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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-01
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Clarenco Gaskirs, colored arrested
on charge OF being d!Boricrly on the
street. and with resisting erTes,. was
fined $40 and costa In the Police Court
yeSte-day
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-01
STRONG PAPER or
PROTEST. ADOPTED

PRoTI.ST ADOPTED
The protest follows
We read in the The Times Dispatch
OF Sunday. March Is. and in the Balti-
more Sun OF the same date OF Il move
ment started to haze II Jubilee" at
AppomattoN on April next. In which
the Blue and Gray were TO unite. AS
il mentioned that the comma der OF
Ewell Camp OF Confederate Veterans
ana the president OF the Bull Run
Chapter OF the Daughters Of the Con-
fedcracy had united with c. a. X.
veteran and the prcsidcn, or the Ma
Eassas Business League 10 promote
this very astounding movement. We
cannot restrain our surprise, but must
utter protest that a jubilee at Apo
mattoN on April ., just nifty years from
the date our forces surrendered, would
be a mockery to our dead. as well as
an insult to the remnant still living OF
that unconquerable little army under
General Lee. II was overwhelmed by
greatly superior forces, and worse still
starved out both in camp and at home.
but the spirit OF and the belief in the
causes they fought for were not sur
rendered or conquered.
Jubilee" not only means the nfticth
anniversary of an event, but IL means,
as ali know. a rejoicing over that
cent. Could anything he greater
mockery to our sufferings and priva-
lions OF all kinds and to the blood Of
our best and dearest shed on the field
OF battle or starved and tortured in
Northern prisons. than this on the am
niversary OF the elimination Of our
misfortunes. when. with sore but loyal
hearts. our great chicftain aud his
troops surrendered TO General Grant
TO save further bloodshcd. realizing
that the South had no more treasure
or men to give him \ jubilee 10
common crate the broken hearted com
mander's order to his ,roorS 10 yield
UP their arms. Can any loyal south
ern man or woman stand for such q
movement? ] believe such AN cutra""
TO the memory of those who laid down
their lives. or were stripped OF every
thing that had made the home. would
be dissertation of the past that no
true Southerner could stoop to. il it
were placed in its real light.
We had too much In the Gettysburg
reunion. Let the past honor and glory
OF the South not be furnished now by
further and false movement, which
could only rebound to the glory of tho
invading army. Far better n requiem
to the departed heroes and the Lost
Cause should usher in April Q, 1915.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-01
STRONGLY OPPOSES PLAN
FOR PEACE JUBILEE
confederate Memorial Literary So
ciety Adopts Paper OF
Protest.
NO MoCKERY or AppoMATTox
Regard Proposition for Blue and
Gray Centennial on Fiftieth Ami
versary of Surrender ms Insult to
Living and Dead.

stern opposition, mingled with as
constituent at the proposal of "jubi-
lee 70 commemorate the surrender Of
General Robert t.. Lees army at APP
pomattoN on April . was voiced by the
members of the Confederate Memorial
Literary Society At meeting OF the
society called yesterday morning for
inc purpose OF discussing the plan
such celebration, II is said would be
Il mockery of the solemn and disastrous
event. and would be a announcement
by the South OF the principles for which
she fought
Resolutions were adopted declaring
the paper prepared by Mrs. John Mason
corresponding secretary, 10 express the
sentiment and view OF the society. The
resolution requests the papers OF the
state to publish Mrs Mason's letter
OF protest with the socicty's endorse
ment.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-27

A broad plan for cooperation among
four churches of Methodism having a
Negro membership of 100000, was
made public in a deliverance to Meth.
odists of the world. The plan, if car
ried out by the Methodist general con.
ferences, was expected to pave the
way for final organic union of Negro
Methodists in America into one
church. 1t was agreed to by the com.
missioners of the Methodist Episcopal
{white), African Methodist Episcopal,
African Methodist Episcopal Zion and
Colored Methodist Episcopal churches
at meeting held at Cincinnati. Three
white bishops-Thirkield of New Or
leans; Henderson of Chattanooga, and
Nicely of Philadelphia participated in
the deliberations of the body. Nine
bishops from the three other churches
also were commissioners. The ar
rangements urge the adoption of a
common ritual hymnal, ritual and
catechism; the same standard in
course of study for the ministry,
standardizing OF schools and colleges;
holding of Methodist preachers
Institutes; Christian workers assem-.
blies: united action on evangelism.
education, home and foreign missions
and division of mission territory to
stop waste.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-27
Ancient Seals.

