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The Washington times., 1908-04-28
htemamage Dinner Gossip
Of the Tqvo Races in Brooklyn

engagement. and promised 10 come
back-but he did not
Speeches Agitated Washington.
Booker T. washington. head OF the
Tuskesee Institute. who is at the Man
haitian Hotel. was greatly agitated
when he read The story OF the Cosmo-
politan banquet, and especially over the
statements made by Hamilton Holt. He
sent word to the desk OF the hotel that
he was not tC be disturbed and mott
fed his two secretaries that he WAS mot
at home 10 reporters.
An effort 10 SEE him was made by the
sending back OF the card with the mes
sage that -'Dr. Washington IS engaged
Persistence met with a visit from one
Of the secretaries. He had been well
coached.
You want to talk With the doctor
regarding certain speeches made at a
so-called dinner last night; we'll. the
doctor viii not talk about what anyone
else might have said"
a call Of Washington's room ON the
telephone resulted IN the Interrogation
Of the inquirer. who vas asked what
he wanted 10 talk about. When he eX-
planned. the answer came back, DR.
Washington has nothing 10 say
The Washington times., 1908-04-28
Tired Women

WOmen'S delicate nerve organ
ism suffers much from worry, ex-
citement, over-work. Headache,
nervousness, backache, stomach
trouble, and general debility are
the natural result. For all such
Or. Miles Nervine will be found
TO be a splendid nerve tonic. II
soothes the nerves, and brings re-
freshing bodybuilding sleep and
rest.
4 nave been extremely nervous for
some yearS-IOr. Niles Nervfne has done
me more good than any medicine / have
ever taken. have used il whenever I
needed II and il always ouieted nv
nerves. and strengthened me so that /
feel first rate"
MRS w, q. I-SZARTH. Hamilton. No
III first bottle fails to benefit, money back
NILES MEDICAL CO.. Elkhart, ind,
The Washington times., 1908-04-28
Intermarriage the Solution.

The keynote OF the talkfest from tho
side OF the negroes was sounded by
Hamilton Holt, editor Of the Inde-
pendent.
'Intermarriage If continued lons
enough" he shouted, smiling gracefully
into the faces OF his white feminine
hearers. will solve the race problem
do not believe the white nan would
be so anxious 20 marry the negro wom-
an as would the negro man to marry the
white girl. And n this IS continued, the
negro marrying the white woman, the
dark race will gradually bleach.
Conditions are going 10 get worse
IN the South instead Of better. Wher
the colored race I'm the South gets edu-
Gated the whites viii have 20 recognize
them as their equals. There is hut one
remedy. Deportation is Impossible.
ANA lgamatiOn is the only cure. SO Il
must be intermarriage and education
The Washington times., 1908-04-28
Need Legislation,
Says Committee

The Senate Committee on the Dis
trict of Columbia today transmitted TO
the Senate a report in answer 20 tie
Culberson resolution. which asks Il any
leg Station were necessary 10 perfect
the school buildings Of the District Of
Columbia. with reference 20 making
them fiTeUrOOf
The committee replied by transmitting
the result Of the Investigation by the
District authorities. which has been
heretofore published. and which showed
that there was need OF improvements
in this regard. The COMMITTEES added thar
az il had included an item or SIS. 90
for this very purpose in the District ap-
charged from further consideration or
the subject.
The Washington times., 1908-04-28

