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Arizona republican., 1916-04-23
LITTLE JAMES
When Matters of State are Shunted to the Side Track and a Re- ligious Week is Given
 the Right of Way

Sez Mister Holdwig to tn Keezer: Mister Gerard calls on me today ar left what he calls a Ultymattum wot ever that is. I asst him if they was a reply expected fer I don't see no Return Postige in it. He sez, yes. tn President Wilson Rote him a Inklo- shure with tn Noat an sez at he'd like to have Anser sometime but they aint no hurry about it: he sez at tn Nicer sendin' of it has most served it's Purpus in tn United States but at as a Matter of Form he'd like to have tn correspondents fer to File away; it'd look more like Bizness.
 "All Rite sez tn Keezer, You rite him q Anser whenever you have time, but don't negleck your other Dooties, after you Find out what tn Noat's about"
 q looked over it Kind of Cashuly'' replize Mister Holdwig "an' it seems to Relait to our Submareens agin.' .'
 70 Shaw" sez tn Keezer; q was hopin' it was Somethin' Noo. They must a got Submareens on tn Brane over there. We aint had a Noat from 'em in more'n a Yeer at didn't have somethin' in it about Subameens. jist Hate q Correspondent which ain got only wun Theem to Rite about We'll now what's tn President Will son got to say about Submareen this Time?''
 As neer as I can Recollecl," SC Mister Holdwig. "th' President Will son rites like he's Pretty Hot unde tn Golfer. He seZ at thishere thin of goin' around an Blowin' up Ameri can SitiZens when they aint doiI nothin' cept Joy-ridin' around wit their British Cuzzents on tn Oshun has Got to Stop He sez it a Shame an aint no better nc Murder. If you want to Blow u Ships thisaway, you ort to send ol Transports with your Submareer sos at they'll be someWheres at t Passingers can git Off At when t Ships Flowed up. It aint more Rite he sez, fer you to find a Cor veyance fer 'em if you're goin' Blow Up tn Ship at they Paid the Fair to Ride on. They're Entitled some Kind of a Passidge to the
Arizona republican., 1916-04-23
A Dream of Secession

The latest production of the roorback factory at Fl Paso rises almost, if not quite, to the level of hu mor. It gives currency to a story, which first given place in print Chihuahua, Mexico the ef feet that General Vergara ambitious Mexican res ident of San Diego. Tex. has perfected plot which if successful would materially change the map of the United States This border fire is credited having vision of the secession of Texas Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and California from the American Union join fortunes with the Republic of Mexico Just why partic- uar states selected does not appear does it make any special difference. The fact that. in addition to his other perpexties President Wilson must submit to the loss of the states named will enti- tie him to the sympathy of those who do agree with all of his policies But why New Jer- sey the presidents home state, not included?
Arizona republican., 1916-04-23

is nothing l want of him. There is nothing that I shall ever ask him for.
 There is nothing I can think of that I can think he would give to me if I did ask for it. With this explanation of personal relations certainly cannot hurt him by saying that I think the Republican National Convention ought to nominate Colo mel Roosevelt for president If it does nominate him it will do what the country wants; will do what the country will approve on election day and will make a great stride toward the accomplishment of what the country wants-the assurance to every other nation that we are am bilious of no one else than the wei fare of the whole world. and in the advocacy of that cause are able to maintain and to put into effect the full heft of our mind and our might
 "LEMUEL ELY QUIGG." 1 Hire a little salesman at The Re- publican office. A want Ad will see more customers than you can.
Arizona republican., 1916-04-23
The Defeat of the Rruans

Either one of two things, or, perhaps both con ribued to the defeat of William j. Bryan for dele gate at large from Nebraska the Louis conven- tion The prohibition question probably had some thing to do with it. Mir. Bryan was once before de- feated in his state not for an office but in his advocacy of the of prohibition That issue of course raised the primaries in his own con test but in that of his brother Charles W Bryan whose cause candidate for the nomination for governor, he espoused and who making his fight mainly on the prohibition question. The result is not to be regarded determinative of sentiment in Nebraska with respect to prohibition There there of course, always element opposed to prohibition and there probably another element which might favor prohibition but which always opposes the introduction of that any other moral or ethical is into party politics, which expresses it's re- sentiment against the responsible for it's intro duction.
 This Is wrong; such questions have a proper place in party politics They the really live issues in con uadisnction to the dead and gone which as rule, parties exist It is far important that these matters should be taken up and settled right than that party fetiches should paraded campaign after campaign for no other purpose than to catch votes But it is lamentable fact that people gen. erally resent the complication of the game of politics by such issues sA S1
 But more contributory to the defeat of Mir Bryan ioi delcSste at large was his action in the Baltimore convention when he disregarded the instructions given the delegation in favor of Champ Clark From the opening of the convention Mir Bryan sought an ex- cuse to break away from Clark. Indeed throughout the convention campaign though he had declared
Arizona republican., 1916-04-23

