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VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 9 THE ROBINSON PATENT CASES JUDGE KOHLSART. Bill Introduced in August Investigated—The Records in the Robinson Patent Cases—The Firm of Ellis & Worthrock Makes a Great Eight Westbrook makes a Great Fight. The Honorable George W. Ellis, of the law firm of Ellis & Westbrook, of Chicago, has been detained in Washington in the matter of the patent suits of E. R. Robinson before Congress. Through Representative Madden of the 1st Illinois District; he has had introduced in Congress, a petition to investigate the records of the patent suits of Dr. E. R. Robinson in the federal courts in cases 810 and 27178, involving millions of dollars, secured through the infringement. upon the Robinson patent which covers his invention of the process and molds for making the car wheels now used upon the railway and surface lines of the country by certain large corporations, among them, namely, Chicago City Railway Company; The Wells and French Company, and the American Car and Foundry Company. The object of this petition is to investigate the records in the Robinson suits with a view of later investigating proceedings, looking toward the impeachment of Judge C. C. Kohlsart, one of the federal Judges of the United States, whom Dr. Robinson charges is responsible for the continued infringement of his patent without redress in damages in the federal courts. The investigation is to be pushed until all the facts are brought to the attention of Congress and the public at large. The Honorable Richard E. Westbrooks came to Washington and remained a week, in matters pending before the Supreme Court and Congress. He was obliged to return to look after important cases in Chicago, while his partner remained in Washington to look after the matter of introducing the Robinson petition. Mr. Westbrooks is one of the rising young attorneys in Chicago and is recognized as one of the most enterprising and posted of the negro attorneys at the Chicago Bar. He has been with Mr. Ellis ever since he came from school. Mr. Ellis while in the city on legal matters was entertained at tea, July 15th, at the residence of the noted writer and scholar, Professor Kelly Miller, Dean of the College of Arts of Howard University, and one of the few outstanding negro thinkers of the country. Present also was Honorable James A. Cobb, formerly assistant United States District Attorney and one of the strongest and ablest of the negro, attorneys, before the bar. We recall that while in the diplomatic service in the Republic of Liberia, Mr. Ellis made some special sociological studies of the Mande speaking peoples of the Niger regions and wrote a thesis which secured him international recognition as a student and writer on the problems and conditions of the negro groups. Upon the nomination of Sir Harry H. Johnston, K. C., K. C. B., K. C. M. G., the notable African explorer, administrator and writer, and perhaps the best living authority on the African races, and the second of Dr. J. Scott Keltie, the famous author of "The Partition of Africa." Mr. Ellis was elected, for his African studies and work, a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of Great Britain, and for distinguished services he was decorated Knight Commander with the title of Sir Knight. This African thesis has been published under the subject, "Negro Culture in West Africa," and is marked by reviewers as the most important contribution recently made to Negro literature. It should be in every American home and especially that of every negro who wishes to know the African basis and original dignity and culture of the Negro peoples. It may be had from Mr. Ellis at his residence, 3262 Vernon Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Ellis was soon recognized by other learned societies very rapidly and he was invited and elected a member of the American Political Science Association, the American Academy of Political and Social Society, the African Society of London, the American Society of International Law and other organizations of national and international standing. While in America, aside from his practice of law, Mr. Ellis at odd times has continued his literary inclinations. He has contributed numerous articles on African and Negro questions in this country and abroad in journals and publications of high quality and rank for scholarship and research, such as the Bureau of Education, American Political Science Review, The New York Independent, the Journal of the African Society in London, and the Light. His African book and current contributions secured for him the election as contributing editor of the Journal of Race Development at Worcester, Massachusetts, to which he has contributed many articles on the negro in America and Africa. His work generally in the field of literature has been of such a high grade, that he was recommended and recorded by a Board of Massachusetts scholars a place among American literary and great men in "Who's Who in America." Mr. Ellis is still working. He has just completed a print in novel form in which INDUSTRIAL SAVINGS BANK Incorporated April 1, 1913. Under Supervision of United States Government. Eleventh and U Streets N. W. Will Move Into Our New Home Wednesday, August 1st Where We Will Enjoy Every Modern Facility and Equipment Essential to Efficient Banking Service. Safe Deposit Vaults 3% on Savings Deposits Savings and Commercial Accounts Solicited OFFICERS. John W. Lewis, Pres. Walter S. Carter, V.-Pres. John H. Simms, Treas. Wm. A. Bowie, Cashier. Wm. H. Ricks, Sec'y. DIRECTORS. JOHN H. SIMMS, CHAS. H. NEAL LOGAN JOHNSON, WM. A. BOWIE WALTER S. CARTER, M. A. ROBINSON, / JOHN W. LEWIS, WM. H. RICKS. he presents amid the charms of love and adventure in Africa, a psychic interpretation of African social conditions, under the significant and mysterious title, "The Leopard's Claw." Under the subject "The Negro in Social Progress," Mr. Ellis expects soon to have issued from the press his story of the Negro's contributions to social progress as have been embodied in his writings to current publications from time to time. So that the indications now are that from the pen of this young writer two new books on the Negro will soon issue from the press. JOHN S. QUANDER A Valuable Acquisition to Society—Progressive, Liberal and a devoted Churchman, and a thoughtful Race Man. Mr. John S. Quander is a citizen of Washington and a resident of the Northeast, where he is a valuable acquisition to society. He is an active member of many benevolent associations, where he is popular and progressive. No man is better known MR. JOHN S. QUANDER, Active and Progressive. In the most progressive and popular organizations than Mr. Quander. The Bee will give a few of the most prominent societies of which he is an active member: Member of the board of trustees of the Crispus Attucks, WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1917 HON. GEO. W. ELLIS, Leading Council in the FightAgainst Judge Koisaat. one of the best and oldest organizations in the city, this organization is known for its brainy men; Vice president of the Home Benefit Association; Member of the Banking Committee of the Elder Men's Immediate Relief Association; Was formerly vice president of the East Washington Citizen Association; Member of the Columbia Aid Association; At one time an active member of the Willing Helpers; A member of the Camp wisher of the Society of the Christ Child Society, a Catholic organization; A member of the Executive Committee of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and a valuable employee in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Mr. Quander is a liberal contributor to benevolent institutions, irrespective of denomination. No matter, what a person's religion may be, if he is in need, and it is in the power of Mr. Quander to aid he will not hesitate to do so. There is nothing selfish about Mr. Quandor. He has a good work for everybody and whenever he can help his fellow man he doesn't hesitate doing so. He is prominent in church worker and is one of the best liked men in the community. He is a thorough race advocate and never fails to uphold the rights of his people and above everything else he is an advocate of race enterprises to which he has given a great deal of his time and attention. Too much cannot be said of John S. Quander. THE YOUNG MEN'S PROTECTIVE LEAGUE. In a resolution at its regular meeting, the Young Mens Protective League, endorsed the efforts of Rev. Dyer of Missouri to bring about a thorough investigation of the East St. Louis riot, where on July 3, 1917, without justification or cause a mob formed and no regard for human life, property, or citizenship of the United States, did proceed to kill, by shooting, hanging, drowning and burning children, that the Y. M. P. League on record as protesting in the most vigorous terms and strongest manner possible and extend our support to the end of that a rigid investigation be conducted. Wm. Carter, Jr., W. H. Fountain, W. H. Johnson, G. B. Wallace, Daniel Freeman and W. J. Abrams, committee. Bureau Notes. The following received recent promotions: Novell Dyson, Alice Ogle, Mildred Waddleton, Beulah Morse, Belle Conrad, Helen Butler, Ella Thompson and Mr. Nickens; new appointments: E. L. Moos, Darany Le Brent, M. E. Calhoun, E. M. Furgerson, A. B. Carroll, W. A. Carson, T. A. Henry, Nellie Freeman, Reberta Seesco and Alice Taylor, of Conn. Mr. Editor: I am asking in the columns of your valuable paper why when a colored man or company employs you, he or they refuse to encourage or sanction your efforts in an undertaking that is beneficial to one financially. A white firm or company will further their aspiring employees' advancement. Still why? Some people in trying to injure his friend to defame his name, generally gets the dose himself and then comes sneaking back asking forgiveness—a public nuisance. "Special Service" for Drafted Men. There will be a special service given at the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, 3rd and Eye streets northwest, Sunday, August 5, at 11 a. m. in the interest of all the men drafted for the army, and each of them are hereby cordially invited to be present at the service. Good speaking and singing for the occasion. Washington's Best and Le ing Negro Newspaper-The THE BEE THE BANK OPENING Will Occupy a Large and Commodious Building, Wednesday, August First Near Two Thousand Depositors President John W. Lewis, the Great Factor. The surprise as well as the delight of all Washington is the new Industrial Savings Bank building that has been recently erected at the northwest corner of Eleventh and You streets northwest by that defatigable hustler, Mr. John W. Lewis, who has surprised all Washington, with even greater surprises to come. Mr. Lewis, while president of the only successful building association in this city, he conceived the idea of organizing a bank. His friends and a number of his business associates laughed at the idea of an ex-hod carrier starting a bank. He had already made the building association a success, which ought to have been a sufficient impetus for encouragement from those who knew him and his ability to do. However, he quietly laid his plans to start a bank. It was organized at 2004 Eleventh street, with himself as president, Mr. Wm. E. Bowie, cashier, and subsequently as business increased; Miss Effie, M. Middleton was appointed assistant cashier. So fast did the business increase at the old stand, President Lewis, with a head larger than his pocket, but not so well developed as his head, quietly said to the officers in the bank one day that he thought the would erect a new bank building and move out of the present one-story structure. Then it was said, indeed, that this man had wheels in his head running greater than a German torpedo. He was determined to build a new bank. He purchased the ground at the northwest corner of Eleventh and You streets northwest, where it