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Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-07-21
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How does a colored man handle his
own people? To answer this question,
so far as Captain Washington is con-
cerned, is to say that here is man
who Is ready to explain to the boys
why Il is necessary for them to obey
certain rules: here is a friend and adj
wiser, who, with all his kindness, can
not easily be hoodwinked; here Is an
administrative officer who is willing to
explain with ealmness what Is what
and Is then prepared to insist that
boys must do their part to maintain
high standards.
Captain Washington is, indeed, a
big brother to the 500 Negro and
Indian boys who are being trained at
Hampton for school teaching, farming.
and mechanical industries. He is
friendly but emphatic In his admins
tration of discipline. He is willing to
put the facts squarely to boys and ex-
poets them to do their best. Even
when he has to send away an occa-
sional boy, he gives the best kind OF
advice and has in this way started
many boys on a higher path.
Allen Washington's career is typical
of thousands OF Negroes. who, during
so years of freedom, have emerged
from very simple life TO take their
places in a complex civilization.
As an officer of the Hampton school,
Captain Washington has taken part in
many educational and financial meet
ings which have been held to create
new interests In Negro education. He
has Travelled far and wide. speaking
on behalf OF Hampton and the ideas OF
education for which Hampton stands.
He knows the South and conditions
which hts people face. He was one of
Doctor Washington's close friends and
associates He has taken an active
part in the constructive work OF sew
eral Negro organizations which aim to
promote race relations.
Captain Washington is treasurer OF
the Negro Organization Society Of Vir-
ginla, which is carrying TO more than
300 900 Negroes the message of bet
ter health. better schools, better farms
and better homes" and financial sec
rotary OF the Hampton Institute Alum
nj association. He is also president
OF the Sumner Literary society. which
Is composed Of colored men and wom-
en- who make a serious study Of the
best literature.
Captain Washington has received in
struction from some Of the best United
States army officers who have been
stationed at Fort Monroe, He is a
thorough drillmaster and taetician. He
believes Ia his own race, as well as
in white people He breaches the doc
trine of success through struggle to
the boys under his charge.
Whether as a farmer. an oysterman,
harnessmaker, disciplinarian or a
trusted officer in some Negro organiza-
ton. Allen Washington has always re-
tanned his native simplicity of speech
sincerity and spirit OF racial good will.
It is to men of the type OF Booker t.
Washington. Robert r. Motion and Al
len Washington that more and more
people are looking today for helpful
suggestions relating to the race prob
lem. New York Times.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-07-21

him ON his back from the battlefield
TO a place of safety and nhrsed him
back TO life.
/, When the war was over Ben re
turned 10 the old plantation and de-
clared he didn't want any freedom.
He was given land to work and was
provided for when there was a crop
failure. TO Ben was given the honor
In the stirring days following the war
that no other Negro in the South en-
joyed. II was a knowledge of the
workings Of the Ku-Klux Khan. II
first came about through accidental
knowledge the Negro had acquired,
and afterward from the necessity 10
trust some Negro with certain infor-
nation.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-07-21

Portly Woman tpushIng her way In
TO police stntion)--i see you have
~rresicd n man whose mind Is blank.
Otllcer-We have. madam.
porily Womnn--Thcn please bring
him out so ] may have a look at him.
by Henry didn't come home last night.
and that's a fairly good description Of
hlm.-puck.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-07-21

Now Ii the Timo To Get RI.. of These
Ugly spots.

There's no longer the slightest need OF
feeling ashamed of your frecxes, as the
prescription othine-double strength-lg
guaranteed to remove these homely spots
Simply get ounce of othine-double
little OF II night and morning and you
should soon that even the worst freckles
have begun to disappear. while the lighter
ones have vanished entirely. 1t is seldom
that more than one ounce Is needed TO COM
pletely clear the skin and gain beautiful
clear complexion.
BE Hure TO ask for the double strength
othine, as this IL Hod under guarantee OF
money back II II falls to remove freckles.-
Adv.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-07-21
polno nls Best

Tommy Tucker Is the worst boy In
school, Harry. and want you 10 keep
Just as far away from him as you pos
Ebiy can"
II do. ma. lie stays at the head Of
the lass most all the time"
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-07-21
To Fortify the System Against
Summer Heat

