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IF IT'S NEWS, IT'S IN THE BEE, FOR THE BEE IS A NEWSPAPER. THE BEE WASHINGTON Washington's Best and Leading Negro Newspaper-That's THE BEE A OL. XXXVIII, NO. 6 WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1917 VAULT DEDICATED NEW VAULT AT CEMETERY DEDICATED WITH ADDRESS Ralph V. Cook Traces Society's History Which Donated to Washing- ington Work Fund in 1862. ton Monument Fund in 1852. A receiving vault which has been built at Harmony cemetery was dedicated June 24th afternoon with appropriate ceremonies, John A. Simms, president of the Columbia Harmony Society, being master of ceremonies for the occasion. The dedicatory address was made by Henry Johnson: Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: This being—since October 22, 1857—the first occasion in which persons interested in the Columbian Harmony Society have assembled for a common purpose, I deem it advisable to present a brief sketch of the early history of Columbian Harmony Society—and I may state that I am indebted to the original minutes in possession of the Society for the matter presented. At a meeting, held November 25, 1825—ninety-two years ago—at the Western School room in the City of Washington, attended by free colored persons a Society for the mutual benefits of its members was organized, and a Committee—consisting of Francis Datcher, J. W. Prout, and H. D. Smuters was appointed to draft a Constitution. At an adjourned meeting, December 3, 1825, held at the same place, the following report was adopted: "Throughout their labors your Committee have looked forward to future generations by the forming of this Society as well as to those who shall unite together in the forming of this Society. Hoping the time is not far distant when we shall all act together as children of one common parent struggling together for the perpetual welfare of each other, your Committee have endeavored to set guards at every avenue to prevent the introduction of vice or immorality or the deporture of vulture from among us and they inimude the hope that their errors may be considered of the head and not the hart. Trusting you will accept the better part of their labors and impute the bad to the intentions, we submit the accompanying Constitution for your mature consideration." Signed: JOHN W. PROUT, FRANCIS DATCHER, HENRY D. SMUTHERS, Committee. The Constitution presented, contained a preamble, which as a reflect of the subject-matter contained therein, I reproduce: "Whereas, it is a moral duty incumbent on man to endeavor by honest and prudent method to make provision for himself and family against infirmities incident to age, disease or accident and actuated by no other motive than those which blind man to man by the tender ties of fellowship and mortal duty, and believing that much good may result by uniting ourselves together into a Society to be known and distinguished by the title of Columbian Harmony Society and do blind ourselves to abide by and support this Constitution." Francis Datcher, Wm. Costin, John B. Hutton, Wm. Jackson, Andrew Foote, George Bell, Joseph Warren, George Hicks, John B. Bull, Joseph Colston, Thos Smith, Nathaniel Hurbert, John W. Prout, William Tilghman, H. D. Sounthers, Aaron Sims, Wm. Wormley, John B. Butler, Ralph King, Wm. Lonax, Lloyd Nichols. The first regular meeting; Dec. 10, 1825, was organized by the election of Francis Datcher President, for one year from January 1, 1826; Wm. Costin V. P.; Wm. Jackson, Treas; John B. Hutton, Secy. Board of Directors; George Bell, George Hicks, Joseph Warren, A. Foote and John Bell. At a meeting held Jan. 7, 1826, the following gentlemen qualified (each paying $5.00) as members: George Bell, Wm. Costin, Joseph Warren, Francis Datcher, John W. Prout, Wm. Tlighman, John B. Hutton, Aaron Sims, Andrew Foote, John B. Butler, Joseph Colston, Thomas Smith, Wm. Jackson, Nathaniel Hurbert, Henry D. Smuthers, John B. Bull, George Hicks, Ralph King, and Wm. Wormley. The original purpose of the Society as indicated through its Constitution and By-Laws was beneficial and charitable: Sick benefits to members; financial relief in case of death in member's family; money loans to financially embarrassed members; money appropriated yearly, for relief of the City's poor; advances made to struggling churches, and last, but not least, contribution to the Washington Monument. (August 12,52). The Society confined itself to its original purpose up to April 17, 1828, when at a regular meeting on that date, M. Datcher offered the following resolution: "Whereas, The main object in organizing this Society was that its members might share more largely each other's good council and moral instructions and whereas the many and ungenerous charges against us, as a body, and with a desire to avert these charges therefore be it resolved that this Society do inquire into the expediency of purchasing, an entire expediency of ground—provided—the same can be purchased at any point N. of R. st., W. of 5 st., and E. of 22nd st., within the bounds of Washington City. Resolved--that there shall be provision for each member and his family in said burial ground and the remainder be sold for the use of the Society." In accordance with the above M. Datcher, chairman of the committee on site, reported Nov. 6, 1828, that partial arrangements had been made with the U. S. Commissioner for the purchase of Square 475, that same being due North of the Central part of the City of Washington(bet. S st., and Fla. ave. and 5th and 6th sts. N. W.) and recommended that a sum of $100 be paid the Commissioner for which a Deed in Fee would be given." The Committee report ended as follows: "Viewing the magnitude of the measure and its benefit to ages unborn, and trusting that the God of Hosts will guide us in this great work, we recommend concurrence." The report was adopted and money appropriated to purchase the Square movement for locating the "Columbian Harmony Cemetery." November 11, 1828, on motion, Mr. Datcher, the president of the board of directors, was authorized to draw up a code of By-Laws to govern the burial ground. At the same meeting money was potted for enclosing the grounds. At a meeting held September 3, 1829, on motion of Mr. Foote, "next Sunday week was fixed for the Dedication of the burial ground. At the same meeting, Tuesday next at 4 o'clock was set apart for laying off the ground—the members to take lots in the ground in the order in which they stand enrolled on the Constitution" No further record appears until Aug. 1, 1830. The members of the Society continued their organization and usefulness with a definite purpose in view, to wit: looking after and relieving the sick and worthy and paying—as the records show—proper respect for the dead. Neither time nor space will permit further delving into the valuable records—92 years old—of the Columbian Harmony Society. I will, however, state that the ground purchased, Sq. 475, was held and used as a burial ground until the tide of City improvement forced the Society to sell the ground and the proceeds thereof were made the nucleus for the purchase of this site, which was dedicated October 22, 1857. Friends: I have trenched upon your time and patience to bring home to the present generation the foresight, ability, and energy of the God-fearing and faithful men—all of whom held certificates from the "University of Limited Opportunities and Hard Knocks," procured in the atmosphere of slavery, who, 92 years ago, planted the seed, fostered and nourished it until, through successive generations, it has expanded into this beautiful and extensive grounds and appliances. In the dedication of this Cemetery sixty (60) years ago, Rev. William T. Catto, after an address of profound interest and exquisite taste, closed with this beautiful peroration: "Gentlemen, you have raised here an imperishable monument of what energy and perseverance can accomplish. Cease not your struggle until the cap-stone to your efforts shall be put on and perfection crown your labors." In like spirit, Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, with more than passing pride I point to that beautiful Mausoleum as the cap-stone. Its exterior is befittingly chaste, and modest. Its interior, with its pure white marble finish, is in harmony with the purity of the dead who will, temporarily, rest there before being consigned to mother earth. In daytime God's sunlight will cast its beautiful reflecting rays to temper the sorrow of friends. In the night the Angle of Mercy will keep guard and be watchful. We now dedicate this beautiful Mausoleum in the name of Father Son and Holy Spirit—setting it apart as a temporary resting place for the dead. At the conclusion of the address a vote of thanks was voted Mr. Johnson for his excellent address. On Wednesday June 20, a lovely wedding took place upon the lawn of the home of Mrs W. A. Tibbs, when her only daughter, Blanch E. Marle, became the bride of Mr. Wm. Busch, of Mechanicsburg, Pa. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. M. W. D. Norman, beneath a bower of roses and ferns. Just before the bridal party appeared, Miss Violet A. Burwell, in her sweet bird-like soprano voice, sang the bridal song "O Promise Me." She wore a canary silk mull, grecian style, and garden hat of canary and white tulle, and stood upon the rose covered porch, from whence came sweet music all during the evening, played by Mrs. Mary B. Chavis. She wore black and gold net over blue, with garden hat of blue and gold tulle. Miss Saddle White, in silver cloth draped in chiffon, was the first bride's maid—followed by Miss Cliffa Hill, in gold cloth and gold chiffon as second maid. Mrs. Rebecca Julus, of N. Y. city, was matron of honor for her niece. She was charming in silver lace over pink chiffon and taffetta. The attendants carried pink roses. The youthful bride wore an exquisite gown of white duchess satin draped in silk net caught, with rhinestones. Her vel blossoms. She carried white lilies, was drained bonnet and cape style and 1 HON. MARTIN B. MADDEN. The Nation Appeals to the Representative from Illinois for an Immediate Congressional Investigation of the wholesale Murder of Colored Americans. M. B. Mrs Tibbs, the bride's mother, were pink satin overdraped with beaded chiffon. Among the out of town guests were: Mrs. W. J. Carter and sons, family of teh bride's uncle, W. Justin Carter, a prominent lawyer of Harrisburg, Pa. Mrs William H. Busch and son, of Mechaniesburg, mother and brother of the groom; Misses Maggie and Sophia Tibbs, aunts, from New York, and Mrs. Julius, of New York. The valuable presents represent some of the best people of both races, and were numerous. TAKES HIS PATENT. Attorney George W. Ellis, Lawyer and Author in Town-Will Appeal to Court Attorney George W. Ellis, formerly secretary at the Liberian Legation, Monrovia, Liberia, is in the city for the purpose of laying before the Congressional representatives from the State of Illinois. Martin B. Madden, James R. Morris and Wm. E. Mason, the claim of Elbert R. Robinson, a Colored American and an inventor of the attachment to steam cars which is said to be the greatest invention of the age. Mr. Robinson claims that the Chicago City Railway Company and the Wills' and French Company have infringed upon his patent, in other words have deliberately taken his patent which is netting those companies millions of dollars. The claim has been carried through all the higher courts of the State of Illinois and while it is claimed that his patient is all right, he is overruled otherwise. Mr. Robinson will now through Attorney George W. Ellis, appeal to Congress and ask redress through his state representatives. It is a very interesting case and in the near future The Bee will publish its history. Attorney Ellis is stopping at the Young Men's Christian Association. "DAMAGED GOODS" The Play, Which Comes to the Howard Theatre Next Week Should Arouse Far Greater Interest Than Any Play Yet Has Done in That Theatre. There is no uncleanness in facts. The uncleanness is in the glamour, in the secret imagination. It is in hints, half-truths, and suggestions the threat to life lies. This play puts the horrible truth in so living a way, with such clean, artistic force, that the mind is impressed as it could possibly be impressed in no other manner. Best of all, it is the physician who dominates the action. There is no sentimentalizing. There is no weak and morbid handling of the theme. The Doctor appears in his ideal function, as the modern light-priest of truth. Around him writhe the victims of ignorance and the criminals of conventional cruelty, he towers over all, as the master. This is as it should be. The man to say the word to save the world of ignorant wretches, cursed by the clouds and darkness a mistaken modesty has thrown around a life-and-death instinct, is the physician. The only question is this: Is this play decent? My answer is that it is the decentest play that has been in New York for a year. It is so decent that it is religious. The play is, above all, a powerful plea for the tearing away of the veil of mystery that has so universally shrouded this subject of the penalty of sexual immorality. It is a plea for light on this hidden danger, that fathers and mothers, young men and young women, may know the terrible price that must be paid, not only by the generation that violate the law, but by the generation to come. It is a serious question just how the education of men and women, especially young men and young women, in the vital matters of sex relationship should be carried on. One thing is sure, however. The worst possible way is the one which has so often been followed in the past—not to carry it on at all but ignore it. MISS L. M. BUTTLER. Hear this great treat by Miss Luh May Butler, Queen of Sacred Songs of Galveston, Texas, Supported by some of the best local talent, at Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, M street between 15th and 16th streets north- west, Monday night, July 16, 1917. General admission-15 cents. One hundred patron seats. 25 cents. Rev. Carlton M. Tanner, Pastor. Brookside, 16 ft. of the church. Sudden Death of Mrs. Rosina Perry, June 27th. The funeral services for Mrs. Rosina Perry, who died suddenly June 27, was held Saturday, June 20th from her late residence, 1032 New Jersey avenue northwest. Rev. Carroll, pastor of Miles C. M. E. Church, and Rev. Clark, pastor of Isabel C. M. E. Church, of which the deceased was formerly a member, officiated. They both spoke eloquently of her Christian career, covering a period of more than fifty years, her devotion to her family and her estamble standing in the community, she having been a native of this city. The obituary was read by L. H. Peterson, music was furnished by the choir of Miles Church and solo by Dr. Jones, accompany Mrs. Mary Dixon. A number of beautiful floral tributes were sent by members of the family and friends. Mrs. Dixon is survived by two daughters and one son, Mrs. Victoria Scott, Mrs. Fredella Madden, and Mr. Wm Perry, several grand children, one of whom is Miss Beulah Scott, a teacher in our Public Schools, and a host of friends. Rev. E. B. Gordon Defeated. Rev. E. B. Gordon, who was a candidate for reelection as pastor of Walker Memorial Baptist Church, was defeated last week by the members of his church and Rev. S. S. Crockett of Morristown, N. J., was elected. Rev. Crockett will preach Sunday at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Rev. S. S. Crockett has been called to this church. He is a young and brilliant young pastor, who will be a great acquisition to this city and a benefit to this church. WORLD WAR. 10 the Editor of I. MISS KIBBLE APPOINTED. Miss'Ollie E. Kibble of 128 S street northwest was appointed. in the Municipal Playgrounds as an assistant to Miss Price, who is the principal. In compliance with instructions from the War Department, at the request of the Hon. John H. Small, First Sergeant Robert H. Cheeks, Co. D., 1st Sep. Bn. D. C. Inf. N. G. has been designated by the Commanding Officers Maj. J. E. Walker, to go to Washington, North Carolina for recruiting duty in the South. Sergeant Cheeks left for Washingto on the 6:30 boat, Monday afternoon, July 3rd. At 7 o'clock on the evening of July 4th there was a celebration of the first anniversary of the departure of the First Separate Battalion for the Mexican Border, July 4, 1916. Officers and men at both camps of the Battalion participated with reminiscences of their Border experiences. It is particularly pertinent at the present time, when East St. Louis, Ill., is being torn by Rue riots in which colored men have been killed and Negro houses burned and when the National Guard troops, of Illinois, who have been called to the scene have failed to maintain law and order, that the First Sep. Battalion D. C. Infantry N. G., composed of Negro troops, has been called upon to protect most the largest and most important. Railway interests in the country. These colored troops were called upon July 3rd to protect the train yards of the Washington Terminal, during the strike of employees of the Terminal Company and are now protecting all railway interests in the District. The work of this battalion has in no wise been spectacular but the people should not think that it has been any the less important. From the President's Call on March 25th until the present date, the protection of every vital interest in the city has been entrusted to these Negro troops. Thru losses from discharges because of dependents, the Battalion has lost about