NEW YORK, April 28-New York. the
haven Of every conceivable sect and
creed, and ordinarily tolerant 10 the
verge Of indifference, is today in fever
heat over the race question. Morning
papers. detailing the doings OF a dinner
given In Brooklyn last night by the Cos
mopOlitan Society, precipitated the trou-
BILE
The spectacle OF young white women.
seated side by side with negroes, and
the enthusiastic aCclamatiOns by all the
diners OF the proposition of intermar-
riage as a solution of the race problem
have proved too much for even lethargic
New Workers
Prominent negro educators and leaders
with a foresight sufficient 10 see the
damage worked BY last nights affair
declare that more injury has been
worked their race than by any event oc-
curing In the North in recent years.
White Girls at Dinner.
There were twenty white girls and
women at the dinner. There were also a
haif-dOzen white men. The white girls
sat for the most part between negro
men and listened, some with much inter
ested attention. others with apparent in
difference to a rather literary discussion
OF miscegnation.
Miss Mary White Overton. a Brooklyn
girl. who has been a leader in settle
ment work: Harold G.. Willard. editor
or the Evening Post, and Edward G..
Walker. president Of the Sunrise Club.
were the white speakers The negro
Speakers ircluded Capt" II. A. Thomp-
son. who said he was at San Juan
Hin with the Eighth Illinois (colored) ;
Or. John A Morgan, the Rev George
Frazer Miller. Max Barber, Of Chicago.
and DR.. O. NJ. Waller.
The incident of the dinner that IS
causing the most dissa tisfaCtiOn among
the negroes today is the fact that the
name Of Booker T Washington, who
advocates Peaceful resistance was
greeted with cat calls and Misses. while
that Of Dubois. who favorE "eXercisinE
al rights ". der the Constitution was
givea a volley Of applause
The Washington times., 1908-04-28
FPWOPTH MFFTs ToNIGHT.

The departmental conferences Of the
eighteenth annual convention OF the
Washington District Epworth League
viii be held tonight at the Wesley
Chapel. Fifth and r streets northwest.
Devotional exercises Will be held un-
der the direction of the Rev. w. O..
McNiel. ana an addres" VIII be given
by the Rev W F. Sheridan. ID. D..
pastor OF the Mt. Vernon Place Church.
Baltimore
The Washington times., 1908-04-28
MAPLE SUGAR FEAST
HELD BY VERM0NTERS

Several hundred pounds or Vermont
maple sugar were demolished az the
eighth annual sugar party of the Yer
mont state Association held at Ma
tiOnal Rifles Hail The delicious sugar
fresh from the maple trees Of the
Green Mountains. could not stand be-
fore the onslaught OF the New Eng
landers. and rapidly disappeared.
Major l. r Campbell was the toast
master. and short addresses were made
by John ". Stewart, John NJ. Thurston.
Thomas.
The Washington times., 1908-04-28
Brooklyn Dinner
Alarms Democrats

Southern Democrats at the Capitol
INDUCED in some warm criticism today
when they read I'm a New York news
paper that intermarriage between the
white and black races was advocated
last night at a dinner in Brooklyn. at
which there were prominent white peo-
pie and a good many colored people.
Representative Albert s. Burleson. OF
Texas, a member OF the Committee on
Appropriations in the House described
the sentiments OF the SOutherners sue
emily when he said.
IT refuse 20 belive such a story.
don't believe Il ever happened. Il IS
unbelievable, abhorrent, and incOnceiv-
able"
The Washington times., 1908-04-28
NORTHEAST HOMES
SELL FOR $4,000

A deal in northeast properties, fnvolv-
ing more than SO. 900. was closed this
morning by Thomas J. Fisher & Co.
The row Of houses at 1922 10 1928, and
that across the street. 1923 10 1429 Ames
street. have been sold within the last
two days These houses. which are
under course Of construction, are two
stories and cellar.
Following are the names Of the pur-
Chasers: 1922. Henry b Dawson: 1924
G. S. DeLuca: 1926. George O. Frey;
1928. Madame Pepper. through Emerson
& Waters, 1925 Charles S. Taylor; 1927
Clarence Tilden and Clara Thomas Nc
Intyre. and li29, Frederick Beilinge.
The modern four-story and basement
building at sos L street northwest was
sold yesterday for a sum approximate
ing Sl5,O00. The structure was erected
several years ago, and Is rented for
Offices The purchaser. VINO will hold
the property as an investment was
repre- scented by the Simpson SulIiva n
Company. The former owner made the
sale through the firm OF Stone & Fair
fax.
The Washington times., 1908-04-28

Robert L. Waters has bought of L. y
salisbury, agent, lot IS. square 27ss.
Saurs addition, corner Deladeld and
Fifteenth streets northwest
Mr.. Waters Will build 2 home on this
lot II is understood the price paid
is about S22iO.
The Washington times., 1908-04-28
WOman Joins in Speeches.

