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THE N. A. A. C. P. BUNDY CASE ATTORNEYS SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE ORGANIZATION! Dancing Every Thursday Evening at Barksdale's Academy, THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR: No. 7 EAST, LIVERPOOL—Mrs. Maudie Goode entertained, last Wednesday evening, a number of young folk in honor of her niece, Miss Pearl Smith, a 1918 graduate of Freedman's Hossein School of Music, D. C. Smith returned to that city to enter upon her work. Mrs. Sarah Griffith has returned to her old home in Smithfield. Mrs. Net Brown of Steubenville is here visiting relatives. Mr. J. Robinson gave an entertainment for the B. C. course in Woolville. Light refreshments. in Woolville. Light refreshments. Elder McKee is attending the annual convention of the Triumphant church in Pittsburgh, this week. Mr. and Mrs. H. Johnson have returned from McKeesburg, Pa., and Steubenville. Mrs. Mary Brown and daughter Eleanor and son, Edgar. Sutherland and son, Edgar. Children are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jackson. Ley, L. R. Hall has returned, feeling better. He preached an interesting sermon, Sunday morning. Attendance good. Friendship class met at Mrs. Banks', Mrs. Adams' pres. Rev. and Mrs. Farrell spent Saturday evening at Mr. and Mrs. S. IN UNION IS STRONGER DEVICE IS EYE OF ARTILLERY GUNNER ENABLES HIM TO AIM, BIG GUNS MILES WITH ASTONISHING ACCURACY Same Form of Teleometer is Used by Artillerate of Today. In the older times, when the "man behind the gun" could see without trouble the object at which he was aiming the cannon, it was comparatively easy to hit the mark if the chief gunner had a good eye. If guessed very correctly and came very near a "bulleye," even if he did not make it. The problem in be listles is very different today, when the men at the gun do not see what they are firing at, or what object is many miles away, and to make a "hit" means great exactness of aiming. A little instrument called a telemeter has been invented, and is used by all artilleryists in some shape or other. It is actually based upon a very simple and natural idea, one drawn from the action of a pair of eyes in the human head. When we direct our vision toward an object both eyes center upon it and it is easily possible to draw a triangle, the base of which is the distance between the eyes, the two sides converging upon the object looked at. When an object is near at hand the eye does the work automatically and no mathematical calculation is necessary. But when the object to be hit is at a great distance the telemeter has to be used. This is a tube with two telescopic lenses, one on each end. The "objective" of the two lenses are placed inside of the instrument and toward the end of the tube. Prisms with five faces act as reflectors, so that the person looking in has mechanically spread his eyes to the ends of the tube with a tremendous range of vision. Of course, the ends are so arranged that they may be directed at a single object at the same time, thus making it possible for the observer to see what would otherwise be beyond the power of the human eye, and to know by the angle at which it is viewed the distance away. It requires a little practice to use this wonderful instrument, but in a few days the operator ascertains how easily he can determine the precise distance he is from the object he is looking at, and by a quick calculation he directs the pointing of the gun so that it cannot fail to strike at the desired point. All the calculations are based upon the simple fact of the angle of vision, or rather the triangle which is formed between the two eyes of the instrument, and the object aimed at. Different kinds of telemeters are in use, so that they may be held in the hand, fixed to the side of a ship or set up on the earth. But the scientific basis of all is the same, and through their use precision in fire is assured—Kansas City Star. Yes, He Was Curious. "It's curious about things, isn't it?" said the man who had something on his mind and wanted to talk. "Yes," replied the man addressed, but without interest. "It's curious how a feller gets into a box and then out again?" "Yes." "You know the Widow Spicer, of course?" "Oh, yes." "I heard last month that she had come into fifty thousand dollars. Sat right down and proposed marriage by letter, and rushed the letter off." "Well?" "Didn't hear from her in answer. Here's the letter. Forgot to stamp it, and it went to the Dead Letter Office. Just got it back. Suppose it had reached the widow and she had accepted me?" "What do you mean?" "Why, a week ago I heard that she didn't have 10 cents to her name. Corjous, alit't it?" "Yes, but I can beat it. I married the Widow Speler five days ago." "Gee, whiz!" "And ahead of having fifty thousand and dollars, she had seventy-five thousand." "Say, say!" exclaimed the other, as he threw up his hands; but he could be farther. It was too curious. THE GAZETTE FRESH OHIO NEWS Written by 'The Old Reliable' Gazette's Correspondents Throughout the State What Our People Are Doing Each Week—Church, Personal, Social, Lodge, Literary and Musical—Marriages, Deaths, Etc. YOUNGSTOWN—Carla, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Jordan, died Saturday.—Wm. Alexander of Sandusky, visited relatives here last week, and visited Mrs. C. A. Jackson.—Mrs. W. Cannon visited a sister, Mrs. G. Lawson, in Erie. The latter is ill. Richard Bet. who died, last Thursday, leaves a wife, mother and three brothers, three sisters and a host of Holmes and Mary A. Hall were quietly married, last week. Helen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Clark, died, Saturday evening.—Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Stewart, of Altoona, Pa., visited his sister, Mrs. Fred. V. Anderson. Loua: Edwards Court will give a son, Mrs. H. P. Parkers, next month. 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 employer, and that 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 sent by mail. Our rates for display advertisements will be sent on application. Our rates for display advertisement will be sent on application. HILLSBORO—The boys that camp Sherman, we spoke of a week, went to Camp Mills, N. Y., stead of Camp Stuart—Prof. R and family have located in the A. Donaldson property on N. High. We welcome them—G. M. Atchie mail clerk, returned, last week, fr a two weeks' vacation. Jillie K. reel, returned. Jillie K. very sick—Archie Cole has return from Dayton—Miss Kate Christy Cincinnati visited her mother fr Saturday to Monday—Prof. S. Hough of Camp Sherman, who sp a few days here, made an interest talk on Y. M. C. A. work in which is an instructor—Rev. Orr preach in Columbus, Sunday, and Rev. B. M. Mitchell, Stuart Downstreet, ex-p preached here Stuart Downstreet, he appended of the State B. Y, P. U., and dressed the S. S. and union. Mitchell was entertained at M WELLS VILLE...Mr. and Mrs. Smithers are visiting relatives in Clarkshire, W. Va. - Mrs. Early of Cleveland is visiting her son and daughter.-Dr. Chas. Bundy, P. E. passed through here, Sunday, en route to Cleveland. - Wm. Brookens of Wellsburg visit Mrs. andquag Sabbath. Mrs. Brookens is having eyes treated here. Madam Tissim and Mrs. S. C. Minor of Pittsburgh are guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Bassett and Mrs. Mrs. Mosley are greatly pleased with their trip to Virginia. A visit to one's girlhood home after an absence of 30 years is indeed a treat, especially when one meets many old acquaintances and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Mosley attended a picnic while there.-Mr. R Robinson of Camp Sapphire Sunny Spring. Mrs. Myrle Lewis little daughter are home from Luray, Va. They left, Rev. Chas. Lewis much better.-Mrs. Alda and Mrs. John Payne are visiting in Huntington, W. Va.-Mr. Granville Grant of Cleveland brought his mother, Mrs. ESTABLISHED AUGUST 25,1883 And Issued Every Week on Time Since CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1918 To Report the Doings of Our Soldiers in France in the Two Years — al- 10550 EUCLID AVENUE Bell, to the East Liverpool hospital for treatment. She is a sister of Mr. Thos. Benford. Mr. Gant and Mrs. Bradley visited Mr. and Mrs. Benford and their aunt in Steubenville. Benford and their daughter in Holmes and Helena are from a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton, in Virginia. Fleener is much better. Both attend school here. Master Charles also accompanied his mother—Mrs. Leferge and little daughter are visiting her father, Mr. J. Gibson, in Carsonburg, Pa. Benford and his sister visit in Greenfield, Oxford and Dayton.—Mr. L. Murray of Cleveland was home here, Sunday and Monday.—His sister, Helen, who spent the summer with Mrs. Myers, is also home.—Mr. Perey Warre is in Pittsburgh, Sunnyvale, Ms. Madd, in adaziz, wishing he was in Dayton. Bush has received a letter from Bienstock. Bush announcing his arrival at Camp Funston, Kan., which he likes very much. He is doing fine there; ten. Revs. Woodson and Mason preached splendid sermons, Sunday morning. Her artier theme was, Search our Ones. Bush has a sermon on that subject. The W. M. M. S, met at Mrs. Lillian Smith's light refreshments.—Mr. John Goitner spent Sunday in Pittsburgh. Tell your friends to read "The Old Reliable" Gazette and get reliable news of the race—Mr. and Mrs. John Blass and their fifteenth marriage anniversary. The guests included persons from Pittsburgh, Monongaheb City and E. Liverpool. They received many valuable presents. Covers were laid for more than fifty. Ally wished them many more gifts than John and Wm. Finch spent Sunday; guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clem Jackson. Mrs. Finch and children accompanied them home. SERGEANT WILBUR C. HALL. A Native Cleveland Boy in the Trenches "Somewhere in France" —"Good Morning, Jesus." Somewhere Lost in France. Aug. 6, 1918. Mr. John Cosey. 