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MARKED COPY THE WISCONSIN THE NINETEENTH B. M. C. FROM THE INSIDE By New York Odd Fellow The Nineteenth B. B. C. is now a question of history—a thing of the past. The conditions under which it convened, the things accomplished necessarily mark a new era in the history of the G. U. O. O. F. in America. A recital of some of the things that led up to the meeting, or transpired between the eighteenth and nineteenth bi-ennial sessions, may be of some interest not only to the Odd Fellows in America, but to the public in general, for the reason that the Order of Odd Fellows is a public institution, filling a place in the economy of Negro life in America. It is, perhaps, the largest and most progressive secret order among Negro people. That it has already, under the leadership of the Morris-Needham regime, drifted into the hands of autocracy and graft to the detriment of the best interests of society, is unquestioned. The Eighteenth B. M. C. adjourned in Washington City in 1916, to convene the Nineteenth bi-enial session in New York City in 1918, but for reasons purely selfish, the S. M. C. attempted to postpone the New York session. The members of the Order throughout the jurisdiction flatly refused to abide the illegal order of postponement, taking the position that the committee acted without authority, and the act of postponement was, therefore, void. The Sub-Committee advertised and proclaimed that the Sub-Committee was greater than the B. M. C. They advanced the pernicious doctrine that the creature was greater than the creator, and that all questions of final adjudication had to be submitted to England, and, because of Brother Morris' pull with the English brethren, whom they regard as the most illustrious American, would settle the question the Sub-Committee's way, in spite of all the laws of the Order in America or the courts of our country. Hence, at the July meeting, the Sub-Committee unanimously reaffirmed the January act of postponement. It was necessary to reaffirm the January act, for the reason that members of the Sub-Committee had begun to debate in their minds that they had acted without authority. Grand Master Morris assured them that he was their leader and one of the best lawyers in America—they had always trusted his advice, and that he had never as yet taken upon himself a load that he could not get away with, and that if they would stand by him that he would deliver the booty; that he would extend their offices two years without consulting the people who elected them. That he had written the 1915 edition of the General Laws, and written into that book just such laws and regulations that sustained him, because the master is greater than the Sub-Committee. The Sub-Committee had only such power as the Grand Master gave it, the B. M. C. only such power as the Grand Master gave it, and the subordinate lodges themselves had no power at all, and merely existed by his authority; that the English brethren had assured him that whatever course he pursued they would sustain. Therefore, he further assured them that the much-advertised B. M. C. was merely the dying whim of Ben Davis and Georgia, and that there would be no meeting. But as time approached, his fears grew frightfully, in common with the other members of the Sub-Committee. They consulted attorneys, and the attorneys told them that unless they had a meeting they would not have any standing in the courts, and that the Ben Davis faction would be the right officers of the Order and that the courts of this country would sustain them in the control of the property, the edicts of a foreign committee to the contrary notwithstanding. This was late in August, and the committee grew restless and again approached his kaiserism with fears. Kaiser Morris admonished them, that he was the kaiser, and that his imperial lordship had said there VOL. III. VISCON Odd Fellows and H OF OPINION would be no B. M. C., and to have a B. M. C. now, would humiliate him in America, and the Ben Davis people would boast that they had called his hand, and the thing for them to do, he would tell them when they met in New York. That he had given Dave Brown instructions what to do, and their movements must be profoundly secret; that if they attempted to have a meeting in the Casino, or any place advertised, that the Ben Davis people would swoop down upon them, take the meeting away from them, have the police throw them out, elect a set of officers, and they would have no standing in court. The thing for them to do now, was to have a secret meeting somewhere in New York, consisting of members of the SubCommittee of Management, and such others as David W. Brown corral in New York Monday morning. Accordingly, two dozen people, including the nine members of the committee, met in Brown's undertaking shop September 9, at 10 o'clock. Meanwhile, Needham had told everybody, who inquired of him in Philadelphia, or called him up over long distance, that there would be no meeting of the B. M. C. Dave Brown chairman of the committee of arrangements, had told delegate after delegate that there would be no meeting of the B. M. C.; that the sub-committee had postponed the meeting in January, and reaffirmed it in July, and they met to rescind the order. He had written and telegraphed delegates of other cities that there would be no meeting; Kaiser Morris had things in his hands and he would protect their interests; that for the delegates to come would be an unnecessary expense and without service. Accordingly, written notices, signed by J. F. Adair, D. G. S., summoned the faithful few to meet in Brown's undertaking shop in Harlem. When the meeting was called, twenty-two people were present and twenty-two cards were issued by Needham in Brown's undertaking shop. The cards didn't show where the meeting would be held. Asbury offered resolutions that the sub-committee resolve itself into a B. M. C., convene, elect themselves and