Wisconsin Weekly Blade

The Wisconsin Weekly Blade A Great Gathering of Representative Negroes of the State at Oshkosh, Wis., on the 21st. Much Flow of Oratory, Helpful Suggestions and Sane Advice. Meeting a Success.----Next Meeting at Milwaukee. VOL. I The first annual convention of The Co-operative Development and Progressive Association is history. It was largely attended by delegates from all over the eState. The following officers were elected: J. D. Cooke, Milwaukee, President and Organizer; Marva R. Shivers, Dilly, Asst. State Organizer; J. W. Smith, Oshkosh, State Secretary; Henry White, Janesville, State Treasurer. We herewith give to our thousand of readers a few of the many personnel and supporters of the meeting. The committee to draft the constitution were J. Anthony Josey, G. H. De Reff, Wm. Netter and Mrs. J. D. Cooke. MR. ELI RICE, OSHKOSH, WIS For more than fourteen years he has been a resident of the city at the foot of the Lakes. Indeed he is the State of Kansas. Indeed he is the leading spirit among our people in his city. Anything which he touches means success. He was President of the Oshkosh Convention. An F. & A. M. The Dixie Quartette of which he is leader, is one of the best in the state, irrespective of color. He numbers his friends by the thousands. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Hart, formerly of Chicago, are now in Neenah, Wis. As usual they are as popular as ever and have made many warm friends. Mr. Hart is in charge of The Neenah Club, one of the richest of its kind in the state. What Hart says you can bet on it. He is a hearty Oddfellow hail well meet. To visit them is a pleasure. MR. AND MRS. HENRY WHITE JANESVILLE WIS At the race convention Mr. White was elected Treasurer. A better selection could not have been made. For sixteen years he has been in the employment of the C. M. & St. P. railroad. He is comfortably located in his seven-room modern improvement house and Mrs. White is indeed an ideal housekeeper. Mr. White is a member of Beloit Lodge, No. 5974, G. U. O. of O. F. They are loud in their praise of The Blade. Mr. A. C. Henderson, formerly of Lawrence, Kans., is now one of Oshkosh's leading citizens; for seven years he has been Treasurer of the trustee board of his church as one of the committee to entertain. The delegates to the Convention. He was not lacking in anything to help make their visit a pleasant one. WM. H. NETTER, OSHKOSH, WIS. This young man is to be congratulated upon the record he has made for himself and the race. He was Secretary of the committee that cared for those who attended the Oshkosh Convention. As chorister of his church choir he stands second to none. J. W. SMITH ESQ, OSHKOSH, 406. Broad Street. To be elected Secretary of a convention on the first ballot with more than a hundred in attendance is indeed a signal honor. This is Mr. Smith's record. He is a member of Mt. Horn Lodge, A. F. and M., No 39. We are pleased to state that he is now State Secretary of the Cooperative Progressive Association. MR J P TURNER. This young man has many warm friends in Madison who will be pleased to hear how well he is succeeding in Oshkosh. He is quite genial and affable. The assistance he and his good wife gave to the committee in preparing to help entertain the convention last week will in time to come redown to their honor. MR. CHAS. PHALEAN For fifty years he has been a resident of Fond du Lac. He enjoys the confidence of its best citizens irrespective of color. As a master mason his advice is eagerly sought. He is a staunch supporter of the A. M. E. Zion Church. MR. J. H. MATHEWS, FOND. DU LAC A. F. & M. Chairman, Trustee Bd A. M. E. Zion Church. The substantial progress and the vast real estate holding which he has accumulated easily places him in a position to enjoy life at this age with any great worry. He was one of the leading delegates to the Oshkosh Convention and was loud in his praise of this worthy effort. HON. F. G. ALLEYNE, MIL WAUKEE. WIS. He is an enterprising business man. The volume of business shown on his books proves that one needs only be persistent to succeed. Mrs. E. G. Elmore, Appleton, Wis., was one of the delegates to the convention and was loud in her praise of the progress her race was making. Mrs. A. Kinner, Milwaukee, Miss C. Cassie, Oshkosh, Miss Marguerite Cranshaw, Milwaukee, Miss Kate Williams of Pebbles, Wis., were delegates to the convention and each took an active part in its proceedings. MR. WARDEN LEACH, FOND DU LAC. WUS. He will represent The Blade in his section of the State. He is from Wilbeforce University, a prominent member of the Y. M. C. A., an ideal young man. MRS. ALBERTA KINNER, MILWAUKEE, WIS. She was a delegate to the Oshkosh Convention. She is a member of the Woman's Improvement Club, Ladies' Culture Circle. She is ever on the alert to help the race advance. Mrs. Gertis Montgomery, formerly of Milwaukee, is now one of the leaders at Oshkosh, Wis. During the convention she entertained the delegates at her palatial home. Mrs. A. Kinner and Miss M. Cranshaw of Milwaukee were her guests and enjoyed a pleasant stay. We are pleased to add to our list of subscribers Mrs. Sylvia Thomas of Neenah, Wis. She enrolled as a member of the convention and was liberal in her support to its cause. Her kind expression of the race and its efforts to make substantial progress is appreciated. Messrs.Thos. Brown, Fond du Lac, Jos. Parker and E. D. Sowell of Oshkosh, were much in evidence at the convention last week. These young men are quite genial and popular with the ladies. Mr. G. H. Smith of Chicago, Ill., dropped in on the Convention and was well pleased with its proceeding. The Blade was glad to enroll him as one of its readers. Mr. and Herman T. Rice, Oshkosh, assisted much to help make a success of the Convention. Mr. K. E. Wilkes of Fond du Lac was a delegate to the Oshkosh Convention and was ever on the alert in interest of the race. Fore more than two years he has been in this city and is doing much to increase the good feeling between the races. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Fenerton, Misses Ida B. Ray, Emma Payne, Mildred Furgerson, Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Flower were in attendance to the Oshkosh Convention. Three Gats Mummified Shoals, Ind.-When moving a house in the business district of town, workmen found the bodies of three cats, which were mummified. The cats evidently died under the dwelling, but the bodies had not decayed. The house had been occupied by one family for forty years. MADISON, WIS., THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1916 100,000 NEGROES READY TO FIGHT (Special to The Blade.) Tuskegee, Ala., June 28. When informed by an Associated Press representative today of the killing of 12 Negro soldiers, Emmett J. Scott, Secretary of the Tuskegee Institute called attention to the fact that 18 years ago when war was declared with Spain that the late Booker T. Washington, Principal of Tuskegee Institute, called upon the Negro people of the United States, and particularly upon Tuskegee graduates and former students, to volunteer for service in defense of their country. Hundreds of Negroes followed this advice. Secretary Scott states that there are a dozen or more Tuskegee graduates and former students in Mexico now as members of the various colored regiments, "Negroes," he states, "will rally to the defense of their country now as they have always done. As the first American soldier to lose his life in Mexico, March 24 of this year, was a Negro, so the first man killed in the Revolutionary War was a Negro. The Negro people take pride in the fact that it was the charge of Negro troops at San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War that turned the tide there, and that Negroes have fought bravely in every war in which this country has engaged. The Negro was with Jackson at New Orleans, with Perry on Lake Erie, and 180,000 Negro soldiers served in the Civil War. "The Negroes of this country," he states, "will be no less patriotic at this time than in former periods of stress and storm. The Negro possesses a patriotism that rises above injustices and wrongs. He is American through and through. The Negro has never faltered in defense of his country; he will not falter now. If President Wilson desires to employ sturdy Negroes to defend the flag, he can be assured that a hundred thousand and more are at his disposal." FOND DU LAC, WIS Warden Leach The Afro-Americans in Wisconsin have concluded their first State Convention in the city of Oshkosh at G. A. R. Hall on the 22nd inst. At 2 P. M. the program was executed, followed by the annual election of officers. The night session was presided over by the president. The Hon. John Mulvn, Mayor of the city, gave to the visitors a hearty welcome and an invitation to return. Ex-mayor John Banderrob addressed the convention and often referred to the Civil War and Reconstruction Days. Atty. Geo. H. Dereeff of Milwaukee addressed the convention on "Equality and Unity". It was indeed an able effort and beneficial. Editor J Anthony Josey of The Wisconsin Weekly Blade electrified his hearer on "Our Duty To Our Fellowmen and Preparedness". This address was highly appreciated by the audience. The program of the following session was opened by a chorus of voices singing America, after which invocation was given by one of the local white ministers who is intensely interested in humanity. Then the