two hundred men and despite the fact that recruiting has been carried on at a lively rate and with the utmost energy, the organization still lacks about 170 men of being at full war strength. It is the desire of the Commanding Officer that this number be made up within the next two weeks. The record of the Battalion warrants the attention of every young man in the city and it should be the pride of the people of Washington to see this body of Negro soldiers complete in every detail, men as well as equipment. Atlantic City's great wooden way, the board walk, has practically turned into a great work shop for women, for everybody is knitting or learning how to knit. This season, shows a great change in conditions. The women are really doing their bit and the beauty of it all is that many of the hand work instructors are young colored girls, yes really teaching their white sisters how to work with their hands in the most fashionable section of the beach. A. Smith Rankin, head waiter at the Greenwood's Inn at New Hortford. Conn., was in Atlantic City several days last week hunting for a new chef cook for the inn. When seen at Scotts Hotel Mr. Rankin said that his assistant, Mr. C. J. Turnell, had charge until he returned. Thomas Harttsfield of Washington is booking agent at Atlantic City for Mr. C. T. Fergerson, head waiter at the New Cape May Hotel, Cape May, N. J. Fitzgerald's Auditorium on Kentucky avenue is undergoing many improvements. The Smart Set Orchestra plays at the dancing class every Monday, and Thursday night. The colored cabarets are very artistic throughout the colored district, equipped with high-class entertainers and singers, especially at Scotts, the Horse-Shoe Mansion, and a the Philadelphia House the entertainment is of a very high standard and their patrons are among of the most refined people who visit the resort. Ashbury M. E. Church, the big new colored edifice of Atlantic City, was crowded last Sunday morning to hear the Rev. Miss Reid, a woman evangelist, whose sermon was so full of gospel truths. It caused one of the largest men in the congregation to collapse. By quick work of a number of the church officers the, stricken man was revived. Ashbury is by far one of the most beautiful churches in America. It is decorated with fine art paintings and equipped with every modern electrical device for the modern church. It has uniformed lady ushers, two choirs and a late model pipe organ. Among the many people from Wash. spending their vacation at Atlantic City are: Dr. Childs and family, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wilson, Miss Elizabeth Robinson, Mr. Philip T. Gren, Mrs. Willie Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Smith and many others whose names will appear later. Christopher Hoffman Wins W. C. T. U. Prize The Women's Temperance Union No. 2. of the District of Columbia presented a prize of $6 in gold to Christopher Hoffman, son of Elzie Hoffman, a well-known local musician. Young Hoffman received the first prize in the essay contest, subject of which was "Alcohol and the Effects It has Upon the Human Body." Master Hoffman is a brilliant pupil of the 13th Division of the Local Public Schools. AN’APPEAL To THE PUBLIC BY “THE AMERICAN. WORKMEN INSURANCE FRATERNITY. Srienas: For $1.00 to $2.00 monthly we. pay unward to $6.00 benefits, and death, $1,000.00 to beneficiary. - You need real protection and help while living. You should make sub stantial provisions for youf — wife, mother, father, sister, brother or bus- band, ‘while you are living, so. that they” may not have:to depend upon charity for bread for the sustenance of ‘life, when you are*dead or disabled from sickness or old age. I hereby appeal.to you to unite in the support ‘of this strong, mutual, patriotic pro- tection and benevolent Insurance Fra- ternity, composed of male’ and, female, the’ doctrine of which ‘is: that, God is our Father, man -our brother, and woman our sister, all races’ of people, regardless of color. Such union is the real supreme need of all *human- ity. “ You are invited tovjoin this great Insurance Fraternity, organized under the Laws ‘of the District of Columbia, sald Laws were, enacted by Congress and approved by the President. of the United. States “for: the purpose of uniting together’ in ‘a ‘Fraternal Bene- ficial Association ‘under the lodge sys- tem, both sexes between the ages of 18 and 55 years,” with a ritualistic form of work anda representative form of government, atid’ for the. sole benefit of its members and their beneficiaries; also for the establishing of.a system of. mutual benevolence: and rellef in case ot SICKNESS, ACCIDENT or DEATH ‘and. to uplift ‘the moral’ and material advancenient of its members. ‘The Government of this Association 4, vested in its “Supreme officers, and a Board of nine Supreme ‘Trustees. (Home : Office, Washington, D.C. John B. Harrell. Supreme Councll- lor, C. A. White, Supreme Vice-Coun- cillor, Rudolph ‘T, Harrell, Suprenie Clerk, : I,.a8 a member and Deputy of this Grand Fraternal ‘Insurance, Society, most. highly commend the Company to ail persons, regardless of race or color, to be the most liberal and the best Protective Insyrante known, whose policigs are all that -coutd "be desired, for ‘the accomodation of all American, Citizens alike, and 1’ most earnestly solicit, your hearty general cooperation. . We' need many honest and intelli- gent agents, male and female, to write up the applicatants for membership, and also to organize lodges. We want liye and vigilant agents, who will earn from $2.50 to $600 per day and’ prob- ably more, and also secure.a lifetime income by giving thelr full time,and attention now, while we necd a cer- ain. membership to warrant in’ es- ‘ablishing a large, building‘ for our National Headquarters, and Auditor- juin for the, ‘use "of" the members; mental and religious attainment. We invite you-to' call og-write for |. ull particulars for siny desired infor- nation pertaining to-the appointment f digents in the District of Columbia, o Headquarters District Députy. AARON P.. PRIOLEAU, Deputy and Sup’t of, Agents, D.‘C: ote! Glover, 15 E Sw, N. W. Washington, D. C. | RIC LIANE INDE VA {0} tS | NEWHOME Cx get it ? for 7 my wife” . Ee=a4 (et Al (eH Ati ASS) Calas iy ie . Gran N “4 ( ne | ONG OTHER Ae Goon. Puzehace the “NEW. HOME” pid viai will have gaat peta ate ets Sree ee ere crore Serene ais TH neWnowe SEWING HISCHISE CO ORGE MASS. Gustave Oppenheim,’ 800 “B street noxthwest, Washington, AT ODDS OVER NEGROES,: Stumbling Block’ In Way of Reunion of Methodist-Churches—To, Tell of Red Cross Work—The Reév.'Dr. Sur- . tell “Prentice Will Speak at First Baptist Church—Sunday's Aide - Here. : : The ‘Joint commission on| unifica- tion of the Methodist ». Episcopal Church South;, which, held its. ‘first session “fn Baltimore in “December, will “meet. again Wednestlay at ‘Traverse City, Mich. The Rev. Dr. John F.-Goucher, the only Baltimo- rean on the commission. has| already left the city for a series “of conferen- ‘ces before going to ‘Traverse.’ ” Ever since the adjournment of the Baltimore .; meeting. controversies have been. raging-in the church pa- pers and “many apparently} contra- dictory’ statements have bedn made even by members of the same’ com- mission. “Some. hold that’ the com- missions have plenfpotentiaty _pow- ers, while others consider -{he pow- ers strictly, limited by “instructions.” It ig practically all centerefi around the problem of the negro in the Meth- odist Episcopal Church. The South- ern Methodist . General Cdnference advised that, an independent Negro ‘Methodist Chiirch be established; witt fraternal relations with the United white Methodist Church. The’ South- ern ‘Methodist commissioners are “al- most unanimously in favor of this method, ‘but the Northern Methodists rare very much. disinclined to :“cast the, negro into the cold” and: are in- sistent on keeping .the Methodist Church “open to all races ahd con- ditions.” 3 : ‘A few of the writers’ are inclined to give up the whole problem of: un- ifeation “as hopeless, but the” major- ity still is determined at least to thrash the matter out thoroughly. EX-KING IN RED CROSS, Manuel Heads Orthopedic Section’ of ‘Mitsinic Ovanaication.: Liverpool.—Manuel, former king ot Portugal, as just been appointed by the British Red Cross society as head of its section of. orthopedics, relating ta the treatment of. deformities in wounded soldiers,’ The former king has for several years “been Interested «in | work of ‘this character. Tle is now en- gaged in si tour of inspection with Colo- nel Robert Jdnes, inspector general of orthopedics In the British army, of all the institutions in Great Britain where wounded soliliers. ure recelving’ treat- nient of this character. One of the Inrgest of these Institu- tlons.is in Liverpool, and Manuel spent three days there, devoting one.day to the surgien! wards.sind operating rooms and acting as an assistant at an opera- ton in a hospital. : “Adopt” French, Town. * Washington.—A group of Washing- ton ‘citizens has formally: “adopted” the French town of ‘Noyon. 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WINNING FACTOR Regiments and Brigades of Winged Cavalry Could Blind the Eyes of Gor- many Until Her’Gunners, Deprived of “Rango Finders, Would Be Put Out of Business. + Washington.—“Put the Yankee punch into'the war.” ts the way Brigadier| General Squler, who directy:the avi tlon servi?e. expressed It in discussing the grekt aizphne jsazram whieh, it passed by couxters. will involve the appreprkttion of semcthing lke $000- 000,000 In Ure Lexnning, By “Yankee punch” General Squier means “a chtactoristicnlly American way ‘of working to get big results.” * “Airpluies.”. suid General Squier, “are, the legical figliting machines for" Americans, ‘because we are an imag Soe Eo” oe Pete i i fig MEE eet se i Oo Se Wren i hho ene © by Clinedinst. BRIGADIER GENERAL sQuiett, * inative people, and when our imagina. tion strikes fire noting can stop us. ‘The yume sdeally sults the American temperament, and every young Aimerl- can worthy ef the name should ‘be keen fo jolt our tlyiig army. “An army In the alr, reginients and brigades, of winged cavalry, mounted on gas driven fling horses; could bind the eyes of Germany until her gunners, absolutely deprived of range finders, would be put cut of business by the allied artillery. The maguiti- cently obvious thiig ts to knock out Germauy’s eyes by a thrust through the afr, But my {dea would be some- thing’ vastly larger. than a thrust. «An inundation of airplanes would, better express the idea in ils magnitude. “Sweep. the Germans from the sky, blind the Prussian cannon, “hd the ‘time would be ripe to releuse an enor- mous flock of flying fighters to-ratd and destroy military canips,, aamuni- tlont depots’ and military. establish- ments of all kinds. The firiiz-upon troops “by machine guns. from air- planes is becomming commoner and more acenrate. Once ziveit, an upper hand the flying maching becomes’ a frightful englie of destruction.” TWINS PUZZLE TEACHERS.’ Eight Pairs Prove a Source of Worry to Teachers. ~ Omaha, Neb.— Whether Jimmy. 1s Timmy cor his brother Johnny aud Jobnny really Jolinny or just Jhwmy isthe question that constantly con- fronts teachers ut.the Webster school. Eight pairs of twins in the school are the cause of the complexity of the sit- uation, : ‘Three plirs tire Voys, three girls and two. “Btty fifty. 0 : In Mies Erlne Jeskallek's third grade class are three pairs—Newell! and Donald’ Davis, Lucile ahd Lillian Poulson and Walter nnd Wade White. Tn each case the twins are as much alike as peas fit a pod. In cohfidence it is whispered that the twins have’ changed ‘sents in thelr classrooms withoutany “one being a bit the wiser excepting themselves. The seating arranzement, Miss Jeskal- lek admits, is Che ouly means by which she can tell one of a ‘pair from the other. : é ‘Chettaws Voluniias Was Gawicn * Mobile, Ala—One hundred Choctaw Indians in Buldwin, Eseambia_ apd Monroe counties, Ala:, have volunteer- ed their services to the army. J. W. Roberts, postmaster at Raburn, Ala., came hete to wrange for the niuster in of, the troops, * PHOT OCOSSLSGSSHHOHS @ 9 #@ PLANTED TREE YEARS : * _ AGO TO MAKE COFFIN ‘ ® ea $ Chicazo.—Fitty years ago Wal- @ © ter Bushnell of, Carroliton, Hl. & ‘planted a walnut on his farmand @ @ announced’ that he would have’ ¢ ® his collin made from, the tree. © & Three years'ago he had the tree # ©. cut down und. sawed into slabs. @ @ Bushnell is now,-eighty years © old. - The; walnut wood, having. & ® been properly saged, has been: ® ® made intoacofin, |” 2 e o “TOMMIES DO FARM WORK. Glad to Spond Leisure Frony Trenches Cultivating Evacuated Land; . Behirid the British Lines In France.— A special department attached to Brit- ish headquarters’ has been ereuted to superintend agricultural operations. in the arens evacuated by the Germans, Work in ‘the fields by soldiers ‘ts largely voluntary. AS detalls of sol- Giers leave ‘the trenches for’ the: rear they ave invited to spend thelr letsure in agricultural work, , which in. the spring air and sun of France is one of the plcasantest recreations tmagiuabto. Soliiers who who have once lived on a farm’ or done furm wo “back home” generally: jump at the opportu- nity, and many city men‘are eager to, ‘work in the flelds, even preferring it to sports, stich as football and field ath- leties. . ‘The soldier-farmers are well provid- ed with hofses, usually artillery or transport horses “from the. reserves. The British: agricultural military staft has gone-so far iis to secure its sol-, dler-farmeys cultivators and machinery of British tvodels which are familiar to them,. Seeds and fertilizers arc also provided In‘abundance: ‘The army will cultivate something over’ 30,600: acres this year in the Hberated Somme area | sain of FIFTH SON TO UNCLE SAM. Charles ‘Brickloy, Football Star of Har- vard, Is Ono, of Them. Boston. — Mrs, Willfam J. Briekley, mother of the Harvard foothull star has given four of her five sons to the ‘countryand says that-ns soon ag the vounest Is 1 litle older He' go too, Willan J, Brickley, Jr.., the oldest son, Js A yeoman at Commonwealth pler, South Boston Charley’ Brickley, the ‘second son, Whose toe has yon many a vfetors for the crimson team. fs training with (he Harvard reserve ollicers’ corps; George Brickley has Joltied the’ medical reserve corps as hospital apprentice: and Juseph -Briek- ley iy in the army unit at Norwleb unt- versity. . So much has been written about the athletic prowess of Cliurley Brickley that New Enghinders to a certain es- tent have overlooked the ability of the other boys eu the field and in the gym- nasium, "Especially ‘has’ little Deen heard ahyut Bill, the oldest son. ‘The heavy welzit tampion of the na- yal reserves at Common wenlth pier Is. sued a ehullenge the other day to all comers. ‘The first neeeptance was from BI, and the botit was arranged. The mill!’ was. fast and Turlous and ended in Bil scoring a knockout. | FIND NEW SLACKER’ GAME: Federal Agents Believe “Farmers” ~". Ought Not to Be Employed. New -York.—A new “slacker” ruse was found when it was learned that federal agents have recently been fn- vestignting tho jiayrolls of: q° number of farmers of Newtown, Flushing anil Great Neck, N. ¥. Certain farm, hands are. wanted who ti#e supposed to re- celve $6 a week for playing golf and tens ard Uying-on the-farm. ‘The farmers, it 1s sald, have recetved compensition for “employing” young sons of the rich Long Island set, who Delleved thut “by registering’ as farm- ers’ they could escape conscription. The farmers; st 4y belfeved, -have hy certain cases given away their own game, fo. they got tired of “the young swells who didu’t know the difference etween a grub hook aird a cultivator” und begun to talk about their “employ- ers.” TO USE WIRELESS PHONE. Scientists Say {t's Practical, and Even Acroplanos May Converse. Washington.—Experimeiits with.wire- less: telephony have proved its —practi- cal value to such an extent that it will Ihe used by ‘the*nayy in {ts War opera- tlons ‘along with witelosg telegraphy. ‘A statement issued by the pubiie in- formation: committee ‘says that -engi- neers and scientists working with off! ciais.of the navy’ tn ‘developing the wireless telephone have madé “impor. tunt progress,” hut does not go Into’ de- tails. i . . The Nationxl Researeh Council and the Naval Consulting Bonrd have de- voted much -nitentlon to ‘the ‘subject, working on telephone communication with airplanes, new wireless’ methods and upparatus for ce the pres- ence of submarines. CORNELL MEN URGED'TO WAR. % :; Seeserese Ithaca, N, ¥.—"The nearer you come fo the firing’ Ine the-more Will your character count,” said. the gr. Charles Whituey Gitkey in Cornell's annual baccalaureate sermon. Dr. Gilkey was clad in his suit‘of Khaki, having come here from Fort Sheridan, 111., where he ig chaplain of the training eamp. Only ‘one-third af the university's senlor class attended, the others being en- gaged in the war service. Dr, Gilkey said that the youths now An training eamps liad been moved: to do their bit because every one elsé was Poing his, that they had been quick to act because “their nation called” and that they’ would only tind: their reat aim In this war, after they had crossed the ocean. , Flag Landed All Right, : Mattoon, Ill—X patriotic freak of a recent storm wus ‘the carrying of a flagpole from the home of G. M. Met- calf four blocks to the space swept clear of the home of Raymond Coon; where the staff was planted in the soft earth with the Stara and Stripes still fiying. VAINLY SEEK DE SOTO TREASURE IN INDIANA Bédies, Skule sind ‘Weapons Found, Sometimes Near tho Surface. Jefferson, Ind.