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The Detroit times., 1915-01-09
HORRORS OF WAR

The Paris Excelsior tells the
following story:
An English officer was perched
on an observation post in the Bel
gian dunes, directing the fire of
the English cruisers. The naval
guns and the shells of the enemy
made an appalling uproar, and
from time TO time the officer muir
INJURED. while signaling:
What damage, What dreadful
destruction"
His lamentations were redoubled
when, as the result of his signals,
a cruiser succeeded in annihilat-
ing huge German gun.
What on earth" said an aston
ished comrade. "are you complain
ing about when you should be re-
joicing?'
Do you not see," said the Eng
lishman, that our ships are to-
tally destroying this superb golf
course, on which | played last
year? They are demolishing every.
thing. even the holes"
The Detroit times., 1915-01-09
Halted Battle Six Months
TO Protect Savage Women

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, Jan. S.-A
diers before closing with a willy en-
emy. in order to preclude all possibil-
ity of killing any OF their women. Is
the story of a battle in the Philip
pines contrasting oddly with the dis
regard for women and children
ascrbed TO some OF the belligerents
in the European war II is the story
of Bagsak mountain, and the con
structive, humane leadership of Brig
Gen. j. j Pershing, now commanding
the Eighth brigade of the Third di
vision OF the U. s. army.
In planning his campaign against
the 10000 Moro warriors who refused
to heed the edict to disarm. in 1913,
Gen. Pershing first of all wanted TO
minimize the loss OF life. The Moro
women and children. when a battle
Is imminent. flock TO their fighting
men.
Gen. Pershing determined that the
women and children should not suffer
for the fanaticism OF their warriors.
His first order therefore, was that
before blow was struck at the re-
bellious natives. his troopers should
get between the enemy and their
women to prevent the latter from get
ting into the ighting zone.
Meantime. too, he was exercising
diplomacy to reduce the number OF
armed natives who had taken up
their last stand on Bagsak mountain,
regarded by them as a sacred and i'm
pregnable stronghold The result was
that when Gen Pershing concluded
the moment 10 strike could no longer
be deferred, the natives force had
been reduced TO about 500 OF the more
desperate Moros "
The ensuing battle is pointed to as
an inspiring example OF what Ameri.
/ can soldiers can do. For FIVE days
and nights, In June. 1913. featured by
terrific hand 10 hand lighting. Gen
Pershing's men worked their way up
The Detroit times., 1915-01-09
CADILLAC MOTOR CO.
LOSES AXLE SUIT

GRAND RAPIDS, Jan. 9.-Judge
Sessions in the United States district
court handed down a decision in the
case OF Walter Austin, of Grand Rap
ids, against the Cadillac Automobile
company, granting an Injunction
against a further use OF what is com
monty known as the "two-speed axle"
in motor car construction and award
ed profits obtained through its use TO
Austin.
The Cadillac company equipped IA
600 OF its 1914 cars with this axle
The Detroit times., 1915-01-09
LITTLE DOING IN
BUILDING FIELD
First Week of New Year Brings
Forth Small Amount of New
Construction

The first week OF the new year
brought forth but a small amount OF
new construction. according 10 the
report Of the Bailders & Traders eX-
change, covering that period
four-story brick and reinforced
concrete warehouse building. and a
two-stoTy brick theater. store and of
fice building, comprising four stores
with offices above, were the most inn
portant OF the new projects reported.
The Barnes Wire Fence Co. is talk
ing figures, on revised plans, for a
twostory brick factory building TO be
erected at Twelfth-st and Milwaukee
ave
A Few small jobs and some altera-
tions completed the list reported from
the offices OF the architects during
the week
The Detroit times., 1915-01-09
AND ALL
HUMORS GIVE WAY

There are many things learned
from experience and observation
that the older generation should inn
press upon the younger. Among
them Is the fact that scrofula and
other humors are most successfully
treated with Hoods Sarsapafilla.
This great medicine Is peculiar
combination OF remarkably effective
blood d-purifying and health giving
roots. barks and herbs. and has been
tested for forty years. Get IL today.
ADV.
The Detroit times., 1915-01-09