Dixie quartett gave come selections. The following gentlemen make up this body: Mr. J. Kennor, first tenor Mr. E. Rice second tenor, Mr. B Netter, barintone, and Wm. Netter, bass. A piano and cornet solo was much enjoyed, and this was given by Mr. and Mrs. Mathews of Fond du Lac. There was a short intermission and a collection was taken Mr. Eli Rice of Oshkosh sang a very pleasing selection, "Songs of Yesterday." Miss Emma Payney, of Fond du Lac gave an oration on "Books". Mrs. Geo. Fox of Milwaukee gave an excellent selection from the works of Paul Lawrence Dunbun. Mrs. Alice Hill of Fond du Lac also gave a very good selection. A vocal duet by Mr. Rice and Mrs. Gertrude Montgomery was the next selection Mr. William Netter gave a bass solo as the next feature. Mr. Thomas Marva R. Shivers, of Dilly, Wisgave a fine talk on agriculture. The closing chorus "On Wisconsin" was sung by the audience. The music for the grand march was played by Mr. Ewing Mathews, pianist, and Mr. Wardner Leach, violinist, of Ford du Lac. Mr. Pierce and Mrs. Montgomery of Oshkosh, led the grand march. Refreshments were served, and there was dancing by the young people until a late hour. THE GROWTH OF HATE Race adjustment is one of the vastest problems of modern life. It is the mystery of life, it is a pull of civilization. Why it is a problem is indeed grotesque. Its basis is fundamentally founded in prejudice and not upon reason. Despite the culture of centuries, and the apparent probity of external religion, the white race is still oblivious of such a demure crisis. The laxity of moral character and the intensity of racial animosity is incomparable in the world's history. The present Mexican situation presents the problem in the full. Several Negro troops have been scouring Mexico for months. The black men go to the front because custom has taught the government to send them there. But in the homes, in the hearts, it is said, the fires of patriotism are smoldering. Last week Chicago had a Negro patriotic meeting. The more thoughtful men of the race were there but the young man, the hope of his race was not there. He is a new type. He senses the prosasic insults of his daily experiences with a sullenness. He can not honorably and enthusiastically support his flag without concessions, without detestations. America has denied the privilege of protection, the security of life and limb. She has added insult to injury by offering him citizenship without its rights. Texas does not represent the purest Americanism. Shall he guard the border of that State, that has lynched more than a dozen of his own brothers this year, from bandit? The mark of color has become a stain of character. He is singled out as of Satanic origin, depraved socially, and morally unfit. The rabid South has ravished the sanctity of its home and murdered predatorily his own blood kin. In the reek of its barbarous civilization there is a gim institution of peonage as firm as Gibraltar. Amalgamation is feared, yet the white race is a subsidiary of its dispersion. Segregation is a fact and is recognized by the president of this country. The spirit of the South is slowly but surely wending its sundry ways into the lifts blood of the people. In fact, the soul of the entire democracy is blackening with a hatred extremely disconcerting. The growth is diurnal but vast. Sotwithstanding that traceable heap-go-lucky attitude, there is breeding a spirit of unrest, of racial unity, of manhood. These conditions are as serious as the same conditions in Ireland or Russia. The vanity of nationalism depends upon them, no matter with what nonchalant one may regard it. The Negro is patriotic. Spiritually it can not be otherwise. The insult he daily experiences produce in his mind a dudgeon which finds expression in many apparer to hysterical statements. His blood still runs warm. But the growth of hate is still to be reckoned with by a new diacal conscience. Its end is immoral and often drabs his vision and doses before him his ideals. Jos. Lyndel Bowler. OSHKOSH WIS (Special to The Blade.) Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smith spent Sunday in Fond du Lac the guest of Mrs Hill. Miss Lucy Borden is planning to return to her home in the Southland. She has been quite an addition to as well as help to Oshkosh along the line of betterment. Her many warm friends loathe to see her go, but will wish her success. An enthusiastic business meeting was held in the parlors of the church on matters pertaining to the convention. New plans are being formulate for the Milwaukee meeting already as Oshkosh intends to be on hand in full force. More than ten thousand people saw Miles fall about a thousand feet in the air to his death last Sunday in a Monoplane flight. Rat Carries Away Glasses Evansville, Ind.-John Stark, a merchant, struck at a rat in his stable, and his glasses fell in such a position that they formed a yoke in the path of the rat, into which it ran. The glasses stuck and the rat escaped into a hole, carrying Stark's favorite lenses. Stark dug into the hole, but found no trace of his glasses and is convinced they still are being carried by the rat. WISCONSIN TO HAVE BATTALION OF COLORED INFANTRY TROOPS Special to The Blade Offer has been before Adjt. Gen. Holway for a week. Expect it will be considered among the first of the hundred offers which he will have to consider. General Committee—Lucien Palmer, Chairman, Geo. H. DeReef, Sec., 216-7-8 Empire Bldg., Phone Grand 4504 J. Attyu James Thurman, Dr. C. A. Johnson and George H. Brown. Col. W. J. Cronyn has kindly consented to assist committee and Col. J. A. Watrous has consented. Military Committee—Oscar W. Horton, Chairman; Dr. Thos. Boger, Sec., Office 509 Chestnut St. (Rest undecided as yet.) Recuiting to start immediately. Later massmeeting to be called and work started in earnest. We will ask City Council for use of top floor of Armory building on Broadway and ask State for use of one or more of the now vacant National Guard Armories. Most of drilling to be done outside in the parks or on the market grounds. We expect favorable answer from Adjt. Gen. Holway because of advantages and desirability, might say necessity, of having Colored troops. Expect to be ready to go in about three months. BRAVERY OF NEGRO TROOPERS IN TENTH CAVALRY RECITED BY MOREY Went Humming Ragtime Airs and Joking Into Fire of Mexican Machine Guns OFFICERS DIE BRAVELY Capt. Morey's Act Compared With That of Capt. Scott, Polar Explorer (To The Blade) Columbus, N. M., June 28. Knowing they were trapped and had little chance of getting out alive, the negro Tenth cavalry troopers at Carrizel hummed raptime airs and joked with each other as the Mexican machine guns and rifles, outnumbering them nearly ten to one, thinned the American ranks. Captain Lewis S. Morey paid this high praise to his men while the surviving private today related the heroism of their officers, including the wounded Morey. Lieut. Henry R. Adair's last cry of "go on, Sergeant," Captain Chas. T. Boyd's last brave-hearted charge into the teeth of a machine gun, although twice believed to be dying, the American army in Mexico beyond anything that has occurred since the border was crossed last March. Army officers today compared Morey's heroic act with the diary of Capt. Robert F. Scott kept up to the hour of his death in the Antarctic wastes and which was afterward found in a sealed tube. Morey touched only lightly his own part in the fight and the escape during which, while weak from loss of blood and supported by a few of his men, hidden in the desert, he wrote the first detailed story of the fight to reach General Pershing. Morey led the small remnant of his troops forty miles across the desert, the men reduced to a few crumbs and the water carried in a tin can picked up along the route. Lieut. Adair, fighting with a borrowed gun, was held head above water in a ditch by a sergeant who caught him as the lieutenant received a mortal wound leading the charge. BULL BROUGHT $4,000 Herd of Cattle at Auction Netted Owner $54,000. Norway, Ia...In a record breaking sale of stock on a ranch here recently eighty head were sold in three hours for $54,000 the highest price being paid for a bull $4,000, while a bull calf brought $2,100, and a heifer calf $500. The sale was attended by hundreds of stockmen from all parts of the United States and Canada. Gets 200 Pounds of Turtle Lawrenceburg, Ind. — George W. Coombs, aged forty-nine, caught nearly 200 pounds of snapping turtles in Tanner's creek, about eighty miles from here. Coombs used a trout line and baited the hooks with frogs, fishing nearly all night. He sold part of his catch for 15 cents a pound and butchered the two largest turtles, weighing nearly fifty pounds, to give several friends turtle soup at a local smoker. NO. 4 DISTRICT GRAND MASTER G. T. KERSEY, AND HIS OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE ODDFELLOWS OF WISCONSIN. — NEW LIFE PUT IN THE MEMBERSHIP FROM HIS TALK AND HELP- FUL SUGGENTIONS. Rockford, Beloit, Madison and Milwaukee Encouraged To Do More To Increase Their Membership. Last night Enterprise Lodge No. 9109 had as their guest Grandmaster G. T. Kersey, Grandmaster L. J. Ousley and Past Grandmaster Allen. The P. G. M. fell in line and took charge of the initiation of Mr. Madison Jones. As Mentor he showed himself well versed with the Blue Book. He received the highest praise and most hearty congratulations from the brothers. After