Many users of Groves Tasteless Chill
Tonic make it practice to take this old
standard remedy regularly TO fortify the
system against the depressing effect of
summer heat, as those who are strong
Withstand the heat of summer better than
those who are weak Price soc.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-07-21

but possessed by few-a beautiful
head of hair. II yours Is streaked with
gray, or is harsh and stiff, you can re-
store II to its former beauty and lus
ter by using La Creole Hair Dress
Ing. Price sf00.---Adv.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-07-21

window that a Frenehman has
patented consists of number OF piv-
oted sections which may be moved
to any desired angle by pulling a
chain.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-07-21

A recently invented substitute for
rubber tires which can be attached to
any automobile wheel consists of two
eoncentric metal rings between which
are clusters of springs.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-07-21

A German musician has invented an
electrically operated machine which
records on roll of paper every note
Of a musical composition as he plays
1t upon a piano.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-07-21

A novel French heater for rooms
consists of carpet In which are
woven wires TO take current from a
light socket and distribute the cleo
trio heat evenly.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-07-21

Using mirrors that are invisible to
The audience. German motion picture
apparatus reflects the entire contour
of the players in picture, giving a
lifelikc appearance.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-07-21

A new machine for sharpening safe
ty razor blades does the work with re-
volving cylinders so that the blades
are concaved without the edges being
worn down.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-07-21

An Impressive Illustration of afrec.
ton felt for the faithful wartime.
Negro by the whites OF this part of the
south occurred near DemopoIis In the
heart OF the BLACK belt" of Alabama
recently, says the Birmingham (AIa1
Aee-llerald. when the body of Ben
Coleman. an old Negro bodyguard of
members of the Coleman family. was
tenderly borne TO the grave by six
prominent white citizens. all sons of
Confederate veterans. and laid To rest
IN the Coleman family cemetery in n
grave piled high with choicest floral
tributes.
More than 100 prominent men
aud women attended the burial.
Many Of them wept over the old
Negroes casket, and the highest trib-
ntes of affection were paid the mem
DRY of the ex-slave.
Ben lived on the Coleman place
before the war between the states.
When the conflict opened he entered
the Confederate service as bodyguard
10 Capt. Cruise Coleman. For four
years he was faithful to his master,
and several times served In the ranks.
When Captain Coleman was desperate
ty wounded the Negro slave carried
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-07-21

Three-fifths Of the people of POrtu-
gal are engaged in agriculture
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-07-21

Next to kindly act is the apprecia-
ton thereof
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-07-21

General Judenitch, who has com
nRnded the Russian army against Tur-
key from the beginning. and to whom
MAY be given the credit for the fall Of
Erzerum and Bltlis, belongs to the
younger school of Russian commanders,
though he had experience In the
Japanese war where he took part in
the abortiye attempt ut relieving Port
Arthur. He was pupil of the mill
tary lyceum at Petrograd and entered
the corps de pages, from which he
Joined his regiment, the Imperial
guard one Of the corps d'clites
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-07-21

Even blind horse may feel his oats.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-07-21

Success comes to some people by the
inch-and disappointment by the yard.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-07-21
COVETED by ALL

ontarlo's area is 4o7.2e2 miles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-11-10

