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The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-10-14
WHEREFORE UNIVERSITY
GETS BIG APPROPRIATION.
Professor Joiners Efforts Double State
Aid For Noted School.

Wilberforce, O.-The seventy-ni
assembly Of the Ohio legislature which
recently adjourned was quite severe
upon most of the educational institu-
tons which usually receive financial
aid from the state. Wilberforce uni
versity was the only school whose ap-
preparation for 1911-12 was not cut be-
low that for the previous year. There
are twenty-six state institutions for
which the legislature was required to
make appropriations. Out Of the TWEEN
ty-six all but one suffered cuts In their
estimates for the next two years.
On taking charge in the fall Of 1910
Professor A. A. Joiner installed new
and improved system of. accounts for
Wilberforce university and suggested q
change in the method Of submitting es-
Inmates for the appropriations with the
result that the appropriation for 1911
and 1912 almost doubles that obtained
for 1900 and 1910.
There are four educational institu-
lions in the state for which the legis-
lature appropriates. Wilberforce II
one Of these institutions. The three
white colleges had their appropriations
more than cut in half, while the
amount asked for Wilberforce was al
lowed to the last cent
The special appropriations amount to
$91, $4,000; the pro rata Of the general
levy due Wilberforce for the two years
will be $4,000 This added to the spe-
ciaI appropriations makes for WILDER
force $137, 72O.S9 for 1911 and 1912
Some of the notable increases are as
follows: The appropriation for 1910
was $1,000. for 1911, $4,000; appro-
priation for industries for 1910 was
$4,000, for 1911 it was $6,417.S5, but
probably the most important Increase,
both as to amount and significance to
the plant at this time Is the increase
in the amount obtained for repairs and
improvements which are badly needed
upon the buildings and grounds.
The appropriation for such purposes
for the two preceding years was 81, 800;
the amount carried by the present ap-
pEopiialioA LUZ SuCu puApoScS 10 PAc,
600, or just ten times the amount
which was available for the past two
years. Many of the buildings are much
In need Of repair and much improve
ment on the grounds will be made pos
sible.
But the work has not all been done
on the outside. Every teacher who Is
now receiving less than $75 per month
has been slated for an increase for
next year.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-10-14
THE LAYMENs MOVEMENT.

Missions" is the slogan of the Lay
mems movement, and aside from
current expense, missions cover
everything. Everyone expressed
themselves as satisfied that we
should without delay take hold of
and further the up-building of the
Masters Kingdom, realizing that Pill
grim should do her part in the
Evangelization, and Outstanding Of
the World.
We have received requests for
library copies" of the Twin City
Star from some of the leading insti-
tutions of learning throughout the
country, and we have added several
new exchanges to our list. The Star
is the popular paper of the North.
west.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-10-14
r. w. Thompson q. Boy Statesman.

According to the ipse dixit Of the
Pensacola fla Sentinel, r. w.
Thompson Of Washington and Indiana
respectively. national newspaper cor
respondent and versatile writer. was
the first colored boy to serve as page
in the legislature Of the state Of In
diana. He was In the session Of
1sSO-S1. which elected Benjamin Har-
rison to the United States senate and
In which sat James Sidney Hinton,
the FIRST colored man to serve an .
lawmaker in the Hoosier State.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-10-14
MRS. EDWARD B. M'LRAN.

Mrs. Edward B. Mclean, who re-
Gently acquired the famous Hope dia-
mond, is said to have greater inter-
est in gems and metals from scientific
viewpoint than from woman's usual
liking for adornment. She Is said to
have almost as keen an insight into
mining as her father, Thomas f.
Walsh, had. With him she often
made journeys to the mines in Colo
RADIO and other places and often ad
vised him. After he established
fund for the Colorado School Of Mines
she gave money to the school for the
payment Of the tuition Of students
without means. Mrs. Mclean Is in
terested greatly in philanthropic work.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-10-14
ANNOUNCEMENT.

We are glad to announce that the
Tri City Age, the official bulletin
Of the Federated Women's Clubs will
re-appear after a suspension during
the summer months. Mrs. lone e.
Gibbs will manage the publication.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-10-14
HOW TO LIVE.

1t is better to follow even the
shadow Of the best than to re-
main content with the worst
Van Dyke.
Our grand business in life is
not to see what lies dimly at a
distance, but to do what lies
clearly at hand.-Carlyle.
They enslave their children's
children who make compromise
with sin.-Lowell. .
There are two freedoms-the
false, where q man is free to do
what he likes; the true, where
man is free to do what he ought.
Charles Kingsley.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-10-14
A New Business. For Women.