adjournment the P. G. M. exhibited stereopticon views of the Order from 1846 to the present date and this together with talk of the Grand Master filled the hearers with much enthusiasm and a determination to do more for the Order and to help increase its membership. Phylliss Wheatley Household No. 4863 of which Inmate Marion Buckner is M. N. G., was invited as guest on this occasion and they vied with each other to help make the visit of the grand officers a pleasant one. Odd Fellows of the State should feel indebted to the last Grand session legislation that enables the G. M. to visit without cost directly to the smaller lodges and every lodge should arrange to see the stereopticon pictures of Bro. Allen. They are worth the while and will disfuse new life in the order. We herewith nominate G. T. Kersey to succeed himself as Master at Harrisburg and trust that he will live long to dispense the doctrine of peace and contentment among Odd Fellows. J. SCOTTMOSLEY JOINS THE BENEDICTS. Mosley—Bailey Last Monday morning 3:00 A. M. while all Madison was quietly sleeping Mr. J. Scott Mosley sneaked from the city to Chicago there to meet the ideal of his dreams, Miss. V. Otey Bailey, who no doubt anxiously had hastened from Pine Bluff, Ark., to meet the one she had chosen to be her companion through life. The Blade is informed that the contracting parties were united in wedlock at the palatial home of Attorney and M1s. Oliver A. Clark in the presence of Misses Myrtle D. Smith, Nancy Whitfield, and other friends. The Rev. Dr. ..... performed the ceremonies. The bride and groom returned to the city just as the groom had left unannounced. Mr. Mosley is one of Madison's business men and enjoys a large clientage. Miss Bailey is from Pine Bluff, Ark., where she has been teaching. It will be remembered that she was in Madison some two years ago attending the University and at this time it is said she met her better half and this is the outcome of their meeting. The Blade joins with their host of friends in wishing these young people a long, happy, prosperous journey through life. They are at home to their many friends, 210 N. Blair St. The Blade is on sale at the following places: Mosley & Smith, 202 E. Washington Ave., Trotter & Hopkins, 222 E. Main St., Hill's Grocery Store, 649 E. Dayton St., Weaver's Grocery WOMAN RUNS BUSINESS Young's Widow Carries on His Work After His Death. La Crosse, Wis.—Mrs. Bertha Young, manager of a large lumber company, has closed the company's offices in this city and moved to Minneapolis, which is more accessible to the market. The local lumber company was organized twenty-three years ago by John D. Young, who managed it until his death eleven years ago. Since that time the work has been carried on by his widow, who has shown remarkable talent as a manager. The company operates six retail yards in Southern Minnesota—Fairmont, Fulda, Whalen, Dunnell, Alpha and Chandler. Mrs. Young is a social favorite and the mother of a large family. Hastening the Evil Day Willie—Pa says he wishes that you'd make haste and propose to sister. Young Man (delighted)—Then he is willing to let her marry me? Willie—Taint that. He says you're not likely to keep comin' here after six hands you the mitten—Boston Transcript. A National Journal of Opinion and Circulation. Entered as second-class matter June 8, 1916, at the post office at Madison, Wis., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Address all communications to THE WISCONSIN WEEKLY BLADE, 312 N. Henry St. Money sent by express money order, or registered letter at our own risk, otherwise at risk of the sender. Z. P. Smith Editors. J. Anthony Josey L. J. Ousley, Contributing Editor J. Anthony Josey, Manager. Phones 6756-3369. SUBSCRIPTION; One year ..... $1.50 Six months ..... 1.00 Three months ..... .50 If talk was money, some of us would bankrupt the United States Treasury. There are degrees and degrees, but some of us need a degree of common sense. "The Negro has no rights a white man is bound to respect." This fits in with the appointment policy of Mr. Wilson. "It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country." Connect that with the work of the Tenth Cavalry in the mountains and ravines of Mexico. Notice how kind everybody seems to be? Verily the politician is abroad in the land and of handshakes there are plenty. Last at the "Preparedness parade, first on the borders," is the lot of the Negro in the present administration. "We want a united America." The Chicago Tribune of the 25th inst. gave a well deserved tribute to colored athletes. Even though it seems far different sometimes, the spirit of fair play is shown very often. If you would just open your eyes you will see plently of opportunities for service right in your own locality. A wining combination—hard work and strict honesty. They say a box car will tumble some time, but will the Negro do so to the Democrats and their promises? OSHKOSH CONVENTION. The recent race convention at Oshkosh may be productive of realizing the need of getting together on matters that are of general concern. There is a common basis for the men of all classes to work to get together in harmony, that basis is SERVICE for the common GOOD. The committees are well organized and we look for some real constructive work to be done. While there is a political side, let us hope that it will be of the right sort, and that no petty cheap maneuvers will evolve. JUDGE JOHN MORRIS, J. OF P. Johnson Creek, Wis. It is indeed a compliment as well as an honor to be elected Justice of the Peace for seven consecutive terms or fourteen straight years. In the county where this has occurred Judge Morris is the only person of color. He is a native of Alabama, coming to Wisconsin when a mere lad. WHY THE HUMILIATION? On the corner of E. Washington Ave. and N. Webster St. is a little "hash joint or beanery" known as Foy's Restaurant. He has displayed in a very conspicuous place the following sign, "WE DO NOT CATER TO COLORED TRADE". It is an evident fact that trade will go where it is best treated and the colored trade do not wish to have such insults and humiliation heaped upon them by such a display in a "joint" like this. It seems that Foy is inviting a law suit, and The Blade's call upon the Mayor, Chief of Police and District Attorney to see that this sign is removed. It is ignorance of the base type. AS BRAVE AS THE BRAVEST The time for satan's overthrow has come, the truth out of darkness shines forth; the day of disguising truth, of the worth and valor of the Negro will soon be a thing of the past. Education, intelligence and moral worth equalize men in all the highest avocations in life. This has been proven. As refers to our noble soldiers, who recently and bravely sacrificed their lives in defense of the American flag, the generous editor of the Wisconsin State Journal (white) pays a glowing compliment, which we have clipped, and hope the readers of the Blad may read with the highest appreciation. It has thundered and history has caught the sound, the lightning has flashed and the human eye has discerned its meaning. "Oh, he's a nigger!" Sure, but henceforth and forever let there be no doubt in our minds that courage has anything to do with skin. As the reports from Carrizal filter in, every item of it shows that the negro troopers of Troops C and K, U. S. A., are just as much entitled to the love and respect of patriotic Americans as the heroes of Lexington, the Alamo or the Little Big Horn. The odds are at least ten to one —perhaps fifty to one—against which these gallant black boys fought! If they are not in history the bravest of the brave, they are as brave as the bravest! Hats off, fellows, to Troops C and K, Tenth regiment, U. S. A. THE FIGHTING TENTH CAVALRY. Once more Ethiopia is called to mourn the loss of some of her fighting sons. We learn that the gallant tenth cavalry has gone down in death, fighting for a country that would not fight for it; and one that looks calmly on while their brothers are being lynched, burned, and suffering torture as cruel as any ever were endured in the middle ages. "Greater love than this can no man show than to lay down his life for his friend." As we reflect, however, we recall that the supremest sacrifices of this world was made by a loving Christ for an ungrateful people. But is not a tragedy that these men, members of a despised part of humanity, should be the first to give up their life's blood in order that white women and white babies should sleep unmolested and undisturbed, while black children and black women and their loved ones must pass sleepless nights and go with sorrowful hearts on their deary way? The fighting tenth has left us, protecting a flag which does not protect them. The call of duty and their devotion to an ideal was stronger than their apepal of hatred and revenge and so into the gates of death these black men went never to return. Custer and his men went into the trap set for them and the world will long honor their memory. Now in less time than sixty years the same thing has been repeated only it hapens that the lives lost this time were black instead of white. Is it the ushering in of a better era for the black folks? W. T. FRANCIS NOMINATED The many friends throughout the United States of Attorney W. T. Francis, of St. Paul, Minn., will be delighted to know that he was nominated for the Legislature in the Republican Primary last week over his white opponent