3033 Central Ayr. Cleveland, O. U., S. A. Dear Friend: Just back from "over the jop" just about on the hour. Did you know that the time, for I think I'm the better man. Look at me—down to 180 pounds! I have been on No Man's Land four times. What I mean is it is no man's land. I don't see what in the hell my man wants with that land. Not a thing on it but plenty of wire. I don't see what in the hell my man wants with that wire. Wire Company makes. One night I was lost out there. It was rainy cold and I tore my hunds and legs all to pieces on that wire. "It's a bear!" An officer asked a soldier what it mean by "going over the top" the wire. "It's a bear!" The slowly answered: "Why, it means, good morning, Jesus, sir." I am enjoying the best of health. The fact is we all are very well. There is plenty of rain, this week. We are now on a sector of what you will call the "great" crown. We dispayed their great ability as warriors before the "great" Crown Prince. Every inch of this country has history and is interesting. Wish I could describe some of the many scenes to you but the censor will not permit it. So on my return I will have to tell it. So bad. Bed—hunting for job. Have they got from Stevenson? Have they got Elijah vet? They tell me Canada is looking RALPH W. TYLER Librarian Loan $5,000,000. Washington, D. C., Caliph. W. Tyler of Columbus, Q. L., Fourth Advisor of the Treasury under President Roosevelt and secretary of the National Comfort, Committee, has been appointed a special war correspondent by Mr. Geo. Creel, director of the Committee on Public Information, and is to be, to Prune to report the doings of our soldiers, "over there" where he has three sons, soldiers. Mr. Tyler, years ago was stenographer for President Brickel of the Columbus Evening Dispatch and not a member of the newspaper or journalistic staff of that paper. (He recently published half-eroticism, half-private interview on R. W. Thompson, the well-known Washington, D. C. correspondent, which the Indianapolis Freeman scored in its characteristically "harmonious" editorial way can now be understood by all. It books written by him, the interview, or gave the interview, was simply trying to keep Thompson from securing the assignment Mr. Creech has given him. Such attacks are so characteristic, and have beep for so many years, that all of our older newspaper editors ought to be familiar with the individual and his "newspaper output." by this time, Thompson is decidedly the older correspondent, and he has made an unfortunate mistake in not appointing him. The statement that Tyler "served for seventeen years in various departments on the Columbia Evening Dispatch and the Ohio State Journal" should not be taken as it is intended to be because he was never regularly employed on the newspaper or journalistic staff of older papers. He was the R.W. Thompson of the Government has decided to lend Liberia, Africa's black republic, $25,000,000, as suggested by Editor Ernest Lyon of the Baltimore (Md.) Commonwealth. Dr. Lyon is that country's representative (consul-general) in this country and at one time represented this country in Liberia. CAMP SHERMAN, W. W. C.A. HOSTESS HOUSE. Visitors to Camp Sherman, and especially women visitors, wishing to see men in the tent, eleventh and twelfth training battalions, are urged to make use of the Hostess House in the fellow information station, will readily inform soldiers and are him come to the Hostess House. Comportable, attractive rooms and a Criterion, where wholesome meals are served to both soldier and civilian, are open daily from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m. A best room and nursery are kept for tired mothers and babies. Relatives are urged to bring with them the company number, or address as given by the soldier. This will enable us to more readily locate him. V. G. Gray. Hostess House Director. for him. France is a very beautiful country, generally, but everything except beauty could exist where the destroying Bache has been. He sent by best to them. Howell just came in and said to say "hello" to all for him, sends his best to all and also said to tell the kid "hello; that he is doing good." I will have to close now for there is not much that I can write. Give my best to everybody. From "Old Slow." Sergeant Wilbur C. Hall, Co. H. 372d Reg. Inf. U. S. A., Amner. Exp. Forces, France, via New York. They Support Dr. Bundy's Side of the Controversy They Support Dr. Bundy's Side of the Controversy THE BUNDY CASE REVIEWED AND RE-STATED THE N. A. A. C. P. DESERTION INEXCUSABLE, TO SAY THE LEAST. 1. That the St. Louis branch N. A. A. C. P. owing to departures by Dr. Bundy from, established arrangements, recommended to them that the N. A. A. C. P. withdraw from the department. Upon this point the undersigned wish to say that Dr. Bundy is in possession of telegrams and answers to the representatives, of the N. A. A. C. P. calling attention to a difference of opinion arising between him and members of the St. Louis management of his case and insisting that they come to St. Louis and look into it, and after repeated entreaties no representative could be induced to come. These differences of opinion grew, and Dr. Bundy, being the author and interested party, insisted that attention his case needed than the individuals in the St. Louis branch N. A. A. C. P. who were not fully conversant with the East St. Louis matter and makes clear that the representative of headquarters come in, he could have made clear to them the argument which he could make at New York prevailed. In the meantime his case was on the eye of being called for trial. The very nature of the circumstances forced him to act contrary to the judgment of the individuals of St. Louis branch N. A. A. C. P. from any understanding. The understood are convinced that Dr. Bundy was wise and correct in this matter. 2. Messrs. Shilliday and Studin alleges as a second reason for their action that at Dr. Bundy's request they should be in New York; that at the hearing when Dr. Bundy was confronted by an attorney and a stenographer he became suspicious and said that he too needed an attorney and a stenographer and since he had none, refused to comply to their examination of his action, and in the latter part of their statement in the Crisis, proceed to give details of the questions of the investigation and alleged answers thereto. Dr. Bundy testifies that some of these questions and answers are corroded. Stated others are bridged and accused of premeditated to him and satisfactory to them, but in the main misrepresenting him to the public. But, setting aside the claim of Dr. Bundy on this point, leaving it to stand as the word of one party against another, we claim that the admitted examination of Bundy and an interested public. The fact is, that the questions which they claim to have asked Dr. Bundy seem to be entirely outside of their authority over him and had nothing to do with any honest effort to defend his case. They seem to have no interest in the disagreement to New York, which was by their own claim, to explain and set right the disagreements between Dr. Bundy and the St. Louis branch, as to the promer defense of his case. The foregoing is alleged as reason why the N. A. A. C. P. withdrew from the case, but Messrs. Shillandy and St. Louis, did not agree that from the meeting and well-authenticated facts in the Bundy case, they drew certain conclusions which they proceed to enclose in their statement and which are worthy of attention. But that the N. A. A. C. P. had employed for Dr. Bundy's defense, competent and sufficient attorneys, to defend him when his case came to trial. That two or three of these attorneys spoken of were employed is not denied, but that they were ready for trial when the case was called was explicitly disproven, for the attorneys attached, say that they had been employed and the terms of the employment (as regarding the retainers fee) had not been compiled* with by the association, and on the eve of the trial they notified Dr. Bundy that because of the lack of compliance by the attorneys, they were not served. These attorneys themselves say that owing to the ramifications of this case, their legal force was not sufficient* and that they absolutely needed additional attorneys for good and sufficient reasons, and that everyone should be involved in the retained lawyers. This latter statement fully corroborates Dr. Bundy's contention that he had to employ additional counsel. 2. It is claimed that the N. A. A. C. P. had already paid $1,500 as attorney for Dr. Bundy. To the retained lawyers it is now conclusively shown to the undersigned that this is a very misleading statement; that although these attorneys had been engaged they were not available and would not serve because they had not received very $1,500, although the Bundy families personally and through their friends had before this time raised and paid into the hands of the St. Louis branch more than $1,300 for this purpose. The association finally made up the balance and paid the fees in itself was greatly embarrassing in the preparation of the defense. 5. Again they state, that all professional assistance required for Dr. Bundy's trial had been provided by the N. A. A. C. P. and that funds necessary for the defense of the case were collected by the court. The lawyers already employed state that the professional assistance required was inadequate. The lawyers and Dr. Bundy state that the funds needed for the preparation of the case for trial could not be had from the N. A. A. C. P., because in the preparation of the case money was needed for other purposes than mere reimbursement. They alllege that since Dr. Bundy has been released on bail he has been collecting funds to pay additional lawyers. They neglect to say, however, how Dr. Bundy obtained bail and the change of venue, and that they provided no money for costs incident to the trial. Although money was needed and they were duly notified by the attorneys that for this phase of the case, there was financial need. Part of this had to be met after Dr. Bundy's release and in addition, in order to get, the lawyers to continue in the case, Dr. Bundy had to raise funds to pay on behalf of the N. A. A. C. P. had contracted, but which they had neglected to pay. 5. They state an objection to the employment of additional attorneys in the case because it was the judgment of the association that no further assistance was needed. The lawyers retained and Dr. Bundy maintained that additional lawyers were needed; that the opposition had not less than five attorneys, each serving on different phases. 