—The search for the reported De Soto treasure started by Vol Kelly of Clarksville many years ago Is suid to have been reviewed, .us numerous holes have Ygeu dug alonx Nagle’s creek, in the vicinity in wlilch Kelly used to search. : ‘The identity of the new seekers is not known, as the dizsing has been done at night. Kelly helieved treasure was hidden because of an ancient ree- ord conterniug De Soto. The tale is that his treasurer, Feimandez, deserted him, taking the money: ebest,. and that this was buried: not far‘froni the" falls of the Ohio when he was,attucked Uy Judians. Kelly used a divining .rod whieh was supposed to dip at the pres- ence of xo. f Another old legend is that a Span- ish knight appeared, clad in black, with helmet sind armor, and danced a fun- tastic dance in the moonlight, the theors of tle superstitious being that It was Fernandes, who glontvd over the fail- ure of those wh Sought to find bis gold. ‘Treasures revealing or suggesting long forgotten or unknown history are not uncommon here. Bodies, skulls aid Weapons are among’ the things found, sometimes uear the surface. A few yeats azo a resident discovered What were supposed: to.be bodies of chiefs, their heads surrounded with beautifully worked spear points. DEMOREST GIRLS SEND SWEETHEARTS TO. ARMY With Twenty-three .of Conscrip- tional Age In Town Only Four Are Left, si Demorest, Ga.—The girls of this place will be mighty lonesome for a long time, but have. more than- proved thelr-patriotism. ‘The conscription of- ficer did not visit Demorest, Vecause there are but four young men In: the ittle city who are of marringeable aud conseriptional axe where formerly there were, counting them carefully, twenty- thee prospective bridegrooms, Nineteen of the twenty-three‘ uow “wear the uniform of the United States army and the numerals of the Séven- teenth ‘infantry. It {s more than a simple story of patriotism among the boys. Each of them tad a second par- ty to consult, and cach received the same tiuswer. It was: “Go. Your country, needs you.” : “Ilail to Demorest; rst elty of Geor- gia!” Captain G. Y., Heidt, army re- eruiting officer sald. “The army is proud of Demorest and. of girls who gave up their sweethearts’ to Unele Sam. That is the greatest-record that has come to-my attention since T have been on recruiting duty. ‘The entire stato can afford to boast of this little city.” : : SCHOONER RIDDLED.BY SHELL 4 ed by Submarine, “ Néiv York.—Amortean’ shipping men who have-béet wondering why the big five masted Yankee schooner Ke- becca Palmer, which arrived at Liver: pool from Savannah Inst December, hail not returned to this side of ‘the sea, had the mystery solved for them “when some, of her crewv Iunded at an “Americaw port. * ‘They said the Palmer, was attacked by a submarine off the Trisht coast in the middle of December and so badly damaged: by shell fire that she was forced to lay up. ‘The Brifish docks Were filled with shipping,.so it was impossible for her té repair, and she may remain in England until after the war. . EDISON. PLEADS FOR WORK. Says All Must Do Thoir Bit to Help |. Win the War. West Orange, N. J.—~Thomas A. Edi- soit in his laboratory at his plant here said: af ‘This nation “has assumed an obliza- tlon which practically amounts to this: We have. ngreed™ to save democracy from despotism, no matter what the cost may be. The nation iy not # third person; the wation fs ourselves. The nation’s obligation ‘is our obli- ‘gation, and each of us should work @ Uttle harder than he has ever worked before and produce a little more than he has ever produced before'in order that he may he the better able to dis- charge his. share of .the’ obligation which the nation has assumed. - MAY: CHANGE SCHOOL : YEAR. bas Shortage May Cause Schools to © Glese During Winter Months. Oe Se ek ee tae Bridgeport, Conn.—a radical change in the school year, due to difficulty, in Retting coal, is under consideration by the local public school authoritles, it ‘Was learned.” 3 . ‘The proposal Js'to close the schools during the winter and keep them open daring summer. «By this means, it fs pointed out, the siccessity .of heating the: buildings will be avoided and the héalth of the children ‘be muck better conserved than -\ould be the case in winter in bulldings which might Jack proper heating. + ‘While the regular summer vacation pit deen this month, the change, it ‘said, may be made next winter. neeeegr rE AT eee USE PPT ee - . « HOARDING IS FOLLY Increases Prives and Makes All Food Products Scarce. = ENGLAND HAD ITs LESSON. Newspapers Held Up to“Scorn Both Hoardere and ‘Merchants: Who Had Catered to Them, and Government Threatened Penalties—Many Perieh- able Foodatuffs Spoiled, ‘New York.—The government ts wor- ried over boarding of food supplies by. {ndividuals, So’ run- the dlepatches from Washington. “Can it be that we are‘ golng to, witness the same dis. graceful exhibition of selfish folly’ that marked the opening days of the War in England? a I hate to belleve that our’ country. mein are go dull or 80 heartless, - But selfishitess, like patriotism, knows no country, and it may be necessary to shame the self centered tuto decent be- havior here, as was done in, England in August, 1914. Just to wike up those who net "in mere thoughtlessness tt may be. pertinent to mention the expe- rience of an American, couple in the first days after Eughind entered the war, suys Charles J, Rosebault of the: ‘Vigitantes. » ‘ They were living in a tiny village twenty-four miles worth of London, and thelr matn food supplies came up datly by moipr trudk’ from one of Lon- don's large department stores. Rumors that there mlght ‘be a searcity had pen- etrated ‘even to. thelr backwater re- treat, but they declined to be ruffled’ thereby. So the order for tlie motrow went to the department store us: usual, only a Dit larger thay ordinary, as St was for.the week énd.and guests Were ex- pected. jt included fish und ment. and a variets of frult and, vegetables, as well as ‘sume canned goods. The fol- lowing -duy“the big truck rojled up to the dvor at the usual hour and dis- ebarged—a package of wasliing soda and some clothes pins! Mas ‘The motornian ‘was apologetic, but” the department, store had to admit 1t- self beaten, The day before a horde of. panfe sttickgn “Londoners bad ar- rivet in wiotorears and bad sitaply sept eléan the counters, shelves and reserve bing of that huge shop. ‘Tbe other shops had met with the same experience. * All the-greedy ones bad acted.as with one fmpulse. It was_as though Lon- don’ was alfendy besieged and -the en-, emy had it {n its grip. Pirst.come fjrst fed appenred to be the ‘slogan of t}fose with money f buy and uo regardffor ¢ their fellows. * : ‘The senseless fright"was short llved. The ricwspapers held up-to scorn both the hoarders and the merebants Who ad catered to theni. The government - took a hand and threatened penalties. ‘The shopkeepers, stung by the al- most universal condemmution: visited upon thém, took thelr revenge by re- fusing to take back anything. Many perishuble- fuodstutts -spolled on the hands of the: purchasers, ‘The -flavor leparted from others long. before:they rould-Le used. There was some poetle justice, after wll. But there was also a darkct.side to he'inetdent. Priees of food had sump- 'd overnight, and those of slender purse were the sufferers. Anxious housewives found themselves with: mmpty Intders and Iacking means to eplénish them. There was much hard hip and nobody, not even the guilty nes, a gatiner, | If there §8 one proposition which can- Lot bo guinsitid It is that hourding al- vays ns only one: result—to Increase nriees and minke searce the’ articles , oarded. If everybody wi} be sensi- 4 ale and purchase only what ig reqalred. ‘or inimeiliate nse-there will be neither carelty: nor inflated prices. STUFF THAT: MAKES HEROES. Michael McNamata Braves Submarines to Fight For Flag He Loves. . « Wuashington.—There's a little spot in Ireland that Michael MeNamara had in his “mind's eye" for along time— thirty years, -in fact. AM that \ime Michae) was obeying orders, dstiiyg, campaigning and dolug’ the hundrt and one things that fall to the lot.of the American-tariie. Michae? finished his: time, retiring with the rank of “sarjint major, no less," amd went brek to that lttie spot in County Mayo. * 7 Then came our participation in-the war. Did Michael stuy retired? “He did not! le came right back on the steamship St. Louis, paying his own fare, und went directly to the United’ States. mhrine corps headquarters to volunteer his services. MeNamara could have signed.up with’ some Irish regiment, for despite .bis fifty Gad yeurs he is still a “fone broth ‘av u boy.” Instead.he braved the sub- marines to fight under the flag that for thirty years he hud called his own. Michael has a bit of the stuff of which loyal Americans and heroes ate made, oe ‘Turtle With Mady-: Initials. Brainerd, Minu.—Twenty-two: years ago Joseph L, Hartel, Brainerd black- smith, carved his initials and the date 1805 on’ the shell of a turtle. A for days ‘ago that same turtle was found in Pillager, bearing so many inftials that it resembled a traveling autograph album. Other initials deciphered were; Gat Lasher, 1900, aud George Parks, 1010, W. H. Parks, John W. Lee and J... McGuire added theirs when they released the turtle after its most-re- cent.capture,._ SIMON SIMPLE'S FIRST LESSONS IN CLOWNISN NOW WATCH AND SEE IF YOU CAN DO THIS DUMBELL STUNT AS FUNNY AS I DO. OH! OUCH! HA·HA DOT VAS FUNNY I'll bet I can make that act funnier than that. NIT! WAY UP WITH THEM AND THEM DROP THEM. ON SOME OTHER FELLERS TOES!! GEE! BUT HE'S GOT A JEALOUS DISPOSITION! The NATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL, Durham, N. President, James E. Shepherd, Durham, N. C. 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We hated to say it as bad as did the girl who, when the young fellow kissed her on the chin, admonished him, "Aim high, young man." Probably come colored people will be quicker to resent this imputation than almost any other that could be cast at them. Some will say that, even if true, we ought not to say it in print. Some, like Simon Peter, will deny that it is true. They do not care to admit it to the white people. This series of articles is not for the information of the white people, who, though exclusive readers of the Bee, are not its principal readers. But the sins we mention are not secret sins. They are well known to our white neighbors. They are the common talk among ourselves. When we speak of lack of thoroughness, in this connection, we mean shallowness. We do not refer to common inefficiency. Inefficiency is a general term for any sort of failure for any reason to fill the bill. Shallowness could, but won't. Our shallowness begins with our public schools, where we "spare the rod and spoil the child." Next we see shallowness in our colleges, where the students spend four years in devotion to a lot of fetishes and fads; to football, to argumentation and debating, and to learning a lot of outlandish words, like "boule" for example. And out side of the schools we also observe shallowness at nearly every turn. We are strong on oratory and essay writing, but orations and essays are usually shallow—they do not purport to be scientific, and they seldom contain the results of any independent individual research. Our orators and essayists seldom gather, or compile any useful statistical data. They seldom formulate any useful civic propositions. They are copyists and rehashers, with a very few exceptions. This is necessarily true of writers who make no original investigations and do no original thinking. The most they can do is complain of wrongs, make irresident prophecies and boast of the "phenomenal strides" that we have made us a class. If such performances are not evidences of shallowness, then they are evidences of hypocrisy. The plain, unvarnished fact is that in the last fifty years we as a race have not done nearly so well as we could and should have done—not in scholarship, not in the fine arts, not in science, not in the industrial arts, not in trade, not in finance. And the main reasons for it are that we have been too frivolous, we have wasted too much time, we have squandered too much money—we have been content with shallowness. It may seem strange but shallowness has a close relation to jobhunting and jobbing. As printed out in a previous article in this series, job-hunting is the principal enterprise of our people. Any class of people who are almost exclusively wage-carners or salary earners are also shallow. The job-hunting habit begets shallowness, and shallowness in turn necessitates jobhunting. Our "educated" class are a typical class of job-hunters. A peculiar situation resulting from this fact is that thousands of societies, organizations and cliks have grown up amongst us whose main reason for existence is to provide jobs and pulls for the members, principally the members. Those not yet offi- cers hope to be. Thoroughness, efficiency or real ability is not a consideration. Few, if any of these organizations have any charitable elecosynary or evangelical aim. They are not altruistic. The word "thoroughness" is not in their dictionary. The interest of the general public is a last consideration. The main thing is to have a pull and land a job. Show us a single colored organization or movement in Washington in the last twenty-five years that was not based on these shallow principles. How many can you show us that were formed on a purely unselfish basis for the betterment of the whole of the colored population? We need some such movement and organization in Washington at this time. We need an organization that will stand for something other than shallowness, something other than selfish individualism, something other than mere jobbing and job-hunting, something other than the industrial and commercial chaos that we are now in. We believe that the proposed Commercial Exchange should fill the bill. MUSIC AND ART. We note a recent movement among the colored people of this city to stimulate an increased interest in art. We suspect that the aim is to stimulate an interest in those branches of art known as music and drama. We hear that an organization for this purpose is to be formed to be limited to one hundred members. Hence we presume that it is to be a private organization, although a preliminary meeting was held in the Miner Normal School building, which is a public building. No one has sent us a report of the purposes and plans of this new organization, and so we are not in position to discuss these. We already have the Mu-so-lit Society, which, as its name indicates, stands for music, oratory and literature. The Muso-lit Society was always a source of amusement to us. We wonder if this new organization is to be an equal source of merriment. The funniest thing about the Mu-so-lit is its name. The next funniest thing about it is that it presents the spectable of about one hundred brawny men, the most of them of mature years, forming an organization (a close corporation at that) with such a lady-like object—we had almost said such a youthful object. No, we do not mean puerile object, for youthful is not exactly puerile. The members of the Mus-o-lit include some of the very pick of our "educated" men. They are all respectable. There is nothing intrinsically wrong or absurd about such an organization for men, except the name; but the real absurdity is seen when we consider that in a population of 125,000 intelligent people this is about the only organization of the men. We have among our men not a single general organization, in which there is any active interest, devoted to civic betterment, or social uplift, or business improvement. This absence is the more noteworthy because of the great need among our people here for organizations of this character. Literary and musical societies are alright for groups of young ladies, sometimes for groups of very, very, young; but it is a curious sight to see the sage paper families of any community devoting their main spare moments to such pursuits. The pursuit of art for art's sake is a pure luxury. That pursuit is have reached the flowering stage, if not the full fruiture of their industrial and business development. In short, it is for people who have attained a sufficiency of wealth. Until a person or a class has attained that stage of development. (which the great bulk of our people have not), much attention, to art for art's sake is a pure frivolity. It is a pernicious waste of time, because it distracts attention from more important things. The colored people need no stimulus to love and study music. Already they give relatively too much time to music and singing. The dark races do not need to prove their capacity for the other fine arts, for they gave the the world its architecture, sculpture, drama and painting, many centuries ago. It us not make art a main object—certainly not until some other more important things have been done. We would rather see a bath tub in every colored home in Washington than a piano. We would rather see every colored home equipped with fly screens than a multiplicity of paintings. THE FIRST SEPARATE BATTALION. On March 25, 1917, President Wilson called to the service of the government certain troops of the National Guard organizations, among which was the First Separate Battalion, D. C. Infantry, National Guards, composed of colored troops. On