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SMALL BUSINESS

JUST the place for man and wife;
$3.50 required; wife sick reason
present owner wishes to sell. Z-3,
Times.
WANTED-Party with $500 10 In
vest in a safe legitimate business
proposition; can convince tho mast
skeptical. Substantial profits. All
detail work complete--need more
capital. Exceptional opportunity
cost nothing to investigate. No
agents or dealers wanted. Refer
ences required and given. "a.
Times
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IOST-In PIT. Defiance car, Tuesday
morning. .1ady's black umbrella,
silver holly spray on gunmetai knob
on handle. Phone Main 1895. Reward.
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VIM. FITZ-HENRY,
AUCTIONEER.

WE buy, sell and exchange furni-i
ture. Get our prices before you
purchase. Tacoma Avenue Furnt-
ture Exchange, 913 Tacoma ave.
Main 1887.
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REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE
STOCK AND DAIRY FARMS

gao acres Of which o acres is first class bottom land and the
s9shd burned and seeded fair set of buildings SO head of cattle
kinds of farming Implements This
trade for good income city property.
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LEGAL NOTICES.

LOCAL Improvement District No.
779.--Notice Is hereby given that
In pursuance OF Ordinance No. 4372
of the city of Tacoma, "a roll has
been placed In my hands for the
collection OF the 9TH annual INSTALL
ment of the assessment levied for
the Improvement OF the alley be-
tween North nth and North 10Th
Street from Cedar Street to Alder
Street.
Said Improvement consists in
grading said portion of said alley
to the established grade. with a
roadway sixteen C6J feet In width.
and parking space ON each side
thereof two CD feet In width; con-
strueting eurbs and cutters OF
plank and the necessary storm. wa
ter drainage.
Said installment may be paid on
or before December 18th, 1915, but
IL not paid on or before said date,
added interest, penalty and costs
will attach.
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8O-ACRE DAIRY

buildings cultivation
|
Puyallup line and take back for the balance
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BABIES BOARDED

>~-ss~~s>~>~>~~>->>>>~>sN> ~~~>rS~~s-~>~~~~~>e~~
BABIES boarded at the Jones Pri-
vate Maternity Home, 201S So
18th, Tacoma, Wash. Sabra Jones,
Supt Main 1901.
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SALARY LOANS

> MONEY ON CREDIT
Our business is that of supplying
money on Credit" to honest men
and women, employed or having q
regular income, without security
and to others on furniture, pianos
and storage receipts.
COAST FINANCE COMPANY
40 Bankers Trust Bldg.
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FURNISHED ROOMS

FOUR furnished rooms, light. wa
place at reasonable rent. ITO East
35th
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MONEY TO LOAN ON DIAMONDS
JEWELRY AND CLOTHING
s>~~~~~~~~>>~~>>~->-~>
MONEY TO LOAN at liberal rates
an diamonds, jewelry. guns.
clothing and on anything of value.
BOSS. 1907 Com.
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CARPET CLEANING

II. l.. HOUCK---Carpet beating, re-
fitting and laying; feather reno
waiting and upholsteriLg. 2S12 9Th
ay Main 325
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LOST

LosT-A pasteboard filing cabinet
full OF letters: lost somewhere be-
tween Provident and Fidelity BidgB
z o'clock, Nov. 30th. Bring to The
Times office.
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CHAS. ID. ATKINS,
Citv TranQltrar

y
LOCAL Improvement District No.
T9f.--Sotice Is hereby given that
in pursuance OF Ordinance No. 1877
of the City of Tacoma. n roll has
been placed In my hands for collec-
ton OF the 18th annual installment
of the assessment levied for laying
cement concrete sidewalks five t5)
feet In width. on Columbia Avenue
from East "B" street TO the center
Tline of East &c" Street, and from !,
point 39S.227 feet west OF the west
line of East "E" Street to Last
"k" Street.
Said Improvement consisted In
grading said portion of said street
to the established grade, with n
roadway forty t40) feet In width,
with sidewalks and parking spaces
on each side thereof twenty (20)
feet In width. curbs, cutters AMI
crosswalks of plank, together with
the necessary storm water drain
age.
Said installment may be paid on
or before December 25th, 1916, but
IL not paid on or before said date
added interest. penalty and costs
VIII attach.
x<vet
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CHAS. ID. ATK ms,
City Treasurer.
Nov. 25. Dec. go, 1915.
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CARPET BEATING a. CLEANING

