Twin City Star

MINNEAPOLIS THE TWIN CITY STAR MINNESOTA FORWARD MARCH AT WILBERFORCE! Fifty-fourth Anniversary Commencement Season Affords Period of Joy and Inspiration to Faculty and Students—Miss Margaret E. Watkins of Xenia Receives Honors. The June commencement exercises at Wilberforce university, Wilberforce, O., marked the fifty-fourth anniversary of the existence of this pioneer institution for higher education. The commencement season was one of joy and inspiration to both faculty and students. There were many persons of prominence in attendance, who vied with each other in paying homage to President W. S. Scarborough, the board of trustees and the faculty and students for the high mark of efficiency shown during the school year. At 10 o'clock a. m. on graduation day President Scarborough, accompanied by the speaker of the day, the Hon. Richard T. Greener of Chicago, HON. RICHARD T. GREENER. Dr. Daniel Williams, the noted physician of Chicago and head of the surgical staff of St. Luke's hospital; Dr. William Galloway, president of the C. N. and I. board and trustees; the bishops of the A. M. E. church and graduating students, headed the line of march and proceeded to the auditorium of Galloway hall, in which the exercises were held. Two thousand persons were in attendance. After prayer by the Rev. Dr. R. C. Ransom of New York President Scarborough introduced Hon. Richard T. Greener, who delivered the annual address, speaking at length on "The Old and the New Education," tracing the rise of the old systems of Greece and Rome. "The contrast of the cultured civilization of the one," said the speaker, "is against the militarism of Rome. The rise of the universities of the middle ages, thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, down to the American systems was inherited from England. The new education with us began about the year 1806 with the famous address of Dr. Hedge, which led to the election of Professor Elliott, who is known all over the land as a science teacher. "A college or university is distinguished by its instructors, and the object of the instruction should be to stimulate and arouse the ambitions and the appreciation of character, the true, the beautiful and the good. We should have no hesitancy in accepting the new methods. It would be a reflection on the present day civilization to say that the old is better than the new. The education had to become practicable and adapted to the diversified talents and wants of the race. "There was a time when education was solely for men, but today it includes men and women, which means the co-ordinate development of the race." The speaker referred to such educators as John Stuart Mill, John Ruskin, Carlyle, John Henry Newman, Daniel A. Payne, Booker T. Washington, President Scarborough and others, urging the graduates who were to receive their diplomas at the close of the exercises to read the works of the authors named, that they give stimulation, that their works were useful because they tell how to act, how to live Read the Negro Papers. and regulate the true educational value of study. Following the commencement address by the Hon. Mr. Greener, the presentation of diplomas and certificates and the conferring of honorary degrees took place. The diplomas were presented to the graduates by President Scarborough, while the presentation speeches were delivered by Dean Gilbert H. Jones, Dean George F. Woodson and Superintendent William A. Joiner. Miss Margaret E. Watkins, a young Xenia girl, received the highest honors in the college department, magna cum laude. Miss Watkins, who is a very brilliant student, completed the course in three years, which is an unusual record. W. B. Johnson of St. Louis received the second highest honors. Degrees were conferred by the university as follows through President W. S. Scarborough: The honorary degree of LL. D. was conferred upon the commencement speaker, Richard T. Greener of Chicago, former United States consul to Bombay and Vladivostok, the official representative of Japanese and British interests in Siberia during the Russian-Japanese war and the holder of other prominent official offices. He was the first Negro graduate of Harvard university. He was admitted to the bar in 1876 and was dean of the law faculty of Howard university, Washington, for a time and was law clerk to the first comptroller of the United States treasury. The LL. D. degree was also conferred upon Robert C. Barnes, a lawyer of Detroit, and James Logan Curtis, United States minister to Liberia and an alumnus of Wilberforce. The honorary degree of master of arts was conferred upon William II. York, major of the constabulary of the frontier forces in Liberia, an alumnus; Dr. T. C. Chapman, a prominent dentist of Kansas City, an alumnus, and Professor E. A. Meyzeek, principal of the normal school at Louisville, Ky. The following graduates received degrees: Classical course, bachelor of arts, Gartrell J. Gaines, Valdosta, Ga.; Clay E. Hunter, Yellow Springs, O.; Charles Gardner Read, Charleston, S. C.; Iolene Springfield, Owensboro, Ky.; Isaac E. Steady, Sierra Leone, West Africa; Marguerite Elizabeth Watkins, Xenia (summa cum laude). Scientific course, bachelor of science, Lorenzo S. Burford, Memphis, Tenn.; W伦罗 R. Bely, Selma, Ala.; Robey Lee Crawford, Prairie View, Tex.; William B. Johnson, Birmingham, Ala.; Pauline L. Kigh, Louisville, Ky.; Aline Louise Singleton, Louisville, Ky.; Ossian H. Sweet, Barton, Fla.; Ledrue William Turner, Muskogee, Okla.; Lille Belle Vance, Houston, Tex.; Monroe Levon Young, Pauling, O.; B. A. in education, Beatrice Mason, Wilberforce. Diplomas were awarded to the following: Academic department, George W. Anderson, Pinkstaff, Ill.; Gladys Eleanor Brummell, Indianapolis, Ind.; Jula Annette Dixon, New York city; Gertrude Bailey Foster, Memphis, Tenn.; Marle C. Gillard, Huntington, W. Va.; Willa Mae King, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Jonathan Mangena Mokone, Pretoria, South Africa; Ethel Earley Pannell, Danville, Ky.; Amanda Jane Tanner, Paducah, Ky.; Arnil Ascott Thompson, Barbados, West Indies; Bertha Henrietta Ward, Huntsville, Ala.; Elizabeth Watson, Georgetown, Ky.; Kate Carpenter, Hettie Corrothers, Ida Beatrice Mason and John Robert Winston. Certificates in instrumental music, Ruth Elizabeth Banks, Pittsburgh, and Annie Louise Singleton, Louisville, Ky. WHEAT STREET BAPTIST. Members of Famous Atlanta (Ga.) Church to Rebuild Edifice. The recent fire which destroyed a large part of the residential section of Atlanta, Ga., also swept away the famous Wheat Street Baptist church. More than a thousand members of this church are practically without homes as a result of the conflagration, and yet they are struggling herolically with what means they can spare from their daily bread to aid in a fund being raised for the rebuilding of their church edifice. Another pleasing feature about the situation is the friendly co-operation with the pastor and members of a large number of influential white people. The church property was valued at $100,000, and the insurance amounted to less than $14,000. The Baptists of the country should by all means lend a helping hand to this very worthy congregation. Communications addressed to the Rev. Dr. P. James Bryant, Atlanta, Ga., will receive proper attention. SMOKE "SIGT DRAFT" THE BEST 5c. CIGAR MINNEAPOLIS. MINN., JULY 14, 1917. PROMINENT CLUB WOMEN TO PUT ST. LOUIS OUTRAGES SQUARELY BEFORE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. Call Issued by Women of the District of Columbia—a day of Prayer Set—Miss Burroughs Leads the Movement. Special to the Star. Washington, D. C., July 6—Grieved and heart-sick over the East St. Louis outrages, in which men, women and children were shot down like rats and their houses burned while United States soldiers and policemen, sworn to protect life and property, grinned when asked why they did not stop MISS NANNIE E. BURROUGHS, President Lincoln Heights Training School for Girls at Washington, D. C. the slaughter, the women of this city have requested Mrs. Mary B. Talbert, president of the National Association of Colored Women, to come to Washington at once and to call the president of every other state federation to do the same. These women are called to take proper steps to put the question of lynching squarely before the American people. The organization has a membership of over 50,000 of the most cultured women of the race. Preparatory to the coming of the leaders outside of Washington, the women here are going ahead, quietly but determinedly, to set in motion a wave of sentiment that will become nation-wide. The first step has been taken. It is made in the following Call to Prayer: TO YOUR KNEES AND DONT STOP PRAYING UNTIL THE VOICE OF NEGRO WOMEN IS HEARD AND THEIR PETITION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF MOB VIOLENCE is accepted by the American people and lynchings and slaughter of human beings be made a crime instead of a thing to be "grinned" at by soldiers under oath to defend the honor of the country and in time of uprisings to do their duty bravely. THE WRONGS CAN AND MUST BE RIGHTED. The nearest way to the conscience of the American people is by way of the Throne of God. WE ARE GOING THAT WAY, and then we are going to put our APPEAL for justice and protection under the law squarely up to the American people. We regret that this issue has been thrust before us when we are with the nations at war, BUT there will be no "WORLD DEMOCRACY" until the burning of innocent women and babies, aged men and innocent citizens of color is taken from the list of "Sports" of Civilized Americans. WE PROPOSE to fight for our country to help against foes at home and abroad, to conserve its food and fuel supplies, AND WE BELIEVE that this fight for "Democracy" must begin at Jerusalem (at home). THEREFORE, the women of this city will assemble for Prayer in the Metropolitan Baptist Church Wednesday, July 11th, at 6 a.m. The meeting will last just one hour. Every woman and girl is urged to attend. Those who cannot come are asked to spend a part of the hour in family and secret prayer. Don't stop praying. God has given Don't stop praying. God has promised and He is true; Don't stop praying.—He'll answer you. LET EVERYBODY PRAY. Let every preacher "Lift up thy (his) voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression and the house of Jacob their sins." Among the most active leaders, we note the following women: Miss Nannie H. Burroughs, Miss Emma B. Hall, Miss Ida C. Plummer, Miss Marie A. D. Madre, Mrs. Mary E. Thompson, Mrs. Rosetta Lawson, Mrs. Lella A. Pendleton, Mrs. Alma J. Scott, Mrs. Rebecca J. Gray, Mrs. Hannah McCarey, Mrs. G. Pelham and Dr. Whipper. THREE DIVISIONS OF NEGRO TROOPS UNDER OWN OFFICERS On Precisely Same Basis as Whites in the Selective Conscription—Will Be 87,000 in New Army. Washington, D. C., July 5.—If the War Department here carries out its announced purpose to raise the three divisions of colored troops, it will mean that 87,000 colored men will be called to the colors by fall. The number of colored men registered, under the conscription act, is only about one-tenth of the whites who registered. The three divisions for colored men will mean that nearly one-fifth of the 500,000 men called for the first national army will be colored, and that a proportionately greater number of colored than whites will be conscripted. The French and English envoys when here, it is said, impressed upon government officials that the black troops now fighting in the great war have proven marvelous fighters. According to reports issued here last Monday from the department in the make-up of the new national army, Negroes are to be on the same basis as whites. To Be Three Negro Divisions. The War Department now estimates that in the first national army of 500,000 men there will be three Negro divisions. About 29,000 men are included in each division. The final registration figures show that out of a total registration of 9,659,382 there were 953,889 Negroes, or a little more than one-tenth or one Negro to every 10 white men. On this basis it is claimed by some that nearly 95,000 Negroes will be conscripted for the first national army. Under Colored Officers. It was learned late this afternoon that it will be the policy of the War Department to officer the Negro units with colored men as far as possible. In any event, the officers up to major, and perhaps to colonel, will be Negroes. The brigade and division officers will be detailed from the regular army. As yet the War Department has given no particular attention to the assignment of colored troops, but it is proceeding on the theory that they will be sent to France when their turn comes just as the white troops will go. VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR GIRLS ASKED BY LEAGUE New York Organization Receives Favorable Reply From Education Board. As a result of the conference on trade training opportunities for New York city girls held some time ago at the residence of Miss Virginia Potter on West Seventy-sixth street, New York, at the call of the National Urban league a hearing on the subject before the committee on vocational training of the board of education was held the second Friday in June. Of the representatives of the twenty-six petitioning organizations those who spoke in behalf of increasing the facilities for trade training were Miss Virginia Potter, president of the board of directors of the Manhattan Trade School For Girls; Miss Elizabeth Walton, Miss Margaret Brown, secretary vocational scholarship committee of the Henry Street settlement; Mrs. Cecilia Cabanis, executive secretary colored branch Y. W. C. A.; Eugene Kinclek Jones, executive secretary National Urban league; Jacob Theobald, principal public School No. 80. John Martin, chairman of the vocational committee of the board of education, stated that his committee looked favorably upon the extension of the facilities for vocational training for girls under high school grade and appointed a committee from the educational department to confer with a committee of three from the petitioners on courses of training to be offered next September. The committee from the petitioners are Miss Virginin Potter, Miss Margaret Brown and E. K. Jones. Race Loyalty in Red Cross Work. News comes from various sections of the country to the effect that the colored people are contributing liberally to the Red Cross fund. Thus it is in every movement for national uplift—the race endeavors to do its duty. RURAL SCHOOLS AND THEIR NEEDS Preparation For Country Life Presents Big Problem. DIVISION OF SCHOOL FUNDS Failure of the States to Make Adequate Provision For Agricultural Education Emphasized In Federal Bureau Report—Attitude of Educated Group of Colored People In Rural Subjects. In his report dealing with the facilities for education in the south among colored people Dr. Thomas Jesse Jones of the federal bureau of education at Washington emphasizes the needs of the rural schools. He says: "According to the report of the state superintendent, the expenditures for white schools in Alabama increased tenfold between 1880 and 1910, while those for the Negro schools doubled. Similar expenditures in North Carolina increased eightfold for the white schools and threefold for the Negro schools. It is noteworthy that practically all these increases have taken place since 1900. In most of these improvements the city schools have been favored to the neglect of the rural schools both for white and colored pupils. "The following quotation from the report of the North Carolina state superintendent of public instruction is significant: 'It will be observed that considerably more was spent on rural Negro schools in 1905 than in 1905. Suppose our white schools showed the same results for the past twenty years. Would we not be necessarily alarmed at that evidence of lack of progress?'" Dr. Jones lays great stress on the remarkable progress in agriculture made by the colored people of the south, where nearly 80 per cent of the Negroes live in rural communities. By 1010, the last available census, 803,370 Negroes owned their farms or cultivated land as tenants. This is an increase of 16.4 per cent over the figure for 1000. Of the total 218,972 were proprietors and 672,964 were tenants. "Preparation for rural life is the greatest educational problem of the white and colored people of the south. The rural education of the Negro is absolutely essential, not only to the welfare of the race, but also to the successful development of the southern states. Though rural opportunities are perhaps least appreciated by the educated group of colored people, they are those in which the Negroes are making their most remarkable gains. Rural life represents both the best progress and the greatest needs of the colored people. All plans for their improvement must give large consideration to the problems of rural life. "Important as this phase of education is both to the south and to the colored people, the public and private facilities provided are very inadequate. Other than the agricultural and mechanical schools, largely maltainted by federal funds, the states make practically no provision for the agricultural education of Negroes. Of the private schools, Hampton institute, Tuskegee institute and a few smaller institutions, are making a genuine effort to prepare pupils for rural life. With very few exceptions, however, the colored schools have failed to develop an interest in rural problems. The large majority have not even tried. "The explanation of the indifference is in the conviction of the colored people that the way to prosperity and happiness is the study of literary subjects and especially the classical languages. In this they are following the example of the white people, who are only now beginning to see the error of their belief. This conviction is emphasized by the life of drudgery which the pupils in colored schools have always seen to be the lot of colored farmers. "A partial explanation for the failure of the schools lies in poorly prepared agricultural teachers who have themselves only a weak hearted belief in rural life. With inadequate training and a lukewarm interest in their subject these teachers have endeavoured to make use of large farms in their educational efforts. Failure was inevitable. The emphatic conclusion of this study is, therefore, that the first step in rural education should be the enthusiastic advocacy of the theory and practice of gardening for every colored pencil. "Along with this instruction in gardening for the elementary pupil manual training should be taught. In the teaching of both agriculture and trade to the beginners there is no need for an extensive farm and expensive shop equipment. What should be done is to teach the children how to do those simple things about their farms and houses which, if well done, will make their homes better and healthier in which to live. "If too big a school plant is attempted the cost of upkeep will use up money needed to get good teachers, and training on the farm or in the shops will lose its educational inspiration and become mere drudgery for both pupil and teacher. For the other children who decide to make farming their life work a two year course would be sufficient, and for those who would become managers of large farms or teachers of agriculture a four year course will cover all phases of the subject." PRAISE FOR DR. SHEPARD. institution at Durham, N. C., Closed School Year Free of Debt. From all sections of the country reports have come showing that a larger number of young men and women have graduated from the higher institutions of learning for the school year 1917 than ever before. The financial condition of many of these institutions is also good considering the stringent times caused by the European war and America's entrance into the same. Among the institutions of the higher type which closed the fiscal year clear of debt is the National Training school at Durham, N. C., of which Dr. James E. Shepard is president. William T. Bost of Raleigh, N. C., in a letter to the New York Evening Post regarding Dr. Shepard says: "Permit me to say for a prominent colored man and untiring worker for DR. JAMES E. SHEPARD. his race, Dr. James E. Shepard, that in the recent commencement exercises of the National Training school at Durham, N. C., of which he is president, a condition was disclosed that is a very inspiring example to all people. "The Evening Post's clientele has been contributor to the philanthropies that have revolutionized the thinking on what is known as the Negro problem. Fifty years ago this missionary work began. There was little disposition to interfere with the black man if he were trained merely to do useful work. Fifty years later is a demand for similar training in all the schools for all the children. "Dr. Shepard less than a decade ago established his school. It has had more than its share of ups and downs, but a few days ago, when he closed the year, he was able to present a clean sheet for the second time in as many school years. "A man of his pull and prominence had every temptation to go north, where salaries are larger, work lighter and worries absent. Instead he has put his school finally on a business basis, has converted unbelieving enemies and despairing friends and won to his institution the friendship of substantially all the white people of his community and the state. "I think it a valuable lesson to those who have not felt the thrill and the blessedness of battle to know that in the colored race here in North Carolina are men and women who are ideal Christians, because they have utterly lost themselves in a divine self forgetfulness." SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION Do not waste your time making promises to our agents. Send your money by Express or Post Office Order or in cash or postage stamps. I FRAT wore ai arr ae ree ; r : 2.3. acai ee gt eee Sameer s Se Re ee ee bs Pe Sees a és - ‘ant ie . i 2 z DRAWING TO DESIGNATE WHO WILL FIRST HAVE TO REPORT FOR MILITARY SERVICE IN WAR. OTHERS HELD IN RESERVE FOR DEMANDS LATER ON —— Each Man Registered Has About One Chance in Fourteen of Being Sent to the Trenches— Army of 2,500,000 Figured On. Washington, July 13.—Every man of the 9,500,000 or more in the United States who registered is to be drafted ‘The actual drawing which {s to_ be made next week, probably Wednesday will determine merely who is to be called first if drafted. The first numbers drawn will be the men first ordered to the colors. There ‘will be a million of them. If out o! that million the War department finds when physical and industrial exemp. tions are made, that there are not enough Teft to form a national army of 500,000 and fill the ranks of the regular army and National guard ta war strength, additional men will be called out until this is done. ‘This plan was made public by Secre- tary of War Baker in a long interview with newspaper correspondents. May Not Be Called. The fact that every man is to be @rafted does not mean that he will have to serve. He may never be called to the colors. But his name will be on the lst, no matter how far down and he will be subject to call if needed. Government officials hit upon this plan as the simplest and most effect: ive. It does away with the necessity for a soparate draft for each new in- crement as conditions prove necessary. But One Draft. There will be but one draft for the entire war unless conditions so de- velop that the demands for man-power are such that the entire 9,500,000 are used up and a new call to take in men of ages other than between 21 and 31 4s found necessary. It also does away with the necessity for a draft for a few hundred thousand men in cage it is found that more than the first million are needed to form ‘an‘army of 500,000 and fill the ranks of the two forces now in existence, atter exemptions have been made. In- stead of drawing men until the re- quired number {s reached, men will merely be ordered out in the order their names stand in the list. Man’s Chances 14 to 1. ‘The chances of the individual are 14 to 1 that he will not be sent to the trenches, officials estimated. In the first place on the basis of 10,000,000 men, {t is a 10 to 1 shot that Jobn Smith or W. K. Citizen will not be among the first million. ‘Then after he is called, should he be called, it 1s a 4 to 1 shot that he ‘will not fill the requirements. Officials are going on the theory that only one man out of four will meet physical re- quirements for active service and at the same time not be exempt because of national, industrial or family rea- sons. Out of tire entire 9,500,000 registered only about 2,500,000 at the outside will be secured. x WILSON’S AID SOUGHT IN FOOD BILL FIGHT Senate Delegation Consults President Over Pending Measure With View of Speeding Up. Washington, July 13. — President ‘Wilson's assistance was sought in solving the Senate's difficulties over food control legislation. His conclu- sions to be communicated to the lead- ers before a vote is taken July 21, are expected to go far toward determ- ining the Dill’s final form, While desultory debate proceeded in the Senate and sentiment grew in fa- vor of a compromise measure, Senator Martin, the Democratic leader, and Chairman Simmons of the Finance and laid before Mr. Wilson the whole ttuation, which is holding up action. ‘The President is said to have mant- fested much interest in the agricul- lure committee amendment designat- ed to prohibit government agents, in- cluding the voluntary advisory com- mission of the defense council, from selling their own products to the gov- ernment. It is understood he opposes any action which would cause the loss of services of men of affeirs especial- ly qualified to aid the government. British Successful in East Africa. London, July 13.—Three columns of British troops in German East Africa have carried out a successful converg- (mg movement against the German line between Ukali and Mayongo. The British right, the war office announces Teached a point three miles west of Mnindi, the center advanced to the Tumba river and the left pushed for- ward to Mayongo and Kiwatama. The British took a few prisoners. Progress also has beem made southeast of Irin- ga, in the Songealiwale area and in the vicinity of Kibambawe. PAILY TELEGRAPE i WILLIAM EDWIN HALL oc : EP DA a: ‘ a § Roms : William Edwin Hall, New York law- yer and business man, is in charge of the federal organization to supply the labor of city boys to farmers through- out the country who are short of labor. The demand for boys is greater than the supply, in spite of the obvious ad- vantages to city boys who are willing to spend a few weeks working In the open. “PERSHING'S BOYS" MOVE TO PERMANENT BASE. People Greet Troops Enthusiastically Along Entire Route, Cheering Crowds Greeting Trains. -_ With the American Army in France, July 13, — Pershing’s boys have cross: ed France from the camps near the French-seaport where they first land- ed, to the permanent new base. It was one great triumphal proces- sion, In trains carrying 1,000 each the American troops rode through some of the most beautiful parts of France. Nearly all the way they sang patriot- fe songs, marching songs, ragtime— everything. Some displayed their lin guistic and musical talents by hum: ming French airs they had picked up in the few short weeks in camp. Greeted by Cheering Crowds. | All along the itinerary, in every city, town, village and hamlet, the trains” were greeted by cheering crowds. As the first train passed through the inhabitants in the imme- diate vicinity of the station came run- ning out. No piece of gossip ever made such wildfire progress through towns, big and small as the news that the “Sammles” were passing through. Everywhere thousands of men, wom en and children streamed in and when the last train passed through, the tracks were thickly Ilmed with a ju- bilant multitude, At places where the ‘passing of the “Sammies” had been ‘known before hand, the Stars and ‘Stripes were displayed with an opul- ence that strongly suggested Ameri- can towns celebrating the Fourth of July. PUBLIC SERVICE RESERVE IS NOW BEING FORMED Labor Department to Enroll Civilian Army of Patriotis Covering Every State. Washington, July 18.