will be in full operation Wednesday, August first at 9 A. M. It is a most modern structure and one of the most substantial in the city. Its vaults are strong and well protected against the invasion of unlawful visitors. The board of directors will hold its meeting in a well constructed and handsomely furnished room under the bank. The president's office is on the upper floor in the rear of the bank. It contains every deparment a most modern bank contains. Mr. John W. Lewis, the president of the Industrial Savings bank won distinction when he resigned from laborious labor, with hand and body, and organized the Mechanics and Laborers Building Association and used his brain, which demonstrated the fact that he has surpassed all attempts by men of alleged superior ability to conduct banks and building associations in this city. He is the master mind among colored financiers in this city. Mr. Wm. E. Bowles is a native of Washington. He is the cashier of this bank. He resigned his position as a barber in one of the best known ships in this city owned by the brother of Rev. W. J. Howard. Mr. Bowie has won the reputation of being one of the most careful and one of the most competent cashiers in the banking business. He is a man of thorough going business qualities and a religious churchman, who has the confidence and respect of all with whom he comes in contact. Miss Effie M. Middleton is the assistant cashier and a native Washingtonian. She has been with the bank several years. She is thoroughly competent and highly respected. The Industrial Savings Bank will be open for business in its new quarters Wednesday, August First, and until then it is doing business at the same old stand. HOTLE DALE. Guests for the Hotel Dale: Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Harrison, New York; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rose, New York; Mr. and Mrs. Emile F. LeNoir, New York; Mr. Geo. Oswell, New York; Mr. and Mrs. Fields. Wildwood; Mr. Julius Bayham, Camden, N. J.; Mr. and Mrs. Theo. A. Short, Camden, N. J.; Mr. Walter Greenfield, Camden, N. J.; Mr. Dunbar L. Young, Baltimore, Md.; Mr. Willis N. Menard, Washington, D. C.; Mr. Rufus J. Gould, Chicago; Miss Marie Potter, Chicago; Mr. Lonnie J. Davis, Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. Beverly Graves, Phila.; Mr. and Mrs. Levi H. Cottman, Phila.; Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Muller, Phila.; Mrs. Gustava Johnson, Phila.; Mrs. C. S. Leeper, Phila.; Mrs. M. J. Burrig, Phila.; Mrs. H. Cowdery, and family, Phila.; Mr. Wm. Draper, Phila.; Mr. Jas. Gray, Phila.; Mr. H. Meran, Philadelphia; Mr. Walter W. H. Cassell Sr., Phila; Mr. Walter W. H. Cassell Jr., Phila; Mr. Walter J. Bond, Phila; Mr. Geo. W. Crenshaw, Phila; Mr. A. J. Ducanson, Phila; Mr. Henry Foote, Phila; Rev. A. Human, M. D., Philadelphia; Mr. Earle Allen, Phila; Mr. Marten J. Lehman, Phila; Mr. P. S. Vaughn, Phila. JUST FROM EAST ST. LOUIS. Miss Hallie Queen of Howard University and Miss Pellum, who were sent to East St. Louis to give aid and investigate the horrible conditions there in the slaughtering of so many colored people, will speak at the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church 3rd and Eye streets northwest, Sunday, July 29, 1917, at 8 p.m., and give the true conditions of affairs as they found them. AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC BY THE AMERICAN WORKMEN INSURANCE FRATERNITY. Friends: For $1.00 to $2.00 monthly, we pay unward to $6.00 benefits, and death. $1,000.00 to benefit. You need real protection and help while living. You should make substantial provisions for your wife, mother, father, sister, brother or husband, 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 protection and benevolent Insurance Fraternity, 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 humanity. You are invited to join this great Insurance-Fraternity, organized under the Laws of the District of Columbia, said Laws were enacted by Congress and approved by the President of the United States "for the purpose of uniting together in a Fraternal Beneficial Association under the lodge system, both sexes between the ages of 18 and 55 years," with a ritualistic form of work and a representative form of government, and for the sole benefit of its members and their beneficiaries; also for the establishing of a system of mutual benevolence and relief in case of SICKNESS, ACCIDENT or DEATH and to uplift the moral and material advancement of its members. The Government of this Association is vested in its Supreme officers, and a Board of nine Supreme Trustees. Home Office, Washington, D. C. John B. Harrell, Supreme Councilor, C. A. White, Supreme Vice-Councilor, Rudolph T. Harrell, Supreme Clerk. I, as a mehber and Deputy of this Grand Fraternal Insurance Society, most highly commend the Company to all persons, regardless of race or color, to be the most liberal and the best Protective Insurance known, whose policies are all that could be desired, for the accommodation of all American Citizens alike, and I most earnestly solicit your hearty general cooperation. We need many honest and intelligent agents, male and female, to write up the applicators for membership, and also to organize lodges. We want live and vigilant agents, who will earn from $2.50 to $6.00 per day and probably more, and also secure a lifetime income by giving their full time and attention now, while we need a certain membership to warrant, in establishing a large building for our National Headquarters, and Auditorium for the use of the members; mental and religious attainment. We invite you to call or write for full particulars for any desired information pertaining to the appointment of agents in the District of Columbia, to Headquarters District Deputy. AARON P. PRIOLEAU, Deputy and Sup't of Agents, D. C. Hotel Glover, 15 E St., N. W. DR. FRED PALMER'S SKIN WHITENER Whitens dark or brown skin. Bleaches and clears sallow complexions, removes all blemishes and causes the skin to grow whiter. See that you get the genuine. No. 9. Jan. 17, 1917 Jacob's Pharmacy Co., Atlanta, Ga. Gentlemen: As I have used your Dr. Fred Palmer's Skin Whitener and like it very much I am enclosing 25c in stamps for which please send me another box. It is a long ways too send, but I know that I will get just what I ask for. Very often I ask the Druggist here for one thing and I know that the doctor will say take this, it is just as you will what you want. I want the genuine Dr. Fred Palmer's Skin Whitener, so send to you for it. DO NOT ACCEPTIMITATIONS Sold by drupgate or sent direct, for $65 postpaid. Write JACOB'S PHARMACY, Altope, Alaska. Falmer's Skin Whitener may be be purchased in all, the People's Drug Stores, as follows: Main 4119, People's Drug Store, store 1, 7th and K N, W. Main 5671, Store 1, 7th and K N. W. Main 5670, Store 1, 7th and K N. W. Main 900, Store 2, S. W. Cor. 7th and N. W. Main 3140, Store 3, 2002 14th N. W. North 3228 Store 3, 2002 14th N. W. North 2398, Store 4, 7th and M N. W. Lincoln 3496, Store 5, 8th and H N. Lincoln 2789, Store 5, N. E. Cor. 8th H N. E. 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. MAY CONVERT AUTO PLANTS TO AIRCRAFT Government Call- Upon Manufacturers la Thought Likely. Detroit-Owners of automobiles, particularly those who have been accustomed to discard their cars solely because newer models have been placed upon the market, will do well to give the highest degree of care to the cars they now own. Brigadier General George O. Squier went to Detroit, and it is understood that the purpose of his visit was to confer with the manufacturers of automobiles in regard to obtaining their co-operation in the manufacture of aeroplanes. There are few factories in the United States that manufacture aeroplanes, and each of these factories makes a different type of craft. The aggregate capacity of these factories is wholly inadequate to meet the demands of the program of the aircraft production board, and it is therefore inevitable that the manufacturers of machinery which can be used as now made or whose plants can be adapted most readily to making parts for aeroplanes will be requested to give precedence to the manufacture of parts suitable for aircraft. IS GIVING HIS ALL TO CAUSE OF ALLIES Porter and Shoe Shiner Reserves Only Enough Daily to Keep Himself. Sandusky, O.—Andrew Francis Patrick Mahon, sixty-seven years old, hotel porter and shoe shiner for more than half a century, is "broke" from doing his "bit." "But I never was happier," says Mahon, "and until this war ends I am going to keep right on shoving across all the money I can scrape together. I am going to place it where it will do the most good." Throughout the Red Cross campaign Mahon turned over daily his receipts for the day; less what it cost him for meals. What he ate cost him from 60 to 75 cents a day. Several times he paid to the Red Cross committee sums exceeding $10. "Now I going to start to save so I can buy some more liberty bonds when Uncle Sam finds it necessary to float another issue," said Mahon. "By practicing the strictest economy I ought to be able to subscribe for several of the $100 denomination." He was the first to subscribe. He took $1,000 worth in the name of a stepson. "Uncle Sam has got to win," he said. "I am too old to fight in the trenches, but I'm not too old to help sustain three or four youngsters who can fight. Every penny I can scrape together over and above what it costs me to keep myself in working trim Uncle Sam, and the allies are going to get." FLAGWOMEN AT CROSSINGS. Pennsylvania Lines, Short of Men Now-Hiring Girls. Newfield, N. J.-Thousands of excursionists on the electric lines of the West Jersey and Seashore railroad between Camden and the seashore stared in astonishment at a young woman wearing a trim, dark blue straw hat and large, orange colored goggles, who stood guard over the main grade crossing in the town. This sagman is Miss Daise Ward. the first girl to take up the job at flagging trains on the Pennsylvania's lines in this part of the country. Miss Ward may soon have many women companions on other parts of the division, the railroad officials have sent out notices to their station agents and foremen to employ women for these places wherever possible in order to free men for the section gangs, in which the railroad is shorthanded. FRUIT FOR SOLDIERS. Colorado Woman Gives Whole Crop to the Troops. Denver:- Mrs. John McDonough has given to the Woman's State auxiliary of the national guard a ten acre tract of land on which are growing plums, cherries, peaches and apples, in order that the boys of the militia may have their fill of fruit as fast as it ripens. Details will be sent to pick the fruit. Whatever fruit is left will be canned and preserved for distribution among the soldiers later. Mrs. McDonough has opened a large kitchen to a committee, where all fruit not consumed from the trees will be canned. --- NOW FEED THEIR HOGS ON ICE CREAM CONES Chicago.—A new food for hogs has been found in the use of ice cream cones. Recently Edward and Nelson Morris, packers, purchased several tons of broken cones from manufacturers at $20 a ton and fed them to hogs as an experiment. Corn costs from $1.50 to $1.70 a bushel, and the ice cream cone diet not only proved a saving of money, but it produced a superior class of hogs, according to the Morrises. --- VICTORY IN THE AIR Americans Make Best Aviators In World—Command of Air Means Best Defense. Yet Found Against Submarines—United States Has Big Chance to Wii War. Washington.