March 26, 1917, this battalion responded to the call of the President almost to a man and within four days, it had been mustered into the service of the United States and had taken up its duties, being assigned to guard some of the most important places in the National Capital. Notwithstanding the very inclement weather during part of this time, these men have performed their duties in a business like and soldierly manner without even a murmur. At present the greater part of the battalion is encamped at Potomac Park, D. C. This camp comprises company A, C and D. It is complete in every detail, having various athletic contests and a Y. M. C. Association for their benefit. Company B is encamped at the west end of the Penna. Avenue Bridge at 17th and Penna. Avenue, S. E. Here too, camp conditions are par excellence and at both camps strict military life is the rule and the men are being whipped into shape for service by stiff and daily drills. This battalion is commanded by Major J. E. Walker, one of our Wash. boys who by hard work and close application has rapidly forged his way to the front in both educational and military affairs. He possesses rare tact and executive ability and is honored and beloved by his men because of his high sense of duty, and honor and his devotion to everything which pertains to military affairs. It has been said by some that colored troops could not be successfully commanded by colored officers, but Major Walker's skillful handling of these men has proven the fallacy of such an argument. The people of Washington have just cause to be proud of Major Walker and his brave soldiers. Even upon the hot and sandy plains on the border of Mexico, they proved themselves men and soldiers and were ever on the alert to face the enemy to protect Uncle Sam's property. Shortly, these brave men will be called to actual warfare, perhaps in the trenches of some foreign country, we know not where, but we rest assured of the fact that they are prepared to face all dangers and emergencies and if need be to lay down their lives for their country. Recruiting for this battalion is being carried on at the Armory, 12th and U Streets, N. W. About one hundred men have been honorably discharged because of dependents, but these vacancies are rapidly being filled up by recruits. It is the hope of the commanding officer that maximum war strength will be reached before the battalion takes the field, and all young men are urged to at least consult the recruiting officer if contemplating military service. Don't wait for drafting. Enlist at once. In this connection, Lieut. Newman should not be forgotten. He has made a record of, which his friends are proud. All honor to the brave boys of the "First Separate Battalion." OUR GOVERNMENT. The conduct of the brutal mob in East St. Louis is an evidence how this government protects those loyal Americans who can always be counted on to defend the flag in the hour of need. If colored Americans were permitted to carry arms and have them in their homes there would be less mob invasion. The colored American is able to protect himself and the time is fast approaching that he will defend himself when his government fails to do so. O this bloody riot and murder of innocent men, women and children. O for a government that is able to protect all of its citizens irrespective of color. How long is this mob violence to last? Is every friend of the colored American dead? If the government is too weak to protect him give him arms and tell him to protect himself. There is not a drop of cowardly blood in the colored American and the present conflict will surely demonstrate the valor of the black man. France will protect her black soldiers, and promote them when merit demands it. There is an effort The Bee understands to retire Lieut: Col. Young and why, because he has but a short distance to go to become a colonel and then a brigadier general. The colored man is bound to rise notwithstanding the prejudice against him. There are some loyal white people in this country who believe in the colored Amer- ian and will protect him. Why should fire arms be taken from the colored citizens and not from the white citizens? By whose authority were the Colored people disarmed? Let the colored people be protected or allow them to protect themselves. COLORED AMERICANS TO ACT. Race Riot in St. Louis to be Considered: A joint meeting of the National Federation of Colored Women, Miss Nainnie H. Burroughs, and the National Colored Congress, Rev. W. H. Jernigan, president, will be called to convene in this city within a few days at Convention hall to consider the brutal killing of colored Americans in East St. Louis this week. Representative men of the Nation will be invited to speak. RACE CONGRESS. The National Race Congress will convene in this city October 3rd and 4th at the Florida avenue Baptist Church, Rev. W. H. Jernagin, president and W. Calvin Chase, national organizer. Illinois will meet its Waterloo someday, so don't worry. There is no difference between East St. Louis and the South, Dr. R. R. Morten to the contrary notwithstanding. The colored race is being humiliated by colored apologists and trimmers. Vardaman's occupation has about gone. The colored American may yet sing the doxology. What has become of the 9th and 10th cavalry? Are rumors true? If not, let some one answer. The country is in the midst of war, so we must make the best of it and support the President. Beware of impostors who claim to represent the Old Fölks' Home, in Corcoran Street. Any information furnished that will lead to the apprehension and conviction of the impostor will be paid for. DENUNCIATION. Continued rumors come to our attention almost daily that, a party, or parties are soliciting contributions in the name of "The Interstate Old Folks' Home." The National Charity Club (Incorporated) was forced to organize to take over the above Home to prevent it from being broken up by a decree of court to satisfy a certain judgment; changing the name thereof to the "Corecoran Street Old Folks' Home." Persons soliciting money in name of Interstate Old Folks' Home are doing it at their own risk and without authority. We request the public to report such persons to the Club. AN APPEAL An appeal to the public is being made by the new management of the Corcoran Street Old Folks' Home for contributions. A few good women of the Vermont Ave. Baptist Church were forced to organize, to take over the Interstate Old Folks' Home; the former management having failed. There are twenty-one inmates in the Home. We need money badly. Please mail your contributions to the Office of the Bee, which is authorized to receipt for same. NATIONAL CHARITY CLUB, INC. IOWARD UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT. In a recent article we suggested that the next president of Howard University should not be a colored man. The president of Howard has always been a white man. The burden of proof rests with anyone who favors a change in this custom at the present time. We have never seen a formal argument in favor of the proposed change in policy. Th sage of the Potomae, our esteemed contributor, dissents from our view but he advances no reason in support of his view. The Bee will gladly print an argument from the sage of the Potomac, or any one else, in favor of the proposition to select a colored gentleman for the next president of Howard. The conditions are that the argument shall not exceed one thousand words, and that if any reply is made, it shall not exceed that length. Let us have light. MARVELOUS STRIDES Some time ago Professor Kelly Miller, of Howard Univ., asserted in the Star that in the last fifty years the colored race has made "marvelous strides along all lines." We promptly challenged the assertion and called on our good friend the professor for a-bill of particulars. We offered him the use of our columns to explain his meaning. 'We have not heard from him. The invitation is still open. We shall be glad to hear the talented phrase maker and Prince Rupert of the quill. MRS. SUSIE ROOT RHODES. The colored people in this city need to be congratulated in having such a friend at the head of the public play grounds and on the Board of Education as Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes. There is not a truer defender of the rights of the people irrespective of color than this distinguished lady. It is the intention of a number of representative colored citizens to invite Mrs. Rhodes to address them on a question that pertains to the best interest and advancement of the colored citizens in this city. The public schools have a true friend in this lady. The masses will turn out to hear her. Mr. Henry P. Slaughter, editor of the Odd Fellows Journal, grows in strength throughout the country for the office of Grand Master of the G. U. O. of O. F. Although the election is more than a year off, the leaders of the Order of Three Links are doing some active thinking as to this important matter, and sentiment is crystallizing day by day in favor of Mr. Slaughter, because of his great work for the fraternity and his zeal in pushing forward progressive movements. The next B. M. G. to act on the subject will be held in New York City, September 1918. Mr. Slaughter declines, to discuss the matter from any angle. Manager Robert A. Levy promises an early production of Dumas' great emotional masterpiece, "Camille," with Abbie Mitchell as "Marguerite Gauthier" and Walker Thompson as "Armand Duval." Nathaniel Guy, the master of legitimate acting, is to rejoin the Quality Amusement Company at an early date. A play is now being looked over with a view of featuring Mr. Guy in the line of classical work in which he particularly shines. Mr. Guy and his son, Master Barrington, recently scored a big hit in Pittsburgh. S. H. Dudley is preparing to spring a sensation in the arena of stage journalism by launching an illustrated monthly paper, to be called "The Amusement Adviser." It will deal in current news of the theatrical and kindred professions, sports and athletics, making note of the celebrities in the public eye and keeping the people in touch with the advancement of the race in the artistic world. The staff is being organized, the "dummy" has been prepared by a well-known designer and the "Adviser" will probably make its advent before the summer is over. THE WOMAN'S WAGE EARNERS' ASSOCIATION In the past there have usually been five main troubles with colored "beneficial" organizations: (1) The leaders have selfish ends, or are incompetent; (2) There is no definite or adequate aim, or else the real aim is concealed; (3) The by-laws or rules, where there are any, are crudely and loosely drawn; (4) There is no proper system for the handling of money and auditing accounts; (5) The officers have too much power. The woman's wage-carners' association, which was announced over six months,age as a public beneficial movement, promises to be an illustration of all these bad features. So far they have adopted no by-laws and have not affected a permanent organization. They have been making collections at public meetings and raising money in various other ways, but we are informed that they have no system of accounting and auditing, and they now have no money in the treasury. We also are informed that a recent demand has been made by some of the members for a correction of these bad conditions, but that the handful of leaders are making a determined effort to prevent this. These leaders have met the demand for a set of by-laws by an attempt to railroad through and force on the association a devised set of by-laws, which contain no provisions whatever for the accounting for money, and which would put absolute power into the hands of the president. We want no more such organizations in Washington. There is no doubt that the most of the members of this association are intelligent, honest, well-meaning women. We are determined that they shall not be deceived and made fools of. If they will keep their eyes open or take matters in their own hands, they will be in no danger. There is a need in Washington for such an association properly organized and managed. 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ASG RC CSNY NS He aA 8 5-1) Fare Eee Gs | UNNI ‘ dit Pa” WHY —SWELTER d's Buaatay Fears Gat” ix +5 seed. dety:3 heat? when you can coof and refresh yourself .at the. soda- fountain at Board’s Drug Store, 19124 14th St. northwest; with a cool sparkling glass of. soda. water flavored with pure fruit juices. “Try their delicious ice cream soda on a. hot day and your temperature will drop’many. degrees. Board’s, tho place -where “everybody meets everybody else” in larger num: bers than ever. : Miss Ollie Kibble spent the 4th day of July.in Atlantic City. She hada most. enjoyable time. ag Mr. J.T. C. Newson, who has been M1, is up-and out again. Dr. James B, Shepard, of Durham, N. CG, avriVed' in the ‘city Tuesday 4 morning. . 1 Mr. Jesso H.: Foster continues ‘to ' improve. . President John W., Lewis, of the Industrial Bank,. was in Baltimore, -Md., last week. i Fa Miss Anna Hurley -has left the city to visit “her sisterindaw, Mrs, Gran: ville Hurley, of 2243 Fedéral Street, Philadelphia; Pa. Madamo Hackley. gave a Pageant in Chicago, Ill, last week. ‘The Wiison-Koontz . wedding, last week, had as. somo of its out of town guests, Dr. C. C, Bell, wife and daugh- ter, of Philadolphia, Pa, Emsirdell Stone, proprietor of Wash- ington Theatre, Indianapolis, 18 again at hig post after having spent several weeks visiting in'the city. - “Miss Katherine Brown, of 927 S street northwest, left'the city Friday for ‘Pennsylvania, where sho. will spend the summer. ‘Miss Josephine Gibson and Mrs. Marié Hurbert, have been reappointed at the Bureau of Engraving. ‘Mrs, Annie Jasper had’ visiting her June 29, Mr. and Mrs, Minnis: and sister-in-law from Baltimore Md...’. Miss Francis Cornish, is° visiting .Mr. and Mrs. A. L." Cornish, of 66 Harrison Ave., Jersey City, N: J. <" Mrs. Nannie Marshall and daughter, a7) the guests of. Miss Fannie James, of 174 W. Hunter street, Atlanta Ga. Attorney. Clifford H. ‘Lavernier, is in Chicago, Ill, and residing at the Y. M. C. A. He contemplates’ making Chicago his future home. ‘Mrs. Ivy Lee, of 210 N. Blair street, Madison Wis., is visiting relatives and friends in this city. : ‘Mr. M, H. Dawkins; spend the week: end in New Port News, Va.. visiting his brothersinlaw and. sisterinlaw; Messrs: J. A. and W. S. Cooke and ‘Mrs. Mattio Melvin." Miss Marguerite Hart is spending thesummer at Sound Beach, Conn. Mr. A.-E. Manning, editor of the Indianapolis: World, is’ In the city on ‘a hurried business trip. * Mrs, Audie G. Lewis is acting ‘as postmistress at .Arundel-on-the-Bay; Ma. ee Rev. |B. A! Osborne. has: been ap: ‘pointed to a position at the Bureau | of Engraving and Printing. 4 The Amphion Gleo Club, undef dt- rection of J. Henry Lewls, is to or- ganize an instrumental dection, ‘to work with the vocal section. A’ big entertainment is being planned for the early fall, u Frank .B. Williams has composed a very creditable march, song entitled “Loyalty” and has set to music the: words of Paul Laurance Dunbar's “poem, “Conscience and Remorse.” Rev. Robert’ A. Hart, of the'-office of the’ Comptrolicr of ‘the: Treasury, haa been promofed to. a. clerkship and assigned to the office of the Au- ditor for the State and other Depart- ments. Miss Henrictta Cheeks, .of the United Stafes Treasurer's. office, jnas also received a substantial pro- motion at the hands. of Secretary McAdoo. © s* Mrs." Adele’ Minor .Mvody, of ‘Han- over Street, has. gone to Detroit, Mich.,.after ‘a brief sojourn at Atlan-| te City. ue Mr. and Mrss. Epoch Vawter(nee Miss Fannie’ V.. Wormley) who are making their honie.in Wallace Place, were treated to a “shower” by admir- .ing friends this week. ‘Mrs. Geogria Jones Tucker, daught- er of Lawyer and Mrs. ‘Thomas L. Sones, has been appointed to a place jn the Government Printing Office. ‘Mre, Ella Barsiett bas - purchased desirable property,-at 909 Westminis- | ter street northwest. Her sister, has) also purchased a beautiful home al- most opposite at the corner of Sth and Westminister streets. - '§, H. Dudley is to launch a theat- rical. paper’ called’ “The Amusement, Advertiser.” ‘Lieut. Ernest R. Gaither, of the Treasury , Department ““week-ended” in Atlantic City last weok. ‘Howard’ University, although aided by a -congressional ‘appropiation, is not a government institution, accord. ing to & decision of the Comptrotier of the ‘Treasury. Its employees are, therefore, not entitled to the five and ten per cent salary increase allowed by Congress. : ‘Mme. B. Azalia’ Hackley is in New) rk City. York ge Robert H, Terroll ‘Sundayed’) at, Arundel-on-the-Bay. ‘ ‘Miss Virginia Wheeler, of “The |, emarter set, 38 to spend duly is Atlantic City, returning here for the rehearsals of the company early it August, ‘The. show will open at. the Howard Theater August -27°in “M; People.” Miss Wheeler will. have congenial part: “She has developec {nto an artist of quality. Col. Phil Waters, of Charleston, W Va., will visit the elty soon. ‘Mr. T, Thomas Fortune has gone tc Harrisburg, Pa., to take service .on the. Pennsylvania Post. - ‘Mr, and Mrs. Joseph M. ‘Trigg, 1306 V street, celebrated their twenty-fifth marriage anniversary informally last Friday. evening. “Mr. Trigg was at one ‘time. an-alderman at- Knoxville ‘Tenn., his former home. - Plymouth Councfl, No. 847, Order of St. Luke, will give’a social on the 20th ‘at the residence of Mrs. Mil dred, Prioleau, 750° Gresham strect northwest. ‘The double