Destynashun He sez at your Sub mareen Worfair is Disgrace to all Creashun an at we're Regler Huns jist like tn British, sez we is, if we don't Stop it.
 If you Coated him Rite sez tn Keezer. tn President Wilson must
 a got hisself All Het Up somehow,
 What shall say to him in Re- ply asts Mister Hodwig.
 Never mind jist yit'' replize tn
 Keezer, till I git Time to see tn
 Noat. But I'm Bizzy jist now an
 next week is Holy Week an if tn
 Noat's any thing like you say it is it wuddent be Proper Reedin' nohow fer fwun which wants to Keep hisseli , in a Spiritle Frame of Mind fer { | Hole Week an think about Hevin' an 5 sich Things instid of Submareens , You mite put tn Noat in Cole Stor : idge or somewheres where it'll Keel l Good ah mebbe by tn Time Fv, : Complicated my Devoshuns, tn Presi ) dent Wilson II be in a Relijus Fram r of Mind hisself anfergit all abou 3 Submareens
 r LITTLE JAMES.
Arizona republican., 1916-04-23
BOTH WERE TRYING

Well, sir exclaimed the millionaire, what do you want this morning."
 I've come again to ask you for your daughter
 Haven't l told you six times as many different days. that it is out of the question.
 'If l seem to be persistent than circum stances warrant, you, sir, to blame
 'I," shouted the indigant
 There" said the man who loved his daughter as he pointed to motto the bankers desk, lis my for coming day after day If at first you don't succeed try try again. Do believe in that sen timent?"
 plutocrat said: 7 'Yes believe in that. haven't succeeded yet in making you understand that my daughter shall not be- come the wife of fool but am going to keep on trying till do Good morning."-Answers, London.
Arizona republican., 1916-04-23

any other republican on the funda mental principles of the party, no difference at all, except with regard to his social-call them, if you please, socialistic-ideas. But for the moment these are in the background and even there they have been gain ing strength all the time. Am I my brothers keeper? From Cain to Christ, and with increasing force after every Christmas, the answer is, Yes, you are
 'S. Roosevelt's mind goes always and directly to the immediate issue When he was president he did for the United States precisely what Bona parte did for Europe Just as Ma poleon smashed the feudal system and cut and paved the road to democracy, so Roosevelt struck the iron of terror into the heart of big business and rendered possible the enforcement of the law against mon opoly that had existed for centuries, but had never. before Roosevelt, been enforced. There is no use talking about the motive. Napoleons may have been selfish. Roosevelt's may be. That man is great whose work endures, retains the approval of sue ceeding generations. What he may have hoped or intended concerning himself while he was doing it is not of much account
 Roosevelt the Man.
 "9. With Roosevelt as president the probability of war-that is, wal with Germany, war with Japan is far less likely than with a president who. like Wilson, backs and fills, who is too proud to fight one day, ful of fight the next. and in either humol always saying words. There is nc government on earth which will no understand Roosevelt.
 'I don't think I like Roosevelt In my longer acquaintance with hin
 never pretended to him or to an.
 one else that l did like him. H
 has testified under oath that at tn
 crisis of his public life I did mucl
 for him. There is nothing that h
 has done for me for which l ow him so much as a Thank you. Ther
Arizona republican., 1916-04-23
ANN MATILDA JONES
 POETESS Her Reflections in Prose and Verse (All Rights Reserved.)
CHAPTER xxVi
(All Rights Reserved.)