—All persons willing to\take public or private em- ployment in lines of war work, either in a voluntary or wage earning capac: ity, are asked by the Department of Labor in a statement to enroll in the newly formed Public Service Reserve, whose organization soon will be ex- tended to every state. ‘The plan contemplates the mobiliza- tion of thousands of adults anxious to do their bit outside of the military and formation of a reserve force of all degrees of skill and attainment to meet emergencies in employment con- ditions with the government or with industries and businesses on which the success of the war depends. ‘The qualifications of each member enrolled will be accepted for the pur- pose of putting him in touch with em- ployment openings. fadteme ‘Tirenten Rattioin. Ely, Nev., July 13.—Il feeling which 4s said to have been smoldering in the tribes of Indians on the Deep Creek, Utah, reservation since two of their number were arrested for failure to register June 5 for the selective draft army, has broken out, according to in- formation received here when the In- dians left the reservation, stole horses and began threatening settlers along Snake creek. Chitean Cabinet Resigns. Santiago, Chile, July 13—The Chil. ean cabinet which took office in 1916, with Elias Balmaceda as premier, has resigned. There have been no reports recently of any trouble in Chile that would cause the mintstry to resign. It is not improbable, however, that the Chilean government's . attitude of neu- trality as between the United States and Germany may have caused the resignation. There have been reports recently that a majority of the Chil: eans favored an abandonment ef the policy of strict neutrality, CANARY 6:30 A @&, MINISTRY SEEMS DOOMED TO FALL AND KAISER, WAVERING, 18 INCLINED TO ACCEPT NEW PROGRAM. — IN-FRANCHISE ‘ | ALSO THOUGHT CERTAIN = Only Way Out of Political Chaos Shak- ing German Empire to Its Founca- tion Is Said to Be Retirement of Bethmann-Hollweg and For- mation of Coalition Body. Amsterdam, July 13.—Out of the po- litical chaos that is shaking the Ger- man empire to its foundation; there seems but one way out—the resigna- tion not only of Chancellor Bethmann- ‘Hollweg, but of the entire ministry. Late dispatches from Berlin indicat ‘ed that this was an tmmediate prob- ability. The resignation of Bethmann- Hollweg has been announced by the ‘Vossiche Zeitung. The emperor is said to'be holding his decision in abeyance. The one way out is not, however, confined to the mere resignation of the present cabinet and acceptance by the emperor. A supplementary step of tremendous historic consequence must be taken to make the escape from political revolt complete. Only one man can take it—the Kaiser. Kaiser and Crown Prince Confer. And those who know William Il and know the gravity of the crisis, expect him to take that step. In a long nocturnal heart to heart talk with his throne hefr, in the Potsdam palace, whither the crown prince hur- ried by special train from the Verdun front in response to his father’s sum- mons, the momentous decision was reached, it is believed. Close observers here believe it is the decision of the proud house of Hohenzollern to bow to the will of the people and make the first full conces- sion since Wilhelm’s grandfather was crowned German emperor at Ver- sailles. Would Be Master Stroke. By a master stroke which will cost him a great deal of his power, Em- peror William is expected to-solve the situation. When the Reichstag meets fey or tomorrow for its oficial post. Poned plenary resolution, the Kalser will make it known, it is predicted, by an imperial message to the Ger- man people that he leaves to thelr representatives the appointment of a successor to Bethmann-Hollweg and the rest of the cabinet. Coalition Seen as Way Out. ‘Thus, and thus only—can the storm be silenced, it is believed here. Po- litical dissension would calm down considerably—temporarily at least— and with a coalition government the empire would once more show a sol id front against the outside world. WILSON ACTS TO SPEED UP SHIPBUILDING PLAN Gives Directions That Construction Work Be Placed With Emergency Fleet Organization. Washington, July 13—The contro- ‘versy over the government's shipping ‘program was settled by President. Wi son by directing the Emergency Fleet ‘corporation, of which Major General Goethals is manager, to take charge ‘of construction and by authorizing the shipping board to operate the vessels after they are built and to requisition and operate tonnage now on the seas. ‘The President, by dividing the pow- ers conferred -on him by Congress cleared the way for an immediate speeding up of construction. General Goethals will commandeer at once the contracts for most of the 2,000,000 tons of ships building in American yards, and will put on dou- ble and triple labor shifts to hurry their completion. TROOPS SURROUND PEKING 60,000 Republicans Have Chinese Capi- ‘tan Questa London, July 13—Peking 1s sur- rounded by 60,000 Republican troops with 70 heavy guns, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Tsin Tain dated Wednesday. This force makes impossible the escape from the capital of General Chang Huan, the Imperial- ist leader. Chang's soldiers are report- ed to be entrenching themselves in the imperial city. ¢ Mediators apparently had been un- able to arrange terms between the Republicans and Imperialists up to the time the dispatch was filed. | Snelling May Get Second Camp, St. Paul, July 18.—Fort Snelling may ‘yet be chosen for the second officer training camp which opens August 27. This information was recelved from Washingtow by Ronald R. Cotton, head of the training camp association in St, Paul. The camp had been scheduled for Fort Riley, Kan., and the Twin Cities had not been making am orgai- ized attempt to obtain it. Fort Riley 4s said to be too hot and too crowded with other troops to permit of housing the students and giving them the de- sired attention. FRIDAY, JULY 18 191%, . HERBERT C. HOTALING Ce < ae ‘ x : Be 4 i ne i eS Herbert C. Hotaling of Mapleton, Minn., was elected president of the National Editorial Association at the thirty-second annual convention In Minneapolis. NO LET UP TO RUSS DRIVE KOMILOFF’S TROOPS OCCUPY CITY OF KALUSz. Capture Austro-German Headquarters in Taking Town—Continue Advance After Taking Many Prisoners. London, July 13—General Brust- loft's offensive in Galicia is developing into a drive with little or no let up at least so far as the part in it played by General Korniloft’s armies is con- cerned. : News of the capture of Halicz is fol- towed by the announcement that Gen- eral Korniloft’s troops had pushed on beyond Lesiuvka, southwest of Stanis- lau, and had occupled Kalusz, a city of 8,000 population seven miles west of the Stoka river. The Austro-Ger- mar headquarters in this sector was situated here, Drive Past Kaluce, Kalusz was stubbornly defended, but after a sanguinary battle the Russians rushed into the town, and according to advices from Petrograd they are continuing their advance after having taken a large number of prisoners. The central point of the Posiecz- Lesiuvka-Karmacz line, reached by the Russians is Lestuvka, four miles west of the River Bystritza. It is about 28 milee east of Kalusz, the nearest large tcwn west of Stanislau, and which is situated in a bend of the Stoka river. } Roumanians Join Slavs. The capture of Kalusz indicates an amazing progress of the Russian of- fensive forces through the break in the German lines around Halicz. Word received in Washington says the reorganized Roumamian army has joined the Russians. In 10 days of the offensive the Rus- sians have extended their battle lines until they are now battling on a 350- mile front, they have penetrated the AustroGerman line at two places, have captured a score of cities, towns and villages, crossed two great rivers and taken close to 43,000 prisoners with a vast number of guns and ma- terial. . BLAST SUSPECT IS ARRESTED ‘Held Following Finding of Clock Works at Mare Island Navy Yards. Vallejo, Cal., July 13—The arrest of J. Koslowski at Woodland, Cal., for in- vestigation in connection with the ex- plosion of the black powder magazine at Mare Island navy yard was followed by reports here that parts of clock mechanism had been found in the ruins of the magazine. Arrest of an employee at the navy yard suspected ‘of setting the bomb also was reported. Koslowski denied any knowledge of ‘the causes of the explosion. Strike Believed Averted. Fatrbanks, Alaska, July 13.— A threatened stzike by United States rall- way employes at construction head- quarters, Nenans, which promised to become serious, ‘is believed to have been averted. Commissioner Thomas Riggs turned the tide in favor of the government when he spoke at a meet- ing last night at which all save pos- sibly 100 of the railroad employes, who have recently formed a labor or- ganization, were present. Several strike leaders have been arrested charged with seditious utterances, SiseRastiihied is: Geetn:Geniinn, Bismarck, N. D., July 13.—Fearing for the constitutionality of the claus- es which provide for the assessing of a fee for each load of grain or other farm products weighed and graded un- der North Dakota's new grain grad- ing act, the state railway commission yesterday voted to eliminate that fea- ture of the law until the courts have Passed on it. | Decides Big Telephone Case. _ Chicago, July 13—In a decree en- tered by Judge William E. Dever of the Cook County Superior Court, the Central Union Telephone Company, operating in Wiinols outside of Chi- cago, in Indiana and Ohio outside Cin- cinnati and Cleveland, has been di- vorced from the American Telephone & Telegraph Company and all stock held in the former company by the latter has been ordered sold at pub- Ue auction, Henceforth the Central Union Company will operate as a sep- erate company, ROUTING OF GUARDSMEN FROM ALL STATES TO CAMPS FOR TRAINING WORKED OUT BY MILITARY BUREAU. GOVERNMENT TO CALL FIRST BATCH SUNDAY Movement to Camp Sites Can Begin “Within Few Days As Supplies Suf- ficient for the Men Have Already Been Secured—Training in - Lesé Than Two Weeks. Washington, July 13.—Selection of camp sites for the national guérd has been completed when Secretary Baker approved Hattiesburg, Miss, and Al- exandria, La, and announced the change of the Fayetteville, N. C., site to Charlotte, N. C. Routing of the gaurdsmen from all states to the camps for the -training, preliminary to their departure for France, was immediately worked out by the military bureau and the list of assignments submitted to Major Gen- eral Bliss, acting chief of staff, for ap- proval. None of the bureau's recom- mendations were revealed, Will Call First Incremept Sunday. The first increment of the guard will be called into the service of the federal government next Sunday, al- though the draft clause of the national defense act will not be applied to any of the guardsmen until August 5. Movement to the camp sites can be- gin within a few days, as supplies suf- fictent for the men already have been secured. ‘The fact that the guard is to be un- der training even before drawing for the selective army begins, indicative that of the men drawn, the first to see service will be those assigned to fill vacancies in the guard or the regulars. Probably the first men turned into the army by this process will go to these two forces and they may be un- der orders to join their regiments in less than two weeks. 80,000 Guardsmen on Pay Roll. No-announcement has been made as to the course to be followed with guard regiments already in the federal serv- fee and which are doing valuable work in guarding property all over the country. ‘There ‘are more than 80,000 guards- men now on the federal pay roll for this duty. Whether they are to be re- Meved and sent forward to the camps or maintained at their present posts ‘thas not been stated. - GOVERNOR REQUESTS AID OF UNITED STATES TROOPS Arizona Executive Wants Federal Sol- diers to Control Situation at Bisbee in Connection With I. W. W. | Phoenix, Ariz., July 13—Governor Campbell has telegraphed to General Parker at Fort Sam Houston inform- ing him of the situation at Bisbee and requesting that U. S. troops be sent there at once. Globe, Ariz., July 18—An appeal that President Wilson take action to stop further deportations of strikers from Bisbee and other Arizona strike centers in order to prevent sympathetic strikes and industrial paralysis has been sent the Department of Labor by Federal Mediators John McBride and G. W. P. Hunt. CHAMBERLAIN QUITS POST Relinquishes Position Under Fire of Criticism. London, July 13.—J. Austen Cham- berlain has formally resigmed as sec- retary of state for India, as a re- sult of the revelations of the commis- sion, which recently reported, after investigation of the scandal of the first British Mesopotamia position. Lord Hardinge, the fermer viceroy of India, also presented his resigna- tion as under secretary for foreign af- fairs. His resignation, however, was not accepted. BISBEE DEPORTS 1,000 |. W. W. Entire Town Takes Day Off to Round Up Undesirables. Phoenix, Ariz., July 13.—The entire town of Bisbee has suspended busi- ness and the Citizens’ Protective league, numbering 1,500 fully armed, has rounded up 1,000 members of the Industrial Workers of the World, has searched them and is now loading them in freight and cattle cars and will deport them. * Sinking of Shioe Shows Lose, London, July 13.—The sinking of fourteen merchantmen of more than 1,600 tons is reported in the weekly summary of shipping losses issued here. Three merchantmen of less than 1,600 tons and seven fishing vessels were sunk. The increasing effective- ness of the measures against subma- rines which are being carried out by British and American warships is shown in the record of the last week. With one exception, the number of merchantmen sunk is the lowest of amy week since March, EDITORS ELECT H. C. HOTALING U. 8 SOCIETY NAMES MINNE- SOTAN AS PRESIDENT. Hot Springs and Little Rock Win 1918 Convention—Officers. and Execu- tive Committee Chosen. Minneapolis, July 18—Hot Springs ‘and Little Rock, Ark. were picked as next year’s meeting place, and Herbert C. Hotaling, editor of the Blue Earth County Enterprise at Mapleton, Minn. was elected president of the National Editorial association at the West hotel. Both were just about foregone con- clusions. The Arkansas people had sewed up the meeting place plum and Mr. Hotaling had been conceded the election. Other Officers Elected. Other officers elected were as fol- lows: Vice president, Guy E. Hardy, Canyon City, Colo.; secretary, George Schlosser, Watertown, S. D.; treasurer, Byron W. Cain, Belle Plaine, Tex.; members of the executive committee, G. L. Caswell of Iowa, A. B. Bragdon of Michigan, E. L. Peterson of North Dakota, M. H. Bliss of Wisconsin, Ea- win Albrecht of’ Tennessee and D. Lamade of Pennsylvania, Schools Improve Standards. Although it is only five years since journalism schools turned out their first graduates, they have caused a material improvement in newspaper standards and put many of their short- comings on the road to correction, W. P. Kirkwood, professor of journalism. at the University of Minnesota, told members of the association. BUTTONS FOR THOSE EXEMPT Made to Shield Ineligibles From ® “Stacker” Charges. Washington, July 13—“Exempted U. 8.” A small round metal badge bearing these words will shield frow public cries of “slacker” those men freed by exemption boards from the duty of bearing arms, Thousands of wmese little butvons have been made and will be segt out to the exemption boards. seco weet et eee . THE WEATHER. * . enl . * Minnesota — Unsettled today, * * probably showers in east portion; * * cooler in northeast portion; to- * * morrow generally fair. . cee eee ete ee ee STANDING OF THE CLUBS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Indvis.. 431 -635|Col..... 4948 608 BeovPau 4434 ‘Seilpoueds::. 4849 “108 ula: 4892 Seales.” 3248 408 eCity: 43.35 “eealMd/ 2) 2548 “Ser AMERICAN LEAGUE, Wt Bet Wen. pet. N. York 4625" .618)Chicago. 4135 513 Phila; 3830 ‘s50|Brkiyn.. 3238 “45t Cinw-.j:. 4539 “S86Boston.. 2841 “108 St Louis 4096 .b2e|pits.... 2446 1343 NATIONAT, LEAGUE. Wat. Pott Wot. Pet Chicago 029" .683)Detroit.. 3938-506 Boston.. 4729 61s|Wash... 3144 1413 Cleve. 4437 “g4zipniia.’:. 2945 ‘393 N. York, 3836 ‘8148t. Louis $060 (378 RESULTS OF GAMES. American Ansociation, Loutsville, "3; Minneapolis, "2; 11, in- ings, . Indianapolis, 6; St. Paul, 6, Columbus, 4; Kansas City, 2, American League, 8t, Houle, "7-67 Boston, 6-8. Piuusburgh, 27° Brooklyn, 1, Cincinnati, 2-5; New York, 1-1. eg Cleveland, Washington 0” Savalas, pasting BRE spon oe GRAIN AND LIVE STOCK Minneapolis Grain. Minneapolis, July 13.—Wheat, July, $2.37%; Sept. $1.92; No. 1 northern,. $2.55; No. 1 durum, $2; No. 3 corn, $1.85; No. 3 white oats, 71%¢; barley, malting, $1.27; No. 2 rye, $2.36; No. 1 flax, $2.97. South St. Paul Live Stock. South St. Paul, July 13.—Cattle— Steere, $6.20@10.75; cows, $7@9; calves, $9@13.25; hogs, $14.40@15.40; sheep and lambs, $5@15. Chicago Live Stock, Chicago, July 33.—Hogs—Receipts,, 16,000; stroug; 2¢c above yesterday's. average; bulk, $14.75@15.75; light, $14.25@15.60; mixed, $14,50@15.80; heavy, 14.35@15.90; rough, $14.35@ 14.60; pigs, $10.85@14. Cattle—Re- ceipts 4,090; weak; native beef cattle, $840@14; stockers and feeders, $6.30 @9.50; cows and heifers, $5.40@11.96; calves, $10.50@15. Shcep—Receipts, 10,000; firm; wethers, $7.80@11; lambs, $10@15.F0, Butter, Eoas end Poultry. Minneapolis, July 13.—Butter— Creamery, extra, per Ib., 37¢; extra firsts, 36¢; firsts, 85¢; seconds, 84¢; dairy, 33¢; racking stock, 31c, Eggs—Fresh, rrime firsts, new cases, free from rots, small, dirties and checks out, per doz. 31%¢; current re- ceipts, rots out, $8.70; checks and sec- onds, doz., 20c; dirtles, candied, doz., 25c; quotations cn eggs include cases. Live Poultry—Turkeys, faf, 10 Ibs. amd over, 18; thin, smail, unsalable; cripples and culls, unsalable; roosters, 18¢; hens, 4 Ibs. and over, 18¢; under 4 Ibs. 16c; ducks, 12c; broilers, all weights, per Ib., 2c; geese, Ib., 18¢. Says Ruth Cruger Had Chance. New York, July 18.—Ruth Cruger spurned a chance to save her life by giving a pledge to keep silent about the attack on her by Alfredo Cocchi, according to additional details of the murderer's confession, made public here by District Attorney B. F. Swann. When the high school girl continued to scream for help, Cocchi {s quoted as having said he struck her three blows on the head, which killed her. Mr. Swann announced he had come into Possession of evidence indicating that Cocchi had accomplices, TACKLE GREAT PROBLEMS OF WAR SHOW SPIRIT OF What Members of Advisory Committee of Defense Have Undertaken to Do. BIG MEN GIVING SERVICES Coordinating the industries of the Country So That Each Can Render the Limit of Its Potential Service to Government. By EDWARD B. CLARK. Washington.—Probably a thousand times a day this question is asked by visitors to Washington: "What is the Council of National Defense?" It is apparent also from letters that are received in the capital that the exact nature of the council and of its great advisory committee is not generally nor thoroughly understood. The Council of National Defense itself consists simply of six cabinet officers, the secretaries of war, navy, interior, agriculture, commerce and labor. The advisory committee of national defense, which is affiliated with the council, consists of a commission of seven business men who, with the departments assigned to them, are as follows: Daniel Willard, transportation and communication (president Baltimore & Ohio railroad), chairman. Howard E. Coffin, munitions and manufacturing (including standardization) and industrial relations, vice president Hudson Motor company. Julius Rosenwald, supplies (including clothing, etc.), president Sears, Roebuck & Co. Bernard M. Baruch, raw materials, minerals and metals, banker. Dr. Hollis Godfrey, engineering and education, president Drexel institute. Samuel Gompers, labor, including conservation of health and welfare of workers, president American Federation of Labor. Dr. Franklin Martin, medicine and surgery, including general sanitation, secretary General American College of Surgeons, Chicago. All Freely Undertaken. Upon these men devolved the task of so co-ordinating the industries of the country that each and all, figuratively speaking, could render to the government the limit of its potential service at the pressing of a button. Less than 100 salaried persons are working for the government under the advisory committee of national defense—of the members of the committee itself only one or two have even rendered expense bills. From 400 to 500 men, whose incomes from their business ranges from $5,000 to more than $100,000 a year, are giving their services to the government that the United States may perform its share of winning the war against Germany. The vital thing at first was to ascertain the needs of the country, to learn the things industry must supply to put our soldiers into the field and keep them there and to supply the needs of ourselves and our allies. A dozen major subjects instantly suggested themselves when the business men began to put their heads together: the best use to be made of the railroads, both for the transportation of troops and of material to keep our industries going and our citizens feel; the part the waterways should play in Copyright Walter W. and Frederick Miss Marton Cleveland, youngest daughter of the late President Cleveland, is engaged to marry William Stanley Dell of New York city. The announcement was made by Mrs. Thomas J. Preston, Jr., formerly Mrs. Grover Cleveland. The date of the wedding has not been set. Miss Cleveland made her debut in society in 1914. For the past two years she has been a student in Teachers' college, Columbia university. Mrs. Preston's eldest daughter, Esther Cleveland, is engaged in relief work in Paris, for soldiers blinded in battle. Mr. Dell only recently returned from service abroad with the American ambulance in France. the scheme of transportation; the mobilization of military and industrial resources; the increase of agriculture and manufacture to meet the abnormal demands incident to war; the building of ships, and the compilation of an enormous mass of data from which any reasonable question with reference to military and industrial capacity could be answered. Railroads and Telephones. Already the 280,000 miles of railroad in the United States have been virtually commandeered by the advisory committee, which, through Chairman Willard, can issue to them more arbitrary orders than President Wilson, under the most drastic law, probably would care to issue. This is a voluntary service of the railroad and admittedly possibly is intended as an answer to some of the railroad criticisms in congress. One man also now governs the telephone—Theodore N. Vall, president of the American Telephone and Telegraph company. For the first time, in telephone history regulars and independents are working side by side for the good of the country. More than 10,000 miles of wire have been set aside for the special use of the army and the navy and some of the other departments. Modern methods for using the telephone are being introduced and new systems installed, one of which will cover completely the signal service in the field. Washington is being taught how to use the telephone properly and a new central office with a capacity of 10,000 lines is being provided. In the mobilization camps and among the lighthouses and coast guard stations new telephone facilities are being created, requiring 800 miles of submarine cable, 300 miles of pole and more than 13,000 miles of wire. The soldiers of the National Guard who are guarding railroad bridges and water supply systems have been put in touch with headquarters. If secrets could be told, the story of the extension of the telephone service in the navy would make the people sit up. BREAK SEVEN DISHES A YEAR Cleveland, O.—They're breaking dishes faster than they can make them in the United States and the other countries are too busy warring to make pottery. Every man, woman and child in this country breaks on the average seven dishes aplcee annually. Over 700,000,000 dishes a year are broken by irate married folk and others, who drop them accidentally, and others who drop them on purpose to keep from washing them. TO DRIVE OWN HOSPITAL CAR ON FRENCH FRONT Tulaa, Okla.—Arthur Gamman, a young oil operator, will sail for France in a few days to drive a field ambulance contributed by himself. Gamman and his business partner, Raymond W. McIntosh, were among the first in Tulaa to volunteer as officers in the new United States army and were ordered to Leon Springs, Texas, for training. On their way there McIntosh was stricken with appendicitis and died. Gammon accompanied the body to New York for burial and there decided to enlist in the ambulance corps for immediate foreign service. HAS 6 SONS, ALL OVER DRAFT AGE, IN GUARD Denver, Colo.-Six stalwart sons of one family, although beyond the age limit of registration, are in the National Guard of Colorado, and the mother, Mrs. Mary A. Chase, is very proud. The eldest son is Alpha M. Chase, forty-four; Willits G. is forty-two, James A. thirty-seven, Lawrence A. thirty-five, Sylvanus L. thirty-three and Benjamin T., the "baby," thirty-one. Their uncle, Dr. John Chase, was adjutant general of the Colorado National Guard. TO STOP VAST DECAY OF SWEET POTATOES Atlanta, Ga.—Movements have been started in several agricultural communities of the South to care for sweet potatoes, so as to save them from decay during winter storage. The United States department of agriculture estimates that 10,000,000 bushels of sweet potatoes are lost annually through improper curing and storing. Men Drive Out Girls. Oberlin, O.—Oberlin girl students of the sociology and economics lecture classes, which have met heretofore in the lecture room of the Men's building, made themselves too free with the building privileges, and the classes were requested recently to go somewhere else by the irate residents of the building. The men said the girls were apt to lounge around the lobby and halls of the building. Since dressing gowns and bathrobes are the chief "at home" garb of the building roomers, they protested Men of the Training Camps Will Make Excellent Lot of Officers. NOT VERY MANY WEEDED OUT Considerable Number Is Being Detailed for Engineering and Aviation Instruction—War Department Officials Are Pleased. By EDWARD B. CLARK Washington.