6. They allege that Dr. Bundy has used at least a part of the funds collected for his own support. In reply to this Dr. Bundy, states that the funds country without using a part of the funds in hand, for legitimate ex- IN UNION IS STRONG SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS peace and inasmuch as his time and energy were devoted to this purpose, the committee no longer lust cause for criticism for many of his friends intended that they have contributed with their efforts that Dr. Bundy declines to account for those which have been contributed to him. This Dr. Bundy denies, but states that he was under no obligations to account to the N. A. A. ^a; that he did not pay for piles and accounts to them for all contributions, which statement we had to be correct. Considering the case as a whole, both as stated by the officials of the N. A. A. C. P., by the counsel retained, by Dr. Bundy and his associates in St. Louis, who testify to us, we exceedingly regret that the officials of the N. A. A. C. P. were misguided in the case, for we feel that the case is unjustified matter, involving as it does the interest and feelings of the whole Negro people; that having undertaken to assist in the defense in the name of a great race, the N. A. A. C. P. was not justified in dropping the interest of the people, because of a personal difference as to methods in reaching the desired end. We are also perplexed that the need in case justify the course of Dr. Bundy and that he has in no sense violated good proprieties and is worthy of the confidence of his race and the general public, and we appeal to the lovers of fair play and justice to support him through his trial. JOSHUA H. JONES, presiding bishop of Texas, A. M. E. church, B. F. ABBOTT, pastor Union Memorial M. E. church, St. Louis, Mo. B. G. SHAW, pastor Metropolitan A. M. E. Zion church, St. Louis, Mo. W. B. JOHNSON, pastor St. Paul A. M. E. church, St. Louis, Mo. AARON E. MALONE, pres. Poro College, St. Louis, Mo. REV. B. K. SMITH, pastor MU. Zion baptist church, Cleveland, O. C. G. FISHBACK, pastor - Shiloh baptist church, Cleveland, O. LYMAN B. BLUTT, M. D., St. Louis, Mo. REV. JAS. W. GAINES, pastor First Bainton Baptist church, Lovejoy, Ill., and supt. of missions of W. R. Baptist association. REV. JAS. W. GAINES, pastor Taboracle Baptist church, Augusta, Ga. GILBERT H. JONES, dean and vice pres. Wilberforce University, Ohio. REV. J. S. JACKSON, pastor St. John A. M. E. church, Cleveland, O. R. REV. J. S. JACKSON, pastor fifth Baptist church, St. Louis, Mo. REV. S. A. MOSFLEY, pastor Taboracle Baptist church, St. Louis, Mo. CHAS. H. TURPIN, proprietor Booker Washington Theater, St. Louis, Mo. CHAS. E. LES. St. Louis, Mo. J. J. MWJOY 1 E. 18th. St. Kansas City, Mo. L. P. ZERWECK, Belleville, Ill. T. M. WEBB, East St. Louis, Ill. HOMER G. PHILLIPS, St. Louis, Mo. Attorneys for Leroy N. Bundy. GOVERNOR APPOINTS EDITOR. State of Ohio, Executive Chamber, Columbus, O. Sept. 13, 1918. Hon. Harry C. Smith. My Dear Mr. Smith: This is to formally notify you that I have suggested your name as a delegate from Ohio to the twentieth annual convention of the Negro National Educational Congress, to be held in New York City on the 14th of December of the convention will doubtless prove interesting and valuable. It is hoped that you may find it possible to attend. STUDENTS ARMY TRAINING CORPS Wilberforce University is to have Students Army Training Corps for high school graduates from 18 to 24 years of age, as directed by the War Department. An advantage of the same should be on hand at the University at Wilberforce, Ohio, before Oct. 1, 1918. The Government pays all expenses, Splendid opportunity, Pass the word along. W. S. Scarborough, President W. U. The GAZETTE PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES (In Advance) one year ..... $1.50 Six Months ..... 1.00 three months ..... .90 Subscribers are requested to remit by postoffice money order or registered letter Entered at the postoffice in Cleveland, Ohio, as second-class mail matter. Address all communications to HARRY C. SMITH Editor and proprietor, THE GAZETTE, (Cuy, Central 513-K) 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-EST AND BEST in the country. 10,000,000 Afro-Americans. 300,000 in Ohio. 25,000 in Cleveland. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1918 The Race Conference, that met in Washington, D. C., in June, did not ask for the appointment of Ralph W. Tyler to any position. It would not, could not do such a thing. Gov. James M. Cox can "square" himself with our people of Ohio by barring the infamous "Birth of a Nation" from the state for at least "the duration of the war." This he can do, too. Well, it's all over! The last five have also been hung—not shot as is the custom in the case of soldiers condemned to death by a military tribunal. This makes eighteen of our soldiers of the famous 24th Infantry regiment to lose their lives as a result of that Houston riot in which white brutes—lynch-murderers—gowed some of our soldiers into striking back, killing a number of white mobocrats and wounding others. We appreciate the president's commuting the sentences of ten of the fifteen condemned soldiers, recently. "THE BIRTH OF A NATION." The following telegram, in the shape of a "night letter," was sent, Tuesday night, to President Woodrow Wilson, Secretary of War Newton D. Baker, Washington, D. C.; Gov. James M. Cox, Columbus, O.; and the Hon. Emmett J. Scott, Special Assistant, War Department, Washington, D. C.: "The infamous photoplay, "The Birth of a Nation," which has been barred from many cities, and from some states, of the country, is being exhibited in Cleveland and Ohio, and is gradually undermining the morale of the three hundred thousand loyal Afro-Americans in this city and state. "May I ask you to use your enlarged authority during these world war times to secure the immediate elimination of the very vicious and harmful photoplay? Loyal Ohio Afro-Americans respectfully and carnely ask this." Harry C. Smith, Editor The Cleveland (O.) Gazette Editor, The Cleveland (O.) Gazette Let our Ohio organizations, ministers and all others, who can do so send this or a similar telegram, at once, to one or all four of the persons named above and thus "put their shoulders to the wheel" and help to eliminate the miserable photoplay from the state. Don't get discouraged and give up so easily and quickly. KEEP UP THE FIGHT UNTIL VICTORY IS OURS! GERMAN COERCION AND DEMO CRATIC FALLACY. Under the Brest-Litovsk treaty Germany prohibits Russia from imposing duties or preventing the export of minerals and timber, but Russia is to allow German goods in under the favored nation treatment. Under the Democratic tariff policy the United States is prohibited from enacting a tariff law which will impose protective rates of duty, and the free trade policy of the Democrats not only encourages, but compels, the exportation of minerals, timber, and other raw materials to countries where they can be manufactured more cheaply than here, mainly because of a far lower wage scale. The Democratic party enforces on our own peoples exactly the trade policy which Germany has forced upon Russia, and no economic agent which Germany could select would perform her will with respect to our trade more to Germany's satisfaction than the Democratic party under the leadership of Mr. Wilson, who stands for the removal of all economic barriers. Mr. Wilson and his party have practically removed those barriers by the tariff law of 1913. They would keep them removed. The Republican party would restore them. A Republican congress would take steps necessary to prepare us for after-war conditions. Republicans deny the infallibility of any president who ever served, and they believe that loyalty to country is greater than servile submission to the dictatorship of a chief executive. Loyalty to country demands legislation which will best conserve the prosperity, industry, and consequent happiness of the people of the country, and that legislation centers around a tariff policy which will so regulate importations of competing goods as to assure to our home industries maximum operation, the steadiest employment at the American wage standard, and a resulting minimum production cost which will enable us to market our goods abroad on a price basis something like that of our competitors in foreign fields. This is one of the things you have to think about when you vote for your congressman and senator this fall. Furthermore, the war is not going to be lost because the Republicans control Congress. On the contrary, it will be speeded to a successful, conclusion, which contemplates no compromise with kaiserism. THE CURSE OF SOUTHERNISM. By Rev. Wm. A. Byrd. THE GAZETTE, CLEVLAND, OHIO, SEPTEMBER 21, 1918 it? Or shall we try to conquer the world for democracy, asking God to give victory to our army when we know we have not done our duty at home? The only issue of concern to the American people, that must be settled before peace is won, is the out-standing monster—southernism! 29.016 MORE TO BE CALLED! Five Cadets to be Appointed—If You Move Now, An important General's Office Washington, D. C.