—Aeroplanes are the eyes of an army. Without aeroplanes the guns cannot see where to fire, the soldiers where to go. Without aeroplanes the enemies' forces and the distribution thereof, their reserves and their supplies, their lines of communication and their failouts are alike unknown. Consequently, without aeroplanes our troops will fight in darkness, as blind men would fight. They will be killed in darkness, as blind men would be killed, says Porter Emerson Brown of the Vigilantes. It is no more fair to ask soldiers to go out and fight without aeroplanes than it would be to send them out without guns, or ammunition, or food, or shoes, or hospitals, or surgeons. Aeroplanes have become perhaps the most important part of the equipment of an army today. This France and England and Germany alike have recognized. If the United States should fail to recognize this, it will pay dearly in men, in blood and in defeat for its ignorance and its obstinacy. And this is not all. As aeroplanes are the eyes of an army, so are they becoming, with every tick of the clock, to mean more. England may still control the seas. But for this control Germany is making her and all her allies pay a bitter price. Like it or like it not, we must admit that so far the German submarine in its sphere is supreme. Checked it can be, but it cannot, as yet be scotched. On land armies can be locked for months, even for years. A stunning preponderance of heavy artillery may mean a mile or so advance. But every mile of such advance means months of preparation and the careful hoarding of munitions. On one frontier, and one frontier alone, is Germany unprotected, open and vulnerable. That is the air. And it is to this frontier that the United States, struggling into war unready and unequipped, should turn its face. For, as scouting aeroplanes have become the eyes of an army, so have bombing and machine gun planes grown to be the weapons with which it can reach a foe protected by defenses on land and sea. The air alone is the unguarded element. And it will not be unguarded long. Soldiers and guns and supplies will be long in reaching our allies. But aeroplanes and aviators we can send them, and swiftly, and Americans make the best aviators in the world. It is possible and more than possible that victory on land and sea lies with victory in the air. The command of the air means that, we see while the Germans become blind. It means the best defense yet found against the depredations of the submarines. And, developed to its possible limits, it means a great, new weapon, that lies to our hands ready to use. Ten thousand airplanes, properly manned and equipped, would insure the utter demoralization of the Germans on the western front. FIRE WHISTLE BRINGS BOY. Little One Was Lost, but He Came In to Inquire. Logansport, Ind.—Jimmy Slagle, aged four, had been missing from his home here all day. Neighbors joined in the search, and later Mrs. Slagle notified the police. The siren whistle at the electric light plant, which is blown when a fire alarm is turned in to notify people to shut off the water, was used in an effort to arouse the citizens. Soon the newspaper offices and police headquarters were swamped with chills to know the meaning of the extended blowing of the whistle. They were notified that the Slagle boy was lost, and a general search of the city began. Toward evening Jimmy walked into a fire station in the business part of the city, pulling a wagon behind him. He said he heard the whistle and wanted to know about the fire. SHOE FOOLS BOOTBLACKS. Trio of Wounded Tommies Has One Leg Left to Stand on. London.—Three invalid soldiers in wheel chairs propelled themselves rapidly through a crowded railway station here to a bootblack stand and demanded that their shoes be shined in a hurry. Three bootblacks rushed forward, pulled aside the coats thrown over the laps of the soldiers and found that two of the men had no legs, while the third had only one. The soldiers laughed uproariously, the crowd joining in the demonstration of mirth. Auto Turns Turtle; Rider Unhurt. Wright, Kan.-L. W. Steimmate of Macksville was traveling along a road west of here in his new six cylinder auto and smoking a cornobc pipe when a rear tire on the car exploded. The machine turned turtle, burying the driver beneath. When Steimmate crawled out he still held his pipe in his mouth. The body of the auto was demolished. FACED DANGERS TO REGISTER Oil Man Walked Eleven Miles and Swam Flooded Streams. Ellsworth, Kan.—Heavy rains and swollen streams almost compelled Carl Holt of this city to miss registering. Holt is a tool dresser for the Shamrock-Cushing oil drill, eleven miles southeast of Ellsworth. He was required to register here. When Holt, late in the afternoon, started to drive into Ellsworth with his car he found himself cut off by streams which had flooded, and washed out the bridges. He promptly discarded the car, swam the creek and started to walk the eleven miles to Ellsworth. In the course of his walk he found it necessary to navigate other streams in a like manner. Fifteen minutes before 9, wet, muddy and tired, he rushed into the registration hall and signed his name to the card. TOWN KEEPS UNTO ITSELF. Loudville, Me, Seceded From Union In '61 and Never Came Back. Augusta, Me.—Loudville, the home of 159 persons living on Loud's island, enjoys an anomalous distinction as an American town. Loudville is legally part of Maine and the United States, but it won't admit it. Loudville seceded from the United States when the south did and never came back. When a federal officer went to Loudville to enforce the civil war draft he was met with a shower of hot potatoes. He went away. Loudville pays no taxes, has no streets, no sewers, no lights, no boat landings and pays for no mall. It merely permits mall to be thrown ashore twice a week. Loudville claims it is neutral in the war. WILL PROTECT TENANTS. Way Found to Keep Tradesmen Away Milwaukee. — Tradesmen, including the butcher, the baker and the candle- stick maker, will not swarm about apartment houses to the annoyance of tenants if the recommendations devised by the management of one of Milwaukee's most modern establishments are generally adopted. In brief, patrons are urged to do their trading with but one grocer, one milkman, one iceman, one laundryman and the like. The quality of service rendered is expected to determine the selection of favorites. By this means the leascholder, it is expected, will not be awakened at an unseemly hour by the merry rattle of cans or clink of bottles as squad after squad of milkmen go trooping, over the premises. GETS BACK HIS $55. Doctor's Money Returned After Going Through Laundry Processes. Danville, Ill.-Dr. W. A. Surratt of this city is broken of the habit of putting money in his sock, following the temporary loss of $55 in currency a few days ago. He is now of the opinion that the "women's national" is not a safe place, despite the testimony of hundreds of women to the contrary. The money disappeared in some mysterious manner, and he inserted an advertisement in a newspaper in the faint hope of obtaining some trace of it. He was surprised when called up on the telephone and informed by the proprietor of a laundry that his money had been found after it had gone through all the processes of the laundry. FINGER PRINTS LEGAL. Court Holds They Are but Tracings of Lines Upon the Fingers. New York.—It is not unconstitutional to finger print a person convicted of a crime, according to a decision by Judge Wadhams in general sessions, upholding the finger printing statute. The decision was given in the case of Anna Sallow, convicted recently of disorderly conduct. After reviewing the history of the case and the previous decisions on the question the court says: "Finger prints are but the tracings of physical characteristics or the lines upon the fingers. Nothing further is required in finger printing than has been sustained heretofore by the courts in making proofs of identification." CARP WAR ON JAPANESE. Truck Farmer Harvests Immature Crop to Save It. Hood River, Ore.-T. Matsumoto, Japanese truck gardener whose acres were inundated when the Columbia freshet broke over his dikes, is conducting the most unique harvest ever witnessed in Hood River. Pushing a flatboat along his water covered truck rows, the Japanese is cutting off immature cabbage heads three feet under water. The Japanese is having to hurry this operation in order to save any of his crop, for swarms of carp have come in at the break in the dike and are ravenously eating the gardener's fresh vegetables. Infant's Secret Railroad Ride. Warsaw, Ind.—Unknown to her parents, Helen, three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Keplinger of Silver Lake, boarded a Big Four train at Silver Lake and rode to North Manchester. Five hours later the little girl arrived in Warsaw on another Big Four train, having been sent here by railroad men at North Manchester. WARNING AUTOISTS New York State Is Reducing Number of Accidents. Circular Impresses Upon Reader That It Is Far Better to "Stop, Look and Listen" When, Approaching Grade Crossings Than to Take a Chance Which May Cost a Life. Albany, N. Y.-There isn't a better "safety first" device in the entire world than the careful automobile driver, according to Francis M. Hugo, secretary of state, whose office is co-operating with the steam and electric lines of this state in a campaign to lessen the number of grade crossing accidents, which reached appalling numbers last year. By means of a small folder enclosed with every registration card Mr. Hugo has succeeded in reaching close to 350,000 automobiles since last January. The folder is of a type that impresses upon the reader that it is far better to "stop, look and listen" Photo by American Press Association. FRANCIS M. HUGO. when approaching some grade crossing than to take a chance which may gain a moment or two, but which may cost a life. The observance of the three words of caution now rests almost entirely with the motorists, who are traveling the highways of this state in greater numbers than ever before. "You can keep on drumming 'safety first' stuff into the cars of some persons for the term of their natural lives," said Secretary Hugo, "but I believe that the campaigns of education are having their effect today, and even should the number of grade crossing accidents loom up to as great proportions as last year headway will nevertheless have been made when it is remembered, that there has been a 36 per cent increase in the number of motor vehicles in this state so far this year." In 1916 there were no less than 125 persons killed and 231 injured on grade crossing accidents in this state alone. Yet the number was greater in Ohio, where 155 were killed in the twelve months, and in Pennsylvania the toll amounted 150. In the United States last year 1,396 persons were killed and 3,267 were injured in grade crossing accidents, and of the number fully 95 per cent were automobilists. TABERNACLE DISAPPEARING. Building Sold For Its Timber to the Bronx Exposition. New York.-Billy Sunday's tabernacle at One Hundred and Sixty-eighth street and Broadway is disappearing. It took 150 carpenters and 100 laborers nine weeks to build it and cost the William A. Sunday evangelistic committee $68,000. Nearly 1,000,000 feet of lumber were used. Thomas C. Wallace, who built the tabernacle, bought it and the adjoining building and in turn sold them to the Bronx International exposition. The sum paid was not announced. The plans for the Bronx exposition require seventy-two exhibition buildings, in the construction of which the million feet of tabernacle timber will be used. POISON BEANS IN MINNESOTA Burma Product Mysteriously Appears in United States. St. Paul.-The Minnesota public safety commission is discussing the appearance of poison beans in Minnesota. It has requested the state dairy and food commission to ascertain the source of their shipment to this state and to assist in their seizure. The poison beans, which closely resemble navy beans, originally were imported from Burma. Whether they were sent to the United States to cause illness or by mistake the commission is unable to determine. Puzzled by Old Coip. Philadelphia.