—More than half the first training period for candidates for commissions in the new army is up, and the officials of the war department are ready to declare that results are beyond expectations and that the "plucking" process will develop fewer victims than anyone thought possibly could be the case. Stock is being taken by the officials of the results obtained by weeks of training for the 40,000 young men now undergoing instruction in the camps. An officer of the army said today: "The lower commissioned rank is our national army will be filled by men of whom any country could be proud. The young Americans who are attending the sixteen officers' training camps in as many sections of the country are showing the spirit that made this country free. It is to be expected that no difficulty at all will be experienced in selecting the men to command in the junior commissioned grades, the first 500,000 young Americans soon to be called to the colors. "The time given for the training is short, and only one-half of it has passed, but the results obtained make us believe that, numerous as were the early mistakes and trying as were the conditions to which the men at first were subjected, the outcome will be all that we can wish, and it seems to be assured that the young officers quickly will get the confidence of the men whom they are to command and with it the confidence of this country and of its allies." Political Pull Weakening. The reports which come to Washington from all the training camps are that the boys have put all that they have into their work. Washington still is a little fearful that some of the young men who may be denied commissions because they have not come up to the mark may have recourse to friendly political influence to secure for them what they could not secure for themselves. This fear of the officials, however, is not sharp, for within a week or so the pressure from the politicians for preference for this man or that man has weakened. It can be said for the war department that it has stood faithful to its duty of denying requests for commissioned places for those lacking experience and otherwise unfitted for the work of leading men. It should be understood that nothing like all the young men who entered the camps will answer their names at roll call on the day of breaking camp. For six weeks the weeding-out policy has been pursued. Men who never would make officers are told of their shortcomings and sent to their homes. In addition to this a considerable percentage of the men have been sent to other camps where they will specialize in engineering, or in aviation. The department has adopted a policy of sending men to flying headquarters where they will be trained, and later be given commissions in the air service. To Help Prepare Army Camps. Now that something like seven weeks have passed and virtually full opportunity has been given for passing judgment on the qualifications of each man, it is not to be expected that the elimination will be anything like so many as they have been in the past except perhaps in the cases of men who show marked aptitude for places in the staff department. These men, of course, are not eliminated, but simply are transferred. It has been asked frequently what is to be done with the candidate officers between August 11, when the first camps are brought to an end, and the time set for the mobilization of the first national army. The students after about a week's leave probably will be sent to the sites of the cantonments where they will undertake work under the colonels in command and will be given an opportunity to help in the preparation of the big camps for the selected service men. In the preparation for the second series of encampments which will be opened on August 27 the officers of the army are doing what they can to avoid repetition of the mistakes made during the continuance of the first camp. Plans now drawn up by the department eliminate almost entirely men who lack any military experience. Of course some likely soldier-making material to be found among civilians who never have shouldered a musket will be utilized, but it is probable that the students at the second camps will be in large part men who have seen some previous military service. Here's Another Patriot New York.—Add another patriot to the list. In answer to appeal to taxpayers to pay their income taxes in advance, one man sent double the amount, asking that the extra sum be used for war purposes. AMAZING STORY OF HOW PROVIDENCE JOURNAL UNCOVERED GERMAN PLOTS Met Guile With Guile and Spy With Spy, and for Almost Three Years Kept the Government Informed of Teutonic Intrigue and Treachery in This Country—Editor Tells How It Was Done. New York.—How the Providence Journal met gulle with gulle, and spy with spy, how it had its man in Bernstorf's own household and its two wireless stations "listening in" on the German Sayville "line" to Berlin—how, in fact, this one New England newspaper for almost three years kept the United States government informed of the German-Austrian plots in America—has at last been revealed. John R. Rathom, in a speech made at the convention of the Canadian Press association in Toronto, and reported in the Editor and Publisher from the Toronto Star, weaves a story of plot and counter-plot as remarkable as any that have come from the pen of E. Phillips Oppenheim. And Mr. Rathom says that he has a safe full of documents yet unused which he will pull out if the situation ever again requires it. The story bristles with dramatic little scenes almost unbelievable in humdrum America. There is Bernstorff's confidential secretary at the last moment at Halifax revealing himself as an American. There is the pretty stenographer who sat on the packing box with Captain von Papen and made him write the evidence of his own guilt. And through it all runs the trail of the "green blubber," which is Mr. Rathom's word for the strange "air holes" in German brains which make them overlook the most obvious things. We see the "green blubber" when Van Horne, the spy, dressed up like a workman and then rode in a Pullman. Follows, too, the incident of the foolish little street car fight that cost Doctor Albert his famous portfolio of treacherous secrets. It's a Great Story. It's a great story, and greater still in its hints of what it might be. Here it is: "The Providence Journal," begins the Editor and Publisher, "happened upon its course of exposure through having had for ten years before the war what other papers described as a 'bug' on wireless telegraphy. The paper had maintained two powerful wireless plants at Point Judith and at Block Island. When war broke out they had decided to 'listen in' on the messages crossing the Atlantic. For five months they kept record of these messages, and then they set out to find the codes and make revelations. Of the material they secured they used only a fractional part. "One of the newspaper's stenographers was sent and secured an appointment in the Austrian consulate in New York. Other of its workers were constantly engaged in shadowing Captain Boy-Ed, Captain von Papen, former Austrian Ambassador Dumba, the German Ambassador Bernstorff and other German and Austrian officials. The two wireless plants unceasingly listened in, two shifts of operators at work day and night, on Sayville and Nantucket, the two wireless stations which were being used mostly by the Germans to keep in touch with Berlin, from where they received instructions for every detail of their plotting polite. "For the United States government the Brooklyn navy yard had had instructions to keep a close watch on the Sayville and Nantucket stations, but nothing suspicious was ever reported until Mr. Rathom took some of the messages which he had received from his operators to the state department. It was then learned that the navy navy operators had been in the pay of German agents in America, and had been told not to hear too much. Ingenious Codes Used. "The codes used by the Germans were of the most ingenious nature. Many of them pretended to be stock quotations, and some were even done up as funeral directions. In some cases, however, the codes showed evidence of the "green blubber," referred to by the speaker, as on one occasion when Mr. Rathom was able to go to President Wilson and show him copies of eight separate messages sent by the wireless plant within nine days, all relating that "little Emily" had died of such and such an illness, in a certain part of a room, had been buried in a certain cemetery beside such and such a previously deceased relative. In every one of these messages the illness, the part of the room, the name of the relative, the cemetery, and so on, varied, and a clear code was detected in each of the messages. Green Blubber In Brain. "The first revelation which Mr. Rathom told illustrated the German capacity for blundering. It was the story of Werner Horne—the man who was responsible for the attempt to blow up the Vanceboro bridge. Horne had been detected as a German spy by one of the Journal reporters in New York. In an effort to disguise himself Horne allowed his beard to grow for three days, put on an old suit which he purchased for three dollars (even this detail was reported) and packed his personal effects in an old carpet bag. Having carried out these elaborate precautions he took passage for the point where the "job" was to be done, on one of the finest and most luxurious trains in the United States. As is well known now, he was caught. When asked later by Mr. Rathom why he had been foolish enough to travel first-class in such shabby dress, Horne replied that he was a German officer and a gentleman and always traveled in the best style. Passport Prud Outlined. "Another German scheme in which the Journal reporters outwitted the Teutons occurred soon after in New York also. A fraudulent passport bureau, operated by German officials, was discovered doing a land-office business in an office building on Broadway. The Journal—faking as a public accountant on the one side and a manufacturers' agent on the other—sandwiched the passport forgers between them. Every word that passed in this office was recorded by means of the instruments used for that purpose, and reported to the Providence Journal. When sufficient evidence was gathered the United States secret service was notified and the three forgers were taken away. As soon as they had been removed three of the Journal's employees were allowed to take charge of the office to receive the patrons. It was not long after that Von Papen and the German military attach at Tokyo came in with a list of names of men for whom they desired passports. The name at the top of the list was that of Werner Horne." Journal Man Bermatortff Secretary. "A friend of mine," said Mr. Rathom, "thinking himself very friendly, but in a thing which I objected to, went to Paris and while there bought a lot of war relics. Among them was one of the first iron crosses that had been given by the German emperor to a major of a German regiment, who dled on the field and whose cross had been taken from him and taken to Paris. It was sold to my friend, with statements as to whom it had belonged, and my friend sent it to me. I sent it to Bernstorff with a letter, saying that mark of honorable distinction of a man who had done his duty for his country belongs to his family. I gave the name of the man and the name of the family, and begged him to take care of the cross so that it could be sent back after the war or at some time to the man's people. Tears Note to Pieces. "The ambassador tore the note to pieces, threw the note in the face of the man I sent, and threw the cross on the floor, saying that, after having been defiled by the hands of American dogs, that cross was of no use to anybody in Germany. I knew my man was telling the truth, because the man I had in there reported the incident to me exactly the way he did. Incidentally I might say that the individual to whom I refer was in the German embassy 17 months as one of the ambassador's secretaries, and the ambassador had no knowledge that he was not what he pretended to be until the Frederik VIII left New York for Halifax. He said to my man, "You had better get aboard or you will lose your boat," and he replied: "I am safer on this side." Mr. Bernstorff had no idea of that man's identity or whom he was serving until he left New York. And he wrote a letter from Halifax to a friend in New York, which he attempted to get sent back, but which was intercepted, telling some of his friends, what he thought of this individual. When Huerta Met Boy-Ed. "The famous Huerta case, the attempt of the German government to emboll us with Mexico, an attempt that the recent Zimmermann letters proved beyond any doubt to be true, was already proved by us a long time before. Early in the war my man in the embassy—I say my man; you must pardon me for that; I mean our man, because I am not the Providence Journal—was ordered by Captain Boy-Ed to go to New York and get a suite of six quiet rooms in a hotel where Boy-Ed and his people could meet Huerta. Naturally enough, my man, being loyal, could do nothing else than select the rooms we selected for him, so he went to the Manhattan hotel and got a suite of rooms which he rigged up with the apparatus I spoke of; and, to make assurance doubly sure, I got another man to act as chauffeur on the auto that brought Huerta. "They had their conference, and at the conclusion of that conference every word that was uttered—uttered through an interpreter, because Boy-Ed did not speak Spanish—was sent down to the department of state the next morning. They had the entire facts before them and knew everything, and for several months later, when Boy-Ed and Bernstorff were frothing at the mouth and uttering denials, the state department had the very words that were uttered. Romance Among Spies. "Another incident," he continued, "that is of great interest came when one of our valued and keenest stenographers in our own office, a girl that came to us seven years ago from about twenty miles outside of Providence, was given a position in the office of the Austrian consul general in New York city. She had never been in New York before, but she was ahead of a number of people in competition, and the man choosing the stenographer they wanted (a capable girl able to do his work and to keep her mouth shut) had been informed that she was the party to choose—by other friends, of ours. One day about five or six weeks after she got there she informed us that a great packing case was being filled up with propaganda documents and with bills of expense in connection with explosions in munition plants and other vital and valuable things, and was.to be shipped off the following week right straight to England on a Swedish ship and from there to Germany. Von Papen Flirts. "The only thing we could possibly do was to identify the package. One day when they were about to close the package up this girl, under instructions—and I may say incidentally she is now back at work getting her $16 a week—sat on this box eating her lunch. Nearly everybody else had gone, but Von Papen, rather debonair and fond of ladies, wandered in and sat on the packing box and asked if he could share her lunch with her. She said certainly, and while they were sharing the sandwiches he made some sentimental advances and she in rather a dreamy way took out a large red pencil and drew two big red hearts on this packing case. It was Captain Von Papen himself who put an arrow through them. And, ladies and gentlemen, when the ship Austrias II reached Falmouth they picked that package out of the hold from about a hundred and fifty others and identified it by the two big red hearts. And yet they say there are no brilliant people but the Germans." "Another incident, the loss of a portfolio belonging to Dr. Heinrich Albert, an Austrian official, which contained papers relating to Ambassador Dumba's efforts to incite labor troubles in the United States, created quite a stir among the diplomats. Mr. Rathom told of how a Journal reporter got the papers as the result of which Dumba was sent back to Austria by the president. "One of the Journal reporters had been shadowing Doctor Albert in New York, but for months nothing seemed wrong. One day he went into a leather goods store, where he ordered a portfolio and gave the salesman instructions to put his initials on it. The reporter, as soon as Albert had gone out, walked up to the salesman and ordered another portfolio of the same kind, but with no initials, saying he would rather first see how the other gentleman's initials looked. When he came back and saw the initials he said he didn't like them and departed to go to another shop and have the same initials put on his portfolio. His work was becoming less tiresome and less fruitless than it had been. "A day or two later Albert, carrying the new portfolio, was followed from the front of his apartments by the Journal man. Albert boarded an elevated train. He placed his bag containing papers on the seat beside him. Suddenly he was stirred by a fight in the front of the car. As he stood up to see what the trouble was, as did nearly everybody else in the car, the portfolios were changed. This happened on a Saturday morning. Albert, in a statement later, said that he discovered the trick the same day, but we know for a fact that he did not discover the difference until Monday morning. Needless to say, the men who were fighting on the street car were also in the employ of the Journal.' "It was through the Journal, Mr. Rathom said, that a great quantity of important papers were secured from Wolf von Igel. These papers revealed the Casement plot for the Irish uprising. When the papers were taken, Mr. Rathom said, in illustrating his point that there is a certain amount of stupidity in all German diplomatists, Von Bernstorff made application to the state department to have them returned. He was told that any paper he could identify would be returned to him, and then realized how he had committed himself in asking that the papers be returned. Asked Journal Suppression. "Three days before Bernstorff was ordered to return to Germany, Mr. Rathom declared, he demanded that the American government suppress the Providence Journal. "Every statement that we have made in regard to German plots in the United States has been proven to be positively true,' declared Mr. Rathom. 'For the first nine or ten months no one believed what we were saying. We were shouting against the wind. The dismissal of Doctor Dumba was the first result of our months of effort. "We have not printed one-fifth of what we secured, but we were very glad, when events turned, to turn the key on the safe in which it is deposited and forget the balance, because the work we tried to do has been accomplished." CHARGES HE ROLLED UP UNCLE SAM'S SLEEVES Chicago.—Because Frederick W. Elchorn has been selling statues of Uncle Sam with his sleeves rolled up, Henry Borzone has sued him for $50,000. Borzone claims that he designed a statue of Uncle Sam showing him peacefully carrying a flag, and that Elchorn copied it, rolling up Uncle Sam's sleeves as the only change. Waste Worth $10,000. Bloomsburg, Pa.—For years a pile of waste from irridium, a material used in making diamond pointed fountain pens, was thought worthless by manufacturers here. Recently a stranger dropped in and offered $75 a pound, or more than $10,000 for it. It is used in the munitions industry. LOCAL NEWS Wanted—Subscribers to Pay. IMPORTANT NOTICE During the summer the Twin City Star forms will be closed on Wednesday night. Persons wishing to see the Editor may call at 1317 6th Ave. N. on Wednesdays from 9 A. M. to 12, and 3 to 6 P. M. Tel. N. W. Hyland 1205. Unless notes are written plainly and properly arranged they will not be inserted. Many people send in notes regardless of names, initials or composition. Arrangement by the publisher will be charged for. Free notices must be correctly written. BARNUM AND BAILY CIRCUS IS COMING Greatest Show on Earth Will Soon Exhibit in This Vicinity Once again the glad tidings are being spread broadcast telling of the coming of Barnum & Baily's circus. The greatest show on Earth, it is announced, will positively be exibited within easy travelling distance this season and, as usual, a large percentage of the population will declare a holiday to visit the show. The big circus will exhibit in Minneapolis on July 16-17 "CENSORED" Is G. L. Morrill's subject next Sunday at the New Garden theater at 10:30 a. m., when he will continue his 'uncensored' discussion of the Minnesota Safety Board and its unscrupulous methods. He will show fifty new pictures that he recently took in Mexico. Travel movies and organ recital. Everybody is welcome. Mrs. Scott's Luncheon. Mrs. Belle K. Scott, 5109 France avenue, entertained on Friday afternoon, July 6, in honor of Mesdames Florence Drake Thompson of St. Paul and Daisy Dum Burton of Minneapolis. Covers were laid for six. The decorations were sweetpeas and ferns, and baskets of cut flowers were artistically arranged throughout the home. The color scheme was pink and white. Those invited were Mesdames M. O. Cannon, Minnie Richardson, Sarah Robinson and Agnes Eddings. Mrs. A. Williams of Charleston, S. C., has arrived in the city to reside with her daughter, Mrs. E. Darrows. Mr. O. Alexander returned to the city last week after an absence of six weeks. Several waiters left Monday evening for Duluth to work at the Spalding Hotel. They were engaged by Mr. Glover Shull. The Editor's Birthday. Editor Chas. Sumner Smith expects to spend his forty-third birthday anniversary, July 15. Mr. Everett Jackson has been very sick with a cold. He is rapidly improving. Mr. Judge Johnston, 255 Eighth avenue north, is suffering from a serious and painful accident. He stuck a nail in his foot on last Sunday and is confined to his home. Mrs. John Connors, 535 Irving avenue north, who has been ill several months, left Tuesday for Rochester, Minn., for an examination by Drs. Mayo. She may undergo an operation. Mr. Ernest Simpson, ex-assistant fire marshal, who has been ill several months, is improving. He once conducted a tailoring establishment, and has among his friends many of our race, who wish his speedy recovery. Mr. Hezekiah Allen, elevator operator at the Minneapolis Gas Company building, spent a pleasant two weeks' vacation at Lake Minnetonka. Mrs. Calvin Mason and baby are visiting in Topeka, Kan., as the guests of her mother, Mrs. George Woolridge, and her husband's mother, Mrs. George Mason. Mr. Carl Wade is spending the summer at Howard's Point, Excelsior, Minn. Atty. and Mrs. Brown S. Smith spent a day fishing there and made a good catch. Mr. Martin Brown has gone to Lake Minnetonka for the summer. Let It Follow You. THE TWIN CITY STAR will be sent to any out of town address. Send your subscription in postage stamps. Read your home paper while visiting in other cities. It's like a letter from home. Mr. H. G. Vaughn of Little Rock, Ark. is a recent arrival and guest of his old friend, "Eddie" Boyd. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jeffrey have moved to 2316 Tenth avenue south. Our New Agent. Miss Sadie Marteen will solicit your subscriptions and advertisements for THE TWIN CITY STAR. Any courtesies extended her will be fully appreciated—Editor. Call on her evenings at Simmons' Cafe, Fifth street south and Fourth avenue, and pay your subscription. THE STAR'S PHONE, HY. 1205. --- ELKS INSTALL OFFICERS Ames Lodge of Elks No. 106, I. B. P. O. E. of W., held their regular installation on July 10. The following are the officers until Jan., 1918: Exalted Ruler, P. H. Southall; Esteemed Leading Knight, Wm. Cratic; Esteemed Lecturing Knight, Chas. Summer Smith; Esteemed Loyal Knight, St. Elmo Vinegar; Treasurer, Wm. Stirman; Financial Secretary, Wm. R. Morris; Recording Secretary, G. E. Southall; Esquire, Everett Jackson, Tyler Ross Hamilton; Inner Guard, Benj. Berry; Chaplain, Wm. McIntosh; Trustee, B. M. McDew; Master Social Sessions, Judge Johnston; Organist, Jacob Giles. The sick committee is Bros. Fred Thomas, Wm. Cratic and James Branch. Committee on applications, Bros. Clarence McCullough, Edw. Pipkin and Cooper Lewis. The ways and means committee, Bros. Geo. W. Bryant, W. A. Hilyard, Jr., and Norman Bradshaw. Delegates to Grand Lodge. P. E. R. Wm. R. Morris, P. E. R. Geo. W. Holbert and P. E. R. Geo. W. Bryant were elected as delegate to the Grand Lodge, which meets in Cleveland, Ohio, in August. The alternates are P. E. R. Fred G. Thomas, Chas. Summer Smith and Glover Shull. *POLICEWOMAN MAKES ARRESTS. Mrs. W. R. Donovan, after a thorough investigation, caused the arrest of Harry Jones who was living with a young girl at 10th avenue south and 3rd st. Jones forfeited his ball and a bench warrant for his arrest was ordered by Judge C. L. Smith. The girl (whose name we withhold) was given the choice of a year in the workhouse or the House of Good Shepherd. She accepted the latter and was committed Tuesday. Mrs. Donovan has received many reports of runaway girls, desertion, immoral association, etc. She is making every effort to reform our young girls, and many have promised to lead better lives. Several cases show that men are forcing girls into shame and living on the profits. Mrs. Donovan is after such men. DICKERSON'S CARNIVAL CO. Open, Week in Beemil, Md. John A. Dickerson's Carnival Company opened Tuesday, July 10, in Bemidji. They closed a successful week at Crookston, Minn., their first week on the road. The season's prospects are very bright. The people in Crookston speak in highest praise of the carnival's features and especially of the splendid deportment of the members of the company. Mr. Edw. Boyd received the sad news of the death of his brother, Lindsey Boyd, in Starkville, Miss., last week. Mrs. W. W. Brunere, 612 Bryant avenue north, who was operated on at Asbury Hospital on July 6, by Dr. R. S. Brown, is rapidly recovering. WANTED—Information as to whereabouts of Mrs. Zora Clay, formerly lived at Rochester, Minn. Write Twin City Star, Minneapolis, Minn. Mr. J. P. Jackson, 401 Fifth avenue south, who has been ill several weeks, was taken to the City Hospital on Tuesday morning. There is small hope for his recovery. He is well known as "Sandwich Jack," and was for many years a recognized cook and caterer. Police Officer Chas. J. Kelso enjoyed his vacation of two weeks. TWO LARGE ROOMS, neatly furnished, modern conveniences, in residential section. Mrs. W. W. Williams, 2900 Eleventh avenue south. Drexel 4728. Mr. and Mrs. C. Cunningham have moved to 2017 East 34th street. Mr. 