picnic ot’ the. Order of St. Luke, posponed. from. last Mon- day,.on account of the storm. Mrs. Arthur Brent “motored to ‘Washington from Metuchen, N. J., on |a.visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs, H. . Brooks, on the Syphax Estate, Syphax Station, Va. : Mrs. Brent will be in ‘Arlington one month. ‘Mrs. Nannie °C. Jacksou, domestic science teacher of Charlottesville, 'Va., who is visiting her daughter and son in law, Prof. ‘and Mrs. James Car- ter of 404°You street northwest, was entertained ‘by his uncle and- his ‘daughters, Mr. Jesse and the Misses Alice and Georgia Scott. After completing a special course in domestic.science at Columbia Unt- versity Mrs. Jackson will join'a party of friends'on a motoring tour to Can- ada, returning to her home by Sep- tember 1. | Mr. ‘and Mrs. Taylor of 2208 -N street. northwest entertainéd “Mr. Charles Simmons of New York, July 4th. “Among those present were: Mr, and-Mrs, Harvey, Mr. and Mrs. Wells, Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Sarah Gibson. , An Entertainment was given last Tuesday evening at tho residence of Mrs. Adams in Pierce St. for the-béne- fit of Antioch Baptist Church of which Rev. Peter Ailer is pastor: A large number of Co. B, District Nation- al Guardsmen, were present and en- livened the occasion. George Frazier Miller, Jr.,-son of Rey. Mr., Miller of Brooklyn, N: ¥., is spending the summer’ in Washington. “Mrs. Mary Parks, mother of J.T. Parks of Anacostia, a well known ho- tel man, arrived in the city to spend several’'weeks with ‘her son. Mrs. J. T..Parks ig very ill at the present time, - Mrs, WilliamBurwell, ot West Point, Va., after spending several weeks with her daughters, Mrs. Fannie Jenkins, of Baltimore, and Mrs: M. B. Chairs, and Miss Violet Burwell, of Deanwood Heights, left Saturday for an extended trip to Chicago, to visit relatives. Miss Alma Wesley, ‘of 5th Street, who has been quite ill, is convalescing. Mr, Clinton, Warner, instructor. at Morehouse Cottage, ‘Atlanta, Ga., and Miss. Alice Lyons, a stenographer, were guests of Miss Violet A. Burwell ant oak Mrs. Hoffman in New York. Mrs. Marvelline A, Hoffman of Ana. gostia is spending her - vacation ~ in New York Gity, the guest of her sis: ter, Mrs: Mamie L. Cooke\of Harlem. CALLERS AT THE BEE (OFFICE. Georgé W. Ellis. Esq, of Chi¢ago, Ill. Formerly Secretary to the \Liberian | Legation. - ce TOWN 'TAIK. = \ }, Mrs. Ella Cooper, of 1806 With burger’ street; is to spend a week with friends in Philadelphia. Miss Regina Jones has returned to Detroit, Mich, after visiting friends here for, a ‘month. Mr, Gobert, Macberth, son of Mr. ‘Arthur. L. Macberth, the popular photographic artist ‘of Baltimore, has been ‘appolrited to a clerkship in the War. Department, as the result of a eivil Service examinatiiu. Wilt Walker and Miss “Babe” Brown, atop lino ‘vaudeville team, are at Dadtey’s .U street playhouse this week, with the-Howard to follow next week. * es Rufus G. Byars. ts looking after the financial interests of Manager A. J. ‘Thomas thist-week at the Orpheum Theater in. Baltimore, ‘where the lat- ter is presenting Irvin C. Miller's “Broadway Rastus. z Mr. Louis Minor: and “Miss. Marie Boyd were united in marriage Thur- day of last week at the residence ‘of Father. Griffith, of St. Augustine's Catholic Crurch, ‘the .cerémony: being preformed by this well-known priest. Mr. and Mrs, Minor are making their home at 1221 s atreet northwest. ° - Mr, Harty Brown, of Indianapolis, Ind., ‘the ‘famous. singin ‘cartoonist. is in the city, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Thompson, 1223 S street, northwest. ee :The Smarter Set closes its long and Prosperous season: tonight: at_ the peated 9A Salem Tutt Whit- ney announces that the new play to be offered by the company for next season is to be “My People” a medley of music, comedy and drams. Rehear- sal will be conducted inthis city on pected That fhe Open ne oe aala ¢ season will be about the middle August.” ; ‘Miss Henrietta Vinton Davis, th premier elocutionist, ig to give serles of recitals in’ various section of the city. She is being urged t undertake the establishment of an ip dustrial school for’ young men. an women in Jamaica, for which there i a great demand in that island. “Th field is an inviting one and Misa Davi is eminently qualified to do the worl desired at her hands. * ‘Miss Marle.A. D. Madre, is plannin a lecture tour, to cover points in Mary latid,. Virginia; Delaware and Penn sylvania. es Miss Virginia Wheeler, the dashing singing comedienne of. ’The Smarte! Set,” is to spend the summer at Atlan tic City. zy Mr. Willjani H. Lacy, Ir., attended a banquet in Baltimore last week. Mrs. Daisy -M. Irerson, a poetess of mich ability, has written a fined mem: orial tribute. to Booker T. Washing: ton ii the form:of a post-card, carry- ing a. ten-verse poem entitled “Our Hero.” The’ local Tuskegee alumni have order a goodly number’ of the souvenir and Mrs. Iverson expects to circulate the card thoughout the coun- try.” , She is ‘to. issue-a volume of selectéd poem at an early. date, and has a nuniber of songs in the hands of publishers. . 7 Dr. E, D. ‘Williston may be pre- vailed upon to enter the nillitary serv- ice as an attache of the medical corps, and ‘Dr. C, Suniner Wormley is being considered for the. dental unit. ‘Theso two -public:spirited ‘gentlemen would add vim and vigor to the labors of the race in defense of oir country, and would beof the greatest beneilt to humanity. This time next year they may be “Somewhere. in France.” Miss Velmar Green has been: ap- pointed to a position in the Govern- ment Printing Office. : Mrs, Margaret Younger Brannon is a new appointee at tho Bureau~of Engraving and Printing. Mr. Davis D. Rogers, of the.Trea- sury Department, has returned: from a delightful visit to relatives in North Caroliha.-,"He divided time between Fayetteville and Raleigh: * Miss’ Vivian Lucile Thompsoy, is, on detail in the examining. division at the Bureau of Engraving and Print- ing. : : ‘Tho Wage-Earner’s: Association has teased’ the building. at 704°. street northwest .and will use, it as their headquarters. ’ ‘Miss “Fannie: V. Wormley, of the Bureau of Engraving’ and Printing, was married Wednesday evening at’ the family residence in T stréet to Mr. Enoch Vawter. ‘The cermony ‘was preformed by Rey. Walter H. Brooks. Mr. and Mrs: Vawter are light-house- keeping for the present at the homo of Mr. Walter, Turner,. in Wallach Place. Mr. Emmett J. Scott, secretary. of Tuskegee Institute, spent-a few hours in -the city “Inst week enroute. to| Phillips "Exeter Academy in Mass- achusetts, to witness. the graduation of his son, Emmett J. Scott, Jr, who finished thero with high honors for his entire course. ‘The youag man, a ‘chip off the old block,” won ‘num- | érous prizes - and ‘scholarships for brilliant work, in competition with the scions of the best familfes in the land. Dr. A.M. Curtis, has:received word that the convention of the \Na!.onal Medical Association” has ‘been’ chang- ed from Memphis, Tenn., and will be held, the last Week in August at Phila- delphia instead. A portion of the ses- sion will be hela in “Atlantic City or Cape May. It is understood that Man- ager: Dale, of that model ‘hostelry, Hotel Dale, has extended a, cordial invitation to. the Association to > its guest for at least a day. The AmphionGlee ‘Club is plan- ning to introduce instrumental music ilong With: their voeal-work. Prof. J. Henry Lewis: has some ambitious projects in incubation, A’ “Greatur Amphion Glee Club” is in prospect. Attorney. Armond W. Scott was the orator of the day at the celebration of the 15th anniversary of the Daugh- er IEIke st Norfolk, Va. . Mr. Scott nade one of his inspiring speeches and ‘placed ‘the race’ and the P. B. 0. E. and.its sisterhogd high upon the scroll of honor. ‘The’ Grand Exalted Ruler was given-a ‘toyal reception. His re-election at the Cleveland con- rention in -August has long been sured. Lawyer L. Melendez ‘King 1s con- tructing: leasing and selling so’ many partment houses .all over Washing- on that i,c is*being dubbed in real state circles as. "the colored “Harry Vardman of the District of Columbia.” he title fits the situation’ aimirably. Open-air “weddings are the . latest ad in white, society circles. Our col-| red society’ folks haye not essayed he al fresco ‘nuptial ceremony, but a unction: of this up-todate character nay he looked for at any moment.” Mrs. Leliv Coleman Walters,’ widow { the Inte Bishop Alexander Walters, 3 expected in the city shortly, for a rief. visit to filends. The. boys at the Fort Des, Moines | raining camp- report that they are| ving the strenuous life, but are pul * 7th and Tea Streets. Northwest . . ! ‘Andrew J. Thomas Theatre Co., Props. : Entird Week Starting. Monday, July 9th, Mat: Tues., Thurs. and Sat, ‘ * of New York City . _ The Quuality Amus..Corp. iin’ Rist’ bers Gen. Mer. @ : ae Presents the Greatest Contribution ever made to the stage to the cause of humanity Damaged ‘Goods jy toon iu ss . AM Star Cast Including The Following’ Artists: . non Abbie Mitchell, Inez Clough, Susie Sutton, Cleo. Desmond, Lillian Gilliam, Estelle Hilton, | Tom Brown, Walter Robinson, Walker ‘Thonipson, Andrew Bishop and Babe ‘Townsend. =) ‘NIGHT PRICES 25¢; 95¢ AND 50¢ . MATINEE—ALL SEATS, 25¢ Be = NEXT WEEK Return Engagement “BROADWAY RASTUS.” » Fifty People. WHY SUFFER WITH YOUR EYES We Make & SAT Rew Read our Eyesight =, KA \ A} // 2, liberal erfect é i ss offer we RE SN \shave for —4 > ihe Vou a .- BLOCK Optical Co. | . 9437 Seventh St., Northwest Importance and effect of Glasses properly fitted and adjusted cannot be too highly estimated 2 ‘We offer every facility for correcting the errors of vision. A staff of optometrists ‘to give you an eye service that, means the best. . : ee, ‘ Byery. modern device: in eyesight examination is here without one cent cost to you and we FULLY, GUARANTEB all our work. : oe - "Dr. David 8. Block, formerly of Baltimore, an optométrist of high standing in this city’ and whom we have brought here to take charge of oun, fine optical store, has charged $5.00 for an_ex- amination alone in-his private practice. Here we offer his serviecs free to you for a limited time, We want the readets of*The Bee to come to our store with th¢:same ease of mind and com- fort:that you have in your own home. : : Many’ people don’t realize the conditions their eyes-are in. Let us tell you. : That’s our bus- iness. ‘We don’t sell jewelry or anything, but examine eyes and furnish glasses. Glasses as low, in any style frame-or eyeg lass mounting you desire, with our geod Crown glass lens, as ONE DOLLAR. : : Sed \ +" OF course, some are much higher, but we shall give you the lowest possiblé prieé. \ Come:and meet. Dr. Block. Letshim personally examine your eyes— you'll like him. And ‘a written guarantee with-all his work. + \ : : 2 Exelusive Optometrists and Opticians, Byesight Specialists, Artificial Byes Insert at Half Price. | i ~ Oeulists Prescriptions Filled, ° YOU GAN. HAVE: LONG] poor ‘ lear Complexions - STRAIGHT HAIR - cam only be obtained by using _ oe, ;. BARNARD'S COMPLEXION CREAM fixious to | 4 each night on retiting and leaving it ov.all night. Inthe If ae iG Oe, he Your| { -vrorning wash the face with very HOT WATER and a pir and \senera™ Appear- |. RUBBER COMPLEXION SPONGE, using = ance Read This Carefully, ? BARNARD'S CLEARO COMPLEXION SCAP” |? Thero are so many so-called hat growers on the market a large-munbe: of hich are nothing moro than per fumed grease, it is no wonder people get discouraged and lose faith “in all hair tonics. In‘deciding on what to uso on your scalp be gure and eet a remedy of proven. merit. . Seeby's Quinado fs a highly medicated pomade fthat.has stood the test of time. It 1s tho invention of a New York chomist and-is made under the pefgonal siiper- vision of a licensed ‘pharmacist of many’ years’ experience. : Quinado stimulates and nourishes the roots of ‘the hair, causing a ‘nat- ural growth of long hair. It makes the hal soft, smooth and’ glossy, and easy to put up in the style desired. ‘To got the best results from the use of.Quinade the scalp should be sham- pooed at regular intervals with See- ‘by's Quinasoap. Qunasoap {s made en- tirely out of vegetable oils, principally cocoanut oll, and ‘contains no animal tat, of any Kind, "It lathers very freely and isa thorough’ cleanser. Quinsoap leaves tho hair soft and fluffy, and im- parts a refreshing feeling to the scalp, Ynequalled by any other shampoo. ‘Do not accept any substitute, but in- sist on setting Seeby’s Quinade and Seeby's Quinasoap asking for them by the full naine. It your druggistjor dea- Ter does. not stock these two articles, ask him: {o obtain them’ for.you from his wholesaler. The price {s 25¢ each Write to Seeby’s Drug Co, 79 East 130th streét, New: York City, for sam- ple, mentioning. the name of this pa- per. PEOPLE'S DRUG ‘STORES. Quinado and Quinasosp are sold at all of the People’s Drug Stores, as follows: Store No. 1. 7th and K Sts, N. W. Store No. 2. 7th and B Sts. N. W. Store No. 3. 14th and You Sts. N. W. Store No. 4. 7th and M Sts, N. W. - ‘Store No. 5. 8th and H Sts. N. B. Clear Complexions - : . can only, be obtained by using _. ;. BARNARD'S COMPLEXION CREAM _each. night on retiting and leaving it ov.al) night. In, the morning wash the face with very HOT WATER and a RUBBER COMPLEXION SPONGE, using 2 BARNARD'S CLEARO ‘COMPLEXION SCAP . only, The BARNARD’S CREAM has.bleaching qualities that.help to bleach, at the same time removing BLACK ». HEADS and PIMPLES, : The following combination at the special price of 49¢ for All ee etter einen ane, | One jar Barnard’s'Cream - oe -* > 25e | | One cake Barnard’s Soap -. - - 25c] One Rubber Complexion Sponge ve 25c |. : _ Regular Price 75c { | ALL FOR 49 CENTS With This‘Conpon a cl .’ At all Peoples Drug Stores ‘ : JUSTH’S OLD STAND Many a-poor man buys slightly used, suits from us, 10 doubt but what they keep this a great secret, ‘put it: Jeaks ‘out to’ a bosom friend and he tells another, and that’s why’ we sell so many. . A $5. note buys a fine grade; it passes every- where. JUSTH’S OLD STAND, 619 D. , THE RACHELTON, 7 215 Borden Ave. ...-7 Near Matterson, Asbury Park, N. J. Open May Fifteenth to Oct. First. For Particulars Address Miss M. E. Thornton. Excellent Artesian Water, Famous for Restorning the Kid- “. neys to Their Perfect State. . {| \* KATZ? MARKETS. Two Stores in’ One Ninth and Florida Avenue N. W. |: * and the Great NORTHEAST. GROCERY, 1644 Montello Avenue N. E. | Goods Delivered Free “H. KATZ AND CO. Is.the Cheapest Store in the. City Ninth and Florida Avenue N. W. - , SUMMER BOARD. ° ” Boarding, by day or ‘week. On Chesapeake Bay near Bay Ridge. Secure your dates. now. “For in- formation’ write MRS. DAISY .L GROSS, Annapolis, Md. Motor’ Route A, Box 206 A.. By the Sage of the Potomac. I never would make a soldier. When I was a boy, I never played soldier as other boys, I loved baseball and marbles. There are lots of soldier boys now. There is something in being a soldier and playing soldier to go to war. There is a difference in beng a soldier and playing soldier. Before the government had any ideas of having or going to war, thousands joined the National Guards. It looked pretty to see the boys on dress parade. When volunteers were called for, little over eight thousand enlisted out of seventy thousand. The colored brother means to be killed just the same as the white brother. The South doesn't mean to kill off the men there. The Southern Confederate is of the opinion that he has fought and lost enough in battle. His fight is to keep his colored competitor in check. The colored brother means to fight just the same, no matter what you may do to him. to him. The chairman of the board of education has the highest report for the secretary of the examining board, Prof. W. E. Weatherless, and also Miss Briggs, the other colored member. Applicants for positions in the schools will get a square deal. There is some talk of elevating Prof. Weatherless. I would like to see him go higher up. Now that Dr. Bruce Evans has doctored the editor of The Eagle to such an extent as to enable him to run the boil off his neck, no doubt Finley will now join the Home Guards. Dr. Evans had to hustle last week, for his sick friend, Finley is not inclined to go on the firing line, he thinks that the Home Guard to the best organization to join. is the best. Speaking about the officers' reserve corps and those patriotic citizens who left to prepare themselves for the front, I am just wondering what they will do if they should run up against the German submarine. Some of them may be brave, but I bet you a grasshopper leap, that when they arrive on French soil they will sing the song of by gone days. The American colored man is no coward. I am proud of the spirit of the American colored man. I am sure that he is able to fight when he takes it into his head to fight. I have heard nothing about the advocate of patriotism. I see no more long articles in the daily press urging slackers to join the forces. forces. I am one of those who believe that the present war will settle forever the color question in the United States. There will be no North, no South, no East nor West. The black man will be recognized and be treated as a man and a brother. He will make a record of which the world will be proud. be pro- vided. The Sage will then record the valor and patriotism of those who have never been traitors to their govern- My friend Royal Hughes has decided to discipline the members of the bar association. Royal says that the number of hot air artists in the organization rather impedes, instead of increasing its membership. Don't you know that J. M. Ricks is one of those hustling individuals who never moves until he sees the coin. He may not have many cases, but those he does have are paying ones. Brother Ricks is a good farmer also. Hog killing will not begin until tall and then he will not make the necessary peraparations for war times. He is not inclined to take up arms in defense of his country-perhaps he will join the Home Guards. Harry L. Tignor will leave for Cleveland. Ohio, soon, to sharpen his axes for Elks decapitation. There are a few heads, he says, that must be trimmed. Just how Harry intends to trim those heads is a question that must be considered. There is to be a lively time when the Elks meet in Cleveland. Ohio. The Abbyssinians have good sense. They know how to rule and crown their rulers without the interference or attendance of white Europeans. Some day the American colored man will be able to rule in a manner that will be an honor to his ancestors. Don't you know that Bob Allen and Adair Gaskins are head quarters for war discussions. If you want to find out what is going on in the European countries and just how the war will end don't fall to walk into either one of these liquid refreshments, resorts. Science, religion, politics and all other kind of nerve tonics may be purchased without extra pay. WHY NEGROES GO NORTH AND WEST Land Monopoly Said to be the Cause. (People's News, Service.) New York.