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FRIDAY The Washington Bee ONE MEAT WHEATLESS THE NO SHEAR, CRACKLE, INSTECH OR BREAKDOWN DOORS, CONTAINING WHEAT President Wilson's Appeal To The Nation. Lynching a VOL. XXXIX. NO. 10 President Wilson ATTORNEY THOMAS L. JONES DELIVERS MASTERLY AD VERMONT AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH Thirtieth Anniversary of the Church and T Rev. J. E. Willis, Fittingly Observed Present—Attorney Thomas I Most Masterly and Eloq One of the greatest events that has ever thirtieth anniversary of the Vermont Aveni anniversary of the pastor, Rev. J. E. Willis evening in the presence of more than two The Volunteer Club was represented by prominent member of the local bar, who do and masterly speeches that ever fell from the was the recipient of a gift amounting to five nent minister in the city was present, and to the affair in charge deserve much credit of the prominent features of the occasion introduced he said: Anniversary of the Church and Tenth Anniversary of J. E. Willis; Fittingly Observed—Two Thousand Present—Attorney Thomas L. Jones Delivers a Most Masterly and Eloquent Address. The greatest events that has ever taken place in the anniversary of the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church of the pastor, Rev. J. E. Willis, which took place the presence of more than two thousand people. Volunteer Club was represented by Attorney Thom member of the local bar, who delivered one of the key speeches that ever fell from the lips of an orate patient of a gift amounting to five hundred dollars. In the city was present, and the committee and a charge deserve much credit. Music and speechinent features of the occasion. When Attorney said: Thirtieth Anniversary of the Church and Tenth Anniversary of the Pastor, Rev. J. E. Willis, Fittingly Observed—Two Thousand People Present—Attorney Thomas L. Jones Delivers a Most Masterly and Eloquent Address. One of the greatest events that has ever taken place in this city was the thirtieth anniversary of the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church and the tenth anniversary of the pastor, Rev. J. E. Willis, which took place last Monday evening in the presence of more than two thousand people. evening in the presence of more than The Volunteer Club was represented by Attorney Thomas L. Jones, a prominent member of the local bar, who delivered one of the most eloquent and masterly speeches that ever fell from the lips of an orator. Rev. Willis was the recipient of a gift amounting to five hundred dollars. Every prominent minister in the city was present, and the committee and others who had the affair in charge deserve much credit. Music and speeches were some of the prominent features of the occasion. When Attorney Jones was introduced he said: Ladies and Gentlemen: I consider it a rare and distinguished honor to be selected on this glorious occasion as the representative and spokesman of the Volunteer Club of the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church—an honor which, I am sure, in justice to myself and to you, I could not well afford to forego. manhood, womanhood and childhood are pleading with solemn supplication and fervent prayers to the Lord God of Israel for the restoration of the world to its normal basis. We do not pray in vain, for the Omnipotent Creator will, in His own time, and in His own way, cause the nations of the world to sheathe their In these times of the world's greatest strife and conflict, when the blood of nations is being poured out upon the altar of patriotism and for the redemption of civilization—when men and women are prepared to sacrifice all that they hold sacred in this life—there is required of every man the very best that in him lies. Especially is this true of the members of my profession, whose duties, in these times are not confined strictly ATTORNEY THOMAS Who Delivered the Masterly and Patrician Anniversary of the Vermont ATTORNEY THOMAS L. JONES delivered the Masterly and Patriotic Address on the Anniversary of the Vermont Avenue Baptist THE LEGEND OF THE WORLD'S FIRST WORLD WAR ATTORNEY THOMAS L. JONES Who Delivered the Masterly and Patriotic Address on the Occasion of the Aniversary of the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church. and solely to the practice of his profession, but who is now called upon to exercise in every possible way and manner a due and careful diligence in behalf of his Government. We are in the midst of a conflict the like of which the world has never witnessed. Civilization, Christianity, justice, humanity, the rights and very existence of nations, and the freedom and liberties of peoples are hanging in the balance. The crimes and wrongs of centuries are crying for vengeance. Violated rights and outraged humanity are now pleading before the universal bar of public opinion for adjustment and vindication. The very souls of outraged And Tenth Anniversary of the Pastor, served—Two Thousand People us L. Jones Delivers a Eloquent Address. I ever taken place in this city was the avenue Baptist Church and the tenth Willis, which took, place last Monday two thousand people. led by Attorney Thomas L. Jones, a do delivered one of the most eloquent from the lips of an orator. Rev. Willis to five hundred dollars. Every promi- nd the committee and others who had did. Music and speeches were some sion. When Attorney Jones was in- manhood, womanhood and childhood are pleading with solemn supplication and fervent prayers to the Lord God of Israel, for the restoration of the world to its normal basis. We do not pray in vain, for the Omnipotent Creator will, in His own time, and in His own way, cause the nations of the world to sheathe their swords, and re-create within the hearts of all mankind the love of truth, justice and righteousness, and re-dedicate men to the lofty idea of the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. What a glorious consummation is this to be desired! It is amidst such conditions that we are gathered tonight in this sanctuary, dedicated to the teachings of Christ, to do honor and pay homage to him who has been selected as the THOMAS L. JONES Patriotic Address on the Occasion of the mont Avenue Baptist Church. rightful shepherd of this flock—who has been placed as a watchman upon your walls—with the solemn admonition to cry aloud and spare not. I shall not take the time to review the conflicts and storms through which you passed; the trials and difficulties you have encountered, nor the disappointments and sorrows that have come into your hearts as individuals and as a church, and which you have with a sublime patience endured. How well you have stood the test; how nobly you have endured the conflict and burden; with what success you have kept the faith and run the race, is best evidenced by the WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1918 Crime abundance of God's blessings and benedictions poured out upon you as a church, by the unity of thought and Christian spirit now prevailing among you, and by a noble and inspiring desire in each of you to follow the teachings, precepts and commandments of the Master. Permit me for a moment to digress, to say just a word to you regarding the mission of your church. It is, primarily, to lead men and women into a higher, nobler Christian life, by having them to observe strictly their duties and obligations to God as taught in the Ten Commandments, handed down to us by Moses, that great leader and lawgiver. We cannot without aid live the moral life which nature reveals and imposes upon us. It is only one side of the religious life, but that one side we cannot cultivate unless we have a supernatural aid. We cannot be moral beings, we cannot do our duty to our fellow-men, unless our minds are illumined by God's Holy Spirit, and unless that Spirit imparts strength to the will, and exalts into its place the conscience, and enables us to keep under the inferior parts of our nature. It is a vain plea that is put forward, that he who does his duty to his fellow-man cannot be a bad man, when it is intended by this to mean and to be maintained that this duty can be performed, when duty to God is ignored. There is the need of the study of morality for this very purpose, that we may see the relation of morality to religion and its dependence upon religion. There is a second mission that the church is called upon to perform. It is to teach and warn against sin and desires of the human flesh. It is natural for man to wish to stand forth into prominence and to be a leader and guide. It is a desire necessary for the existence, progress and welfare of society. If there were no persons in society with such desires, then society, the state, would shrink into insignificance and into nothingness. We call the desire ambition; and we all know that the right kind of ambition, of the right degree, and under the right direction and right restraint, is necessary to rule and guide and elevate the world. The ambition of Peter brought him into the first place, and the ambition of Paul made him not to count his life dear unto him, that he might make known to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christian redemption. And yet, what has brought more evil into the world than inordinate ambition—an ambition which has been allowed to go to excess and carry the one whom it is influencing into the very species of cruelty and inhumanity? War pestilence and famine have been its results. A desire implanted in the human breast for the very existence of society has become the very destruction of it, from excess, from being carried to extreme. Now, in constructing a system of morals, should we look at ambition as it is a holy principle, intended by our Creator for the good of His creatures, and for the benefit of society, or shall we look at it uninfluenced, unrestrained, and without a guide? Shall we deduce its purpose and its laws as it is manifest in the life of Alexander, weeping for worlds to conquer, or as it exists in the heart of a Howard, submitting to a loathsome life that he might redeem and elevate, and restore to society the sinful and degraded? Every great event in the lives of man, whether associated as a church or not; every event in the world's history, has called for and produced some great man—some great leader. It was a great event that produced a Washington and made of him the founder and father of his country. It was a great and mighty event that made of Lincoln his country's preserver. Divine Providence gave not only to us, but to the world the immortal Douglass. Today the Negro soldier, far from his native land and fireside, and on foreign soil, is offering up his blood for the cause of civilization, justice, humanity, righteousness and for the freedom and democracy of the world. No one can, no one dare, question his loyalty—his patriotism. For upon his record as a soldier there is no taint, no spot, no blemish, no mark of cowardice. He is now bravely and unfinchingly bearing his breast to the enemy's cannon, that you and the nations of the world may hereafter live in peace and security and that your homes and firesides may forever remain sacred and inviolate. As a leader of religious faith, God created and raised up a Abraham and made of him one of His selects. As an instrument of God in saving his father's house and the land of Egypt, God permitted Joseph to be sold by his brothers. As the man who gave the first recorded impulse to civilization, and who is the most august character of antiquity, history records the name of Moses. Whether as a man of God, or as a meditative sage, or as a sacred historian, or as an inspired prophet, or as a heroic liberator and leader of a favored nation, or as a profound and original legislator, Moses stands out as a wonderful man, not only in the eyes of the Jews, but to all enlightened nations and ages. To give to the nation of Israel political unity and power, and to reclaim it from idolatries, while not standing out as a man of dazzling intellectual qualities, Samuel appears upon the world's stage. As a conqueror of the enemies of Israel, we have David, the Sweet Singer of Israel. The man who transmitted to posterity a collection of poems identified forever with the spiritual life of individuals and nations. Associated with the glory of the Jewish monarchy and its reign of unexampled prosperity, Solomon is ushered into fame and immortal prominence: Prophesying the fall of Jerusalem and warning his people to refrain from their sinful ways, God selected Jeremiah of old. For the restoration of the Jewish commonwealth, Judas Maccebaeus was chosen. For the spread of Christianity God ordained St. Paul, the man who had been most pronounced in the persecution of the Church of God. Time will not permit me to speak of Martin-Luther and other great characters of the world's history. Mob Action Mob Action The President issued the following statement: My Fellow Countrymen: I take the liberty of addressing you upon a subject which so vitally affects the honor of the nation and the very character and integrity of our institutions