Interesting results obtained bv the
government chemist by making analv
ses OF old wax impressions on doom.
ments IN the public record Office arc
described by Ainsworth Mitchell IN
knowledge. The seals examined dot.
ed from the thirteenth to the eigh.
teenth century and differed but littlo
from modern sealing wax. Most ~
them consisted of a mixture Of baes.
wax and resin, others of pure hees.
wax. Two seals, of the dates 1899 and
1923, respectively, were composed ~,
wax, the characteristics Of which
agreed more nearly with those ~ 10 81
Indian than of European beeswa1 TO-
wax composing an impression from
the great seal Of 1850 agreed, in chem
'cal and physical characters w,th
pure beeswax OF today. The n,pmen.
IN the red seals was vermil,on wh,1a
the green seals contained ver,,sr,.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-27
CLAIMS MOST PERFECT LENS
German Optician Says He Has Pro.
duced Glass That Has No Equal
in the World.

In the "Punktal," DR.. Moritz Won
Rohr of the scientific staff of the Carl
Zeiss works, a famous German optical
establishment, claims the invention Of
the perfect lens. 1t is said to be su-
perior to either the Toric or Menis-
Gus lenses, both recognized as great
improvements over the old style fiat
glasses. -.-
In old-style lenses, when the eye is
rotated to one side, the line of sight
passes through the lens obliquely. This
defect was only partially done away
with by the Toric or curved lens. In
working out the new lens, Doctor Won
Rohr computed formulas for grinding
lenses which differ from every differ
ent power.
Heretofore all lenses have been
ground on one side with one or an
other of set of established base
curves. Believing it was impossible
to produce a perfectly corrected lens
in this way, Doctor Won Rohr estab-
lished different formulas for each side
OF every kind of lens required.
The result of his experimentation
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-27
Japanese Woman Doctors in Burma,

Burma has charity hospitals under
the management of British people
but the natives do not take kindly
to their treatment. There are a lin.
tied number of native woman phy.
sicians in Burma, but their skill is not
yet sufficient to obtain public conf.
dence. The situation has consequent.
ly created strong demand in Burma
for Japanese doctors, especially fe-
male medical practitioners. A Chi
nese millionaire manufacturer. Lin
Chentsung, Is one of those who favor
the Japanese female doctors, and en-.
gagged two women. each at a salary of
500. Miss Matsuno Yoda and Miss
Sakaye kwano were chosen. It is de-
cided that they will leave Tokyo for
their posts shortly. The two ladies'
are to work in Rangoon among a
group of native women, who belong to
the factory of Mr.. Liu. 1t is the IN.
tention of Mr.. Liu upon the arrival
OF these women to establish q hos.
pital.-East and West News.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-27

The Prairie View summer school,
which is comprised of 470 attendants,
Q majority Of whom are teachers al
ready engaged in colored schools of
the cities aud counties of the state
and who are here for further improve.
ment as a means of fitting themselves
for greater usefulness in the Negro
communities, is. drawing to a close.
Mn. B. +. Foster of Limestone county
Il supervisor of the colored schools
Of the county under the Jeanes' fund,
and devotes her time to the introduc.
ton and improvement of the indus.
trial work in various colored schools
of the county. Through her influence
i considerable tract of land will be
devoted next year to school gardening
and farming in connection with one of
their larger rural schools. Mrs. Eos
ter Is q graduate of Prairie View
school and is q teacher Of number
~ years OF successful experience. Mrs.
Kay OF Harrisburg, Harris county, is
REGARDED as one Of the best female
teachers among the Negroes o. the
state. Her successful work led the
hoard Of directors to make an addi-
don costing $4,000 to Ter school at
Harrisburg. which II lifted with mod
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-27
Nothing In Them,

