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The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1917-04-21
,DOINCS OF OUR WOMEN
BY Mas. l.. Z. BARKsDALE

The Educational Section of the
Woman's Club met Monday al
their usual hour. There were sew
enteen who answered roll call by
describing the trees in their yards
A great deal of useful information
was impaired by the ladies and
and any one present could have
gained great knowledge of fami-
liar and unfamiliar trees. The
paper on Unfamiliar Trees" by
Mrs. f. X. Wilkins, was instruct
i've and very interesting. The his
tory of many trees was given.
They we're all studied by her while
in California, and proved a very
interesting topic. The following
trees were described in an inter.
esting and fascinating manner:
American Linden, Gincoe, Ban
yon, Camphor, Eucalyptua, Or
ange, Grape fruit and Lemon.
Mrs. Pearl Nelson gave a piano
selection, entitled Twilight Ech-
oes." "A Voice" by Mrs. Vic
toria johnson was greatly enjoyed
by all. This section will take for
their next topic, Current Events.
The Sewing Circle of the Pleas
ant Grove Baptist Church was en-
tertained last Thursday by Mrs.
Anna Page. After business, a So
cial hour was enjoyed. Mrs. Mol
lie Barge of st. Louis was well
come visitors
The Womans' Missionary Bap-
tist Congress met at the Pleasant
Grove Church last Friday after
noon and evening.
The Auxiliary of the Spring
Chapter of the American Red
Cross Society will meet with Mrs.
r. A. Byrd Monday, at 2 P. M.
There will be special talks from
Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. G. G. Brown and
Mrs. Bergen of the Springfield
Chapter. We hope those really
interested in this work will be
present.
The G. A. X. under Mrs. Julia
Duncan and Mrs. Laura Thomp-
son is rapidly building up. WEI
hope to see it go on to success.
The dinner given at the Brown
Hotel by the Whippoorwill Dis
trict, in the interest of the st.
Paul A. M. E. Church, was sue
cess. Mr.. c. Singleton, leader.
The Sunday School of st. Paul
Church is quite busy preparing
for the Sunday School Convention
which will meet here in June.
The Trustee Helpers, Mrs G.
Singleton President, are quite
busy.
Mr.. Harry Donaldson and Mrs.
Frank Wilkins have organized a
Dramatic Club for st. Paul A. M.
E. Church.
Please telephone your news by
Wednesday. Capitol 3l4.
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

DR.. A. H. Kinniebrew. of Jack
sonville, and DIR. p. M. Santos,
Physicians and Surgeons; DR.. J.
I. Miles. Dentist, have opened Off
ces 2101-2 S. 5th st. DR.. Kinnie
brew will be there every Thurs.
day and every other Sunday 10 te
3, or by special appointment.
DR.. Santos and DIR. Miles there
every day. Bell Phone, 2l56
Calls answered day or night.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1917-04-21

Everywhere one goes over the
city and over the country, finds
nearly everybody putting in
garden. This is proper and will
greatly alleviate the II. G. l.. II
you have not begun your garden,
do SO. Plant something if you
have only 10 square feet of ground
Every little bit helps.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1917-04-21

On next Tuesday evening the
program will consist of 'an Hour
with Julius Caesar" quotations
from Shakespeare.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1917-04-21
AN EVENING With
SHAKESPEARE

The Literary Research and
Study Club enjoyed An evening
with Shakespeare" last Tuesday
with Mr.. and Mrs. q. w. Mitch
ell entertaining at their home on
f. Jackson st. Mai. and Mrs.
Ford were out for the first time
since their late bereavement and
added as they always do, spice and
interest to the meeting. A Round
Table Talk" on Shakespeare and
his plays made up the feature Of
the evenings program. Quota
tions were from Caesar. After a
literary drill of more than an hour
refreshments and social hour
followed much to the delight of all.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1917-04-21
The RACE PROBLEM
LOOMS UP
Universal Training Opposed By
Southern Congressman On Account
OF Its Applying To The Colored Men
As Well As To SoutheoR White Men