that I trust you will think me justified in speaking very plainly about it. I allude to the mob spirit which has recently here and there very frequently shown its head amongst us, not in any single region, but in many and widely separated parts of the country. There have been many lawed herself among the nations because she has disregarded the sacred obligations of law and has made lynchers of her armies. Lynchers emulate her disgraceful example, I, for my part, am anxious to see every community in America rise above that level, with pride and a fixed resolution which no man or set of men can afford to despise. We proudly claim to be the champions of democracy. If we really are, in deed and in truth, let us see to it that we do not discredit our own. I say plainly that every American who takes part in the action of (Continued to Page 6.) Continued on Page Four By Ralph W. Tyler. The announced intention of the so-called Ben J. Davis faction in the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, to assemble in a B. M. C. meeting at New York in September, in defiance to the calling off of a B. M. C. meeting by Grand Master Morris, has aroused greater interest among colored Odd Fellows than has been known for years. That this unyielding spirit, dominant among the so-called Davis faction, will lead to litigation in the courts, few doubt, but if that litigation removes the reputed cloud on the title of one, and establishes the legality of the other, it may result in conserving the interests of the "common people"—the sustaining members of the order who have no quarrel, and whose interests cannot be safeguarded by a prolonged unadjusted internecine strife. The action of Grand Exalted Ruler of the Colored Elks, Armond W. Scott, in refusing to call off the annual meeting of his order, although the majority of the lodges had voted to call off this year's annual meeting, for fear it might cast a cloud upon another term for him, to which he would not have been duly elected, is a striking contrast to the action of Grand Master Morris, of the Odd Fellows, who would, by the calling off of his order's bi-annual meeting, give to himself another term Mr. Morris has been signally honored by his order. He has held office of some description in the national body for twenty-eight years. He has held the office of Grand Master for four consecutive terms, and previous to that, for two consecutive terms. Should he, by virtue of holding over, for another term, because he had called off this year's biennial meeting, continue for two years longer, it would give him five consecutive terms, which, added to his previous two consecutive terms, would total seven terms—fourteen years as Grand Master. Such prolongation of official life for one mar Greatest Hotel for Colored Americans in the United States—Its Accommodations—The Map Who Knows. Cape May, N. J.—The demand for accommodations at the Hotel Dale for the past eight seasons and the inability of the management to cope with the situation on account of inadequate space proves conclusively that the people of our race are awakening to a full realization of the comforts, social pleasures and environments to be had at a first-class, properly conducted hotel. The practical and experienced corps of attendants who administer to your wants in this hostelry are without parallel in point of service in every department. The patrons marvel at the ease with which the business is conducted without friction. The success thus far attained at the Hotel Dale is due to the confidence established and the strict enforcement of its rules and regulations, the basic principles of which keeps the moral status of the hotel above reproach. Mr. Dale, for years, has thoroughly studied the hotel life among our race and is recognized as one of the foremost men in the business. He attributes the small patronage and the subsequent failure of the majority of our hotels to prosper to not SATURDAY ONE MEAL WHEATLESS USE NO BREAD Crackers, INSTANT OR BREAKFAST FOOD CONTAINING WHEAT nching a MORRIS AN AUTOCRAT? Followers: —The zer in the Order. in any order becomes nothing less or more than a means of stagnant enthusiasm, ambition and aspiration among the rank and file—the common-sustaining people without whose co-operation no order can exist. Even Grand Master Morris, and his loyal henchmen, must admit that under his past five consecutive administrations the order has alarmingly deteriorated—both in membership and finances. The order today is but a skeleton of its once proud, useful and beneficent state. When an order, or any institution, continues to decline under the administration of any man, or set of men, the surgical knife of drastic action should be called into use, and the retarding element removed. The interests of the many is of more vital concern than the interests of a few. The Grand United Order of Odd Fellows should not be permitted to decline—to become an ineffectual medium for the greatest good to the greatest number simply to appease the inordinate selfish, ambition of any one man, or set of men. The thousands of financial Colored Odd Fellows who have been for years pouring their money into the order to provide for them, or their dependents with sick and death benefits the order guarantees, and for which it was established, owe it to themselves to choose between decline and revivication. "The man in the street"—the common people—the sustaining members who toil and support, but who do not quarrel and squander the order's treasury, ought to rise-up and either cease pouring their hard-earned money into a rat hole or stop up the bung through which it is flowing, without good to them Seven terms as Grand Master means that Mr. Morris has drawn out of the order's treasury as salary alone $12,000. Expenses for European trips, for constitutionally authorized attendance at the meetings of the sub-committee of management, etc., etc., will total, perhaps, during Mr. Morris' twenty-eight years in off- Continued to page Four. keeping a proper surveillance of their patrons and disregarding the laws of sanitation. The congenial and wide-awake manager is always on the alert to intercept any unscrupulous persons who may attempt to degrade the moral status of this hostelry. It must be conceded by the patrons of the Hotel Dale that Mr. Dale has given to the public a hotel without a peer, with added improvements each year to meet the increasing demand for persons seeking recreation and pleasure. Testimonials from representative citizens, who have been guests at this hostelry, pay a high tribute of respect to this far-sighted, energetic and industrious manager for his acumen in bringing about this much desired accomplishment—to secure reservation in a hotel that is conducted on a basis equal to the best managed hotels in this country, giving a maximum of service at a minimum rate, expense being considered a secondary matter compared to the comforts of its guests. A sojourn to Cape May will convince the most skeptical person that in registering at the Hotel Dale they will have visited the most finely equipped hotel in operation, where there is to be found accommodations and appointments unequalled. 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You can secure Dr. Fred Palmer's Skin Whitener and Skin Whitener Soap at your Druggist's-25c EACH, or sent direct upon receipt of price. AGENTS WANTED. Write for liberal terms. SPEAKER'S EPHONES BY UNUS and be played on a harp of a thousand strings. Thackeray wrote a pretty essay on the proposition, "De mortuis nihil nisi bonum"—say nothing concerning the dead but good. It is a goodygoody elaboration of the old maxim, "Nil de mortuis nisi bonum." It does great credit to Thackeray's heart. But, for the most part, it is a platitude, a string of everyday commonplaces, or, as Governor J. K. Vardaman said of a certain speech made by a distinguished Republican, "the apotheosis of the obvious." By the way, that phrase of Governor Vardaman, "apotheosis of the obvious" is big value as a thought tool. If it was original with him, Senator Vardaman is a great inventor; if he discovered it, he is a great discoverer. The other day a noted Southern politician died. For many years he was the most conspicuous and hurtful foe of the darker races in this country. He made no concealment of his hostility; it was his stock in trade. He spoke extensively on the Chautauqua circuits in the North. He was never deceitful; he was brutally frank. His slogan was "white man's country." By this course he made for himself a fleeting personal profit—political support in his state, limelight in the Senate, shiekels in the North. He turned the minds of many previously friendly Northern people against the black man. His influence was strangely far-reaching. Even Simeon Booker, the ebony colored Montgomery County democrat, who when drunk used to harangue on the street corners of Washington, sometimes took for his text "white man's country!" I hear that a distinguished Northern senator is slated to deliver a eulogy in the Senate on the life and character of the deceased Southerner. The press comments on the life and character of the deceased have been, with few exceptions, highly laudatory. They are silent on the one thing that gave him great national notoriety, his hostile attitude toward the non-white races. Necessarily any senatorial eulogy will follow this example. No doubt the eulogists are governed by the fallacious maxim above quoted, "say nothing concerning the dead but good." It is the fallacy of ignoratio elenchi. It ignores the main point. That fallacy ought to be unmasked and exposed. It is very true that at death the tongue of private enmity should be hushed, because we should consider death as having adjusted all difficulties as between man and man, and awed our mortal infirmities into forgetfulness of the evil that existed in him who is now dead. But when that adage becomes a principle of public morals; when it tinctures the historian and historical biographer, who should deal with the dead as the living dependents arraigned for trial, its evil is apparent. When that adage eulogizes the dead at the expense of the living, and runs riot in obsequious praises and flattering epitaphs, it assumes the most sophistic form. "The same man," said Jeremy Bentham, "who praises you when dead would have plagued you without mercy when living." The reason of this is apparent. A dead man cannot be a rival; he incurs nobody's enmity, and is removed from the results of malice. The work, left, the edifice built by a man, especially a politician, should inyite the closest scrutiny. It should be judged. If that judgment is adverse, it is more of a public evil to suppress expression of it than if the judgment were favorable. Say nothing of the dead but good. Bah! We could carry that maxim to the reductio ad absurdum—by saying it of Pharoah, Pontius Pilate, Judas, Caesar Borgia, Attilla, Robespierre, Captain Kidd, Quantrell, Vallandingham, the head of the Kuklux Klan, and even Mr. Bluebeard. Death bestows no virtue. Rather is it a good time for the living to scrutinize the record of deeds done, for examples fit for emulation or not. EMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH. The Worshipers Have Returned to Their House of Worship With Joy and Gladness. After holding open-air services under a tent for several weeks while extensive improvements were being made to their church property, the members of the Emanuel Baptist Church, Garfield, D. C., held their grand opening exercises on the third Sunday in July. At 10:30 a. m. the Sunday School met at 164 4th Street S. E., and, according to previous arrangements, a large number of pupils, each carrying a sheath, marched to the church singing "Bringing in the Sheaths." Throngs of persons assembled along the line of march to witness the occasion. Te sight was beautiful and grand to behold. Upon the arrival of the school at the church at 111 a. m. Dr. Taylor ascended the PETER rostrum and preached an eloquent sermon from the topic, "The Four Essential Virtues Which Constitute True Womanhood and Manhood." The large audience was thrilled with the wholesome instructions and timely admonitions. At 3 p. m. Rev. W. Williams, pastor of the Macedonia Baptist Church, preached a very timely sermon: Subject, "The Glory of the Temple," Rev. Williams was at his best. At 8 p. m. a sermon by Rev. James Williams, or the "Boy Preacher," preached on "The Return of the Prodigal Son." The sermon was very short, but filled with thought and spiritual food. Both the exterior and interior of the edifice has undergone marvelous changes, and is now one of the most beautiful of the east. The church is entirely free from a bonded indebtedness, and has a very thrifty and interesting. Sunday School. The church and Sunday School are noted for their loyalty and support of their leader. Rev. Jesse A. Taylor, D: D., is a graduate of Howard University, and also treasurer of the Theological Alumni Association. He has been identified with all of the civic improvements of Garfield and vicinity. He also served as the first superintendent of the Stoddard Baptist Home for old folks. In addition to his pastorate, by special appointment he has served for several years as volunteer probation officer of the Police Courts, and while performing this very important task he has accomplished signal good among the unfortunate of his race. Dr. Taylor has a large circle of friends, and is much loved by those who know him best. 