adjourn. This was done. This being all the business, the bunch hurried into closed taxi-cabs and rushed to Stovall Hall, and when asked where they were going, Dave Brown said the chauffeur had his orders, and will carry you safely where you are going. When they reached Stovall, they found a table loaded with viands and things common to a set of hustlers. In the midst of the hilarity, resolutions were offered, pledging five hundred thousand Odd Fellows to the president for war service; whereas, there are less than two hundred thousand in the country. The sub-committee then adjourned, to convene the B. M. C. in New York City, September, 1920. Asbury, Slaughter, Johnson and others raised the old familiar hymn: "For he is a hearty Odd Fellow. Morris is a hummer; He is a slick duck; He beat Ben and We are elected!" Thus ended the biggest fiasco and humbug ever attempted against a free people. Morris, in his farewell remarks, said: "Have no unaciness; leave it to me. When they put us in the hands of the receiver, we may lose our offices, but the brethren in England will recognize us anyway—independent, Atlanta, Ga. TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS If your subscription is not paid in advance on Oct. 1, 1918, we will be compelled to discontinue sending you The Blade. The National Government has ruled that newspapers cannot send papers to subscribers in arrears. If your subscription is past due send in your renewal at once. Do not miss an issue of The Blade. HAVE YOU MADE YOUR VICTORY PLEDGE? MADISON, WIS., THURSDAY SEPT. 26, 1918 IN MEMORY OF REV. JENKIN LLOYD JONES Because he lived the world has more faith. In some the ancient creeds had found no place; God seemed a dream and, like a threatening wreath, Dark unbelief showed only death's cold face. This seer, this visioned prophet, brought God near To doubting souls and taught men faith, not fear. He showed—what help that wondrous saying gives!— The letter killeth but the spirit lives. Because he lived the world has more of hope. "The best is yet to be," the best of life. And life is good. As men in caverns grope Until the guide appears, he showed that strife. Revenge and hate, and war, must pass away. He hailed the morning of a better day. And if a cloud showed distant storm begun, He knew the earth needs both—the rain, the sun. Because he lived the world has more to love. He saw it chiefly in the manly form That men call justice. The agressive shove, The push that thrusts from shelter into storm, The cruel contests that beat down the weak, When strong men privilege and position seek First place in wealth or power, but not to serve Their fellow-men or God,—that service one,— These deeds, and men's plain duty left undone, Aroused in him a great heart's generous fire. Let that flame burn, it is a cleansing fire! So lived this Paul, apostle of our day, Who taught us to believe, to love, to pray. September 18, 1918. J. N. Davidson THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS AND THE NEGRO SOLDIER "Everybody Welcome - Every. thing Free" By Joseph J. Canayan By Joseph J. Canavan Unofficial reports filtering back from the fighting front in France have added the final touch of amplification to the phrase contained in a German official statement when the big drive by American troops was at its height a few weeks ago, and which noted that "black Americans" had hammered their way gloriously through the Hun lines. It was not, though, until the battle was over, according to the unofficial version of the same fighting, that the brigade commander summoned the colonel of a Negro regiment before him and demanded to know in terse military fashion, why that colonel had not maintained better control over his troops, and why, above everything else, he had not "stopped" his men and kept them from passing beyond their appointed objectives, and, in fact, hacking their way through ahead of their own protective barrage. "Stop them?" queried the colonel. "Stop them? Hell, man, how could you expect me to stop them, when the whole German Army couldn't do it?" The Brigade Commander's reply is not of record, either officially or unofficially, but the story, is only one of a thousand that is being told of the admirable dash and courage of the Americans who compose the Negro units of the expeditionary force and which every day are out there in the thick of the fighting and holding their place in the line wherever they may be called upon to do their military bit. In just the same manner, the men who compose those regiments are partaking of the carefully built up welfare work that is being accomplished on both sides of the war by the Knights of Columbus Committee on War Activities. In fact, they are receiving special attention, both in the camps in this country and K. of C. huts in France, and the work among the Negro troops is being broadened as rapidly as the numbers of the Negro troops grow, under the operation of the selective laws and by voluntary enlistment, the latter apparently being a particularly inviting method for the Negroes getting into the Army. Under the system as it now has been worked out, the Negro sol- :: dier needs no other countersign than his khaki uniform to gain for him everything advantage offered by the Knights' service. True, there are places, both in this country and abroad, where the Knights of Columbus have erected special huts for the use of the Negro soldiers. But where that has been done, it has been at the express request of Negro soldiers themselves, who in numerous instances have expressed a preference for a building of their own, where they may enjoy their own pleasures in their own way, and be assured of meeting their own friends when and where and under what circumstances they desire. Such an arrangement has been granted by the K. of C. upon request of the men themselves at Camp Meade, at Admiral, Md., where one of the three K. of C. huts, which are looked after by 11 secretaries, has been set aside for Negro