from the 38th District South, City of St. Paul. Mr. Francis is one of the brightest Negro Attorneys in this country and is ever on the alert in the interest of his race. He will make the race a creditable representative in the legislature of the great State of Minnesota, provided he is elected in the November election. In the city of St. Paul a Republican nomination is equivalent to an election. ADVERTISE IF YOU Want a cook, Want a clerk, Want a partner, Want a situation, Want a servant girl, Want to sell a carriage, Want to sell town property, Want to sell your groceries, Want to sell your dry goods, Want to sell your hardware, Want to sell your millinery goods if you want customers for anything Advertising is the highway to success Advertising brings new customers, Advertising keeps the old ones, Advertising will insure success, Advertising shows energy, Advertising shows pluck. Advertising is "biz." Advertise or bust. Advertise well. Advertise long. ADVERTISE At once. AN OPEN LETTER TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BY NATIONAL CITIZEN CONFERENCE SIGNED BY PROMINENT MEN FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. To the American People. We, the representatives of ten million citizens of the United States, in session at Chicago, Ill., June 6, 1916, believing mob rule, lynching and segregation exert a baleful influence upon the honor of our country and in a general way militate against the safety of all American citizens, appeal to every fairminded citizen to assist in correcting these evils. We urge the Congress of the United States to establish equal representation for all sections of the country by apportioning seats in Congress in accordance with the actual voting population; to enforce the 13th amendment to the Federal Constitution of the United States by suppression of peonage; to make lynching a Federal crime; to secure to all a fair share in the benefits of public expenditures, including equal facilities in public schools. We feel, as American citizens, that we are entitled to equal opportunities in public office and public service, including national defense. NAT'L CITIZENS' CONFERENCE, Beureagard F. Mosely, Charman, 6221 S. Halsted St., Chicago, Ill. Morris Lewis, Secretary. THE NEGRO BUSINESS MEN'S LEAGUE. National League Meeting Tuskegee Institute, Ala., June 16. The National Negro Business Men's League will meet at Kansas City, Mo., August 16, 17 and 18. A fine program is being arranged for the occasion. Mr. Scott has received an invitation from Sears, Roebuck & Co. for the delegation passing through the city to or from the convention will be cordially inviol to visit them at its plant in Chicago. For the southeastern territory it will be the purpose to arrange Pulman sleeping cars to be placed at Atlanta, Jacksonville, Nashville, Birmingham, Mobile and Evansville, and other cities. CURIOUS CORDOBA. This Spanish Town Is So Compatit It Looks Like One Building. Cordoba is scheduled on the European itinerary as a half day stand. Those who go from Seville to Granada and those who go from Granada to Seville take Cordoba on their way. Fifteen minutes for the cathedral, five for the alcazar, an hour for luncheon and on to further discoveries—that is the Cordoba program. The hotels of tordoba are, in consequence, unplatti, a circumstance in itself which endars the little town to the judicious. I do not believe there is a lift in all Cordoba, and if your wife wishes for any reason to buy a new hat she must go out of the hotel for it, and then it will be three years old. At night all the tourists are gom to Seville or Granada, and you and the Cordobans and the stars share the amenities of Cordoba's one boulevard, of which everybody is very proud, because it is much superior to anything that Parls or even Madrid can show. It was a lucky chance which caused them to build Cordoba so handily between Seville and Granada. It has provided a still little backwater for the traveler's repose, a spot where he may forget that American bars exist, exh his meals untroubled by the squeaking of a tango band and adventure himself among the mysteries of a bill of far jelly printed in blue and illegible Spanish. You could put your hat over Cordoba and very little would protrude. It is the compactest little town. From the tower of the cathedral it all looks like one building. You can hardly perceive the streets, so closely do they wriggle among the houses. The roofs are yellow, brown, gray, red; the walls and their shadows every color in the world. Among the buildings the green of palms, orange trees, lemon trees, chest nuts, soothe the glare struck eye. The Guadalquivir snakes through its rich plains from the faraway flat hills (red, gray brown, yellow), and over all are the great sky of the south and the huge sun of the south, which imposes silence on the world till night shall set the guitars a buzzing.—William Caine in Century. Useless Speeches "Have you anything to say why sentence should not be passed on you?" asked the judge. "Not a word. I made speeches the last three times I was convicted and they didn't seem to do me any good." replied the prisoner.—Detroit Free Press. Cow Adopts Colt. Greenville, Pa.—J. S. Brown, a farmer near Conneaut lake, says a short time ago a mare owned by him died after giving birth to a fine colt. The colt was fed on a bottle for a time, and when it was strong enough it was turned out with a herd of cows for exercise. One of the cows had lost a calf, and the animal immediately adopted the colt. Bossy and the colt are now insaneable. SUMMARY OF THE REPUB- LICAN PLATFORM. The Republican platform promises "protection to every American citizen at home and abroad by land and sea." "A straight and honest neutrality between all the belligerents, insistence upon all our rights as neutrals without fear or favor." "Aid to Mexico in restoring order. Promise to American citizens in or near Mexico adequate and absolute protection." "Self government to the Philippines under the protection of the United States." "A treaty with Russia forbidding discrimination against any class of American citizens, Jew or Christian." "Thorough and complete national defense, ready for any emergency. A navy so strong and always so ready and prepared that no enemy can gain command of the sea or effect a landing on our coasts." "Repeal of the Democratic tariff act. Adequate protection to American industry and labor. Undue exactions of monopolies or trusts to be prevented. A tariff commission of experts to ascertain the facts." "An effective system of rural credits." "Encouragement of shipping interests, creation of a merchant marine by payment of subsidies for actual services in carrying mails." "Federal regulation of rail-roads by national authority exclusively by an amendment to the constitution if necessary." "Regulation of great industrial corporations. Individual punishment of wrongdoers. Prosecution of offenders, but not persecution of business success." "A national budget to secure economy." "Extension of civil service reform." "Vocational education, laws forbidding child labor; enactment of a generous workingmen's compensation law." "Women's suffrage advocated 'as a measure of justice to one half the adult people of this country.'" The Wilson administration is denounced for destroying "our influence abroad and humiliating us in our own eyes," for mischievous and ineffectual interference in Mexico, "for the attempt to abandon the Philippines," for the Underwood tariff, which has increased imports and deprived American producers and wage earners of protection; for government ownership of a merchant marine that will "leave us more than ever in the grip of foreign syndicates" and for extravagance in creating 30,000 new offices, costing $1,000,000 annually. MAY BOYCOTT A DEADBEAT. Merchants of Topeka, Kan., Plan to Organize For That Purpose. Topeka, Kan.—Attorney General S. M. Brewster has announced a ruling that the merchants of a city or the state could form a trust or order a boycott against the deadbeat. The Topeka merchants have worked out a scheme whereby each merchant is to make a report monthly of his customers who do not pay regularly or have not satisfactorily adjusted their accounts. These reports are then to be forwarded to every other merchant in the local association, and they are to refuse credit to any of those on the blacklist. There are some lawyers who have held that the merchants could not form an association to boycott the deadbeat without violating the anti-trust laws. The plan of the Topeka organization was submitted to the attorney general, and he has advised the merchants that such an organization would be legal. CATTLE FEAR DOG Herd Ran Over a Horse and Buggy In Their Terror. Arlington, Ky.