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One day last week I was in a certain store purchasing some goods when a white soldier came in at the time, who had just left Walter Reed Hospital. He seemed very friendly and began talking, making special mention of a colored soldier who had fought in the front line trenches, and is now in Walter Reed Hospital with both legs blown off by a shell. After speaking of this soldier he began to make comparison between the white and colored visitors; the white people seem to be devoted to their boys, and every opportunity they have they make use of it and visit their boys, while the colored people seem not to bother. The colored soldiers seem to be so melancholy when visitors come and they do not see any colored friends. If the colored people would only get in a body and visit our boys, leaving them a cheering word or give them flowers, if would add a ray of sunshine to their lives. THE INSTANTANEOUS VIOLET RAY TREATMENT. 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In the South- ern States, including Missouri and East St. Louis, it will not stay , the hand of the Negrophobe’ in such. vigorous fashion.’ Yet it is’ because of this very.thing, the barbarotis, bloody. rampage against ; colored citizens of the South, that the proclamation .of the Presi- dent was invoked: It was because of the appeal of the forty loyal, constructive, fearless ‘colored’ men at.thé conference called by Spe- Gal Assistant.to the Secretary of. War Emmett J. Scott, on June 19, 20 and 21, that the President was-seeking to allay the “danget- ous untest,? as Major Moton said, among the colored people of the © Soutli. "We, therefore, feel free to frankly state that the President’s proclamation will not fully; reach the situation among the colored people of the country. It.will not réach the. colored people of the _country, we repeat, because it will not reach the lynchers of colored people of the country. Rather will the Negrophobes' of Dixie dis- tort his words to: cover their own case—that the President, had in mind: the lynchers of Germans and other alien enemies. Rather will the spokesmen of those Negrophobes, North 'as well as South, | divert his STRONG, yet glancing, blow at lynch law to the same purpose. . ¥ te ex ‘The New York Times, apropos, naively says: “Moteover, our hopeless plethora of sunnécessary laws, too often reflecting the or-_ * ganized activity of minorities, arid not general public opinion, has tended to bring about an unfortunate disrespect of law. Under our Federal-system it is impossible’ to give redress, or full redress, to nations for such outrages committed on their subjects in this coun- try if the-local juries are afraid to do'their duty or sympathize with the lynchers. ‘How far the acts of. violence against German sym- pathizers, since the war, have-their roots in. the tradition and wise suggestion of the lynch Spirit, and how far they are manifestations of that inflamed; misguided patriotism ‘that in every nation, in time of war, instigates the prosecution of the disloyal, it would be-futile ‘to inquire. The Praeger murder in Illinois is the most conspicuous example of the mob mind, loathsomely degrading. a sacred “cause. | fn that case the attthoritiés did their best. It was no fault of jus- tice that the murderers weré not punished.” There have been spo- radic: instances of mob law, of minor violence, in yarious parts of the country; yet the great patience of the people of the Govern- -mertt, with disloyal editors, for 4nstance German propagandists, and the suspects generally, prove that the great ‘majority of the people stick steadily to ‘the old, cool-headed, general law’ and detest these . violences.. Sometimes ‘it has. seemed that the malignant have been .protected fot merely from ‘wild justice’ but from legal justice. Now, when we are fighting for’ ordered freedom, this stain of lynch- ing, of mob spirit—though ‘both, we think, have subsided and not swelled; multi-magnified by the ingenious imaginations of our ene- mies—seems aatoheable = i ‘The New’ York Sun, with equal heartlessness, ignorance of the Hast St.Louis massacre, of the recent Georgia and T'exas-massacre! of whole black families, says: “But what emergency of public af fairs has arisen to cause thePresident to read: this leqture to hi fellow countrymen at’ this time? If mob rule has been more, gen eral recently than it was before April, 1917, for instdnce, it hag cer tainly been well.coriceived. There has been no sudden eruption © mob violence, so far as we have been iriformed. The Industrie Workers of the World and their continuous straggle against ‘Sc +” ciety, in the tourse of which many disgraceful acts of violence ‘hav been committed by both sides, are not new factors in the Nation life, Lynching of Negroes in the Southern States is not.to beva tributed to passion resulting from the war. The assaults upon Ge mans and pro-Germans, on fool pacifists and pacifists with the _ pockets full of Prussian bribe money, fiave not. been numerot enough’ to. justify so broad’an incident of the Nation as Mr. Wils« * has presented. But we confess that the President’s sudden heat « this subject, leading to an extraordinary address to his fello _ ° citizens, puzzles. us.” i : In the light of such stealth and treachery in the sacred shrin of the South we shall not be, surprised to see the lynch fiends Dikie declare that the President denounced lynch law against wh men, but thereby licensed it‘against black men: Had the Preside declared ‘that the ‘Federal Govérnment would stop, if, necessa wholesale race ‘murder in’the Southdrn ‘States ag a matter of w ning’ the war—had he not hit lynch Taw’a glancing blow—he aot have scotched at‘ one blow the. cancer eating at the vitals ‘of 1 American Nation. . : ‘ Texas, one of the greatest offending States, ratified the Pre , dent's proclamation Saturday with another lynching of ‘a .colot man. . . . ae PROGRESS BEING MADE. 5 Five weeks ago, at the request’ of the Government, colored newspaper men, and leaders for the race, assembled in. Washington. "They ‘were asked’ to assemble: here for the purpose of acquainting, high Government officials with what was needed to arouse ‘the maxi- num of enthusiasm within the TAC SOP ee enn es by Govetn- | "The loyalty of the race had ‘never been questioned by Govetn- nent. officials—not even by tliose haling from a section’ where jus- ice has been and is being denied the race, nor‘had the race’s loyalty been doubted by the American public. There were, ‘however, ‘some who: suspicioned that there were certain conditions existing that conspired to dampen the race’s enthusiasm or militate against its acquainting itself ‘with.what was most needed to help win'the war. ‘Phese men, some forty jn number, coming from, every section of the country, and representing colored ‘public opinion,- and stand- ing for justice for the race and to the country, were asked to tell “the’ plain’ unvarnished story,” without exaggeration and without minimizing— to tell that which Government officials desired to know. ° . . The result of the three days’ session was 2 well-tempered \reso-, lution reaffirming and ‘emphasizing’ the race’s traditional loyalty, accompanied by a bill of particulars enumerating’ fourteen needful and utgent things which ought to Be done to make consistent in ‘the minds of colored men that thig war is really in the interest of the oppressed peoples ‘of the ‘world, of which thé colored. race in these United States is a glaring ‘example of oppression and .denial. Up to date four of these fourteen specifically enumerated ‘things which could possibly make for a-splendid morale, an unbounded en- thusiasm, have been acted favorably upon.’ Colored ‘nurses ‘have been called for war work; the status of Colonel Young, the race’s ranking military officer and only West Pointer, has been cleared up: the President, has prepared"a statement condemning: lynching,-an¢ a tender to Dr. DuBois of'a position in the Intelligence Bureait has been made, although declined by him. .. With a tremendous obligation resting upon them—the higt _ Government officials—with a mighty battle: raging in.which are en gaged “our own” kith and ‘kin from the United’ States, we antici “pated that, perhaps, haste would be made slowly. However; twelv ~ jmillion colored people, who not for a single moment, lagged in thei - loyalty to country, are hoping that all their representations may Db - soon favorably acted upon. ©. ms : ‘They do.not ask that they be favorably acted upon as 2 pric * for their loyalty, but rather gs an incentive to: the greatest exertio "possible fon mere human beings. Roc : * Perhaps it may not be amiss to say that the favorable conside: 1 ation given-to-four of the items in the race’s bill of particulars * 2 due in no small way to the alertness, the constant -vigil:and th 1 diplomatic’ insistance of the race’s lone ambassador in the War D: - osetment-——Emmett J.’ Scott. : 2 SERSEYI Ce Roe ee ee eR ; : Before you make up your mind to spend your savings on-use- Jess and expensive outings; you had better first order your winter's coal.e 4 . ‘The Northwest, in which lives fully thirty thousand colored people, ought to be a gold mind for colored business enterprises, instead ‘of one; as it is.now, for foreign whites: . — : _ Editor DuBois’ conclusion. to remain with ‘The Crisis.was @ wise decision, No matter how well an éditor can serve his people in some other position, he cannot serve them half as effectually as remaining on his job as editor. : " i . * _Colored people ought to take more civic pride in the bedutify- ing of their yards. attached to their homes. A big, fine house, look- ing out on an ill-kept yatd, whether back or front,,is not a very at- - tractive object... ‘There are too many colored homes in Washington that show the absence of civic pride. - * . yle President Wilson’s “divorce politics” is. peculiarly, inappicab’s |r Sto colored men, for they have been pretty effectually divorced from } § en ‘politics in this country. However, there are sundry gentlemen of |! ce. African extraction who are assiduously’ striving ‘to have the|' h-. “divorce” proceedings set aside, and the case against them nolle 1ot_prossed. oo ; : ne- : . ae . ! Tb is about time that the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows he commit to memory Shakespeare's “To be or not to be.” For sev- res eral-years now thé order has been the victim of opposing factions af-! whose continual strife, in which the sustaining members have no his - part; has put the order on thé toboggan. “To be or not to be” a de- en- “funct order, ought to arouse: the membership to action—-ought to ser- | itnpel them to attend the B. M.-C. at New York, in defiance of any 1 of | order, the observance of which would give ar official another term fal! to which he would not be duly electéd. vs =< so-| . —. ave | Weare’ doing our bit “over there.” o ,, é — on S| ape fight has been grandly ‘won for the colored nurses for our men in ae | the Army. Score another big victory for the “Little Napoleon of the Race,” Ger-' Emmett J. Scott. a _ 2 - heir : ——— : rous | Yes, by all means, let us have a reliable race man as reporter of con- re” | ations at the front in France. We can’t get ‘such a man any too soon. . At any rate, Dr. DuBois now, knows how it feels to be, it) im bie Beh riational game of “nag: : SNS gee ee ‘The President has spoken out bravely in opposition to the ““mob spirit jn America. Every. right-minded American jis realizing that lynching and mob’ violence is striking at the vitals of the nation: This nation canno} live without law and orier in every section, regardless ‘of ‘the group affected bythe lawless conditions.” oe “ pee Day by day the reéent editors’ conference is reaping rich fruits fron their deliberations. “We now ‘have Negro nurses and thé’ strong pronounce ment-of President Wilson against the mob spirit—two- things ‘most insist ently asked for by the men of the quill. - 3: : 3 : _, The personnel of the editors’. coriference is its answer to all: critics sub survey the men arid study their records on face questions. They stan “four square” from every viewpoint. : : : = ‘A glance at the mobilization orders will prove. to the most callous un believer that the colored man is coming to ‘the front. a , What will Dr.- DuBois do?. That is the question that is agitating: bot! the militants and the conservatives. : ———$_$_$_ ‘Those fifteen technical schools are laying the foundation for anothe edition of “The New Negro.” 