—A draft call for 29,016 more Afro-American registrants from thirty-three states, qualified for general military service, to entrain for national camps Sept. 25-27, was issued, Monday, by Provost Marshal General Crowder. Ohio will furnish 150 to go to Camp Custer and 362 to go to Camp Sherman. Owing to the fact that persons designated by soldiers to receive advice in the event of their death, injury, capture, etc., fail, in very many cases, to notify the adjutant general's promptly of changes in their address thereby avoiding experiencing considerable difficulty in obtaining delivery of some of its casualty telegrams. There are now five vacancies in the U. S. naval academy at Annapolis to which Representative Robert Crosser of Cleveland has the power to appoint candidates and alternates. Congressmen generally have availed themselves of the increased number of appointees in the war, as a result of our entry in the war. There are many midshipmen in the new class at the naval academy, as there were in the whole four classes in peace times. President Wilson, Secretary of War Baker and Hon. Emmett J. Scott received a telegram, Wednesday, from the Garrett Hankey, Smith, editor of The Gazette, asking for photoplay, "The Birth of a Nation," be barred from Ohio. The matter is carnely considered. "THE BIRTH OF A NATION." Gov. Cox Asked to Eliminate it— Slayer Granted a Reprieve—Rev. C. D. White III. Columbus, O.—Brazil Spillman, Cincinnati, convicted of murder, who was to have been electrocuted, last Friday, was granted a reprieve, Monday, by Gov. Jas. M. Cox to enable the supreme court to hear an appeal. He was acquitted by the Vernon Ave. A. M. E. church, and one of the oldest, best known and most highly respected of our ministers in the state, who has been critically ill, is still a very sick man. His improvement is slow but encouraging. Thousands of his friends in Ohio will receive him and hope for his full and complete recovery. Cov. James M. Cox received a telegram, Wednesday, from the Hon. Harry C. Smith, editor of The Ganzette, asking the elimination of the infamous photoplay, "The Birth of a Nation," from the state because it was slow to be safely undermining a private force of the nation. He has Mr. Smith's request under earnest consideration and ought to grant it in the interest of war work, if for no other reason. Our people will be slow to purchase Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps with that vicious and miserable photoplay "slapping them in the face" grossly insulting and harming them—and surely destroying their interest in this country" part in the world war. FIVE MORE SOLDIERS HUNG As a Result of the Houston Riot — They Were Goaded by White Mobs Into Striking Back. San Antonio, Tex.—Five more members of the celebrated 24th Inf., U.S. regulars, whose sentences to death were pronounced by court-martial which tried them for alleged participation in the Houston riot in August, 1917, and whose sentences were approved by President Wilson, were hanged at Fort Sam Houston at daybreak, Tuesday morning. No civilians were allowed to witness the executions, which were carried through with great secrecy. Ten other soldiers, sentenced to be hanged, were granted a commutation of sentence to life imprisonment by President Wilson, recently. They were taken to Fort Leavenworth prison Tuesday morning. The Colored Americans In commuting the death sentences of ten of sixteen colored soldiers convicted in the courts-martial growing out of the Houston, Tex., riots some time over a year ago, President Wilson says: "I desire the clemency here ordered to be a recognition of the splendid loyalty of the race to which those soldiers belong and an inspiration to the people of that race to further zeal and service to the country of which they are citizens, and for the liberties of which so many of them are now bravely bearing arms at the very front of great fields of battle." I believe that the action of the president in the case given for his clemency, will meet with the approval of the American people. The colored Americans as a race have proved their loyalty as soldiers, as workers, and as citizens generally. There are no exact figures of the amount of Liberty Loan bonds and War Savings Stamps they have purchased, but enough is known to warrant the statement that according to their means and ability their financial support of the government has been sufficient, and that has on more than some occasion referred to this fact. The president's reaction above mentioned, it is believed and hoped, will bring a hearty response from the colored Americans in the Fourth Loan—Bureau of Publicity, War Loan Organization, Washington, D. C., Sept. 11, 18. Widens Age Limits for Officer Camps Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, O. —Good news for the men eighten to forty-five years of age, who registered, Sept. 12, was received at camp, Sept. 11, in an order from the war department governing selection of enlisted men to attend officers' training courses, and to any of these schools are amended so that any soldier, regardless of age, may make application for admission and if selected be eligible to attend. DARE TO DO YOUR DUTY "Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it." Abraham Lincoln. A DOINGS OF THE RACE Twenty-eight colored women are street-eyes in Lujiana, Ky. street-sweeps in Louisville, Ky. Dr. Leroy N. Bundy's case has been postponed, at Waterloo, Ill., to Nov. 18. There is no better time-to subscribe for "The Old Reliable" Gazette than now! Tell your friends. Send The Gazette to our soldier boys at home and overseas. They, too, will appreciate copies of it. Our people got six officers out of the government's artillery school at Louisville, Ky., recently. Good! Charles F. Morris of Cambridge, Mass., has been promoted to a quartermaster's position in the U. S. Navy. An Afro-American soldier in France captured a German major and marched him to his officer, says a dispatch from the front. Col. Franklin A. Denison of the 370th Inf. (formerly the 8th Illinois) is in this country from the sick leave. Acute rheumatism. Acute rheumatism. Former member of the 24th Inf., has been awarded the distinguished service cross and ribbon by Gen. Pershing. Pittsburgh, Pa., street car motormen and conductors refused higher wages, when the Railway Company agreed to give them a raise providing that they would accept the employment of colored men as motormen. Sergeant Robert Terry, of the old Fife County Baltimore, Mo., and Sergeant Charles Huguenot, of the First Separate Battalion, of Washington, D. C., have also been presented the French Croix de Gueur for bravery in action. Hon. A. E. Johnson and J. C. Hawkins were nominated for the assembly of New York state. Mr. Johnson's re-nomination was untested, and Mr. Hawkins won out over Hyman Crowker by two to one. Rev. Reverdy C. Jackson ran second on the ticket in the three-cornered congressional fight. When Dr. DuBois wrote his now famous "Close Ranks" editorial in the July Crisis, we thought Mr. Trotter, of the Boston Guardian and Mr. Smith of The Cleveland Gazette, were too severe in their criticisms. Verly, Mr. Trotter is right, Mr. Smith is right, and all men are right who reason that the best time to get a place fit for US to live is in NOW, when WE are fighting and working to make the world a fit place for all men to live in. We can demand this, and demand it, and in so doing we are not more loyal, not one whit less patriotic than would be if we want these things and demand them not. Our country first, yes. But a world fit for us to live in right along with the rest of mankind. —Louisville (Ky.) News. BONDS WILL HELP US WIN. By Rev. Chas, J. Powell, Pastor Brown Chapel, A. M. E. Church, Pittsburgh, Pa. I have passed the age limit of the soldier and would not be acceptable at the front, so were it not for my Liberty Bonds I should sadly feel myself to be out of the fight altogether. But these constitute my points of contact with the boys "over there." Our purpose is to win the war as speedily as possible, how quickly depends upon the size and efficiency of our fighting force. Mon. Permanent numbers are assured. Facilities for making them efficient fighters must be supplied. Our loan of money to the government constitutes the method of maintaining the training canns, building the ships and commanding supplies. The purchase of Liberty Bonds, therefore, has a part in the winning of the war second only to the part the boys themselves perform on the field of battle. A Story From France. It was not until the battle was over; according to the unofficial version of the fighting, that the brigade commander summoned the colonel of an Afro-American regiment before him and demanded to know why that colonel had not maintained better con-trol troops, and why, above everything else, the bad of "getting his men and kept them from passing beyond their appointed objectives, and, in fact, hacking their way through ahead of their own protective barrage. "Stop them?" queried the colonel. "Stop them? Hell, man, how could I expect me to stop them, when the army couldn't do it?" The brigade commanders reply is not recorded. The N. E. R. League Meet Chicago, Ill.