A. If time the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-20

Unfortunately for Hughes
and his party, the facts and
figures as. TO our present
prosperity rs interpreted by
disinterested economists do
not back up their conten.
ton.
1t is admitted that the Euro
pean war has increased the for
eign trade OF the United States,
but this is small part of the to-
tai increase in our business oper-
ations.
AS Theodore Price, editor of
Commerce and Finance, New
York, an unimpeachable authority
on American business and finance.
puts it:
1t will be admitted that what
is measured exclusively by the in
crease in the balance of trade in
our favor. AS our imports have
varied but slightly since 1912, the
increase in our exports must in
clude everything that we have
gained from the expansion of our
foreign trade"
Figures Prove IL.
Price goes on to show that upon
this basis of reckoning our maxi
mum possible gain from the war,
up to June 80, 1916, Is 50, $780,
900, 900, or $21.30 per capita.
Against this, we find that the ma
tional wealth has increased SAL
000,000,000 or $410 per capita.
Price asks this pertinent ques-
ton:
"If the war in Europe has been
the only reason for our prosperity
by what alchemy has the gain OF
only 50, 100000 from our for
eign trade been multiplied nearly
90 times in the growth of our ma
tional wealth."
Credit to Wilson.
If Price stood alone among
economists in his Interpretation.
there would not be so much sig
nificance to 1t. But so far as l
can find there is no economist OF
national reputation who even at
tempts to interpret the whole, or
even the major part, of our pros
perity in terms of the European
war.
Many of them frankly credit
much of it to the laws enacted by
congress under the leadership OF
President Wilson.
Chief among these is the fed
eral reserve act, which enabled
this country to Withstand the
shock of the European war by
giving strength and mobility to
our financial resources.
Workmen Prosperous.
Millions upon millions of work
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-20
TEBBETTS'
STORY HIT

Final arguments In the trial OF
M. c. Tebbetts, charged with set
ting fire to his A street store. De-
gan this noon in Judge Cards
court. The case will go to the
jury before night.
In the concluding testimony the
state attempted to puncture the
story told by Tebbetts Tuesday.
Tebbetts declared that just before
the fire he had discovered q no
DO" trying to break into the base
ment of the building and that he
had chased him for three blocks.
In the cross-examination of Joe
Schiller, a member of the mer-
chants patrol, Schiller declared
that he had carefully examined
all the windows of the store and
was sure that none of the win
dows had been broken.
Tebbetts had testified that the
breaking of one of the basement
windows had led to the chase of
the hobo"
In the final argument Prosecu-
tor Selden declared the states
case would rest entirely on cir
cumstantial evidence. He assert
ed that Tebbetts. who was the
only person in the building Just
before the fire, was the only per-
son who could have had an OPP
portunity of starting 1t.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-20
HUGHES IN
WISCONSIN

tUntted Press IseHsed Wtreb
SHEBOYGAN, Wis, Sept. 20.
Into LaFollette's progressive
territory. Republican Nominee
Hughes today carried his sermon
on reunited republican party.
He was stimulated by one of
the biggest and best demonstra-
tive meetings ever held in Illinois,
that last night at Springfield.
Mrs. Hughes was expectantly
waiting today for The stop in Mil
waukee tonight. For in Milwau-
kee there resides Sarah Williams,
who nursed Mrs. Hughes as a
baby.
Mrs. Williams is married and
lives in Milwaukee. Mrs. Hughes
met one of Mrs. Williams daugh-
ters at Denver on the transeon-
tiental trip and another at Ban
gor, Maine.
Mrs. Hughes had lost track of
her nurse for years but when she
met the two daughters, determin-
ed to renew acquaintance again
in Milwaukee.
Todays program for the repub-
lican presidential candidate called
for rear-end of the train speeches
at seven Wisconsin cities-She-
boygan, Minitowoc, Green Bay,
Appleton, Oshkosh and Fond du
Lact, ending with night meeting
at milwaukee,.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-20
BY ii. N. RICKEY.

Newspaper Enterprise Association
WASHINGTON, ID. G., Sept. 10.
-Barring catclysm between
now and November Z, the presi-
dental election will occur i'm the
midst of the greatest prosperity
this country, or any other, has
ever experienced.
Industrial conditions have al
ways had a marked effect on ma
uonal elections, and there is no
reason to believe that this cleo
ton will he an exception.
Whatever other virtues an ad-
ministration possessed they have
not been efficient to keep it in
control of the national govern
ment IL it could not point with
pride" to prosperity.
1t is probable the weakest can
didate the republicans could have
nominated for president could
have been elected on the full din
ner pail issue, II the country were
not prosperous under Wilson.
There seems to he more or
less justice to the democratic
contention that as they
would have been held re-
sponsible for Industrial stag
nation, whatever caused il,
they should get full credit
for prosperity.
The fact the country is pros
porous is not disputed. Even the
most bigoted republican partisan
would not attempt to argue the
point. IL he did he would be
driven to cover by a fusillade of
the most amazing figures it has
been possible to use in connection
with business since the world be-
gan.
Now, nobody knows better than
do the republican campaign man.
ayers what strong strategic ad-
vantage this gives President Will
son in his campaign for re-elec-
ton.
Hughes Would Belittle.
They realize the hopelessness
of the Hughes candidacy unless
he can raise an issue that will
appeal to the voters as of more
Importance than the issue of pros
perity. And, at the same time. it
is good Hughes strategy to try to
prove that our prosperity is in
spite of, rather than because of,
Wilson policies.
This explains Hughes effort to
make Wilson's foreign policies the
paramount campaign issue, and
his attempt sto deprive the presi-
dent and his party of credit for
prosperity by insisting that it is
due entirely to the European war.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-20
AMAZING PROSPERITY Gives
WILSON STRATEGIC ADVANTAGE