TACOMA RUG FACTORY - Our
method of cleaning carpets with
compressed air and steam makes
perfect job. Absolutely no wear on
carpets or rugs. Laying, refitting.
111i o. Main 1884,
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FIyE-room house. nicely furnished,
all modern, with garage. Call
tll p. m. evenings phone Proctor
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CABINET WORKS

EVERYTHING of wood made and
repaired. Hand Graft Cabinet
Works. 9Th and @ SITS. Main b4IA
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SPEC1AL-PeOnIeS, T5c each, TOT
81. Mitchell Nursery, 18th and A.
FOR SALE-Fine shoe and repair.
all modern equipped for repairing
and making new shoes. Also a
fine line of new shoes. owner leav-
ing city. Call Madison 1928.
FOR SALE-Seven head of horses.
from 500 to 14C0 lbs; 2 lumber
wagons, spring wagon, 2 sets dou-
BILE harness, and IL pigs. els Puy-
allup ave. Main TAP. Ask for Louie
Lamkep.
DO your Xmas shopping at the
Golden Rule Furn. Co. bargains
I'm everything. 1114 Broadway. Phone
Nam 1910.
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SPECIAL-Peonies, csc each, for
81. Mitchell Nursery, 18th and A.
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ROOM furnished house, 50. CAN
IT'S So. Sheridan.
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40 ACRES

cultivation buildings, about 25 bottom land
head of cattle, team, all farming tools; will
ID home in Tacoma, some cash and mortgage back fol
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DRAYAGE

Commercial Truck g. Storage Co.
Furniture moved. packed and
stored. Team and auto vans. Fire
proof warehouse. Best corps Of
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MONEY TO LOAN

PRIVATE money to loan, $50 to
$1,000. no commission. Payments
TO suit. Call 531S So. Fife. Felix
Dubois.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-20
MARCH 21, A DAY OF PRAYER FOR
BETTER HEALTH CONDITIONS.

Tuskegee Institute, Ala.-In re-
sponse to numerous calls for sugges-
tions as to how National Negro
Health Week may be observed, the
following for the first day-Sunday,
March 21st-has been issued by the
Executive Committee of the National
Negro Business League, DR.. Booker
T. Washington, President. Specific
instructions for observing the other
days of Health Week will be pub
lished in booklet form and distribut-
ed at an early date.
In order that the people may enter
heartily into the movement for bet
ter health and to the end that the
program may be effectively carried
out, it is suggested that the minis
ters of all the colored churches
throughout the nation, set aside the
Third Sunday in March-the 21st-
as a DAY OF PRAYER for better
health conditions and that each min
lister arrange to preach on this day
special health sermon to his con-
gregation.
In addition to this, each minister
is requested to arrange, wherever
possible, appropriate services which
shall include a discussion of local
nealtn COnQlJlOnS anu any Othei maj
ters which in his judgmgent will make
the Cleanup Week a success.
CLEANUP COMMITTEE.-It is
further suggegsted that each COM
munity have a Cleanup Committee
which shall investigate the condi-
tions which menace the health of
their community, arrange the pro
gram to suit these conditions and
then see that the program is carried
out and that the community is
thoroughly and Systematically clean
ed
In cities and communities where
their is designated a date other than
March 21st to 27th for general clean
ing, it may be well for the colored
people in such cities and commune
ties to arrange for their cleaning to
be done on that date. These sugges-
tions are submitted for cities and
communities where no Cleanup Week
has been designated.
WHY AN ENTIRE WEEk-An
entire week is set apart, so that in
case of cloudy or rainy weather, the
first fair days may be used to do the
cleaning
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-20

through his vigorous opposition,
and to the anti mixed marriage
bill, that is destined to go the same
way as soon as it can he reached.
Referring to the pending meas
ure, introduced by Representative
Clark of Florida, to provide sepa-
rate-or "Jim Crow street cars
for the colored citizens of the
District, Mr. Madden offered some
excellent advice as TO how it might
be defeated. He said the previous
measures of this kind had been
knocked out because the Republi-
cans were in power, and no such
bill would rave a ghost of show
with the followers of Lincoln at
the helm.
asPleading for an Americanism
THAI will not make this republic
ashamed of itself when the for
eigner comes to our shores and
Witnesses the treatment we infict
u5ssa ten thousand Of patriotic cit
izens-in a land professedly of the
free and the home of the brave
| Mr.. Madden closed with ferveut
prayer that "the day be not far dis
tant when there will be an army
of courageous men and women of
every nationality who will be will
ing to go on the highways aud by
ways and reach the doctrine of
equal justice to every man, woman
and child, no matter what their
color or what their creed" PRO
longed applause; Chautauqua sa-
lute.)
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-20