One of the pathetic stories of the great war is that of Rupert Brooke, a young English poet who was a lieu tenant in the British navy. and died of illness on a French hospital ship on the Aegean sea, April 23, 1915, at the early age of 28 His Collected Poems" "a thin volume of 16S pages-have just been published. George Edward Wood berry furnishes a sympathetic and ap- preciative introduction to the work There is a hint of Shelley, Byron and Keats, in these remarkable poems. To quote from the introduction. Rupert Brooke was both fair to see and win ming in his ways. There was at the first scontact, both bloom and charm; and most of all there was life To use the word his friends describe him by. ! he was vivid '"
 He voices the hopes of his youth in these words:
 Still may Time hold some golden space Where I'll unpack that scented store Of song and flower and sky and face, And count, and touch, and turn them
 OCT.
 Musing upon them When he knew that death was near these-almost his last words-wer, written:
 If should die, think only this of me That there's some corner of a foreigr
 field
 That is forever England. There shall b, In that rich earth richer dust con
 cealed;
 dust whom England bore, shaped
 made aware,
 Gave once her flowers to love. he
 ways to roam,
 A body of England's breathing. breath
 ing English air
 Washed by the rivers, blest by sun
 of home"
 Margaret Lexington, who write some biographical notes for the>boo save, 'I am strangely mistaken if tn accent of the noblest English poetr does not speak in those lines"
 Now some reflective nature verses c my own, to close the chapter:
Arizona republican., 1916-04-23

An Eastern Thrift Campaign was de- signed primarily to interest and help. those having incomes of s150.0o a month or less. although the contest was open to all
 These rather easy conditions opened the way for some interesting contributions from readers having incomes much larger. These of course are the ones who most commonly live beyond their means, and their problems, frankly set forth on em- bossed monogrammed letter-heads, reveal struggles quite as trying, in their way, as to those of the man earning S2.O0 a day Maids, theater tickets, extensive vacation trips and high rents, together with large allowances for food, are given as ordinary necessities in budgets that somehow will not quite do. One woman whose husband earns S300.0O month stated that since they had been following the newspaper thrift campaign he complained of her in- ability to save something out of his salary. pointing out the cases of families living comfortably and putting away money on $l00.00 a month, She was evidently dis couraged, and so was he. so it is safe to assume that by giving the matter some serious consideration they will reorSanize their finances to provide something worth while for the future
 If you are one of those who salary "poor"-between s2,000.0O and S5,000.00- and have such problems behind oftener than having anything ahead and saving nothing call family council and get on the right basis.
Arizona republican., 1916-04-23
The Twilight Hour

Give me an hour of quiet, The twilight hour of peace, When, as by Natures fiat. The tumult and the riot Of daytime noises cease. Beneath the leafy cover
 Of my umbrella tree. Sweet fancies meet and hover. And like an ardent lover, prize their company The birds have taken ticket Of leave" and disappear; From out grassy thicket The zither of cricket
 Makes all the sounds I hear. The moon unsheathes her crescent. Far in the cloudless west: The air is coll and pleasant, And all the stars seem present Their friendship to attest. An hour for introspection. When to myself I own Some lapse, or slight deflection- Some fault. that needs correction. Before 'tis overgrown. time for memories golden, That light the passing years And stil lmy heart embolden-- Though some hold sorrows olden, And grief too deep for tears" Q l welcome thus the fiat
 That brings full release From daytime stress and riot That one sweet hour of quiet, The twilight hour of peace
 ANN MATILDA JONES.
 tTo Be Continued)
Arizona republican., 1916-04-23

The dinosaur pershed from the earth, the anti preparedness advocates claim in spite of it's wonderful armor. So did the passenger pigeon which had armor at all The fate of is probably valuable object lesson the fate of the other
Arizona republican., 1916-04-23

At last a really serious charge against Brandeis- in democratic eyes-has been found It is claimed that he registered in Boston a republican
Arizona republican., 1916-04-23

Pure food caused insanity, according to Indiana health officer. Those who escape that danger of falling victims the individual drinking cup the paper towel.
Arizona republican., 1916-04-23
JUST IN TIME

Plaintiffs Lawyer-"I rest the case" Defendants Ditto-"You ought to; it's pretty weak.-foston Transcript.
Arizona republican., 1916-04-23
The Phoenix Savings Bank &
 Trust Go.

Phoenix Only Saving Bank" Owned and controlled by the PHOENIX NATIONAL BANK. Combined capital and profits. S555,00O; assets, $3,700.00o.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18
coLoREo WALTERS MEET.