W1lliam,' said the good wife, look
ing up from her paper, here l see an
article that says man out in Kansas
Is suing his wife for divorce, simply
because she went through his pockets
after ne was asleep. Goodness knows,
William. probably the poor woman
never got a cent from the brute of q
husband in any other way!"
"Uh, huh" replied William.
William" came from his better
half, don't you dare sit there and
'uh-huh' me in such manner! What
would you do If you woke up and
found me going through your pock.
ets?"
"Who-me?" asked the sleepy hus-
band, who had already turned over his
pay envelope to the boss of the house.
Why, Id get up and help you search,
OF course, my dear!"-Judge.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-27

is fact, however, that never, except
when the country was at war. has
the government done more for the Ma
tional Guard than row.
At the head of the New York state
detail is Lieut.. Col. A. P. Bufting-
ton. who has given years to the study
of the militia problem, and he works
hand in hand with Major General
Organ. and the other higher officers
Of the New York guard. Under
Colonel Burlington as inspector-tn-
structors are MAJ. William Weigel,
Capts. Joseph l. Gilbreth and
George H. White, and First Lieuts.
Russell James. Carroll B. Hodges
and Albert T. Rich, infantry;
Capt. David H. Biddle and First Lieut..
William H. Bell, cavalry; Capt. Dan
lei W. Hand and First Lieuts.
Dawson Olmsted and Harry Ptell.
field artillery: Capt. Henry B..
Clark; First Lieut.. John A. Brockman,
signal corps, and Maj. Sanford H.
Wadhams, medical corps.
General FILLS at the Head.
Eight officers are detailed to the Ma
tional Guard of Pennsylvania, six to
Ohio, seven to Illinois, nine to Massa-
chusetts, and from one to four each
to every other state except Nevada.
Among these 1873 officers are about 20
retired officers who had to leave the
active service because of disabilities
that made campaigning in the Philip
pines, or service in Panama, Porto
Rico and border ports in this country
out of the question: but which did not
affect their usefulness as instructors.
Over all these officers is Brig. Gen.
Albert l.. Mills, U. S. A., chief of the
division of militia affairs, with head
quarters in the war department. Gen
eral Mills is one of the few New York
city general officers in the regular
service, and was formerly superintend-
ent Of the Military Academy at West
Point. Attached to the staff Of each
of the four department commanders
is also an officer whose duties ha. e.
entirely to do with militia affairs.
Col. Charles R. Noyes holds this
position on the staff of Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood, who commands at Gov
errors island; Col. D. A. Frederick Is
the militia officer Of the central de-
partment; Lieut.. Col. William S. Scott
holds the position on the staff of the
commanding general Of the southern
department, and Col. John c. Gresham
on that Of the commanding officer Of
the western department at San Fran
cisco.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-27

Nobody knows who started the most
popular innovation introduced at
Brighton Beach in many seasons, The
big tennis courts at the Brighton
baths are 50 popular that they are be-
ing used day and night by tennis play.
ers. A few days ago. during the ex-
tremely hot SPELL, . number Of play.
ers appeared on the courts. not in
their usual tennis toggery, but garbed
In bathing costume. It is almost un.
believable how the innovation spread,
Now only the uninitiated think Of al.
pearing on the tennis courts in any.
thing but their bathing costumes. I'm.
mediately after lively set, the
players can take the advantage Of
stepping into pool or into the sea.
but q few PAGES from the courts. to
enjoy . cooling dip or swim. ~.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-27
Sunposed to Influence "Woman's
Growing Glory"
Shrine Has Been Erected to Mother
Manephie, In kllmvoe, at Which
Women Who Desire Beautiful
Hair Make Prayers.