Washington, April H. Despit,
the fact that Uncle Sam will neet
the services of the colored men, a
we'll as white, shohld the univer
sal training bill pass and the wa
in Europe be prolonged, certain
Southern Congressman say they
will bitterly oppose any bill tha
includes the Negro. These mer
come from states which have dis
franchised and otherwise pros
cribed against the Negro, and who
fear that THEFT heel of oppression
would be removed, once coloreo
men were taught the use of arms
Some of these men have already
gone to President Wilson and Sec.
retary of War Baker and urged
that Negro troops by not included
in any universal service plan.
Representative Kahn, of Cali.
fornia, ranking Republican mem
ber of the House Military Com
mittee, will.fght for the inclusion
of Negro troops in the militar y
training plan. and Southern Repre-
sentatives are prepared to fight.
THE Universal Services bill,
which | have prepared. includes
Negroes" said Mr.. Kahn. II
have provided that they be trained
in separate units, but they would
be called to arms exactly the same
as would white citizens. There is
no reason why they should not be
called to service. Nobody ques-
ton that they make good soldiers.
Negro troops of the regular army
have never faced an enemy with
out giving a good account of them
selves. They served with particu-
lar bravery at San Juan Hill and
Carrizal. !"
The view of the Southern men,
bers, as expressed by Representa-
tive Whitley, of South Carolina, is
follows:
I'VE of the South cannot stand
for inclusion of Negroes in the
universal service plan. 1t would
bring down upon the districts
where Negroes far exceed the
whites in number, q danger far
greater than any foreign foe.
The universal service plan so
far prepared proposes that, follow
ing one year active training, the
men would return to their homes,
carrying tqeir guns and equip
ment with them, to remain mem.
bers of the reserves, subject to q
call to arms. This would accom-
plish the very thing which the
South has always fought against,
the placing of arms in the hands
of a large number of Negroes and
the training ofSthem to work to-
gether in organized units"
Sothern members of Congress
have always opposed the training
of and considerable number OF
Negro soldiers and it is due to
their opposition that the recruit
ing of Negro troops lis now con-
Quoted in such limited manner.
There are already four colored
regiments in the army, and il
seems that more may be recruited
The Negro has hardly any show
in the Navy however, being now
confined to mess service.
That the recruiting of coloreo
troops may present different as
pect from the Civil war, when on
| ~ white officers were placed ovel
them, is indicated by the follow
ing observance made by Bradle,
Gilman in the Boston Globe:
NEGRO OFFICERS O. N.
The query at once arises. Il
regiments of colored men we're en-
listed, would they demand or neeC
colored offieersl In the Civil wa
colored men fought we'll. but the,
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1917-04-21
THE COMMUNITY FORUM

Special Program at st. John 4,
Nj. E. Church, next Friday night.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1917-04-21

Springfield, ILL.,, April ID, 1917.
To the Forum,
Gentlemen:
The following is a copy of a
letter sent the Springfield News.
Record Friday, April 10, which il
self explanatory:
Gentlemen:
| telephoned your Office to-day
about the following article which
aDpaa ri in vaur to- dayfs nanar.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1917-04-21
MOTORBIkE TAKEN; NEGRO HELD

Frank B. Roberts who says he
halls from Kentucky. was arrest
ed to-day by plainclothesman,
George Scherf ON suspicion of
having stolen motorcycle belong.
ing to Frank Kelly, employed at
the News-Record.
Roberts, according to officer
Seherf, was attempting to sell the
motorcycle when he was taken in
to custody. 1t was stolen Wednes.
day night from in front of the
News-R Record.
This article is false and il is OF
the class of articles which charac-
terises your paper as being an in
strament to keep stirred up race
prejudice and disloyalty TO the
government. The facts are that
Frank Roberts is a white man ano
in nowise could be taken for a Ne
gro or black man, winter than any
body connected with the News'
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-29
HAIR OFTEN RUINED
BY WASHING WITH SOAP

Soap should be used very care
fully, IL you want to keep your
hair looking its best. Most soaps
and prepared shampoos contain
too much alkali. This dries the
scalp, makes the hair brittle, and
ruins It.
The best thing for steady use
is just ordinary mulsified cocoa
nut oil (Which is pure and
greaseless), and is better than
the most expensive soap or any
thing else you can use.
One or two teaspoonfuls will
cleanse the hair and scalp thor
oughly. Simply moisten the hair
with water and rub 1t in. 1t
makes an abundance of rich,
creamy lather, which rinses out
easily. removing every particle of
dust, dirt, dandruff and excessive
oil. The hair dries quickly and
evenly. and 1t leaves the scalp
soft, and the hair fine and silky,
bright, lustrous, fluffy and easy
70 manage.
You can get mulsified cocoanut
oil at any pharmacy, it's very
cheap, and a few ounces will sup
ply every member of the family
for months.
Advertisement"
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Wednesday Aug &c. lsl7-THE TACOMA TINES Eight
Some Inside History
of Secret Diplomacy