—The National Equal Rights League, Rev. Byron Gunner, Hillburn, N. Y., pres.; Wm. Monroe Trotter, Boston, sec.; Thomas Walker, Washington, D. C., treas. Mrs. Ida P. Wells Barnett, Chicago, chairman of committee of arrangements, heals this week Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, in Olivet Baptist church, 27th and Dearborn Sts. CORRESPONDENTS WANTED The old reliable Gazette desires an active agent and correspondent in every city and town in Ohio and neighboring states having a number of Afro-American residents. Only a little time on Fridays or Saturdays is required. We are especially destroys of hearing from persons in the following named cities: Springfield, Dayton, Akron, Lima, O., and other places, particularly in Ohio, where we have many. Write to the editor of The Gazette Blackstone building, Cleveland, O., and terms will oblige us greatly by sending at once the addresses of persons in the cities named and others in the state, to whom we can write relative to the matter. "I honor the man who in the conscientious 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. HENRY L. THOMAS Attorney and Counselor at Law 512 Superior Building Cleveland, O. SANTAL CAPSULES MIDY SANTAL CAPSULES MIDY CATARRH of the BLADDER relieved in 24 HOURS Each Cap should bear the MIDY name #424 Beware of counterfeits Quality Printing Of All Kinds Letterheads, Billheads, Envelopes and Cards, $2.75 Per Thousand Eagle Printing Co. 337 W. Superior Ave. Phone, Central 5325 R. John H. Berry Real Estate Broker Titles and Filing carefully attended to 4120 CEDAR AVENUE ROSEDALE 1986-J J. 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Line. 1 mo. FOR SALE.—Two fine lots, side by side, one a corner lot, near a school, in 117th St. S. E. (Mt. Pleasant), 10 ft. by 125 ft., and 40 by 120; price (for both) $1,500, $300 down and the balance, $20 per month. Cheaper for cash. Call or write The Gazette, 214-215 Blackstone Bldg., Cleveland, O. Here is a splendid opportunity to Own Your Own Home! FOR SALE - Will sell my country home, out Bedford way, consisting of seven acres of land, a large modern seven-room bungalow, large barn-garage, chicken house, tools, etc., for the sacrifice price, $8.500. The land alone is worth the price. This is an ideal gentleman's home for a large fortune-sharing am by automobile from the Public Square and situated in a fast-growing locality where values are rapidly increasing. If interested, write me, Box 10, care of The Gazette, Blackstone Bldg, Cleveland, O. CLEVELAND Social and Personal Mrs. H. O. Slaughter is visiting relatives in Springfield and Akron. Mr. L. Manley spent Sunday and Monday in his old home at Wellsville. Dr. Chas. Bundy, P. E., returned to the city, the first of the week. Mrs. Early is visiting her son in Wellsville. "Noondy" Brascher has located in Chicago. Miss Bessie Cook visited Camp Sherman, last week. Sauerman, Willa M. Shook and Cora Fields visited in Buffalo, recently. Corporal Wm. E. Askins has been exempted from overseas service. Mrs. Webster, daughter of, Pittsburg, visited their son and brother, Dr. F. D. Webster, last week. Joe Jackson, Richard Cheatham and W. Martin spent Sunday at Niagara Falls. Mrs. Irene Hardy Martinez, E. 46th St. has returned from Atlantic City, N. J. Mrs. Wm. E. Askins visited her husband, Corporal Anks, at Camp Crest, Ill. the past week. Major John C. Fulton has succeeded Clarence Davis, soldier, as a street former in the city's employ. Private Eugene Morgan, age 19, of E. 43d St. a member of the 369th Inf., was killed recently in France. Rev. C. G. Fishback, Rev. B. K. Smith and others returned, Saturday, from the National Baptist convention in St. Louis. Mrs. Ariane Taylor and daughter, Teresa Lancille, of E. 47th St. returned recently from a week's visit with relatives in Xenia. Mrs. Belle Biram, E. 34th St., had as guests, last week, Miss Madeline Bruce of Columbus and her two brothers from Chatham, Ont. Miss Jennie E. Hunter and guest, Miss Hattie Duckett, spent ten days in Chicago with her sister. The latter left for her home in North Carolina. Mr. Granville Gant has taken his mother, Mrs. Bell, to the East Liverpool hospital for treatment. Mrs. Bradley, a sister, accompanied him. Mrs. Geo. A. Myers and daughter, Miss Dorothy, visited in Detroit, recently. Also Mrs. Myrle Means Johnson. Mrs. Daniel Fowler and grandmother, Mrs. Anna Tracey of Chicago are guests of Attorney and Mrs. Francis H. Warren of Detroit. Miss Frances Kiner has returned from Atlantic City to accept a position as cashier in the Hollendler barber shop. Her sister, Mrs. Frank Spencer, was called to Iowa by the serious illness of another sister. Harry L. Kersey, superintendent of catch basins, has sued his wife (white) for a divorce. They have a little boy. Mrs. Wm. N. Newton will leave today for Philadelphia and Newark, N. J., where she will visit her sister. Mrs. J. H. Henderson. Mrs. Newton will spend the winter in Brooklyn, N. Y. Mrs. Myrtle Hicks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gray, who was taken very ill last week. Friday, was able to sit up, Monday, and is steadily improving. The editor of The Gazette spent Saturday and Sunday in Detroit, the guest of Attorney and Mrs. Francis H. Warren. Grand Master Thos. W. Bird had Bishop C. Lennox, ex-grand master, F. & A. M., arrested, Tuesday, on a charge of embezzlement of lodge funds. Mrs. and Mrs. James Offer report pleasant visits in Detroit, Ann Arbor and Yysilanti, Mich. In the last named city, Offer, secretary of Cory M. --- E. Sunday school, addressed the A. M. E. Sunday school. The recent announcement of the death of Miss Inez Johnson, a teacher at Tuskegee (Ala.) Institute, was a shock to the community. Her brother, Otto Johnson, arrived from Camp Funston, Kan. The L. S. C. Club entertained, Friday evening, at Mrs. Fannie Morton's, in honor of Mr., and Mrs. Myers and mother, Mrs. Crowley of Nashville, and Mrs. Grace Willis Thompson. At the regular meeting, Mrs. Hattie Stewart was hostess. The Tuskegee club held an interesting meeting at the P. W. A. building. Sunday afternoon, Rev. Irv. Iving K. Merchan pastor of the M. Johnson church, dressed on a table address. Howard Fields and Mrs. Colston rendered piano numbers and Muc. Rachel W. Turner sang. Rev. J. A. Myers, tenor and reader, and Mrs. Myers, alto, of the famous Fisk Jubilee Quartette, and mother, Mrs. Crawley, are spending their vacation with Mr. and Mrs. Thompson. Mr. Thompson has been engaged as basso of the quartette for the coming season. Mrs. Louise M. Braxton, the founder and principal of the Macon (Ga.) Normal and Industrial school, spoke, Tuesday evening, at Antioch Baptist church. She is a graduate of Tuskegee (Ala.) Institute, which organized her school three years ago, and is now modeling it along the lines of that famous institution, the Tuskegee Anglo in Ohio in the interest of the school, addressing both race's audiences. St. James A. M. E. church, East End, is enjoying a season of prosperity. The church has been organized and is working faithfully to raise the first installment of a building fund. The pastor will take a very good report to conference, next week, at Dayton. Group No. 8 gave a concert at the Y. M. C. U., last Friday evening, and Group No. 7, a musical and literary entertainment at the church. Geo. Cox and Mrs. Mary Patterson were married, recently, parsonage and婆 benville and Mrs. M. Estella Gaines were married by the pastor at Mr. Henry Harris', E. 120th St. They went to Muskogee, Okla., to reside. Mrs. Dora Johnson is quite ill—Sunday the Adams-Ramay Men's Guild will celebrate "Men's Day" and display a service flag. Sixteen young men have left St. James for the army—Mrs. Eunice Evans was called to Newberry, S. C., by her mother's illness—J. B. Calhoun will return to Atlanta to continue his studies in Moorehouse College. — Mr. James Mickens returned recently from Ashville, N. C.-Rev. O. W. Guilden will preach the annual Christmas conference this year. Rev. W. H. Efringer organized a mission in Collinwood, which was visited by a number of St. James' members, Sunday. When you want to 'phone The Gatezette, or its editor, call Central 513 K. There is an important letter at The Gatezette office for Henry Robinson of E. 97th St. Tell him if you know him. Buy lots and houses here in Cleveland where you live. It will eventually be found a mistake, as a rule, to do otherwise. For first-class printing of all kinds, and at the most reasonable rates, go to The Eagle Printing Co. 237 W. 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. Foul mouthed, drunken and dirty "Negroes" on street cars and in other public places are doing our people of this community great harm. This matter should be "harped upon" by our ministers and other speakers. It is great pleasure. "The Old Reliable" Gazette was mailed, last week, on time as usual. Your letter-carrier should deliver your copy of it on Fridays, or Saturdays at the very latest, always. Speak to him about it whenever there is any delay in the delivery of your copy of the paper. Sunneior Ave. Central 5325 R.—Adv. BEST FOR THE BLOOD — Puro Herbs. Sold only at Brown Drug Co. cor E. 28th St. and Central Ave.—Adv. Many of our voters are unable to locate the "comfort stations" in Ward 11, or elsewhere in the city, that Councilman Tom Fleming promised, two years ago if they were still again. The drinking fountains in Ward 11 have vanished and where, 01 where is the promised Central Ave. bath house. Our good people who like to dance, and who like good association as well as dances, should remember the Thursday evening affairs at Barksdale's Dancing Academy, 10550 Eueld Ave. Coarse conduct, dances and persons are not permitted and dances respectively, by M. Markleck, who teaches his pupils at the highest dances only. Remember this and call your friends' attention to it.