2 , IS GRAND: MASTER MORRIS AN + AUTOCRAT? Continued’From Page One “<__ fice, to at least $12,000 more. Now, the question is, has he rendered com- mensurate service? If so, no one can begrudge .these emoluments which became a burden, upon thou- sands of poor members of the or- der. Another question which, like Banquo's ghost, will ‘not down, ‘is: “Is he worth $1,200 in annual salary, and approximately $300 “per annum for constitutionally authorized trips when the order is fast hitting the | trail of decline?” If it is the desire of the rank and file in the order—the ~ sustaining membership—those who pay in each month dues ard assessmients ‘to pro- vide for themselves and “dependents |necessitots benefits—to perpetuate .|Mr. Morris in office—to make of the ,| Grand United Order of Odd Fellows ‘lan autocracy, and of the presiding "| official an imperial, “by divine right,’ ‘| potentate; then, as they shall’ have 5 | made .their bed.so must ‘they lie. Bu ifthe presiding officer is, arbitrarily i |illegally extending his teriure of of | fice, then ‘it is the duty of the mem bers to'make “majority rule” a provided by law, once*more the rul 1) of the, order. Grand Master Morri -|is an able man—one of the race! ~|ablest’ and most successful lawyers e|Ben J: Davis, his antithesis, is rt ean and organizer. with ~ [puta peer. Neither» of these. ‘tw have a right to:,use, the order, fo their selfish personal promotion. On e|must ‘be right, and one must 1 n}wrong. The condition. of the ‘ord now, financially aid numerical, sus __ | gests that perhaps Mr. Morris is 1 lright.. It ought” to be determine is| which of the so-called factions real @|have the interests of the sustainin 2.|members—the commion _people— heart. It ought to be determine whether the once beneficent order to be permitted'to write, “finis” aft its long career, or to resunie bene licence for the many—the.sustainit tmembership—the common peop Wwho most need-its service. Tmparti ¢.| observers, men with no axes to grit ©| and no seliish ends, to serve a S| eagerly waiting the result of Ben Davis’ “defiance of Grand Mast Morris’ ‘reputed illegal assumpti ed | of ‘authority, and reputed illegal e ag, | tension of official life which now totals twenty-eight years—me than the average ‘life of man. MOB ACTION. . Continued Frnm Page One a mob-or gives it any sort’ of coun- lynchings, and every one of them has been a blow. at the heart ‘of or- dered Jaw and humane justice. No man who loves America, flo man ‘who really cares ior her fame and honor and character, or who is truly loyal to her institutions, can justify mob action while the .courts of jus- tice are open and the governments of the States and the nation are ready and able to do their duty. We are at -this very moment fighting jawless' passion. Germany has out tenance is no true.son of this great democracy, but its betrafer, amt does more to discredit. her “by tha Ge ek ee ES Ss * BISHOP'L.N. ROSS tt os One of the .Most Influential and Scholarly Bishops .of the Methodist Epis copal Church, Who Compliments President Wilson on His Condemnation Against Lynching. & ie single disloyalty"to her standards ts Jaw and of right than’ the words of her statesmen or the sacrificés-ofher heroic boys in the trenches can do to make suffering ‘peoples believe her to be: their savior. How’ shall we commend: democracy to the ac- ceptance’ of other peoples: if we dis- grace our own ‘by proving that it is, after all, no protection to the weak? Every mob contributes to German lies about the United States what her most gifted liars cannot improve upon by ‘the way of calumny. They can at least say that such things can- not: happen’.in Germany except “in times, of revolution, when law: is swept. away. . I therefore very earnestly and sol- emnly beg that the. Governors of all the “States, the law officers of every | conimunity, and, above all, the men |and women of everycommunity in |the "United States, alt who revere .| America and wish to, keep her name -|without stain or reproach, will co- ,|operate—not passively mesely, but »\actively and watchfully—to make an slend of this disgraceful evil. (It can+ t|not live where the community does , not countenance it, 2) I. have called tipon the’ nation to .|put its great energy into this war sjand it has -responded—responded e|with a° spirit and-a genius ‘for action g|that has thrilled the world.. I now g| call upon it, upon its then and women . |everywhere, to see to it Mat its laws a|are kept’ inviolate, its fame untar- -|nished.. Let us ‘set our utter con: o tempt for the “things that have made 1 MELEV.ENSBEE— ¢| this war hideous-among the wars. 0} e|history by showing how. those wh¢ sr|love liberty “and right and justice z-|and are willing to lay down ‘thei st }lives for them upon’ foreign field .d (stand ready, also™to illustrate:to al ly:mankind their loyalty to the ‘thing iat home which’ they wish’ to.see es at {tablished everywhere as a blessin| sd and protection. to the’ peoples wh is have never ‘known the privileges ¢ er liberty and seli-government..." I cai f-inever accept any man as a champio wg lof liberty ‘either for ourselves or £6 je lthe world who does not reverenc ial Land obey. the laws .ofi our ‘owni be nd jloved land, whose Jaws we ourselve ce have made.” He has adopted th J | standard of the enemies of his cour er |try, whom he affects to despise. ont Woodrow. Wilson CHURCH HELPS SOLDIERS’ COMFORT COMMITTEE. | + Austin, Texas, July 23—Through * the efforts of Mrs. H. Strickland, representing the National’ Colored Soldiers’. Comfort Committee at Washingtos, D.. C.,. the Church of God-in Christ, at its tenth annual session here, took up a collection amounting to” an appreciative sum for the committee, which has been lfarwarded to Washington by - Mrs. | Strickland. . . j) . MADAME’A. J. SMITH. | Madame Agnes J. Smith's instan- jtaneous Violet, Treatment is all the rage now. Go and be treated by Madame Smith if you want a healthy and beautiful complexion. . Join her “Beauty School of Culture: 9" The Week in Society BOARD'S The price is important, but what you get for the price is more important. Get the best for your money by buying reliable products from a reliable store. Board's Drug Store; at 1912% Fourteenth Street N.W., is the place where everybody meets everybody else for quality, service and satisfaction, from ice cream soda to the highest grade drugs and chemicals. Prescriptions filled just as your doctor ordered here.—Advt. Mrs. Leonora Deveaux, of Jacksonville, Fla., is in the city the guest of her brother, Mr. John Aller, who resides at the corner of Third and E Streets N. W. Mrs. Deveaux is receiving much social recognition while in the City of Magnificent Distances. * * * Dr. James E. Shepard, of Durham, N. C., passed through the city Wednesday evening en route for New York on important business. Mr. H. E. Hagan, of The Eagle, has gone to his home in Greensboro, N. C. He will return to the city this or next week. Mr. Andrew W. Jackson, of the Pension Office, is suffering with an injured eye. Call at Adams' Music Store, 1911 Ninth Street, next week and ask for the 39th anniversary march of The Washington Bee. One year's subscription for The Bee and a copy of the march free, or a single copy of the march without The Bee, 25 cts. Mrs. C. S. Beale and Mr. Ferrol Gibbs entertained the Asbury Church Choir on Thursday evening in the choir room of the church. After a sumptuous repast several speeches were made by many, with Prof. R. W. Johnson, the chorister, presiding. The choir spent a delightful evening. Mrs. Julia Leftwich and her little daughter left the city last Saturday afternoon for an outing in Annapolis, Md., and returned Monday. Miss Julia R. Bush, a popular and well known teacher in the public schools, left the city for Brook, Va., last week, the guest of Dishman Cottage. HOTEL DALE. Cape May, N. J., July 30.—Arrivals at the Hotel Dale during the past week were: Greenville, Miss., Dr. J. C. Overton; Richmond, Va., Mr. W. M. Spratley; Washington, D. C., Mr. Haley G. Douglass; Kingsfon, Jamaica, Mr. W. Maurice Hooper; Wilmington, Del., Mr. W. Guist; Camden, N. J., Mr. and Mrs. John Jacobs; Mr. and Mrs. George Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Asbury Lankford; Cape May, N. J., Mr. L. Nieves, Mr. E. Romero, Mr. D. Rodeiguez; Atlantic City, N. J., Mr. Fred A. Mundy, Mr. T. H. Thomas, Mr. C. H. Valentine, Miss Edythe R. Hammond; Lamott, Pa., Mr. Joseph Lang; Philadelphia, Pa., Mr. and Mrs. Val Allison, Mr. H. Merom, Mr. and Mrs. William Mayo, Mr. Walter Hunter, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Robinson, Mr. J. C. Brandt, Dr. J. S. Lennon, Miss Agnes Richardson; Munhall, Pa., Miss Amaza Colbert. BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING NOTES. In the world's broad field of battle, In the biyouac of life, Be not like dumb-driven cattle, Be a hero in the strife. Mrs. Amanda Williams was recently appointed in Section 2 and is a competent worker. Miss Edith Burgess is doing good work. turned to her duties in the sizing room. Mrs. King lost her father recently, Mr. Matthew Butler, a well-known citizen. * * * Mrs. Martha Goode Montgomery, of the Examining Division, is now absent on account of illness. * * * Mr. Royale Hawkins, of the Printing Division, is in Pittsburgh on a business trip. * * * Mr. Bertie Harris, a competent operator of the Examining Division, is quite an enthusiastic worker in the Red Cross. Mrs. Hattie Harrod Watson of the Sizing Division is pursuing her work diligently. Mrs. Watson is a zealous C. E. and Sabbath School worker of the Florida Avenue Baptist Church. * * * Miss Mayme Younge of the Trimming Division is pursuing her work with care and earnestness. The Men's Club Gives Their Annual Outing. The Men's Club of St. Luke's P. E. Church will give their annual outing at Greenwillow Park on August 6th. This popular organization is known to give well attended outings by some of the best people in the city. BASEBALL A baseball game was played last Sunday afternoon at the American League Park between the Chicago American Giants. and Indianapolis A. B. C. The Giants won by a score of 6 to 1. Many well known citizens attended. NATIONAL RACE CONGRESS OF AMERICA. Appeals for Moral and Financial Support—Send Representative to the Next Congress. My. Dear Friend: Believing you to be interested in the future welfare of the race, we are appealing to you for your moral and financial support in the next session of the National Race Congress, October 1, 2, 3, 1918. The executive committee is making a drive for three thousand units to represent in the next session. These units may be churches, fraternal societies, schools, business leagues, labor organizations and any other organization in the race that stands for the uplift of our people. We desire to have you assist us in getting your church, society or any other organization to which you belong to send a representative to the meeting of the next Congress. If any of the organizations find themselves unable to send a delegate, they will help the cause of the race if they will send a donation accompanied by a letter giving the name and address of the presiding officer and secretary of their organization. Arrangements are being made to make the next session of the Congress the greatest meeting in the history of the race. It will be known as the Anti-Lynching Session of the National Race Congress, and every colored organization in this country that is opposed to lynching and endorses the bill that is now before Congress to make lynching a Federal crime, is asked to send a delegation to this meeting. All phases of the race interest will be discussed by men who have made a special study of the same. We are asking every individual member of our race who believe in the principles for which this Congress stands and are willing to help us to contend for the manhood rights of our race, to make a special donation for the support of this Congress. Send all communications to the Headquarters of the National Race Congress, Rev. W. H. Jernagin, President, 903 Third Street N. W., Washington, D. C. Rev. H. J. Callis, chairman of the executive committee, and Rev. J. S. L. Holloamn, secretary of the executive committee. RALPH W. TYLER'S Great Work for the Colored Soldiers of America. (From the Richmond Blade.) The kind of work being done for the colored soldiers by Ralph W. Tyler is such that our race can justly feel proud. JIM CROW LAWS. Baltimore, Md., July 26.