type of leadership from which we
have long suffered, inevitably
leaves the presumption, that it re-
presents the race and the race is
rated accordingly. This specifi-
cally is amouug the causes which
have placed upon the race the bur-
den of defending itself against the
charge of intellectual and racial
inferiority.
When Negro applications for
appointments can be disposed of
with the explanation or excuse that
obligation for support and service
rendered liqui1ated in cash. who
is to blame? The campaign man
ager, the crook who peddled his
race for gold, or the race that su-
pinely witnessed the auction with
out protest?
Our influence and prestige will
increase or wane in Just such por-
portions as we exercise judicious
aggression in public affairs or fail
thru neglect or Indifference to do
SO.
We become inconsistent by in
Weighing against those who deny
us participation in the government
of many states while in effect null
lifying the privilege by indiffer-
ence in others.
If politics is business and busi-
ness is politics and the game is
worth or while, why not learn and
play it according to its established
rifles, which we could not change
if we would, or cease complaining
of our lot?
If the good citizens will only
realize, that they will never be
granted consideration in excess of
their demand and exercise the
necessary precausion to check
mate the operations of political
boot-leggers who have so SUCCESS
fully capitalized our Indifference,
coming into our own will be mere
ly matter of course.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-20

Hampton Institute is to be the
recipient of gift of $4,000 to be
used for scholarships. The gift
comes from an anonymous donor
who lives in Brooklyn, and who
makes the gift on condition that
the name be withheld. This an
nouncement was made by Frank l..
Babbot president of the Brooklyn
Armstrong Association, at the an
nual reception held at the resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. Glentworth
r. Butler, 226 Gates avenue,
Brooklyn, Saturday night, Febru-
airy 8. The donation is to be
made to Hampton through the as
sociation. j. E. Blanton, a grad
uate of Hampton, at present a
teacher of agriculture in the Penn
School on st. Helena Island, S. c.,
was present and spoke, aud the
Hampton Quartet sang,
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-20
THE ADMINISTRATION
AND THECOLORED VOTER
By William G. MAY

Now that the Inauguration has
become matter of record, the
patronage problem practically set
tied, and the elects busted in the
progress of history-making, it
seems appropriate to consider, in
the light of the past and for future
action, the administrators recog-
milton of colored voters.
Certainly it is that we are either
cropping in dire ignorance of the
methods of other peoples among
whom we live, or miserably want
ing in the faculty of organization.
Reasoning from effect to
cause, 1t is obvious that the
scheming politician has been
hatteringly successful in his
studied plan to keep the Negro
vote hopelessly divided thru how-
cry promises to some Negroes
whom he designates as leaders and
others whom he silences with cash
settlement.
But few OF US there are whose
memory cannot recall the halcyon
days when we could point with
pride to Negroes in the Legislature,
Negro clerks in governmental de-
partments and numerous positions
that reflected credit upon the
race. Thru the continued accu.
mutation of property. We now
pay more taxes; thru numerical in.
crease in population we have more
votes; in the course of progress we
are more intelligent and are better
citizens.
Under such circumstances, to
inquirers interested to know why
our erstwhile representation has
continually diminished until we
are practically ignored by the PRES
ent administration, how are we,
without compromising ourselves,
satisfactorily to explain?
We may as well face the facts
and admit that with calm indiffer-
ence we have stood idly by, pass
i've to our own interest, and per-
mitted corterie of self-constituted,
followingless leaders of imaginary
organizations to peddle our sutf-
rage to political parties for their
own self. ACKNOWLEDGMENT. From
the reconstruction freebooter re-
presenting himself as carrying in
his vest pocket the Negro vote sub
ject to delivery upon terms salts
factory to himself, through the per-
iod of boss appointed leadership
so active in recent campaigns, we
have been victims of circumstan-
ces over which we had control and
should never have permitted to ex-
ist A people can never rise high.
er than it's leaders and the only
leaders representative of any peo-
pie are those developed and grad
uated from among that people.
Acquiescence, by our own fail
ure to protest against it, in the
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-20
Hon. II. B. Mad
den Speaks
On Liberty