—Industrial centers of the North are today threatened with an influx of negroes in such numbers as to menance wage standards, and union organization. Half a million colored laborers are said to have deserted the southern States, attracted north by the higher wages and the employers' demand for cheap labor. What is wrong in the South, where the negro is at home among his own kind, and where the agricultural industries of that section should provide him with suitable employment? The question is answered by an editorial in the Hartford Courant, reprinted by the New York Evening Post Says the Courant: "It will be remembered that the 'submerged S5 per cent.' of the Mexican people were greatly on President Wilson's mind a few months ago. They had no fair chance to get so much of the Mexican land as was needed, for their physical support. But our Southern negros are in the predicament, or at least this is the testimony of Taylor Kennerly, a white Southerner born and bred, most of whose life has been passed in the South, and who is now, we believe, managing editor of the Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser, one of the oldest and best newspapers of the Old South and of the New South. South and of the In a published article over his own name, dealing with the movement of Southern negro labor to the West and the North, Mr. Kennerly declares that land monopoly by the white man has virtually put the laborer, especially the negro, into industrial slavery. He says that this is the basic cause of the negro exodus. It is not the social distinctions, nor the political conditions, that has started this migration, so much as it is that 'the average negro farm-hand gets little' more for his work than the very mule he ploughs with,—that is something to eat and a very poor place to sleep.' Mr. Kennerly adds to this that 'in many instances, especially when it comes to food, the mule fares better than the negro.' In other words, Southern negroes are coming North for the same reason that farmers' boys have been for years deserting the country to compete against each other in industrial centers; for the same reason that our farmers are being turned into tenants; for the same reason that the "hired man," respected in the old days as a future farm-owner, is today a migratory farm laborer owning nothing but the clothes on his back and never hoping to own anything else; for the same reason that industrial workers in the cities pay out all they earn in rents to the landlords—their own landlord and the landlord, of their butcher and grocer, the same landlords who exact such enormous fixed charges as rents or interest from industrial enterprises as to leave less than living wages, and who take toll of those scanty wages after they are paid. In that reason lies the most glaring of all social and economic injustices,—the private ownership and control of land and other natural resources put here for the use of all men. Said Frank W. Garrison in a recent article in the Atlantic Monthly: "Well may the conservationist ask himself if the bounties of nature were stored during the ages for the special benefit of the Morgans, Rockefellers and Carnegies, their heirs and assigns. Large sums are readily obtained to fight consumption, to build hospitals, to further temperance, to care for the victims of a city's vice. But show that consumption results from land monopoly slum conditions, and from tariff monopoly, which makes the price of warm clothing prohibitive; point out that intemperance is largely the result of poverty and taxation; reveal the landlord (whose name may head the list of charties.) drawing his rentals from resorts of vice; demand the repeal of privilege in any of its manifold form and its beneficiaries raise a loud cry of spoliation and declares that vested interests must not be disturbed. interests are rich are slow to see that they are in truth the great recipients of charity. Blinded by custom, we detect no irony in the fact that the laboring class is synonymous with the poor, and the idle class with the rich." and that Mr. Garrison's proposal is the same as that urged upon the Federal government by President Gompers and by the 20,000 farmer members of the Washington State Grange,—to place a tax on land values. That tax should be high enough to provide all the expenses of government except such as are provided by high income taxes. Income taxes are necessary to break up the huge fortunes based on monoply and privilege. When the government strikes at privilege by taking in taxes what now goes to the landlord in rent, as in the case of mines and railroads, and oil wells, income taxes will no longer be necessary. President Wilson and Congress are now being urged by those who see land monoply as the greatest injustice to strike this blow at privilege by initiating a scheme of land value taxation. NATIONAL NEWS. NOTES. Brief Bits of News and Comments On Men and Measures. COLORED EXODUS IS INCREASING. Desire to Earn Higher Wages and for Better Conditions Socially—Presents New Problems to Both South and North. Chicago, Ill.—The exodus of Negroes from the South to Northern manufacturing points stronger within the last month or so, is regarded as likely to increase considerably as the season advances, and to continue throughout the summer. Not more than a quarter of those leaving the South, it is expected will return. The condition is totally without precedent since reconstruction days. since recolonized. As to the situation in Chicago, A. L. Jackson, executive secretary of the Wabash Avenue branch of the Y. M. C. A., says: "The Negroes are coming into Chicago pretty regularly, and in larger numbers now. I had a man watch the railroad stations recently for 10 days, and the Police Department also had a man take a careful census. In one week they found 500 arrivals and in another week from 1200 to 1500. All of course do not stop in Chicago. Many go on, to Waukegan, Indiana Harbor and Gary, Detroit, Moline, and various other manufacturing centers. In two days my agent found two parties of from 50 to 75 Negroes using Chicago as a transfer point. The flow has been very steady through good weather." "The real reason for the migration, continued Mr. Jackson, himself a Negro, and an authority locally, "is the desire of the Negroes to better their conditions. The exodus is coming for school, housing, social and sanitary the most part from Mississippi, Georgia, and Louisiana, with Mississippi leading, and also from South Carolina, Mississippi is leading because of two conditions—lynch law and peonage. In Alabama and Virginia, so-called 'good' States, they are feeling the Negro migration, but in the states with lynch law and poor schooling, they are leaving in large numbers. The readjustment of the Negro population and higher wages will help them all around thinks Mr. Jackson. In the North better wages will raise the standard of the negroes; and in the south the shortage of them will make their labor more valuable and increase their bargaining power, assuring them more consideration in those questions of law enforcement, schools housing and conditions, of cleanliness. and conditions New York, N. Y.-The Wall Street Journal, the most influential publication among bankers, brokers, corporations, and financial organizations of New York, says: Given time enough, even when talking too much, as it, customarily does, the United States Senate is a deliberative body which will correct the foolishness of the lower house, most of the time, but unfortunately, not all of the time. It is sometimes foolish itself. But at least it killed the amendment tacked on, without rhyme or reason, to the esplonage bill by Senator Cummins, prohibiting the use of grain in the manufacture of alcohol. This amendment was calculated to kill some hundred millions of tax-paying capital in the brewing industry, without attaining any of the objects which are supposedly at the heart of the prohibition party. The manufacture of whiskey, and of all spirituous liquors, is based on age; and the longer stock can be accumulated in bond, the better the investment of the manufacture of spirits becomes. But the manufacturer of beer doesn't profess to sell old ale in any quantity to be worth taxing. The logical consequence of prohibiting the use of grain on the Cummins' amendment would be to set people who drink a comparatively harmless beverage, to drinking whiskey and other hard spirits. WAR WITH GERMANY. The following resolution was passed west, District of Columbia, at the lecture of Hon. Aaron F. Prioleau, June 4, 1917. WHEREAS, the United States of America is now at war with Germany to protect and defend all the rights and dignity of our Country and citizens upon land and sea; AND WHEREAS, by the Act of the Congress of the proclamation of the President of the United States, all persons and citizens between the ages of twenty-one and thirty are called upon to be loyal to protect and defend the Nation and our homes by enlisting in the Army and Navy; AND WHEREAS, ten million men are needed and should be registered on Tuesday, June the 5th by the proclamation of the President; AND WHEREAS, the colored citizens of America always did and willingly, by the help of God, the Supreme Ruler, defend the rights of America, and her flag: AND WHEREAS, with all the money, produce, property and the wealth of the American Government, she cannot make real success in the prosecution of this war without food and bread stuff for men and beast from the agricultural states of the Union: AND WHEREAS, the American Workmen and Laborers irrespective of race or color have been forced to abandon the farm which is the very life of the Nation for safety, defense and preparation in time of war, by being unable to meet their obligations: AND WHEREAS, millions of acres of agricultural lands are left idle, and millions more that have not been cultivated are still idle in the Agricultural states: AND WHEREAS, we believe, that two-thirds of these idle lands were owned or were planted by the poor white and colored farmers of the South: AND WHFREAS. it is commonly known that these lands were taken from the poor farmers by the merchants and noney lenders for debts which they failed to meet and the merchants that take these lands were unable to cultivate it, and the poor farmers refused to lease or plant these lands for the merchant upon shares on rent: AND WHEREAS, we believe that the American Workmen and Laborers will return to the farm and raise all the bread and food stuff that may be needed for the people and beast of the United States, also for exportation and save two-thirds of the present price that the people are now forced to pay for bread: AND WHEREAS: the Federal Banks and rural credit system do not help the poor farmers to buy homes and pay off mortgages and trust upon their homes and lands as it purported to do, for them to return to the farm, to labor; AND WHEREAS, there is no real preparation and defense of more vital and importance than this in the present war than for, the Congress to provide money to loan the American Workman, laborers to pay off the mortgage on their land and to buy farming land upon long terms to secure the greatest weapon to bring success in this war and in time of Peace; AND WHEREAS, we believe, that universal suffrages to male and female and equal protection of the life and property with righteousness and justice to all American citizens or persons in the United States by the Government of the people, for the people, by the people will re-establish the mutual unionist and the belief that God is our Father, man our brother and woman our sister, that all men and women upon the face of the earth must confess this Sin and deal rightly fair and justly with his neighbor, that God may bring protection, peace and tranquility to the whole Nation of the earth in one day, that each nationality may return to their home and all be prosperous, for it is the unrighteous and unjust deeds of the Nations that cause the loss of the millions of lives and the billions of treasures in this war, and billions of dollars and tons of treasure still to be expended. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that we stand united with the Congress and the President to protect and defend the United States upon land and sea with all our soul, life and treasure: AND BE IT RESOLVED, that we do earnestly urge all persons, races, and citizens in the United States to see that each member of their family be registered on June the 5th as loyal patriotic Americans with faith in God; AND BE IT RESOLVED, that we herein make this our appeal and Petition to the Congress of the United States respectively to enact such law upon the matter mentioned in this resolution and petition that will give freedom, and equal rights, protection of life and property and universal suffrages and the rights and privileges to vote with no discrimination, deprivation or denial of account of race or color; that the American, Workmen and Laborers, male and female may return to the farm united in the effort to support and feed the Army and Navy in war and the people in time of peace or war; CONSULT US FIRST ALL KINDS OF PRINTING Linotype Composition Electric Power Presses TRIANGLE PRINTING CO. BOOK AND JOB PRINTING QUICKEST BEST TERMS CASH 1109 Eye Street, Northwest Phone Main 7590 Thomas Graduate FUNERAL AND EMBAL Thomas Frazier Graduate FUNERAL DIRECTOR M. B. Lady Attendant 723 Tea Stre Business Phone NORTH 7796 E. W. Bundy, Assistant Lady Attendant Open All Night 723 Tea Street, Northwest Business Phone Resident Phone N. 121 NORTH 7796 AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that copies of this resolution and Petition, be sent to the Senators and Congressmen and all of the Public Press, urging all true, loving, loyal that each member of their family and patriotic citizens in America to write the members of Congress to duly consider the matter herein referred to as the most needful action of that Body to secure the defense of the Nation with righteousness and justice to all humanity, that God may be pleased and bless the United States with power to unite the Nations of the earth in Brotherhood Fraternity. All of which, we your Committee most respectfully submit. SAM H. HARRIS. STEWART W. CAMPBELL. REV. W. J. HOWARD. AARON P. PRIOLEAU, Chairman. MARTINSBURG, W. VA., NEWS. The children of Martinsburg, will now be granted a little breathing spell; the school is out and the Children's Day has passed. The Children's Day exercises held at the Dudley Baptist Church Sunday, June 24th, were very well rendered and a good collection raised. The church was beautifully decorated for the occasion. The parents gathered in large numbers to listen to their children sing and recite, and they were full of praise to the sisters who deserve much credit for the success of the evening: Mattie Carter, Jannie Jones, M. E. Corsey, Daisy Taylor, and the pastor's wife, F. E. Johnson. The program for Installation week has been arranged. Sunday, July 5th, Rev. W. D. Javis, D. D., pastor of the New Bethel Baptist Church, Washington will preach, Monday night Rev. James T. Reed will occupy the pulpit while his choir will render the music followed by Rev. S. R. Hughes and his choir on Tuesday night; the pastor and his choir bring up the rear on Wednesday night A One thousand agents wanted. Good money made. We want agents in every city and village to sell THE STAR HAIR GROWER. This is a wonderful preparation. Can be used with or without straightening irons. Any person that Sells for 25c per box—one 25c box proves its value. Any person will use a 25c box will be convinced. No matter what has failed to grow your hair, just give THE STAR HAIR GROWER a trial and be convinced. Send 25c for full size box. If you wish to be an agent send $ and we will send you a full supply that you can begin work with at one also agents' terms. Send all money by Money Order to Persons in the South can get their goods three days earlier by writing THE STAR-HAIR GROWER, Mfr., P. O. Box 312, Greensboro, N. C. Open All Night et, Northwest