'Link' Manley, who has been at the City Hospital over a year, is slowly regaining his health. Mr. C. D. Howard, the popular railroad man, has been ill for several weeks with rheumatism at his residence, 1031 Sixth avenue N. He is slowly improving. THE ELK'S PICNIC Ames Lodge of Elks will give their annual picnic at Stubb's Bay on the Luce Line on Wednesday, July 25th. Remember the date! The Elks' Special will leave at 2 p. m. Fare for round trip, 50c. Tickets on sale after July 10th. Mrs. Samuel McCullom of "Soo," Mich., is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Walter Blackburn, of 3137 Findley Pl. Mrs. Legrinia Williams of Winnipeg is visiting Mrs. Ed. Hall of St. Paul. Miss Albreta Bell is improving. Mrs. Mattie Wade-Hicks and her daughter, Miss Opal Wade, left last week for an extended visit to Seattle, Wash., and coast cities. They will remain about two months. Mrs. Hicks is an ex-president of the Minnesota State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. A COMING EVENT The N. A. A. C. P. is working hard to present a beautiful and humorous play entitled "Pro Tem" to be followed by a dance. Watch for the date. You must not miss this as it will be the grand social event of the midsummer season. ATTENDS EDITORIAL CONVEN- TION. Chas. Sumner Smith attended several meetings of the National Editorial Association, of which he is a member. He was pleased to show several copies of Negro weeklies to some of the white editors, who had not seen a Negro newspaper. They were much impressed with the make-up and editorials in the Negro press. Editor Smith will visit Stillwater on Saturday with the association. The meeting was a success and Minneapolis proved her reputation as a convention city. A CHANGE OF OFFICE. The Star is no longer published in the Nygren Printing Co. office at 385 So. 5th St. We regret to leave after seven years' association, but we are now prepared to publish earlier and expect our notes to reach us by Wednesday A. M. Send all matter to 1317 6th Ave. No., and call there on Wednesday to see the Editor in person. Phone N. W., Hy. 1205, to insure appointment. UNION SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC. The Annual Union Picnic of the Twin City Sunday Schools will be held at Como Park on July 24th. NOTED HAWAIIAN DANCERS VISIT THIS CITY. Miss Elizabeth Wallace of Hawaii is visiting this city. She is known as Princess Pauaiah and is a noted dancer, having appeared in the Royal Theater of England and through Europe and other parts of the world. She carries a company of six Hawaiian men, of which she is manager. While here she was entertained by Mesdames Chas. Sexton, J. B. Burkes and Clarence Cunningham. Are you a delinquent subscriber? If so, why not send your subscription? AUTOS FOR HIRE. Service At All Hours. When you want a good Touring Car for Picnics, Fishing Parties, etc., also Moving or Expressing,—Call ANDERSON, Main 2267. Prices Reasonable.—Advertisement. THE TWIN CITY STAR Is on Sale at BELL'S BARBER SHOP, 244 3rd_Ave. So. McDEW'S BARBER SHOP, 3 North 3rd St. CUT RATE GROCERY, 429 North 6th Ave. SIMMONS' RESTAURANT, 500 4th_Ave. So. YOUR PUBLICITY PAYS. All persons interested in the progress of their lodges, churches, societies etc., should value the power of printer's ink. They should see that their secretaries SEND ALL NOTICES to the newspapers in proper time. They think the Editor should attend every affair, whether invited or not, and should know "What is going on?"—without being informed. Many exchanges clip from our columns, and often things done in Minneapolis get national publicity. Don't Judge the Telephone Company by One Act of an Unthinking Employee Our employees have all been taught to be courteous, obliging and careful, but we know that occasionally some of them make mistakes. If one of our employees does not treat you as you think he or she should, do you criticise the Company? Why don't you give us the same consideration you expect in your business when one of your employees makes a mistake? Don't judge this Company by one act of a thoughtless employee. If you believe we have erred in any way in dealing with you, please call it to our attention that we may correct the mistake. FEDERATION CONVENTION. Thirteenth Annual Meeting Well Attended. The 13th Annual Meeting of the Minnesota State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs was held in Duluth on June 27-28, at St. Mark's A. M. E. Church. Mrs. Mary Hatcher, first vice-president, called the meeting to order. Mrs. Laura Colby of Duluth, read the welcome address, Mrs. Ethel Howard Maxwell of St. Paul responded. The program was "Temperance Conference," led by Mrs. Naomi Thomas, of Duluth. The question, "Is a Social Glass Harmless?" was discussed by Misses Mary Bird and Eleanor Rodney of Duluth. Their talks were very interesting and instructive. The Round Table Talks Subject "Pitfalls and Club Work" was led by Mrs. Na- talle Johnson of St. Paul. Paper—"Some things we should know about noted men," by Mrs. Jessie Montgomery of Duluth. "Vocal Trio," by Misses Rodney, Byrd and Richardson of Duluth. Paper—"The Unfolding of Mental and Scriptural Life," by Mrs. Ethel H. Maxwell of St. Paul. Dramatic Reading—Mrs. May S. B. Graves of St Paul, and Mrs. S. M. McNeal of Duluth. "A plea for better informed mothers and child welfare." Mrs. Minnie Adams of Duluth. Paper—"Negro Womanhood, a factor in race uplift, Mrs. Josie Mofly. Paper—"Federated Clubs—the Union of all for the good of all." Selected, Solo—Mrs. Mary Black Mason of St. Paul. The following officers were elected: President, Mrs. Jessie Williams, Duluth; First Vice President, Mrs. Ethel Howard Maxwell, St. Paul; Second Vice President, Mrs. Minnie Burwell, Minneapolis; Recording Secretary, Mrs. Mary Black Mason, Assistant Recording Secretary, Mrs. Estella Green, St. Paul; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Josie Mobly, Duluth; Treasurer, Mrs. Hester Keeyes, Minneapolis; State Organizer, Mrs. Susan Evans, Duluth; Editor, Mrs. May L. B. Graves, St. Paul; Assistant Editor, Mrs. Minnie Adams, Duluth; Second Assistant Editor, Mrs. Jennie Wilkerson, Minneapolis; Chaplain, Mrs. Mary Hatcher; Historian, Mrs. Dora Adams, St. Paul; Parliamentarian, Mrs. Bessie Miller, St. Paul. New Clubs Enrolled. Duluth has enrolled three new clubs of active women, viz.—Book Club, Mrs. E. Watts, president; Civic and Art Club, Mrs. J. B. De Leo, president; Inter-State Club, Mrs. J. D. Molby, president. The convention was unanimous in the opinion that Duluth afforded the best entertainment and programs ever given the Federation. There was no limit to hospitality, and the club women and their friends of the Zenith City made an enviable record. The meeting was an inspiration and the workers are greatly encouraged. NORTHWESTERN MINING DEVELOPMENT CO. IS SELLING SHARES The Northwestern Mining Development Company has been organized at Duluth, Minn. Its officers are, Wm. Dawson, president, Wm. R. Hutchins Vice Pres., Geo. B. Kelley Sec'y. and Treasurer. They have issued a prospectus, giving a complete description of conditions, which will be sent on application to the Sec'y. at 501-11 Columbia Bldg., 'Duluth, Minn. 16.000 Shares for Sale. The company proposes to offer the first block of 16,000 shares fully paid and non-assessable, at twenty-five cents per share, and feels confident that any one purchasing this stock will be amply rewarded for his investment. As soon as this block of stock is sold, there will be no more stock offered at this figure. THE DOUGLASS HOME FUND Mrs. M. B. Talbert sent her check for $2,500 as a payment on the home of Frederick Douglass, which will be a Negro Historical Museum. The amount was raised by the Woman's Federated Clubs of which she is president. BAKER VISITS NEGRO CAMP. Ray Stannard Baker, the well know writer, visited the Training Camp for Negro officers at Fort Des Moines last week. He was well pleased with the conditions of the camp, the personel of the men in training and the officers in charge. FIRST COLORED ELEVATOR GIRL. Rochester, N. Y.—Mrs. Loretta Bond, a member of the Negro race, has the distinction of being Rochester's first elevator girl. She is employed by the Walter E. Bedell Company Store. Her uniform is khaki trimmed with brass buttons. She took charge of the elevator after a former operator had enlisted in the army. It is our purpose to have our young people learn the value of efficiency. Learn to be the master of one vocation. The ambitious Negro of the last generation has everything in his favor. It was not long ago, that the college diploma was the best credential for menial employment. There is a grand future for every ambitious young man or woman today. They may feel assured of a safe return for their time spent in preparing for their proposed work. FEZZAH J. HENRY SHERWOOD SHERWOOD AT TRAINING CAMP Jose H. Sherwood of St. Paul, Minn., is at the training camp for Negro officers at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. Sherwood is a leader in race movements and is nationally known as a prominent Mason. He is on a leave of absence from the postoffice department, where he holds an important position. "Joe" has many friends, who wish him a successful term at the camp. MISS BAKER LEADS CLASS. Cambridge Girl Wins Highest Honors In Class of 250. It is a pleasure to note the number of graduates from the different schools in Greater Boston for the school year 1917, which by far exceeds the number of former years. Some will enter institutions of higher learning; others will go into the various occupations as they see fit. Whatever capacity of work they may be engaged in, we hope that their previous training will be an incentive for continued study and perseverance in order to be prepared to meet the necessary requirements in life, says the Boston Guardian. Miss Irma M. Baker of 77 Prentiss street graduated from the Cambridge English high and Latin school with the proud distinction of winning the highest honor out of a class of 250 girls. She delivered the salutatory address on "Success" before the largest crowd that ever assembled for a graduation at Sanders theater. Never before in Cambridge, the city noted for its schools and colleges of learning, has a colored girl achieved such honors, and today not only her parents, who, we know, feel proud, but the whole race, join in the praise of this great honor. During the four years of her attendance she has never been late or absent. Fifteenth Regiment First on War Basis. Of the thirteen commands which have reached war basis in New York state the Fifteenth regiment of colored men in the national guard of New York was the first to reach the required standard. Thus again the colored man has shown his loyalty to the country. We congratulate Colonel William Hayward and his men upon their ability to get on the mark first. New Literary Society at Pittsburgh. The latest addition to the numerous literary and social organizations in Pittsburgh is the Morningside Literary and Debating society. The society holds its meetings at the Morningside Baptist church, in which it was organized in June. Elks to Meet at Cleveland (O.) July 26. The annual convention of the grand lodge Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World will be held at Cleveland, O., from Aug. 26 to 30, inclusive. Armond W. Scott of Washington is the grand exalted ruler. Sunday Schools to Meet In Yonkers. The annual meeting of the New York state Sunday school convention will be held with the Messiah Baptist Sunday school at Yonkers, N. Y., on Thursday and Friday, July 19 and 20. Many important features of Sunday school work are on the program for discussion. Pity the poor children of many families. It is hard for many a hard working parent to support a family. Under the high cost of living these innocent sufferers are denied the necessities of life. We have a Belgium within our borders. I am against Catholic, Protestant, or Jew, if the representative of any of these creeds does anything against the American spirit. I demand whole-hearted and undivided loyalty to the United States. I denounce as a crime against the country the effort by any section of our people, of whatever origin to perpetuate racial divisions in this country.—Theodore Rosevelt, in Metropolitan, Dec. 1916. Allen Enemies Are Arrested Allen Enemies Are Arrested Milwaukee, July 13.—Twelve alien enemies were arrested by federal officers here, charged with changing their place of residence or employment in restricted zones without notifying federal authorities. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS ADVERTISE HERE, IT PAYS. SPECIAL FOR GENTLEMEN. Large front room for rent for one man or two gentlemen; parlor floor, desirable location, modern, steam heated, near 3 car lines. Mrs. Joseph Thomas, 2801 Portland Ave. N. W. South 2164. For rent:—Nice large front room, thoroughly modern. Suitable for middle aged couple or two young men. Call South 1420. MODERN FLAT FOR RENT—Modern 6-room flat, light and convenient, on North Sixth avenue car line, for respectable tenants. Call Hyland 1205. TWO FLATS FOR RENT—2111 Fifth avenue south—All modern, in duplex; upstairs, 4 rooms; downstairs, 5 rooms. Desirable location. Call Foster, Colfax 7005. EVERY DAY is BARGAIN DAY at the ROOT & HAGEMAN STORE. 407 Nicollet Ave. WHY WORRY? TAKE LIFE EASY! You may enjoy comfort and make it pleasant for the whole family and your friends at little expense, if you invest in a Porch-Couch or Rocker, or Lawn Swing or Hammock. They are on sale at BOUTELL'S. Reasonable Prices and Terms.—Advertisement. REMEMBER THIS The J. & H. Laundry is owned and operated by the Gibbs Boys, sons of Mrs. Ione E. Gibbs. We mention this because many on the north side patronize other firms. This is the most modern wet wash laundry in the Northwest. RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION The publisher of The Twin City Star urgently requests that subscribers send in their dues, or ask for a collector to call. The cost of publishing a newspaper is increasing, and it is important that subscriptions and ads be paid for NOW. THE ARCADIA RESTAURANT. - Starts Summer Service. Mr. W. S. Simmon has started his Summer Service at the Arcade Restaurant, 500 Fourth Ave. So. Refreshing Tonics, Brazilla, Lemonades and Ice Cream Soda, will be served. Patrons will find this the best place in the city to enjoy clean food and delicious soft drinks. STEWART'S TEMPERANCE SERVICE. The ladies are especially invited to visit Stewart's Hotel, where they may enjoy their meals and "temperance" drinks. Under the regulations of the Public Safety Commission no liquors are served ladies at any time and men are served between the hours of 8 a. m. and 10 P. M. excepting Sundays. Ladies admitted every day. Special music.—Advertisement. SIMMONS ALL-NIGHT SERVICE Miss Sadie Marteen is in charge of the night service at Simmons Cafe. Late lunches and early breakfasts will be the specialties. Summer refreshments. Advertisement A YOUNG NEWS AGENT. Master Wm. Helm, Jr., of 3115 Columbus Ave., is our new agent. 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CIGARS, POOL AND BILLIARD TABLES IN CONNECTION. RACE PAPERS—SHOES SHINED. THOMPSON & CARVER, Props. < The Waiters’ and Porters’ Club 4 GLOVER SHULL, PREs. ery RnR i, uneegrelis SMALL MEN ARE TO HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO ENLIST War Department Decides That Little Men Make Just as Gopd Soldiers as Their Bigger Brothers. Washington, July 13. — Small men make as good soldiers as big men in the revised opinion of the War de- partment, which has instructed re- cruiting stations to open the ranks. of the regular army to men no more than 5 feet 1 inch in height, and who weigh only 110 pounds. ‘Tho order was issued on the basis of,a recommendation made by Sur- geom General Gorgas, who advised that good men were being kept out by the minimum height and weight limit of 5 feet 4 inches and 120 pounds. 48 a matter of fact, however, re- cruiting officers had been instructed not to force rigidly the height and weight minimum limits and there are @ considerable number now in the ar my who are below the 5 feet 4 re- ‘quirement. | The new orders will have a wide effect in national guard recruiting and probably in selections for the Na- tional army. Regular army standards govern both of these services in a gen- eral way. FOUNDER OF EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION PASSES Sudden Death of Col. Herbert While Attending National Convention at Minneapolis. - Minneapolis, July 12—Colonel Ben- jamin B Herbert of Chicago, founder of the National Editorial association, who was taken suddenly ill, died at the University of “Minnesota farm school hospital shortly before mid- ‘night. Death was due to heart dis- ‘ease. Colonel Herbert was editor of the National Printer-Journalist of Chi- cago, and had been attending the ed!- tors’ convention here. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE STAR. Do not delay in sending in your indebtedness for the Twin City Star U. 5, FORCE CROSSES FRAKCE “PERSHING'S BOYS" MOVE TO PERMANENT BASE. People Greet Troops Enthusiastically Along Entire Route, Cheering Crowds Greeting Trains. ‘With the American Army in France, July 13. — Pershing’s boys have cross ed France from the camps near the French seaport where they first land. ed, to the permanent new base. It was one great triumphal proces- sion, In trains carrying 1,000 each the American troops rode through some of the most beautiful parts of France. Nearly all the way they sang patriot ic songs, marching songs, ragtime— everything. Some displayed their lin guistic and musical talents by hum: ming French airs they had picked up in the few short weeks in camp. Greeted by Cheering Crowds. All along the itinerary, in every city, town, village and hamlet, the trains were greeted by cheering crowds. As. the first train passed through the inhabitants in the imme- Miate vicinity of the station came run- aing out. No piece of gossip ever made such wildfire progress through towns, big and small as the news that the ““Sammies” were passing through. Everywhere thousands of men, wom- en and children streamed in and when the last train passed through, the tracks were thickly lmed with a ju- oilant multitude. At places where the passing of the “Sammies” had been known before. hand, the Stars and 3tripes were displayed with an opul- ence that strongly suggested Ameri- can towns celebrating the Fourth of Tuly. ABDICATION IS EXPECTED - OF MANCHU RULER AT ONCE Successful Entry of Republican Troops Into Peking Indicates Knell of Em- peror—Chang’s Troops Deserting. Washington, July 13.—Entry of the Republican troops into Peking was announced im a dispatch to the Chi- nese legation yesterday, indicating that the monarchial coup de-etat had complete failure. The dispatch was the first in two weeks to come chrough from the Peking foreign office. The second and final abdication of the Manchu emperor, Hsuan Tung, it 8 said, fs expected momentarily along with the arrest of General Chang Hsuan, the military adventurer, re- sponsible for the coup. General Chang has withdrawn to the imperial city, a sacred section of Pe- king, where it 1s reported his troops are fast deserting him. Escape is cut off and officials -here believe that at last China is about to rid herself of a military leader who has been a thorn in the side of the republic ever since its inception, FRENCH WRECK KRUPP PLANT Airplanes Destroy One-fourth of Essen Factory, Report. * Amsterdam, July 11—Les Nouvelles of Maestricht, Holland, reports that Dutch workmen who were laid off at the Krupp works on account of the de- struction of buildings in the recent French air ra{d assert that a quarter of the Essen plant was destroyed. The material damage is placed at millions of francs and it is said 100 employees were killed and hundreds of others in- cluding 45 French prisoners wounded. One and possibly two French air. planes dropped bombs on Essen. The official German report of the raid said only, two bomb holes were found. Insolvent Banker Gets 3 Years. Chicago, ‘July 13.—John M. Tana. nevicz, whose private bank failed last fal with a shortage of approximately $500,000, was found guilty by a jury of receiving deposits while insolv. ent and was sentenced by Judge Hugo Pam to thrge years in the peniten: tiary. His motion for a new trial will be heard July 21. > o ah Hi} 1 I | i) oe t NO | WATER bY modern house.” fj A Gas Water Heater Solves the Problem. Sold by ie . The Minneapolis Gas Light Go, ie ° Pea Fe oY pee Fhe ¢ Ea Si pe area ane. aa Pepe iia eas oie Pa Ei se they Bi 2) SOS Ny athe ee ae a Aare ae ak oes 7 odor as Monet ee ae A DAY WITH THE ELKS Ames Lodge No. 106 I B. P. O. E. of W. Will Give a Grand Outing at ’ ] , Stubb’s Bay on the Luce Line Wednesday, July 25th, 1917 Remember our success last year. Bring your Family and Friends and enjoy a day’s outing with the Elks at this Ideal Picnic ground. The facilities at STUBB’S BAY are such that will furnish real Picnic Enjoyments including Boating, Fishing, Bathing and Dancing. Refreshments and good things to eat can be obtained on the grounds. No intoxicants sold. Trains leave LUCE LINE DEPOT, 2nd Ave. N. and 7th St., 8:00 and 11/15 A. M. and 1:10, 4:10, 6:10 P. M. Returning leave Stubbs Bay 2:45, 4:50 and 9:30 P. M.. These are the only trains. Don’t miss them! Buy your tickets in advance. Round Trip Fare: Adults, 50c; Children, 25c. Good Music COMMITTEE—Luke Tichenor, Chas. Sumner Smith, Ewing Shannon, F. G. Thomas, Ross Hamilton. Tickets may be secured from any member of Ames. MADAME M. HART, The Reliable Milliner. BARGAINS IN MILLINERY. MADAM HART, 1215 Washington Ave. So. is having her ANNUAL SPRING SALE of HATS of the LATEST DESIGNS. No two Pat- tern Hats alike. A choice stock to select from. ATTENTION! LADIES. MANICURING AND FACIAL MASSAGE ELSCTRIC HAIR TREATMENTS GIVEN HAIR STRAIGHTENING MY SPECIALTY. MADAM HART'S PREPARATIONS. ARTESIA CREAM. Handled past ten years. Removes Liver spots and black heads, Dieaehes the ‘skin and renews it natural color. 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MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. sre Honawseiea eicia ait THE MAELSTROM OF PUBLIC OPINION Occasions arise where words of clear-headed, far-seeing guidance from men of knowledge and judgment would be helpful to all of us. We rightfully look for this from prominent men who ought always to be publicists. But in our inconsiderate haste we insist on immediate declarations of opinion from those whom we are accustomed to follow. Not only must their views be given instantly, but they must also be sharp and decided. Thus those who should be the leaders of public thought too frequently become panders to public impatience. They are too often competitors for publicity. They strive to get on the front page of the first edition of the newspapers. To do this, speeches and interviews even on the gravest and most complicated questions are prepared with frantic precipitancy and in lurid language. That necessary delay required by gathering and mastering data and carefully working out the problem which it presents would make out of date the publication of the conclusions thus formed; while cool and balanced language would lack that sting and eccentricity at present so attractive to our taste. We require that the outgivings of our public men shall be full of "pep" and "punch;" otherwise they are rejected by a public palate which has become accustomed to high seasoning. Thus our public discussion is peculiarly heated, spasmodic and charged with error. Instead of a full statement of facts, they are often given only in part and with prejudiced ardor. Extravagant catchwords more and more frequently take the place of careful reasoning; and explosive epithet rather than clear argument is made the weapon of serious controversy. So it is that public opinion, lashed by inconstant winds, whirls in eddies, now about this point and now about that, instead of flowing in full and constant current. The papers of the statesmen of our formative period, and indeed of the more powerful ones down to recent times, when compared with many produced today, disclose the change in the manner of thinking of public men and their expression of it. Those of recent years appear to be immature, hastily prepared and overemphasized when read in parallel with those of our early and middle history. Yet those calmer and simpler papers dealt with problems as weighty as any that ever confronted the mind of man, and were written at times when popular passions raged ungovernably. The others discussed questions no greater and appeared at times no more perilous. They indicated that we have indeed acquired the harmless "punch" of extravagance, but have lost the deadly "punch" of moderation. In gaining velocity we seem to have impaired our sense of direction. Chile has a yearly fruit fair. Transvaal is producing citrus fruits. Bocas del Toro, Panama, is to have an electrical plant. Canada has a lead-pencil factory to drive out German product. Canada prohibits using British flag for advertising purposes. Montana coal dealers are urging public to buy and store coal. Parcel post service between United States and Russia is suspended. New Yorkers are notified that army enlistment does not impair civil contract obligations. Many Books Are Written and Published in a Week's Time At a certain tea shop in the Strand many serious books were "fixed up" by a prominent literary agent over a cup of coffee, says London Answers. When the news arrived of the death of King Edward, this agent dashed to his telephone and rang up a publisher. "What about a 'Life of King Edward VII,' to be on the market in a fortnight's time?" "Get it!" said the publisher. Another hurried telephone call to an author, and the book was begun an hour later. The author called in two "ghosts," to write one or two chapters for him, and by the end of the week the manuscript was in the printer's hands. That "Life of King Edward" is still selling. When the war began a big firm of publishers telephoned and telegraphed to all manner of competent and hard-up authors, ordering this one to write a book on the, German army in ten days; that one to translate a German book on warfare in a week; another to write a book on life in the Russian army; yet another to write the "inside" story of the kalser's court. Before we realized that the war had started, bookstalls up and down the country were welghed down with those books, written and printed in a few days. It is not such a hard job to market eggs so that one gets the best prices and so that zone of the eggs spoil. One poultry raiser offers these simple precautions for improving the egg crop: 1. Confine or sell all roosters after May 15. The rooster makes eggs fertile. Fertile eggs spoil. 2. Provide plenty of roomy, clean, well-littered nests. Dirty nests cause dirty eggs and dirty eggs spoil quickly. You need a nest for every five or six hens. 3. Gather the eggs twice a day during warm weather. 4. But your eggs in a good service. 4. Put your eggs in a good, service- ```markdown ``` of clear-headed, far-seeing guidance intention would be helpful to all of us. We sent men who ought always to be pub- aste we insist on immediate declara- tions are accustomed to follow. Not only very, but they must also be sharp and leaders of public thought too frequently ance. They are too often competitors in the front page of the first edition speeches and interviews even on the cons are prepared with frantic precipi- necessary delay required by gathering working out the problem which it pre- publication of the conclusions thus language would lack that sting and it to our taste. We require that the be full of "pep" and "punch;" other- palate which has become accustomed is peculiarly heated, spasmodic and full statement of facts, they are often iced ardor. Extravagant catchwords place of careful reasoning; and explo- ment is made the weapon of serious opinion, lashed by inconstant winds, point and now about that, instead of our formative period, and indeed of sent times, when compared with many in the manner of thinking of public of recent years appear to be imma- phasized when read in parallel with very. Hapers dealt with problems as weighty of man, and were written at times ternably. The others discussed ques- ses no more perilous. They indicated armless "punch" of extravagance, but moderation. In gaining velocity we direction. able crate equipped with sound, clean fillers, and flats. Keep them in a cool cellar or milk room until you take them to town. 5. Market your eggs at least once a week (and oftener if you have enough to make it practical). 