when all was dark and gloomy.
when there was doubt about the
outcome of the contest, when itap-
peared that we had lost the cause
of the Union, who was it that
| came to the succor of the army :?
Three hundred and sixty nine
thousand black soldiers without
whose assistance we would be liv-
ing in divided country to1ay-
bu as the result of whose patriot
ism we are living under single
flag, in a country of which we can
all we'll be proud. These men
fought in 449 engagements during
the Civil War and they left $4,000
of their men dead on the battle.
field. TO say that that race is not
entitled to the best consideration
that can be given it by the nation
is to be unjust.
81 know no Negro, no Irishman,
no Swede, 40 Dane, no Norwegian !;
| only know Americans, and |
come here tonight to speak 10 you,
not because you are Negroes, but
because you are my fellowmen.
/ was reared by a mother who
taught me that every man was born
equal, and but speak the Ian
guage of her heart that throbbed
with patriotism during her life
time when l speak on the floor of
the House of Representatives for
justice for every man, woman and
child in America,
II deserve no credit for what |
have done. | want none, for |
could not be otherwise if j would
| appeal to no ones prejudices or
for arybody's votes, for | would
infinitely rather be private citi-
zen with the right TO think and
the right to express my views
along my own line of thought and
to formulate public opinion along
the line of my own ideas than to
hold any office within the gift of
the American people if my accept
ing the office l was compelled to
yield up any atom of my indepen-
dence. l express my opinions
freely everywhere, and never fail
among my own people, prejudiced
though some of them may be
against yours, to defend your rights
to everything that is due an Amer.
lean citizen. l intend to continue
on in the work in which | have
been engaged for great many
years"
HOPING FOR AN UNTRAMMELED BAL
LOT BOX
Mr.. Madden praised the remark
able loyalty of the Negro to his
J Government, saying:
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-20

while 1 would be the last man
in the world to encourage by word
or thought or deed anything but
loyalty and devotion to the flag
and to the Government, | have
sometimes been amazed to think
that one-tenth of the population
of the United States-ten million
Americans-who have to all in
tents and purposes been osiracized
from the privileges of the sover-
eighty of which they should be an
active part, are loyal to the Gov
ernment. My hope is that some
day there will be a sufficient num-
ber of men elected from that free
section of the nation North of the
Mason and Dixon line to both
houses of Congress to shape poll
cies in such a way that the men and
women of your race south of the
Mason and Dixon line will have
the right to express their views at
the ballot -box-anu to send their
own men-men of their own race
10 speak for them and to ex.
press their views, to act as their
megaphones in shaping the laws
and policies of the country of
which you have right to expect
to be an integral part. There is
no justice in the present situation.
No man living can justify the at
titude assumed toward your people
in the South
TELLS A BIT OF UNwRITTEN HISTORY
In reciting his views as to the
basis of representation in the
House of Representatives, Mr.
Madden related an incident that
happened years ago when the mat
ter was up for action in Congress.
Mr.. Madden said:
/"Personally, l would have the
representation in the House of
Representatives base upon the num-
ber of people allowed to vote,
instead of the number of people
who live in a State; and if that
were true, we would have some
representation from your race, be-
cause those people down there of
my race south of the Mason and
Dixon line would be compelled to
respect the voice Of the sovereign
voter.
81 am going to tell you a secret
that l have never told in a public
audience before, We had a Re-
publican Congress once or twice
since | have been here. All Re
publicans are not as liberal in their
views as [ am-they are willing to
admit that, and | assert it-but |
undertook in a caucas of Republi-
can members of the House one
night to restrict the representation
from the Southern States until
your people had justice done them
and l came within six votes of
carrying the resolution. Do you
know that? Now, that was not
done to pander to your sentimen-
tality, because nobody ever knew
outside the caucas that it was
done. 1t was done by men who
believe in justice"
Mr.. Madden said some good
things about the discussion in Con-
gress anent the immigration bill,
which went to its death largely
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-20