"There are all kinds of ways Of
making living" said a woman
dweller in a New York apartment
house to her neighbor across the hall.
"For instance, yesterday morning my
front door bell rang, and opened it
to find facing me a smartly groomed,
pretty young woman, who immediate
ly inquired whether l was Mrs. A.
Having been satisfied as to the identi-
ty, she handed me a visiting card with
this superscription:
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-10-14
BUY THE STAR AT FoRAkER's.

Mr.. M. c. RutIedge, the proprietor
Of Foraker's Cafe, has on sale all the
leading Negro Magazines and Per-
IodIcaIs. He Intends to carry a full
line Of Race News from everywhere.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-10-14
DR.. MORRIS SEES
I. BRIGHT FUTURE
Urges Patience In Working Out
Problems Of the Race.
time WILL SET THINGS RIGHT
Leader Of Great National Baptist Con.
Z vsntion Delivers Optimistic Address
Before Thousands - Recommends
Standing Committee to Secure Equal
Justice For All.
By N. BARNETT DoDsoN.

Justice For All.
BY N. BARNETT DoDsoN.
Pittsburg. Of delegates
and visitors were in attendance when
the first session Of the great nation
al Baptist convention was called
to order in Luna Park, this city, on
Wednesday morning, Sept. ID. The
session was opened with a chorus Of
q thousand voices, led by the Rev. N.
q. Plus Of Nashville, Tenn. Ad-
dresses of welcome were delivered on
behalf Of the state by Governor John
K. Tener, on behalf by the city by
Mayor MCGEE and on behalf Of the
ministers conference. by the Rev. DR..
81. w. Childs, pastor Of the Calvary
Baptist church.
The feature of the afternoon session
was the annual address Of the presi-
dent, the Rev. DR.. q. @. Morris.
During the delivery Of the presidents
address Vice President W. G. Parks
Of Philadelphia presided. President
Morris address was listened to with
marked attention by the great throng
as he reviewed the work Of the several
departments. His recommendations
were timely and farreaching.
DR.. Morris said in part:
I most heartily congratulate this con-
vention upon the wonderful progress 1t
has made in the sixteen years just past. q
progress which cannot be fully realized
unless care is taken to consider the disor-
ganized condition Of the Negro Baptists
prior to that time. You have not only
brought the Baptists Of the United States
together and caused them to look upon
your convention as the one great central
organisation around which all smaller
Baptist organizations delight to rally. but
you have succeeded in bringing under
your banner the Baptists Of the world.
Responsibilities Of Leadership.
When we think Of the vast army so
cheerfully following your lead in matters
Of religion-an army which. conservative
ly considered, includes three-fifths Of the
entire race In this countryside RESPONSE
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-10-14
knowledge Innate.
A rope must be taut to get
tight, unlike a man, who can
get that way without any in
struction.-New York Times.
A Prodiaal.

Blobbs-The money young Milyun's
father left him won't last long.
Slobbs-Why, is he such a spender?
Blobbs-Spender? Why, do you know
what that fellow is doing? He is &C.
tually paying his income tax.-Phila-
delphia Record
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-10-14
Civic Rivalry.

Civic Rivalry.
Squire Durnitt-We're goin' to have
q newspaper in Lonelyville.
Uncle Welby Gosh (of DrearyhursD
Where are We goin' to git it printed?
Chicago Tribune.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-10-14
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE.

We claim to be the best advertising
medium Of the Twin Cities, and when
you're not advertised in the Twin
City Star, you need not show-that's
all. Because the people read the
Star for the news, especially In Min.
neapoIIs. The day Of the Town Crier
is past. Be up-to-date, Advertise and
Pay for II. A newspaper is the best
medium. It reaches the homes and
firesides Of people who attend public
entertainments. These people never
go out and loiter around and read
hand-bills and hang-up notices. They
read the Twin City Star.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-10-14
Wary.

1t Is said a dollar bill carries
as many germs as q fly. 1t is
harder to trap or swat too
Denver Republican.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-10-14
Prospects Gone.

II thought he was going to marry
her"
HE did think of 1t once, but her
rich uncle got better."-Detroit Free
Press.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-10-14

"He was one Of their most reliable
and trustworthy employees"
"What's the matter-is he dead, or
Just ondedT-Detroit Free Press
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-10-14

FOR ABSOLUTE PROTECTION
against sickness, (payIng for all dis
eases) accidents, and death see Hust.
ling r. r. Morgan, ~ Union Block,
St Paul,
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A Natural Question.