—Advt. What ever became of the balance of that fund raised to fight "The Birth of a Nation," that the committee, consisting of Bailey, Wills and Miss Mountain, had charge of? The vicious photoplay is being exhibited at the Orpheum theater, this week, it is said, and is to go from it to other local theaters. It was said, last year, that Mayor Davis was going to stop it when it reached this city. He didn't do it! Mayors of other cities have done so and so can Davis—if he wants now. Is the time to spend the rest of that fund, raised principally in the churches. In the local "white" waiters' union are men of about every race represented in this country, many of whom are not even American citizens, and yet they would segregate local Afro-American waiters. The Gazette is just as much opposed to this segregation as it was, years ago, when its editor appeared in the book "White" to endorse the committee and plainly told them so; also that the standard of intelligence among our waiters, as well as the proportion of American citizens, was decidedly in favor of our waiters. What local Afro-American waiters should do is to carry a fight to Samuel Gompers, at Washington, D. C., that will result in opening the local "white" waiters' union to them as well as to every other race represented in the union. The foregoing is suggested by the excellent letter elsewhere in this issue sent to The Gazette by Royal A. Milton. Wounded Five Times. Madison, N. J. — Sergeant-Major Alex. Richardson of the 24th Infantry, and a veteran of 29 years standing, was wounded five times in an engagement at Armas, France, on June 6. He was wounded in the face and cover from his wounds and expects to return to France. He has served in Cuba, the Philippines and China. A Mayor's Quick Work. Oxford, O.—14am minutes after Mayor Hughes heared threats of lynching recently he had Glen Bederbaugh, age 46, charged with attack on his way to the Butler county jail, Hamilton, in the automobile. Bederbaugh was held to the grand jury in $3,000 bonds for enticing a nine-year-old white girl into a stable. He was frightened away before the cold was over. He was charged by Sparks, Ohio Anti-Lynching law "moved" the mayor to the quick action. CAMP FURLONG. Somewhere on the Border, Columbus, N. Mex.—The Gazette and other Afro-American journals are on sale, every week, at the N. S. A. newsstand, or see Geo. W. McEwen, reporter. Ms. Capitola Lennium, formerly of Port Arthur, Tex., has the right spirit, spirit. Spend all your spare change with her. She will sell you copies of "The Old Reliable" Gazette as well as other race papers. A little adve., in the Gazette will bring great results, Mrs. Lennium. Have a task with Representative McEwen. CARRY THE NEWS TO GOMPERS Local White Waiters' Union Encourages Segregation and Union Headquarters at Washington D. C. Turns it Down. Editor Gazette, Dear Sir:—The way the Negro is lynched and humiliated in the south is a wrong as great if not greater (from democratic viewpoint) than the cause of the present great world war. It is true that the loss of life in the south cannot be compared with those lost through "kasserism." But those people who are waging war against our allies are a tyrannical class of the German people, who have made themselves believe they are trying to glorious thing. The south of this country is not tyrannized but tyrannizes and has no excuse for its fecundish treatment of our people. Of course, the following statement may seem nothing when compared with "Kaiser Bill's" wrecking crew and wreckage. Still if the Negro does not look out for himself now, whether he must listen to all others. A year later, last March, our waiters were put out of the Gilly Hotel. They had worked there at least three years. Two or three had been there seven years. Their service was the best and every patron thought well of them. They were not put out by the manager but by the Waiter's Union, (white), which Negro waiters cannot join. Now, we have some organization. Now, the Greec, Hungarian, German, Jewish and other waiters have all the "real" hotels. Those they have not, they do not want. The application of local Afro-American waiters to become part of the union, which was sent to the United States in 1890, D.C. some time ago, although it fulfilled every requirement, was "turned down" flat. Our young men are not turned down when they are required to participate in the examination for the gown. Samuel Gompers, president of the Federation of Labor, should know about the action of the Waiter's Union as it is one of the many branches under his jurisdiction, and he is claiming to be helping the government to promote morale among all classes of labor during the world war. FACTS People who Advertise Can sell Goods. People who sell Goods Can make Money. People who make Money can advertise goods. The Best Advertising Medium is "The Old Reliable" GAZETTE. While it is true that occasional advertising will bring extra business, it is equally true that constant, persistent advertising will keep business growing during "dall days." 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Had no voice been raised against injustice, ignorance and lust, the inquisition yet would serve the law, and grillotines decide our least disputes. The few who dare, must speak and speak again to right the wrongs of many. —Ella Wheeler Wilcox. A teaspoonful means nothing You say. Yet a heaping teaspoonful saved each meal for 120 days for each of the 100,000,000 persons in the United States makes a pile a big as the Woolworth building enough to supply the entire armed forces of the nation. Eat game t hoot-t hoot t- hoo- Arter de wise o'owl spit on de bait he say, sez ee—"I wigner terr spice you all wid a mess er fisches 'cause you alls mus' save de meat en cat sumpin' else insult en les gif out dat o'game bag en make it work, too" sez ee. Den he kotch a big fish and say, sez ee, "t-hoot—t-hoot—t-sut-d-t-tu-tu" fat when you als make riz biscuitsjes don't make 'em—use corn meal ter save whout flour ferr de solers. MAIN THEATRE Scovill & E. 25th St. Friday, Sept. 20. HERBERT RAWLINSON in "Come Through." Saturday, Sept. 21. ALICE BRADY in "The Knife." Sunday, Sept. 22. FRITZIE BURNETT in "Playthings." Also HELEN GIBSON in "The Hero Express." Monday, Sept. 23. CHARLIE CHAPLIN in "Triple Trouble." Tuesday, Sept. 24. PEGGY PEARCE in "The Golden Fleece." Also "Hands Up." No. 6 and Toto Comedy. Wednesday, Sept. 25. JULIAN ELTINGE in "The Widow's Might." Harold Loyd Comedy. Thursday, Sept. 26. ALMA RUBINS in "Social Ambition." Also "A Fight for Millions." No. 8, and Mack Sennett Comedy. TEMPLE THEATRE Monday, Sept. 23. MARY PICKFORD in "Stella Morris." Mack Sennett Comedy. Tuesday, Sept. 24. CHAS, RAY in "The Hired Man." and "Brass Bullet" No. 4. Wednesday, Sept. 25. "Inside the Lines." A Timely Picture of Interest. Also Latest War Pictures and a Harold Loyd Comedy. Thursday, Sept. 26. THEDA BARA in "The Genocentic Case" Also "Hands Up," Episode 1, and a Big Comedy. THIRT SHOP ENTERPRISE Proprietor. 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Political and public events of great importance and incidentally many national characters are dealt with in the most enlightening manner. The work will prove of special interest to all students of political history whether they are public officials or only public spirited Americans, interested in the preservation of our institutions. 2 VOLS. NET $5.00 All orders sent direct to the "THE GAZETTE" Blackstone Bldg., Cleveland, O. will have the personal direction of its Editor TEAR OFF HERE The GAZETTE Blackstone Bldg. CLEVELAND, O. Please send me ___ cop ___ "Notes of a Busy Life" BY J. B. FORAKER Net $5.00 for which I enclose ___ Name ___ Address ___ Friday, Sept. 20. JUNE CAPRICE in "Miss Innocence." Also Billy West Comedy. Saturday, Sept. 21. DOUGLASS FAIRBANKS in "Heading South." "Fight for a Million," No. 7 and Chas, Chaplin Comedy. Sunday, Sept. 22. F. STUART BLACTON in "The Judgment House." Also MUTT and JEFF., "War News" and Mack Sennett Comedy. Try Our Box Back Tailor Made Suits Men's Suits pressed, 30c. Cleaned, $1.00. We do all kinds of alterations. Cox Dry Cleaning & Tailoring Co. Tailors and Dry Cleaners. 2738 Central Ave. 'Phone, Central 4069L. A. PALMER'S SKIN-SUCCESS Soap Don't Throw Away Your Copy of THE GAZETTE After Reading it, but Give It to a Friend or an Acquaintance who Might Subscribe after Reading a Copy of It WEIRD DOINGS IN SEPULCHRE AGED MONK SEEN ALIVE DAY AFTER HIS BURIAL Strange Story Related by Close Friend of Franciscan Monk—Chose Grewsome Place for Tomb Places of legendary interest are numerous in Michigan, but none of them holds more interest than Cross Village in the northern part of the state where there is located a sepulchre about which a weird and mysterious story is related. Father Weikamp, a tertiary Franciscan monk, came to this country from Germany about the midile of the nineteenth century, bringing with him a wealthy woman. He became the head of a convent in Chicago and the building was mysteriously destroyed by fire. Then he came to Michigan, purchased a tract of 2000 acres at Cross Village and constructed a large wooden edifice known as the Cross Village convent. The order he established was called the Benevolent, Charitable and religious Society of St. Francis, in honor of Father Weikamp's patron Saint. When the convent was completed, Father Weikamp constructed a sepulchre which he kept in readiness to receive his remains whenever the time came for him to lay aside his earthly cares. The sepulchre consisted of a deep cellar, well walled, covered by a small, building about six or eight feet above the ground. A stone stairway led from the entrance to the bottom of the vault. No one aside from the tertiary and a few intimate friends knew exactly what the sepulchre contained. There was known to be a casket in the center of the cellar, surmounted by a skull and crossbones, beside which the priest daily made three hours of meditation, and frequently he went to the greweon place to read books and papers or smoke his after dinner cigar, of which he was said to be very fond A few days later while driving thru the country, his horse became frightened and in the runaway that ensued. Father Weicamp received injuries from which he never recovered. A friend who had long known him, on hearing of the monk's illness, hastened to Cross Village from a distant town to be at the bedside, if possible, before dissolution should take place. The friend arrived too late and the monk had been laid to rest in the sepulchre. He did not learn this however, until later. He claims to have seen the priest alive and, on his arrival that night, which