iolI w tOii eCuh' l. W. A--'J
Two thousand eager men and
,Y9Stsa9H E8TF&sYda into Metropolitan
A. NJ. E. Church on Tuesday ev-
ening to hear the Hon. Martin b.
Madden, of Chicago, speak on
Liberty" under the auspices Of
the famous Bethel Literary and
Historical Association.
LIBERTY and JUSTICE" the AMERI-
CAN KEYNOTE.
Mr.. Madden, when he could
make himself heard, after minutes
of tumultuous applause, said, in
part:
ut is always embarrassing to
me to be shown such consideration
as you show me here tonight. L
am of humble origin. | come
from the State of Lincoln, and 1
am the son of the mother of seven
boys, six Of whom volunteered to
serve in Lincoln's army and left
their lives upon the battlefield
and l have devoted my life to the
accomplishment of the things
which Lincoln's army left un-
done. They fought for liberty.
[ am fighting for justice.
"All the things that could have
been done for humanity as the re-
suit of the Civil War have not
been done; but while there is life
and men to fight the battle there
is hope for ultimate success. Pat
riotism is what we need-the kind
of patriotism waich prompts men
and women to die for their coun-
try. Patriotism is love of country
and loyalty to its life and veal; love
tender and strong, tender as the
affection of son for mother, strong
as the pillars of death, shrinking
from no sacrifice, seeking no re-
ward save the country's triumph,
Patriotism is the vital spark of the
nations honor, the living fount OF
the nations prosperity, the strong
shield of the nations safety, and
there is no people within the con-
fines Of our beloved country more
patriotic to the Government than
the race of people whose represen-
tatives sit before me tonight"
."BLAcK SOLDIERS SAVED THE UNION
Telling of the valor of the Ne
.oro in the early struggles of this
nation for freedom from Great
Britain, and referring to the brave
conduct of the black soldiers who
.foueht with Gen. Jackson at New
Orleans. Mr.. Madden painted in
glowing colors the splendid work
of the Negro in the Civil War
Said he:
"And then, in the Civil War
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-24
Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been re-
ported to the health department in the
last twenty-four hours:
Infant of Hubert and Mary Cope
land. IA hours. Columbia Hospital.
Matilda r. Barnard, 80 years, 631
Maryland avenue southwest
Edwin J. Baldwin, so years, 1901 Both
street northwest.
John d. Bloodgood, ~ years. 1901
Irving street northeast
Ida NJ. Sullivan. II years. 257 Massa-
chusetts avenue northeast
James L. Starkey. 81 years Govern
ment Hospital for the Insane.
Walter J. Herring. SO years 1894 9th
street northwest.
James J. Cunningham. 26 years, Gov
eminent Hospital for the Insane.
Joseph ]. Moran, 46 years, Emer-
gency Hospital.
Edward b. Peasants, 65 years. Union
station (private carr.
Isabella Fitzgerald. SO years, ABS
Wisconsin avenue northwest
Catherine NJ. Hannah, IS years, so;
9Th street northwest.
Sylvester Dudley, 10 months, 20i.
Government court.
Susan Hines. Go years. washingto,
Preston Snipes, "a years. Govern.
ment Hospital for the Insane.
Thomas White. "a years, Washingtor
Asylum Hospital.
Govomer Dogans, rs years, Blu,
Colina Corbin, 81 years, Freedmen.
Hospital.
Sylvia A. Fenwick. 65 years, Us!
Otis street northeast.
Minnie Barnes, 20 years, 633 K stree
southeast.
Marshall A. Dorsey, 10 months, 200.
18th street northwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-24
EVENTS Of INTEREST
IN AND OUT Of TOWN
Secretary of State and Mrs. Lansing
Hosts at Dinner Last
Night.
Vacation Plans of Well Known Resi-
dents-Back From Hawaii.
Notes.

The Brazilian ambassador to Mexico
and Nine. Cardoso de Oiviera We're the
guests of honor at a dinner given by
the Secretary of State and Mrs. Lans-
ing last night.
The other guests We're the Brazilian
am bassador Of this country, Mr.. da
Cana: the acting Secretary of War, Mr..
Breckinridge; the acting Secretary of
the Navy, Mr.. Roosevelt; Mrs. Hugh
Scott, wife of the chief of staff, L. s. a.
Assistant Secretary of State Mr.. Os-
born: solicitor of the State Department,
Mr.. Davies; Gen. and Mrs. Crozier. DR..
and Mrs. Yanes; secretary of the Bra
lillian legation in Mexico City. Mr.. Car
los Cardillo: Capt. Powell Clayton.
L. S. A; the chief of the division of
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Births Reported.

The following births have been re-
ported to the health department in the
last twenty four hours:
Albert and Minnie NJ. Schmidt, girl.
Adolph and Elizabeth E. Mattern, girl
Lalair r. and Mary A. Hamilton. girl
Augustus and Jessie A. Herbert. boy
Frank l.. and Estella Hadaway. boy
Stephen o. and Gertrude R. Colds
borough. boy.
George and Congetta Durea. boy.
Herbert l.. Solyom and Stella NJ. de
Antalfa, girl.
Anton and Marie Agrikola, girl.
James S. and Lillian Munroe. girl.
Robert and Bessie Giles. girl.
MILFORD and Henrietta Coleman, boy.