Resident Phone N. 121 Manager, North 4326-j ending Friday night with a song service by the Dudley choir and friends, after which everybody will retire to the spacious basement for refresh- menths Miss Etha Kirk is on the sick list but improving. Mr. Albert Johnson is very sick. Mr. and Mrs. Elkins Corsey lost the little bouncing girl. Dr. S. Gray, Md. brought home his bride amidst the many congratulations of his many friends. Rev. C. Johnson, pastor of the Cedar Creek. Baptist church for 45 years was taken to the hospital in Richmond last week, to undergo a slight operation; his son, Rev. E. T. Johnson, the pastor of the Dudley, is somewhat uneasy about his condition. We hope for him a speedy recovery. MRS. F. E. Johnson believes that a wife's place is with her husband; thus, she has resigned her position at the Government Printing office, Washington, D. C. to devote her entire time to the care of home, and directress of the church choir. THE BEE Is the paper that should be in every home in the city. It is the people's paper. Read The Bee you want all the news. ROBERT ALLEN Buffet and Family Liquor Store Phone North 2340 1917 14th Street, N. W. Washington, D.C. THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH BEAUTY CULTURE SCHOOL (INC.) offers an excellent opportunity for the woman who desires to enter the business world, by taking up a course in BEAUTY CULTURE. Nobody nowadays can say, "I have no chance." There are and always will be new lines with each woman whether she will be one of those to create and take advantage of the opportunities that THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH BEAUTY CULTURE, SCHOOL OFFERS. We teach the following courses: Hair Dressing, Facial Massage, Manicuring, ScalpTreatment, Instantaneous Bleaching, Electric Treatment for the There is a constant demand for THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH BEAUTY CULTURE SCHOOL'S GRADUATES. THE ABILITY TO USE AND CREATE OPPORTUNITY DEPENDS UPON INDIVIDUAL VALUE, and value depends on training, and training depends on carnest, well directed effort to increase skill. THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH BEAUTY CULTURE SCHOOL'S branches are taught from five dollars up. COME IN AND REGISTER. DAY AND NIGHT CLASSES. MME: AGNES J. SMITH, Principal. Promptness, Neatness, Politeness THE PRESIDENT WILLIAM M. DAVIS Undertaker and Embalmer High Class Work, Reasonable Prices Life-like Features Restored Free Funeral Parlor 2053 GA. AVE. N. W. Phone. NOBTH 4068 Undertaker and Embalmer 30 H. Street N. E. Washington, D. C. Phone Lincoln 3718 Phone North 2751 ° PREACHERS ON - FARMS. “An Organization Proposes That They Work Ir Rush Season, ° ‘Topeka,'Kan.—If tho plan adopted by the Clay county Minteters’ union ia put into-action in the counties throughout the state of Kansas it will pat 8,000 Gkflled Jaborers into the fields during the rush seasdi. ‘Tho plan outlined in lay, county is sct out in a letter to Governor Capper by the Rev. J, Ashton Davies of Clay Center. Mr.’ Davies saya: 5 ‘ “During the month of July and Au- gust the ministers are to work on farms, going out to that work Monday mornings and returning Saturday even ings, just as our boys aro doing at the ‘sficore camp at Fort.Riley. “We may arrange to ledvo ono min- ister in town, ‘a different one each Week, who shall devote his time to the interest of. all the churches. The chiirches will? of course, continue to ‘pay the ministers’ salaries, and the ‘wage received from the farmers will be tarned over to the henevolent boards of-the churches or to tho Red Cross woclety. std “If this pian could be adopted through- -out the state it would ‘send 8,000 sicill- 4 laborers into the fields.’ MAKE BEARS FEEL AT HOME. NPCS NESE OF Serene ee City Park’ Pits, Denyer—Not satisfied with having mountain scenery. within a few miles ‘of the city, Denver lias sent, out into the ‘Rockies und’ brought it. into the elty Mmits by the curtlond. |, ‘The scenery 1s not paintings or pho- tographs, but actual reproductions of rugged cliffs nud majestic bowlders se- lected for bear pits-at City park. Agents of the-cits spread a gelatin- ous materia) over the most striking apliffe during the day and removed-tt in the cool of the snoruing, ‘thus retaining an accurate impression. ‘This was con- verted fnfo luster of paris casts, in which form: thé reproductions have Deen brought-to Denver; ‘The molds ‘Will be constructed: in conerete and shot, with cement gus, jn colors and tints to simulate the origlual rocks from which they werd taken. FARMERS CAN INSURE: CROPS. Massachusetts Plan. Guarantees 10 Per ~ "Cent Profit. me Worcester, “Mass.—-The first general farm crop Insurance ever afforded the farmers of the United States was ‘put into effect by, the Worcester . county farm bureau. “Farmers who ‘take out Policies will be assured of a clean profit of 10-per cent avet and above the cost of production on all of thetr 1927 crop which exceeds in volume the crop’ of 1916. : : Busfriess men have subseribed a fund of $100,000 to gurantee the insurance. ‘The farmer must maintain certain ‘standards. ‘The Insurance applies to all -grinter staples. ‘The crop: must bé anar- keted in Worcvster county. s SHAVING - FUND BUYS: BOND. Travelers’ Joke Sixteen Years Ago Re- sults tn Saving $3,000, Waterloo, ‘Iu.—aAt, the grand council of the Iowa United, Commercial Trav- elers sixteen years ago, F. W. Houck of Sheldon lost hig wallet. His friends, as a practical joke, instructed all the Danks not to.cush a draft for him. He was in need of a shave. < ‘A fund was raised for this purpose, but meanwhile Houck, succeeded tn cashing his drift, “The fund. was turn- ed into the treasury and maintained by anoual ‘contributions: of a penny from each member. It now. has ‘passed the $8,000 mark. The council voted to in. yest the fund In the liberty loan. DOG CATCHES DESERTER. Holds Man by Trousers Leg Until Off cors’ Arrive. Leavenworth, -Kan.—James...Thomp- son, special officer here, ows a police dog whose abilities‘as an apprebender of criminals frequently, has been scoff. ed at by Thompson's friends. ‘The dog hag vindleated Limself, ei ‘William Payne, a deserter last sum- mer from the Missouri national guard, while stationéd on, the Mextean border, had escaped fromthe disciplinary ‘bar. racks atthe urmy post here. The dog captured the fleeing trusty, holding to the man's trousers.leg and impeding his flight’ until officers sub- ued bitn. LYNN JUDGE FINES. MAYOR. Bohoo! Board Also Punished For ,Vio- Jating Labor Law. Seg Meee ee ‘Lynn, Ma»s—Miyor George H. New- pall, Dr. Nathunicl P, Breed, Elmer E Boyer, Mit! Wy Chase and 8, Walter “ccDonouzh, méiubers of the Lynn school *bonrd. were fined $&% each by Judge Uciiry I. Lummys. ‘The mem. pera were charzed with a violation of the eight Lour law Jn allowing janitors of schoolliouses to work’ more .than that time daily. : Assistant City “Solicitor Jacobs” ‘ap: pealed in’ thelr behalf, and they were held in thelr own recognizance by Judge ‘O'Brien for the superior court. Many ‘Blossoms on Twig. Topeka, Kau.—If all the twigs on an apple tree on the farm of George H. Krelder, near Lyndou, bad as many ‘lossoms as one twix had, and, if every ‘plossom became an ajiple, the tree would have supplied an apple a day for peveral thousand persons, ‘The ‘freak twig” bas put forth half a dozen blos- soms instead of the customary ‘une. ider. declares. it a “freak of nature” abs states that in all his experieitce ns ‘a fruit raiser he uever before saw. so pany blossoms on a twig. : Y.M.6,A,AT FRONT | 4. Ege ae Francis B. Sayre. Appointed to | Serve as Secretary. WORK JS ‘‘ALL IMPORTANT, See . Men Sent. In Response to Cabled Re- quests From Paris—Immense Amount of Equipment Necessary In Tents and Camps Alroady Established Abroad. ‘Washington.—Franeis.B, Sayre, son- in-law of President Wilson, has been appointed to-serve ‘as a. ¥. M. C.-A. secretary with the American troops 15, France and: wil sail -shortly’ with about twenty-five other men who tiaye been chosen. for this work in response to cabled requests. from Paris for such heip from America. “““S5¥ decision to enlist under.the red triangle atid do.my bit in the war is'a direct result of what the Y. M. ©, A. accomplished on the Mexican border,” said Mr, Saj'se. Lot “J spent a good part of last summer in assisting in the association work at Nee ee z ] Lip itt d 2 NK oe / Gl ae _ B Be oo SS =. i Photos by American Press Association. , MR, AND MRS, FRANCIS BD. BAYRE, ~ Camp Mano Grove and other lints be: tween Browtisvillé and San Antonio. T regard this work as one of. the-most important elements of nflitary. service to be perfornied,. und it attracts me as the biggest thing open for a man like myself to do, in’so far as Tam tod old to be acceptable for military service under the selective draft. “Phe great Vody-of owe men at the frout and in the training enimps must be kept clean morally ‘as well as pbyst- cally, and, this.is the service (he ¥.-M. C, A. is eminently well tilted to per- form.’ ‘Tho. American soldier is a clean fighting mati-and he should. be kept 80." ‘ The ‘rapid development sof Young Ben's Christian ‘association netivitfes iu France and in England necessitates the early suiling of this importaut ou. ‘tingent of association secretaries who are to serve the Ameiicun soldiers and sailors. The magnittide* of’ the amount of equipment necessary. to this service 1s indicated by the followiig list of sup- piles purchased for buildings.and tents in camps alrendy: established. ‘This Ust contains only twenty-four of the seventy-five itenis necessary for a full equipment of a single building; A hyn: dred* moving picture machines, . 100 talking machines, 5,000 records, 500,000 Phonograph needles, 300,000 feet of ‘films (rented), 41.000 quarts of inks, 504,- 000 pens, 100.800 peniholders, 100,800, pencils, 500 hiaseball gloves, 400, base: dalt pats, 300 Iusketballs, 5,000 base- balls, 7,000 xets of checkers, 3,000,000 sheets. of Jetter paper, 1,500,000 enve- Topes 20,000 testuments, 50,000 gospels, 10,000 hymn_ books: 2.000 blankets, 500 camp cots, 159 cash registers, 100 type- writers, 1,200 mugazine holders. FROZEN EGGS FROM CHINA. Millions of Thom. Reach United States by Way of Pacilic Coast, Seattle, Wash.—Prozen ezzs; shipped from China without shells, are helphig comoat the bigh cost of living-on the Pacific coast and throughout the mid- dle west. = - “In ‘tle ports of Seattle and San Fran- cisco 34,500,000 eggs arrive annually in tin cans containing fifteen to thirty Pounds each, One egg weighs “two ounces. * A. L. Knisley of the United States food laboratory here says that a muclf smaller percéntage of bad eggs are found in these shipments from China than in the local commodlty..° ‘Two companies, oule English and ore ‘American, shell, pack and freeze the eggs in China, i , The egzs cost at least one-third less than locals, it is’ said, because of the ‘smaller cost of production—not.on the Part of the hens, but the laborers wha gather, pack-and distribute them are paid only small wages. x HOME: GARDEN PLAN i z A BIG HIT IN- JERSEY Remarkable Work Shown In Putting Vacant Lots Under Cultivation. ‘Trenton, N. J—Mor@than 25,000 per- sons in Jersey City bave planted gar dens,. and: the movement’ througliout New Jersey has goue to unprecedented Proportlous, accordlig to reports'made to Charles Lathrop Pack of Lakewood, president .of the Natlonal, Emergency Food Garden Commission. ‘These: re- ports are -coming from various ogdh- “eles which are keeping official tabs. In Hackensack’ 11,000. gardens hive been planted; Camden, 10,000; Morris: town, 1,800; ‘Trenton; 2,000; Edgewa- ter, 350; Lakewood, 633; ‘Glassboro, 250; Netcong, 450; Westwood, 300; Sus. sex, 300; Hightstown, 408; Rutherford, 250; Hopewell, 205; Washington, 200; ‘Milford, 100;. Hackettstown, 600; Point Pleasant, 500; Perth Amboy, _ 250; Carlstadt, 500. ‘These’ are all the offi qial reports so far turnéd in. © - In Newark the.vacant lot committes members have set: out "5,000 gardens, and the number in the whole city 1s unofficially estimated at 80,000. | In Paterson 7,500 garden patches are un- der cultivation; in Ellzabeth, 6,000;, tn the Oranges, 16,000; in Montclalr, 0,000; in Atlantle’ City, 10,000 to 12,000; in Caldwell, 1,000; in Plainfeld, 7,000. ‘These are all'tnofficial estimates from local sources. °° In Caiaden ‘the increase 4s 1,500. per cent; in Newark it Js 1,400 per cent. School boards, civic clubs ayd wom- en's organizations have promoted the campaign.“ ‘The commission’ is fur- nishing to évery community up to date advice on éanning, drying and preserv: in. 8 WAR SHOWS VALUE OF “+ “TUBERCULOSIS FIGHTS Hardships Have: Brought ‘France, Which Never Attacked. Dis-_ ease,’400,000 Cases. ,New York.—ihe war has added one more proof of the value of tle Englis! aiid American autl-tuberculogis, fres! air campaigns; While’ Francd fs stag Bering under an ahmost: unbearable Toad of 400,000! cases. of, tuberculosis England has raised ax army of 5,000, 900 without any new or sudden tuber “culosis problem such as that whict bas left Franco with her armies, de vitalized, . : Fresh air, out of door work and sports, oper windows, good food, reat and treatment have kept England and America relatively free from tubercu Josis. “The: French, who have altos: entirely ignored the value of anti-tu berculosis campaigns, now find’ ‘them: ‘selves with no facilities for caring for the thousands of new cases which the war has brought upon the country. French peasants Laxe few windows ‘and un almost ineradicable aversion ‘tc fresh air in the house. -Freuch’ doctors have only in a few cases given special attention to tuberculosis problems.’ At -the outbreak. of the war the well train: ed physiciang of Great Britain” elim: inated’ from the army” all those whe had the faintest taint. of tuberculosis. ‘The lesson for America 1a written s¢ -all may rend. Only through increased efforts against. the white plague cau the huge ntiny whieh, the United States must raise’ Ge kept free from the scourge.which is weakening’ France. ‘WOMAN CAN SHOOT. “Sho Is Eighty-nine Years of Age,. but Put Herself Upon Record, o Seattic, Wash.—Mrs,. Helen E. Tay Jor, eizhty-nine years old, walked inte the headquarters of, the. Nationa’ League For Women's Service in the Cobb Muilding and said she wanted te register under the ‘head of sharp shooter. t “T am a woman’ experienced in. serv ice for my country in war as well as in-peace,” she sald. “Tenn quality for nurse, cook or sharpshooter. .I cat hit the bullseye as often as most mer and know how to handie a rifie.” ‘The roxtstry Fevealed that Mrs. Tay: lor was horn tix Bast, Durham, Greene county, N.Y, Her husband ~was killed in the civil war. She came to. Wash: ington twenty years ago and lives al Ballard, -She taught school fora few months when she was fifteen years old, she has worked’ asa. nurse, 1s an experlenced horsewoman and can bold the reins over.a ‘four horse team. =~ . a s WILSON’S BASIS OF- SUCCESS. 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Dy Lyons, Gen, Agt., 314 East Second St. SiN Shempect 1 Presing es : Bil Tees aie g8tge Oklahoms' Citf, Okla: | ¢ ‘Zsc Extra for Postage. NS "LINCOLN LEAGUE. Coloréd Republican in Tennessee ‘Organized, * Memphis, Tenn., July 2.—What was a record breaking meetitig, of the famous |incoln Republican * League was held at, Church: Auditorium Fri day night. June 29. ‘The largest. politi cai organization among colored peo ple in. the country, the Lincoln League is the rallying. point of fifty thousand Negioes in Nemphis and all nie Negroes in west Tennessee. The first time the League had met since: the burning of Ell Persons, and the beginning of the exodus of. the Negro from this ‘city | and_ section; more that 3,000 people packed them- selves“in the Auditorium, while hun- dreds were ‘turned away. ‘ 'No drganized condemnation of law: lessness liad been heard; no word of advice had been forthcoming from the leadership. and no speech of hope and courage had been uttered. And the people suid thelr cup. was running over. ‘The pent-up feeling of the patriots and patriarchs, together with a thou- Gand wowen, found -expression in a prirst of cheefs when Robert R. Church Jr. President-and founder of the League took the gavel. What the people expected is exactly what” they got. a) sf . eoXtter his Speech dealing with fou- tine business,. Mr. Church read’ the resolutions prepared by the’ Execu- tive Committee on the death of great Foraker, aiid launched: into a declara- fion against lawlessness. “qT. would: be untrue to you and’ to myself is your elected leader’ if. I should remain silent against shame on crime of lawlessness of any char- actor.,and I could not it I would hold my peace against: either tho lynching or burning of & human being,” he j said. ; He went on. “We must not lose hope, but keep our eyes open and press forward. What the Lincoin set out to do is exactly what the Lincoln proposes to do ‘without’a shadow of turning. : ‘The President announced that, the League endorsed heartily the work of the National Association’ for the Advancement of Colored People, LYNCHING RECORD. According to the records: kept by | Monroe N. Work, head of the Division of Records and research of the Tuske- gee Institute, that in this period there have been 14 lynching. This is 11 less than the number, 25, for the first six months of 1916 and 20 less than the “number, 34, for the first six months of 1915. In 19 instances, through the bravery of officers’ ofthe law and by other means, mobs were thwarted ahd lynchings prevented... Of those lynched, 13 were Negroes and 1 was white, Four of those put to death, 1 white and 3 Negroes were charged. with. the erime of rape. One of those put to death was a Negro woman, reported to have been of un- Sound mind, who in resisting “arrest wounded an officer of the law. H. Edgar Lewis PURE DRUGS 63rd & Eastern Ave.,N.B. Chésapeake Station DRUGS, SODA WATER, CIGARS Phone Linzoln 3136 AND OF GOVERNORS National Betense cosine Issuea Warning Against Hysteria. STATE CENSUS. IS OPPOSED. Areas Likely to Bo Theaters of War _ Operations Designated and Recom- mendations Presented For Rosd Building—In Certain Contingencies May Fix’ Food Prices. fi Washington.