troops. The same action, again upon request of the Negro soldiers, has been taken at Camp Dodge, at Des Moines, Ia., where one of the three K. C. buildings has been set aside for their exclusive use. At Camp Dodge, however there are 13 secretaries, the services of everyone of them being always at the call of any trooper who request them. The same rule applies at Camp Funston, at Fort Riley, Kas., where one of the three buildings of the K. of C. has been given to Negroes, and there is a building for the Negro troops also at Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky., where the Knights have four tents. As the work expands and as the number of Negro troops has been enlarged, the facilities for catering to their wants have been correspondingly increased in keeping with the recently adopted slogan of the organization "Everybody Welcome—Everything Free." The baseballs, tennis equipments, shower baths, books, candy, cigarettes and all the other things which the Knights have been distributing to the soldiers in this country as well as aboard the transports and in the camps, rest billets and front line trenches in France have gone in equal portion to the Negro troops under the organization's rule that the war service of the Knights shall be conducted without regard to race, color, religion or any other factor except that the recipient of it be a member either of the military or naval forces of the United States. Similarly, the other day, when there were six Negro soldiers en- tertaining at Port Jarvis, N. Y., on their way to Goshen, N. Y., from where they were to start up on their journey to a training camp, it was a group of Knights of Columbus secretaries who met them and supplied them with cigarettes and tobacco. It happened, however, that the six Negro draft men did not take a train from Port Jarvis. Instead, the Knights loaded them into automobiles and drove them across the pretty hill country to their point of departure for the camps. There were only six men in that draft consignment, but the Knights service would have been as hearty and as general if the number had been 600. And there have been innumerable instances where that larger number of men have been cared for and had their wants provided by the Knights, as the men themselves have testified.—Express, Dallas, Tex. A. B. AMOS W. KNIGHT, ESQ. Rockford, Ill. A young man with constructive ideas. A organizer, who numbers his friends by the thousands. Mr. Knight is financially interested in several enterprises in Beloit, Rockford and Chicago. He is genial and affable. NEW $200,000 MOVIE HOUSE OPENED MONDAY Interior of Strand Exclusive in Design; Beautiful Lighting Effects Large Pipe Organ Attractive Feature Programs to Change Three Times a Week Madison's new $200,000 movie house, the Strand, which will seat 1,500 people and which is one of the best of its kind in any city the size of Madison, is finished. The building is 80 feet wide and 150 feet long. The interior of the showhouse, which is not equipped for vaudeville and legitimate shows, is exclusive in design, and is a pattern of the Robert James Adam period of almost a century ago. The Staunton company, Chicago artist decorators, have carried out a color scheme of French gray, lavender and royal purple throughout the entire interior. The steniled walls are of camo effect and medallions in relief. The seats are also in gray and are upholstered in a darker shade of the same color. Large Pipe Organ Attractive Feature One of the most attractive features of this new theater is the huge pipe organ, which was built by the Rudolph Wurlitzer company of Chicago. The organ was operated by Mrs. Lynn, a skilled organist from Chicago. Six colored ushers, all of whom are girls, are dressed in uniform of French grey and will wear white aprons and caps of a French design. Of the graduates from the Field Artillery Training school for officers at Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky., 33 were colored. It is reported that six of the honor students were colored. The school opened July 1st and closed August 31st. Colored men, it is stated, stood second, third and fourth in rating in the total class of 2,500 7,000 Members. NO 17. SOME MORE NEGRO VALOR IN FRANCE Captures German Major, Disrobes Him and Drives Him a Prisoner to American Headquarters. Paris, Sept.—During the recent American advance out of Chateau-Thierry a Red Cross captain was looking out for suitable hospital sites when he met an American Negro soldier murching along toward Chateau-Thierry, following closely behind a German major. The Negro had transferred his pack from his own back to the back of the German officer and had also transferred the German Major's monocle to his own eye. Thus equipped, the black warrior was parading triumphantly down the road. "I say, look here what this nigger done got." OSHKOSH, WIS., NEWS Mr. Eli Rice, the noted tenor singer of this state and elsewhere, will sing in Madison, Beloit, Lodi and other cities throughout the state this week. The members of Oshkosh Lodge 9859 highly congratulate our friend and brother J. A. Josey for being elected G. D. and we feel assured that the right man is in the right place. We wish for him God's speed. A grand entertainment and concert was given at Fond du Lac Thursday, Sept. 19th, at the I. O. O. F. Hall on Main St. under the auspices of the A. M. E. church and the G. U. O. of O. F. of Oshkosh The attendance was large, there being as many whites as colored. Every one went home filled with joy. Wright's orchestra and Eli Rice featured the entertainment with many beautiful selections. Miss Alma Autland was at the piano. Mr. Irvin Mathews, has gone to Canada to bring his wife and two children home, after a two months' visit. The Ebony Film Co., Chicago, closed their season at Fond du Lac the 21st and left for their respective homes. They made many friends while there. They also did much patriotic work for the Red Cross and Salvation Army. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Hart entertained Mrs. J. W. Smith with a five-course dinner Sunday. Mr. Norman Person has returned to his duties after spending two weeks visiting his brothers at Champaign, Springfield, and Mt. Vernon, Ill. His wife accompanied him. 5 ELI RICE, ESQ, WISCONSIN NOTED TENOR SINGER Oshkosh, Wis. Who is touring the State singing for the Government. He spent Tuesday in Madison enroute to Lodi. He will appear at Wautoma, Thursday and Friday. He will return to Madison during the month of October. Mr. Rice as a tenor singer is considered one of the best in the state. NEW SUB-COMMITTEES OF MANAGEMENT Grand Master, John Noel. Deputy Grand Master, Wm. T. Francis. Grand Secretary, R. J. Nelson. Grand Treasurer, Chas. Colburn. Grand Directors W. T. Andrews, J. Anthony Josey, J. G. Robinson, W. A. Cornelius, W. L. Kemp. Entered as second-class matter June 8, 1916, at the post office at Madison, Wis., under the Act of 2 March 3, 1879 ANTHONY JOSEZ, Editor and Manager. SEO. H. DE REEF. Contributing Editor. SUBSCRIPTION. One year ..... $1.50 Six months ..... 1.00 Three months ..... 50 Address all communications to Wisconsin Weekly Blade, 319 N. Henry St. money sent by express money order, or registered letter at our own risk, otherwise at risk of the reader. The D. C. L. is not responsible for any financial obligation of The Mince. MILWAUKEE BRANCH H. B. Kinney Staff Correspondents. A. W. KNICKT. L. J. OUSLEY Don't forget to pay your sub- scription to the Wisconsin Week- sure to read our adds. They con- tain good bargains. When you buy War Savings Stamps you do not give your money, you loan it at 4 per cent compounded quarterly. You help your government, but you help yourself even more. Notice to Mail Subscribers The War Industries Board has served official notice that from and after October 1st, 1918, "all newspapers must discontinue sending a paper after the date of the expiration of a subscription, unless the subscription is renewed and paid for." This means that unless your Blade is paid for in advance, you will not receive a copy through the mail after October 1st. As much as we regret the step it is absolutely necessary for us to stop sending the paper after that date. This notice is given at this time so that you will have time to protect your subscription. BLACK CAUCASIANS The following, clipped from the Milwaukee Journal June 9, 1918, puzzles us. We really do not know who we are. So often we have been classed as Negroes, however faint the trace of Negro blood in our veins that to be called "Black Caucasians" arouses our suspicions. Is it the old story of trying to annex all good and great things to the Caucasian people" It looks so. In order to do so, however, it is necessary to make Caucasians of the black men who are playing such an important part in the successes of this war, and the Journal is not above attempting this most difficult feat. Truly this war is working wonders when it can make Caucasians of the American Negro. What else may result no one can foretell. The editorial follows: The "American" Race Just as a matter of speculative interest, as well as in point of scientific accuracy, it might be proper to observe that when America entered the war, it was as the representative of the Caucasian race. That term, though somewhat broad, appears most nearly to describe the men and armies who are the product of the melting pot. The dictionary informs us that a Caucasian is a "member of the white division or branch of the human species, * * * including nearly all Europeans, both Semitic and Aryan; an Indo-European." That looks like us. A Caucasian is therefore an Anglo-Saxon, a Teuton, a Slav, a Latin—in fact, any European, or Semite of European origin. The Caucasian race was the source whence flowed, in more or less widely separated streams, the great nationalities of Europe. In America a reservoir has been found in which all these streams of the parent stock have mingled. We could hardly employ a narrower term and fully define the racial texture of the American. In fact, to completely compass the racial scope of America, we have to search the authority still deeper, and by so doing we find that the Caucasian race includes a division known as the "black Caucasians." This terms applies to a "member of Eurasian race belonging to Hamitic stock." By black Caucasians is usually meant north Africans and Abyssinians, dark peoples who have long been influenced by European civilization and customs. In America, however, we have our own "black Caucasians," whose sons are brigaded with the whites, to fight for the heritage of all Caucasians. DONE GOT ONE Is the Caucasioin played out? Has the dusky son of Ham at last acquired his top dog position over "dem white trash?" From the battlefields of France where our cullud troops fought nobly comes a vivid verbal picture emblematic in its large chromatic satisfactions for the cullud man, perhaps prophetic. Down the historic highway from Chateau Thierry we are required to visualize this parade of two, a fst, perspiring and gorgeous German major, on his way to the pen carrying the pack of his captor, a Pershing trooper black as a crow, wearing a beaming smile and the major's monacle, and saluting the ranks with: "Look yere boss, see what dis nigger done got!" He certainly got something; a von Something; possibly a count. It was like an apothecosis of the race. The major must have realized in that prodigious pan-German moment that war is hell.