—A peculiar gold coin dated 1806 and about the size of a five dollar gold piece, has been received by Receiving Teller Kelfer at the subtreasury. The gold in the coin is nearly red. It bears the head of the Goddess of Liberty. It is not the product of any government mint and must have been collected by a private concern. The gold is of a higher grade and weighs more than that of the five dollar gold pieces now in circulation. SURVIVORS NOW PRISONERS. One Saved Himself by Making Parachute of Overcoat—Burning Ship Slipped Diagonally, Retaining Sufficient Buoyancy to Consume Full Five Minutes In Downward Flight. London. — It is just disclosed that when Zeppelin L-48 was brought down in one of the eastern countries on June 17 one of its officers and two of its crew were found alive. The officer was uninjured. One of the men had both legs broken, besides internal injuries, and both were taken to a hospital apparently in a dying condition, but have since recovered. One of the survivors, it is reported, saved himself by making a parachute of his overcoat. Part of the wreckage caught in a tree. This was at first thought to have broken the fall and saved the men's lives, but a subsequent explanation is that the burning ship slipped diagonally through the air in falling, retaining sufficient buoyancy to consume a full five minutes in its downward slight. This is the first occasion any survivors have been found of the crew of a Zeppelin brought down in flames. The ship was destroyed at a height estimated at 13,000 feet. A naval petty officer, who was one of the first to reach the burning wreckage, says: "Just as I jumped a hedge and started toward the Zeppelin I saw one of her crew walking toward me. He was a tall, clean shaven man, wearing a fur collared overcoat and thick boots and leggings. He was very pale and seemed terribly shaken. I called to him, and he came on. I pulled a piece of paper out of my pocket and made signs to him that I wanted any papers he might have, but he simply threw up his hands and shook his head. "I asked him how many men were on board the Zeppelin, and he held out his hands with thumbs and fingers outstretched twice, which I took to mean twenty." WEALTHY WOMAN MINISTER. Countess Sophie Will Help Charitable and Social Institutions. Petrograd.—In a workman's blouse and a leather skirt Countess Sophie Panin has already taken up the office of assistant minister of social tutelage a department of state with the function of administering the charitable and social institutions and also the care of children. The countess is the world's first woman minister. She is forty-five years old and wealthy. She resides in a palace, which she transformed into a people's house, a combination of recreation place and popular university. As an active worker of the Constitutional Democratic party the countess recently was elected a member of one of the newly created subdistricts. She declared that her staff of officials will consist for the most part of women. She hopes that her appointment will be the signal for the transfer of social institutions in other countries into the hands of women. RAVEN CATCHES COINS. London Miserly Bird Seizes Money and Afterward Hides It. London.—Even a raven has his likes and dislikes. At the Cardiff barracks there is one sergeant for whom the bird (sent home by the Second Welsh regiment some years ago) bears a positive dislike. When the gentleman in khaki with three stripes comes along the raven retires with a hop, a skip and a jump to a safe distance of twenty yards. When the sergeant moves off the raven returns to the spot he retreated from, but if his pet aversion should turn he gets ready to move off again. The dislike was evidently created by teasing, for the sergeant often gives the sable bird his dinner. The raven is very fond of playing with a coin. If a person drops, say, a shilling it is caught in the bird's beak before the coin can reach the ground. Then, having secured his money, the black old miser seeks an early opportunity to hide it. ENLISTED AS PRIVATE. Former Congressman Quokkly Earned Promotion to Rank of Corporal. Detroit.-Edwin Denby, aged forty seven, probably the most distinguished American to enlist in the ranks at the first call to arms, was promoted to the rank of corporal in the United States marine corps. Mr. Denby was a member of congress from 1904 to 1911, former president of the local board of commerce and a prominent attorney of this city. Corporal Denby, who is undergoing military training at Port Royal, S. C., headed the list in a competitive examination open to all members of his company. His enlistment as a private in the marine corps caused considerable comment when he expressed the belief that he could serve his country best as an enlisted man. Monahan Dies at 110 Years. Watertown, Mass.-James Monahan, who came to this country from Ireland in 1848, is dead at his home here at the age of 110 years. He was forty-one years old when he came here. COME! COME STEP LIVELY OUT OF THAT CHAIR AND GIVE BOME ONE ELSE A CHANCE! FOR TWO CENTS I'D STEP LIVELY INTO— NOW GET BUSY AND STEP LIVELY BAR-BER—TIME'S MONEY! NEVER MIND THAT TONIC— HE NO PAY ME DA MON! -STEPPING LIVELY IS ALL THE TONIC I NEED! SKINNED YOU OUT OF A SHAVE DID HE? THERE'S NO WAITING BY THE WAYSIDE WHEN I COME AROUND FOR I'M THE BOY TO MAKE THEM STEP-LIVELY! HE SAY "STEP LIVELY" "STEP LIVELY" ALL DA TIME BUT HE NO STEP LIVELY WIDA DA MON!! SURE HELL STEP LIVELY NOW ALL RIGHT — IT'S 2:3 FOR HIS!! and the school's interest and needs to all who believe in the Negro race and in our obligate uplift."—Rev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst, New York City. IT IS MORE THAN A MERE SCHOOL—IT IS A COMMUNITY OF SERVICE AND UPLIFT Its influence is destined to be felt in all sections of the country in improved Negro community life wherever our trained workers locate. Settlement workers, missionaries for home and foreign mission fields, Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. 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Clarke, of the Clarke Training School, has returned to her home. While here she was the recipient of many social courtesies. Miss Marian Butler is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Blodgett, at Jacksonville, Fla. On returning home she will visit friends and relatives in North and South Carolina. Dr. and Mrs. Pierce entertained at dinner last Sunday, Mrs. Elizabeth Maxfield, their mother. Dr. and his wife will visit Atlantic City this month. Sherman Dudley, 5256 Wabash avenue, Chicago, Ill., is in the city visiting his father for the summer. Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Allen, formerly of St. Louis, now residing in this city, are the proud parents of a fine baby boy. Prof. Roy Tibbs, teacher of music, at Howard University, is visiting his sister, Mrs. Thomas T. Carlisle, 3260 Ellis avenue, Chicago, Ill. Miss Lucile McFarland, 4746 State street, Chicago, Ill., is spending part of her vacation with relatives in this city. J. Landy Brown, is visiting friends in Pittsburg, Pa. Mrs. Jennie Ward, of Charles street, Pittsburg, Pa., accompanied by Mrs. Ada Parrish of Donora, Pa., are visit relatives in the city. Miss Edith Dickerson, or A. street, southeast, left Saturday for her home, Colten's Point, Md., to be the guest of her father. She will enter Dunbar High School in the fall. Gladys Landers, of 9th street northeast, is expected to join her within a week. Mr. George Morgan, of Chicago Mr. George Morgan, of Chicago Ill. is in the city visiting friends. ill., is in the city visiting Reeves, 203 east 32nd street, Kansas City, Mo., is visiting relatives here. Mr. William Lucas, of Philadelphia, Pa., is visiting his parents. He will remain several weeks. Hon. John C. Dancy made a short visit to Philadelphia last week from Atlantic City, where he had been taking a little rest. Mr. Wm. Bowie, cashier of the Industrial Savings Bank, was delightfully entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Sneed, of 1544 north Mervine street Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Leonard had as guests last Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Dixon and Miss Emily Galanes, of 1640 Fritzwater street, Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Frank DeMann, of 739 Gresham Place northwest, has been called to his home in San Antonia, Texas, to attend the funeral of his mother, Mrs. Lottie DeMann, who died July 19th, 1917. Twelfth Street Y. M. C. A. presents Mr. Robert A. Blackwell, baritone, assisted by Miss Violet A. Burwell, soprano; Mrs. R. Robinson, reader; Mr. William Lane, pianist; Mr. Haywood Goode, pianist; Miss Jewel Jenifer, accompanist. Sunday, July 29, 1917, 3:45 in the afternoon. Ladies invited. Silver Offering. Under the auspices of The Life Problem Club. Mr. John H. Dorsey of A street southeast, who has been ill, is slimly recovering The Woman Wage Earners' Association, at its last Sunday afternoon session, devoted the session to a round-table discussion of "Food Conservation, and Waste in the Home." The discussion as opened by Mrs. Preston of St. Louis, Mo., and was participated in by Mrs. M. E. Cheeks, Mrs. Emma Rose, Mrs. Elizabeth Carter, Mrs. Green, Mrs. Wright, and Mrs. Thorpe. Miss Ida Mae Hall, 1615 4th street northwest, is visiting friends in West Philadelphia, and is having a delightful time. She will return in time for school. SCHOOL. Rev. W. D. Battles of Galbraith Church was at Camp Pleasant last Sunday evening. A lawn fete will be given under the management of Mr. John S. Quan- der, assisted by several ladies of N. E. Thursday. August 2, 12th street N. E., for the benefit of Camp Pleasant, this being, for a worthy cause, tohelp the little children at Camp Pleasant. It is hoped that the public will give their generous patronage. It their genera Miss A. B. Cooper was the guest of Mr. and Mrs Chas. Douglas at their beautiful summer home at Highland Beach. Mrs Susie Highsmith Rohn was recently promoted to the Examining Deduction Division Rev. and Mrs Trusty are in the city relatives and friends. visiting relatives and the many friends of Mr. Brown and his daughter Miss Elsie Brown, also members of their family condole with them in the sad bereavement in the loss of a beloved wife and mother, Mrs. Addie Brown. The entertainment under auspices of the C. E. Society of the 19th street Baptist Church was a marked success. The members of this society work faithfully as a unit. Mrs. Trusty, wife of Rev. Dr. Trusty, was the guest of her cousins, Mrs. Cynthia Shorter and Mfs. Lucinda Shorter-Walker of S street, n. w. Mrs. Mattie Langhorne-Thomas was recently appointed at the B. E. P. Mrs. Hortense Turner of 13th, street n. w., is detailed in the Examining Division. Mr. Geo. Jenkins, Jr., and Mr. Lloyd Wycks, two popular young benedicts, went on a fishing expedition last week. Mr. Jas. F. Robinson, of 1704 A street southeast is contemplating making his home at 126 West Leverster street, Winchester, Va. Mr J. N. Aden of 919 R. street north west, has gone to Spartanburg, S. C., to bury his only brother, who died in Asheville, N. C., July 20. Rev. and Mrs. William Battles of 424, Que street, north west, had as visitors for several weeks the former's mother and sister of N. C. After a very pleasant stay they left last Saturday for New York City. Monday night, July 9th, Rev. J. T. Reid, pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church, preached an excellent sermon; music was furnished by his choir. The Ebenezer is a splendid brick edifice smiling up to the heights of the Tuscorora mountains, while flanked on all sides by residences owned by our people. He has a thrifty energetic church-loving people. On Tuesday night, Rev. S. R. Hughes gladdened our hearts with many spiritual selections. Wednesday night, our choir dispensed many of her beautiful anthems; the pastor, Rev. E. T. Johnson officiating. After one night's rest and relaxation, the people were highly entertained by a Musicale by the choir and a very excellent address delivered by Miss Julia J. Jenkins of Washington, D. C. We wish we had space here to quote her. She, too, is a coming young poetess of no small reputation, having received letters of praise from noted educators, and an appreciative