Miss Overton in an impassioned speech
advocated social equality. The negro
mustn't give up any Of his rights as a
man." she said. He must never be
satisfied until his equality IS recognized
The power or love overruns caste and
brings all castles together. I like to
think that we are going 10 eat with and
stand up for our colored brethren and
sisters wherever we may meet them. -
Editor Willard declared that the spirit
OF caste is the most dangerous that
can threaten the land. We stand in
this country for equality" he said
"eqUalities OF rights, liberties, and 70
do as we see fit
Dr. Ferris. the negro lecturer. de-
manded II the time was not here when
the negro should force recognition of
his claim to be recognized as the equal
OF the white This meeting means
more to the residents of the black
belt Of the South than to the negro OF
the North. II marks an epoch for the
dovn-South negro II is a question Of
recC gnizing him as a man and an equal.
There is only one way to succeed
demand our equality"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-04
TREE DWELLING ANTS.
South American Insect That Acts 4
Plant Guardian.

South American Insect That Acts n
Plant Guardian.
Ant defenders of plants and trees
are some Of natures pretty marve1s.
The Cecropia adenopus is remarka-
BILE tree Of south Brazil, widely dis
tributed through the tropics. Its slen-
der trunk IL crowned with long leaves
at the ends Of the branches.
A few active ants run continually
along the branches and the leaves, but
II the tree is shaken slightly an army
Of ants rushes out by small apertures
ready for a savage assault ON the in
truder The ant is the terrible guard
ian that the tree has retained to pro-
tect it from It's most formidable enc
my, the leaf cutter ant.
The defenders rarely leave their re-
treat, where they live on small whitish
egg shaped bodies about one-twelfth
Of an inch long. known as Mueller's
corpuscles. These are formed Of deli
cate tissue, rich In proteids and all, as
rations for the garrison of defender
ants to feed upon. The curious ar
rangement by which entrance is made
to the hollow stem has been studied by
w. Schimper.
Just above the point Of insertion of
each leaf extends nearly to the supe-
rior node a superficial groove, at whose
end is a rounded depression. There
the tissue is thin. like diaphragm in
a tube, and it also is soft. The hole
by which the ant enters Is always
pierced at this spot. The ants seem
to have made their entrance through
the groove originally because it was
at the top. In the course Of this
plants further development natural Sc
lection augmented these natural ad-
vantages, 80 that finally the thin, frail
diaphragm As 1t exists today was de-
veloped.-Chicago Tribune.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-04
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-04

signs are worthless in a quiet CAM
paign.
And yet there is a very splendid
spectacle In a presidential election.
Every four years the people come to
realization of the things which have
been done in the last administration
and they look ahead TO the fate of the
country for the next period. 1t was
the optimism of the founders of our
United States which led to this sys-
tenn and that optimism is still our
heritage.
A famous English essayist said
that there are only two romantic
things in life-that of getting married
and posting letter. He declared that
these were romantic because they were
| irrevocable-he might have added that
the casting of a ballot holds in it
more romance than either, for here
mans irrevocable vote is cast and
by that action the man stops for a
moment to be part of the great
game Of the nations-he is making
history.
There is something about this very
| aspect of an election which makes ii
SO very terrible, which gives 1t the ex.
element of a far greater gambling in
terest than horse race.
Watch. gentlemen, the wheel is
spinning-where will It stopT'
But the game is never over until
the game is played"
How many a man has done Doc
Sifer's stunt
Docs public sperit-when the sick's
not takin' all his time,
And he's got some for politics-is SIM
pie, yet sublime
He'll talk his principles-and they air
honest, but the sly
Friend strikes him first. election day,
he'd commodate or die"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-04
James E. Watson Closes Bat
tie for Governor at
SheIbyviIIe.
A GREAT DEMONSTRATION.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE GREET
REPUBLICAN cANpiDATE-cAM-
PAIoN THE MOST STRENUOUS
HE HAS EVER MADE.