6. Use dirty, weak-shelled and mis-shaped eggs at home. They are all right if used right away, but are hard to handle on the way to the consumer. 7. If possible, sell to a buyer who pays more for good than for bad eggs. Shoes, Like Their Owners, Require Periods of Rest The proper care of shoes will not only do much to extend the life of the shoe, but will also improve its appearance, says Charlotte E. Carpenter of the Colorado Agricultural college. Keep the heels squared. A "runover" heel forces the counter out of shape and often breaks it. Avoid getting leather wet, but when wet and muddy, gently wipe off the mud instead of letting it dry on and while the leather is still wet, rub in a little warm oil. The shoe should dry slowly. Do not place it in a hot oven or on a hot radiator, as intense heat and cold are bad for leather and especially the changes from one to the other. Shoes should be kept clean and well-polished, as this prevents dirt getting into the pores and rotting the leather. SOME SMILES But He Didn't. Burton had just purchased a fine old vase, and was endevoring to impress his visitors with its antiquity. A man showing a boy how to use a microscope. "Ah, it's a beauty! It belonged to General—er—General — er —what's his name?" "Oh, ah, yes," said a sarcastic friend, coming to his aid, "General Dealer, wasn't it?" Rebuffed. "My life is an open book," said the conceited youth. "Like a newly purchased memorandum book," said the caustic young woman. "Did you try counting sheep for your insomnia?" "Yes; but it only made matters worse—the sheep reminded me of my butcher's bill." To Be Sure. "Is it easier to fly an airplane near the sea?" cooed the sweet young thing. "Yes," replied the aviator thought- It is well for shoes to have a rest period, therefore, it is economy to 've at least two pair of shoes and to change the shoes often. It is also good for the shoe if one has a pair of shoe trees which can be placed inside the shoes while they are at rest. FANS NOW CONCEDE 'UMPS' RIGHT TO LIVE, SAYS BYRON Baseball is Getting Better and So is the Public, in the Opinion of Big League Arbiter. It is seldom that anyone listens to an umpire except the ball players, and they only listen because they have to. Umpire Bill Byron recently said something concerning baseball which shows that umpires are human and can see more good than bad in the game and in the fans. "Baseball is getting better, and so is the public," he said. "The fans are by no means so unreasonable now as they used to be when I started brushing off the home-plate. In fact, there would be comparatively little trouble in the big league towns if the players were not all the time trying to alibi themselves for poor work by blaming A. B. Umpire "Bill" Byron. the umpire. Until a fan sees a player kick on a decision, he usually is satisfied to take the umpire's verdict without question, but, of course, when one of the home pets makes a roar, that's something else. "Gradually the fellow who pays to see baseball is beginning to realize that the umpire cares nothing for the result of the game or a pennant race, and is out there to call them as he sees them. "We all make mistakes, of course, but we aren't out to rob anybody, you can bet on that. All we ask is that the ball players lay off trying to pass the buck to us every time they strike out or make a bad play, and we will trust to the fans at least to respect our rights to live." The Gift of Organization. Before the war we used to hear a good deal about the value of the particular person called a business man, in the art of governance. No doubt there are more sorts of business men than the one; but during the war the business man has been given his opportunity; and the result is not naturally a certain sense of disappointment. There is, in fact, no mystic virtue in business, which may mean anything from operating on the stock exchange to selling goods across a counter. The quality chiefly required in administration is the gift of organization, which is frequently possessed by men who know little of commerce. —London Mall. fully, "you see the air is so much more bracing." Nell—Did you see how that beastly man stared at me? Elsie—Oh, don't you know who that was, Nellie? It was one of those reporters, and he was staring at your nose. "My good gracious! Why?" "Because he is bound to keep his eye on anything that turns up." A La Mode. Diana—I hope when you marry, Au brey, it will be a love match. Blase Brother—My dear Di, of course, it will—with a very rich girl.— Judge. Safety First Casey—Can yure wife cook as good as your mother used to, Pat? Mulligan—She cannot; but Ol never mention it. She can throw considerable better. "The second edition of your book will soon go to press, Doctor. Do you wish to make any changes?" A "Yes; I shall cut out the appendix." She—Your wife has actually been making love to my husband. He—Do you want to congratulate me or onght I to congratulate you? —Judge. RAGGED EDGES. Back of all the tragedy of Failure there is always the tragic truth of Negligence and Slight—edges left ragged and incomplete. Finish up as you Go. A few years ago a young man in a Western college got restless and discouraged. He wanted to leave his course unfinished. He sought the advice of a successful man and this was the advice: "Stick it out. Finish Something. There are too many men now with Ragged Edges crowding the ranks." The young man Finished his College course with honors. Today he is a Leader and a Success. Finish up as you Go. Many a man stops work with the clock. He leaves his day's work with Ragged Edges. He is the man who starts his days with Ragged Edges. But he can't. Finish up There is a satisfaction and a breast of a man who Starts a th this true if you do it. The most i hand. Complete it. Make it stan it. Look it over and be sure no R There is a satisfaction and a feeling of latent Strength in the breast of a man who Starts a thing—and Finishes it. You will find this true if you do it. The most important task is always the task at hand. Complete it. Make it stand square and clean when you leave it. Look it over and be sure no Ragged Edges remain. Finish up as you Go. Make Thoroughness one of your Masters. Searchingly note the trifles. Get them together and know them. For out of them comes—Perfection. Finish up as you Go. AN OUNCE OF MEAT Facts in Figures. ..... "Many a Mickle Makes a Muckle." An ounce of edible meat—lean meat, fat and lean, suet or fat trimmed from steak, chops, or roast—seems hardly worth saving. Many households take just this view of the matter—do not trouble to put such an insignificant scrap into the icebox or soup pot—do not bother to save for cookery a spoonful or two of drippings or a tiny bit of suet or fat. Yet if every one of the 20,000,000 American families on the average wastes each day only one ounce of edible meat or fat, it means a daily waste of 1,250,000 pounds of animal food—456,000,000 pounds of valuable animal food a year, according to statisticians of the United States department of agriculture. At average dressed weights, it would take the gross weight of over 875,000,000 steers, or over 3,000,000 hogs, bones and all—to provide this weight of meat or fat for each garbage pail or kitchen sink. If the bones and butcher's waste are eliminated, these figures would be increased to 1,150,000 cattle and 3,700,000 hogs. Or, again, if the waste were distributed according to the per capita consumption of the various meats (excluding bones), it would use up a combined herd of over 538,000 beef animals, 291,000 calves, over 625,000 sheep and lambs, and over 2,132,000 hogs. Millions of tons of feed and hay, the grass from vast pastures and the labor of armles of cattlemen and butchers also would be scrapped by this meat-waste route. Waste of meat or fat is inexcusable, say the government experts. Every bit of lean meat can be used in soups, stews, or in combination with cereals; every spoonful of fat can be employed in cookery; every bit of drippings and gravy can be saved so easily and used to add flavor and nourishment to other dishes. J. Widely known actor who has won popularity in the portrayal of romantic roles in the screen drama. Censorship. You've got to have a censor when your angry feelin' rise. And a state of indignation sort o' takes you by surprise. You've got to find a monitor to help you keep in hand. The facts and the impressions that so suddenly expand. When your mind is overcrowded by a grievance or a grouch. And your wounded egotism wants to rise an holler, "Ouch!" You've got to find a censor who will help you check your pride. An' not turn loose your facts which, may-be, can't be verified. ? Finish up as you Go. Finish up as you Go. J. Warren Kerrigan. MATTHEW ADAMS. There there is always the tragic truth it ragged and incomplete. As you Go. Hers ago a young man in a Western less and discouraged. He wanted course unfinished. He sought the ad- dress man and this was the advice: Finish Something. There are too many with Ragged Edges crowding the young man Finished his College morsors. Today he is a Leader and a As you Go. Man stops work with the clock. He works with Ragged Edges. He is starts his days with Ragged Edges. As you Go. His feeling of latent Strength in the long—and Finishes it. You will find important task is always the task at hand square and clean when you leave Ragged Edges remain. Your Masters. Searchingly note the new them. For out of them comes— Edinburgh, Scotland, has 66 moving picture theaters. Denmark's crops for 1916 were only 85 per cent of 1915 production. Greece last year sent 69,837 tons of magnesite ore to the United States. Madagascar's 1916 import trade was valued at $19,154,462; export, $16,248,810. Denmark last year produced 19,126,883 bushels of potatoes and 4,242,425 bushels of carrots. Moncton, N. B., in the first quarter of 1917 shipped 16,253 bushels of potatoes, valued at $27,150, to the United States. Australia at Arras. The Australians in the fighting round Arras maintained the reputation for desperate bravery they won on the Gallipolip peninsula. They seem to fear shells no more than summer rain, and they have a habit of clinging to positions they have taken as long as there is breath in their bodies. Action is meat and drink to the men of the Antipodes, and they chafe in idleness, says the Philadelphia Public Ledger. Their temperament is not that of many of those with whom they fight. They pity the "Tommy" because they think he is "bullied." They believe themselves every whit as good as their officers, and they loathe the "Bull Ring" (their name for the drill ground). This restless independence is the natural result of a lifetime largely spent in ranging the unfenced spaces in a lonely self-reliance. But the Hindenburg line has learned that when these "bear-cats" are turned loose they are not to be stopped until they are slain. Can only products that cannot be kept otherwise. Dry fruits and sweet corn and such other vegetables as may be preserved in this way. Concentrate products so that each jar or can will hold as much food and as little water as possible. There is a shortage of containers. Don't let one be wasted in your home, Empty spices and similar materials from jars and fill them with food. Reserve regular tight-sealing containers for perishable vegetables, meat and fish. Use wide-necked bottles with paraffin seals for putting up fruit and preserves; use glasses or crocks for jellies and jams; use bottles and jugs corked and sealed with paraffin for fruit juices, catsups and other liquid products. Mother's Cook Book. Mushrooms. The amateur may learn a few of the common edible kinds of mushrooms, and staying by them will be perfectly safe. No silver spoon or other such test should be relied upon. The puffball, which is so often found in woody places and grows to a large size, is a kind which need never be feared. Peel the ball and slice it in thin slices. Often one puffball will weigh several pounds and will furnish food for several families. Peel the mushroom and take out the stem, if it is the kind with gills. Butter the broiler and lay in the caps, gills upward. Drop a bit of butter into each cap, sprinkle with salt and pepper and broil delicately until the butter has melted into the flesh of the mushroom. Serve immediately on hot buttered toast. A few mushrooms fried in a little butter added to creamed chicken makes a most daly morsel. Mushrooms also are an addition to sweet-breeds and, cooked and chilled, may be added to salad with good results. Mushroom Soup. Wash and dry a pound and a half of mushrooms. Melt two tablespoonfuls This document contains text that is not clearly visible. Facts in Figures. Canning Hints. Broiled Mushrooms Mushroom Soup. Include corn meal in the diet and learn to like it. The qualities of corn meal have been underestimated, in the opinion of Mrs. Mary P. Van Zile, dean of the division of home economics in the Kansas State Agricultural college. Bolted corn meal is now cheap, as compared with other cereals. It costs about half as much as wheat flour, only a third as much as rolled oats, and a fourth as much as rolled wheat. Corn meal has a high food value, says Mrs. Van Zile. Although the bolted meal does not supply so much tissue-building material as wheat flour, it does supply more starch and fat. The unbolted corn meal, which is of good flavor and is preferred by many, has more tissue-building material, as well as more starch and fat, than the wheat flour. For a long time pellagra was supposed to be contracted through eating corn meal. Scientific investigation has proved that this is false and there is no danger from eating ordinary quantities. Corn meal can be used successfully in a variety of ways. As a breakfast cereal, fruit mush, corn bread, or as corn griddle cakes it is a success from a nutritive as well as an economic standpoint. A satisfactory bread may be made by using one-half wheat flour and one-half corn meal. Half of the Women Will Be Supporting Themselves in 1940, Pastor's Prediction Rev. Dr. Waldo Amos of Hoboken, N. Y., predicts that by 1940 half the women in the country will be self-supporting, and that marriages will gradually decrease in number. "It is a startling fact that young women are not marrying today," he said, according to the New York Evening Journal. "Hundreds of thousands are going into business. The supreme mission of women in life should be to become mothers and to make homes. The objection that many have to be married is that they become dependents." Doctor Amos said that all through New England there are many villages which are known as "she villages." The men have left for the large cities in the hope of gaining wealth. "Men are largely responsible for the failure of women to marry," he said. "Many men are too busy making money to marry, or refuse to marry on small salaries. This has forced women into business. "Statistics show that in 1900 one out of every five women was self-supporting. By 1925 one out of every three, and by 1940, one out of every two will be self-supporting." Some Observations. If being favorite in a race counted for anything there would be no use in running the race. You can do a lot of good in this world by just making sure that other people won't have to knock off work to come over and help you out of trouble that you've foolishly got into. A woman may be said to be blase when a new hat no longer means anything to her. The easiest man in the world to fool is the man who is sure he is too wise to be fooled. A man's life is like his garden—its success all depends upon the amount of work he puts into it. What a howl there would go up through the land if someone should start a dollar hat store for women. Some husbands must be mighty poor company. At least their wives seem to prefer to spend their evenings at the moving picture shows. Knowing how is worth more money to an employer than fine theories. You can't keep a good man down, or a bad one up. No man can be happy all the time, but we can all be happier more than we really are. of butter in a saucepan; add one sliced onion and the mushrooms. Fry for five minutes; take out 12 of the smallest mushrooms and set aside. Add three pints of water to the contents of the saucepan, one blade of mace and salt and pepper to season. Let cook slowly until the mushrooms are tender, then rub them through a sieve and return to the saucepan; add the small reserved mushrooms, together with two teaspoonfuls of mushroom catsup. Mix a tablespoonful of flour with one of milk and let cook gently for five minutes. Warm a cupful of cream, put in the soup tureen and add the soup, Serve very hot. Escaloped Mushrooma Put mushrooms in a buttered baking dish with alternate layers of buttered crumbs, seasoning each layer plantifully with butter, salt and pepper and a gill of cream. Bake 20 minutes, keeping covered while in the oven. Baked Mushrooms Prepare the mushrooms as for broiling. Spread slices of bread with butter, then cover each slice with mushrooms. Put the baking pan into a hot oven for five minutes, then draw out and season each mushroom with butter, pepper and salt. Push the pan back and bake until the mushrooms are tender. Serve on the bread, which should be delicately browned. 9 eS Mas Pie hn) aM Mal RS a Sd) hit ea 2 rol Anal A Oh mallee | Rr tp whens ese none ne creme meyers str eta screenees stones seseersss netfee eens Be Ee yy THE MAELSTROM OF PUBLIC _ Bo Se Peers anid) UR PPPPIPEGP GOL OP FHLGOOLTVG-G POO VOD IO IOS OF9ES | | Occasions arise where words of clear-headed, far-seeing guidance from men of knowledge and judgment would be helpful to all of us, We rightfully look for this from prominent men who ought always té be pub- licists. But in our inconsiderate haste we insist on immediate declara- ‘tions of opinion from those whom we are accustomed to follow. Not only aust their views be given instantly, but they must also be sharp and decided. ‘Thus those who should be the leaders @f public thought too frequently become panderers to public impatience. They_are too often competitors for publicity. ‘They strive to get on the front page of the first edition of the newspapers. To do this, speeches and interviews even on the gravest and most complicated questions are prepared with frantic precipi- tancy and in lurid language. That necessary delay required by gathering and mastering data and carefully working out the problem which it pre- tents would make out of date the publication of the conclusions thus formed; while cool and balanced language would lack that sting and eccentricity at present so attractive to our taste. We require that the outgivings of our public men shall be full of “pep” and “punch ;” other- wise they are rejected by a public palate which has become accustomed to high seasoning. Thus our public discussion is peculiarly heated, spasmodic and charged with error. Instead of a full statement of facts, they are often given only in part and with prejudiced ardor. Extravagant catchwords more and more frequently take the place of careful reasoning; and explo- sive epithet rather than clear argument is made the weapon of serious controversy. So it is that public opinion, lashed by inconstant winds, whirls in eddies, néw about this point and now about that, instead of ftowing in full and constant current. ‘The papers of the statesmen of our formative period, and indeed of the more powerful ones down to recent times, when compared with many produced today, disclose the change in the manner of thinking of public men and their expression of it. ‘Those of recent years appear to be imma- ture, hastily prepared and overemphasized when read in parallel with those of our early and middle history. - Yet those calmer and simpler papers dealt with problems as weighty as any that ever confronted the mind of man, and were written at times when popular passions raged ungovernably. The others discussed ques- tions no greater and appeared at times no more perilous. They indicated that we have indeed acquired the harmless “punch” of extravagarice, but have lost the deadly “punch” of moderation. In gaining velocity we seem to have impaired our sense of direction. Around the World. Chile has a yearly fruit fair. ‘Transvaal ts producing citrus fruits. Bocas del Toro, Panama, is to ‘have an electrical plant. Canada. has a lead-pencil fac- tory to drive out German prod- uct. ‘Canada prohibits using Brit- ish flag for advertising pur- poses. ‘Montana coal dealers are urg- ing public to buy and store coal. Parcel post service between United States and Russia is sus- : * “e lew Yorkers are notified that z army enlistment does not impair civil contract obligations. i REE REAR Many Books Are Written and Published in a Week’s Time ‘At a certain tea shop in the Strand many serious books were “fixed up” by ‘a prominent literary agent over a cup of coffee, says London Answers. When the news arrived of the death of King Faward, this agent dashed to his tele- phone and rang up a publisher. “What about a ‘Life of King Ed- ward VII,’ to be on the market in a fortnight’s time?” “Get it!” sald the publisher. Another hurried telephone call to an author, and the book was begun an hour later. Tho author called in two “ghosts,” to write one or two chapters for him, and by the end of the week the manuscript was in, the printer's hands. That “Life of King Edward” 1g still selling. ‘When the war began a big firm of publishers telephoned and telegraphed to all manner of competent and hard- up authors, ordering this one to write ‘a book on the, German army in ten days; that one to translate a German book on warfare in a week; another to write a book on life in the Russian army; yet another to write the “in- side” story of the kalser's court. Be- fore we realized that the war had started, bookstalls up and down the country were weighed down with those dooks, written and printed in a few days. « Making Eggs Cqunt. It ts not such a hard job to market eggs 80 that one gets the best prices and #0 that rone of the eggs spoll. ‘One poultry raiser offers these simple precautions fee improving the égg crop: 1, Confine or sell all roosters after May 25. The rooster makes eggs fer tile, Fertile eggs spol. 2 Provide plenty of roomy, clean, swell-littered nests, Dirty nests cause ‘dirty eggs and dirty eggs spoil quickly. ‘Xou-need # nest for every five or six Mens. = 8. Gather the eggs twice a day dur- dng warm weather. i 4 Put your eggs in a good, service- Babe n ks. * lai in ‘ " ae able crate equipped with sound, clean fillers, and flats. Keep them in a cool cellar or milk room until you take them to town. 5. Market your eggs at least once a’ week (and oftener if you have enough to make it practical). @, Use dirty, weak-shelled and mis- shaped eggs at home, They are all right, 1f used right away, but are hard to handle on the way to the consumer, '. 1. If possible, sell to a buyer whf pays more for good than for bad eggs. Shoes, Like Their Owners, Require Periods of Rest ‘The proper care of shoes will not only do much to extend the life of the shoe, but will also improve its appear- ance, says Charlotte H, Carpenter of the Colorado Agricultural college. Keep the heels squared. A “run- over” heel forees the counter out of shape and often breaks It. Avold getting leather wet, but when wet and muddy, gently wipe off the mud instead of letting {t dry on and while’ the leather 1s still wet, rub in a little warm oll. The shoe should dry slowly. Do not place it in a hot oyen or.on a hot radiator, as intense heat and cold are bad for leather and espectally the changes from one to the other. Shoes should be kept clean and well- polished, as this prevents dirt getting into the pores and rotting the leather. But He Didn't, Burton had just 5 purchased a fine 5 old vase, and was "9 endeavoring to \@Sy impress his vislt- Sees ors with its ant- eS AN auty. Bey ores ty 0 BONG 8! Generator Ros General — er — what's his name?” “Ob, ah, yes,” sald a sarcastic friend, coming: to his ald, “General Dealer, wasn’t it?” ree tar heer = purchased a fine S old vase, and was G3: 9 endeavoring — to C2, impress his vislt- {SES ors with its anti- rms quity. BRN its 8 ty 0 BAe WNC 8! Generator et (X= General — er — Hy co what's his name?" Ne “Ob, ah, yes,” 4 «sald a sarcastic 36 2X friend, coming to —Sa> ils ald, “General Dealer, wasn't it?” + Rebutfed. “My life ts an open book,” said the concelted youth. “Like a newly purchased memoran- dum book,” said the“ caustie young woman, “How is that” “There is nothing in it.” Started Him Worrying. “Did you try counting sheep for your (nsomniat" “Yes; -but it only made matters ‘worge—the sheep reminded me of my butcher's bill.” =i bs Gre. “Is it easier to fly an airplane near the sen?" cooed the sweet young thing. “Yes,” replied the aviator thought- ‘It ts well for shoes to have w ret period, therefore, it 1s economy to * ve at least two pair of shoes and to change the shoes often, Tt is also good for the shoe if one has a pair of shoe trees which can be placed inside the shoes while they are at rest. patna FANS NOW CONCEDE ‘UMPS’ RIGHT TO LIVE, SAYS BYRON Baseball te Getting Better and So Is the Public, In the Opinion of Big League Arbiter. It is seldom that anyone Istens to an umpire except the ball players, and they only listen because they have to. ‘Umpire Bill Byron recently said some- thing concerning baseball which shows that umpires are human and can see more good than bad in the game and in the fans. “Baseball 1s getting better, and so is the public,” he said. “The fans are by no means so unreasonable now a3 they used to be when I started brush- Ing off the home-plate. In fact, there would be comparatively Uttle trouble in the big league towns if the players were not all the time trying to alib! themselves for poor work by blaming asi ~~ ‘ ‘“< - = - . \ es 2 i the umpire. Until a°fan sees a player kick on a decision, he usually is satis- fied to take the umpire's verdict with- out question, but, of ¢ourse, when one of the home pets makes a roar, that's something else. “Gradually the fellow who-pays to see baseball is beginning to realize that the umpire cares nothing for the result of the game or a pennant race, and {s out there to call them as he sees them, “We all make’ mistakes, of’ course, but we aren’t out to rob anybody, you can bet on that. All we ask is that the ball players lay off trying to pass the buck to us every time they strike out or make a bad play, and we will trust to the fans at least to respect our rights to live.” é The Gift of Organization. Before the war we used to hear a good deal about the value of the par- ticular person called a business man, in the art of governance. No doubt there are more sorts of business men than the one; but during the war the business man has been given his ap- portunity; and the result is not un- naturally a certain sense of disappolat- ment. There is, in fact, no mystic vir- tue in business, which may mean any- thing from operating on the stock ex- change to selling goods across a coun- ter. The quality chiefly required in administration 1s the gift of organiza- tion, which is frequently possessed by men who know little of commerce. —London Mail, Are fully, “you see the air 1s so much more bracing.” That's His Business. Nell—Did you see how that beastly man stared at me? Elsie—Oh, don't you know who that was, Nellie? It was one of*those re- Porters, and he was staring at your nose. “My good gracious! Why?" “Because he is bound to keep his eye on anything that turns up.” A La Mode. Diana—I hope when you marry, AD brey, it will be love match, Blase ~Brother—My dear Di, of course, ft will—with a very rich girl— Tudge. Safety First. Casey—Can yure wife cook as good as your mother used to, Pat? Mulligan—She cannot; but Ol never mention it. She can throw considera. ble betther. The Ruling Passion. “The second e- ton of your book will soon go to press, Doctor. Do. you wish to make any changes?” “Yes; I shall cut out the ap- y pendix.” Sa! tion of your book will soon go to press, Doctor. Do you wish to make any changes?” “Yes; I shall cut out the ap- y pendix.” 