S&%@H~HHaa&@&&D@&
The evening world., 1911-08-19
NO LIMIT TO FUN
FOR F|REMEN At
CELT|CPARK picnic

There WIN be lots doing at Celtic Park.
Eccentric Firemel OF Local No. % WI
90 on the sixteenth annual carnival u
ports and picnic. Tne programme y On
ella one. In addition to the re0u-
lar athletic card Two specials are 10 Be
given. One Is a half-mile run In which
"Mel' Sheppard and other crack midAle
distance men will AXE part. AZ Shop
pard Ia In fine shape now II Is limited
that he may lower the half mile ssosgd.
The second extra event Is q two-mtte
steepiechsse with a water jump III Esog
can clear II. row boats beng barrod).
John DAILY has taken Off an ounce Of ~
svordupois TO be In shape and conndGa-
ly predicts that he can clear any -
struction.
The open events are all handicaps 90
Will bring out tho speedy cinder paAh
cracks OF his city Tho programme NJ
cludes a leo-yard das.f. S0O-yard run, ~
yard run. two mile run: throw ins ~
discus. throwing the hammer. puttlnG
the 10 pound shot and throwing the =
pound weight. There viii be Q kalf
milo relay race to he contested by teams
from the Catholic Athistio Lsasves.
Church Athletic League. Sunday scheeas
Athletic League. Y. n. c. A.. late.
settlement House League. Members oS
the local are to indulge In q hals-011o
run. and women win show thedS speed \
. 10 yard race.
The Gaelic football championship b -
he decided also-Cork to play kildare
and Louts to line Up against Armagh
There are also to be great doingD In
the dancing line. Thers will be comp>e.
tion In Highland dancing for boys 90
girls ranging In ages from ten to fear
teen years: Scotch reel for boys and
girls. But the event that ID icok Cd up0n
as the big one 10 tpe Irish Jig fos Eir!s.
| Other dances will be the saiiors' HORN
pipe for boys and competition In Hlgt-
land dancing for boys and girls under
ten years Of age. A our hand reel has
attracted representatives Of many irish
dancing classes.
The evening world., 1911-08-19
YOUNGSTER FORGED TO
FINANCE HIS WEDDING.

Nineteen ears old. married only last
Tuesday, Stephen Sedelmeyer OF Airing
ton, N. j.. pleaded guilty before Mag,s-
trate Corrigan in the rombs Court
to-day to the charge of having forged
his employers name to a check for s2OO.
The boy had been working in the
shop for six months when w. A. Cum
mings, paying teller of the Colonial
Branch Of The Trust Company OF
America, Informed Mr.. Morand. his EN-
ployer. that somebody was forging
checks on his account 1t was soon
learned that sedelmeyer had secured
about $500 altogether by his forgeries
and on the proceeds had financed his
wedding. Magistrate Corrisan held him
without bal to await the action of the
Grand Jury.
The evening world., 1911-08-19
BABY PRISONER
TWO DAYS WITH
SUICIDE MOTHER
Cries of Little One Bring Po-
lice, Who Fi..d FER Near Dead
Mother, Locked in Home.

WASHINGTON, Aug. p.-Four-ysar
old Virginia Petersen, almost dead from
starvation. was rescued this afternoon
by the police from 4 locked room In a
iosal apartment house, where for two
days she was a prisoner with the dead
body OF her mother. "A suicide.
An empty bottle Labelled carbolic acid
5ni thrown on the floor near the bed
told the police OF sclf-~destruction. The
carefully locked windows and doors led
! them TO the belief that the mother,
suddenly deranged, had planned that
;hr child should follow her to death.
For two days neighbors In apartments
nearby have heard the ~plalntive cries OF
the child and Severa! have seen her
icarfIl iacc pressed against the window
paues, But no one thought the child
was "a prisoner In "A deaf chamber and
slowly starving.
Her little feet battered back and forth
across tae room and he tugged at the
g hands OF her mother. and pounded
door, uutil to-day, when the police
|t|fEt mo tnt IN, lntN round the
HIKE golden-halrcd baby crying pltifully
on tn" iloor. So Exhausted that she
could not move.
On the bed lay the body OF the
mother, her hands and face baG'y
| burned by the acid.
Hurriodly the Dluecoats caught up the
child and rlshed her. to the hospital IN
an ambulance she whimpering over and
oyer again:
Where's mamma?"
At the hospital the little girl was
revived, but the physicians say she is
still in a precal ious condition.
The mother, Mrs, Sarah f.. Petersen,
WIS a widow. A. near a. the police can
determine she was recently employed IN
one of the Government departments. and
went to the Riviera, an apartment house
on II. street Northwest, last October
H.. little girl, virginia, was the sole
other occupant Of the nat.
Rc.ently MIR, Petersen has been
.rsieg.ng the pole" FOR protection
4 .nuinst IMAGINARY enemies, Notes
which the police found beside the dead
w,man's body to-day were addressed
tu Inspector B0ardman Of the police
force. TO whom she had applied for aid
AGAINST those whom she asserted per
secuted her They were said to indi-
cate that, the women had taken the
acid TO end the fear OF these enemies.
a search n the apartment revealed
the fact that the dead woman had been
married three tines The names that
appear on insurance policies which she
! #I. ..t -, Fam .K... - ~ H.
The evening world., 1911-08-19
BRESL|N GUESTS
REUSED BY FIRE
ACROSS STREET