comment from the President of the United States. She remained over Sunday, being invited by Rev. Hughes, pastor of the Mt. Zion M. E. Church, to speak to his people in the evening. An excellent paper was read, the keynote of which was "Church-going, and why Neglected." In the evening she was taken on a motor trip out to the Tuscorora mountains, where she was held in rapture by nature's fetes. She was highly entertained during her stay, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Corsey, both teachers of this city. After spending a most delightful stay visiting friends, Miss Jenkins turned her head reluctantly feeling refreshed for duty at the Bureau of Engraving where she very recently received a promotion. Talking about women can't keep a secret. There has been a little undertone-hub-bub going on in the Dudley for several weeks past which might have been mistaken by the pastor as a little non-appreciation of the many hard fought efforts being made to get every child of the city interested in the Sunday School as well as many of the grown up folks who seem to have lost all interest in living. But we understand the whispering now. The sisters and including the brethren presented the pastor with a very fine clerical suit; the following presentation speach by Mrs. J. W. Corse, will show. We would print every name included in the donation committee, but it would take up, too much space as it would; we believe include every member of the church that is now in the city and a few that could be reached not in the city. Sister Julia Crumwell, Chairman, Sister Lee Ransom, Secretary; sister J. W. Corsey Treasure; The pastor wishes to add his thanks to the church and people for the suit, spirit can hardly be suppressed, nevertheless I thank you. Mr. G. D. Bryant, one of the best known head-waiters in this city, who has served the National Hotel for the past seven years, left the city Wednesday, July 25th, for two weeks' vacation. He has earned by his faithful service during the season just closed, a much needed rest, which he expects to get at his home town, Atlantic City, New Jersey. The present season has been a strenuous one for Washington Hotels, having the Easter tourist crowd, the Confederate Reunion, the Inauguration of President Wilson and the War preparations have brought many people to this city. The National Hotel had her share, and to Mr. Bryant fell the duty of serving many thousands. He was on the job, and now seeks a little recreation. The waiters of the Hotel provided substantial refreshments for his journey homeward. The Misses Florence and Helen Younge of 813 Third street northwest had as house guests Mr. and Mrs. Elden Jordan; Jr., the former a prominent business man of St. Petersburg, Fla. The Misses Younge were cordial- HILL-CRESTE COTTAGE Box 25, Harpers Ferry, W. Va. Open all year round. Special rates too week-end parties during winter. Mrs. S. M. Hill, Prop. SUMMER BOARD. Boarding by day or week. On Chesapeake Bay near Bay Ridge. Secure your dates now. For information write MRS. DAISY I. GROSS, Annapolis, Md. Motor Route A, Box 206 A. 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W. - Store No. 4. 7th and M Sts. N. W. - Store No. 5. 8th and H Sts. N. W. ly invited to their beautiful home for the near future. The Prayer Services that are being conducted throughout this city and other cities is a noble effort on the part of our women—our people. We need prayers. We are receiving good news from the Junior Branch of the Wm Lloyd Garrison`Chapter of the N. A. C. P. Mrs. Ella Brown of 1404 Swann street northwest is called out of the city to the death of her mother, Mrs. Laura Jones, of Cartersville, Va. Mrs. Janie E. Moss of Chicago, Ill., is on her way here to visit her parents. She will stop a few days in Cleveland, Ohio; to visit her brother, Mr. Harry T. Dangerfield. Miss Lucile Evans, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Elaine Evans Keffy, wife of Prof. Keffy of Hampton, Va., joined her mother, Mrs. David H. Evans here and are visiting their son and brother, Dr. A. Foraker Evans of Atlantic City, N. J. Mrs. Fannie Robinson-Smith of 2309 E street northwest, joined her busband, Mr. Hannibal Smith, of Monongahela, Pa. Miss Julia J. Jenkins, 1443. S street northwest, has returned to the city after a pleasant stay with Rev. and Mrs. E. T. Johnson and family and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Corsey of Martinsburg, W. Va. Miss Florence Carter of this city is spending the summer at Lakeville, Conn. Miss Mamle Harper, the attractive daughter of Mrs. Harper of Que street, has been recently promoted to the examining division at the B. E. P. Mr. William H. Lane of 505 O street has gone to Atlantic City where we will sojourn for about two weeks. Mr. Lane is the accomplished organist of Galbraith. Church. Although very modest Mr. Lane is one of the best planists and organists of this city. BUREAU NOTES. The Misses Willena Gilchrist, Mamie Harper, Hattie Wells, Louise Stevens, Mildred Jones and Ethel Parker have been promoted to the examining division. Mr. Eugene Gates is back again at the B. P. E. 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He planned to stop over in Montgomery, "the cradle of the Confederacy," Birmingham, and Nashville, in further quest of material, and for good locations for staging the various scenes. .NEGRO LEADERS TOLD TO. BRING BACK FROM NORTH THE REFUGEES. South Treats Negro Better Than Any Other Section—Bickett Answers Letter—Shepard in His Letter Declared the Negro Only Asks "Right to Live and Hope"—Canning Becomes Craze Releigh_Woman's Club Plans for Cooperative Canning in the Capital—12 Expert Canners Will Be Put to Work. tember. Prior to his visit here, Mr. Wheeler visited Memphis, Mound Bayou, Mobile and Atlanta. He has been most cordially received everywhere he went, and reports that every opportunity has been given him to study racial conditions as they obtain in the South. "Everyone," says Mr. Wheeler, "seems to know of the photoplay and I am sure that the picture will have a great run in the South as well as the other sections of the country." sections of the Summer School, Mr. Wheeler announced that nearly enough of the capital stock had been sold to produce a picture, but that it is now necessary to push the sales with vigor in order to assure the big picture which the producers have planned. He invited the teachers and others interested, to become members of the corporation and thus help to make the production a success. Each membership entitles the holder to one share of stock and quite a number of memberships were taken by the teachers and workers here. ers and workers In describing some of the scenes of the "Birth of a Race," Mr. Wheeler stated that it will cost $45,000 alone to erect one of the temples which will be shown on the screen for only about five minutes. This will be a complete reproduction of one of the old Egyptian temples, erected in the days of early Negro civilization, thousands of years before the birth of Christ. Mr. Who Rules Today? We are told somewhere in the Bible that, "Where the righteous rule, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people mourn." Aha, who's ruling today? Why this grief and mourning? Why rush to the early morning, church (when we might resting, easy) to call upon God in the hour of our sore distress? Does the wicked rule? We pause for reply. wicked run. Thinking of the crisis through which our race is passing today, there comes to our mind the thought of the Blessed Master who said to His disciples: "The foxes have holes in the ground, and the birds have nests in the air, but the son of man hath not where to lay his head," etc, and so it is with the colored race. The foxes have holes in the ground, the birds have nests in the air, but the poor (loyal to their country) colored citizens of Christian (?) America have not where to lay their heads without being disturbed by the lawless mobs of to day. The unmasked daylight murderers have been turned loose to do as they please in taking the lives and destroying the property of the colored citizens. Why be surprised? Why mourn? Why be surprised for harvesting the This is the day for harvesting fruits of that cursed "Birth of a Nation." The thoughtful colored people everywhere fought against that play, but in many cases, their protests were met with scorn by those in authority of the law. These same authorities of the law knew full well the intent and purposes of that play. They knew that that play was gotten up by the devil—the "Rev." Thomas Dixon,—for the sole purpose of sowing the seed of discord between the white and colored races in this country. So the murdering of the colored citizens of this country is but the harvesting of the fruits of the "Birth of a Nation." Not contented with the great field of hatred against the colored race in this country, but, if our memory serves us right, the "Rev" Tom Dixon crossed the Atlantic ocean and sowed a wide field of his Negrophobia in France and England. Let us hope that everyone of those wicked seeds (sown by that hell deserving preacher) fell on stony ground among thistles. The "Rev" Tom Dixon has worked faithfully for his room in Hades, and the sooner the Master calls him away to occupy it, "twill be better for the country he will be behind to rejoice over his departure fields of East Si Looking over the heds of Louis, Coatesville, Pa., Waco, Texas, Paris, Ky., Memphis, Tenn., Abbeville, S. C., and other places where, from the trees and railroad bridges, have been seen the mangled bodies of colored men and women, and see the smoke as it rises to high Heaven to Him who hath said, "Vengeance is mine" and I will repay it, Tom Dixon stands condemned before God, and have the boldness to say, to the once patrons of his play, "go work in my wicked vineyard for there's plenty to do." Doubtless if anyone of the men and women murders of the colored citizens at any of the places mentioned, were asked if they had ever seen the play known as "Birth of a Nation" the answer would invariably be, yes. would invariably fail. Though the colored people protested against the "Birth of a Nation" being shown here in the Nation's capital, that play went on for about two weeks. The harvest for Washington hasn't come yet, but unless the seeds sown by Tom Dixon, fell on stony ground, it is bound to come. That play should be forever prohibited in the United States, or anywhere, for that matter, on earth. There is less harm in the whiskey traffic than the exhibition of the "Birth of a Nation". the 'Birth of a Tarsus, held the coats while wicked men stoned Stephen to death. So, though he professes to be a true minister of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, the great Billy Sunday, (not the "black Billy", for nothing is expected of him.) is holding his peace while wicked men and women are taking the lives of their helpless brethren and sisters. While on our knees at prayer, let us not forget to pray for brother Billy Sunday, to the end that he may yet get enough of the grace of God in his heart to preach against murder as well as against the whiskey traffic. J. C. CUNNINGHAM. Birth of a Race Scenario Writers Conference at Tuskegee. Tuskegee Institute, Ala., July 21—Mr. George Wheeler, who is collaborating with Emmett J. Scott, of Tuskegee Institute, in writing the scenario for the master photoplay, "The Birth of a Race," has held an important series of conferences here during the past week, working over the vast amount of material which they have assembled during the past eighteen months. This material is being put into the form of a story which will be ready for the film-makers by the last of Sepember. against his whole family or his community. It is not a flattering picture of the vaunted, liberality of the north and west that the Tribune draws. Whatever advantages the colored man may feel other sections offer him it is undeniably true that the south gives him his highest right to "live" if by that is meant the provision of the physical