7 ‘ Question. She—Your wife has actually been making love to my husband. He—Do you want to congratu- late me or onght I to congratulate you? —Judge. See ececcccccccccoooesceseccoseeooecoooecceocosoooses ; . ° : RAGGED EDGES. : ; ——- : : By GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS. $ ; Back of all the tragedy of Failure there 1s always the tragic truth § } of Negligence and Slight—edges left ragged and incomplete. 2 Ss Binish up as you Go. : f A few years ago a young man in a Western § : college got restless and discouraged. He wanted $ ; to leave his course unfinished. He sought the ad-~ § ; vice of a successful man and this was the advice: ; “stick it out, Winish Something. There are too $ , many men now with Ragged Bdges crowding thé $ ~~. ranks.” The young man Finished his College $ , course with honors, Today he is a Leader anda @ ; Success. 3 ? Finish up as you Go. 3 ; Many 9 man stops work with the clack, He $ ; leaves his day's work with-Ragged Edges. He is $ ) the man who starts his days with Ragged Edges." 6 ee ae ee roe ‘There is a satisfaction and a feeling of latent Strength in th breast of a man who Starts a thing—and Finishes it. You will finc this true if you do it. ‘The most important task is always the task at hand, Complete it, Make it stand square and clean when you leave it, Look it over and be sure no Ragged Edges remain. Finish up as you Go, Make Thoroughness one of your Masters. Searchingly note the trifles. Get them together and know them. For out of them comes— Perfection. Finish up as you Go, AN OUNCE OF MEAT “Many a Mickle Makes a Muckle.” An ounee of edible meat—tean meat, fat and lean, suet or fat trimmed from steak, chops, or roast—seems hardly worth saving. Many households take just this view of the matter—do not trouble to put such an insignificant scrap into the feebox or soup pot—do not bother to save for cookery @ spoonful or two of drippings or a tiny bit of suet or fat. Yet if every one of the 20,000,000 American families on the average wastes each day only one ounce of edible meat or fat, it means a dally waste of 1,250,000 poumds of animal food—456,000,000 pounds of valuable animal food a year, according to sta- tisticlans of the United States depart- ment of agriculture. At average dressed welghts, it would take the gross weight of over 875,000,- 000 steers, or over 8,000,000 hogs— bones and all—to provide this welght of meat or fat for each garbage pail or kitchen sink. If the bones and butcher's waste are eliminated, these figures would be increased to 1,150,000 cattle-and 8,700,000 hogs. Or, again, if the waste were distrib- uted according to the per capita con- sumption of the various meats (exclud- {ng bones), It would use up a com- bined herd of over 588,000 beef ant- mals, 291,000 calves, over 625,000 sheep and lambs, and over 2,182,000 hogs. Millions of tons of feed and hay, the grass from vast pastures and the labor of armies of cattlemen and butchers also would be scrapped by this’ meat-waste route. ‘Waste of meat or fat 1s inexcusable, say the gavernment experts. Every bit of lean meat can be used in soups, stews, or in combination with cereals; every spoonful of fat can be employed in cookery ; every bit of drippings and gravy can be saved so easily and used ‘to add flavor and nourishment to other @ishes. FAVORITE OF FILMDOM. — E: Jf f ; wow | ‘Widely known actor who has won popularity in the portrayal of romantic roles in the screen drama. You've got to have a censor when your ‘ana SOSiAta of inalanttton wort 0” takes You by surprise. You've got to find a moniter to help you ‘The ‘acts andthe impressions that jona that 0 suddenly expand. When your mind is overcrowded by a ‘sriovance or @ grouch, Se Ana your wounded egotism wan ‘You've os to nd & censor who will ou ‘8 censor hel You check your pride. =f Ant not turn loose your facts which, may- ‘be, can’t be verified. ‘Whag he, future is uncertain an’ there's An’ the luck seoms handin‘ out more both- rou tation than your share, om ‘suard your store of language which ‘grows ‘suddenly tmmenzs, An’ ther alfvt no better congor than’ just plain old Common Sense. Washington Evening Star. ee ee y J. Warren Kerrigan. Censorship. Edinburgh, Scotland, has 60 moving picture theaters. Denmark’s crops for 1916 were only 85 per cent of 1915 production. Greece last year sent 69,837 tons of magnesite ore to the United States. Madagascar’s 1916 import trade was valued at $19,154,462; export, $16,248,810, Denmark last ‘year produced 19,126,883 bushels of potatoes and 4,242,425 bushels of carrots. Moncton, N. B., in the first quarter of 1917 shipped 16,253 bushels of potatoes, valued at $27,150, to the United States. AAA Australia at Arras. The Australians in the fighting round Arras maintained the reputa- tlon for desperate bravery they won on the Gallipoli peninsula. They seem to fear shells no more than summer rain, and they have a habit of clinging to positions they have taken as long as there 1s breath in.thelr bodies. Ac- tion ts meat and drink to the men of the Antipodes, and they chafe in {dle- ness, says the Philadelphia Public Ledger. Their temperament is not that of many of those with whom they fight. They pity the “Tommy” because they think he is “bullied.” ‘They believe themselves every whit as good as thelr officers, and: they loathe the “Bull Ring” ‘(thelr name for the drill ground). This restless independence is the natural result of a lifetime largely spent in ranging the unfenced spaces in a lonely self-reliance. But the Hindenburg line has learned’ that when these “bear-cats” are turned loose they are not to be stopped until they aré slain. Can only products that cannot be kept otherwise. Dry fruits and sweet corn and such other vegetables as may be preserved in this way. Concentrate products so that each Jar or can will hold as much food and as little water as possible. ‘There 1s a shortage of containers. Don't let one be wasted in your home. Empty spices and similar materials from Jars and fill them with food. _ Reserve regular tight-sealing con- tainers for perishable vegetables, meat and fish. Use widenecked bottles with parat- ‘fin seals for putting up fruit and pre- serves; use glasses or crocks for jellies and jams; use bottles and jugs corked and sealed with paraffin for fruit Juices, catsups and other liquid prod- ‘ucts, Mother’s Cook Book. ‘The amateur may learn a few of the common edible kinds of mushrooms, and staying by them will be perfectly safe. No silver spoon, or other such test should be relied updn. The puff- ‘ball, which 1s 0 often found in woodsy places and grows to a large size, is a kind which need never be feared. Peel the ball and slice it in thin slices, Often one puffball will weigh several rounds and will furnish food for sey- eral families, Brolled Mushrooms. Peel the mushroom and take out the stem, if it is’the kind with gills, But- ter the broiler and lay in the caps, gills upward. Drop a bit of butter into each cap, sprinkle with salt and pepper and broil delicately until the butter has melted into the flesh of the mushroom. Serve immediately on hot buttered toast. ‘A few mushrooms fried in a little butter added to creamed chicken makes a most, dainty morsel. Mush- rooms also are an adition to sweet- breads and, cooked and chilled, may be added to salad with good results, ‘Wash and dry a pound and a half of mushrooms, Melt two tablespoonfuls sisi Canning Hints. Mushrooms. Brollied Mushrooms. Mushroom Soup. Value or Corn Meaf‘in the Diet Underestimated, Says Expert in Home Economics Include corn meal in the diet and learn to Ike it. ‘The qualities of corn meal have been underestimated, in the opinion of Mrs, Mary P. Van Zile, dean of the division of home economics fn, the Kansas State Agricultural college. Bolted corn meal is now cheap, as compared with other cereals, It costs about half as much as wheat flour, only a third as much as rolled oats, and a fourth as much as rolled wheat, Corn meal has a high food value, says Mrs, Van Zile. Although the bolt- ed meal does not supply so much tis- sue-building material as wheat flour, {t does supply more starch and fat. ‘The unbolted corn meal, which is of good flavor and ts preferred by many, has more tissue-bullding material, as well as more starch and fat, than the wheat flour. For a long time pellagra was sup- posed to be contracted through eating corn meal. Scientific investigation has proved that this ts false and there is no danger from eating ordinary quanti- ties, Corn meal can be used successfully in a varlety of ways. As a breakfast cereal, fruit mush, corn bread, or as corn griddle cakes it is a success from @ nutritive as well as an economic standpoint. A satisfactBry bread may be made by using one-half wheat flour ‘and one-half corn meal. Half of the Women Will Be ' Supporting Themselves in 1940, Pastor’s Prediction Rev. Dr. Waldo Amos of Hoboken, N. ¥., predicts that by 1940 half the women in the country will be self-sup- porting, and that marriages will grad- ually decrease in number. “It is a startling fact that young ‘women are not marrying today,” ho said, according to the New York Eve- ning Journal. “Hundreds of thousands are going into business. The supreme mfssion of women in life should be to become mothers and to make homes. ‘The objection that many have to being [ior is that they become depend- ig Doctor Amos said that all through ‘New England there are many villages which are known as “she villages.” ‘The men have left for the large cities in the hope of gaining wealth. » “Men are largely responsible for the failure of women to marry,” he sald. “Many men are too busy making money to marry, or refuse to marry on small salaries. This has forced women into business. “Statistics show that in 1900 one out of every five women was’ self-sup- porting. - By 1925 one out of every three, and by 1940, one out of every two will be self-supporting.” Some Observations. If being favorite in a race counted. for anything there would be no use in running the race. You can do a lot of good in this world by just making sure that other people won't have to knock off work to come over and help you out of trou- ble that you've foolishly got into:~ A woman may be said to be blase when a new hat no longer means any- thing to her, ‘The easlest man in the world to fool is the man who is sure he is too wise to be footed, ‘A man’s life ts like his garden—its success all depends upon the amount ‘of work he puts into it. ‘What a howl there would go up through the land if someone should start o dollar hat store for women, Some husbands must be mighty poor company. At least thelr wives seem to prefer to spend thelr evenings at the ‘moving picture shows. ‘Knowing how is worth more money to an employer than fine theorles. You can't keep a good man down, or a bad one up. No man can be happy all the time, but we can all be happler more than we really are. of butter in a saucepan; add one sliced onion and the mushrooms. Fry for five minutes; take out 12 of the small- est mushrooms and set aside. Add three pints of water to the contents of the saucepan, one blade of mace and salt and pepper to season. Let cook slowly until the mushrooms are tender, then rub them through a sleve and re- turn to the saucepan; add the small re- served mushrooms, together with two teaspoonful of mushroom catsup, Mix @ tablespoonful of flour with one of milk and let cook gently for five min- utes. Warm a cupfal of cream, put in the soup tureen and add the soup, Serve very hot. em Escaloped Mushrooms. Put mushrooms in a buttered bating dish with alternate layers of buttered erumbs, seasoning each layer plenti- fully with butter, salt and pepper and a gill of cream. Bake 20 minutes, keeping covered while in the oven, Retin’ Sita Prepare the mushrooms as for broil« ing. Spread slices of bread with but- ter, then cover each slice with mush- rooms. Put the baking pan into a hot oven for five minutes, then draw out and season each mushroom with but- ter, pepper and salt. Push the pan back and bake until the mushrooms are tender. Serve on the bread, which should be delicately browned. MALAZAR LOGOIAS AT EL BARDO WITHIN a mile or two of Algiers, and principally in the suburbs of Mustapha Superieur, are many gardens old and new grouped upon the hillside and mostly facing the north, whence they derive the coolness of the breezes wafted across the sea. The climate is admirably suited to the majority of what are generally classified as sub-tropical plants, and there seems to be no limit to the fine effects of plant grouping that may be produced. Here in former days the wealthier Moors had their villas, setting out their garden courts and terraces upon the rising ground, and forcing every spring to deliver its precious fluid to the thirsty land. The want of water is a great natural difficulty of the town, and indeed of the whole province, and the Moors have elaborated their system of irrigation principally by means of aqueducts, some of which are of very ancient construction. The Moorish country house is always placed upon an admirably chosen site, its high walls forming an effective screen from indiscreet eyes, writes H. Inigo Triggs in Country Life. Few flowers are cultivated in its gardens, and those that find a place are chosen for their bright color and the sweetness of their scent—roses, illies, jasmine, violets, pinks and geraniums. Once planted, they are allowed to romp over trellis and pergola without restraint. Flat, terraced roofs, small windows and walled-in courts sum up the features of every house, and there is complete irregularity both in the arrangement of the rooms and in their shape. Except by accident, no two lines are ever parallel, the shape of the house being decided by the contour of the site, whatever that may be. The only effort at regularity is to give to the central court a form somewhat approaching a square. These interior courts are real gardens in the sense of being delightful retreats where the glare and heat of the day are tempered by the overspreading trellis of greenery into a soft mysterious light and pervading freshness. The architecture is characteristic of the race, elegant rather than grand; suggesting a delicate and graceful taste and a disposition to indolent enjoyment. The planning of the houses seems to derive more from Roman than Byzantine origins. The former gave the open courts, the latter some of the forms of decoration used in the treatment of floor and wall surfaces. Interiors Always "Livable." Arab writers tell us that the private houses of Damascus were built after the fashion of the later Roman houses, whereas in Persia, and especially in Bagdad, the ancient Persian houses served as an example. The principles that governed the planning of both Arab and Moorish houses were derived from classic models; a featureless exterior and an eminently "livable" interior marked the ancient house of Pompeii just as they characterize the Moorish house of Algiers. Such external ornamentation as there may be is concentrated upon the entrance. The apartments are grouped round courts and gardens with an absolute separation of the rooms for either sex, every effort being made to secure privacy both from the streets outside and from neighboring buildings. To this end the windows and bays of the upper floors are carefully screened by latticed meshrebeeychs, whence the dark-eyed beauties of the harem might gaze unseen upon the busy life of the streets, or ceremonies and entertainments of the courts below. The approach to the harem is usually arranged from a special court, or if only one exists, in the part most remote from the entrance to the house. It is usually through a dark vestibule with a seat for the porter, carefully planned to prevent a direct view being obtained into the building. Beautiful Dienan-el-Muftl. Beautiful Djenuil, in Mustapha Superieur, the residence of Mrs. E. W. Arthur, was built between the years 1500-1503 by Hadj-Chaban Pasha, who was later recalled to Constantinople and became bey of Cyprus. The present owner has succeeded in restoring the best characteristics of the Moorish architecture in a most praiseworthy manner, and the gardens are maintained in a state of perfection which is the final charm of all good gardens. The house is built upon a hillside, and the ground is therefore laid out in terraces connected by quaint little stairways lined with old tiles. It is perhaps the best-known garden at Mustapha, for it is upon a larger scale than most of the others. The order in which it has been kept and the careful attention it has received for many years render it most attractive. From the house we pass beneath the guardroom and find ourselves in the fountain court paved with tiles, and cloistered on all sides with delicate spiral shafts of exquisite molding, which support a light arcade of pointed arches. The walls are richly encrusted with Tunisian tiles of very fine design representing an arcade supported on columns with conventional vases and flowers, and panels of the same material serve as an effective contrast to the whitened walls. The fountain court is extended a short distance to form a terrace overlooking the Orangery and the azure sea beyond. A square pool slightly raised above the pavement contains a massive circular fountain with its everrefreshing murmur of falling water. El Bardo Is Well Restored. El Bardo is another example of a well-restored Moorish house. It is approached from the carriage drive by a broad flight of black marble steps with "risers" in blue and green tiles. Entering through an archway beneath a whitewashed mirador we find ourselves in an irregularly shaped court surrounded by oblong reception rooms, each provided with an open arcade with horseshoe arches and slender columns, single and in groups of two and three. In Arab houses such rooms are known as the Mak' ad. They are usually placed on the south side of the court so as to face the north, and were possibly originally derived from the arcades surrounding the courts of the mosque. They are frequently to be met with in Cairo, where they are often placed on the first floor in imitation of the belvederes or open gulleries over the sebeels or public fountains. At El Bardo the largest of the three apartments overlooking the court is a sort of summer salon with a central marble fountain; cushioned seats on three sides form a divan. Other examples we have seen have little open channels of running water freely circulating through the apartment, as at the Alhambra and the Alcazar at Seville. Purple bougainvillea is trained over the lattice covering the windows, and the sun, shining through the masses of flowers, sheds a soothing light into the apartment. At the back of the reception halls is a delicious little Koubah, divaned on all sides and with a mysterious pierced metal lamp hanging from the ceiling. The raised flower beds are bordered by low walls of gally colored tiling, and the whole court is paved in black and white marble squares. The quaint old coffee kitchen is arranged in a corner of the courtyard. It has been conscientiously restored, and its rows of shining pots are arranged on a kind of sideboard with tiled sides. Here are the pestle and mortar for pulverizing the berries, and quaint Mussulman charms rudely painted on the wall. At one end of the loggia is the delightful little sitting room Le Salon de la favorite, with woodwork delicately treated in pale green, blue and red brown. Four windows overlook the garden at the east end of the court, and above the arched entrance gate is the room where the guard was placed to watch the ladies of the harem. Any absence of color in the plant life is more than compensated for by the richly tiled wall surfaces. A central fountain in an octagonal pool reflects the blue sky, and a large water tank beyond forms an ideal home for the graceful feathery papyrus. High white walls are clothed with a variety of bougainvillea, plumbago and cluster roses, and the tall, battered looking bananas, the latania, phoenix and other palms preserve all the truly eastern features of a garden of the Arabian Nights INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL (By E. O. SELLERS, Acting Director of the Sunday School Course of the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) (Copyright, 1917, Western Newspaper Union.) LESSON FOR JULY 15. HEZEKIAH, THE FAITHFUL KING. LESSON TEXT-II Chron. 30:1. GOLDEN TEXT-He that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.-Heb. 11:6. The reformation under Hezekiah is one of the bright and attractive spots in the latter history of the kingdom of Israel. It was a most thorough reformation and God set his seal upon it in many wonderful ways. Teachers ought to give their classes a comprehensive view of all that Hezekiah did, as recorded in II Chron., chapters 29-32. I. Hezekiah's Proclamation. (vv. 1-6). The proper introduction to this lesson would be to return to chapter twenty-nine and note the restoration of the worship of Jehovah. How it began in one man's heart, Hezekiah; how he called the people to be clean (29:15), then called upon a cleansing of the house of God and its restoration (vv. 18, 19). How he called them to renewed sacrifice and worship (vv. 20, 21). The restoration of the sin-offering and of the burnt-offering, and the result of these offerings in the Levitical music and in the worship of the great congregation (29, 28). The sequel of song always follows and accompanies a true revival of religion. Having consecrated themselves unto the Lord, Hezekiah sends out this proclamation. The consecration of the people, as referred in chapter 29, was very complete. (See vv. 31-36). Hezekiah was a man of deep dissecum as well as of true piety. He saw the meaning of the sacrifice of redemption and put the passover forward as the very heart-center of the worship of Jehovah. (See vv. 1, 2.) Whoever understands the passover, understands God's way of salvation. (See Exodus 12:13-23; I Cor. 5:7, 8; Rom. 3:25, 26; John 1:29.) Hezekiah did not confine his call to those of Israel alone, but extended it beyond its borders to those of Ephraim, thus manifesting the true missionary spirit. Hezekiah had ample Scriptural warrant keeping this passover out of its regular order (vv. 9-13). God is not a God of time or place. Wherever obedience is possible, whether it be a matter of time or not, God approves. Hezekiah, however, did not act upon his own initiative, but sought counsel. (See v. 2.) The man who is the most clearly led of God is the man who is most eager and anxious to know how God is leading other men and will listen most patiently to their counsel. The fact that the people had not "gathered themselves together at Jerusalem" for a long time, might have warranted a further delay. Not so with this enthusiastic young king. He was not bound by precedent, but was anxious to please God. II. Hezekiah's Exhortation (vv. 7-13). Hezekiah began his exhortation by calling attention to the trespasses of their fathers (v. 7). At the same time he reminds them that if God gave them over to desolation because they themselves were stiff-necked (v. 8) and yielded not themselves unto the Lord to enter his sanctuary, which he had sanctified unto them, they would come under the fierceness of God's wrath, for they had turned from the Lord; they had "trespassed against the Lord God of their fathers." Because of that trespass God had "given them up to desolation." Literally he had made them "an astonishment." This astonishment and desolation was well known, "as ye see" (v. 7). Anyone with eyes open can see today the desolation of individuals, of families, communities and nations who trespass against God. For a generation we have had the deity of Christ and the inspiration of his Word called into question and that the individual man is the dictator of his own conscience and life, and it is because men have departed from their faithful allegiance to Jesus Christ and fail to obey his command, that we see the strife and desolation of today. The first departure caused people to be "stiff-necked" and Jehovah is calling them to repentance, but they would not hear (see Ch. 36:18; Ex. 32:9; Rom. 10:21). In place of this "stiff-neckness" of their hearts Hezekiah entreats them to turn again to the Lord and not to be stiff-necked as were their fathers (v. 8), that if they will turn again unto the Lord (v. 9) they will find compassion so that they shall again enter his gracious and merciful dealings. Having yielded themselves they were to enter into communion with him and "enter into his sanctuary, which he had sanctified forever." They were also to serve him. Most blessed results were to follow for them and for their brethren and their children, but all of this bright prospect is conditioned upon repentance, surrender, communion and service, which is based upon the fact that Jehovah "is gracious and merciful" (Ex. 34:3, 7; Ps. 86:5; Jonah 4:2; Mark 7:18). Then, even as now, there were those who would not yield themselves to God's gracious invitation. As the priests passed through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even unto Zebulun, they were "laughed to scorn and some mocked" (v. 10). By REV. HOWARD W. POPE Moody Bible Institute, Chicago TEXT—Give us this day our daily bread. Matt. 6:11. How one shall read the Bible depends largely on what he is reading it fo!. The Bible is an all-around book and serves many purposes, but it is well to have in mind some definite purpose in all one's reading. A. B. All stringed instruments quickly get out of tune. The action of the atmosphere and constant vibration in playing, relax the tension of the strings so that they need to be tuned very often. No matter how good the violin is, it needs to be tuned every day, and often many times a day. Man is like a violin. He soon gets out of tune with God. The wear and tear of life, and the demoralizing atmosphere which sin creates, so affects his disposition that he needs to be brought into harmony with God every morning. It is not surprising, when we consider the subtlety of sin, and the weakness of the flesh, rather it is Strange that a harp of a thousand strings, Should keep in tune so long. Nothing will bring the believer into touch with God so soon as a little taste of the divine Word. For devotional purposes the psalms are perhaps the best reading, because they cover so wide a range of experience. Here we find aspiration and confession, joy and sorrow, adoration and praise. Here we behold the calm confidence which grows out of a sublime faith: "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want." Again we meet the bitter anguish which comes from ingratitude, or unrequited love, or the ecstasy of sin forgiven, or