Careful study OF this diagram and
the use Of little ingenuity will make
ID easy for you to construct the post
card reflector. The box Is made from
any material handy, but should De
absolutely light tight.
inches In diameter, but the hole cut
must be, OF course, similar 10 the sizs
OF the lens you use. The tube can be
made from sheet iron or anything that
happens TO be the right diameter and
three or four inches long. Fig
shows Its general shape.
When this is done, fasten couple
OF metal clamps, cut from tin so that
they will hold card firmly against
the back or the lid OF the box right
where the reflected light is brightest.
Fi,,. shows how they work and the
shape TO which they are bent. An
other pair may be put a little lower
for holding cards on which the view
is lengthwise.
Now hinge the cover TO the bottom
board and at the top fasten friction
clip, as shown in Fig. 6, for holding
the back shut while the card is in
position. Fig explains what Is
meant by double convex lens These
lenses are the kind used in reading
glasses and the two-inch size is listed
by dealers for 40 cents each.
Study carefully the drawings. and
you will find no difficulty In under
standing them II clear-cut image
Is not thrown slip the tube back and
forth in the hole until this is obtained
n you cannot get clear image then
it shows that the clip tube Is too
short. and longer one viii remedy
the difficulty. The machine should
have small blocks nailed TO the bot
tom, as In Fig. OBJ, and holes bored
TO the bottom to admit air TO the
lamp.
The Detroit times., 1915-01-09

Butty NaIsen. the Scandinavian
tragedienne, /" one OF the first Euro
pean stars To ne brought TO this coun-
try by an American moving picture
producer 10 pose In series OF feature
films.
Miss Nansen is leading woman in
the Theater Royal OF Copenhagen and
has been decorated by the king OF
Denmark with the order of literature
and art She Is noted as an inter
prefer OF Ibsen and Shakespearian
roles.
Miss NanseL is delighted AT the op-
portunity her American visit affords
her. She will pose for series OF
William Fox's productions
The Detroit times., 1915-01-09
"FOllies' Actress
To Become Star

Louise Meyers. one of the promi.
nent members of "Ziegfelds Folhes, .
which comes 10 the Detroit opera
house the week of Jan rs will be re
memLered By Detroit theatergoers for
a clever bit OF work in the French
farce which served 10 make Gaby
The Detroit times., 1915-01-09

When Mrs Harry Payne Whitney
arrived in New York the day before
Christmas. she was in such happy
humor tlrat she agreed to pose on
board the Lusitania for this picture
and that was a rare concession for
Mrs. Whitney
Her visit IN America will be brief.
and on her return 10 France she Will
resume her work in the field hospital
which she endowed with $250,000.
The Detroit times., 1915-01-09
,coaiIanel rrom ragt rourl

Fairy DouD Wn b, thr BALLET for thc
afternoon WoLlauL Vith "a group
modern dances aad il aToaii 81 y
vertiseucuta, IhD BHua,c pforii'
view 10 pieAsins cGildrcn as wei H7
;heir elders va tDt ,.onipE me nai' q
The Detroit times., 1915-01-09

ly in the uging and dancing mum.
belg "NGg hty Marietta. dancer
win Offer nuuiber OF specialties. in
cluding Apache dance, that is said To
be sensational.
CADILLAC.
Entertainment FOR cadillac thCater
patrons viii be provided next week by
the Auto Girls "a new burlesquc %
Raulzation TO present q new tw0-act
musical burlosquc ~ Nillionaire'S
Jail with special ginE and dancing
numbers and vaudeville acts, The
principal fun maker are Harry Ward
aud Harry seymour VINO "a 'tkcN" ami
SChmulkey' create plenty OF merrmept
viii be FOUND carol Schroeder prima
donna, Rose NIuu soubrcttc; Madeline
webb, Edwata Francis James i,
Blake 3illy Hallmau and Edward Ma
The Detroit times., 1915-01-09

Bagsak mountain. led By Prshing
himself. against the natives who
fought with heroic desperation Nrhe
casualties To the troopers was IA
killed and l3 wounded. while the ma
tives were practically wiped out. N
NBut not woman OF child had been
permitted TO come within the firing
zone.
The Detroit times., 1915-01-09

play June The play tells vivid story
OF the romance. the ttudS ana the
views and habits OF life Of the Nir-
ginia mountaintcrs lt is all vety ln-
teresting stirring, thrilling and high-
ly romantic.
The original play with punch,
Bayard Nillcr's "Withfu the Law VIII
come to the Iyccum thcatvr The Wrek
OF Jan II Virginia Mllmau VIII hlt,F
Mary Turner. the shop gill. who srenG f
three years "up the river for a crire
she did not commit
-
ANENt o..
Tess OF the storm country VIII h"
presented in the Avenue tncar rr ueNt
week by the Avenue Permanent nay
ers. This popular novel was drth"-
tized by RuI ett Hughes Its Sttuo =
The Detroit times., 1915-01-09
:: In Local PtayhouseS ):