Who is the patron goddess of the
long. lustrously beautiful hair? Or is
there a patron saint that presides
over "woman's GROWING glory? Mod
e.n science, social usage and CONNER
cial arrangement have combined
patron saint and goddess in the
suave, deft woman who conducts the
"hairdressing salon" The furnishings
and the conventions observed in the
salon" make the term no misnomer
and. though the adept might learnedly
discuss the historical ladies who were
gowned hirsutely-not emitting Lady
Godiva and the queen OF Sheba-it Is
a safe wager she makes no mention
of Mother Manepnie. who. though un-
heralded to the great outside world. Is
nevertheless one of the most potent
of guardians of the hair. Trans-Volgan
peasants have erected shrine to her.
Mother Manephie died in Klimvo
about fifteen years ago. In the mem
DRY Of the people among whom she
lived no woman ever had hair to equal
hers in length. luster, tineness of tex
ture and the magical way in which
it imprisoned the light-not only the
radiance Of, the sun. but the moon
light and the diamond-like glitter of
the stars! And her length of hair
measured with her length of wisdom
and its beauty matched her kindness
of heart.
Even when she lived the supersti-
tious peasants invested her with su-
pernatural powers. The shrine was q
natural complement. There it Is that
women and children who desire beauti-
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-27
Rubber oustIna Tobacco

Strange are the capers of comno.,.
ton! As far away as British Nosth
Borneo the rubber estates are eradma,
ly forcing tobacco growing to tho wa,,
Our consul at sandakan says that oni ~.
q few tobacco estates are now rema,r
Ing. but that no less than twenty -nh
Der estates. averaging 1890 acr ~.
each and capital Of 81, go, 900. ave- 70
under cultivation. and 10 Of them ara =
producing rubber. Within three years
more az estates viii be exporting
now set out will be ready for tonn,s.
In 1914. 1.37S,O0O pounds Of cu1ti Irn : !;
rubber was produced. Lack "a 49, .s
lar rainfall makes against tohanea
Cocoanut growing completes with hn.,
and Is setting limits to the exnara 1.
Of rubber productio Lions. VAN street t,,.su
Journal. ss.3sys "A IN, 20 :
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-27
SEVENTEEN MILLIONS Of MEN TO
DRAW FROM FOR UNCLE SANS ARMY
War Department Figures Show That Only 81 Each 10000 Civil
ans Of Military Age Have Had Military Tranng-More Than
Score Of States Are Without Field Artl|ery-HaIf the
National Guard Cavalry Is Confined to Two States

Washington.-Much has been said
and written since the European war
began as to military preparedness
of the United States. Organizations
whose purpose is to encourage prepar-
edness and to urge more liberal appro-
priations for the army and navy have
been organized in all parts Of the
country. The army and the navy have
been thoroughly studied in recent
months, and the president is now busy
with their problems; but what OF the
great civilian army, then, Of military
age between eighteen and forty-four
years, OF whom according to the re-
ports of state adjutant generals on file
in Washington. there are nearly H.
100000. OF this total, as great almost
as the total of all the armies now
fighting in Europe, only sixty-one hun
dredths of one per cent are in tho
militia of the various states, which
means that more than 16,S00000 are
men practically without military train
ing.
To get an idea of the situation,
New York Times representative was
permitted a few days ago to read
some of the government reports on
the condition of the militia. The re-
suit was startling. Ir more than
score of states there is no field ar
tillery of any sort, and in the whole
country there are fewer than 40 Off
GERS of ordnance. In IS states there
are no organizations trained for coast
artillery, "a have no cavalry, large
majority are without signal troops,
while the total force of organized en-
gineers, officers and men, totals less
than $500 for the entire country. One
state, Nevada, is without militia organ
ization of any kind.
In the table that follows, which
gives the number of officers and en-
listed men of all arms in the National
Guard, the figures are from regu-
lar army inspectors, and appear in
the most recent report Of the divi-
sion of militia affairs.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-27
AFRO-AMER|CAN cULL|NCS