—E. W. Benson of Hardwell had a novel experience the other day. While driving along the road out of Barlow, Mr. Benson saw a lerd of yearlings ahead of him turn into a lane. In a few seconds he also noticed a dog sneaking in the direction of the cattle. The dog made a dive for the herd, and they made a run for the road, arriving there just as Mr. Benson drove up, and the cattle ran over the horse and buggy, knocked the horse down and came near turning the buggy over. Is their mad haste to get away from the dog one of the calves fell, going under the buggy. Mr. Benson says this is the first time he was ever run over by a herd of cattle. ALL SHOULD WED. Helen Keller Breaks Rule and Discusses Love and Matrimony. LEAVE WOMEN IN CONTROL Says Husband Could Propose All Vital Measures and Wife Dispose of Them—Woman Must Be Economically Free Before Matrimony Reaches Ideal State, She Thinks. Chicago. While in this city recently Miss Helen Keller was interviewed on a theme which she usually avoids—and that is love. In spite of her human handleps, which she has almost overcome, she has some unique opinions on this absorbing topic. The sightless and dumb prodigy pounded them out on her fingers and the face of her teacher, Mrs. J. A. Macy, who has been with her for twenty-nine years. An eager face, lips that are ready to laugh and a flashing, alert mind helped along the interpretation of her love sentiments. "I am not telling my love affairs," she spelled in the palm of her teach 1970 er's hand. "They are not for publication," although she admitted many proposals as a "start"—and possibly one heart affair. The master of the house in ideal conditions such as are sensed by Miss Keiller in a new day is not of the common species. He will be a master man, willing to permit his wife to be the disposer of the household supplies and the real "boss." "Every household should be ruled by a bicameral government—a congress and a senate—such as the United States gave the Porto Ricans," she said. "The woman should of course be the house of representatives of the family. In this government there will be no filibustering, I hope, nor lobbying. "Thus the man would propose all vital measures, and the woman would dispose of them. She would control the disposal of supplies principally, as women did among some of the primitive tribes." This ideal state of matrimony, however, Miss Keller does not expect until woman is economically free. So long as man is the "moneybags" this future marriage system will be missing. A happy interest flashed in her sightless eyes when she was requested to describe her ideal man. "Of course he will be handsome, for eugenic reasons," she said, with a smile. "He doesn't have to be rich. I am paying my own passage through the world and am proud of it. "And the ideal man doesn't have to be possessed of a college education. He must be one who thinks straight. Many men have obtained an education by their own efforts—for example, Mark Twain, one of my ideal men. For he was broad humanly, tender, yet strong and full of humor." "Do you admire Napoleon?" "No," she pounded on Mrs. Macy's palm, "nor Bismarck. True statesmen are dug from a vast patience. "Every marriage should have love, and both man and woman should never lose sight of the happiness of their children. The state should pay for the upkeep of each child, for there is no greater service to the state than a woman's gift of a child—a greater service than the building of a warship. Besides, warships are no good without men. Woman furnishes the absolutely necessary supply—men. Her services are fundamental in wartime or out of war. "All women should marry if they can get men to marry them." Her teacher laughed her out of her seriousness. "Yes, they should," she insisted. "It's essential for the race and evolution in the world." One of the glories which Miss Keller delights in is the glory of her family. A great-great-grandfather of hers was one of the first colonial governors of Virginia—one of the Spottswoods, and this is a cherished name. She is a cousin of the southern hero, Robert E. Lee, and counts the Adamses and the Everettts on her ancestral tree. Her mother, Mrs. Katharine Adams Keller, is with her, busily darning stockings and mending shirt waists. A sister, Mrs. Mildred Keller Tyson, lives in Montgomery, Ala., her native state, and a brother, Phillips Brooks Keller, is an engineer. Miss Keller was a student and admirer of Phillips Brooks when she was nine years old, and she insisted upon giving her brother that name her mother said. LODGES—NOTICES Capital City Lodge No. 72, F. and A. M. Meets first and third Wednesday night each month, G. A. R. Hall. O. M. Davis, W. M. T. E. Hines, W. Sec. Enterprise Lodge, No. 9109, G. U. O. of O. F. Meets second and fourth Wednesdays night each month, G. A. R. Hall. Joy Lee, N. G. E. Champ Warrick, E. S. J. Anthony Josey, P. S. Phylis Wheatley Household, No. 4863, G. U. O. of O. F. Meets fourth Saturday night each month, G. A. R. Hall. Marion Buckner, M. N. G. Friendship Chapter, No. 66, O. E. S. Meets second and third Saturday nights each month, G. A. R. Hall. Mary Jones, Worthy Matron. J. W. Brown, Worthy Patron. Marion Buckner, Worthy Sec. Domestic Strategy. Husband—I am not ready to go out yet. Wife—But I am, and we must go immediately. Husband—But, my dear, your hat is not on straight. Wife—Dear me! Isn't it? Wait a minute till I go to my room and put it right. Exit wife for half an hour, and her shrewd husband completes his work Argentina. If the country has the same average potentiality for producing food as land similarly situated in North America or Europe, it would seem that Argentina can support 100,000,000 people easily, as only small parts of it lie outside the temperate zone. Harvard Shoes $2.50-$2.85 All Kinds--All Sizes Come up stairs and Save a Dollar Harvard Shoe Co., Second Floor Washington Ave. and Pinckney St. MADISON, WIS. HENRY LEWIS STATE AND GILMAN STREETS When you are sick and want a prescription filled buy your drugs at Lewis' Drug Store FOR BAR- GAINS IN SHOES GO TO G. H. WEAVER 432 STATE ST. MEN'S, LADIES', AND CHILDREN'S FOOTWEA When other Corn Cures Fail Try Red Cross Corn Harvester. The Menges Pharmacie LYNCH BROS. The Home of Good Groceries The only state street store that gives CASH REBATE TO ITS CUSTOMERS. Delivery to all parts of the city. 306 STATE STREET Telephone 2195 We were pleased to have a call from Mr. Victor Coqrerire who paid his subscription price to The Blade. Mr. Jos, L. Bowler is in the city from Wichita Kans., to resume his studies at the university summer school. Trade with the Merchants who ask you for your patronage through the columns of The Blade. Mr. Marva R. Shivers of Dilly stopped over in Milwaukee and Madison on his way from the Oshkosh Convention. He was elected First Asst. Organizer. The Merchants who advertise in The Blade appreciate your trade and will give you polite service. Ripp's Shoe Store, 224 State St., are offering bargain. Call and inspect their stock. Polite and courteous attention. Messrs. Allen Henderson, Geo. E. Buckner, Jack Dale and Emil Newton visited Camp Douglas last Sunday and report our friend Asa in good spirits. Go to Hinrich's Dry Goods Store for Bargains. Their prices are astounding. Telephone your news to The Blade, Phone 3369. Mr. Wesley Harris, J. W., Capital City No. 72 F. & A. M., delivered an address on St. John's day which was indeed full of thought. Mrs. Lydia Dale, N. Frances St., is quite sick. Her many friends wish her an early recovery. Mr. Emiel Newton is expected to leave for the Windy City (Chicago) on Saturday. While away he will combine business with pleasure. The Masonic exercises on last Sunday night were indeed very creditable and the craft is receiving many congratulations. It is the request of the City Editor that you furnish him with local news. Cook with gas, and buy a stove from the Madison Gas & Electric Light Co. Terms to suit you. Telephone your News to The Blade, 3369. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hopkins is now housekeeping at 643 E. Dayton St. Send your name to The Blade if you contemplate attending the Race Conference at Oshkosh on the 22nd. Mr. T. E. Hines has been appointed chairman of the Transportation Committee. TO RENT—Four furnished rooms for housekeeping. Phone 5875. Mrs. Julia L. Brooks of Kansas City is in the city for the summer. She is the niece of Mrs. Martin Harris and sister to Miss Ethel Paige. There will be a special service at Mt. Zion Baptist church on Sunday night. The public is cordially welcome. Save a Dollar by buying Harvard Shoes, Wash. Ave. and Pinckney St. Miss Alice Phillips, daughter of Rev. L. J. Phillips of the A. M. E. church, is in the city. The Blade wishes her a pleasant stay. Prof. Harry S. Murphy, wife and Little Dorris left Tuesday for Langston, Oklahoma, where he has been elected as an instructor at A. & N. University. The Blade wishes Mr. Murphy success in his new field. Mr. G. W. Glover of Yankton, S., is in the city at 8 N. Blount St. A great reduction Shoe Sale at Weaver's Shoe Store, 432 State St. Fresh and up-to-date drugs at Lewis, State and Gilman St. All matter for publication must reach this office no later than Wednesday morning and be sent in the name of the Wisconsin Blade and not in the names of individuals if you wish same to have immediate attention. Drafts or checks must be made out in the name of the Blade; NOT TO ANY INDIVIDUAL. J. Josey, Manager. LET THE MADISON STEAM DYE WORKS DO YOUR CLEANING. Remember the merchants appreciate your trade by advertising in The Blade. --- The Blade acknowledges the receipt of a subscription from Mr. J. R. Young, who is now one of the leading business men of Duluth, Minn. The social set of Madison miss this prince of good fellows this summer, and know that where he is there is much sunshine. Mr. Palmer, who was at the Park Hotel last winter, is now in Duluth, Minn. Miss Harriet C. Kelly, principal of school No. 19, Indianapolis, Ind., has entered the University summer school. She is also directoreess of practice. Miss Della Wilson, teacher of seventh grade of school 19, Indianapolis, Ind., is at the University summer school taking a course in Letters and Science. Mr. O. M. Davis, W. M. F. & A. M., covered himself with glory with his address at the Masonic exercises last Sunday night. The Blade is operating an employment agency; all kinds of work furnished. Miss Ruby Thornton of Kansas has returned to the city and entered the University. This is Miss Thornton's third year and at the close of this session she hopes to receive her master's degree. Mr. Moses Jefferson is planning to spend the month of August visiting up around the lakes in Minnesota. Mr. Thos. Horton and Mr. L. B. Sheppard, whom the President of the United States through the Governor called to service and were stationed at Camp Douglas have been honorably discharged and are now in the city shaking hands with friends. Agent wanted to represent The Blade. Liberal terms. CROSSING CONTINENT, HEN SITS WILLINGLY Three Chicks Extricated When Crate Arrives at Albany, N. Y.