—Governors” who sought advice from the Couucll of National “Defensé concerning-thelr war activities at the national defense conference re- ceived their instructions in a detalled statement which covered a-hundred phases of the work necessary to get the cotmtry in shape for a successful war against Germany. . The advice was in the form of an- swerg to stated questions on industrial and ‘military subjects. There ran through the document an apparent Warning against hysteria in action which’ might hamper rather than ac complish the desired resuts; ere-are some of the {mportant points.made: . Mirat.—The' national counclt recom- mends that the state-councils shall en- courage economy and discourage: ex- travagant lving and the purchase of Tuxurles among tho people of ‘thelr-re- spective states. Second.—It regard to the postpone. ment of state or mumicipal works. now under way and not of pressing {m- portance the council, “generally speak- ing,” advises that nothing now wader way should. be abandoned except un der pressing necessity; nor should new Projects be started not of pressing im- hinds The’ council has not made any suggestion for the postponement in any state’ of work on co-operative Aighway projects to such.an extent ‘that redistribution of public’ money will be negessary. . Fourth.—The taking of a census by states of men’ for either military or industrial’ service, ‘supplementary to federal registration—a step which bas been .contempiated -tn some other states—was discouraged. On this point the document says: “The cbuncil does not desire such a consus-for tho pres ent. It ts not needed just now and when completed and ready “for use would soon be obsolete owing to rap {dly changing industrial conditions.” eae council may in certain contingeneids fix elther or both mint mum and maximum food prices-if ax thorized by law, but holds that ‘until legislation js passed it is impossible to make a defuite statement, - In reply to ndvico in regard to the road building which would make the location and character of the highway bettér sulted for military purposes,’ the council furiiislies a copy of a letter from Sceretiry. Baker to Secretary Houston giving in detail the areas He ly to be the theuter of war operations and presenting recommendations as to road building for military purposes, The areas in question are: 3 (w) The nrea about Long Island, tx cluding most of the states of Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, Ver mont, Missachusetts, Counecticut and New York: ts () The area about Chesapeake bay, including thuch of the states of New Jersey. Pennsylvania,. Maryland, Vir- ginia, North Carolina and Delaware. (©) The. Pacilé const area, Including California, Orexon and Washington... * @ ‘The “Mexican border, including the southert part pf the states of Tex- is, New Mexico. Arizona and Callfor- iia. (@) The grext Inkes ‘area, including lie states of Ohlo, Indiana, Michigan, Wnois and parts “of Wisconsin and finnesota, i COULDN'T SCARE -SAILOR. Officer Told Threatening U Boat Cap- tain to “Shoct Away.” London.—Douzhis Dut, the fourth officer: andthe only survivor-of the steamer Thracia; sunk by a‘ German submarine on Apri! 27, says in depost- tlong tht three houcs after the ‘ship Was-sunks the’ German submarine ap- proached the capsized boat, the stern of which had been blown off, to which he wis clinging, and,asked him the usual questions rexarding the destroy- ed steamer and her’ destination. It, was'1l o'clock at night and very dark. The submarine commander first: fhreatencd to ‘shoot “Duff, says. the! fourth officer, who quotes bimself as! replying, “Shoot away.”. Phe com-; mandér then sald, secording to Dutf,! that be wouldi't waste powder on an! Englishman and left’ Duff to his fate! He was picked up twelve” hours later! by a French fisherman. i ARMY NEEDS GENERALS. DN ge Le CRESS ads UNCER : Upon Morit Basis, Washington.—The new national army will require about -twenty-nine new major generals’ and more than 100 brigadier generals, according to oc ficials of the.war department. ‘There wilt be a total of thirty-six divisions, éach of which will have one major general and four brigadier generals. ‘The army act empowers the prest- dent to appoint general’ officers at. his scretion. ‘The Lelict prevails that the ‘president and secretary of war both- @re_deterinined on!y upon merit and. special fitness, This policy would co inclde exactly with thos’ of France and England, whfch are advanding younger men to the Higher.commands: COLLEGE TO SEND OUT : MENTO AID FARMERS “Mech ‘Agriculturist Taking Student Must Cultivate Extra Acres: "Philadelphia. —‘The University _ of Pennsylvania will be the frst of Amer- fean colleges to tackle the food supply problem, which has recently taken: on & serious aspect, according to plans an- pounced at the university by Dr. J. Russell Smith, professor of industry, ‘who has charge of. the movement, Stu- @ents-are to be sent out in squads of from: five to fifty to all sections. of the country to assist farmers in’ planting and cultivating spring crops. : Byvery student slzning will: be given credit for bis year's work and be sent ont -immicdintely.. Students will be placed on furms xt u minimum salary of $20 a ‘month. In-eich one ‘of the battalions there will Le a captain, who 4s to bave charge of the men in bis community, ‘referee all wisputes be- tween employey. aud students and re- port each man’s progress to the univer- sity. Each farmer upon accepting’ one of the students us helper must promise to cultivate twelve acres more ‘of land than ‘he lias licretofore. © Dr, ‘Smith claims that at a conservative. estimate each man sent out will thus-bé respon- sible for 420 extra bushels in the corn crop alone, which aheans that’the first fifty. meri who leave for western Vir- ginid will add so{ae 21,000" bushels of corn to this year's*crop. - : MARINE GORPS WANTS TO GO ABROAD FIRST General Barnett Says Hell Have 3 No Trouble Raising 30,000 Men. Washington.—Armerican marines will tosist‘on thelr right to be tho first ‘United States soldiers in the Eyropean trenches, Lrizudie* General George ‘Barnett told the house uayy committee, explaining the reason for the proposed increase from 17,400, to 30,000 in the marine corps. - . General Buinctt, commandant of ma- wines, sald tho morale and. spirit of the men Would'be seriously affected unless they were “first men” as usual-of the United States expeditionary armed forces. ‘He sald he would have no dif- ficulty in getting the $0,000. men. .”. “We aro getting them. as fast as we ean digest theni now,” be said. . Bear Admiral Palmer, chief of the bureau of navigation, explained the navy’s needs for an increase from 87,- 000 to, 150,000 men.” ° “The navy will need 6,000 men for aviation,” he said, | ~:, “Pwenty men are needed for each sabmarine chaser. From twenty to forty men Will be needed on each armed merchant ship. ‘There must be full crews for all auxiliary and reserve MAKES HIS OWN COFFIN. Spent Weeks at Work; When Complet- ‘ed Weiched 700 Pounds. Lafayette, Jad.—William Watkins, ‘Afty years old, for many years proprie tor of n sawiill at Kentland, learned & fow months ago thit he ‘could’ not Hive long. : He proccedes: to build a ‘coffin for himself, using solid black walnut. He apetit weeks 1: aking it. . When com- Pleted it welghv 1 more than 700 pounds. Watkins wus Drought, to St. Etiza- Deth's hospitn). dnd recently ho died. The coflin was ‘shipped from Kentland, and his body ts been placed.tu it. He was buried ut 1elphi, his former home. The weilxht of the coffin, made it neces: sary to usé 2 I: rye force of men to lft ft on and off the train. Watkins’ widow and four childr:n survive. 9). SEARCHING FOR MOTHER. She Has Beon (fissing Eighteen Years, <but Dasher Tries Again. Los Angeles, Cal—aA search for bet mother, when she has: not seen for @ighteen yenis,. was. started “in this eity the other day ‘by Mrs. E. Ste- phets, whi’ w:s Miss Bessie ‘Dent of Ban Jose nnd \ hots with her husband at-the Hotel \ istin, Fieth and Crock- @ streets. “i! motlier ts now Mrs. RBrank Fagahle and formerly was Mrs. Joseph Dent. Mra: Stepliers ands her husband in. tend to estal!s . thefr home here, and ‘Doth of them ish to find Mra. Ste Phens! mother: : > rc CRIBBAGE UNDER GROUND. Game Laste! Six Months and ‘Was : Pla;.d In a Mine. Woodrow, \. nn.—aA eribbage game Played in (ie | owels of the earth and running up t» 100,000 points: was fin- Yahed ‘the ol, r night by Gus Ray- mond, a mine and Willlam. Gabriel, Pumpman, «f -ho Wilcox mine here. ‘The sitting luted six months. Ray- mond won by.:07 points. The, ganic Wis played-in the: pump house, 250 fec' underground. . Gabriel ence held a “i-‘enty-nine” hand, which eribbage mut!i. maticlans say happens about once in “en years of continuous playing. - _ Offers: Fittoen’ Sons ‘to Nation. Orystal Sprites, Miss—"I have’ not one, but fiftec: sous, to give to the army and navy aud will willingly do so,” gaid John Taylor, n farmer livingnear here. He.{s the father of twenty-two children. All the fifteen sons will como within the military ace lint and are. willing to go. So (a Mr: Taylor. -, >. LEGAL NOTICES, 7 THOMAS WALKER, ATTORNEY. | Small Weekly or Monthly Payments. : ; Pa No Notes to Sign, No Interest Charges. | Peter Grogan & Sons Co. | _ 817-819-821-823 Seventh Street N. W. Ss Supreme Court of the District of Co lumbla Helding Probate “Court— Estate of Rebecca Reeves, Deceas: ed — No, 23664:— Administration’ . Docket 55. Application having been made here. in for probate of the last. will ané testament ‘and of sald deceased, and for letters testamentary. on said es tate, by J, Milton Waldron, it is or. ‘dered -this 27th day of June,.A..D. 1917, that Alonzo Reed, Ottv Reed. Robert Reed, Carrie Carr, aad- ‘Joe Reed and ali others concérned, ap: pear in‘ sald Court: on, Tuesday, the 7th day of August, A. D. 1917, at'10 o'clock A. M., to.show cause why. stich application should not be grant: ed. Let notice hereof be published in the “Washington Law Reporter” and the Washington “Bee” once in each of three successive weeks before the return day herein. mentioned—the first publication to be not less than thirty days‘before said return day. © WENDELL P, STAFFORD, : : Sustice. Attest: WM. C. TAYLOR, Deputy Register of. Wills for the ‘Dis- tri@t of Columbia, Clerk o. the Pro- bate Court. : THOMAS WALKER, Attorney. e—e ee aa a > - v : . = Me S _,_ gree. AER OY 7 ae shee eS § . pes. 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SAILOR; STIGKS TO SEA Twenty-year-old Cook Was Tor- pedoed, Mined, Made Prisoner, Hit by Bullets. New York.—Stewart Springer. was eighteen yenrs old when he sailed from hero on Aug. 6, 1914. Hf has returned an old man, broken in health and. with battored nerves. «ew lads of twenty— and: few grizzled veterans of the sea. for that matter—can bonst or bewail ‘tho oxperiences.through: which be has “passed since his last visit. : Springer is cook of the British freight- er Pearlmoor, now docked at Montague street, Brooklyn. Back ‘in Cardiff, Wales, hovhas a wife. : ‘The ship on which bo last left New York was captured and sunk by the Barlsrube. - After: forty-eight days aboard the raider he was landed with other prisonets at Teneriffe. His next, adventure came on May 1, 1015. He was aboard a Jrench bark~bound for England-when, off the Scilly:'tsles, ho ‘Witnessed the sinking of the American tanker Gulfight by. a submarine. On July 22, following, he was a mem- ber of the crew of the British freighter Aldenwing, which struck a mine in tho Bay of Biscay and went down. The next month’ he was on a French freighter, again in the Bay. of Biscay, when she was torpedocd. er Shortly | before + Christmas, 1015, ‘Springer bad shipped on the Norwe- glan freighter Frankstream. She was torpedoed in, the. English chatinel. A few weeks Inter found him a member of the crew of a British transport at tho Dardanclles during: the evacuation. The transport wns torpedoed, and the captain was compelled. to beach the vessel under fire from the Turkish po- sitions. Two machine bullets ‘struck Springer ii the knee. ° Tils Inst’ experience “was aboard a transport in the North sea at night ‘This time the boat struck a mine. ; A. T. BRONAUGE, Pharmacist, ’* §, W. COR 7TH and P STS. N. W., WASHINGTON, D. 0. Prescriptions, Filled Promptly, All the Leading Physicians Patroning This Store ~ Ds Ageits for MADAM WALKER’S PREPARATION. Also MEADES'’ RHEUMATIO- PLASTER ‘ It Relieves Rheumatic Pains. Price 20cta, HOME OF THE PEOPLE'S FUNERAL: SERVICE CORPORATION. TREE OVER 150 YEARS OLD. + © we MER eee east : - Me Pe a th bg BE pM: ‘ ist mas, ee Lamesa d a ae eR. EE ao lee eee. Ri ea ai nares Ses za nl ene es RNB e aa a Saal fe a piers aie sepia eee BS eae a tims © a sae ee AUB Sian tine Re RE ae rou ORIN OR I Tt aan CE Bes on me |S a CR Sag se on : eats eee Na es a 2 eae! eta ahe ey) cpa Fah Acoeteeas Raise cones Se! ec ec DORR : Sag Nie ce ee turd Uecumeion | ¢ EST Seah 1 Genes Ae aas eRe tae | sf DAU eat Pueneeciesy ve Lane Lo) : RRO IF ens oe | "i Docs pe Ree ee: IA Gey WAGERS AIS Sata ee ge ne Oy Sg id re RS ON er kes 3 ants - ty ce a “ a juaasans na et i ct eg . 3 * gsetiae Da AN any 121 TE 2 Oe SE RE RSS IIN RT yA Oe IF S That Old Beforo lt Was Cut.. Shelbyville, Mo. — W._J.. Norris, a _@ealer fit walnut lumber from northeast Missouri, is completing a remarkable harvest near Shelbyville. The timber is being taken from 160 acre tract of land belonging to<, W. Hope ‘and will make upproximately 50,000 fect of lun ber. - . It $4 unusual to find so many trees of'such superior quality on so small.an aerenze. . ost A& determined by the number of an- nual rings, the everage-age of the trees was forty yeurs.” One large trée show- éd 152 amnuni rings, measured forty- two feet to the first-limb and cut out two slxteen-foot logs. thirty inches in Aiameter, The last large logs and. the bases aré to be used making veneering, while the other logs will be used for airplane Jimaber. WW” cutie c Y outs om (Sa : om (Ce Lp s aN S a Li") ocubeaeuets SE WPmcencg =|] SO) RHANDUPLY Bee en Danae pier Bhsee pe D aie (Pd muons. | : BBY eure | Ih, DURHAM DUPLEX.RAZORCO- Jersev.City, Nod al Automobile Service is no more an experiment, it has proven a com- plete success and.our hearso and cars have been tested in many of the Washington Cemeteries, as well as in the rural districts, We have not encountered the slightest hitch:and all parties concerned have been well satisfied with the excellent service rendered them. We have served a number of weddings, also hired out our cars at moderate prices for vari- ‘ous purposes, such as receptions, touring-by the hour, ete. Le Whenever you desire quick and polite service call North 2006 and we will always be glad to-give you our best service, ee We have.a large store room equipped with the most up to date sup- piles as well as catalogues which we will be glad to show upon request. , We have experienced embalmers and we are ready to'give you the best of service at the most reasonable prics. ° : oo When you need our Funeral Service, Phone North 2006, and we will send Auto for you Free of charge. so . HAIR CULTURIST SHAMPOOING,. MANICURING TF OTD DRRISTINTS. ace SET Sanne ee ete. Facial Massage, Scalp Treatment Toilet ‘Preparations and. Hair Goods Are of Superior Quality May be purchased at the parlors. TOILET PREPARATIONS No inferior goods are manufac- tured by this firm. | : _ Call Now—Parlor MRS, MARY M. SMITH _ $094 U ST. N. W. | tktte ss Bl. \ yo BLICK BROTHERS |.‘ BUY YOUR COAL FROM. BLICK BROTHERS 8TH AND FLORIDA AVE. N..W. . - COLUMBIA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC - . Wellington A, Adams, President. $ 1911-Ninth Street Northwest. Phone North 2637. Washington, D. C. Musical instructions in: Vocal Culture (four-year course), Solfeg- gio, Piano, Violin, Mandolin, Guitar, Clarinet, Pipe-organ; . Harmony,-Musical Form, Historyof Music, Composition’ ‘i and Public: School Music (N.Y. method). * Our course in vocal culture is modern in every respect and perhaps unequaled: in-any colored institution of music; pupils taught from the beginning to the final preparation -for, the. concert : Bots or stage. . The reason’ of our success is the fact that the courses taught are CLEAR, ATTRACTIVE, EFFICIENT and MODERN. Open : all the year.: Further information upo~' request by eddress- - jng the. president. FOR RENT. - “ 605 1st st. w.,.6r and b.:...... 428 Elm ‘at. nw.."6.r and b....$20.50 406 N-at: nw. 6 r and b...... 25.50 - furnace” ¢, : : 1028 Lamont st. nw.,;8r.....0:. 17.50 421 Oakdale place nw, 5 r,... 10.50 6 Fields St, Anacosita, Sr... §.50 1423 -Q st. nw; l0r and 'b.......'27.50 1727 1ith st nw, 6 r cellar...... 10.00 Brightwood, D. C., 6 r........ 10.00 715 Gresham pl-nw., 2r b, privilege Kitchen and_parlor THO?IAS WALKER, Atty., 506 Gth St. N. W. Phone M. 4662 oor: BRONAUGHS. 0° : AGENTS FOR ALL HIGH BROWN Preparations, Soaps, Bleach, Har Perfumes and Face Powder, FACE POWDER 19 CENTS. x .. . BRONAUGHS, 7th and P B&D We i