ingmen in the United States are
more secure in their employment
and are getting better wages than
ever before in their lives.
Samuel Gompers, president of
the American Federation of La
Dor, says that never before in
history were so many people EN-
ployed at such high wages and
under such favorable conditions.
Bank deposits in two years
have increased over six and half
billion dollars. or about Sos per
capita.
The sixteen millions odd men
and women who are to vote for
president November are among
those who are sharing in this
prosperity.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-20
Human Fly
Climbs Face
of Building

Archie Crisp, who calls himself
1.-THE Human Fly" climbed the
face of the Pythian Temple on
Broadway. at 12:45 Wednesday,
and stood on his head on the
cornice.
He tried to climb the flagpole,
but got only halfway. The crowd
drawn by his performance. filled
Broadway from 9th to 18th, and
before he began the climb he took
up a collection. In the course of
which he proved himself regu-
lar Billy Sunday at kidding" his
audience into a proper frame of
mind.
He announced he would make
the climb again at 6:30.
Crisp is said to have been form
erly with the circus. but for a
year and a half has been giving
exhibitions of climbing on his own
account.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-20
QUIT USING
CITY JUICE

The city light department dis
continued serving electric current
to the T. r.. & p. Co. and interur-
ban line Wednesday morning.
Water has accumulated in the
reservoirs of the three Stone
Webster hydro-electric plants so
that the plants can operate on
their own power for several days.
Electric Supt. Llewellyn Evans
said Wednesday that the T. r. &
P. Co. would appear before the
council this week and attempt to
obtain a cheap rate for electric
current during low water periods,
on the possibility that they would
need further aid from the munich
pal plant.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-20
HAS MANY
ALIASES!

Possessing more aliases than
any other man arrested by the
police during the year, James
Wilson, ex-convict and reported
bunko man, was taken into the
tolls by Detective Milone and Os-
borne Tuesday evening.
Wilson has served seven years
in San Quentin prison, besides
numerous terms in other peniten-
tiaries and jails. Among the
names that have been found in
the police books opposite Wilson's
record are the following: Ed
Knowles, A. A. Knowles, Ed
Hammond, ]. R. Wrennels. Will
liam Reynolds and J. c. Watson.
Tacoma police have no charge
against the man, they say, but ar
rested him to warn him that he
must not pull off anything" DUR
ing his stay here.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-20
RECORD
TOURIST
SEASON
(UnIted Pres. Leased Wirel

tNuUtu fress Lcuseu Wireb
CHICAGO. Sept. 20.-The tour
list season now drawing to a close
has broken all records.
The many millions spent yearly
in travelling In European coun-
tries are being spent right here
In our America" said l.. M.
Allen. passenger and traffic man
ager of the Rock Island railway.
1.-The tourist travel throughout
the west is heavier than at any
time in our history.
1.-The building of new roads In
the Rockies is drawing the travel
ing public to see the beauty OF
their own country this year"
The great Chicago gateways
have been jammed for days with
returning tourists, and at times
the crush has been so great that
baggage transfers have been de-
layed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-20
GREECE ASKS KAISER
TO RELEASE TROOPS

toned at Kavala, had placed
themselves in the hands of the
Germans after the Bulgarian in
vasion began because they lacked
food and we're cut off from COM
munication with Athens by the
allies.
They were transported into
Germany with their families, said
a later Berlin dispatch, where
they are to receive the same treat
ment as other neutrals until allied
troops are no longer on Greek
soil.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-20
LEGAL NOTICES
LEGAL NOTICES
RESOLUTION.