CRATIC ADVANCE, THE MAD
DOG OF EUROPE, CRAZED
WITH THE NOTION THAT HE
is DIVINELY APPOINTED TO
PREVENT THE WORLD FROM
PASSING UNDER MOB RULE,
AND READY TO POUR OUT HIS
PEOPLES BLOOD TO KEEP
ANY OLD THRONE ANYWHERE
FROM TOTTERING TO THE
GROUND.
He advised the car to put down
with a ruthless hand every insur-
rection. There is no question as
to what he would do If his armies
should ever break thru that east
ern front.
The American pacifists, copper
heads and pro-Germanists are
now engaged in helping him to
break thru.
II one of them ever dares to
utter the word democracy you
would think the word would choke
him.
He is doing his best to exter-
inmate democracy from this world.
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democratic uprising.
Russia was almost bankrupt,
as usual.
The fact Of the correspondence
between the kaiser and the car
became known to the govern
ments of England and France.
They learned what the kaiser had
undertaken to do with his mil
lion troops.
Allow Loan.
They decided that it would be
better to lend the money to the
cars autocratic government than
allow Germany to annex Russia,
which would be the practical re-
suit If the kaiser swept in with
his troops.
They therefore allowed the loan
to be made. Russia took the
money and with it suppressed the
revolution.
Now observe that when the
revolution of this year broke
forth and the cars advisors
saw that il was serious their
very first word was to open
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-29
MANY OF
DRAFTED
MEN OUT

At least 10 per cent of the men
already certified for the draft
army In Tacoma will be exempted
by President Wilson's decision
modifying the draft of married
men, according to the announce
ment of City Controller Shoe
maker Wednesday.
A check of the draft in city dis
tricts shows that a great many
men already certified to the army
will now have an opportunity to
evade service on the grounds that
they have wives dependent upon
them.
Notices were sent out to all
drafted married men Wednesday
advising them of President Will
sons action. and suggesting that If
they still wish to claim exemption
they should make their appeal
direct to the district board.
The new ruling grants exemp-
ton to any married man unless
he or his wife has an Independent
income.
There are few men under 80
with incomes sufficient to sup
port their wives" commented
Controller Shoemaker.
$50 it looks as tho the draft
army will be composed almost en-
tirely of bachelors"
District board No. at the Fed
eral building began physical ex-
aminations of men summoned in
the third draft call Wednesday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-29
Our Music
EDITOR THE TINES:

Perhaps we can paint. Mean
ing by I'VE" the American ma
ton. Tho we notice that we go
abroad to Finish" our art.
Doubtless we can sculp; tho we
note that foreign carvers create
our national masterpieces.
No question but what we can
sing; but our artists are Fin
ished" abroad, and they sing for
eign operas when they return to
us to CLEAN the sheckels.
But there is one thing we can
not do, and that is to write music.
We can gather giant bands to-
gether that play marches. We
can assemble orchestras that
struggle with German and Italian
operas.
We can music for the world,
and turn out rubber disks par ex-
cellence, but to date we have not
been able to create one sovereign
symphonic siren that will capti-
vate and cling and capture.
We produce the STARS and
stripes FOREVER, anu VIC ihNcuI
jazz bands, and we manufacture
pseudo religious melodies" like
"The Holy City," and THE
Palms." but we never did" a
"Handel's Largo"
We can reach the puppy love
stage with absent or Forgotten,
or my Hearts Tonight in Texas"
or Break the News to Mother"
but the passion and the heartbreak
of a "Misererie," the home long
ing of Weigenleid, the throb of
a Melody in F; aye, even the stol-
en- sweetness of "Ya Like Ma
Like" we cannot approach.
Our military spirit is translat-
ed by Marching Thru Georgia."
Onward, Christian Soldiers
played by a Salvation Army bass
drum and a breathless tin cornet
or Blaze Away"
Some time listen to a great
band play La Marseil-
laise." or the national air of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-29
Religion
EDITOR THE TIMES

While / read peoples opinions
wondering why | don't also write
my true convictions. If ministers
of the gospel in our DAYS would be
in Gods counsel before they write,
speak, teach or preach, and If peo-
pie otherwise would know how to
guide their tongues, there would
not be so much hell anywhere, and
not SO many provoked poor ones
among us.
While ! read a peice in your pa
per saying that the U. S. is the
modern Israel, | don't think that
person knows his own country
more than his own heart. When
we study the real feature of Israel,
was not self-justifying, back
sliding people?
Perhaps we could better apply
this to churches, but as referring
to our nation, We know that the
u. s. has been rather a PREACHER
GUS nation. / feel rather like
calling this country the Lion of
the Tribe of Judah" In Revela-
tion SIS 1t says that the Lion of
the Tribe of Judah hath prevailed
to open the book and to loose the
seven seals. While God hath never
forsaken either judah or Israel,
tho their sins have been multi
piled against him, and while
judah hath prevailed, it shows
that there is two bad fighting con-
ditions.
People ask nowadays what
will stop WARP" Why, | believe
only a perfect condition will, and
to the individual a perfect heart.
To the preaching ministry I
would like to say: You that look
upon the nakedness of the kaiser,
do you Judge yourself? He that
is spiritual judgeth all things;
nevertheless he himself is not
judged.
While / look at the condition of
this town and see most of the
widows on the county and some of
our poor stuck in corner some
where, we should be real ashamed
to say we are preaching the Cos
pei, and people in general should
not boast and ding in words and
deeds that their widows and their
poor belong to the same God that's
good to them. No, ] have no per-
sonality In view, nor any partial
lty.
Whatever you call yourself,
whether Catholic or Protestant or
my other name Of faith profession,
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the front and let the German
troops in to put the rebellion
down.
II Is plain enough, there
fore, that the old agreement
still stood, In spite Of the
war, and that at a signal the
kaiser's soldiers were ready
to rush i'm, shoot down the
Russian revolutionists and
put the car back on the
throne.
Nothing prevented this except
the ears perception that the re-
volt had gone so far il could not
be suppressed without bloody
in the heart of Russia
and that he was not willing then
to bring it about.
These are the facts. They show
how absolutely the life of demOc-
racy in Russia hangs upon the
defeat of Germany.
Mad Dog of Europe.
THEY SHOW THE KAISER,
ALSO, AS HE REALLY is, THE
FRANTIC FOE OF THE DEMO-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-29