—General Counsel William Cabell Bruce of the Public Service Commission, gave an opinion that the commission has no authority as to the segregation of white and colored people on interstate railroads. The matter was brought before the commission in a complaint of Dr. William T. Wright, who said that the Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Railway is segregating the two races on its cars running between Baltimore and Washington. Mr. Bruce stated that the courts have held that the Maryland Legislature cannot put into effect segregation regulations affecting interstate transportation agencies, and that if the legislature cannot do that, it follows that the creature of the legislature, the Service Commission, cannot. The question is one for the national authorities. Jim Crow laws passed some years ago are in effect on transportation agencies operating entirely within the State. DR. BERMAN URGES YOU TO GIVE ATTENTION TO YOUR EYES Have you noticed a dull pain in the head that persists in spite of all the powders and tablets you can take? Do your eyes get tired after reading? Do you feel pain in the eyes after watching the moving pictures? It may be that concentrated effort in reading tires the nerves. It may be the glaring sun strains the tender membrane of the retina. But whatever the cause, the pain is only a signal that something is wrong and should be attended to immediately. Come to our office and let us make an examination of your eyes. Every equipment is here, and the graduate eyesight specialists in attendance are men whose experience and skill have been a revelation to thousands. and up for glasses fitted to your eyes guaranteed to give satisfaction Remember the Name and Number 813 7th St. N. W. Opposite King's Palace BERMAN OPTICAL CO. We Grind Our Own Glasses LOCAL NOTES. Mrs. Eunice B. Chaney and son, Roger, are visiting in New Bedford, Mass. Hon. Henry P. Cheatham, former Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia, accompanied by his son, Mr. Charles E. Cheatham of New York City, spent a day or so of last week in town. Miss Henrietta Vinton Davis, the gifted elocutionist and lecturer, has Week Starting Monday, August 5th Matinees:Tues. Thurs., and Sat. The Quality Amus. Corp. of New York City presents THE WHITE SISTER A play of the Roman Catholic Church that cannot offend and creed. A Priest, a Nun and a lover which shows how the maid was separated from her lover by a cruel trick of fate All Star Cast—Abbie Mitchell, Inez Clough, Susie Sutton, Alice Gorgas, Babe Townsend, Tom Brown, Lionel Monagas and nast of 12 Night Prices: 25c, 35c & 50 Matinee, 1500 seats at 25c each 20 Leads To Great Success And The Realization of Your Wishes In To improve your life, be great, better your condition and become successful, you must possess the "POWER of CONCENTRATION." The men and women who have accomplished great things have used the great "POWER OF CONCENTRATION." You may have great difficulties, but follow the easy lessons and overcome your hindrances and achieve great results. You can overcome weakness and failures by using the master power of concentration. Not one lesson, but twenty lessons. You follow the ideas and overcome hurry, worry and failure. Thousands have been benefited—why not you? You can change your life for the better. You can use this wonder power of concentration for any legitimate helpful purpose to gain or attain anything you want. You can also use your concentration power for the benefit of your dear one at a distance, to do great deeds to help our great cause. People have become great, successful and happy through the secret application of concentration. So can you. It gives you a sure method of attaining mind, power, personal magnetism, (the power to win and hold and overcome troublesome conditions and environment. You can become more efficient in work, more popular in society and more successful in business by following the power of concentration. Here is your chance to make your life as you want it to be. Those who cannot come in person can receive the twenty lessons by mail in handy book form and three packages of Temple Incense, all for $2.00. Write to REV. LEO S. OSMAN, 1728 Seventh Street N. W. Washington, D. C. been spending a few days at her home in this city, 1219 Linden Street N. E. For the past few months Miss Davis has been making her headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pa., and conducting from there a vigorous campaign for the establishment of an industrial school in Jamaica. * * * Dr. H. L. McCrorey, president of Biddle University, Charlotte, N. C., passed through the city Tuesday en route to Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. Mr. Emmett J. Scott, Special Assistant to the Secretary of War, was the principal speaker last Thursday evening at a lawn fete and jubilation, held at the Clarke Training School, 13th and Q Streets N. W., under the auspices of the Harriet Tubman Branch of the American Red Cross Society. * * * * Miss Mabel B. Sayles, from Anacostia, one of our successful school teachers, left to visit her aunt in Philadelphia. What will C. A. R. do now? FORAKER THEATRE Twentieth Street Between L and M Streets Northwest RAYMOND H. MURRAY, Manager. HIGH-CLASS VAUDEVILLE WEEKLY and NEW MOTION PICTURES DAILY 1906 Eleventh Street Northwest Raymond H. Murray, Mgr. atre is close to two lines of cars. The best picture in evening of pleasure—come to the Hiawatha. SPECIAL It A New BIG N. Y. SENSATI Y FOX TROT"—A FOXY CURE FOR THE Belasco Theatre this week by the "In and Out" letter from our New York dealer states that "the number and one of the biggest sensations in N." We now have it, and our word, it's the REWASHINGTON CRAZY. We sell the sheet as desired in music. This Theatre is close to two lines of cars. The best pictures shown daily. If you want an evening of pleasure—come to the Hiawatha. "HARRY FOX TROT"A FOXY CURE FOR THE BLUES. Played at the Belasco Theatre this week by the "In and Out" Company. A special letter from our New York dealer states that "this is an instrumental JAZZ number and one of the biggest sensations in New York at the present time." We now have it, and our word, it's the REAL THING and WILL SET WASHINGTON CRAZY. We sell the sheet and will order it in any form desired in music. HERE'S A FEW OTHER LATE ONES "AT THE COFFEE COOLER'S TEA"—Real 'cullud fo'ks kind—two of our colored boys, CREAMER AND LAYTON, latest songs, entitled "GOQD-BYE, ALEXANDER, GOOD-BYE HONEY BOY," and "AFTER YOU'VE, GONE." A new song hit in Ziegfeld Follies entitled "THAT'S THE KIND OF A BABY FOR ME," and the popular song writer Albert Von Tilzer's latest "AU REVOIR BUT NOT GOOD BYE." Get your songs of us—growing big stock. THE COFFEE COOLER'S TEA"—Real 'cullud, dried boys, CREAMER AND LAYTON, latest JE, ALEXANDER, GOOD-BYE HONEY BOY ONE." A new song hit in Ziegfeld Follies ed. OF A BABY FOR ME," and the popular song is latest "AU REVOIR BUT NOT GOOD B—growing big stock. 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These editorials, public opinion moulders, scintillate with unquestioned loyalty to country, and fearless espousal of the rights vouchsafed the race by the Constitution. Judge Terrell, when he handed down his learned decision in the celebrated case of the two major leagues—Dryzone vs. Bootleg, said that before Washington began playin' on the Sahara Park grounds, for one gentleman to ask another into his home to partake of a Kentucky Colonel's favorite—mint julip, was the acme of real hospitality, but now, since Washington is in the first division in the Dryzone League, for any ordinary man, no matter what his antecedents or proclivities are, to invite another to his home for just a swig of fermentation makes that man a real benefactor. I was of the opinion myself until last Sunday when a supposed friend who lives on Easy Street, at the corner of Comfort Avenue, invited me in to clink glasses with him as the high sign of civilization and Liquor League civility. Well, you can "bulleve" me that stuff he gave me just naturally scorched a line of irritation all down my elementary canal; made a volcano out of my stomach, and put a Ford tin lizzie engine in my head that's been thumpin' ever since. I am now here to expatiate on the blessin's of total abstainence, and to ease it gently over to Major Pullman that if I was him, and got a "dog fall" decision like that rendered by the judge, I would file a demurrer and ask for a change of veneering. Speakin" about Judge Terrell, who has a rather respectable front name what's separated from an "ole Virgin" classical cognomen by that irrigation canal—"Heberton," I asked him in what rummage sale he picked up "Heberton," or whether he just handed hisself that "entitle." "You see," said the judge, yearningly glaucin' at a Cascade hour glass whose sands had run down durin' one of Dancy's unexpected visits. "I was born in or about Charlottesville, Va., a town that was ready for the undertaker before the midwife had finished her duties. My father had great ideas and National League plans for me. When I was born a Virginia brunette of the teakwood type was arrested for urging chickens to leave their homes without the consent of their owners. He was arrested and thrown in jail. The next day, I was born, my father read in the Charlottesville Bladder where that brunette's lawyer had applied for a "writ of habeas corpus." It bein' on the day I was born, father insisted on namin' me Robert Habeas Corpus Terrell. Mother kicked like an Alabanna inule on weighin' me down with such a heavy load as that, so they compromised on "Haberton." You see, "Hab" is the first end of habeas; "er" is the first section of error, what father made in tryin' to condemn me to a life if privation with a decoration like Robert Habeas Corpus Terrell, and "ton" is the latter end of "bonton," and my old dad always insisted that our family were bontons, even after that spurious attache of the Nicaraguan Legation got into it on a rain check. Without any "offensive longevity of interpolations," as Spewdrew would say, that's how I got that entitle "Haberton." When judge finished, I looked at the Cascade hour glass with its sands sort of "sans whisky; sans beer," as old Omar Khyam would say, then gazed upon his head which once applied for exemption from the Hair League and got it and reflected on what a terrible handicap is a name like "Heberton," and merely soliloquized, as follows to wit: "Judge, Woody just renominated you out of sympathy—not a bloomin' thing else, cause he felt that a fellow what had to cart name like "Heberton" around needed a salary to sustain a thirst who was provoked by such a name." I've been for steen years tryin' to figure out how in the devil and Tom Walker Royal Hughes' progenitors ever "thunk" up a name like "Royal" to burden a fellow what had nice straight, "iled" hair. I remember that old Seneca who used to hand out philosophy in broken doses, remarked upon one occasion, while swappin' stories with old Gallio, another philosopher who had about as much hair on his billiard ball as Judge Terrell: "All men, Brother Gallio, wish to live happy." Now, if Royal Hughes can live happy with that suggestion of draw poker for a front name, he sure is some more "galler" kid. I dropped into Royal's office for a heart-to-heart talk Monday, and propounded this question: "Say, Royal, in what crap game did you win it?" Royal, runnin' his soft lady fingers through his radiant raven locks, said, sort of soto voce "You see, there's Injun blood in my family. We can trace our genealogy back to Pocohontas, and then acron to Timbuco's presidin' elder chim panzee. You can see the Injin in Uncle Sam Needs Our Men. Let the "PORO SYSTEM" take care of you FORMULATED, 1800 PORO HAIR GROWER MADE ONLY BY Mrs Amphibiano Mallone ST. 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He has never been known to be retained by the Steel Trust or the Øleomargarine Syndicate, or the Rubberneck Trust; somehow, he manages to look like ready money all the time, if clothes may be accepted as a sign and token of prosperity. Just because he don't litter up barrooms with talk, don't figure in the Mucilage Club's gabfests, and ain't considered E. Pluribus Unum enough to break into the "Booley," ain't no sign that Virginian hasn't got the goods on him. Royal ain't no hand to blow his own tin lizzie horn, or blow holes into some other fellow what's got as much right to live as he, but he does know how to attend to his own business and saw wood and save enough out of each retainin' fee to pay for the launderin' of his "biled" shirts, and he changes his linen six times a week. You don't see him hangin' around the fringes of the N. A. A. C. P., or arranging with the undertaker to bury the res of his fellow lawyers. If this old town had a few more pokername decorated, jaundice complexioned suspects like Royal Hughes, there'd be a powerful sight less of gossip and a darn sight more square deal float in' around on the zephyrs. You go to hand it to that bandbox appearin' gentleman for bein' nobody's "Fool' Paradise." These here syncopated individuals with an anthracite complexion are awfully hard to suit. I ran into a heterogenous bunch of bootleggers, barber-shop loafers and near-statesmen the other day, and they were discussin' the President's address on lynchin'. They all commiserated with each other because the President didn't use the word "Negro" in every sentence of that address. Now, if he had of used it, this same bunch of onions would have censured him for it, and criticized him because he didn't mention the fact that old Nero was suspected of having colored blood, in his veins. I'd just as soon try to please some of the onions around these diggins as to try to convince the devil that he ought, to run a rathskellar in conjunction with his little old fairy hell. It's no use Mike; it's no use; 'cause Ike's head ain't nothin' but vacant rooms. His Great Speech at the Reception of Rev. Willis by the Volunteer Club of