the passionate plea for mercy as in the fifty-first psalm, or the shout of triumph in the thirty-second psalm. It is doubtful if there is any experience in life for which we cannot find a duplicate in the psalter, and, noting how the man after God's own heart behaved in similar emergencies, we are unconsciously led into the same feeling. Morning and Eventide. In the morning read the nineteenth psalm, and at eventide the eighth psalm. If you are going on a journey, Psalm 21 is appropriate. If in perplexity, read Psalm 37. If you are grateful, choose Psalm 105, or Psalm 106, or Psalm 107. If your heart needs searching, read Psalm 139, which begins with the words, "O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me," and after a subline description of God's omniscience, closes with the prayer that only an honest heart can utter: "Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me and know my thoughts: and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." If it is comfort you need, you will find it in abundance in Psalms 34, 91 and 103. The Gospels are also excellent for devotional reading because there we come in contact with the words and works of Jesus. We see how he lived in the home and by the wayside, in the carpenter's shop, and by the open grave. We see him in public life and in private ministry always the same, never hurried, never worried, always thinking of others and never of himself. We see him playing with the children, watching the birds on the trees, the growing grain and the fading flowers. In everything he saw God's love and care, and from all things natural he drew some spiritual lessons. The epistles are especially helpful to the mature Christian as revealing the relation of the believer to his fellow man; to the church, the state, and the perishing world. How Long. If it be asked how much one should read at a time for devotional purposes, let me answer with an illustration. I once saw a picture of the disciples on the way to Emmasus. The Master has just left them and the two men are looking at each other in glad astonishment. One of them is holding both hands over his heart as he says with rapture, "Did not our hearts burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the Scriptures?" He can almost feel his heart burn still as he recalls the memory of that blessed walk. If you ask how long one shall read his Bible for devotional purposes, I answer, "Read until your heart burns and your soul thrills with the consciousness of God's approval." The Morning Watch. The morning watch. George Muller's testimony regarding the morning watch is very valuable: "The first thing a child of God has to do morning by morning is to obtain food for his soul. And what is food for the soul? Not prayer, but the Word of God; not the simple reading of the Word, so that it passes through our minds as water runs through a pipe, but considering what we read, pondering over it, and applying it to our hearts. When we pray, we speak to God. When we read the Bible, God puts it to us." CITY SWIFT OF GROWTH THE VIEW OF THE CITY IXTY years is but a brief span in the life of most cities, yet these past 60 years in the life of Seattle have seen its development from primeval wilderness to a city of world-wide importance. The era of development started in 1852, when a group of hardy ploneers, one of whom is still living in Seattle, landed on the wide beach at Al-Kl point, just outside the entrance of the harbor. Here the first rude cabins were built and the first homes of the future city established. But soon, in seeking better protection for themselves from the storms of the Pacific, better means of wresting a necessary livelihood from the soil and the waters, the ploneers rounded the wooded promontory of Duwamish, entugged the harbor and established their settlement on its eastern shore. As new settlers were attracted by the fertility of the soil, says Earle Gage in Grit, the advantages of the harbor location and the soft, equable climate all the year round, there came a sawmill, which was the institution of the great lumber business, which today has given the state of Washington, and Seattle in particular, a world reputation. First and last impressions of a city, or of a community settlement of any size, are created by conditions disclosed in the business districts. It is here that the majority of visitors first find themselves; it is here that individual enterprise is inspired and from here that all manner of undertakings, large and small, are directed and controlled. Whatever the geographical extent of a city, its business district is its heart, the pulsations of which are felt to the utmost suburb and far beyond. Building for business purposes in Seattle has kept stride with every development in architecture and represents every sound theory of modern construction. Even the older business buildings, fully occupied for many years, stand as examples of the best that was known at the time of their construction. The era of the skyscraper found Seattle ready. On all sides are found towering giants of VIEW IN VIEW IN SEATTLE the street, fine structures of steel, concrete, stone and brick, lifting their faces to the sky, overlooked by the mountain heights of the neighborhood. The L. C. Smith building, 42 stories high, is the highest building in the world outside of New York city, while surrounding it are examples of the best and most modern in building structures. In 1900 census reports gave Seattle a population of 80,000, while in July, 1915, the population was reported as 830,000. It must be remembered that the first railroad did not enter until 1884, and that a fire destroyed $7,000,000 worth of property in 1889, but regardless of these handlecaps, the spirit of the people remained undaunted. The sawmill was Seattle's first industry. The city is virtually built on a lumber foundation. The wonderful timber resources of the state gave the first means of livelihood to the early settlers, and the development of the lumber and shingle industries has marked the stride of progress in every line. For years Seattle's annual output of shingles has exceeded that of any other city in the world. Not only is the city headquarters of the lumber industry of the Pacific northwest, but the major part of the shingles manufactured in the entire United States are made in this state alone. The manufacture and export of lumber products from Seattle to all parts of the world form one of Seattle's leading industrial resources. The largest lumber mills in the world are located at Port Blakeley, just opposite the city on Puget sound. Uncle Sam has locked some 10,000,000 acres of timber land into his forest reserves in the state of Washington. This reserve is being conserved for the use of future generations, while several million acres are being cut for the present needs of humanity. Some 6,000,000 acres are today under private ownership. The principal varieties of Plenty of Skycrapers. Largest Lumber Mills. wood grown are the Douglas fir, or spruce, the giant of the forest, growing erect to its crown, some 200 feet high, and this variety has insured Washington first place in the lumber industry of the United States for the past decade. The red cedar is of great importance commercially, reaching a height of 200 feet and having a diameter in rare cases of over 20 feet, yielding for the state of Washington two-thirds of all the shingles produced in the United States, the majority of which are manufactured in Seattle. Other commercial varieties include hemlock, spruce, larch and white fir, in the western sections, and pine and tamarack in the eastern counties. The commercial fisheries of the north Pacific coast are centered in Seattle. The fishing grounds cover the whole vast expanse of the northern ocean and its every harbor, the traps dot the coast at strategic locations and the canneries, large and small, are placed wherever advantageous for quick handling of the fish. The business is directed from Seattle, where all supplies are procured and where the product comes for general distribution. At Bremerton, directly across Puget sound from Seattle, is situated the Puget Sound navy yard, the largest and most important establishment of the navy department on the Pacific coast. The federal government has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in the building of another and much larger dry dock than was at first used, and for ten years this yard has been the rendezvous of all naval vessels in Pacific waters. The innumerable vessels of the world's merchant marine make this port one of commercial importance. It was on the water front of Seattle that a series of happenings, beginning at far distant points, finally culminated in the two greatest events of Seattle's early history, namely, the opening of direct trade with the Orient and the arrival of the first substantial shipment of gold from Alaska and the Klondike. Both events followed upon a long period of national depression during which Seattle suffered in common with SEATTLE other cities. In the summer of 1896 the first steamship of the newly established Japanese line made port with her cargo of silks, teas, curios and other valuable products of the far East. A year later the first ship from Alaska brought absolute proof of the intrinsic worth of Alaska's amazing riches awaiting the prospector. Of the gold that poured into Seattle during the first year no estimate was made. The first effect was to crowd the city with men of all ages and nationalities, bound for Alaska and the Yukon territory. Seattle was electrified with new energy. Rail meets sail in any seaport city entered by a single line of track, but Seattle has the advantage over any other Pacific coast city in that here more rails meet more sails. King county, of which the city is the county seat, constitutes a port district, and improvements of harbor facilities are under way on which the people of the district have authorized an expenditure of $8,000,000. The United States government is building a ship canal, connecting Lakes Washington and Union with the waters of Puget sound. The Duwamish waterway opens the low-lying lands in the southern part of the city and into the county to transportation and manufacturing enterprise. With all these undertakings, demanding expenditures aggregating $20,000,000, Seattle will have facilities for traffic handling and industrial development that cannot be afforded by any other Pacific city. The first bankers' clearing house established in Japan on the foreign model was that at Osaka, for hundreds of years the trade center of the country, in 1879. It was not until eight years later that Tokyo followed suit, opening her clearing house in 1887. Today clearing houses are in operation in Kyoto, Yokohama, Kobe, Nagoya, Shimonoseki, Moji, Hiroshima, Kamazawa, Hakodate and Otaru. Great Mercantile Port. Japanese Clearing Houses. MALAZAR LOOOIAS AT EL BARDO WITHIN a mile or two of Alglers, and principally in the suburbs of Mustapha Superieur, are many gardens old and new grouped upon the hillside and mostly facing the north, whence they derive the coolness of the breezes wafted across the sea. The climate is admirably suited to the majority of what are generally classified as sub-tropical plants, and there seems to be no limit to the fine effects of plant grouping that may be produced. Here in former days the wealthier Moors had their villas, setting out their garden courts and terraces upon the rising ground, and forcing every spring to deliver its precious fluid to the thirsty land. The want of water is a great natural difficulty of the town, and indeed of the whole province, and the Moors have elaborated their system of irrigation principally by means of aqueducts, some of which are of very ancient construction. The Moorish country house is always placed upon an admirably chosen site, its high walls forming an effective screen from indiscreet eyes, writes H. Inigo Triggs in Country Life. Few flowers are cultivated in its gardens, and those that find a place are chosen for their bright color and the sweetness of their scent—roses, illies, jasmine, violets, pinks and geraniums. Once planted, they are allowed to romp over trellis and pergola without restraint. Flat, terraced roofs, small windows and walled-in courts sum up the features of every house, and there is complete irregularity both in the arrangement of the rooms and in their shape. Except by accident, no two lines are ever parallel, the shape of the house being decided by the contour of the site, whatever that may be. The only effort at regularity is to give to the central court a form somewhat approaching a square. These interior courts are real gardens in the sense of being delightful retreats where the glare and heat of the day are tempered by the overspreading trellis of greenery into a soft mysterious light and pervading freshness. The architecture is characteristic of the race, elegant rather than grand; suggesting a delicate and graceful taste and a disposition to indolent enjoyment. The planning of the houses seems to derive more from Roman than Byzantine origins. The former gave the open courts, the latter some of the forms of decoration used in the treatment of floor and wall surfaces. Arab writers tell us that the private houses of Damascus were built after the fashion of the later Roman houses, whereas in Persia, and especially in Bagdad, the ancient Persian houses served as an example. The principles that governed the planning of both Arab and Moorish houses were derived from classic models; a featureless exterior and an eminently "livable" interior marked the ancient house of Pompell just as they characterize the Moorish house of Algiers. Such external ornamentation as there may be is concentrated upon the entrance. The apartments are grouped round courts and gardens with an absolute separation of the rooms for either sex, every effort being made to secure privacy both from the streets outside and from neighboring buildings. To this end the windows and bays of the upper floors are carefully screened by latticed meshrebeechs, whence the dark-eyed beauties of the harem might gaze unseen upon the busy life of the streets, or ceremonies and entertainments of the courts below. The approach to the harem is usually arranged from a special court, or if only one exists, in the part most remote from the entrance to the house. It is usually through a dark vestibule with a seat for the porter, carefully planned to prevent a direct view being obtained into the building. Beautifulir Djenan-el-Mufti, Djenan-el-Mufti, in Mustapha Superieur, the residence of Mrs. E. W. Arthur, was built between the years 1500-1503 by Hadj-J-Chaban Pasha, who was later recalled to Constantinople and became bey of Cyprus. The present owner has succeeded in restoring the best characteristics of the Moorish architecture in a most praiseworthy Defective Page Interior Always "Livable." manner, and the gardens are maintained in a state of perfection which is the final charm of all good gardens. The house is built upon a hillside, and the ground is therefore laid out in terraces connected by quaint little stairways lined with old tiles. It is perhaps the best-known garden at Mustapha, for it is upon a larger scale than most of the others. The order in which it has been kept and the careful attention it has received for many years render it most attractive. From the house we pass beneath the guardroom and find ourselves in the fountain court paved with tiles, and cloistered on all sides with delicate spiral shafts of exquisite molding, which support a light arcade of pointed arches. The walls are richly encrusted with Tunisian tiles of very fine design representing an arcade supported on columns with conventional vases and flowers, and panels of the same material serve as an effective contrast to the whitened walls. The fountain court is extended a short distance to form a terrace overlooking the Orangery and the azure sea beyond. A square pool slightly raised above the pavement contains a massive circular fountain with its everrefreshing murmur of falling water. El Bardo Is Well Restored. El Bardo is another example of a well-restored Moorish house. It is approached from the carriage drive by a broad flight of black marble steps with "risers" in blue and green tiles. Entering through an archway beeth a whitewashed mirador we find ourselves in an irregularly shaped court surrounded by oblong reception rooms, each provided with an open arcade with horseshoe arches and slender columns, single and in groups of two and three. In Arab houses such rooms are known as the Mak' ad. They are usually placed on the south side of the court so as to face the north, and were possibly originally derived from the arcades surrounding the courts of the mosque. They are frequently to be met with in Cairo, where they are often placed on the first floor in imitation of the belvederes or open galleries over the sebeels or public fountains. At El Bardo the largest of the three apartments overlooking the court is a sort of summer salon with a central marble fountain; cushioned seats on three sides form a divan. Other examples we have seen have little open channels of running water freely circulating through the apartment, as at the Alhambra and the Alcazar at Seville. Purple bougainvillea is trained over the lattice covering the windows, and the sun, shining through the masses of flowers, sheds a soothing light into the apartment. At the back of the reception halls is a delicious little Koubah, divaned on all sides and with a mysterious pierced metal lamp hanging from the ceiling. The raised flower beds are bordered by low walls of gally colored tiling, and the whole court is paved in black and white marble squares. The quaint old coffee kitchen is arranged in a corner of the courtyard. It has been conscientiously restored, and its rows of shining pots are arranged on a kind of sideboard with tiled sides. Here are the pestle and mortar for pulverizing the berries, and quaint Mussulman charms rudely painted on the wall. At one end of the loggia is the delightful little sitting room Le Salon de la favorite, with woodwork delicately treated in pale green, blue and red brown. Four windows overlook the garden at the east end of the court, and above the arched entrance gate is the room where the guard was placed to watch the ladies of the harem. Any absence of color in the plant life is more than compensated for by the richly tiled wall surfaces. A central fountain in an octagonal pool reflects the blue sky, and a large water tank beyond forms an ideal home for the graceful feathery papyrus. High white walls are clothed with a variety of bougainvillea, plumbago and cluster roses, and the tall, bittered looking bananas, the latania, phoenix and other palms preserve all the truly eastern features of a garden of the Arabian Nights INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON (By E. O. SELLERS, Acting Director of the Sunday School Course of the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) (Copyright, 1917, Western Newspaper Union.) LESSON FOR JULY 15. HEZEKIAH, THE FAITHFUL KING. LESSON TEXT-II Chron. 30:1. GOLDEN TEXT-He that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.-Heb. 11:4. The reformation under Hezekiah is one of the bright and attractive spots in the latter history of the kingdom of Israel. It was a most thorough reformation and God set his seal upon it in many wonderful ways. Teachers ought to give their classes a comprehensive view of all that Hezekiah did, as recorded in II Chron., chapters 29-32. 1. Hezekiah's Proclamation. (vv. 1-6). The proper introduction to this lesson would be to return to chapter twenty-nine and note the restoration of the worship of Jehovah. How it began in one man's heart, Hezekiah; how he called the people to be clean (29:15), then called upon a cleansing of the house of God and its restoration (vv. 18, 19). How he called them to renewed sacrifice and worship (vv. 20, 21). The restoration of the sin-offering and of the burnt-offering, and the result of these offerings in the Levitical music and in the worship of the great congregation (29, 28). The sequel of song always follows and accompanies a true revival of religion. Having consecrated themselves unto the Lord, Hezekiah sends out this proclamation. The consecration of the people, as referred in chapter 29, was very complete. (See vv. 31-36). Hezekiah was a man of deep discernment as well as of true pltery. He saw the meaning of the sacrifice of redemption and put the passover forward as the very heart-center of the worship of Jehovah. (See vv. 1, 2.) Whoever understands the passover, understands God's way of salvation. (See Exodus 12:13-23; I Cor. 5:7, 8; Rom. 3:25, 26; John 1:29.) Hezekiah did not confine his call to those of Israel alone, but extended it beyond its borders to those of Ephraim, thus manifesting the true missionary spirit. Hezekiah had ample Scriptural warrant keeping this passover out of its regular order (vv. 9-13). God is not a God of time or place. Wherever obedience is possible, whether it be a matter of time or not, God approves. Hezekiah, however, did not act upon his own initiative, but sought counsel. (See v. 2.) The man who is the most clearly led of God is the man who is most eager and anxious to know how God is leading other men and will listen most patiently to their counsel. The fact that the people had not "gathered themselves together at Jerusalem" for a long time, might have warranted a further delay. Not so with this enthusiastic young king. He was not bound by precedent, but was anxious to please God. II. Hezekiah's Exhortation (vv. 7-13). Hezekiah began his exhortation by calling attention to the trespasses of their fathers (v. 7). At the same time he reminds them that if God gave them over to desolation because they themselves were stiff-necked (v. 8) and yielded not themselves unto the Lord to enter his sanctuary, which he had sanctified unto them, they would come under the fierceness of God's wrath, for they had turned from the Lord; they had "trespassed against the Lord God of their fathers." Because of that trespass God had "given them up to desolation." Literally he had made them "an astonishment." This astonishment and desolation was well known, "as ye see" (v. 7). Anyone with eyes open can see today the desolation of individuals, of families, communities and nations who trespass against God. For a generation we have had the deity of Christ and the inspiration of his Word called into question and that the individual man is the dictator of his own conscience and life, and it is because men have departed from their faithful allegiance to Jesus Christ and fail to obey his command, that we see the strife and desolation of today. The first departure caused people to be "stiff-necked" and Jehovah is calling them to repentance, but they would not hear (see Ch. 36:18; Ex. 32:9; Rom. 10:21). In place of this "stiff-neckness" of their hearts Hezekiah entends them to turn again to the Lord and not to be stiff-necked as were their fathers (v. 8), that if they will turn again unto the Lord (v. 9) they will find compassion so that they shall again enter his gracious and merciful dealings. Having yielded themselves they were to enter into communion with him and "enter into his sanctuary, which he had sanctified forever." They were also to serve him. Most blessed results were to follow for them and for their brethren and their children, but all of this bright prospect is conditioned upon repentance, surrender, communion and service, which is based upon the fact that Jehovah "is gracious and merciful" (Ex. 34:3, 7; Ps. 86:5; Jonah 4:2; Mark 7:18). Then, even as now, there were those who would not yield themselves to God's gracious invitation. As the priests passed through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even unto Zebulun, they were "laughed to scorn and some mocked" (v. 10). By REV. HOWARD W. POPE Moody Bible Institute, Chicago TEXT—Give us this day our daily bread. Matt. 6:11. How one shall read the Bible depends largely on what he is reading it for. The Bible is an all-around book and serves many purposes, but it is well to have in mind some definite purpose in all one's reading. PETER H. All stringed instruments quickly get out of tune. The action of the atmosphere and constant vibration in playing, relax the tension of the strings so that they need to be tuned very often. No matter how good the violin is, it needs to be tuned every day, and often many times a day. Man is like a violin. He soon gets out of tune with God. The wear and tear of life, and the demoralizing atmosphere which sin creates, so affects his disposition that he needs to be brought into harmony with God every morning. It is not surprising, when we consider the subtlety of sin, and the weakness of the flesh, rather it is Strange that a harp of a thousand strings, Should keep in tune so long. Nothing will bring the believer into touch with God so soon as a little taste of the divine Word. For devotional purposes the psalms are perhaps the best reading, because they cover so wide a range of experience. Here we find aspiration and confession, joy and sorrow, adoration and praise. Here we behold the calm confidence which grows out of a sublime faith: "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want." Again we meet the bitter anguish which comes from ingratitude, or unrequited love, or the ecstasy of sin forgiven, or the passionate plea for mercy as in the fifty-first psalm, or the shout of triumph in the thirty-second psalm. It is doubtful if there is any experience in life for which we cannot find a duplicate in the psalter, and, noting how the man after God's own heart behaved in similar emergencies, we are unconsciously led into the same feeling. Morning and Eventide. In the morning read the nineteenth psalm and at eventide the eighth psalm. If you are going on a journey, Psalm 21 is appropriate. If in perplexity, read Psalm 37. If you are grateful, choose Psalm 105, or Psalm 106, or Psalm 107. If your heart needs searching, read Psalm 138, which begins with the words, "O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me," and after a subline description of God's omniscience, closes with the prayer that only an honest heart can utter: "Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me and know my thoughts: and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." If it is comfort you need, you will find it in abundance in Psalms 34, 91 and 103. The Gospels are also excellent for devotional reading because there we come in contact with the words and works of Jesus. We see how he lived in the home and by the wayside, in the carpenter's shop, and by the open grave. We see him in public life and in private ministry always the same, never hurried, never worried, always thinking of others and never of himself. We see him playing with the children, watching the birds on the trees, the growing grain and the fading flowers. In everything he saw God's love and care, and from all things natural he drew some spiritual lessons. The epistles are especially helpful to the mature Christian as revealing the relation of the believer to his fellow man; to the church, the state, and the perishing world. How Long. If it be asked how much one should read at a time for devotional purposes, let me answer with an illustration. I once saw a picture of the disciples on the way to Emmaus. The Master