping May Determine Worker's Efficiency. ‘Worker's Efficiency. “How do you spend your letsure time?” is the question which appears on the application blanks for employ- ment in some of the largest business houses today. To some this may seem ‘an unnecessary intrusion on the pri- vate life of the individual, but the way in which a worker utilizes the inter val between 5 or 6 P.M. and 8 or 9 A. M,, a8 well as bis bolldays and Sun- days, has an ‘mportant bearing on his afficiency. Dull heads and unsteady hands, which are often the byproducts of misused leisure hours, are distinct Mabilitiea in any work whether it be mechanically routine or of the sort that requires judgment and adaptabil- ity.— Industrial Conservation, New York. aes ascent