means of creating a livelihood. And without such right it is foolish to talk of "hope." In Durham the great democracy of work finds its highest expression. There is a wealthy colored man, ex-slave, named Fitzgerald. Nobody pretends that anybody makes a brick equal to Fitzgerald's and Fitzgerald has grown rich because he is an artist in his business. And nobody ever drew the color line on one of Fitzgerald's bricks. Prominent in K. of J. and Rev. James S. Chapman, the Supreme Grand Secretary of the Nimrod Supreme Grand Encampment, A. O. K. of J., has just returned to the city after an extensive trip, south covering Richmond, Newport News, Norfolk, and Portsmouth. The trip was made in the interset of the Knights of Jerusalem, and was made necessary by the annual inspection of the books of the order. Greensboro Daily News, July, 17. Gov. Bickett's letter to Dr. James E. Shepard, president of the National Training school at Durham, expresses well the North Carolina attitude toward the perro man. toward the negro President Shepard asked 17 governors to issue appeals to the people of their states protesting against the lynching of a helpless race. The negro educator desires to see a country in which his own people "may live and hope." The intimation that living and hoping become increasingly difficult in the light of "lynchings north and south," gives the governor his opportunity to invite the negro back home. home. Various assignments of causes causes behind the negro exodus to the north have been given, but Dr. Shepard has struck upon one that bears the appearance of epigramatic force, "the right to live and hope." Better wages naturally have contributed to a condition that has greatly disturbed the south. Surface indications of lesser racial feeling must have moved many to seek the north. The right to live and hope politically has done a deal to move the move northward. encourage the men in the Nevertheless, the northern and western press is not so sure that the treatment of the black man has justified so radical an expedient. The Chicago Tribune in a series of stinging editorials the last several days has stumbled upon a fundamental truth. The South will lynch a Negro, the Tribune says, but the South never lynches "The Nigger." The south will break out occasionally into a hideous orgy of torture and mutilation against one man, but never Special to Daily News. Raleigh, July 7.—Governor Blickett, replying today to the open letter of Dr. James E. Shepard, of Durham, a telegram sent to 17 governors of the Union, calls upon negro leaders to bring back their refugees now in other states. states. Governor Bickett does not put it just that way, but he uses the troubles of a western state as illustration of the south's capacity to treat the negro better than the sections which have no race issue. Dr. Shepard, who is president of the National Training School, out Thursday a telegram asking Governor Bickett to make for the negro an appeal and to ask people in communities where crimes are common from lynching. mitted to retrain him. Dr. Shepard began his message to Governor Bickett by noting the increase of lynching "of a helpless people north and south, in many instances for trivial tithes, as having a depressing effect on a people who love their country and who are loyal and true to the flag." He observes that the courts are governed by the whites and that no danger of a negro's escape could justify a mob's action. The negro is asking for a right to live and "Dr. Shepard declared." hope, Dr. Shepard asks, Gov. Bickett accepts the invitation to speak a word against the mob and says what is in his mind. The governor says: Governor's Statement. "I concur without reservation in the sentiments expressed in your telegram of July 4. For a mob to kill a man is the essence of brutality and cowardice. The white people are under a peculiar obligation to refrain from mob violence of any sort against the negro people of the land. Up to this time there has been no mob violence in the state of North Carolina during the present administration, and I am earnestly endeavoring to promote good feeling between the races, and sincerely trust that our people under all circumstances will refrain from taking the mob into their own hands. law into their own hands. "It is my opinion that the people of North Carolina, my white and black, are law abiding and humane. We have been exceptionally free from the riots and disorder that have prevailed in some section of the country, and I earnestly hope that the people of this state will not only sustain but improve the reputation for decency, peace and respect for law that they enjoy. now enjoy. The riots in St. Louis are simply cumulative evidence that after all the south is the best place for the black man. In the south the negro is recognized as a legitimate factor, and there has never been any disposition to interfere with his industrial activities. The south understands the negro and is ever ready to give him intelligent aid and sympathy. and sympathy. "I see in today's papers that Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, charges that negroes have been induced in large numbers to leave the south and go to sunny cities in the north and west in order to break the back of labor." It seems to me that it is an opportune time for the leaders of the negro race to impress upon their people the truth that the best friends of the negro are right here in the south, and that in many cases those who make systemsic efforts to induce the negro to leave the south know that trouble and danger awaits him. "LIVING AND HOPING." 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Chapman has been an ardent worker in this fraternity for several years, and his election to this important post is evidence of the high esteem in which he is held by the members. He is also a prominent Elk, having been, a member of Columbia Lodge, 85, of which Brother E. W. Bundy is the Exalted Ruler. Bundy is on the trip, Rev. Chapman met many of the leaders of this grand order, and many were surprised as well as hurt to learn that he had been removed from the Deputyship of the District of Columbia because he refused to violate the Grand Lodge Law as instructed by the Grand Exalted Ruler. This brought about serious feeling on the part of the Grand Exalted Ruler, and he wrote Rev. Chapman that his commission had been revoked. revoked. Great surprise was expressed when Rev. Chapman produced letters to show that he had been removed from office without even the courtesy of a hearing, and that his successor had been appointed a few hours before the regular election. After a successful administration under Grand Exalted Ruler Nutter, he was re-appointed by Grand Exalted Ruler Scott after many praises, and personal commendations. mentations. The sentiment has change greatly since the removal of Rev. Chapman, and it is probable that the incident will re-act upon the Grand Exalted Ruler at the annual convention at Cleveland, Ohio. 500 "NEGRO" EXPERTS. 500 "NEGRO EXP" In a news item in the Herald of Thursday, testimony is given to the efficiency of negroes in a necessary line of work, requiring strength and skill. The item follows: skill. "The United States army is enlisting its own stevedores. With the Pershing expedition to France went a battalion of 500 negro experts with the winch and sling and the balshook. They unloaded the supplies of the expedition in such time as to make the German prisoners of war and the French women stare open-mouthed. These were the only other available labor." NEWHOME "I'll get it for my wife" NO OTHER LIKE IT. 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Washington.—That there is no cure in the powers of mechanical invention to check the submarine menace and that the only way to meet it is by continual fighting and constant vigilance, is the opinion of Signor Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of the wireless and member of the Italian war mission. tion for the destruction of submarines. "The submarine menace will be worse later in the year, when the nights are long and the weather is favorable for the activities of the sub- V Photo by American Press Association. SIGNOR MARCONI mersibles," he said. "Now the nights in Europe are short, which does not give the submarine commander more than two or three hours to come up to the surface to refill his accumulators and do other necessary things which cannot be performed under the sea. An overcast sky and a little white crest on the wave to hide the periscope is the best for the submarine. "It is fortunate for our side that Germany has no seaboard like France or England, or Italy in the Mediterranean. If she had the odds against the allies would be terrible to combat. The submarine is like consumption and is as difficult to eradicate. "I traveled across the Atlantic on a British transport which was well armed with six inch guns and smaller quick fireers, and we were attacked by submarines three times. The gunners fired at them point blank by day and by night, and our ship was not injured, as we were steaming too fast for the torpedoes to hit us. I do not know if our gunners got the submarines or not. It seemed to be the customary thing to our officers, who took the attack of the submarines as a matter of course. "I do not think that the statements given out by the allies as to the number of ships that enter or leave port mean anything. If the number of merchant ships sunk in the week decreases then we know that we are controlling the submarine, but if it drops one week and jumps up the next it is another thing entirely." FINDS PICTURE. WRITINGS. Ranchman Wandered Into Canyon Looking For Lost Cow. Las Cruces, N. M.-J. L. Ford; a ranchman of the Pecacho neighborhood on the west side of the Rio Grande, near this city, reports what may be an important archaeological find. In hunting for a lost cow he was led into a deep canyon, where his attention was attracted by picture writing on the canyon walls. These were done in a yellow pigment and were apparently very old. They represented a lightning bolt, dog and spearheads. Several mortars were also found, in two of which the pestles still remained. This canyon is near the cave from which several years ago Dan Reid of this place took the mummified remains of a man, supposedly that of an Indian, with an arrow protruding from his chest. HILL'S SON REFUES TO WEAR SILK TILE St. Paul.—Louis W. Hill, son of the late railroad magnate and president of the Great Northern, is a friend of King Albert of Belgium. He was made chairman of the committee to meet the Belgian mission, but he wouldn't wear a tall hat. If he had to wear one he wouldn't serve. He bought eight, however, and put them on policemen's heads until the eight were exhausted. Then he wore his old slouch and took the visitors over his railroad and to his home, and they didn't seem to mind the missing hat at all. THIS BIG BABY BOY PUZZLE TO DOCTORS Not Yet Three Years Old, He Weighs 100 Pounds. Philadelphia: — A 100 pound baby, two years and nine months old, who as a pastime moves furniture with the ease of a plano mover and who eats as much as two adults at each meal is baffling science. Doctors from near and far have studied him. He has been X rayed and examined. They cannot find anything abnormal about him except his weight. They cannot explain his growth. His enormous weight is not due primarily to fat, because his bones are as large as those of an adult five feet eight inches tall and weighing 154 pounds. The baby is Billy McCarthy, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. McCarthy. When he was born, Aug. 23, 1914, in New York city he weighed nine pounds and twelve ounces. He immediately began to gain at such a phenomenal rate that when he left the hospital with his mother twenty-one days later he weighed thirty-six pounds. A three-weeks-old baby weighing thirty-six pounds was an unheard of thing even in New York city. He kept right on gaining until at nine months he weighed eighty-nine pounds, and now, although he will not be three years old until Aug. 28, he stands three feet six inches in his stocking feet and weighs 100 pounds. RUSSIA'S GREAT NEED TODAY IS LOGOMOTIVES RUSSIA'S GREAT NEED TODAY IS LOGOMOTIVES Expert With Muscovite Mission Says 1,000 Are Necessary to Move Idle Cars. Washington.