Guests Of the Hotel Breslin. Twenty
ninth street and Broadway, were thrown
into a temporary panic early his morn
lug when flames burst from the win
duws OF a three-story and Basement
DroWnstone building at No. " West
rwenty-nnth street. d~iagonally across
the street.
The damage to the building. which IL
u5td 4uI conducted as IA rooming house
~ FIcdi Paul. Was ABOUT $500. Neither
the proprietress nor any Of ner guests
We're IN tne house az the time OF the
lire.
The blaze whs discovered by Julius
H,ngurho1f, proprietor OF the odd
Heidelberg Cafe. In the rear of which
he lives. lie saw the names from his
back window and summoned Policeman
O'COunciL who turned IN an alarm.
Deputy 'Chlef Martin and his brigade.
after an hours work. put the FIRE out.
The evening world., 1911-08-19
woman who will run such .
chance!'
TRAGEDY THAT AWOkE CON
SCIENCE OF A STATE.

ThGI MSS Bennett cites a n
from Massachusetts, before the pass-
iis OK tAe equal guardianship Law. A
woman deserted by her drunnen nus
oand and struggling nard TO support
ner i've children. found that their
iather was arranging Tor them all To
De adop,ed into Various families. he
was their guardian and the law could
not help her. In despair she killed
her ba bies and herself. Shocked by
the catastrophe. the state voted equal
rights to both parents at the next
Legislature.
In states Ike Kentucky, Delaware
and Georgia. Miss Bennett continues
where a husband may appoint a guard
ian for his children at his death. 10 TIE
exclusion OF the mother, women nave
gone before courts and franiically de-
MED their marriage. And when II mas
been impossible t. DO this they have
sworn that the husband wab not tAe
father OF their children; this. even when
their lives were so blGmcless that JuJEc
and jury refused 90 credit such state
ments even when mace under oath.
NO question of property or OF earn
ings denied could n!ovc women to deeds
such as these. BUt-to be deprived or
the custody and care ~ their children
q Nv 80 ~ 80
inevitable consequence"
Then Miss Bennett speaks of the lard
ships worked on New York women By
the divorce for one cause only. Sne
tells Of u case known to her personally,
that OF \ woman supporting her chill
dren and her die husband This woman
can dni no legal re!ie;. In Ecr o"a
phrase:
"'l'vc took my man - court three Or
four times. II what Gooi docs II d.
The Judge tells him 70 support ME, ana
jim says he amt go. 10 WORK, and the
Judge orders him TO set work, ana jim
manages 10 iv'e the job one Week atias
h. gets It. Aad ! asks 'DT a divorce
aud the jud-e s4y TO NH plain =
can't d. aothin'. II there waI u woman
in the case | could" And the "o@l'il
ends savdgcly, I almost wish h" nat
another woman"
Miss Bennett sums Up, tho situation N
a brief but pregnant phrase:
The law to-day In u country where
Il touches woman is In need os more
uniformity ard muck extension
The evening world., 1911-08-19

ceeded In getting to Vancouver four.
teen hours ahead OF mis- schedule. But
l WAS too late TO catch the last trans
continental express I a counted on.
and that meant, giving up the Atlantic
trip on La Lorraine. which would have
landed mo In Paris on Aug. ~. or maybe
% with luck. You see what . couple
Of hours means on a trip like this.
"Ah! your country here reminds me a
great deal OF my own. have heard
and read so much of the Hudson. and
as I look at you valleys and hills they
seem to look 80 like Normandy. my own
favorits province IN France. though, a.
you may guess from my NAME. I Am an
Alsatian born.
broadway Mile tonnsrrss, what
lights! They mus. cost an INFINITE
amount OF money. And your hotels-
that seems IN awful height at which to
work. Just look at the crowds. and the
stores-all lighted. But you ave nc
boulevards like ours. have your That
makes a lot OF difference.
Just see how those people rush.. l
tell you I feel like one OF you myself. fos
l want to be on the jump all the time
I can't keep stiii. and II does me rood "a
see Q nation OF people VINO feel that wal
too.
"Your street cara seem slow. Nc
autobuses like we have. Your cars stoT
at every crossing. What . vast Of
time. They should 80 like those oi
Paris n ~LonIon-stop only every -four
or I've streets. so some speed can b
maintained. But then your conditions
are doubtless very direren'. and l have
no right to Judge"
Jager-schmidt and two friends-Mms.
Pomfrelle. a young Parisienns. and Q
banker who 10 studying American bust
The evening world., 1911-08-19
"oMLY TEN RECOGNISE HEN
RI0XT OF MoYHERHOOD.
CAN ROB MOTHER OF HER
RIGHT AT HIS DEATH.