RESOLUTION
NOTICE MEETING CITY
the 10th September 1915 the following adopt
public
End Council Chamber
BE RESOLVED THE COUNCIL CITY OF
public
said
said for the 1917 other than direct
That the City Clerk publish Tacoma
official
1916 Wednesday,
in at
a the
making levies
a
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PUBLIC AFFAIRS SANITATION
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-20

IS RAIDED

Raiding the Windsor hotel,
15O61a Pacific avenue, for the
second time in a month, Police
Detectives Wiley and Modahl
Tuesday night arrested three
women and man, one OF the
women charged with selling
liquor.
Mrs. e. l.. McCloud, proprietor
OF the Pacific avenue hotel, was
charged with conducting a disor-
derby house. Miss Maxine Aver
Ill, an inmate, was charged with
being disorderly person. May
Lansing, a chambermaid, was
charged with selling liquor, and
Herb Anderson, occupant of a
room, was charged with living
with a disorderly woman.
Anderson, Mrs. Cloud and Miss
Lansing obtained their release
on 800 bail each. Miss Averill
was released on $50 bail.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-20
ATTACK BOMB Theory

Tense called DR.. J. w. Moss of San
Francisco, who declared that just
before the explosion he saw a
large cylindrical object dropping
to the sidewalk.
DR.. Moss Indignantly denied
that 1t might have been an optical
illusion. Selling a magazine from
Judge DUNES bench, he hurled
it into the air dramatically and
asked the prosecuting attorney:
DO you call that an optical ill.,
sion?"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-20
ANOTHER MYSTERY
IN LOVERS LANE
SHOOTING AFFAIR

Omitted Press Leased Wire)
NEW YORK, Sept. 10. -
Mrs Gordon w. Ballard, al
legged witness to the shooting
of Dwight p. Dilworthy in
Lovers Lane" Van COrt-
land park, several weeks ago,
today told a sensational story
of how she was forced at
pistol point to retract her
story of the shooting.
AS Mrs. Ballard is the only per-
son besides Mrs. Mary McNiff, the
mans companion, who
is known to have seen the shoot
ing, her statements are being
closely checked by the police.
She claims that yesterday an
masked man forced mis-
way into her apartment, and that
under his directions she signed a
statement declaring she did not
see the shooting.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-20

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 40
The defense in the murder trial
of Warren X. Billings, charged
with responsibility for the pre-
paredness parade bomb tragedy,
today attacked one of the prose-
cution's strongest CONVENTIONS
that the bomb was contained in a
suitcase which was placed at Steu-
art and Market streets.
Attorney McNutt for the de-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-20
jim HAM LEWIS TO
ARRIVE SEPT. II
(united Press Leased wire.l

PORTLAND, Ore, Sept. 90
Prominent democrats who gath
cred with much enthusiasm to
welcome Senator James Hamilton
Lewis of Illinois today were dis
appointed when he failed to ar
rive.
Inquiries at the Portland hotel
disclosed that the senator's plans
had been suddenly changed so he
will not get here until Sept. 81.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-20
Omitted Press Leased Wire.)

LONDON, Sept. 20.-Greece
sent an urgent note to Ger
many, demanding the release of
the Greek troops removed from
Kavala, said a Reuter- dispatch
from Athens this afternoon which
declared the news to be officially
confirmed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-20
EATONV1LEE-KAPOWsiN.
TACOMA STAGE

Leaves Eatonville daily, ex-
cept Sunday, 3 n. m, 1 D. m,
$3.50 p. m. Leaves EatonviIle
Sunday, 8 .. M, 2 D. M, q
p. m.
Leaves Tacoma daily. 6 a.
m, 1 p. m, 4 p. m. Leaves
Tacoma Sunday, 8 a. m, 4 D.
m, 0:15 p. m.
Saturday evening special leaves
EntonvilIe 2 p. M, leaves Ia
coma 7:t5 p. m.
Starts from schoenfeId's
store. 18th St. opp. postofflco.