was three days after his death and one day after his burial. The identification of the friend is not revealed, but he had a reputation for veracity. His story follows: "Father Weicamp and I were very intimate. I felt pride in being one of the few in whom he seemed to have real confidence. He often invited me to the convent and even took me with him several times to his sepulchre. While in the little room on my last visit, I remember distinctly that the monk told me of his firm conviction and belief in a future life. He was rather eloquent in his statements and I was struck with his sincerity. As I left I suggested to him that whichever one of us should die first would, if within his power, manifest himself to the other in some manner. He consented to the proposition and seemed to be pleased with the idea. "When I learned of his last illness I started immediately for his bedside. It took me several days to make the trip and I reached the convent: ground late at night. It was pitch dark and stormy. Glancing toward the sepulchre, I saw a light issuing from it. As I neared the little building, I could distinctly hear Father Weicamp's voice alternately singing and praying. The door was flung open and looking in, I beheld him on his knees as I had seen him many times before. "I concluded he had recovered from his illness and not wishing to disturb him, quietly withdraw to the convent, where I knocked at the door and was admitted by one of the sisters of the society. I told her I had come hurriedly from a distance to see Father Weikamp, hearing that he had been very well, but was glad to see that he had recovered. "Indeed!" said she, the good father died several days ago and was laid to rest in his sepulchre yesterday." "Iimpossible!' I exclaimed, I was just there and saw him kneeling in front of his coffin as usual.' "We will go and see if any strange thing has taken place,' said the nun who called another and accompanied by the two, I returned to the sepulchre. "When we arrived there all was dark. The tomb was securely locked, with absolutely no signs of any living thing within. To satisfy my curiosity, I removed the lock and we entered with a lighted lantern. All was still and everything in its proper place, according to the two sisters. The lid of the coffin containing Father Weikamp's remains was firmly fastened and appeared to have been neither moved nor molested. We opened the casket, to more thoroly convince ourselves regarding the matter; and behold the familiar features of the dead monk, whose body was in precisely the same position in which if had been placed the day before by the members of the Benevolent, Charitable and Religious Society of St Francis." JAPAN ADOPTING WAYS OF THE WEST Influence Being Felt Not Only in Dress but in Many Other Lines It is a question whether Japanese imitations of the west have not been more successful than the western imitations of things Japanese, says S. Takagi in the Japan Magazine. The kimonos sometimes worn by Western ladies as illustrations of Japanese women's dress are usually nothing more than undergarments, and produce on the Japanese mind much the same effect as if Japanese ladies appeared among the Western public with their corsets or petticoats on the outside. Others again appear in Japanese women's undress attire, or even in dressing gowns of Japanese ladies, believing that they are in the garb of a well cressed lady of fashion. Those gay and gaudy garments with embroidered flowers or scenery are never worn by Japanese women as outer dress. If worn at all they are undergarments and when their edges show beneath a skirt or through a sleeve it is thought a bit taking by the fashionable. Such gay colors are confined in any case to girls below 15 years of age. In fact the general color and design of Japanese dresses worn by western women are quite out of taste with Japan. The Japanese lady as a rule has unerring taste as to dress; she has no fancy for such primary colors as red, blue or yellow. If worn at all they must be compounded. She prefers austere shades and then well mixed, as tea color, indigo or gray. But when western women come to Japan and order Japanese kimonos they invariably prefer colors which no Japanese lady would tolerate, chiefly in large and flaring designs and gay colors. The remarkable thing is that some Japanese women are beginning to be influenced by this foreign taste in dress. Evil communications corrupt good manners. In recent years therefore, we have been forced to witness in Japan an increasing preference for louder tones in dress; so that it is now no infrequent sight to notice ladies of 30 arrayed in showy designs, especially about the neck and breast or on skirt borders, which can only be regarded as due to Western influence. Again it is noticeable that western women when they want a Japanese parasol always select those in show designs, butterflies or cherry blossoms it may be, things which in Japan are used only by children. No Japanese woman would dare appear with such a highly decorated parasol; but nevertheless the Japanese woman is now using the foreign parasol with gay embroideries thereon, which shows the influence of the foreign woman on Japan. Also the foreign custom of using printed calico and chintz is coming into vogue among Japanese ladies. In table ware too there is observable a certain degree of foreign influence. There is a kind of ware known as Yokohama goods, with a vine design in gold and red, which was specially manufactured for foreign export, and this is now beginning to be used by some Japanese. It is sometimes called the nishikide, or brocade finish, and is now being used among the Japanese, especially for plates. The native Japanese plate is of small diameter, not more than four inches, but owing to western influence plates of 8 or 9 inches are now being used. Thus the export goods are coming to be taken locally. In the same way foreign influence is seen in the increasing use of glassware among the Japanese, percainel having been used hitherto. TO KNOW MUSHROOMS Government In Bulletin Describes Edible Species and Their Value. As everybody knows a deplorable amount of good food goes to waste because the public is familiar with but few of the many edible kinds of fungi or mushrooms. It is true that the nutritive value of fungi has been much exaggerated; they are by no means comparable in value to meat, as is often claimed; but on the other hand, they are more nutritious, and when properly cooked decidedly more palatable, than many things that enter into the everyday meals. Bulletin No. 175, just issued by the Department of Agriculture, entitled Mushrooms and other common fungi, tells of the efforts which certain European governments have made to teach their citizens the food value of mushrooms. All over France exhibits of the more desirable species have been held; when at Rouen during the season there are daily lectures on this subject, illustrated by fresh specimens. In Saxony Germany, systematic instruction concerning mushrooms is given in the public schools. The French have taken to canning many wild mushrooms, in addition to the familiar Agaricus compestis grown in mushrooms cellars, and these are now exported to the United States which also receives tons of dried mushrooms from China. The new bulletin contains descriptions, in language as nontechnical as the circumstances admit, of more than 150 species of fungi, together with splendid photographs of at least half of the species described. The poisonous species are carefully pointed out, and several recipes for cooking the other kind are appended. So that automobiles can be run on railroad tracks, flanged steel rims have been invented that are attached by deflating them until they grip the rims. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, OHIO, SEPTEMBER 21, 1918 WORLD'S BIGGEST FARM WAREHOUSE BUILT AT NEW ORLEANS BY THE STATE OF LOUISIANA More than Three Million Spent in Project Intended to Solve the Coiten Storage Problem. The largest agricultural warehouse in the world has been built at New Orleans by the State of Louisiana, to be publicly owned and operated. Its builders assert it will solve for a good many years the storage problem of a vast cotton territory. The warehouse has a capacity of 2,000,000 bales of cotton. However, it is adapted to the storage of all commodities and articles in standard packages, such as sugar, rice, tobacco, coffee, corn and wheat. When the huge undertaking was begun nearly 10,000 piles of creosoted pine were driven as a foundation, the site on the Mississippi River, near the heart of New Orleans, having been filled with 2,000,000 cubic yards of river sand. The warehouse has twenty-three acres under roof, while the entire plant occupies 150 acres, of which one hundred are used for railroad yards. The construction of the first unit required 50,000 cubic yards of gravel, 25,000 cubic yards of sand and 75,000 barrels of cement. The railroad yards have twenty-two miles of tracks, with a capacity of 2,000 standard cars. The terminal is equipped with four and one half miles of overhead and floor level runways and fifty miles of traveling cranes. It has been installed a high density compress, with a ten hour capacity of 1,000 bales of cotton. The dimensions of the compressed bale after leaving this press are only two feet by four, while the weight of a cubic foot is 32 pounds. In addition there are three other compresses having a ten hour capacity of 1,400 bales of cotton. The wharf proper is 120 feet wide on the first floor and 100 feet on the second, with a total length of 2,000 feet. In front of the wharf and extending its full length, is a crested apron wharf forty four feet wide, on which two railroad tracks are built. The entire construction of the terminal, except the timber apron wharf, is of reinforced concrete and steel. The crested piles supporting the plant ar from thirty five