-Milwaukee Sentinel, Sept. 20, 1918. PENCIL PICKINGS Hon. J. Q. Moses, New York It is indeed a pleasure to meet such a man as Hon. J. Q. Moses. He is one of the Empire State's Campaign workers and is known to bring things to pass. He is Sergeant-at-Amns of the National progressive State Convention. He wields great influences among the voters of the State. Prof. J. H. Wheeler New York It will be remembered that Mr. Wheeler was at one time a resident of Madison. He is now comfortably located in New York state in charge of one of its leading Jazz Orchestras. He has joined the Benedicts and has an affable and accomplished companion Capt. E. Best. Atlanta. Ga. This progressive young man is a native of Wilmington, N. C., but for more than 18 years has resided in Atlanta, Ga. He is proprietor of the leading Cafes in the Gate City, and is well prepared for a rainy day. His word is his bond. While in New York attending the B. M. C. he replenished his wardrobe at a cost of more than $150. Mrs. Margrete J. Bradley. New London, Conn. Is an utiring member and W. T. of New London H. H. 466. She was a delegate to the New York B. M. C. and beleaves in practi- ting the principles of P. H. & P. As a member of Zion Workers Annual Conference she yielded much influence and is a true race woman. Mr. B. H. Hankison. Expert Tailor The many friends of Bennie, as he is familiarly known in Anguita, Ga., his home town, Atlanta, Ga., and Boston, Mass., will with great pleasure not that he has joined the Benedicts. He led to the altar the accomplished and entertaining Miss Hattie Stewart of Lafayette, Ind., and they are now residents of Chicago, where Mr. Hankison is in business. ORNOLF MURRY Brooklyn, N. Y. This is a young man well read and versed in the affairs effecting his race. He is indeed studious. For more than 11 years he has resided in New York state and numbers his friends by the thousands. P. N. F. LENWOOD GREEN Chicago, Ill He is a member of Arnett Lodge and has done much to advance the principles of the order. He is foreman of the Stock Yard, Employment Agency, and has given hundreas of our people employment. GEORGIA'S MOVING PICTURE KING AT NEW YORK B. M. C. Prof. R. Black, Atlanta, Ga. This is a young man of wide and varied experiences, who by self-perseverences has made a name to be recognized in the financial and business world. He is an honored graduate of Hampton Institute in 1909 and ever since has been on the alert to make good. He is Secretary of the Fireside Mutual Insurance of Ohio and Manager of Atlanta's leading Moving Picture Theater. A FASHIONABLE HOTEL Weekly Arrivals at Idlewild Hotel, 50 E. 33rd St., Chicago, Il. H. E. Kinny, Cleveland, O. Clarence Montgomery, Washington, D. C. Robt. L. Wallace, Baltimore, Md. Cleve Howard, Danville. Cecil A. Hayes, Detroit, Mich. J. H. Watkins, Houston, Tex. E. Ray, St. Louis, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Brown, Gary, Ind. S. W. Brooke and wife, Grand Rapids J. H. Stewart, Washington, D. C. Harry Baker, Pittsburgh, Pa. James Davis, Boston, Mass. J. M. Ransom, Omaha, Neb. Miss Pearl Martin, Osage, Ia. Mr. and Mrs. Jas, Ellis, New York. T. E. Fitzgerald, Boston, Mass. Mrs. Lettie Williams, New Castle, Pa. J. H. 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Humie, Needles, Cal. F. A. Roman, New York City. T. L. Shelton, Pa. A. Christman, Los Angeles, Cal. Chas. Blanchard. J. C. Gilliard. Chie. Hgtskill and family. BARABOO, WIS., NEWS Mr. Clarence Owens is visiting in Baraboo at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. Owens. Mrs. Dora Hayes, Baraboo, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Chas, Stepp of Reedsburg, Wis. Mr. Emil Newton, Madison, was a visitor in Baraboo over Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Owens. Mrs. W. M. Moon was a visitor in Baraboo Friday at the home of her aunt Mrs. Mary Arms. Mr. and Mrs. Owens and grand-daughter Grace Hickman spent last Sunday at Reedsburg with their daughter Mrs. Chas, Stepp. Mrs. Sadie Hickman returned to Baraboo, after visiting friends in Beloit and her brother Fred Owens, who left for Brooklyn, N. Y., Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Owens visited their son Fred at Camp Grant last week. Mrs. Sadie O. Hickman will soon open an up-to-date rooming house in Rockford, Ill. 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Costs nothing, write today. Address KNICKERBOCKER TAILORING CO Dept 34 Chicago, IL. THEGASRANGE IT IS CLEAN--for there are no ashes, no coal, wood or kindling, no soot, no smoke. The range itself is neat and clean and easily kept so. It does away with cause for worry both in keeping fires hot and in results of cooking. IT IS CONVENIENT for all heat wanted and 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. IRONING MADE EASY WITH AN ELECTRIC IRON WHY? Why, simply because cuts the work in two hot. There is no energy, no dread of It saves labor and more time for other t We are willing that you Electric Flat-Iron will you to accept our w you will, in your home bring one. You de keeep it. Why, simply because the Electric cuts the work in two. Your iron is not. There is no waiting, no water energy, no dread of injuring fine men, saves labor and clothes and gives more time for other things. We willing that you should see what electric Flat-Iron will do. We do not you to accept our word for it. Then you will, in your home. A phone or ring one. You decide if you will keep it. WHY? Why, simply because the Electric Iron cuts the work in two. Your iron is always hot. There is no waiting, no waste of energy, no dread of injuring fine clothes. It saves labor and clothes and gives you more time for other things. We are willing that you should see what the Electric Flat-Iron will do. We do not urge you to accept our word for it. Try it, if you will, in your home. A phone call will bring one. You decide if you wish to keep it. Madison Gas & Company dison Gas & Electric Company 126 East Main Street MRS. GOVENOR FURNISHED ALL KINDS OF COAL, WOOD 519 CHERRY Phone Grand 4345Y Bank of W . GOVENOR JONES & FURNISHED ROOMS ALL KINDS OF EXPRESSING COAL, WOOD AND ICE 519 CHERRY STREET Grand 4345Y MILWAUKEE Bank of Wisconsin 519 CHERRY STREET Phone Grand 4345Y MILWAUKEE, WIS. Bank of Wisconsin 425 East Grand Ave. GUY & FRY PRESSING :: TAILORING French Dry Ladies Work A GUY & FRAZIER ESSING :: TAILORING :: REPAIR French Dry Cleaning Ladies Work A Specialty GUY & FRAZIER PRESSING :: TAILORING :: REPAIRING French Dry Cleaning Ladies Work A Specialty Work Called for and Delivered The Wisconsin The only newspaper people in th Wisconsin Weekly The only newspaper for colore people in the state The Wisconsin Weekly Blade The only newspaper for colored people in the state --- MADISON Electric Iron iron is always no waste of fine clothes. and gives you see what the we do not urge it. Try it, if one call will you wish to electric eet S & CO. IS SSING E AUKEE, WIS. onsin Telephone 2906 ER REPAIRING g alty BELOIT, WIS. kly Blade colored WISCONSIN THE NEW STRAND Monday, September 23, '18 MILWAUKEE DIRECTORY Churches. A. M. E.