—Other Eggs Show Signs. Albany, N. Y.—A hen which continued to sit while traveling across the continent is the possession of J. W. Wolf from this city. The hen was sitting with motherly devotion upon a nest of eggs which a friend of Mr. Wolfom placed in a crate in Riverside, Cal., and shipped through a transcontinental express company to this city. She continued to sit, disturbed not in the least by the transcontinental trip. Her protection was a conspicuous placard on the box reading: "Sitting Hen—Eggs Expected to Hatch—Handle With Care." The warning was punctiliously observed by express employees. When the crate arrived at its destination three downy chicks were extricated from the shells and other eggs gave forth evidences of hatching STEALS LOCOMOTIVE TO GO TO DANCE, THEN ESCAPES Montana Youth Sends Engine Running Wild After Reaching Destination. Bozeman, Mont.—"By George, I'm going to that dance at Paxton's somehow!" an unknown young man declared here when informed there would be no trains going east for some time. He walked over to a lone locomotive, entered the cab and started east, breaking through a closed switch and going out on the main line. Engineer McVicker in a locomotive was traveling toward this city when he noticed the block system registered danger. He saw the smoke of an engine approaching and stopped his engine. His fireman jumped, and McVicker reversed his engine. Fireman Boehling caught the approaching engine, climbed into the cab, found it "driverless" and brought it to a stop a short distance from McVicker's engine. No trace of the locomotive thief has been found. He evidently jumped when he saw the other engine approaching. HIS PROPHECY COMES TRUE Tree Left Standing as Lightning Rod Is Hit, Barns Untouched. Islip, N. Y.—A bolt of lightning, the only one in a period of two hours during a thunderstorm here recently, struck and completely demolished a huge locust tree which was more than a century old, and was a well known landmark on the farm of E. F. Davis. The tree was over a hundred feet high, and there was not a branch within forty feet of the ground. Mr. Davis said that he not long ago refused an offer of $100 for the tree from a man who wanted the trunk for a pole. He did not sell it, he said, as his father had always argued that the tree should be left where it stood because it might some day be hit by lightning which otherwise might hit the barns close by. UNIQUE BANKER. UNIQUE BANKER. Blind and Deaf, but Still He Runs Institution. WORKS WITH SECRETARY'S AID In Spite of His Ninety Years H. W. McFadden of Havana, Ill., Attends to Business With Some Vigor That Enabled Him to Build Up One of Largest Estates In County. Havana, Ill.—H. W. McFadden, who has just returned from a surveying trip to his farms in the eastern part of Mason county, is considered one of the most remarkable business men in this part of the state. Mr. McFadden is ninety years old and is entirely deaf and almost blind. He looks after his business with the same interest and vigor that enabled him to build up one of the largest estates in the county. All his work is done through a secretary, who must copy all of his letters. This is done with a large black marking crayon in letters two inches high. Not only does he read all his mail in this way, but he is also intensely interested in the European war, and all of the war news from the papers must be copied for him. Mr. McFadden is a native of New York state and came to Illinois when a young man of twenty-two, without any more than a good education and a sound mind and body. He first settled in Peoria, where he served as county surveyor for six years. In 1862 he came to Havana and built the first elevator here. Five years later he established the Mason County bank, the oldest financial institution in the county, of which he is now the president. A short time later he went to Peoria, where he built the Central City elevator, the first elevator to be built in Peoria. Later he established the system of elevators in Cass, Menard and Mason counties now operated by McFadden & Co., of which his sons, G. C. McFadden and B. H. McFadden, have the controlling interest. From the very first Mr. McFadden had acquired land whenever he had an opportunity to get a good contract. He started while surveyor of Peoria county and now is the owner of about 3,000 acres in Mason county, as well as thousands of acres of the best land in Kansas, located in Coffey county. He also owns a number of store buildings in Havana, three large buildings in Chicago and extensive town and city property in Waverly and Halls Summit, Kan. He is one of the most public spirited men in Havana and has been all his life. He can tell interesting stories of the great political campaigns of the days before the war, when the rival political parties would erect tall poles and have great celebrations around them. Followers of each party in a community would strive to erect a pole taller than the one erected by the rival faction. Poles hundreds of feet high were put up, every man and boy in the community coming out to help. Again, when the civil war broke out he was a most ardent admirer of the north and tried many times to enlist but his poor hearing, a family heritage was against him, and he was refused Twice he tried to slip into the ranks and go to the front anyway, but he was sent home each time. Nevertheless, he spent large sums of money for the cause in the north and encouraged all ablebodied men to go and fight for the Union. SAYS SHRINE CURED HER. Young Woman Who Had Been an Invalid For Years Now Well. Lima, O.—Katheleen Daugherty, twenty-one years old, for eleven years an invalid and unable to move about except in a wheeled chair, stepped from a train here and was greeted by a crowd of fully fifty persons. She had been cured, it is said, at the shrine of Our Lady of Consolation at Carey during the annual pilgrimage. Miss Ella McAuliffe, an aged aunt of the girl, was at the depot. She was the first one to greet the young woman. "Auntie, I'm cured!" cried the girl. The aunt, completely overcome, fainted. The girl had been unable to move muscle of her body since a mere child, when she was stricken with paralysis. For two years she was partially blind. She made the pilgrimage to Carey with 700 others from Lima and vicinity. She is cured and apparently permanently so. She left her wheeled chair at the shrine in Carey. RIP IN TROUSERS ANGERS HIM Didn't Mind Dog Biting Wooden Leg but Pants Goal For Gum Play BUT PARTS CALLED FOR GUN PLAY. St. Louis, Mo.—When Mrs. Rosie Silberman's dog bit Michael Ehrhardt's leg the other day in East St. Louis Ehrhardt thought the joke was on the dog until he looked down and saw that his trousers were torn. This made him angry, and he drew his revolver and fired two shots at the dog. Mrs. Silberman had Ehrhardt arrested for discharging firearms in the city limits. The dog's mistake in selection took place in front of his owner's grocery store, at Sixth street and Piggot avenue. The leg he bit was made of wood. Pigeons Influenced by Wireless. Parts.—French scientists have decided that carrier pigeons are influenced by magnetism and that, with the growth of wireless telegraphy, much less dependence can be placed upon them. SEE WORK WRONG SEE WORK WRONG Suffrage, Red Cross and Settlement Adherents Toil, She Says. DEBUTANTE UNDER ILLUSION. Miss Josephine Miller, Who, With Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, Established Red Cross Service In France, Finds Women Nobler Than She Thought. Sights Inspired Her. St. Louis.