burlesque circuit and entertainment
aud performers Urc always of the
most up-to-date ANA highest clas .
lueZ Dc Nttdicr. Vera George unu
George skipper With Mr Lewis mak.
up a. quarter OI headers" whose work
sends tho show tlDu- tt a lively page.
The Alpine -Four e. sin ug ursaniEn
tiAn, Combluin- ,-ou,k vocal ability With
comedy tdlcUt viii he "a feature OF the
spccial acts with tle prelluElni COM
pan> The show ~ declared 10 hc neN
this season
The Detroit times., 1915-01-09

'"Flora's Awakcning' VIII bC give
followed by groups of the dances d.
todaY In various counties ana "A gfou
OF advertisements All the dances Wii
be elaborately staged Anne. 4.aNlOWp..
company is made % the most to-
complished men ano .rlmer dancers pt
the Russian school Iuy sal, Df seats
for the two performances in the Broad
way are on sale in Grinntlls Dos btt
fice
INCt,t ".
For the first time ~ popular prices
In this city. The Tran OF the Lone
some Pine" viii be seen iH pctrOit in
the LyCeum theator brgi ing Sundly
afternoon. for a wcci. oHgagcment
This play was made 10y EuRwfr Waiter
from the novel. Of ,hc same mann. by
John Fox. Jr ana Mr. waite wife,
Charlotte Walker, erca eG ne role 81
the mountain girl, June In tlt
The Detroit times., 1915-01-09
OIIl

tOItsl.
ne Naughty Girls viii visit the
Folly h,atvi- next WceE, preS"ntlnH
nn entertainment that is said 90 ha
new 90 hurictuuc patrons \ chorus
~ 80 eirls WIN br tho feature OF tho
SHOW, and All be- employ cd extensive
The Detroit times., 1915-01-09

LOUISE ME- EHS
Deslys known 20 the local public two
years ago Miss Meyers and another
young woman had a little Dutch mum.
Der in the Gaby show that brought
them so much applause that the prog
ress OF the entertainment was stopped
for considerable time al every per
formance while they responded 10 en-
cores
Miss Meyers has pleasing soprano
voice that has been we'll trained and
she is pretty and graceful with nat
ural gift for comedy.
So rapidly has Miss Meyers forged
to the front that Florenz Ziegfeld jr.,
owner OF the "Follies" intends 10 fea-
ture her in musical piece next sea.
SON.
The Detroit times., 1915-01-09

The Dreamlaud JmpaBy. with INDY
Lewis. the well known comedian. ~
the head Of its large cast. viii como
TO the Gayety thtater sunday after.
noon for a weeks stay The COM AMY
is one OF the most important on the
The Detroit times., 1915-01-09

Cayuga n y, and 10 tells "a primitive
story OF love. yillHiuy, wrdnged inno-
Cence, false Imprisonment and romano.
acters are Tess and q young minister.
In the Avenue production. Tess viii 1c
enacted by Corlttlt cant wen and thc.
parson by Roy " ling
The Detroit times., 1915-01-09

a brand new dance has tripped into
the favor OF New York society. The
"Paraquaya' ~ its name, and Miss
Rene Manning Is It's sponsor II comes
from the Philippines, and it's danced.
OF course, in oriental costume and
with many oriental slides and glides~
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1915-04-17
PHOENIX.
April I3, 1875

April Is, 1878.
R.Rainwater of Yuma is spending
few days with relatives.
Paul and Philip Green have the
most up to-date barber shop west OF
Kansas City---all marble fixtures,
and the BARRIERS in uniform.
F. Gardiner has closed his hotel,
dull business being the cause.
The Arizona Ministries are play
ing to crowded houses this week
A. A. Taylor, formerly of Oakland
is business manager.
Holt & Lucas have opeued an
up-to-date ice cream aud soda shop
at All South Second street, where
they can serve there friends with
anything i'll the soft drink line;
also sandwiches and coffee. Their
place is what We have needed for a
long time, where a colored person
can GO aud be served. We feel
that it is our duty as race to
patrouize them as long as they give
Us service.
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1915-04-17