—St. Marks, 497 4th St., Rev. J. O. Morley, Lit. D., A. M. Pastor. Services 11 A. M. and 8 P. M. S. S., 12:30. C. E. 6:30 P. M. Baptist—Calvary, 414 Cherry St. Rev. S. Russell, Pastor. Services: 11 A. M. and 8 P. M. S. S. 9:45 A. M. B. Y. B. U. 6:30 P. M. C. M. E.—Mission, 501 Galena St. Rev. W. S. Ferguson, pastor. Services: 11 A. M. and 8 P. M. S. S. 10 A. M. Y. P. S. C. 3:00 P. M. Epworth League 6 P. M. R. C.—St. Benedict the Moor, 311 9th St. Rev. Father Stephen, O. M. Cap., Pastor. Services 8:30 and 10 A. M. FRATERNAL. MILWAUKEE F. & A. M.—Widow's Son lodge No. 25, A. L. Herron, W. M, R. L. Sanford, Sect 430 7th street meets 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, 301 State, O. E. S.—Princess Ellah Chapter, No. 22, Mrs. A. L. Davis, W. M. Mrs. C. Reed, sec. 291 7th street. Meets 1st Thursday, 301 State. G. U. O. O. F. Golden Links lodge No. 9520.H. P. Kinner, N. G., R. L. Sanford, sec. 430 7th st. Meets 2nd and 4th Mondays, 301 State. H. of R.—Esther, No. 2195 Mrs. E. MeFeeters, M. N. G. Mrs. M. Cephas, W. R., 603 Vliet St. meets 2nd and 4th Wednesday, 301 Street street. H. of R.—Help Mate No. 5388, Mrs. M. J. Brantford M. N. G. Mrs. Pearl Allegue, W. R 324 4th street, meets 2nd and 4th Fridays, 301 State K. of P.—Pride of Milwaukee, No. 1. C. J. Sharp, C. C., D. McCage, Sec. 497 E. Water St. Meets 2nd and 4th Thursdays, 301 State street. G. U. O. O. F.—Gordon Lodge No. 5693, R. F. Reed, N. G., J. W. Sims, Sec., 328 4th street. Meets first and third Mondays at 301 State street. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING RATES. Rates of Avertising in the Blade 3 lines or less, 1st insertion _____20c Each additional line _____5c Each additional insertion, per line _____5c Rates for more than one insertion apply only to ads run in consecutive issues. BUCHANAN'S LUNCH ROOM Ice Cream and Soft Drinks Call to see us. 425 6th St. Milwaukee, Wis. J. D. SHEPARD Fancy Groceries All Vegetables and Fruits in Season Call and See Him Phone Grand 4394 459 6th St. Milwaukee, Wis. ARCHIE TEGTMEYER Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, Silverware Visit this store when you want anything in his line. He will treat you right. Grand Ave., Cor. 4th, Milwaukee. A. RICHARDSON SHOE REPAIR SHOP Hand Turn Work a Specialty Old Shoes Bought and Sold 453 6th St. Milwaukee, Wis. FOR SALE—5 Room House, Lot 33x100. City property, two blocks from Capitol. Call or phone Blade office. Phone 3369. WANTED—Barber customers at Sanitary Tonsorial Parlors, 222 E. Main St. THE Madison's Photoplay Theatre De Luxe Editor J. Anthony Josey was in Beloit on business Wednesday. Miss Phoebe Hines writes that she is the recipient of many social functions during her visit in Chicago. J. A. Adkins, Jr., is becoming quite popular among the fairer sex. He is planning to spend several weeks at his old home Bessemer, Ala. Phyllis Wheatly H. H. of Ruth exercises will be held at Mt. Zion Baptist church Sunday at 3 P. M. The public is cordially invited to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Scott & Son accompanied by their sister Miss Irene Horton, motored from Beloit to Madison to spend Sunday with their parents Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Horton. Mrs. Martha Harris entertained a few friends Wednesday evening at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Dale, North Frances street in honor of her birthday. Prof. Eli Rice, Ooshkosh, one of the founders of the State's Race Convention and noted Tenor Singer of the State, spent Tuesday in Madison as the guest of Editor and Mrs. Josey. Miss Alice Minnis, who after a pleasant visit of two weeks with her mother, Mrs. Hattie Minnis, returned to Indianapolis, Ind., before leaving to spend the winter months in Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Gentry, old residents of Madison, left Wednesday for Chicago where they will spend the winter. Before leaving Mr. Gentry paid the Blade office a visit and paid his subscription, so as to keep abreast with the news of Madison. MILWAUKEE WIS Dr. and Mrs. T. A. Boger spent the week end at Pine Lake with Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Kinner. Attorney G. H. DeReef left Monday for Beloit on business. The well known Brooks restaurant has removed to larger quarters at 297 4th St., just across the street from the old location. Rev. S. Russell preached the annual sermon to Esther and Help Meet Households on Sunday last. A large audience was present and enjoyed an able and instructive discourse. Judge W. H. Harrison of Oklahoma delivered an address at St. Mark's Church on Friday last. Subject: The Negro and the War" Miss Nellie Vass, who has been visiting her mother in Moberly, Mo., has returned to her residence, 320 Prairie St., who is also a popular young lady of the Baptist church. The Pastors' Aid Club of Calwary Baptist church will entertain at a Masquerade Supper in the Lecture Hall on Thursday evening, Oct. 10, 1918. The public is invited. All are requested to wear masquerade costumes. Supper 35c. DANE COUNTY FOOD PRICES The Food administration has fixed prices to be paid from now on by consumers as follows: (Minimum prices shall be used as a basis for cash and carry and maximum as a basis for charge and delivery.) 12 lbs. _____ 95 Rye flour, 10 lbs._____ 56 Barley flour, 10 lbs._____ 60 Graham flour, 10 lbs._____ 57 Cornmeal, 10 lbs._____ 65 Sugar _____ 116 No. 2, per doz.