—There are scores of things a woman can do these days that sound like poetry and work like prose. There's New York settlement service that Fifth avenue bridge players love to think would be "perfectly fascinating;" there's Red Cross service that suggests "reasons of romance" for the debutante; there's the old reliable woman's suffrage, and it, you know, is a "wonderful cause." But, take it from a woman who has done all of these things, the fascination, the romance and the wonder lose their glamour when it comes right down to the everyday hard work. Miss Josephine Miller, who returned from the Ambulance Americanine in Paris to represent the Arkansas Equal Suffrage league at the recent Democratic national convention, has forgotten to look for romance—she's busy loving women. Miss Miller spent a year in New York social settlement work and found that the women of the east side were real women, and she learned to love them for their courage. Last September she Mary tailed with Mrs. Harry Payne Whittey, daughter of Cornellus Vanderbilt, to establish Red Cross service in France. She was impressed with the woman's side of war. When she returned last month it was the woman's side of politics that caught her enthusiasm. And, though she is in her early twenties, she's the right hand bower of the woman's cause in Arkansas. "I always believed Joan of Arc was a fair tale," she said. "I always believed it was impossible for a woman to inspire men and to lead an army. But when I saw those women of France, working in the fields, running the trams, keeping the shops—when I stood on the battlefield of the Marne and saw them plowing and sowing seed among the graves of their husbands and sons I saw something finer in women, something nobler than I had ever dreamed of. They seemed to be all laughters of Joan of Arc, who in their weeds of black were leading a greater army to their faith and optimism." When Miss Miller, with Mrs. Whitney, came to France they chose as the only available location for their ambulance an old monastery of the eleventh century. They put hot water and electricity into the monastery with its eleven foot walls; they transformed the old ruins into a modern hospital which relieved the suffering of 500 soldiers. They worked from sunup to sundown and forgot the romance as well as the horrors. With the Vanderbilt resources they hired servants from deserted hotels and gave service and convenience to the wounded which were not found, perhaps, elsewhere in France. They cared for the soldiers, made friends with them and nursed them back to health. Some of Miss Miller's most interesting reminiscences center about the private soldiers who are willing to give everything to their country. Many of them write letters back to the Ambulance expressing their appreciation of the kindness of the American women. Miss Miller came back last fall, and she has been doing some live things in the suffrage work, national as well as local. LIGHTNING IGNITES GAS. split In Natural Main From Storm in Indiana Brought to Light by Probe. Anderson, ind.—Lightning split a natural gas main in the country near Pendleton during a storm, it was discovered during an investigation of why gas pressure was so low in Pendleton. Frank Rumler, superintendent, found that a main had been split for several feet and the gas ignited. A flame ten feet high was burning. The earth had been torn away from the pipe. Several persons living there said the flame appeared during a storm, and it was supposed the gas company knew about it in a short time. Girl "Buma" Way: Killed Los Angeles, Cal.-Miss Elizabeth Huber, student of sociology, a graduate of Radcliffe and daughter of a wealthy manufacturer of Taunton, was killed recently by a train while "bumming her way" to the desert to secure magazine data. HINRICHS DRY GOODS CO. SPECIALS ON SALE THIS WEEK 1000 yards, 36 inch Dress Percale Extra Special 10c yard 600 yards Wash Goods, values to 18c Closing Out Price 9c yard 75 Ladies' Voile Waists Special at 59c each HINRICHS DRY GOODS CO. 3 South Pinckney St., Madison, Wisconsin --- GEORGE'S $2.00 HAT STREET 404 EAST WILSON STREET New Summer Sh --- FOR --- MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN Just received, classy colored boots in gre ory, and champagne. High and low Shoe SPORT SHOES --- New Summer Shoes Just received, classy colored boots in grey, white ivory, and champagne. High and low Shoes. A SMART LINE OF NEW CUTS RIPP'S THE GAS RANGE will be in your kitchen tomer because it is clean, comfort-bring convenient. THE GAS RANGE will be in your kitchen this summer because it is clean, comfort-bringing and convenient. IT IS CLEAN-for there are no ashes, no coal, wood or or kindling, no soot, no smoke. The range itself is neat and clean and easily kept so. IT IS COMFORT-BRINGING for it makes the kitchen cool, by doing away with all unnecessary heat. It does away with cause for worry both in keeping fires hot and in results of cooking. IT IS CONVENIENT for all heat wanted is ready at the turn of the valve. The prices of the ranges are from $16 up. We have just the right size for your kitchen. Madison Gas and Electric Company 126 E. Main Street For $15.00 to $18.00 Other Suits latest Styles $12, $15, $18, $20 --- FOR --- 224 STATE 1 STORE STREET Shoes N EN s in grey, white bow Shoes. DES S W.W.ASTOR'S TAX Required to Pay More In England Than In New York. GAVE HELP IN OTHER WAYS. At Time Self Expatriated American Attained the Peerage It Was Estimated He Gave $5,000,000 to Various Objects In England—Donated $500,000 to Red Cross. New York.—Not all of William Wakdorf Astor's income from his American investments will be required to pay the $1,600,000 which the British government is taxing him this year. It is a fact, however, that the tax he pays abroad is greater by several hundred thousand dollars than the amount he pays on his properties here in New York. In the tax collection now under way Mr. Astor is required to pay $567,000 on his real estate in Manhattan. This is a semiannual payment, so that his total for the year will be approximately $1,134,000 for Manhattan. To this must be added his taxes in the Bronx, making his total payments to the city nearly $1,250,000 this year. Mr. Astor, having expatriated himself and become Lord Astor of Hever, is not subjected to taxation here for his personal property. What he has to pay toward the expenses of the city and state which he left behind is [Picture of a man with a mustache and a suit]. Photo by American Press Association. WILLIAM WALDORF ASTOR. shown therefore in his real estate taxes, plus his income tax, no figures about which are available. A great many estimates have been made as to the extent of the Astor real estate holdings in this city, but it has been difficult to get satisfactory information until now. Confusion has overtaken inquirers because of the extensive holdings of the John Jacob Astor estate as well as of William Waldorf Astor. Some of these properties formerly were held jointly, and Lord Astor still appears as only part owner of one of the most valuable of the Astor properties, the Waldorf Astoria hotel The records of the department of taxes and assessments, however, have been worked out so carefully that it is now possible to get a definite idea of William Wadloft Astor's total real estate holdings. Fifty million dollars, the official records show, is the approximate market value of his various properties in Manhattan and the Bronx. The bulk of these holdings, as is generally known, is in Manhattan, but Mr. Astor has in recent years added somewhat to his holdings in the Bronx until these lat ter properties represent about $4,000, 000. What annual income Lord Astor derives from these properties is known only to his agents here, and the estimates of outsiders vary greatly. Some of his holdings produce a high rate of income, whit, some are regarded as very poor earners. The opinion of real estate men as to the average income from all of the properties covers quite a wide range. Some guesses are that Lord Astor receives not more than $2,500,000 a year from these properties while other real estate men place his annual receipts from this source at twice that amount. If his holdings bring in an average of 7 per cent, not taking taxes into account, that would represent $3,500,000 as an average year's income. Deducting from that amount the 1916 taxes, calculated at $1,250,000, there remains $2,250,000 of income upon which the Baron of Hever can draw to pay his British taxes. Payment of taxes is not the only way by which the earnings of these Astor properties have helped the Briton. At the time William Waldorf Astor attained to the pleasure it was estimated that he had given at least $5,000,000 to various objects in England. Since the war began he has given $500,000 to the Red Cross and $50,000 for bands to stir interest in recruiting. It also is estimated that he has spent $10,000,000 on Hever castle. Embedded In Tree 100 Years. Sandusky, O.-A whetstone and an ax said to be over a hundred years old were found embedded in the trunk of a tree which is known to be 115 years old by Edward Smith while cutting the tree down. It is believed that the tree once was hollow near the ground and the articles were placed in the hollow part for safe keeping and that the tree grew together. WIFE SPOILS HIS SYSTEM. Cleveland (O.) Man Wears His Shirts Any Old Way Now. Cleveland, O. — One Cleveland man wears his shirts in chronological order—that is, if he buys a new shirt he tags it with his initials, numbers it and places it at the bottom of the pile. And, no matter how much he likes it, he does not wear it until it comes out at the top of the pile. He went into worry detail about the economy of his system, and he added that he arranged his socks and underwear in the same manner. He was told that he would meet the woman of his dreams some fine day and that she would knock the spots out of his system; that she would admire a particular shirt, caress its delicate stripes lovingly and ask why he didn't send it to the laundry as soon as it was solled and wear it as soon as it got back, and "we would buy" other shirts like it, and he would forget the system. "Don't you believe it," he said. "The person doesn't live who could upset my system." A few days ago he was hurrying to catch a car, and he didn't have time to explain. He only shouted over his shoulder jubilantly. "I'm wearing 'em every which way." ASLEEP BEFORE MARRIAGE. Secured a License and Was Then Locked in Office. Lawrenceburg, Ind. — Edward L. Kubn, aged forty-five, owner of a general merchandise store in Clay township, and Mrs. Anna Moore Davis, aged forty-five, a dressmaker of the same neighborhood, were married at the parsonage of the First Baptist church by the Rev. Omer W. Bowman, the pastor, but not at the time they planned. Mr. Kuhn came to this city in an automobile, and the bride to be came on a late train. While waiting for Mrs. Davis Mr. Kuhn obtained a marriage license; then he sat down in the private office of the circuit court clerk and went to sleep. When the day's work was done James G. McAlinney, the clerk, and his deputies, not noticeing Mr. Kuhn, locked the office and went home. Mr. Kuhn awakened several hours later and found he was in the dark, locked in the office. He shouted for help several times and finally attracted the attention of Daniel E. McKennie, the sheriff, who released him. Mr. Kuhn found Mrs. Davis, who was searching the city for him, and they were married. SAVED CHICKS' LIVES. Telegrapher Made a Feather Duster Substitute For a Hen. Defiance, O.