Edwin Meese, candidate tor Com
missioner No. 2, is making an impress
sion on the people wherever he appears.
He lived in West Oakland for number
of years and is no stranger. He wants
the votes and is sure to get them, as he
is going about it in a business-like way.
He appeared at meeting on Thursday
night in West Oakland and made many
friends. The other candidates do not
realize that this paper has the largest
circulation Of any published by our
race in Alameda county and reaches all
the people. We are appearing to all OF
our friends to vote for him on April 20.
both men and women He has made
good in public Office before, and he is
delivering the goods now. He is well
posted upon Oakland finances, and mis-
experience will enable him to take
advantage of affairs. What stranger
would have to learn, he knows already.
The public life of Oakland has en-
braced Edwin Meese within it's progress
for the last fifteen years.
Mr. Meese is essentially Californian
and has grown up with Oakland. He
| is now candidate for commissioner No.
| 2 and is causing it to be thoroughly
exploited that he wants to be the next
commissioner of revenue and finance.
Edwin Meese's father was one of those
gritty pioneers who came west in 1850
and who made a success of his life.
Edwin Meese was born in San Fran
cisco in 1857, and is now in the prime
of life and ripe with experience. Young
Meese received his early education In
San Francisco, and after a period in
college at Fort Wayne, he graduated
through the old Head Business College
in the town of his birth.
| Meese's first position in business life
was as secretary of the Bay Sugar
Refinery, from which he resigned to en-
gage in the mercantile business in Sac
ramento. Quickly making a success in
the capital city, Meese came to Oak
! land and invested his little all here in
I1S79. and since that time he has been
among the most active and useful of
| Oaklanders.
In 1898 Mr.. Meese entered public life,
being elected a councilman from the
Fourth ward. He was later elected at
large and served seven. years in the
city's governing belly.
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1915-04-17

Mr.. bigger for Mayor seems to be
the only live one. There are others
in the field, but they do not seem
to be catering to the colored vote.
They do not seem to realize the
combined strength of the men and
women's votes, and that the way to
reach them is through the paper
that has the largest circulation. A
notice in this paper will reach more
people and be read by more than
all the letters sent out by others.
Mr.. bigger has been appearing
almost nightly before large gather
iugs, and he is gaining support
wherever he appears. The city of
Oakland needs business man at
the head, and we can say without
fear of successful contradiction that
Mr., bigger has had thorough
education along business lines.
We are asking you to remember
to vote for him on April goth, and
tell your friends
The candidacy of Frank w.
bigger for mayor Of Oakland is
being generally Endorsed by all
classes of voters. Many of the
leading organizations in the city
have Endorsed him, and over 1000
men and women have voluntarily
pledged their support. He has
been speaking at three aid tour
neighborhood meetings every after
noon, and at many large meetings
in the evening. The Women S
municipal league is among the latest
organizations to irdorse him. He
was the principal speaker at the
mass meeting held Thursday eve
ming by the Fitchburg Social I'm
provement club at Melrose school.
u. J. Chaudet is president and ]. H.
Muller treasurer. He was the
speaker at the ST. Patrick's day
celebration held by St. Andrew
parish, and at a meeting of the
moving picture operators uniou,
of which A. Daul is president, and
was the chief speaker of the evening
at a rally of the Afro-American
7 eapue.
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1915-04-17

One of the excitable newspapers
of San Francisco Ga city where
excitement comes easy) declares in
tremendous head lines, anent the
victory of Jess Willard over Jack
johnson, that the honor of the
white race is saved" Behind this
bit of Mysteries there is the curious
conception that somehow there is
involved an issue of real seriousness
in the question of supremacy in the
prize ring of white man as CON-
pared with a black man This idea
has long prevailed in certain circles
without support either in logic or
experience. 1t is true that during
the greater part of the period in
which the championship has been
recognized, white men have held
the belt. But one Peter Jackson,
a black man, was for considerable
time a universal challenger, anc
more recently this distinction has
been held by the Negro, Johnson.
Has anybody ever been able to
discover that the honor of one race
Or another has been in any wise
involved in this trivial competitionf
The thing is ridiculous. Our San
Francisco contemporary wonld do
we'll to calm its mind. Oakland
Tribune.
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1915-04-17
VOTE FOR
LOUIS ABER
for School Director No 2