The colored walters of Kansas City
held a meeting Monday afternoon,
March IS, in Lyric Hall for the pur-
pose of organizing a Negro Walters
Protective and Progressive Associa-
ton. The meeting was called to order
by Mr.. Samuel R. Hopkins, the organ
izer. 1t opened with the hymn, Near
er Ny God to Thee" Next was prayer
by w. H. Owens. Mr.. Hopkins then
addressed the walters upon the neces-
sity of organizing. His paper was an
able one and was warmly received.
Mr.. Edwin Hudson was acting Chair
man, and NJ. E. Owen, Secretary. The
organization was perfected, the fol-
lowing officers being elected;
Samuel r. Hopkins, President.
Wilson Smith, Vice President.
NJ. E. Oden, Secretary.
John Johnson, Assistant Secretary.
Leonard Johnson, Treasurer.
Committee on Cor Messrs.
W. H. Owens, w. B. Garrett, Jas. Baker,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18
MARTIN CAUGHT IN NEW YORK.

"White" Minister Who Posed as Col
ored in st. Louis Arrested on White
Slave Charge with colored Girl
Claims He is "colored" and is Mar
ried to the GirI-Son of Great
Preacher and Writer.
New York, March 14.-The Rev.
Ferrer f. Martyr. granduate of the
Union Theological Seminary, One
Hundred and Twentieth street and
Broadway, and the son of the Rev. w.
Carlos Martyr, lecturer, preacher and
author. was arrested last night as he
was entering a moving picture theater.
With him was Vera Davis, a come
ly young mulatto with whom he fed
from st. Louis in November of last
year. Despite his parentage, Martyr
has for years preferred to be known
as a Negro and was acting as pastor
of the First Negro Baptist Church in
the Missouri city until the time of his
elopement.
Martyne was taken in custody by
Detectives Boyle and McGee of the
Fourth Branch bureau, TO whom he
readily admitted his identity. He was
sent to police headquarters with the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18

any mayor that Kansas City ever had
According to the comptroller's fig
ures, the first year of Mr.. Beardsley's
administration the revenues collect
ed were $1,776, 1897. His own comp.
troller says that in the year 1914
Mr.. Jost collected revenues amounting
to $2,926,532.25. In other words, Mr..
Jost collected 81 500 more revenue
during the year 1914 than Mayor
Beardsley did during the year 1906
Besides, this, he decreased the eff
cheney of the police force by the re-
duction during these years of $292,-
1872, cutting down the force the first
and thereby has placed Kansas City
in the unenviable position of being
classed with two other territories as
the worst policed section in the Unit
ed States; that is, the losses from
burglary in Kansas Ciy are larger, in
proportion, than in any other part of
the United States excepting only Chi
cago and parts of California.
He has decreased the efficiency OF
the board df public works by a reduc-
tion of their appropriations in the
amount over 100000, thereby Grip
pling the department and making it
impossible for them to keep the streets
and public places in proper condition.
IF you will add the excess amount
of revenue he has collected over those
collected by any other mayor to the
amount that he has reduced the ap-
preparation for the police and board OF
public works, two of the most impor-
tant departments of the city's service,
you will have a grand total of 81, 143,-
760. Mr.. Jost now boasts that the
saving made during these thre years
Of his administration was $295,314, as
shown by his comptroller's report. The
question naturally arises: What in
the world did the mayor do with the
difference of $S4S.446. Can you see an
Improvement in municipal conditions
here to justify this increased reve-
nue?"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18
BETHEL A. M. E. CHURCH.
Twenty-fourth and Flora.

lWenty-touTth and Flora.
On the evening of March we were
highly favored, having with us the
Rt. Rev. Bishop Albert Johnson, d. D.,
who delivered lecture to much
appreciative audience on the subject
South Africa as Have Seen It," The
good bishop was so very entertaining
that all were sorry to see hi msit
down. The audience tried to call him
back to the stand by repeated ap-
plause, but the bishop responded by
saying: None of these things move
me-"
Sunday will be occasion of our sec
ond quarterly meeting. Prof. H. t.
Healing, w. u, will preach at IL
o'clock Sunday morning. Rev. ]. F.
Sage, of Ward chapel, will preach the
sacramental sermon at 3 p. m, also
the choir of Ward chapel will furnish
music for the afternoon service. We
invite all who wish to enjoy a pleasant
waiting before the Lord to be with us.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18
Hear Hon. azfe President the City Club at Lincoln High Sunday
AFRO AMERICAN INVESTMENT
AND EMPLOYMENT COMPANY
MOVES TO 1916 E. 18TH ST.
MARCH 20.