Shelbyville, Ind, Nov. 3.-James
E. Watson, formerly ended his cam
paign for governor here last night, his
44th birthday falling on the day the
political fight was ended. He spoke to
1900 persons. and half as many more,
who were unable to enter the opera
house. were addressed later in the
evening from the assembly rooms of
the Republican Voters Club.
In his principal speech Mr.. Watson
ironically sketched the career of w. ].
Bryan, saying the country needed
something more than a poet and a
dreamer as its guide, and then sum-
med up the state issues and the stand
he had taken with his party on county
unit local option.
No meeting addressed by the nomi-
nee during his speaking tour was more
enthusiastic and his closing speech
was frequently broken with cheers and
cries Of Jim; our JIM" and We'll
win with Watson"
Mr.. Watson's address here was the
last of many delivered yesterday. He
spoke previously to big crowds at
Brookville and then travelled by auto
mobile to Lawrenceburg. He left the
latter place late in the afternoon by
train and arrived here shortly before s
O'Clock. A crowd of several hundred
persons was awaiting at the station.
Marchers Parade Streets.
Preceded by a band the committee
and speakers rode in automobiles to
the Ray hotel, where supper was serv-
ed. The crowds that had arrived in
Shelbyville during the afternoon were
augmented early in the evening by
scores from nearby towns, and shortly
before o'clock the republican county
and district organizations, several
bands and number Of Taft and Wat
son clubs formed into line in front Of
the hotel. They were joined by Mr..
Watson and his party and the march
ers paraded the principal streets for
half an hour to the accompaniment of
cheers. Red fire was burned at regular
intervals along the line Of march.
The parade ended at the opera
house, which already was comfortably
filled and those who had participated
in the parade were unable to find
standing room. County Chairman
Sexton presided and introduced Mr.
Watson. The Old Shady Quartet sang
several selections, the audience Joining
In America" When Mr. Watson
stepped to the platform he was greet
ed by three young girls bearing bou-
quets of red carnations. They were
given to the nominee by Miss Grace
Montgomery.
The speaker briefly outlined the
campaign, declaring 1t to be the most
strenuous he ever experienced He has
spoken to 1900. 600 people in the aggre-
gate since the first began. Since July
20, he has been in every county in the
state and found the situation peculiar
because OF local conditions, where. in
some respects. party lines had been
| abandoned.
The presence Of veterans on the
stage was acknowledged by the speak
| err, who asked them II they would
change any principles in tho republican
platform They answered as with one
voice-"No"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-04
ECZEMA 80 YEARS;
SIMPLE OIL CURES
Wintergreen Compound Stopped Itch
At onee-Disease Soon Disappeared

After dosing the stomach for years
and trying all kinds Of alleged cures
for eczema. Mr.. NJ. T. Firmin, of
Wichita. Kansas. reports a perfect
cure. He simply washed the skin
with an oil Of wintergreen compound
mixed with thymol, glycerine, etc.
Mr.. M. I. Ffrmin, for the last 20
years in the employ of the C. S. Dan
iels Furniture Co., of Wichita, Kans.,
in the presence of Mr.. Higginson of
the Hfgginson Drug Co. made the fol-
lowing statement:
"Eczema first appeared on my body
when / was child years of age. For
over thirty years 1 scratched and
scratched and doctored. About the
only relief l got was from scratching.
The itching was so intense it simply
drove me wild.
About one year ago, the disease
covered my entire body from my scalp
to my toes. My doctor and my
friends all gave me up as incurable
Then I commenced using the D. D.
D. Remedy for eczema. The first ap-
plication stopped the horrible Itching
and gave me a nights sleep. 1t gave
me strength and new hope. 1 contin-
ued growing better every day. My
whole body being affected, I would
sometimes use the contents of one
whole bottle in day.
Il kept up the treatment for months,
the eczema gradually leaving my body
and am now entirely cured excepting
little roughness of the skin on my
left ankle"
For sale by all druggists.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-04
Heart toHeart
Talks.
LITTLE BOY BLUE.
BY EDWIN A. NYE.