—Using a feather duster as a brooder to substitute for a cannibal hen, "Shorty" Eberle saved the lives of some of his chicks. When Eberle is not busy as manager of the Postal Telegraph company he devotes his time to raising fancy chickens. When one of his hens was not busy scratching she gave her time to digesting some of the brood she had recently hatched. Eberle noticed the chicks began to disappear. One by one they went until he discovered the hen's appetite was stronger than her mother love. A heavy rution of ground bone and hamburger steak didn't appease her. She ate another. Then, with a cunning he did not suspect himself, he threw the hen out, bought a big feather duster and suspended it in the coop. The chicks sung gleam among the feathers and are perfectly content with their inanimate mother. SEES SIGHTS AT SEVENTY. Woman, Former Slave, Gets First Knowledge of Modern Inventions. Columbus, O.-Mrs. Emily Booker, seventy years of age, a former slave. DRY CLEANING MADISON STEA H. STRELOW, Prop. 112 S. PINCKNEY S. PAUL K Omnibus, Carriage, Bath PHONE OFFICE: NEW PARK HOTEL CLEANING AND PRESSING A. HATZL THE CLOTHES DOCT If you have any clothes that do not fit bring 129 STATE STREET. MADISON. Columbus visiting relatives, for the first time saw an electric car, an elevator, a moving picture show and a building more than two stories in height. Her relatives gave her the first knowledge she had that a war is in progress in Europe. Mrs. Booker's home is near North Middleton, Ky., thirty miles from a railroad and almost as far from a highway. Once, several years ago, she saw a party of tourists in an automobile which had strayed from the road through the wilderness in which she has lived all her life. RATTLESNAKES USE RAFTS. Save Themselves From Floods and Reach Islands. Austin, Tex.-J. C. Herring of Rockport, a ranchman of the coast country, says when heavy rises come out of the Guadalupe and other Texas rivers large rafts of drift are washed into the bay and rattlesnakes are often seen on them. This driftwood goes ashore on the islands, and that starts the snakes. They are caught in the drift meshes on the mainland and cling to the rafts as they are washed down stream and into the bays. Mr. Herring has killed them on such occasions. At one time there were no jack rabbits on these islands, but now there are thousands. CAUSE OF RHEUMATISM Cavities Holding Pus, It Is Claimed Breed the Dread Ailment. In the American Magazine is an article on rheumatism by Dr. Arthur R Reynolds, who says: "The cause of rheumatism is pus formed and imprisoned in some part of the body. It gets into the circulation and is carried by it to the region affected. These pus places may be in spots more or less closed up, so they are not easily drained. They may be located about the teeth, at the end of the roots of dead or diseased teeth, in the crypts of the tonsils, in some of the sequestered places in the nostrils in the bony sinuses of the head. They may be in the bladder, the kidney, the gall ducts or other places. The pus producing spot may be as small or smaller than a pea or it may be larger. Its existence is frequently unknown to the patient, especially if it be hidden in soft tissue like the tonsil. It may even exist in the bony socket of a tooth without giving pain. "Several different organisms produce pus, and any or all may produce rheumatism when transferred to the joint or the heart. "The physician today seeks for that pus cavity when he meets a patient with rheumatism, and he endeavors to clean it up. Political Chances. "I see when a man runs for office he has to put himself in the hands of his friends." "Yes, my dear." "If a woman ran would she have to put herself in the hands of her woman friends?" "I suppose so." "Well, I do not imagine many women will run. Think of taking such chances"—Louisville Courier-Journal. Not a Bad Error. She (with newspapers—Here's a funny mistake in the report of that affair last night. It says that Mrs. Swellman appeared in a handsome "ammpere" gown, instead of "empire." He—Well, "ammpere" isn't very far off, her gown was a bit shocking.—Boston Transcript. "I put through a big financial deal last week," remarked Mr. Dustin Stax. "I thought you said you were going on a pleasure trip." "Could there be any pleasure greater than putting through a big financial deal?" - Washington Star Soft, Stiff, Straw Hats and Panama Cleaned and Reblocked New Bands and Leathers Ladies' and Gentlemen's Garments Cleaned and Pressed G A SPECIALTY AM DYE WORKS Telephone No. 2485 ST., MADISON, WIS. INGSTON Baggage and Taxicab Line NE 146 TEL MADISON, WIS. ATZL ES DOCTOR at do not fit bring them in MADISON, WIS. A Pleasure. --- Do not be deceived by signs----be sure it is the sign of The Outlet. The Outlet signs are yellow and red, located on Capitol Square, next to the First National Bank. We do what we say! We give Honest Goods for Honest Money! Compare our prices! Judge! If you do not save 25 per cent tell us and we will refund the difference. We Must Vacate! Our Store is Leased Come and get your share and Save Money We Challenge Anyone on the Prices We Give You THE OUTLET STORE THE OUTLET STORE Look for the Yellow and Red Signs JUST STEALS A BATH. Then He Changes Clothing, Takes a Meal and Departs. St. Louis.—"The loot consisted of a bath, a meal and an outfit of clothing;" according to the report made to the police by Lee Henderson, sexton of Grace church. Henderson lives in the basement of the church. He complained that during his absence a thief stole into his apartment and took a bath—took it bodily—an outfit of clothing, comprising everything that a man wears, and departed after cooking a meal in Henderson's kitchen. REPLY AFTER THREE YEARS High School Boy Tossed Ketchup Bottle Containing Note Into River. Winona, Minn. — Three years ago William Wilkins of Winona, a high school boy, tossed a ketchup bottle containing a note into the river while camping at West Newton, north of here. The note read: This was tossed overboard in the hope that the finder might correspond. STAMP, WHISTLE, SING AND PLAY DURING TEST High School Girl Adds Figures In One Minute and Twenty-eight Sec. onds Despite Noise. Philadelphia.—Miss Frances Snyderman of the William Penn high school added a column of figures recently in a room where there was a piano playing, a band of girls marching around blowing whistles and pounding on disbuns. Other girls sang "Yankee Doodle," stamped their feet and clapped their hands. In spite of the din Miss Frances finished her sum in one minute and twenty-eight seconds, thereby winning the "distraction race," one of the events in a mathematical sports contest conducted at the high school. There were 338 entries for seven events in the contest. Another event was a relay race, in which teams of four girls made extensions on a bill, totaled it, discounted it, applied several credits on it and then raced for the platform. It was a test of physical quickness as well as mental, and several times girls who finished the problem at the same time had a hot race for position. The event was won by the team headed by Rose Dimitman of the Stevens school. 5 N. Pinckney St. (On Capitol Square) PLOW BY NIGHT ON FARM. Tractor Equipped With Searchlight Works Continuously For Two Days. Lansdale, Pa.-Plowing at night by artificial light is an innovation on the farm of the Lansdale Mushroom company at Lansdale. The late spring made it necessary to devise some means to catch up in the work, and the plowing by night idea was hit upon. The plowing was done by a tractor engine equipped with an acetylene gas tank and powerful searchlight. Three shifts worked continuously for forty-eight hours. Ten acres of land were plowed in twenty-four hours. Gander Plays Mother Goose. Brazil, Ind.-Hobart Brewer, a farmer near Center Point, has a gander that believes the duties of the housewife should be shared. When a goose was set on a number of eggs the gander made it evident that he also desired to sit, so he was provided with a nest of eggs. The gander stuck faithfully to his task and hatched out a number of little ones. What Counts. Grubbs—I met a man today who can draw his check for a million. Stubbs—That's nothing. I met a man who can draw his check for ten and actually get it cashed—Richmond Times-Dispatch. ```markdown ```