—"Locomotives, locomotives and still more locomotives," are the fundamental needs of Russia, according to Professor Lomonosoff, railroad plenipotentiary with the Russian mission. "Quite frankly I can say to you, our American friends," he said, "give us locomotives and we shall give you military success." Russia needs at once 1,000 ten wheel American locomotives to keep the present idle cars, in operation, another thousand, with a proportionate number of cars, to free the congested freight terminals, and another 850 annually to meet the deficit between Russia's manufacture and her needs for renewal and new construction. The United States, the professor said, is Russia's hope in this huge program, and negotiations are now in progress which are most promising. "I must frankly tell you." Professor Lomonosoff said, "painful as it may be for me to make such admissions, that the Russian railways are now in a most critical state. Heroism can do nothing when there is a lack of munitions and food. And only a sufficient number of locomotives can guarantee our armies transport facilities for such supplies." The Siberian railroad, he said, is in splendid shape for the immense task put upon it. Coal is available and adequate sidings have now been completed. Turning to the main issue, Professor Lomonosoff said: "Present conditions on railways in Russia, are nothing but an inheritance from our shortsighted old government. Two-thirds of all our railways are owned by the state, and to justify itself from the true reproaches of the duma that our railways are uneconomically managed the old government decided to raise their revenues." GIRL GETS EDUCATION. Though Confined at Home, She Studies and Succeedes. Yates Center, Kam-Pluck and determination are making an education possible for Margaret Collins of the Plum Creek district under conditions that would have discouraged most children. More than a year ago Margaret fell on the ice and has not been able to attend school since the accident. The teacher in this district, Fred Bayer, boarded at her home. Margaret studied during the day and recited at night. She passed all of the examinations, received a county diploma and is planning to go on with her education. Eagle Stole First Papers Greeley, Neb.-Lawrence Maeir is searching over Greeley county for his naturalization papers. An eagle took the document from his coat while Maeir was working in a field. Maeir has petitioned the naturalization department at Washington to grant the clerk of the district court here permission to reissue the papers. UNIQUE MATCH FOR RED CROSS BENEFIT * Philadelphia.—Orville Smith of Lewistown, Pa., captured a three foot blacksmake the other day. He carried his prize to town about the same moment, that "Red" Jacobson came along with a six foot blacksmake. Orville christened his reptile Jess Willard, while "Red" came back with the moniker of Jack Johnson for his. Naturally this suggested belligerency, and they agreed to match their captives for the benefit of the Red Cross. DETESTS SLACKER DETESTS SLACKER "Enlist or Be Shot," Says Mountaineer Father. SAVES SON FROM PRISON. "If I Had a Thousand Sons I'd Put Every One of Them in the Army," Says John Calhoun Allen When His Boy Is About to Be Sentenced. New York—With the declaration, "If I had a thousand sons I'd put every one of them in the army," John Calhoun Allen, a big Kentucky mountaineer, interrupted proceedings in Judge Mayer's part of the United States district court as his son, twenty-four years old, who bears his name, was about to be sentenced to prison as a registration slacker. So emphatic a plea did the father make that the youth was immediately released in his custody upon his pledge that he will register forthwith. "If he don't register I'll just take him right out into the public square an shoot him an' make a holiday of it," the parent explained. "That's how we do in Clay county." It was a dramatic scene to which the courtroom was treated when father and son stood before the bar. The young man had been arrested in the first round up of slackers and had refused to register when brought into court, saying that in his boyhood in the "dark and bloody" state he had witnessed so many atrocities that he himself would not fight. Suspecting that his mind might have become affected, Thomas D. McCarthy, United States marshal, communicated with the young man's father and the father arrived in this city and strode into the marshal's office clad in hip boots, corduroy trousers, collarless blue shirt and broad brimmed hat. "I done got your letter," he said, "and I done think I better come myself. Let me at that pesky critter." He was then taken to the courtroom, where he made, in a voice that echoed of the woodlands, the plen that won his son's liberty. "I got two boys in the army 'now,' he said, "and I'm gona have another pretty blamed soon. You let me take him back and stick him with his brothers. There won't be no quitters in the Allen crowd." He thanked Judge Mayer profusely for his consideration and left the room, saying to his son, "My lad, if you pulled any o' that stuff on the other side they'd just plug you full of holes. "I wanta see this town," he added. "Where can I check this kid for a few hours?" Mr. Knox, assistant United States attorney, promised to have the youth taken care of when the father went out for a good time, and the parent shook him gratefully by the hand and whispered something in his ear. "No thanks," said Mr. Knox; "I'm much obliged." "Well, where did you say it was?" he queried. "Right across the street," replied Mr. Knox. In the afternoon the young man went out to register. Afterward, said he, he was going to enlist. BOY A PATRIOT. Lad Enlistes and is the Youngest on Registration List. Sharon, Pa.—Little Alexander Rizinkove, aged seven years, is the real boy patriot of Sharon. Alexander wants to go to war. He is really sincere, and, while he admits he can't carry a gun, he is willing to bet that he can be a water boy and hold his own with the best of them. Business was bobming in one of the registration polls when the youths discovered little Alexander pushing his way through the line. He stepped up to the table and demanded to be registered. The clerks had been working hard, and they grabbed at the opportunity for a bit of diversion. "Why, you can't carry a gun, my little man," said the clerk smilingly. "Of course not," was the quick response, "but I can carry water for the soldiers." He was accommodated, and now Alexander can boast of being the youngest man in the country to be on Uncle Sam's registration list. CARNEGIE LURES FISH. 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If your Hair is Dry and Wiry, Try EAST INDIA HAIR GROWER SEARCH FOR A STOLEN GREEK MARBLE HEAD SEARCH FOR A STOLEN GREEK MARBLE HEAD Supposed to Be Hidden In Railroad Laborera' Camp. Lincoln, Neb.—In a box car camp of Greek railroad laborers somewhere along the line of the Union Pacific railroad there is a priceless marble head of the Greek goddess of health, carved by a Greek sculptor of the fourth century B. C., and stolen from the museum at Tegea, Greece, where the balance of the statue of the goddess still stands. The governors of Nebraska and Wyoming have been asked to investigate and see if they cannot locate the missing head. The request comes from Secretary of State Lansing and is made at the request of the Greek government at Athens. There are thousands of Greek laborers on western railroads, and some one of these is thought to have stolen the head of the goddess before he left Greece. The request from the state department does not give the details of the theft. The head is thirty centimeters in height, according to the description inclosed in the request that a search of the railroad camps be made. HALF OF U. S. DOCTORS ARE UNFIT FOR ARMY More Than 70,000 Will Be Eliminated by the Standardization Process. Washington. Of the 140,000 physicians in the United States less than one-half are available or desirable for medical duty in the military service, in the opinion of the New York committee of the medical section of the Council of National Defense. Therefore it proposes drafting of physicians selectively upon a basis of federal classification by a medical census. These views have been laid before the general medical board by Major Karl Connell and other members of the New York committee. The committee also see forth that there is a decided shortage of physicians ready to volunteer for war work. The committee on standardization of medical and surgical supplies and equipment, which has been at work on the problem of overcoming the shortage in surgical supplies and instruments due to the large percentage of this material which has heretofore been imported from Germany, reported that through co-operation among American manufacturers substantial progress had been made in increasing the output for war purposes. The committee is rapidly perfecting a complete standardization of all medical instruments and apparatus, through which the simplest type and the smallest number of styles of instruments consistent with scientific performance will be turned out by all manufacturers. INDICT BERKMAN FOR MURDER Anarchist Accused of Plotting Fatal Bomb Explosion. San Francisco.—Alexander Berkman, anarchist, was indicted by the grand jury here for murder in connection with the bomb explosion here last July; in which ten lives were lost. He is accused of taking part in the conspiracy, which, the state charges, culminated in the explosion. Mrs. Rena Mooney was put on trial here for one of the bomb murders, and her husband, Thomas, and Warren K. Billings are under sentence of death and life imprisonment respectively for murder, growing out of the explosion. Berkman, now serving two years in the federal prison at Atlanta, Ga., for conspiracy to defent the draft law in New York city, with the aid of Emma Goldman, also sentenced to two years imprisonment, published an anarchist paper called the Blast about the time of the explosion. District Attorney Flickert said efforts will be made to bring Berkman here for trial before the expiration of his sentence. REMOVES MEN'S HATS. Patriotic Young Woman Member of Band Adopts Forcible Methods. Defiance, O.-Miss June Speiser, a member of the Girl's band of Defiance, took an unusual method to teach respect for the national anthem to an audience at Florida the other evening. The band was playing "The Star Spangled Banner" in a street in Florida when Miss Speiser noticed that the men in the audience did not remove their hats. She put down her horn in the middle of the selection, walked toward the audience and removed the hat from the head of the first man she met. Several others were treated to the same dose, and finally all hats came off, and there was great applause for the patriotic little lady, who is sixteen years of age. Hogs of Red, White and Blue. Hutchinson, Kan.—One Hutchinson swine raiser, L. E. Griffeth, is patroltic to the limit. All of his hogs are red, white and blue. He has Duroc Reds, Chester Whites and the new breed of blue hogs, known to breeders as the Sapphires. Griffeth, who is nicknamed Red for obvious reasons, declares that there is nothing blue about him, although he is shipping in corn at $1.65 a bushel to feed to his red, white and blue hogs. LOCAL NOTICES. CHARLES S. HILL, ATTORNEY SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, HOLDING PROBATE COURT NO. 23,885 ADMINISTRATION. This is to give notice: That the subscribers of the District of Columbia have obtained from the Probate Court of the District of Columbia, Letters of administration c. t. a., on the estate of Julia F. Marston, late of the District of Columbia, deceased. All persons having claims against the deceased are hereby warmed to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, legally authenticated, to the subscribers, on or before the 20th day of July, A. D., 1918; otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefits of said estate. Given under our hands this 20th 1810 N. J. Ave., N. W. Attest: IN MEMORY. BERRY—In sad but loving remembrance of our beloved baby, Faust Alfonzo Berry, who departed this life July 21st, 1917. 