"were Is dis yer country youse want
b send me? I amt got nothin' to wear
but desc"
The slum kid put one hand on a
ragged undershirt and the other on one
leg of a pair Of trousers fastened with
4 safety pin and each leg slit from
the bottom to the knee-his Sunday
best.
The New York Fresh Air fund peo-
pie were sending fifty poor boys to
Vermont for two weeks outing. This
boys mother, who had seen better
days." wanted him to 90. but
Gee. de odder boys Il have rags
witch Is better dan desc. an The
poor lad flushed and turned away.
The medical director solved that prob
lem.
He took the boy to a Hudson street
shop. and the latter selected pair of
blue jeans trousers and a blue ging-
ham blouse His eyes shone.
"But ! amt got any money" he had
said when entering the store. He was
astonished when told the clothes were
. gift. He said his cap belonged to his
to the outfit.
The cost of Little Boy Blues uni.
form was Is cents.
He walked home with a strange look
on his shrewd little face. clutching his
bundle with the grip OF absolute own.
ership. The next morning he left with
the party Of flfty.
He would not talk
His boy soul was 50 full OF new
gladness he was afraid 1t would leak
While the noisy bunch chartered
about him Little Boy Blue pondered
There WAS q poet somewhere inside OF
him that dreamed dreams Of the won.
| derland where he was going.
Well. the Vermont folk had lifted
up an old farmhouse of seventeen
rooms. "Gee," said Little Boy Blue
white beds! And three windows IL
! my bedroom"
And there were baseball and football
| and swings and chicken hxinss and pop
| corn and ice cream and the woods ant
the river and wild berries and rea
| milk! Why, all the dreams of Little
Boy Blue had come true.
And this two weeks Of heaven fol
nfty boys cost $325-$6.5o per boy.
"Geer' said Little Boy Blue. "Ders
are bad uns in de world, but dere arr
good uns too
And the moral?
why. II your heart has not already
found it
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-04
LOAN IS HELD UP.
City of Richmond Cannot Sc
cure Needed Money
Until Later.
Won PEIN BLOCKS MOVE.

The passage of an ordinance author
izing loan of $4,000 by bond issue
was held up from passage last evening
by the action of Councilman Won Pein,
who objected to the passage of an ap-
preparation ordinance under suspen-
sion Of the rules.
City Controller Parry advised coun-
Gil to take immediate action on the
ordinance. He said that it was not
absolutely necessary to pass it at once,
but that bond dealers in Indiana had
informed him that the best market
for bonds would be found early in De-
cember. He said that to take advant-
age of this market the ordinance
would have to be passed without delay
as it was necessary to advertise it for
three weeks.
1t will be RENE mbered that council
recently favored the floating of a
$4,000 bond issue in preference to
raising the tax rate.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-04
NEW PAPER FOR
OLD KN|GHTSTOWN
Republicans to Establish Or
gan There.

Knightstown, Ind, Nov. Sin ord
er to provide Knightstown with a re
publican newspaper, a stock company
has been organized. The Knightstown
Banner published by Wallace Deem
has posed as a republican paper, but
has been so antagonistic to the inter
ests Of several republican nominees
as the result of the personal dislike OF
Deem as to be repudiated by many
republican subscribers. The new pa
per is expected to make its bow to
the public in a short time, Although
a republican plant, no selfish purposes
will be subserved.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-04
Church Calendar
Tuesday.

Tuesday.
The monthly official board meeting
Of Grace M. E. church will be held in
the evening.
Wednesday.
The League Bible class OF Grace M.
e. church will meet in the office in the
evening at 1880 o'clock. DR.. G. H.
Hill, teacher.
A joint meeting OF the Woman's
Home and Foreign Missionary socie.
ties OF the First NJ. E. church will be
held in the afternoon at 2:30 O'Clock
The monthly meeting of the Won.
ans Foreign Missionary society will
be held at the home of Mrs. Lockwood,
214 North Fourteenth street, at 2:30
o'clock.
Thursday.
Midweek service will be held at all
the churches In the evening.
A meeting of the officers and teach
ers of the First English Lutheran
Sunday school win be held in the
evening.
Friday.
The Ladies' Aid society OF Grace NJ
E. church will meet In the afternoon
for the purpose OF quilting. Choir
practice will be at 1880 o'clock.
John NJ. Warden, a layman OF Penn
sylvania will conduct 10 days ser.
vice at the First English Lutheran
church starting Friday evening.