to forty feet high. The warehouses one story high, with roofs varying from thirty five feet "to consigned" and "free on board" cotton to forty five feet for "thru" cotton. The wharf is reinforced with concrete, supported by piles pine, driven in clusters twenty feet on centers each way. The designs for the world's largest cotton and agricultural warehouse combine the best features of similar plants studied by a warehouse commission of Louisiana, which visited the larger terminals of New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Liverpool, Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Harroe. Depressed tracks in the rear of the warehouses permit of unloading freight from cars practically within the reach of the ships tackles, while the tracks on the apron of the wharf make possible direct transfer from train to ship or from ship to train. Four miles of overhead and ground level runways are only part of the cotton handling and conveying system. On these will be operated motor trains to haul cotton from one compartment to another, from warehouse to wharf, or vice versa. There are large receivables and sorting yards. The cost of the warehouse, the railroad yards and belt railroad was, approximately $3,500,000. To finance the undertaking a constitutional amendment was approved by the voters of Louisiana authorizing the issuance of bonds. The reduction in the cost of handling and shipping any agricultural commodity is estimated to be 40 per cent. INVENTION TO SORT APPLES Reduces Cost of Sizing the Fruit to Two Cents a Box An electrically driven apple size and grader, with a capacity of two or three car load daily, is being tried by several orchard companies. This machine reduces cost of sizing into eight sizes and grading into two grades and mills to two cents a box. The graders stand on either side of a forty eight feet long conveyor and watch for defective apples. They also separate the stream of apples into two grades on right and left sides of conveyor. The machine automatically and carefully deposits the apples in a system of fourteen boxes by a contrivance the reverse of flour mill elevators. As to apples in each box are exactly like the wrapping is more rapidly performed. The girl who packs 96, 112, 125, or 126 has exactly the same size of apples hour after hour. The Superior quality of work performed will probably lead to installation of power sizeers in all of the larger orchards. No Heart. "Some men have no hearts," said the tramp. "I've been tellin' that felter I am so deed broke that I have to sleep outdoors." "Didn't that fetch him?" asked the other. "Naw. He told me he was a doin' the same thing and had to pay the doctor for tellin' him to do it." Editor DuBois' Plight Pathetic Others Are Contending for Their Rights and We Must Do So Also —O. DuBois! We had hoped that the September issue of the Crisis would remove the cloud of mist that had hovered around its editor for more than two months. Instead of removing, it has plunged us into deeper gloom. It seems incredible that the editor of the Crisis would allow himself to be duped as he seems to have been. He seems to have agreed to accept a captaincy, with the assistance of the department of the War Department, which it now appears was never in existence. It appears that he (and the advisers who counselled him) agreed to enter the War but with the explicit understanding that he should suffer no financial loss. Opposition to the adopted course arose and DuBois finally decided to give up the Crisis at a financial loss and accept the captaincy only to be informed that at present his services were not required. The Department had changed its mind. This is a grave injustice to him. Certainly he has lost the high regard our people in large numbers held him in. A. B. Dr. William, A. Byrd Certainly his wisdom as a leader and safe guide in things has been greatly damaged, for if he would follow the uncertainties of things, where definite knowledge of them should have been paramount, to his own detriment, how can a people follow him? DuBois has been put out of business. His agreeing to take the mooted position, even though the conference appeared after the July number of the Crisis, does not destroy the fact that a tacit understanding of what he expected had been reached. DuBois has been armed. For him to justify his position, he must once again since their grievances till the war is over, using as a precedent our condition before the Civil War, is very bad reasoning. We were slaves in the Civil War, and in fact before we played a part in bringing to a close victoriously that war, President Lincoln gave us our freedom by proclamation and to make safe his proclamation he sent our men into the war to free themselves! It seems to us bad advice, both on the part of DuBois and the men he quoted as advising him, to ask our people to do what he the white race, which enforced the laws, brought, are unwilling to do. White women of America are asking NOW for their rights as voters. The President is asking Congress to grant it. These women are doing all in their power NOW to get their coveted rights. Why then should our folk keep their mouths closed when every decent right has been taken from them, even the right to live in certain portions of this country? Labor unions, composed chiefly of white Americans, drove home a bargain that gave them liberty from railroad thraldom, while this war was an evident thing, and since the war white rights, and yet in the face of these rights and yet in the face of these rights, the editor of the Crisis with Methodist bishops and others are asking our people to keep quiet till the war is over. It is a cowardly surrender to "Southernism" and shows that these men cannot be trusted as leaders our people to keep quiet till the war is over. It is a cowardly surrender to "Southernism" and shows that these men cannot be trusted as leaders our people to keep quiet till the world! Certainly the record of our men in Liberty bonds, War Saving Stamps, battle field exploits and genuine loyalty has shown the position they occupy toward the country in the world. These men are not called upon to say to the world that we are of such nasty, cringing and unmunlike stuff that we will wait while the world is battling guarantees us, and by their own record they cannot be trusted to give us the freedom that is ours in times of its rights, and after every other race in the world has secured theirs and the war is over, to ask the "white folk" to give us ours. NEVER! The white people of this nation have deprived us of what the constitution peace. DuBois has been outgeneraled by subordinates of the southern Administration now in power. There are certain people high in democratic rank in the world who have to keep still while death, murder, lynching, burning, torture, infanticide, peonage, "firm-crowning," francium-stealing and almost every form of wickedness is going in the south. Shall they keep their grievances in the background while they die fighting for their country, while white men the world over and in America are disturbed about the orgy of brutality that is going on in this country, and that too practiced upon our people? No, Editor DuBois, of the Crisis, we shall never heed your advice in this instance. To justify your action now is to insult the decency of the race everywhere. Our boys in France will keep German soldiers at every opportunity to kill us, the world that America is killing us and until she stops it and gives us the same rights she is giving every other American, her claim to be "helping to make the world safe for democracy," is a lie before the world. If our saying this, is the truth, is hampering America in this fight, then let her set her own house in order and then God and truth will aid her in battle. If telling the world now over trouble is hampering our country, then we can of course fall in our troubles while we fight like demons against Prussian autocracy and fight-like fiends against American brutality. Pathetic is the plight of DuBois, a once-honored leader, who apparently loved his people. FOOD ADMINISTRATION King er de Roos' Good bye till after the war FOR THE CHILDREN IN BELGUM AND FRANCE Bonjour TAFFY Ol Squire Tater 'low he goin' to be might nigh king cr er de root' mong garden sass folks. We all kin eat him as a 'tater boiled, baked, fried, stewed, cooked wild cheese on toast, baked flour; so we's kin "substi-tute" him fo' wheat flour. He's de "substittenest" of all de vittles, he sez. De uleer' garden sass follsake lion in squash don't need to git peww! 'cause de'y's goin' to be room in dep pot' fo' de whole tribe. Ey lays he can he p's save wheat en meat fer de bach's dain" de fightin' over yander. English Women guaranteeing next Year's Food Supply In her Wheatless Kitchen she is doing her part to help win the war CORN MEAL Are you doing yours? UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION KENT COUNTY WOMEN PLUGGING WITH TRESTORS U. S. FOOD ADMINISTRATION WHEAT ROTHAM quick bread U. 8. Food Administration. Baking powder biscuits, ecn bread, muffins, brown bread, griddle cakes en waffles is not dey call "quick breads." You all makes 'em wid one cup er wheat flour tter two cups er substitute flour to save all de wheat dat kin be saved fer de sojers. Some folks kin git er'long widout any wheat at all and are gritter it ter hert he gritter Dat ain't bad medicine to take, fo' who's gwine tn' up his nose at good co'n bread er biscuits er flaplacks? sugar in de gourd U. S. Food Administration. De ol' song sez "Dar's Sugar in de Gourd," but Ere'r "Water'rowa dat de only sugar he's studyin' bout now-a-days is what's in de sugar bowl en hit's gwine ter stay dar. De folks wots doin' fightin' mus' have sugar fust. But of dars enny sweet'nin' in de gourd now'days, he she' go wguine ter gt taptured, 'cause dew's bookin' in lasses on honey to "substitute." Patronize Our Advertisers