washington. while It declares both
parents equal guardians, yet permits
the father to appoint a guardian at
his death. to the exclusion Of the
mother.
"Mississippi makes the father the
legal guardian, but s|tipulates that the
custody OF the children remain with
the mother. Alabama requires that
the mother have custody OF tho chil-
dren until they are fourteen years OF
age. All thc remainder FRANKLY vest
entire authority In tho father,
Many of the states besides Wash
ington give the father the right to
appoint a guardian at death to the
exclusion of tAe mother. In these, as
a matter Of fact, a mother has no right
whatever to the children she has
borne, either to their persons or their
property. although their father may
be dead and their guardian may be
az utter Stranger.
I'm the Aood of argument against
race suicide this terrible factor has
been overlooked. % lear children,
to care for them, Knowing that at
any moment they may be removed
from you foreyer-it 10 O brave
The evening world., 1911-08-19
I'm the aooa of argument against
WOMEN UNDER NEW YORK LAW
II You Are a Woman in heW York

J. Your children belong inst to their father, accordnF % The INV, and
o right Of guardianship Is second to his.
. You ire not entitled to your chndrens earnings; these must go TO
their father.
g. You cannot inherit your chldrens property; il must go TO their
father
T. You are not entitled to damage 70. negligence resulting in the deitn
OF your children II their father oe'lNtns,
/. Your household services belong to your husband. ana you "a make
n binding legal contract with him to receive pay for then.
G You are entitled to none OF the profits from N Joint business
engaged in with your husband-even though, a IN the case Of taking
boarders, all the work falls % you.
T. You have the use OF but one-thrd OF Your husbands real property
for life; though he has the use of the whole OF your real property for life
n o direct heirs 1t escheats to the state. Under similar circumstances your
own real estate descends directly to him.
o Your household furniture. unless 1t CA be specifically shown to be
your property, belongs to your husband though your savings may nave
gone into Its purchase.
10 Your subsequent marriage Is considered 10 revoke n will you have
husband
The evening world., 1911-08-19
SPENDS AN HOUR LOOKING
OVER WORLD OFFICE.

Last night JaBer-Scllnidt, wno is
rarely wenty-seyen. fun OF life and
restless energy. tall, athletic and honLe
With hazei {! es. was the guess Of Louis
Martin. the restiuIdtcuT, wnO pdtriotc-
4..y took hin under MS sheiter.ns wing.
IuL before dining. he whlrIed downtown
IN a tiAIcab to Inc World Offices, anXl-
Gus TO see aOW "a great New YORK "
pa ger Is equipped. After an hour spent
,aer. ne cred the taxi and vas
taken up broadway to Martins.
HIS mission was uppermOst N his
mine here,
II want to get to PAgls iho minute /
cIu, he declared, and / am going to
beg The Olympic people to crowd u Little.
20 I can CLIP Oft an hour Or " from tne
time He ought TO succeed. lie showed
some class as a persuadcr wnen he got
the captain OF the Empress OF Chlni 10
cross tHe Paciis fourteen hours ahead
Of schedule.
II don't know what I wouldn't do to
insure a gain Of half a dozen hours or
to get to Paris In under thirty-nine
days.
Il didn't AVE a days sickness all the
way he s1.i. speaking OF his dash
around the world. "~Eyerybody treated
me we'll M tried to help me.
The evening world., 1911-08-19
Factory on Fire. hut Wntchman
Forgot the Fire iRRul

When there Is a fire in Montclair a
factory whistle toots the number OF the
district, and the other night the whistle
started and blew an lncessant blast
awakening all the inhabitants and Keep
ing them awake a long time.
The reason was that the fire was right
In the factory. and although slight. the
Waterman lost his head, forgot what
district he was in and blew a continu-
Gus blast as a substitute.