'Tis one year ago today, A loved one from us has gone; We love thee, but God loved thee best. DEATHS. The death of Miss Merrill Clark of 1424 Swann street northwest comes as a shock to her many friends and admirers. The deceased was the dearly beloved and only daughter of Mrs. Mattie Clark and the late DavidClark. The sudden death of Mrs. Forrinda Quander, widow of the late Robert Quander, occurred at her residence, Sixty-eighth street, Fairmount Hights, D. C., Mrs. Quander leaves to mourn her loss five daughters and one son, Misses Mary F. and Nannie Quander, Mrs. Sadie Charity, Roberta Parker, of Philadelphia, Pa., and Mrs. Virginia Jinkus and Mr. William Quander. Mrs. Quander was a faithful member of the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church for years. So died as she lived—triumphant. MOUNTAIN VIEW HOUSE Harpers Ferry, W. Va., July 24. The weather is now clear and warm and everything takes on a bright aspect for the new weather. The rivers are low and clear today and fishing will be good. Automobile parties promise to be the popular feature this season at Mt. View. Dr. Howard of Mass. Ave., with Mrs. Howard and the Misses Howard, motored up last Saturday; they returned, leaving at 4:30 Monday A. M. Miss Jessie Parks, who is spending the season at Mt. View was called to Washington on business last week. She returned with the Howard auto Nalle looked after the social side until her assistant. Miss Parks returned. Mr. Snowden Keys is here for the season and looks good. He visited his father-in-law at Frederick, Md., yesterday. Mr. Clyde McDuffie arrived at Mt. View last Thursday and seemed to be settled for 6 weeks at least. Dr. Wilder's family is spending the season here; the Dr. runs up at least once a week. Mrs. C. W. Harris has her little grand-daughter up here for a few cool weeks. Mr. J. C. Nalle and Mrs. Nalle of course are here. Mr. Nalle tries the water every day, often rewarded. Mt. View has a new guest from Phila., this year, Miss Meade. Mr. Carroll of S street, wife and two children are here until Labor Day. Miss Frankie Martin of 11th St., is here and we expect to have her with us until the school officials say, "come to Washington." Mrs. F. R. Williams, the wife of Rev. Williams of Baltimore, will arrive today. Mr. Smith A. Adams, the mayor of Anacostia, spent ten days with us but was called aeway on urgent business; he will return. Mr. Percy. Wilson, the Insurance magnet of Richmond, Va., and his family of five will arrive at Mt. View Saturday, the 28th. Notwithstanding the war and all of its connecting hardships, we must give it to Martin-when it comes to eats. He surely does give us some eats, and the folks ought to support him if for no other reason than for holding his place open for the benefit of our people. "THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER" COMING TO THE HOWARD THEATRE NEXT WEEK. The Quality Amusement Corporation made no mistake in billing this Week's show at the Lafayette Theatre as "a composite of enchanting melody and delightful humor" and the stock company is handling "The Chocolate Soldier" with the same ease and despatch as they do anything else director Forrest hand out. A former director of the Quality made the prediction almost a year ago that when the stock company its appearance in this opera the public would have the pleasure of witnessing the rare versatility of many members of the company, and he is borne out by the splendid manner in which such stars as Abbie Mitchell, Charlie Olden, J. Francis Mores, "Babe" Townsend, Inez Clough, and Susie Sutton carry this opera that made such a fine reputation some time ago on Broadway. It is hard to single out any of the players above mentioned for particular mention as they all rise to the occasion in adding this play to the already long number of their successes, but Olden must come in for a word of commendation for the able manner in which he handles the title role. Miss Mitchell too we cannot pass by, because in this particular sphere Abbie is at her best. A feature that appealed strongly to patrons of the house and which reminded us of the splendid singing in a musical offering at the same house some months ago we fine in the ensemble numbers which were all perfect. As a high class production patrons of the Lafayette will find in "The Chocolate Soldier" one of the best things ever brought to this house. Nothing seems too hard for the players of the Quality Amusement Corporation. A word must also be said in behalf of Miss Marie Lucas and her orchestra. The finesse with which Miss Lucas has handled the musical end of many other productions is again seen in this delightful comic opera and too much cannot be said in recognition of this lady, who is a real asset to the company in charge of the house. Although unusually warm you will forget the heat when "sitting in" at a performance of "The Chocolate Soldier" which will be sent to Washington next week. Washingtonians will be more than delighted with this splendid vehicle which will come to the Howard Theatre on Monday, for it is the first time that a comic Quality Players and New York, regardless of the heat, is turning out in full to witness it. The entire colored press of the metropolis join in praising the show and predict a successful run rivaling that of the best production offered by Mr. Robert Levy, the general manager of the Quality Amusement Corporation. Mrs. Louis P. Lea is spending a delightful time as the guest of Dr. and Mr. Ricks, at Roanoke, Va. She is being royally entertained through the social circle of Roanoke. B. DeBeef Miller. Several weeks ago the Washington Times advertised and produced the complete story of overtime workers at the Government Buearu of Engraving, which has been of great help to hundreds of its employees, especially the women workers, of that institution it is to be hoped that the Times will continue in it's work in helping to save the health and life of the workers of the District of Columbia. A newspaper can be of no greater service to the public than when they take up in a just and honorable way the grievances of the workers. There is a National Press Club in the midst of Washington's business section which is a rendezvous for the leading newspaper men of the country and especially so during war times. We trust that the Times representatives in visiting their club will notice or investigate the hours of the waiters who have been promised shorter hours, but still they are working twelve hours a day trying to please irritated guests; during these sultry days little thought is given whatever to the waiter. Such conditions not only exist at the press club but at other fashionable clubs and the Union Station Restaurant, and some of the smaller hotels, but the hotels in general have a very good watch system which affords their men rest hours. It is to be hoped that the day is near at hand when Washington's fearless newspapers will hault industrial slavery in the Nations Capital. Mr. W. A. Morten formerly of this city, is now Superintendent of Service in the Garden at the Colonial Hotel, Cleveland Ohio. Mr. James T. Hodges is also at the Colonial. Messrs. Harry Mathews and James L. Britt of the New Ebbit were members of a large automobile party to Baltimore, the first part of the week. On account of the illness of W. Dent Wilson, Mr. Clarence Hancock has been substituting in the restaurant of the New Ebbit for several weeks. Mr. William White reports a very good season at Bay Head, N. J. Mr. White is connected with the "Bluffs" under Mr. George West, who is in charge of the Dining Department. Miss Bettie Alkins Wood, of 1224 R street, northwest, is visiting in Atlanta, Ga., for several weeks. Miss Margaret DeShields is enjoying a pleasant summer in New York City. Miss Mamle Webb, of Washington is visiting in Baltimore after several weeks vacation in Cambridge, Mass. Lewis Brown's Orchestra was greatly welcomed at the "Doves" several Tuesday nights ago, when they played during the intermission of the regular orchestra. Miss Alice Scott, of Washington is visiting indefinitely in New York City with her parents. Miss Minerva Ware, of 814 Tenth street, northwest, has been ill for the past week. WEST WASHINGTON. Lily of the Valley Household of Ruth No. 4990 G. U. O. of Odd Fellows celebrated its third anniversary Sunday evening in worship, at Union Wesley A. M. E. Z. Church. Rey. T. J. Moppins, the newly appointed minister, delivered one of the best Ruth sermons to the Order and a large and appreciative audience. The choir of the church rendered excellent music. The Sunday School of Mt. Zion M. E. Church gave its usual annual outing, Thursday, July 19, and enjoyed a pleasant day. Rev. D. D. Turpean and a large membership attended. It was held in the beautiful Grove Green Willow. Anacostia. At Mt. Zion M. E. Church, 29th St. N. W., on Wednesday morning at 6 oclock, a very large number of women and men attended the Prayer Meeting now being conducted in reference of the East St. Louis horrors, where helpless colored women, men and children were burned, hanged and drowned. Miss Nannie Burroughs was the speaker, making as usual an interesting and patriotic address, which was applauded. Two thousand attended the services including Revs. Walter H. 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CITIZENS' MEETING The colored citizens in the District of Columbia have issued a call for a public meeting to be held in Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, 3rd and Eye streets northwest, Wednesday evening, August 1st, to protest against the zens in our local government. The meeting will be called to order at 8:30 o'clock sharp. WEST WASHINGTON NEWS. Mr. Editor: Will you kindly allow space in your valuable columns for the race, these few thoughts of observation. Many men are now soon to be called to war who are loyally, with patriotism, responding to arms in defense of the Stars and Stripes which gave liberty and freedom to millions of the race, and realizing their duty in the time of war to render service for the perpetuation of the Nation, and it is well of the government during these times of war and distress that many of our young women and men through civil service are obtaining positions in the several departments and are giving valuable service, a large number of them being appointed in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. The Hon. Jos. E. Ralph is the Director and is acknowledged to be one of the best executive officers of the Department. The recent investigation of his bureau for long hours did not lessen the esteem in which he is held by a majority of the employees and the Appeal of the Government in its effort to comply in the emergencies of the war times, and the rumor of his resignation having been requested is without foundation. Mr. Editor, with other leaders of the race as your self expression of acknowledgement to the President and Hon. Sec'y McAdoo for the services of such a broadminded and impartial official would be much appreciated by the race. Miss Ella M. Boston, the popular president of the Teachers' Association of Alexandria County, returned from the Manassas Summer Normal last week, to conduct the Va. State examination held in said county. She took a course in manual art and developed artistic paper flowermaking, which was taught by Miss Susie Jennings. Principal Fred D. Morton had a record season, and could not accommodate all who applied. WEST VA. NEWS Miss' Jenkins Gets an Ovation—Martinsburg, W. 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