----15 — 22 Canned tomatoes— No. 2, per doz.----18 — 20 No. 3, per doz.----22 — 25 Canned peas— Standard ----17 — 18 Fancy ----20 — 24 Sardines, 1/4 cotton- seed ----10 — 11 Sardines, 1/4 olive oil per can ----23 — 25 Sardines, 3/4 mustard per can ----20 — 22 Rice, fancy head ----14 — 15 Rice, blue rose ----13 — 14 Beans, navy, hand picked ----14 — 15 Beans, Lima ----19 — 20 Dried peas ----14 — 15 Salmon, 1 lb., pink, per can ----21 — 25 Salmon, 1 lb., red.----31 — 34 Dried Calif., prunes (size) ----12 — 25 Peaches, evaporated.----15 — 22 Peaches peeled ----21 — 23 Raisins, seeded, 15 oz. ----15 — 17 Raisins, seedless, 15 oz. ----16 — 18 Oatmeal, per lb. ----7 — 8 Cornstarch in pkg. (1 lb.) ----12 — 13 Corn flour ----61/2 — 8 Rice flour ----13 — 14 Lard substitutes ----271/2 — 30 Lard in bulk ----33 — 35 Sugar sales hereafter must be limited to town and city consumers to two pounds and sales to rural consumers to five pounds. No householder can buy more than ten pounds of sugar on certificate plan for canning purposes and only on special permit from ocal food administrator. Sugar or canning must not be purchased unless it is for actual consumption at the time purchased. Persons will not be permitted to prebure supplies for future use. Retailers are held responsible along with customers for violation of this rule. Sugar certificates can be secured at room 219 Gay building. The Oldest Trust Company in the State of Wisconsin The SavingsLoan&Trust Company Steensland Building, Madison, Wis Capital and Surplus, $300,000 Pays 4 per cent. for Your Money. Debentures, Certificates, Savings, Trusts Make your Deposits by Mail. Money to Loan on Real Estate Security E. B. Steenland, Pres. and Treas. W. A. P. Morris, Vice-Pres. J. G. O. Zehnter, Vice-Pres. E. F. Riley, Secy. and Trust Officer I. M. Kittleson, Assistant Secy. W. D. Curtis Stanford P. Starks A. E. Proudfit A. F. Menges S. T. Swansen Herman Pundt Phones Office, Gsand 4504 R Res. Lincoln 3585-Y George Heriot DeReef Attorney and Counselor at Law ROOMS 217-218 EMPIRE BUILDING 14 Grand Avenue MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN TRAND e Luxe SEPTEMBER 28 Do It the First Day --- You know you are going to buy Liberty Bonds. You wouldn't be square with yourself if you didn't. You couldn't take off your hat to the flag with half the sense of ownership if you didn't. You couldn't cheer the marching line of troops with half the thrill if you didn't. You couldn't watch the Jackies go by with half the pride if you didn't. You couldn't glimpse a battleship off the coast with half the joy if you didn't. You couldn't read the war news with half the eager faith if you didn't. You couldn't be 100% American if you didn't. You know the Fourth Liberty Loan starts September 28th. You know that buying a Liberty Bond isn't making a gift. You know you are simply lending your money to your Government—to the best friend you and your mother and wife and sister and daughter have. You know what security is back of your loan—security that means good interest and that your money will be paid back to you. You know all of that—you know the business side as well as the patriotic side of it. Then, buy your Liberty Bonds the very first day of the Loan. Don't wait. Do your thinking beforehand. You don't need to consider it; you don't have to be argued into it—you know you will buy Liberty Bonds. Be one of the first to get the badge of honor—the Liberty Bond button. Get yours on the first day.—September 28th. You know what an example that will set. Make September 28th your Liberty Bond day. Could you do a better thing right now? U. S. Government Bonds Fourth Liberty Loan Buy Your Liberty Bonds the First Day Madison, Wis. J. W. H. "I'd like to be there!" OU have said it-as you have looked at some vivid picture or read some stirring account of our boys fighting with American courage and self-sacrifice. If you cannot go out to them, you can fight for them, over here. Smash open the way for them with howitzers and big guns. Send them ammunition, tanks, airplanes, rifles, clothing, food. Help to keep them victorious. OF COURSE you would "like to be there." They don't need you yet or you WOULD be there. But they need guns and shells, every hour they remain on the road to Berlin. Absolutely the next best thing to going over is to Buy Liberty Bonds-Buy to Your Limit THE NEGRO IN WAR WORK Issued from the Office of Emmett J. Scott, Special Assistant to the Secretary of War. Washington, D. C., Sept. 25, 1918. In the "drive" for the third liberty loan the colored citizens of Jacksonville, Fla., were asked to raise $50,000. When the returns were all in it was found that the energetic colored citizens had subscribed for bonds to the value of $250,000—a quarter of a million dollars' worth and five times the amount requested of them. The executive committee in charge of the work among the colored people was headed by Charles H. Anderson, treasurer of the National Negro Business League, and senior member of the firm of Anderson and Company, bankers. In recognition of this salientid showing the general committee awarded an "honor flag" to the colored citizens of Florida's meeting the flag was formally acmeeting the ag was formally ac- cepted, with Dr. N. W. Collier, president of the Florida Normal and Industrial Institute, St. Augustine, Fla., as spokesman of the occasion. On the 14th of September, the colored people formally took notice that it was the 58th birthday anniversary of General John J. Pershing. The following telegram, signed by Allen G. Perkins, Thomas H. Love and Cornelius J. Williams, was sent through the office of Emmett J. Scott's special assistant, to General Pershing in France: "As Galveston Negroes, assembled to rehearse for Liberty Chorus No. 1, under War Camp Community Service, we are reminded that today is the 58th anniversary of the birth of the chief figure in America's Expeditionary Forces, General John J. Pershing. As he commands