the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church. Continued From Page One but in all history, and in all times, God has never permitted and will never permit His church nor His cause to suffer for the want of a proper leader. Thus it was with our beloved church. When the enemies were thick and fast: when storms and tempests gathered; when dissensions and discord threatened to rend asunder the very pillars and foundation of this holy sanctuary—this sacred structure—the faithful bowed in soil- emm supplication, and petitioned in fervent prayer—God's guidance, direction and protection. rection and protection. In answer to that supplication and prayer He selected as the shepherd of this flock your beloved and God-fearing pastor, Dr. Willis. And in answer to and the response from the call on high for a fit and proper shepherd to lead this flock, like Isaiah of old, when a coal of fire from heaven touched his tongue, Dr. Willis cried, "Here am I, send me, send me." This is the man we have gathered here tonight to honor a man full of the Christian spirit, zeal and fire. It would be useless, indeed, for me to recount to you on this occasion his many virtues and lofty ideals, his wonderful works and magnificent achievements as your pastor. Of these you have full knowledge. He has brought order out of confusion and chaos. He has silenced the tongues of the enemies of your peace and quiet. By your loyal and undivided support and by the guidance and direction of Divine Providence, he has caused your church to be united into one strong union, and its members to dwell together in peace and brotherly love. And today the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church stands as a monument of God's grace, blessings and heediction. In the person of Dr. Willis you have exemplified a manly man, a Christian gentleman, a lofty character, a profound scholar, a deep thinker, a well-rounded personality, devoutly teaching and truly following the principles and doctrines of a true and lofty Christianity. There is no spot or blemish in his life, no taint upon his character. He stands erect in God's forum, exhorting men and women to the Throne of Grace. What greater mission could any man perform? In what grander work could any man be engaged? He presents to this community a dignified, gracious, self-respecting and impressive personality. His convictions are definite and he is unflinching in maintaining his theme. He cherishes no resentment. His personal qualities are loyalty to his faith, to humanity, and to God. But why should I consume more of your time? Dr. Willis, on behalf of the Volunteer Club of the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church, I have the honor and very distinguished pleasure in presenting you with this purse. It is just a small manifestation of the club's love, loyalty and devotion. And now permit me to exhort you to continue in the great work and mission to which God has assigned you, and for which the Holy Spirit has ordained you. 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Needed Message. qmessage.”. .. | Bighting Anainet Anetria Thole a fg, ag eee ier eaeeritian OH Beer ik ae See Men a eter eae last week, in which he unqualifiedly denounced lynching’ and mob faw While the consensus of opinion was that chad it come ‘six years, or ever one ‘year earlier, it might -have hac pthe effect of preventing many lynch- ings, the result of which many col. ‘ored men and women are now dea¢ and beyond the reach of it, still, even ifs coming at’ this time ‘will, have great influence. There -are not a few, also, who were of tle opinion that the omission of a ‘direct and specific allusion to the lynching of colored peopte will give the South and anti-race whites in the North an opportunity; as some of the white newspapers have “already taken. to regard it.as prompted solefy ‘by the lynching of the German, Praeger, in linois, three months ago. The Bee asked ‘a..number of colored men as ‘to what they thought ‘of the: address, ‘and here are. their replies: John W. Lewis, president. of “the Industrial Savings “Bank: “I am pleased: wit it, and feel that it will have a most wholesotne effect in at least reducing the number of colored men ynched.” John C.. Dancy, Extension. Secre- tary A. M. E. Zion Church: “It was as strong a denunciation of tyneli Jaw as could be made. I only regret it was not promulgated several years ‘ago. or even a year before.” — Ralph W. Tyler, “National Secre- tary National Colored Soldiers’ Com4 fort Committee: “However late it may have been, it certaitly did not lack earnestness of expression. Com- ing from a native Soytherner, it ought to have ‘great’ influence in the South than if it came from a North- crn-born President. I believe it will do good.” : : C..$. Cuney, attorney: “It certain ly was a strong paper, and "has struck a popular chord among our race. J hope the .effect upon the, South, which has been for yedrs lynching and burning colored’ people without rhyme or reason, will be as much in- Buenced by ‘it’ as we are’ pleaced, with it. Colored newspaper -men are alsé to be praised for it.” : Percy W. Bond, Agent Standard Life, Insurance Company: “It was a ringing address. “I live in the hope that it will have @ tremendous effect for geod upon that section of the count "hat is'‘a great offender against law, in the. matter of giv- ing colored men a fair, and honest trial.” eee Walter Singleton, “President of the Mu-So-Lit Club: “I commend and thank the President for. it. It cannot help but “have good effect.” Eugene Brooks: “Iam. mightily pleased with it, and the highest praise is due the’ colored newspaper men who recently convened here, for hav- ing urged the President, ag they did; to.come out in a -deninciation of lynch law.” | Thomas L. Jones, attorney: “It was an admirable paper.. It hit the South right below the belt. It ought to be, and I hope it is, a knock-out plow to lynch, law in this country.” Armond W. Scott, Grand Exalted Ruler, Colored Elks: “I should ‘have iked it better had the, President said what he did several months or years ago. To my mind, however, it was . ringing denunciation of lynching, snd: as. my race-has been the great- sst victim of the mob spirit:in this country, few can distort, and’ then not successfully, the President’s de- nunciation to mean’ ‘simply . the ynching of white men. It is at feast | . rift in the erstwhile dark cloud.” Dr: A. M. Curtis: “I anf unques- ionably pleased with. it. The Presi- lent clearly’ pointed out that lynch- ng, when we ‘are advertising the act we are.in this war “to make the || yorid safe for democracy,’. is mulating what we are denouncing | a the Germans; that lynching gives'|' id and comfort to: the enemy. The |. resident. is entitled to our pro~ ound thanks for that denunciation |' ¢ mob law.” i . Judge Robert H. Terrell, Judge of ce OOS Va aE ER SS & will do the most good.” Dr. W. L.*Board? “It was a mas- ter. stroke. ‘The .President knows when to speak.” Dr. J.,W.. Morse: “I have always had great faith in the wisdom of our Chief Executive. I commend: this message.” . “Dr. Robert F. Plummer: “The President has startled the nation. Better Jate ‘than never.” . Mr. Morris Murray: “I regret that the white press published- the fact that the lynching of Praeger was the cause of the President's anti-lynching. declaration, The Negro press should use its influence to off- ‘set any- such interpretation: of “thé President's incentive.” Rev. Walter Brooks, Pastor. Nine- teenth “Street Baptist Church: ‘It was. freighted with the strongest and clearest ‘sentiment, * and its effect upon. the country, I believe, will, be to awaken the country,.and° especi- ally the South to how inconsistent it is-to talk about ‘making the world safe for democracy’ while ‘making its section of this country. unsafe for ‘colored loyal Americans.” Dr, William Warfield, Surgeonsin- Chief, Freedman’s Hospital: “Ie had the right ring to it. -It sounded as if the President meant what he said, It cam leave no* doubt’ now: but ‘what he: is opposed, and: bitterly. so, to the Iynching of. colored men.” Drv C. Sumner Wormley: “It gave ine great satisfaction.” I am, pleased with it, It unquestionably piaces the President squarely against* lynching oi colored men, ever though some of the race, becausé of his long silence, had suspected he had no sympathy with. our appeals for jus- tice” : Prof. George \W. Cook, Howard University: “Every colored . man naturally. is pleased ‘with the mes- sage. [t's language. and tone is in- mistakably clear. I ‘believe’ it wwill have a itigst beneficial effect, and will help the cause of the race net! only in thé South, but throughont | the country.” . William L: Houston, attorney: “It. was a bell Finger. Clear as a whistle. | A notice sto the South that ‘thus far..and no’ further,’ can you. go in murdering: without hearing or. trial members ‘of a loyal fighting race. hat is giving of its men and means rad Labor to, help win a war ‘to make the world safe for democracy?” Dr. L.N. Ross, Bishop of the A. M. E’ Church: “It was a splendid message, and I. believe ‘it will have he effect of ultimately eradicating hat brutal defiance ‘of law which has ‘aused nearly three thousand of my lear people to be summoned before heir Maker before their time. ‘That nessage was the President's: realin- erpretation of real democracy. Ii the est of his official family, lives up o- the sentinients. he expressed in Wat message then discriminations in he departments here will also be} radicated.”. (COLORED BUSINESS LEAGUE. ‘Tuskegee, Institute, Ala—A feature of the nineteenth annual session of the National Negro Business League which will meet in’ Atlantic. City on August 21, 22 and_23, will be an‘ad- dress on advertising by Mr. St. Elmo Massengale, president of .the Mas- sengale Advertising Agency .of ‘At- lanta, Ga. Mr. ‘Massengale is ofie of the best informed men‘in America on advertising: and kindred subjects. Féw white mtn in the South have a hetter grasp of the problems of race relatioiiships” from a business view- relatiofiships” § i ‘ point arid‘ hig'message will be one of especigl significance to the business and newspaper men of the race. “Mr. Ws F. Cozart, 22 North Indi- ana Avenue, Atlantic City, Ni Ja,1s chairman of the Housing Commit- tee, and delegates and visito#s who are planning to- attend the League meeting. are invited to write direct- ly to him: : WOMEN’ TO WAGE PRAYER : ~ CAMPAIGN. ee ‘Nashville,. Tenn.—The campaign for patriotic prayer was inaugurated by the colored women of Nashville with. meetings in the different sec- tions ‘of the city at 9 o'clock; pre- cedirig the house-to-house canvass of the city, The following aré* the chairmen and places of, meeting: North, Mrs.A. M. Johnson, Pleasant Green; Church; South, “Mrs. G.- L. Jackkson; Second Baptist Church} Fast, Mrs. William’ Haynes, First Baptist Church of East Nashville; West, : Mrs. I. V. Scott, Howard Congregational Church, . 12th Ave-. me pt $ oes i N. A: A: C.-P. CONTRIBUTES TO - COMFORT COMMITTEE, San | Francisco, Cal, July’ 24— Walter A. Butler, president of the local branch here of the N. A. A. C. P., has sent on a fine contribution to the" National. Colored. Soldiers’ Comfort Committee, coftributed by. friends of the. big movement out | here! * : J CZECHS IN ITALY MUST WIN OR DIE Fighting Against Austria, Thelr Capture Means Nothing but Execution, - WON'T LEAVE THEIR DEAD All Fallen Comrades Carried From the Field—These Valorous Warriors Select Their Own Officers and * Eliminate Weak and Unfit. ®pecial Correspondence of Itallan Amert- : ‘can Newe Bureau.) Italian Front.—The Slav soldiers in the: Itallan army elect thelr own su- | periots ‘by the most rigid tests, ‘and thus they are representative of. the manhood of thelr nationalities, ‘The Itallan soldiery and people have taken kindly to them, . ‘The first of the proofs of valor they gave are admirable, although lmited ‘to: modést operations in exploring and raiding. Whether by, themselves or with Italian troops, these Czech-Slo- vaks, arriving from beyond the ocean, have kept-up the fire of patriotism and the ardor to fight, and have fought lwell. > : |, The repatriates of the Czecho-Slovak iemy have been saluted already with brotherly love. by the population in tho | zone of war, especially by the anctent, Inhabitants ‘of the Veneto, who have’ the! most recent and lvellest recollec- tion of oppression and the eqnvulsive struggle for redemption... ~ ‘The women of Verona offered them a’ battle flag In the Bohemian colors, sur- mounted by @ Hon. ‘The soldiers recog- }nized the sanctity of the gift and swore an oath that they would die for ‘that emblom:of Uberty. ‘The “expres- ‘sion was not rhetorical and the oath superfluous: Are. Killed If Captured, ‘The fate that await§ thesd new war rlors for the Ideals of a far-off and oppressed country {s shown by the in- flexible military rules of the Austrian empire. -‘Phey.nre all subjects of the Emperor Carl and as such death ts the orily ‘thing in store for them if cap- tured. ‘Their word Ss for that teason sacred. Neithér alive nor dead’ must they fall Into the hands of the enemy. Bven the dead must be snatched from the op-. pressor. Hach one his sworn to carry oft to the Italinn lines the body 6f a compatriot killed Ini action, Recently, during a -reconnaissance, a Bohemlan ‘fell close to the enemy lines, Braving a hot fire, the explorers hurried to carry hint off, fearing that in a night sortie the.