Kansas City's oldest and best es.
tablished Negro real estate and en-
ployment firm has been doing business
near Tenth and McGee streets for the
past twelve years and has built UP the
largest business of its kind West of
the Mississippi river. When this com
pany opened business the majority of
Negroes in Kansas City lived in alleys,
over barns, in Easements and shacks.
By the guarantee plan originated by
Mr.. Fortune J. Weaver, the president
and general manager, a house was pur.
chased here and another rented there
in desirable locations. This opened
the way for others and by gradually
adding to their holdings Negroes now
own many modern homes in choice
districts, many of them along the park
and boulevard system.
Have Never Sold a Piece of Property
With a Faulty Title.
Out of the hundreds of homes that
have been sold by this company not
one has had faulty title.
Protection for Home Buyers.
Some of the reasons that this cor.
poration has succeeded in gaining the
confidence of the Negroes of Kansas
City: First, because when they rent
or buy from the Afro-American they
are kept employed so they can meet
their obligations; second, when this
mortgage comes due the Afro-Ameri.
can sees to it that their mortgage is
extended or renewed.
The New Offices.
Will be up to date in every particu-
lar. A separate waiting room for wom-
en- and men so that the most modest
lady need not be embarrassed by COM
ing to the office for employment or
other business. The office is equipped
for making out all kinds of contracts
and legal papers. The equipment con.
sist Of Smith-Premier typewriter, Bur
roughs adding machine, mimeograph
and Shapingraph check protector, and
so forth The clerks and statesmen will
treat you courteously.
New location 1916 E. 18th st.
Home phone East 500; Bell East
7S2.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18
Paseo Y. M. c. A. Members
Annual Meeting
$1,000 Asked for Improvement
Maintenance for 1916.
A. Frank Neal leads with $50; $50 from Sandy
Draper and J. Coody Johnson

The Paseo Y. M. C. A., having
year, the first year in the building,
celebrated a members dinner Friday
night, March IT, Prof. ]. r. L. Lee,
principal of the Lincoln High school,
was to be one of the principal speak
ers. He was called to Washington,
Prof. G. N. Grisham, former principal
of Lincoln High school, delivered an
eloquent address.
Short talks were made by other
members Mr.. H. o. Cook, president
of the Y. NJ. c. A., presided.
That the year 1916 should be big
ger year than the year 1915, the mem
bers were urged by the speakers to
get a little closer together. 1t was
shown by the executive secretary of
the association that $1,000 was need
ed in popular subscription and for i'm
mediate improvements. A number of
members made initial pledges pre-
vious to the Friday night meeting.
Mr.. A. Frank Neal, who led out with
$50, sent the following telegram:
Il will give $6O."
The letter quoted below came later.
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Mr.. r. B. DeFrantz, Paseo Y. NJ. C.
A, Kansas City, Mo.
Dear Brother DeFrantz: Yours of
recent date to hand and contents not
ed, and in reply will say that you
will see by enclosed voucher that my
interest in the institution is the same
as of past years, and you can have
this amount paid as you may desig-
nate, and if you will send me about
twenty more slips l will see what l
can do for you.
Hoping you success in all your un-
dertakings, l am,
Sincerely yours,
(Signed) A. FRANK NEAL.
Mr.. Neal at one time was a man
ager of the Y. NJ. G. A. His interest
is as keen now, although in Salt
Lake City. as when he lived here.
]. Coody Johnson of Wewoka, Ok,
who made one of the $50 subscrip-
tions, said when making his pledge:
Il can not express how much the
Y. NJ. C. A. and the fellowship of the
members has helped me-"
Judge Johnson was improved in
health through the physical depart
ment. Mr., Sandy Draper, who sub
scribed $50, gave S1OO to the build
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-18

Republican nominee for Comptroller,
is president of the Blake Realty Com
pany. He was born in Kansas City,
June 10, 1868. Graduate of the Kan
sas City Ward school and High School,
and of the Kemper Military Academy
at BoonViIle, Mo. Except for two
years that he was in Oregon as the
land examiner for the Lombard Invest
ment Company, he has lived in Kan
sas City all his life.
He is engaged in the real estate
business, and has been president Of
the Real Estate Board for a number
of years. He has never held a public
office, but has taken an active part
in politics, as a member of the city
and county committees, treasurer and
vice chairman of those committees.
He is married, and lives at the Hotel
Lucerne.