and leads the soldiers of our country, among whom are members of our race, our prayers ascend for him and his command. We send through you our felicitations to him, and give assurance of our allegiance in every way in the cause for which he is battling." The United States Government has placed $5,000,000 for the benefit of the Republic of Liberia, to aid it through the war period. Liberia's finances are threatened by reason of the breakdown of its commerce through her declaration of war against Germany. The rich products of Liberia will prove helpful to the allied governments arrayed against Germany. The committee which laid the condition of Liberia before the President of the United States and was largely instrumental in securing this $5,000,000 loan, was made up of Dr. Rober Russa Moton, Emmett J. Scott Dr. Ernest Lyon, Dr. James H. Dillard. Dr. Thomas Jesse Jones and William H. Lewis. Ralph W. Tyler, of Columbus, Ohio, former Auditor for the Navy Department, and a newspaper man of experience, has been selected as a regular war correspondent, to serve on the staff of General Pershing, commander-in-chief of the American forces, to report the doings of the colored soldiers on the western front in France. Mr. Tyler is the first colored man to be commissioned as a War correspondent by any government in the world. Sergeant Robert Terry, of the First Separate Company of Baltimore, and Sergeant Charles Hughes, of the First Separate Battalion, of Washington, D.C., have been presented the Croix d' Guerre for bravery, according to word received from France. These companies, now the 372d regiment, are brigaded with the French and are considered to be among the very best trained regiments in France. BELOIT Leymore Johnson, a child six years of age, was recently criminally assaulted and outrageously abused by one, Frank Saladino, a young Italian. September 19th the case was called in the Municipal court and for some reason unexplained at present the accused was permitted to go and the case apparently abandoned by the authorities. It would seem that this is a fit case for the serious consideration of all believers of justice and the due administration of the law. Private counsel has been employed and money is needed to defray expenses. Now, I, as president of the Co-operative Development and Progressive Association of the State of Wisconsin, do hereby call upon every member of said association and all believers in fair play and justice to contribute to this expense as it is now impossible to say to what ends it may be necessary to go to secure the proper administration of the law in respect to this foul crime. Contributions may be sent to Miss Marie White, Secretary of the Association, at 117 North Washington St., Janesville, Wis., and she will forward a receipt for same. Wm. S. Williams, President, 449 St. Paul ave., Beloit. Miss Marie White, Secretary, 117 North Washington St., Janesville, Wis. Keep YourVoice Clear USE LEWIS' VEGETABLE THROAT GARGLE 25 Cents The First National Bank MADISON, WISCONSIN United States Capital Surplus and Under OFFICERS AN A. E. Proudfit President M. E. Fuller Vice-President E. B. Steensland Jas. B. Ramsay M. H. Sater, A No. 144 United States Depositor Surplus and Undivided Profits $40 OFFICERS AND DIRECTORR Mifit President F. G. Brown, W. R Vice-President F. W. Hoyt Island H. L. Moseley Casay M. C. Clark, C. M. H. Sater, Assistant Cashier United States Depository Capital Surplus and Undivided Profits $440,000.00 A. E. Proudfit President F. G. Brown, Vice-President M. E. Fuller Vice-President F. W. Hoyt E. B. Steensland H. L. Moseley Jas. B. Ramsay M. C. Clark, Cashier M. H. Sater, Assistant Cashier Painless Chiropodist Massaging PROF. POWELL'S HAIR REFINING PRO Water Does SHAMPOOING AND MEN'S WORK REFINING PROCESS WITHOUT Water Does Not Affect it. MPOOING AND DANDRUFF REMEN MEN'S WORK A SPECIALTY HAIR REFINING PROCESS WITHOUT IRONS Water Does Not Affect it. SHAMPOOING AND DANDRUFF REMOVED MEN'S WORK A SPECIALTY 3518 South State Street 2nd Floor, Room 1 SAM'S Palace Tailoring Cleaning and Pro HATS CLEANED Goods called for and delivered sin Weekly Blade an SAM'S PLACE Face Tailoring and Shining Fo Cleaning and Pressing our Specialty S CLEANED AND BLO ed for and delivered. Cigars, Tobacco Weekly Blade and other papers for Street Milwa Telephone Grand 607 D. SCH FUNERAL DIRECTOR LADY AS Twenty-two ye D. SCHWEER GENERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBAL LADY ASSISTANT Twenty-two years in Business nut St. MILWAU D. SCHWEER FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER LADY ASSISTANT Twenty-two years in Business A. W. E. WILLIAMS Licensed Embalmer Funeral Director Williams Under Telephone 4229 Williams Undertaking Parlo 4229 308 E. Wilson Williams Undertaking Parlors Telephone 4229 308 E. Wilson St. Madison General Agent for Hor-to-na Preparations Instructor Diplom MRS. P. J. EVANS SCALP TREATMENT Hor-to-na System 515 E. 41st St. Phone Drexel 1673 C 1st St. Phone Drexel 1673 CH 515 E. 41st St. Phone Drexel 1673 Chicago, Ill. 316-4th Street 517 Chestnut St. 144 S Depository Provided Profits $440,000.00 DIRECTORR F. G. Brown, Vice-President F. W. Hoyt H. L. Moseley M. C. Clark, Cashier Assistant Cashier Office Phone, Douglas 3288 Res. Phone, Douglas 3132 ESS WITHOUT IRONS Not Affect it. ANDRUFF REMOVED A SPECIALTY PLACE and Shining Parlors using our Specialty AND BLOCKED I. Cigars, Tobacco, Wiscon- other papers for sale Carriages and Automobile IWEER ER AND EMBALMER ASSISTANT ers in Business MILWAUKEE, WIS Save! Save! Save! Hooverize Everything Try The Cheapest And The Best SUPERIOR HAIR GROWER AND BEAUTY CULTURE Write Today AGENTS WANTED ! Mme. J. E. Densmore 4328 Forestville Ave. CHICAGO, ILL. Six weeks treatment $1.10 Special Course by mail $15.00. Diplomas given. S. W. E. WILLIAMS Assistant Embalmer. taking Parlors 308 E. Wilson St. Madison Instructions Given Diplomas Awarded rexel 1673 Chicago, Ill. No.144 CHICAGO Milwaukee, Wls. ```markdown ```