Primary Election, April 10th
Louis Aber is one of the best
known boosters in Oakland, and
his time has been given to working
for the good of the public in nom
salaried positions, such as director
of the merchants exchange, two
terms as president of the Downtown
association, member of the chamber
of commerce club. and other clubs.
He has been tried in civic as well
as commercial life. and we know he
will be progressive member of the
new board. He was educated in
the Oakland public schools, is a
member of the Moose club, and is
highly spoken of by ]. E. Harris
and c. H, Shelton, who come in
contact with him daily. He believes
in publicity in school board matters,
more attention to night schools,
business quality and quantity in
school board affairs, and no politics
in the school department.
We hope that all voters of our
race will remember him at the
primary, as he is the only candidate
for school director that is trying to
interest the colored voter.
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1915-04-17

Says the New York News of the
goth ult. We sometimes wonder
if colored citizens of New York are
duly cognizant of the splendid
attitude which the Lafayette theatre
(Messrs. Lester Walton and e. A.
Morganstern, managers), has all
along taken toward the race. Here
at Que of the handsome and popular
priced playhouses of the city, the
color line has been obliterated. This
in itself should commend the La
fayette TO the practical aud moral
support of every going per-
SOD OF color IN the metropolis. No
better vaudeville for the same
money, we dare say, is offered any
where. But not only these prime
considerations are all. The entire
personnel Of the Lafayette from
the engineer and moving picture
operator to house manager Ia score
of heads of families) is colored.
The bill carries in addition weekly
all the way from FIVE to fifty colored
performers. The Lafayette has
good share of the races patronage.
1t deserves larger share, not as
matter of enriching any one colored
individual, but as matter of help
ing all your own race.
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1915-04-17
AGAINST THE WORD NEGRO
EDIToR AMSTERDAM News

ILL a utoA ASANA NA ~ 49, ~
I cannot too heartily congratulate
you on recent editorial discour-I
aging the use of the word Negro.
There is no greater delight enjoyed
by the white people of the United
States to-day than the spreading
use of this unfortunate term. Why?
They realize that it is the most
potential factor at work at the
present to bring about both mental
aud physical segregation of people
of color. Its use is OIL the increase
only because our speakers and
writer's, especially Washington and
Du Bots, feel that its repetition ad
nauseam is necessary to retain the
good will of the masses. The term
Negro is not only absurdly in
accurate as applied to millions of
colored people. but it is also alarm
ingly injurious for the following
reasons
a. 1t has never stood historically
or in the present, anywhere in the
world, for anything noble or uplift.
ing. Most higbgrade Africans
repudiate it.
b. In Africa and out of Africa
it was never applied to the higher
types, but to Guineas. Soudanese
and Senegambians only.
c. Its derivatives (Negroism,
Negrofy). and its compounds =
Negro head. Negro-fy, and Negro
monkey are all clearly, in their
associations. degrading.
d. Its feminine form, Negroes.
is justly and correctly used to define
your wife, daughter or sister if you
favor a use of the masculine term.
e. 1t has been the word used by
Southern whites for two centuries
when formally speaking or writing
about an unworthy or criminal man
or woman of the race. For when
he speaks of the worthy he invari-
ably says colored."
f. 1t is not differentiated in the
minds and thoughts of the whites
from their favorite aud generally
used (among themselves) terms,
Nigro and Niger.
G. AS stated by all eminent
Japanese diplomat, it has been ar
unquestioned influence in cutting
US off from the thought, sympathy
and cooperation of the millions Of
colored Africans, Asiatics, aud Isl
auders of the yonder world.
OWEN M. WALLER, MD.
i BROOKLYN, N. Y, March "a.
1
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1915-04-17
JITNEYS CANNOT DISCRIMINATE
PASADENA STAR, MARCH II.

PhShDENh . AM maNNi -
Complaint has been made to the
commissioner of public safety by
the Negro Taxpayers Protective
association that one of the Jltney
bus drivers tried to evade carrying
a Negro passenger President Ev-
ans of the association conferred
with Commissioner Loughery and
the city attorney yesterday as to
whether driver could be deprived
of his license if he refused to carry
Negro passengers. He was informed
that jitney bus is a common car
rier, and any driver who refuses
without just cause or excuse to
carry any passenger is under the
penal code guilty of misdemeanor.
In such an event the matter could
be taken up in the justice court.
1t is within the power of the justice
court to make recommendations to
the city commission as to revoking
licenses. In this particular case
the Negro gained his ride although
the driver did not wish to carry
him.