has just left them and the two men are looking at each other in glad astonishment. One of them is holding both hands over his heart as he says with rapture, "Did not our hearts burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the Scriptures?" He can almost feel his heart burn still as he recalls the memory of that blessed walk. If you ask how long one shall read his Bible for devotional purposes, I answer, "Read until your heart burns and your soul thrills with the consciousness of God's approval." The Morning Watch. The morning watch. George Muller's testimony regarding the morning watch is very valuable: "The first thing a child of God has to do morning by morning is to obtain food for his soul. And what is food for the soul? Not prayer, but the Word of God; not the simple reading of the Word, so that it passes through our minds as water runs through a pipe, but considering what we read, pondering over it, and applying it to our hearts. When we pray, we speak to God. When we read the Bible, God puts it to us." CITY SWIFT OF GROWTH THE CITY OF BAYSIDE SIXTY years is but a brief span in the life of most cities, yet these past 60 years in the life of Seattle have seen its development from primeval wilderness to a city of world-wide importance. The era of development started in 1852, when a group of hardy pioneers, one of whom is still living in Seattle, landed on the wide beach at Al-K1 point, just outside the entrance of the harbor. Here the first rude cabins were built and the first homes of the future city established. But soon, in seeking better protection for themselves from the storms of the Pacific, better means of wresting a necessary livelihood from the soil and the waters, the pioneers rounded the wooded promontory of Duwamish, entenged the harbor and established their settlement on its eastern shore. As new settlers were attracted by the fertility of the soil, says Earle Gage in Grit, the advantages of the harbor location and the soft, equable climate all the year round, there came a sawmill, which was the institution of the great lumber business, which today has given the state of Washington, and Seattle in particular, a world reputation. First and last impressions of a city, or of a community settlement of any size, are created by conditions disclosed in the business districts. It is here that the majority of visitors first find themselves; it is here that individual enterprise is inspired and from here that all manner of undertakings, large and small, are directed and controlled. Whatever the geographical extent of a city, its business district is its heart, the pulsations of which are felt to the utmost suburb and far beyond. Building for business purposes in Seattle has kept stride with every development in architecture and represents every sound theory of modern construction. Even the older business buildings, fully occupied for many years, stand as examples of the best that was known at the time of their construction. The era of the skyscraper found Seattle ready. On all sides are found towering giants of VIEW IN ```markdown ``` VIEW IN SEATTLE the street, fine structures of steel, concrete, stone and brick, lifting their faces to the sky, overlooked by the mountain heights of the neighborhood. The L. C. Smith building, 42 stories high, is the highest building in the world outside of New York city, while surrounding it are examples of the best and most modern in building structures. In 1900 census reports gave Seattle a population of 80,000, while in July, 1915, the population was reported as 830,000. It must be remembered that the first railroad did not enter until 1884, and that a fire destroyed $7,000,000 worth of property in 1889, but regardless of these handicaps, the spirit of the people remained undaunted. The sawmill was Seattle's first industry. The city is virtually built on a lumber foundation. The wonderful timber resources of the state gave the first means of livelihood to the early settlers, and the development of the lumber and shingle industries has marked the stride of progress in every line. For years Seattle's annual output of shingles has exceeded that of any other city in the world. Not only is the city headquarters of the lumber industry of the Pacific northwest, but the major part of the shingles manufactured in the entire United States are made in this state alone. The manufacture and export of lumber products from Seattle to all parts of the world form one of Seattle's leading industrial resources. The largest lumber mills in the world are located at Port Blakeley, just opposite the city on Puget sound. Uncle Sam has locked some 10,000,000 acres of timber land into his forest reserves in the state of Washington. This reserve is being conserved for the use of future generations, while several million acres are being cut for the present needs of humanity. Some 6,000,000 acres are today under private ownership. The principal varieties of Plenty of Skycrapers. Largest Lumber Mills. wood grown are the Douglas fir, or spruce, the giant of the forest, growing erect to its crown, some 200 feet high, and this variety has insured Washington first place in the lumber industry of the United States for the past decade. The red cedar is of great importance commercially, reaching a height of 200 feet and having a diameter in rare cases of over 20 feet, yielding for the state of Washington two-thirds of all the shingles produced in the United States, the majority of which are manufactured in Seattle. Other commercial varieties include hemlock, spruce, larch and white fir, in the western sections, and pine and tamarack in the eastern counties. The commercial fisheries of the north Pacific coast are centered in Seattle. The fishing grounds cover the whole vast expanse of the northern ocean and its every harbor, the traps dot the coast at strategic locations and the canneries, large and small, are placed wherever advantageous for quick handling of the fish. The business is directed from Seattle, where all supplies are procured and where the product comes for general distribution. At Bremerton, directly across Puget sound from Seattle, is situated the Puget Sound navy yard, the largest and most important establishment of the navy department on the Pacific coast. The federal government has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in the building of another and much larger dry dock than was at first used, and for ten years this yard has been the rendezvous of all naval vessels in Pacific waters. The innumerable vessels of the world's merchant marine make this port one of commercial importance. It was on the water front of Seattle that a series of happenings, beginning at far distant points, finally culminated in the two greatest events of Seattle's early history, namely, the opening of direct trade with the Orient and the arrival of the first substantial shipment of gold from Alaska and the Klondike. Both events followed upon a long period of national depression during which Seattle suffered in common with SEATTLE other cities. In the summer of 1890 the first steamship of the newly established Japanese line made port with her cargo of silks, teas, curtis and other valuable products of the far East. A year later the first ship from Alaska brought absolute proof of the intrinsic worth of Alaska's amazing riches awaiting the prospector. Of the gold that poured into Seattle during the first year no estimate was made. The first effect was to crowd the city with men of all ages and nationalities, bound for Alaska and the Yukon territory. Seattle was electrified with new energy. Rail meets sail in any seaport city entered by a single line of track, but Seattle has the advantage over any other Pacific coast city in that here more rails meet more sails. King county, of which the city is the county seat, constitutes a port district, and improvements of harbor facilities are under way on which the people of the district have authorized an expenditure of $8,000,000. The United States government is building a ship canal, connecting Lakes Washington and Union with the waters of Puget sound. The Duwamish waterway opens the low-lying lands in the southern part of the city and into the county to transportation and manufacturing enterprise. With all these undertakings, demanding expenditures aggregating $200,000,000. Seattle will have facilities for traffic handling and industrial development that cannot be afforded by any other Pacific city. Japanese Clearing Houses. The first bankers' clearing house established in Japan on the foreign model was that at Osaka, for hundreds of years the trade center of the country, in 1879. It was not until eight years later that Tokyo followed suit, opening her clearing house in 1887. Today clearing houses are in operation in Kyoto, Yokohama, Kobe, Nagoya, Shimonoseki, Moji, Hiroshima, Kanazawa, Hakodate and Otaru. Great Mercantile Port. MEMBER NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION MEMBER MH ORGANIZED 1867 Subscription by Mail, Postpaid. ONE YEAR ..... $2.00 SIX MONTHS ..... $125 THREE MONTHS ..... .65 Hamlet B. Rowe, Local Agent. ADVERTISING RATES. One Inch—1 Insertion—One Dollar. Liberal discount given on 3, 6, 9, Months, or 1 year contracts. We do not run free ads, or over-run the time contracted for by our advertisers We respect their right to advertise at intervals, and rather have them do so, than to run continuously an "adv." and an increasing account. Write all Checks payable to The Twin City Star. Call at 1317 6th Ave. N. on Wednesday to insure matter for publication. The Twin City Star stands for equal rights for all American citizens. Negroes registered like good Americans. Enough said. The Star tries to publish the news of Negroes entirely. We know the "war news" is interesting, but Negroes read and pay for the daily papers, which carry the current news. We have the exclusive right of the plate service edited by N. B. Dodson, a Negro, which gives us the best side of Negro publicity. Every week the Star has in its columns articles of the race, which will never appear in the white' papers or some Negro weeklies. WHY THE CHURCHES SUFFER If there was some way in Portland to cut out or even curb the many forms of charity graft which are being worked overtime by the benefit route, the churches would not have such a hard time to keep up the interest on their "mortgages, and pay the pastors their salaries. And the grievous and scandalous part about the whole shooting match is that some of the members of the churches are also members of this "basket brigade," and they are so near-sighted that they cannot see the great harm and injury they are doing the church. However, the pastors see and know that the band is impeding and hindering the advancement of the church along financial and spiritual lines, but they dare not condemn it lest they lose a few dimes or so, or perhaps a few thin-skinned members. These people, by their methods, are killing the church.—The Portland (Ore.) Advocate. Negroes were being killed and dsiven out of East St. Louis, because they came from the South to earn an honest living. Negroes have no rights under Lynch Law, and America calls herself a free country. NORTH SIDE VICE INVESTIGATION CONTINUED. Negro Citieza Report Good Results— Women to Organize. The Negro Citizens' Committee of the Third and Fourth wards met Wednesday evening at the office of the Twin City Star. Several new members volunteered to assist in the CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN. The reports show much progress. The police have informed several old offenders and eight places have been vacated by order of landlords, who now are especially anxious about the character of their next tenants. A women's committee will be organized this week. Evidence will be secured for conviction, where persons continue to commercialize vice. There have been several new places added to the list to be present to the authorities for investigation. Although legal action has been threatened, the committee makes no apology for any places named in its report. Despite the fact that the brewers have promised to regulate their deliveries in the residential districts, it is evident that this DOES NOT APPLY TO NEGROES. The names of the committee will not be given publicity at this time. There is much speculation as to their identity, also some criticism as to their purpose and authority, but their work will continue and the community benefitted. Some, whose plans are being watched, have said that "Negroes are trying to hurt each other, the white folks don't care." The Negro law-breaker, who conducts a dope joint, buffet flat or gambling house in the residential district, is of the most destructive element of his race, also are those of the church element, especially the preachers, who condone such conditions and sin by their silence. When the white people, who are really interested in the welfare of the entire community, are asked to assist in this campaign, it will be shown that corruption is contagious and concerns all classes of citizens. The conservation of the physical and moral forces of all nationalities are vital, especially at this time, and it is necessary that the Negroes safeguard their settlements in any locality with the proper social and economic environments. There must be, and always will be segregated districts. When vice is scattered broadcast, it undermines every social structure and adds to the corruption of youth. on the committee. This is a work within the race and though its membership and investigations are secret, publicity is its weapon. It does not intend to unnecessarily expose or accuse any one. Those who have lived in the twilight zone, from the church by day to the brothel by night, can no longer straddle these extremes. Shadow respectability is a crime and a curse on the rising generation, upon which the future of any race depends. The quarrel between the Twin City Star and the Weekly Advocate, the local newspapers, is ended. Each has its mission, also its individuality, and the public will judge each publication. The Star relies on its record, of which its editor is justly proud. He has fought for right and has been supported by the fair-minded citizens of both races. Success to the Advocate and may it profit by its recent experiences. THE NAVY NEEDS MEN Red-blooded, but not black-skinned. The following is the copy sent to Northwest papers by Lieut. Commander, Jas. D. Willson, U. S. Navy. Mr. American Citizen: Do you realize that the United States Navy is still short many thousands of men to properly man the ships now building to be ready for active war service the latter part of this year? The Navy needs real men — red blooded Americans who are willing to do their bit for good old U. S. A., as did the men and boys of 1776 and 1861. Are you going to sit tight and "Let George do it" and in the future be ashamed to answer your children and grandchildren when they say, "Daddy, what did you do during the great War?", or are you going to be in a position to say "Daddy was a Navy Volunteer, fought for this country of ours and helped to make the blessings of Liberty secure for ourselves and our posterity, and also helped save some of the starving mothers and children of Europe." Now is the time for you to step forward and volunteer for the Navy—always found ready when needed by your Uncle*Sam. Men of the type of Farragut, Dewey, Lawrence, Perry and Nathan Hale are wanted. There are plenty of them in this city who will "make history" when they finally volunteer. The Northwest has never been found wanting when the Nation needed men. Volunteer now, write or telegraph Navy Recruiting Station, Minneapolis. Branch stations at St. Paul, St. Cloud, Duluth and Brainerd, Minn., and Fargo, Grand Forks, Minot and Bismarck, N. D. THE NEGRO'S ANSWER. Dear Uncle Sam— I realize your position for which you are entirely responsible. I have offered my services, but according to your orders "Negroes are not wanted" as white men. My fathers fought with Perry on Lake Erie, with Farragut at New Orleans and in Mobile Bay. I served with Dewey at Manilla and with Sampson at Santiago, and have never been "found wanting", other than a chance to fight for you. A thousand of my brothers are waiting, until you cast aside your prejudice, and you will be compelled to do so. The Negro Americans are sitting tight and do not care, who does it. Should you need them (and you certainly will) they are ready. Discrimination has denied them the ability to serve you, as they would like to; but your persecution has not overcome their patriotism. They are here, there, and everywhere, in the land of their birth, the U. S. A. An American Negro, A native citizen. NEGROES WANTED IN ARMY AVIATION. Negroes are to be used in the Army Aviation by the War Department. This fact was made known in a telegram sent by the War Department to President W. S. Scarborough of Willeforce University which read: "Minimum age limit for candidates for Army Aviation has been reduced to 19 years. Your assistance in getting this information into the hands of your best military students will be greatly appreciated. The afr service needs athletes who are quick-witted, punctual and reliable. Intelligent men, accustomed to making quick decisions are desirable. Men who ride well and can sail a motor-boat or handle a motorcycle usually make good air pilots." MEMORIAL FOR B. B. HERBERT Mirneapolis, July 12.—A memorial service has been conducted at the convention of the National Editorial association for Benjamin R. Herbert, its founder, who died in the University farm hospital Tuesday. A delegation will go to Red Wing Friday to attend funeral services. Present and past officers of the organization will be pall bearers. SAYS CLAIM OF BOSTON MEN ENTIRELY FALSE Labor Leader Attacke "Negro Equal Rights League." Washington, July 5.—Charges that labor unions were responsible for the East St. Louis race riots drew an emphatic denial today from Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of Labor, who, in the absence of President Gompers, issued a formal statement on the subject. Mr. Morrison made public a telegram received today from Victor Olander, secretary-treasurer of the Illinois Federation of Labor, which has been forwarded as the American Federation of Labor's reply to a message from the Boston branch of the Equal Rights League. "Press dispatches allege - Negro Equal Rights League of Boston has telegraphed to you charging trade unionists with responsibility for East St. Louis riots. Any such charge is viciously untrue. It was the East St. Louis Central Labor Council, having negroes in membership, that requested the investigations by the State Council of Defense following the disorders in May. That investigation showed that Southern negroes had been misled by false advertisements and unscrupulous employment agents to come to East St. Louis in such numbers that they could not secure either work or decent living quarters. "The effect was to make acute the exploitations of labor, both negro and white, and to seriously disarrange social as well as economic conditions and to arouse bitterness or all sides. "The Chamber of Commerce was urged by one of its own officers weeks ago to use its influence against the campaign of misrepresentation and false promises responsible for the influx, but the chamber took no action. Silent on Fraud. "It is shocking to me that such organizations as the alleged Negro Equal Rights League have little or nothing to say about the fraud practiced against Negroes by unscrupulous employing interests; that such associations remain discreetly silent while Southern negroes are cheated into leaving their homes for Northern cities and towns already overcrowded, exhibit no concern regarding miserable living and working conditions which many Negroes are forced to endure under such circumstances, and offer no protest against vicious exploitations of labor through which blacks and whites suffer alike. "The Illinois Trade Union movement is striving to organize the workers of both races. Many of our local unions have Negro members, some exclusively, and Negro delegates attend our conventions and central bodies, but I have not learned of a single instance here where such associations as the Negro Equal Rights League have aided or encouraged Negro workers to join together for the purpose of self-help in trade unions, to prevent exploitations, to secure recognition of economic rights, to obtain improvements in working conditions, shorter hours or better wages. On behalf of the Illinois State Federation of Labor and its entire membership of both races, I protest against the rank injustice of the charge alleged to have been made by the league and I characterize that charge as unqualifiedly false and untrue." War Department Probes Riot. East St. Louis, Ill., July 6.—Resumption of work after the holiday was accompanied without any indication of a renewal of the troubles earlier in the week. Hundreds of negroes have left town and some of the big plants admitted that output would consequently be curtailed. A war department inquiry into the riots is under way. Colonel George H. Hunter, chief quartermaster of the central division, arrived in the city as personal representative of General Thomas H. Barry of Chicago. CHANCE TO BE BLIND IN SELECTING DRAFT ARMY Numbers In Tiny Capsules to Be Drawn By Blindfolded Person—Further Announcement Expected. Washington, July 11.—Chance will be blind in selecting the new national army to fight Germany. The patriot who most desires to go to the war may be passed when the day for drawing comes, and he who hopes most that the tiny capsule containing his number may not prove a "bitter pill" and fall into the hand of chance, may find he has been called to the colors. While all the regulations to govern the forthcoming army lottery have not been announced, it has been learned that the numbers of registered citizens are to be drawn by a person blindfolded. Who has been selected to do the drawing is not known, but it probably will be some officer of the army. 2 GERMAN PLANES DESTROYED London, July 12.—The commodore at Lowestoft, says an official statement, reports that the armed trawler Iceland destroyed two enemy seaplanes and brought four prisoners into port. The two seaplanes destroyed were out for the purpose of torpedo shipping, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Lowestoft. One of them came down to launch a torpedo and was attacked and destroyed by the armed trawler. The other came to the rescue and likewise was destroyed. PROGRESS AT TUSKEGEE SUMMER SCHOOL NOTED Hundreds of Teachers Are Diligently Applying Themselves to Study. Tuskegee Institute, Ala.-The eighth annual session of the Tuskegee institute summer school for teachers closed the second week with an enrollment of 284. The indications are that this number will increase from week to week until the session closes on July 20. Vice Principal Warren Logan, in the absence of Dr. Moton, principal, welcomed the teachers at the opening general assembly June 11. Devotions are held at each of the assembly meetings, and a special musical program is always presented. Together with these, the teachers sing enthusiastically the old plantation melodies. Many of the leading educators and public men will address these meetings. Addresses have already been delivered by W. B. Riley, superintendent of schools, Macon county, Ala.; Dr. George E. Haynes, Fisk university, Nashville, Tenn., and Hon. M. L. Brittain, superintendent of education for the state of Georgia, and by members of the Tuskegee institute faculty. Mr. Riley paid a glowing tribute to the loyalty and faithfulness of the colored people. Dr. George E. Haynes' subject was "The Demand of the New Order." He said that the old order had changed and that the new order comes. It brings with it a new idea of the worth of the masses of men. He discussed the part the Negro is playing in the new order and said that the Negro needed now, most of all, in this economic and political change, organization based upon purpose and devotion. On Monday of the second week Clement Richardson, head of the division of English, spoke on "Reading." He showed the value of a knowledge of the meaning of words and their correct pronunciation, which will lead to a correct interpretation of the meaning of the author. On Tuesday occurred the second of the story telling hours. Type fairy stories were told by teachers from the children's house. These periods are attracting a great deal of attention. M. L. Brittain spoke on "The Making of a Citizen." He said that all children need to be taught the simple virtues—courage, obedience, honesty, politeness, courtesy. These make the good and valuable citizen. Habits are to be formed by the teachers. Form the habit of courage, obedience, courtesy. Mr. Brittain illustrated his subject with several interesting stories. He made a decided impression by his address. The Tuskegee institute summer school offers to all ambitious teachers courses covering review and advanced literary subjects, professional subjects and industrial classes in manual trailing, domestic science, sewing, canning, agriculture and handicrafts. Certain courses are also offered for the extension of certificates of Alabama teachers. The teachers in attendance are attracting much valuable comment because of their earnestness and faithfulness. They begin work at 7 o'clock in the morning. The social features are not forgotten. On each Saturday evening a moving picture show is provided for the teachers. The visiting teachers will also give two entertainments. A "get acquainted" social was given at the end of the first week. RECORD OF MOB VIOLENCE. Lynching Accelerates Race Migration, Says Head of Tuskegee Institute. Dr. Robert R. Moton, principal of the Tuskegee (Ala.) institute; has sent out the following, being a record of lynchings for the first six months of 1917. Dr. Moton says: "I find, according to the records kept by Monroe N. Work, head of the division of records and research of the Tuskegee institute, that in this period there have been fourteen lynchings. This is eleven less than the number, twenty-five, for the first six months of 1916 and twenty less than the number, thirty-four, for the first six months of 1915. In ten instances, through the bravery of officers of the law and by other means, mobs were thwarted and lynchings prevented. "Of those lynched thirteen were Negroes, and one was white. Four of those put to death, one white and three Negroes, were charged with the crime of rape. One of those put to death was a Negro woman, reported to have been of unsound mind, who in resisting arrest wounded an officer of the law. "I gather from reading Negro newspapers and from other sources that, in spite of the notable decrease in the number of victims of mob violence for the six months, the horrors connected with the recent burning at the stake near Memphis has increased among Negroes the fear of lynchings and accelerated their migration to the north." Judge Willett Rewards Employees. Misses Emily Johnson and Susan Wilson, maids in the home of the late Judge Charles J. Willett at Passadena, Cal., are named as the principal beneficiaries in the judge's will. They are to receive all of the household furniture, valuable family silverware and $4,000 with which to purchase any home they may select in Passadena. This is a case in which merit and not color is rewarded. 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