-Austrians might get: thé body: : ‘These “soldiers of death” know that if an- operation fails of success they must kill themselves. To the igno-. mintous death inflicted by the eriemy they prefer sulclde., Whetier through death by the enemy or through thelr own hands, they have consecrated thelr lives to the distant fatherland, from which they: have-come to fight in the zreatest cradle of all itberty and all ideals—Italy. Eliminate Weak and Unfit, Rome, the ancient lighthouse of civ- ity and of Mberty, has substituted these new companions in, arms for those of Russia. ‘Thesé warriors ‘for he freedom. of thelr country bave found in the ranks of our own combat- ants fraternity and sturdy faith. This fraternity, more than common , ideals for the redemption of thelr respective countries, Is cemented by the know- edge and viston of the real difficulties znd the resolution and firmness of surpose of the new-combatants, From helr own ranks on a spontaneous vote hey have ellminated all about whose nilitary vigor or enthusiasm. there ould be any doubt, so that the récrults epresent: the flower of the soldlery.of he oppressed nationalities, Drawn rom the same country, spenking the ame tongue, in the dally intimacy of hele new military Ife, they have sub- | ected each other to voluntary but in-"|| lexible tests, ‘The results are confided | nly to thelr officers. mol “Titus does not please me. He would ot make a good corporal. We do not |, vant him,” they say. Thus, out of the |; nelent military system of Austria-| prings elements of criticism which ex- Jude the weak and unfit.’ The officers | nust heed these verdicts, which, like ; 1 collective Judgments, arise from a |. ull consensus of the judges. + Elect Own Officers, moh ‘The examination of the political |! pinion fs not lesg exacting ‘for beinis | ‘ artied out by fellow soldiers, A Czech | { eerult. who. spoke his mother tongue |! vell was challenged By his compat: |’ iots, “He speaks our langunge well, ut-his heart Isnot Czech,” they sald. | t was leurned that during protracted usingss transactions in Vienna he had | ost the fiereeness and the Intrepidity f the Bohemian character .througl ally contact with the Austrian author- Hes, = ‘This control has heen fraught with |) xcellent results, ‘Those who have sur- | ; Ived-the tests of the asseinbled judges | ave furnished the best -war material | ; Ce entia Se ge at nae eh 8 “eS to pore TANK CORPS GROWING Recruits Arrive Daily at Gettys= burg Camp, ; a Long Hikes.in Heavy Marching Order. Fit Men for Duty With Perse Ing'’s Army, - | Camp Colt, Gettysburg, Pa,—Ths ‘American tank corps.continues to grow ‘and develop. Recruits are still .com- ing in and the men already here are being drilled to within an inch of thelr lives. ‘This 1s the preliminary diseip- Hse and the physical drill which will fit the men for the strenuous lite of a “tanker” overseas, ‘Tienty-mile hikes in heavy marching order. are almost daily.,oceurrences, ‘ Although the work is hard, the men like it: They realize their need of this heavy drill and exercise. Negotiat- ing the gfay steel monsters over ‘No Man's Land ts distinctly not a job for ‘a mun Whose muscles are not almost as hard .as steel itself, And for an erstwhile clvilian’s muscles to become sutficiently hardened ‘takes time and training. ‘The dally work, the fresh afr, plen- ty of sleep and the excellent daily ra- tions are doing wonders in producing as fine a bunch of real fighting men a can be found anywhere; ‘The officers’ school will be continued ‘indefinitely. As fast ts men complete the prescribed course, others with take thelr places. From now on, all commissioned offi- cers will be selected from the ranks. ‘The ‘tink corps 1s a _ progressive unit. Every once in,'a while a bat» tation will disappear overnight, bound for “somewhere.” Reeraits will MIL their places and the work of training will imaye right alorig.. New -officers, trained Stmultaneausly with the men, will cotumand the disappearing bat- tallon. BEST SHOD FIGHTERS. fo ee Ry WG a ie cos eg g 4 rae | Oe a Ke oa ce Bm BA : eg | ‘The men stationed at Camp Sher man will be among the best shod fight- erg in the entire world. Am exper!- mental test to find the average size and width of the ‘shods used and the amount of leather consumed showed that by, using a ‘device. known as the Resco shoe-fitting device the shoes are made miore comfortable for the. men and leather is saved. Here ts shown the device belng put to practical’ use. Each man-wenrs two pairs of wool socks when fitted for the shoes, - SALUTES PHOTO OF PREMIER instinctive Action of Officer Reveals Respect of French for iM. Clemenceau. . Paris.—Little unconscious acts often teveal the real measure of the popu- larity of a great leader. In the photographer's showcase not tar from the fashionable Pare. Mon- ceau there 1s among other pictures an excellent almost lfesize head of M. Clemenceau: A young Freneh officer who -was passing the shop the other day glanced casually at the showcase, Percelving the picture of his‘ chief he stinetively ralsed ‘his hand to a sa- lute and passed on unaware that his spontaneous tribute had been-observed. In the early days of the long-range gun bombardment, of Paris, says the Matin, it was stated that the shells were mage from a new type of steel alloyed with vanadium, which gave it exceptional properties. But analysis has shown that the shells are made: of ordinary nickel and chrome steel, such ag is 2 current use for making guns both i France and Germany, and whose Properties are Well known, ~ FAILS TO LOCATE. BRAINS Correspondence Course In Occult Scl- ence of No Help to : ‘This Man. San Francisco.—Rushing up to Po- Heeman J. Connell in. the city ball, Sam Sanko announced with hectic tones that some unprincipled thief had ‘gone and stolen his brains. Sanko, who is an Austrian, declared that the robbery had taken place four years ago and that he hed taken a: corre- spondence course in occult sclence in the hope of regaining the missing parts, but Of no avall. ‘Policeman Con- nell concluded that Sanko had diag- nosed “his own case very well, and so escorted "him to thé detention hos- pital, ~ . THAT BOLO KNIFE SURE, CAME HANDY Henry Iohnson, Colored Soldler, + Split a‘Lot of Hun Skulls ~ With the Weapon. WAS ADOPTED FROM MOROS War Department Now lssuee the ‘Ter. ible Cleaver to Some of Our , ‘Troops, and the Germans “ Don't Like It at All. Washington—A “year ago Henry Jobnsos,.a colored citizen of Albany, N, ¥,, was peddling ice, coal and wood in contented obscurity. Today Henry Johnson, a soidier of the United States, is wearing the coveted French war cross with pulms, because he proved himself a brave man, and because at the critleal moment he got his hunds on a bolo knife. “The cable has told of Henry's ex- pioit—how on night duty with:a com- panion in an American listening post he Mtook ou” 24 marauding Germans in a swift rough-und-tumble, killed some of them with his rif, bombed others from his‘ basket of grenades, and then, even ufter he bud been Wounded, split so many skulls with his bolo that all the enemy left on. their feet after meeting Henry became sud- denly and violently homestek. ‘The bolo knife which Henry wielded ‘8 well weighs one pound and three ounces without its scabbard, and" hus ‘a broad Linch blade.” It 1s sharpened to a razor edge, and near the end runs abruptly to a thrusting point. But one of its chlef virtues as a ‘small-arm fs Its cleaving power. Most of the Weight of the knife fs distributed along the buck of the blade, Americans frst ran up against the bolo in the Phitippines: Over there it was orlginally'an agricultural tool, just as the machete was in Cuba, and blacksmiths at country crossroads ham- mered it out infinitely and in all gorts st forms, The “kris” with its curly blade is a form of bolo, and the “cam- | Dilan” is a bigger bolo. Was Weapon of the Moros, It was up among the Moros thit it was developed for war purposes. In the underbrush ‘it proved a very tex 'elble weupon, as many a trooper found to his’ cost. A stroke In the tropical night—just one—counted for a major FAmeriean casualty. After a while our soldiers found-there was no particu- tar knack i the Malay use of the bolo they could not master. ‘Then they be- gan to capture bolos."’And so, after the war ended, bolos kept coming back to the United States as souvenirs. But it was not until 1910 that the war department tried the éxperiment of Issuing the bolo knife as a, regular part of the Aiverican equlpment. Te was used and tested by our men’ in Mexico,. but there it was’ employed chiatiy aa tool mathar than a_weadon, It was not until our khaki-garbed boys went down into the French trenches that the bolo knife proved its right to be considered “‘the Inst line of defense” and a lifesaver to the man who un- sheathed it. Our colored troops display @ special aptitude and affection for this weapon. The white fighter is tnglined to, rely apon hla automatic plstdl In an emer ‘gency at close quarters, but the col- ored man in uniform takes as natural- ly to the bolo Knife as he does to— well, as ho does to the name of “Mr, Tobnson.” + Jesued to U. 8. Troops. The bolo knife is issued, to our troops in two sizes—the emaller size of the type which Henry Johnson used, and a larger knife employed exclusive- ly-by field artillery batteries. This latter 1s practically a short sword, comparable to the principal weapon of the old Roman legionarles. It is two feet:long and welghs between | three and four pounda. ‘Of course, be- ing tssued only to artillerymen who are not ordinarily actually at gripe with ‘the enemy, it is intended mainly as a sort of underbrush cutter. But in the hands of a desperate man fight- lng for his life it 1s a terrible per suader. . ‘The bolo\is in no sense a trench knife, That is. issued ‘to every man In the and is a special tool not meant for ‘Gghting save at the ‘last gasp. But the 1¢inch holo knife is essentially a weapon. It is issued to six per cent of our infantry forces— aot regularly to-every seventeenth man, but as occasion may require or the immediate commanding officer may direct. Henry’ Johnson was given his pecause he was assigned to particular iy dangerous duty in a lstening post. piers, rans be equipped with bolo ives—for instance, as members of 1 special detachment to accompany raiding forces within the enemy lines. Their, work mast be quick, silent and fhorough. From Luneville\to Cantigny he Germans have found itso. ‘The small arms divislon of the. Unit- ed States “ordnance department be- jeves that the bolo knife has polnte of superiority over any knife in use on rhe European batffeficld, else tt would sak Save tanaeh nated. fer our ese 1 Had Asked His Ma. New Philadelphia, O.—That his mother, “Mrs. Lennox, is living in Bridgeport, Conn., at the age of one hundred and six sree what William Lennox, aged seventy, (old. Deputy Probate Jatsai ” P. D, Bold when he applied for .. Seense to wed. o 79270 ce USE SNAKES IN WAR California Man Has Scheme to : Kill, Off Huns, . es “Lonesome Jack” Says a Winders Would Exterminate Whole . Boche Army. | Los Angeles, Cal.—Lonesome Jack” Allman, king of all rattlesnake catch- -2rg, offers to gather 10,000 side. winders or hornet rattlesnakes if the govern- ment will let him, dump them into trenches vacated to the Germans by the Aniericans and let the snakes do the rest. The side winder ts a death dealer extarordinary, strikes three times as fast as any other rattler, and, unlike others, does not act on the-heart but garalyzes the nerves within 20 minutes, - . Allman would have no troyble in gathering them In Arizona and the Im- perial valley, he says. The Germans if they possessed such a deadly weap- un would not hesitate to use it, Allman belteves. “The beauty of niy Sen is that the rattler can live five or six months in captivity without elther food or water. nnd they will be just as. effective dur- ing that time,”.says Allman, “I have an antidote for rattlesnake: bite that gould be supplied to anyone that han- Gles them, but the Germans would not know what‘ stung them. 2 “My Idea would, be to catch them and then soak their talls in warm wa- ter. Then the shell that rattles and gives warning could be removed with- out Injury to the:snake. ‘Their fapgs are so sharp that unless the warning is given with the rattles a person would . hardly know what bit him, Side wind- ers range in size from four to twelve feet.- MARINE SOUNDS” GAS. ALARM: ean oS. Ue SE a | fee aa ih i ASS ae a m4 eee Ann NS LON Lee oe Pe cate ee Back home, a gong similar to this wad Bounded When old man Zeke's bara was afire. In the battle zone Iti quite’a different occasion, “This Amer- ican marine Is sounding the alarm so that our boys muy be'prepared to meet the polsonous gas attack being launch- ed by the Germans. by putting on thelr gas masks, which the marind has: al- ready done. SAYS. FUSSING IS. HUMAN Brooklyn,.Court Rules It Does Not Constitute Cruel and Inhu- man Treatment. x Brooklyn, N. Y.