II is our purpose to supply just that
need. 1t is particularly opportune
that our plans should mature just at
this time. The end of the war in Eu-
rope will call for readtustment in
the relations of all the races OF the
world. This REIMBURSEMENT will be
as necessary in America as else
where, and will peculiarly affect the
black race here.
1t may be that none now living
yill ever see the tide of immigration
that once flowed into this country
reach again the high-water mark Ct
100000 a year. The men withdrawn
from our industrial field will not re-
turn to it, they are being MANNED
and slaughtered by the millions.
Those who do survive will be required
during the next so years in rebuilding
Europe
To-day our industries are hopeless
ly crippled by lack Of laborers. With
out them there can be no expansion.
What then? The black man? Why
not? There are 100000 of him
in the United States Heretofore he
has been ignored, rejected. Wherever
he turned seeking an honest livelihood
the doors of opportunity have been
slammed in his face, and today eco
Ionic conditions are subjecting him
to a pressure more severe than any
he has heretofore experienced. I'm
less that condition char es, the Negro
in America is doomed to pauperism
and crime. Through tho cooperation
of broad-minded, clear-thinking men
and women of both races, we hope to
relieve the pressure by altering the
condition.
In taking over the plant OF the
Philadelphia Evening Times, we have
succeeded in translating into terms
of actually the dream Of thousands
of colored people who long ago
recognized the need of modern news
papers owned by members of the
race, yet realized the impossibility
of producing them without strictly
modern plant backed by sufficient
funds.
I'VE have the money, and in our
plant we have every labor-saving, cost
cutting device known to the modern
world, which includes two
condensed quadruple Hoe presses with
a combined capacity of $4,000 COM
plete newspapers per hour"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-27
Nonsmokers' Leauue II Slow

Inc Nonsmokers' League of Amer
lea in national convention assembled
at San Francisco unanimously decided
tnat wives should not permit their
husbands to smoke in the house" and
suggested q matrimonial boycott on
smokers. Every town in Kansas has
ite anttctgarette band, girls who have
taken oath never. never to have any
tnins to do with young men, OF old.
VINO smoke, Why was Kansas, whence
all good reforms come, not represent.
60 at the San Francisco convention7
old Bill White is neslecting his duty
again.-New York Sun. -
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-27

Efforts to organize 500 colored boys
Of Washington in Boy Scout compa.
MES to participate in the annual en-.
campment here next fall of the Grand
Army OF the Republic are being made
by the colored citizens committee in
charge of arrangements for the event.
An excursion to Riverview Park will
be given the colored newsboys Of the
city with a view to starting the cam.
paign for the organization Of the COM
panies. The steamer Charles H. Wer-
ner will take the boys to the resort.
Ferdinand D. Lee Of 923 R street
northwest, is chairman Of the colored
citizens Observation-Disclosures Post.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-27

Recently the Fourth Estate an
nounced that the plant of the old
Philadelphia Times had been taken
over by colored men, who proposed
to publish from 1t five weeklies for
Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Balti-
more and Washington. 1t has now
been definitely decided that these pa
pers viii appear on or about Septem-
bar 8, each 7-column 32-page pub
LEGATION, and that during October
weeklies will be given to 80 other
cities within a 12-hour radius of Phila-
delphia. In outlining the company's
plans to the Fourth Estate, w. w.
Rourk, the managing director, said:
"Our publications will be absolute
" free and Independent. They are
not to be the organ of any class or
party. but will oppose vigorously and
fearlessly any and every destructive
force in American life.
I'VE mean to be broad, unbiased,
clean in politics, modern, enterpris-
ing and accurate in our American and
foreign news service, and shall set
and maintain a high standard in race
journalism.
The one great need of the Negro,
In my opinion, is a live. sensitive or
gan of public opinion in each COM
munity to speak intelligently and
with authority to and for the race.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-27

n Doctor Hasseltine reports 'two
cases Of paralysis. with one death.
during the course Of antirabic treat.
ment."' a @t5,-
Though the treatment Is usually
without III effects" declared Doctor
Hasseltine. AL patients should know
OF the possible occurrence OF compli-
cations, 80 that they can determine
for themselves whetheror not they de.
sire to receive the treatment. II Is
the duty of oficials Or physicians to
give thu Information 10 prospective
spatisnts.