—Squabbles, wordy altercation, unkind and exasperating or even insulting words used in the heat of passion aroused by biekerings do not constitute criel and inhuman treatment, according to a recent dl- ‘vorce case decision by the appellate ‘division, The court added: ‘+ | “Unfortunatly for our’ weak na- ture, these things constitute conduct which renders it unsafe or improper to live together.” ‘Testimony went to show that the welfe, who sbught divorce and allmony, objected to the presence of a ‘stepson and chased the mple members of the family from the house, “In these squabbles she (the. plain- tiff) seems to have been able to bold her own,” ead the court, “We do not think any law requires a domestié exile to support a wife while living apart from her own family.” : ELOPERS BEAT OUT FATHER Young Georgia Couple Run Off in Big ‘Autoimobile and Are 7 Married * 7 NashviHe, Ga.—Foster Monk and Biss Maurin Moore of Douglas, Ga., were married here at midnight, recent- ly, after a sensational automobile race from Douglas.- Monk and bis bride-to-be left Doug- a8 ostensibly for a ride in’ Monk’s “big six.” Shortly after their departure the father of the young woman became suspicious. The father and a twin alster of the bride ‘brought an elght. cylinder car into play, .giving chase. Cupid was the first to make the. home stretch. . € “Daddy, you are too Inte—wo are. married,” was the daughter's greeting as the father came up. The father acceptet the situation. extended his blessing and <ongratulat- ed the bridegroom on his skill as a driver, | "THE WHITE SISTER" AT THE HOWARD THEATER. "The White Sister," the last play of the late Marion Crawford, is the attraction for the week of July 20, and is a wonderfully powerful drama of love and duty, in which Viola Allen appeared at the leading theaters in the United States and Throughout Europe. It is full of the fragrance of Italian convents and the quick, startling pulsations of the battlefield and the pathos of remarkable lives, and the inspiring struggle of a woman who is fighting against herself for the right. Its four acts are full of unexpected complications, which heighten the action of the play and precipitate the climax with an avalanche of emotion. While the "White Sister" is a play dealing with the Roman Catholic Church, it cannot offend any creed, as it puts principle and the love of humanity, above ritual, and rings through from the viewpoints of the priest, nun and the lover. The play deals with a man and a maid, who are separated by a cruel trick of fate. One cannot but see the justice of a power that keeps them apart; cannot but recognize the obligation of a nun to her church as one would a debt of honor, in the secular world, even though the transaction failed to be satisfactory. The position of the nun is idealism of religious faith; that of the lover the very mental and physical strength against which he considers an injustice. Last is the theme upon which is built this powerful drama telling the story of a fair young Roman girl bereft of both parents, her wealth seized through a ridiculous turn of the Latin law, by her aunt and uncle. Her betrothed, killed in Africa, she seeks solace within the convent walls, there to offer her young life to her country as did her soldier-lover. A strange turn of fate brings him back to Rome, after having been a prisoner for five years. His younger brother, also a soldier, is wounded and brought to the hospital, where Angela, now a nun, is in charge. The lovers meet and both exchange their tales of misery and misunderstanding. He vows to win her in spite of the church, and by a subterfuge induces her to visit his apartments to sign a paper, seeking to release her from her vows. She remains steadfast and spurns his offer. As a last resort, when he threatens suicide, she signs the petition. This stirs his bitter nature, and he resolves that he has nothing more to live for; that he is not a fit mate for a woman of the sterling and noble qualities possessed by his sweetheart. He shoots himself, but by a strange turn of fate is not mortally wounded. Here appears upon the scene the holy monsigneur, and after listening to the frantic nun's story of her lover's sacrifice, hits upon a happy solution, in which, as he subtly expresses it, God, the church and humanity itself cannot but be satisfied with the sequel of events which transpire afterward. WASHINGTON BUSINESS LEAGUE. At the meeting of the local branch of the National Negro Business League, held last Tuesday evening at the Y. M. C. A., the following persons were recommended as speakers on the program of the national body at Atlantic City, August 21, 22 and 23: Mrs. Addie R. Clark, president of Clarke Training School; Miss Georgia A. Coleman; president of Liberty Manufacturing Company; John A. Lankford, architect and builder; Prof. George W. Cook, secretary of Howard University, and John W. Lewis, president Industrial Savings Bank. Mr. James R. Alcock of Amherst, Mass., is visiting his cousin, Mr. F. J. Cardozo. Mr. Alcock is a member of the Massachusetts Agricultural College faculty, serving in the capacity of assistant in animal nutrition at the State Agricultural Experiment Station connected with the college at Amherst, Mass. FALLS CHURCH NEWS The Second Baptist Church held its most successful rally since its existence last Sunday. Vehicles and automobiles followed each other in a constant stream, bringing friends from miles around. The total amount realized to date is $911.80, but by Tuesday night the figures will go higher, as the Sunday School was not prepared to make its report until that time. To Mrs. Myrtha Lee goes the highest honors, for under her leadership Company. A reached the highest amount of $188.50. Too much cannot be said of her earnestness and zeal throughout the month of preparation. Second honors go to Mrs. Francis Simmons Jones, with a total of $187.00, and I venture to say had it not been for Mrs. Jones' employment in the bureau, and judging from her former activities in church work, Mrs. Lee might not have been so fortunate. The other companies stand as follows: Company C, Captain Hunter, $71; Company D, Captain Collins, $175; The Armour Bearers, $50; The Eastern Stars, $52; The Merrifield Club, $94; The Boys' Reserve, $20; The Mothers' Council, $10; The Choir, $6; The Table Communion, $25. * * * Mrs. Stella Williams Lewis was the guest of her many friends while attending the rally Sunday. Mrs. Lottie Collins and children of Washington were the Sunday guests of Mrs. William Henderson. The children will remain for a prolonged visit of three weeks. * * * Miss Esther Middleton is spending the summer at Western View Farm as the guest of Mrs. Garnet Wilkinson. * * * Mr. Addison Chew, who at last week's writing, was on the sick list, died suddenly Friday evening. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon. He is survived by a wife, daughter and three sons, one of whom is serving in France. The smiling countenance of Miss Agnes Johnson, once a resident of Falls Church, was seen at the Baptist rally on Sunday Sunshine Travels with Miss Agnes, and she is always extended a warm welcome when she comes in our midst. * * * Dan Cupid has just sent word that he pierced the heart of little Miss Mary Lee, daughter of Mr. "Bun" Lee, with one of his arrows, and she is happily married. At present she is making her home with her sister, Mrs. Thomas, in Jersey City. Mrs. Loretta Simms, who has been spending the month of July with Mrs. Edwin B. Henderson, has returned to her home to resume her duties. * * * Mr. Garnet Wilkinson and Mr. C. B. Henderson left ror Harpers Ferry on Wednesday to attend the National Educational Association. Both gentlemen will deliver an address before the association. * * * Mrs. Lola Denny had friends from Washington with her for the rally Sunday. As an aftermath of the trial in which the assailant of William Henderson was fined and assessed costs, one of the cracker element of the town were so incensed with Colonel Jake De Putron for his able prosecution of the white man, that on one morning last week they hung Colonel De Putron in effigy from the telegraph pole at the station. All because the defendant's plea was that he endeavored to get the white women on the car ahead of colored passengers. Colonel De Putron in an eloquent address from the station platform paid his respects to the cowardly crackers who did their deed at nightfall. LIEUTENANT EVANS. Lieut. William Evans is an instructor at Camp Pipe, from which place he was summomed to attend the funeral of his father, the late William Evans, Sr., who was the founder and organizer of the Crispus Attucks Beneficial Society. His mother, Mrs. Hattie Contee Evans, is a branch of the well known Seaton family of Alexandria, who was numbered among the F. F. V. of Virginia. His wife is Mrs. N. Butler Evans, a former school teacher. Lieut. Evans, who is a volunteer in the United States Army, has a career which is dotted with rapid promotions. He offered his services to his country December, 1917; two weeks later, he was promoted to the rank of sergeant; the next week he became first sergeant at, Camp Meade; January, 1918, he was recommended and assigned to Camp Dodge Training Camp, from which he was graduated April 19, 1918. June 1 he was again promoted, this time to the rank of second lieutenant, and transferred to Camp Pipe, where he is detailed as a military instructor. The Bee predicts for, him a brilliant future, as he is making good in the service of his country. COLORED EDITORS' CONFERENCE YIELDS RESULTS. President's, Denunciation of Lynching, Colored Nurses and Recall of Col. Young the First Fruits. There are numerous evidences that the recent conference of Colored Editors and leaders held in this city in June, which was called by Emmett J. Scott, special assistant to the Secretary of War, at the suggestion of the War Department and the Committee on Public Information, to consider the relations of the 12,000,000 Negroes in this country with the general government itself, and to discuss ways and means whereby each might co-operate most effectively in the work of winning the war, is bearing fruit. The results so far are of a character which fully justify the holding of the conference, and other matters, not less far-reaching, are also well on their way toward realization. The first in importance which may be said to have grown directly out of the recent conference of editors and the co-operation of Negro leaders is the declaration of the President of the United States against the mob spirit, which has been sent to the farthest parts of the country through the newspapers. The second achievement growing out of the conference is the opening made for the employment of the large number of colored trained nurses, who have patriotically registered their names with the American Red Cross Society for work with American troops on the field and in the base hospitals. The conference strongly urged that these skilled nurses be used at the earliest possible opportunity. According to an announcement made through the office of the special assistant to the Secretary of War, plans have been laid by the Surgeon General of the Army to have colored nurses assigned to six of the base hospitals in this country, where approximately 38,000 colored troops are stationed, namely: Camps Funston, Dodge, Grant, Taylor, Sherman and Dix, and with a practical certainty that these skilled agents of mercy will have a further opportunity for service among the colored soldiers overseas. With the constant increment of colored men in the army the number of women to be utilized must be correspondingly enlarged from time to time, with a constantly expanding area of usefulness. The early recall to active duty of Colonel Young, the idol of the young colored men of red blood and sturdy public spirit, also urged by the conference, is before the War Department. It has become known that the Secretary of War from the very beginning has considered the matter of utilizing the valuable military experience and services of Colonel Young, who until his retirement some months ago, was actively identified with the regular army. The two results here referred to, and the third one, now in "the lap of the Gods," would seem ample to have justified the recent conference. CAN YOU COMB IT? New guaranteed liquid formula to straighten stubborn hair. Simple and harmless. Apply with the bare hand and obtain magic results. Postpaid 75c.; registered mail or money order. Wellington Laboratories, 3% Forest Street, Taunton, Mass. MRS. S. J. TAYLOR. Furnished rooms by the day, week or month. Transient accommodations a specialty. 128 F Street N.W., Washington, D.C. One block from Union Station. Phone Main 10129. APARTMENT WANTED. WANTED two or three room Apartment, furnished or unfurnished, with respectable people for family of two. Address Bee Office. 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