even lowly Serbia, or Japan, and
discover the difference.
In all our years of independ-
ence, when every art and ability
should have had freest play, we
have never approached Chopin s
Nocturne-the sobbing, drawing,
staccatO, stabbing, soul-rending
one in f sharp major.
Our music, the music that we
all know, and that twangs the
tuning fork of our national ex-
preston, is the music that visual
ICES the harried, hurried business
man, jamming on his hat, grab
bling his watch from the sideboard,
jumping in the 'steen hundred
power-stripped roadster, and
smoking his frenzied way to the
office.
The music of other nations gives
us the soul of men; the cries of
women; the half-choken sobs of
children starving; the thrill of
marching millions, gladly setting
forth to die for an ideal, the pa
tent Siberian grimness of martyr
revolutionists; the scorn of the
Marie Antoinettes, mounting the
scaffold and scorning the wild
rabble; the languor of the Span
ish lover meath the lattice, and
the glide of the naughty, scented
spicy moonlight hula.
But as for us we are equilly
divided between There Little Bit
of Good in Every Bad Little Girl"
Dixie" and Rody singing Near
er My God to Thee"
What a nation is, its music tells.
The material, determined, hasty
nations have no music.
Rome had no music, England
has no music; Ireland and Scot
land provide the themes for Mer-
RE England.
The emotional nations, the ma
IONS with ideals, the nations that
suffer and wait and weep, have
music; but we have none; maybe
1t is a good thing; happy the land
that has no history, and music
real music--is the history OF hui
man travail, human longing, hui
man woes and soul sickness.
Better, perhaps, that "Alexan-
der's Rag Time Band" be our ma
tional hymn than either the wall
ing, sobbing, heart-stricken, minor
notes of the forgotten tribes of
the south seas; or the sullen,
maddened, Oriental martyr notes
OF the Slavs, but let us at least
that we can't write,
or translate music.
l.. L.
parsOualIv I do mt aoroa
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-29

with all that l.. l.. says, tho
there is much truth In his
Indictment, or analysis.
/ think the Americans have
produced some real music,
great music. L feel sure they
are going to produce a great
deal more. Among those
who already have j would in
clude Cadman, Mcdowell,
Gertrude Ross, Victor Her.
bert, De Koven, yes, and
S0usa. What do other read
ers say.-Editor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-29
DIVORCE Mill

Lawrene Fangsher was granted
divorce against David Williams,
Superior Judge Chapman Wednes-
day morning.
Clara w. Williams filed suit for
divorce against Davil Williams,
asserting that he has deserted her
and failed to provide for her or
their two children. They were
married in 1911
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-29
Bus Profits
EDITOR THE TINES:

Here's what seems to me sort
of a line on the receipts of the
army post bus drivers.
The driver of a seven-passenge
car told me not long ago that a lit
tie board which he puts across
between the two middle chairs so
as to make room for another per-
son, made him IS the first day he
used 1t.
It's sure that seat was not oc-
cupied unless all the others were,
as it would be the last one to be
occupied on any trip.
The fare being being 81 round
trip, that seat was occupied on
eight trips.
Therefore, on at least eight
trips, seven persons beside the
driver must have been riding.
That would make a gross in
come of $56 that day, If he made
only eight trips in the day.
don't know whether they make
more than that or not. AS a mat
ter of fact, the time / was riding
with him, he not only had that
board occupied, but he also carried
a man on the door from Cosgrove
to Lewis, which made 25 cents
more.
At any rate, he didn't take in
less than $50 the day his board
brought him So.
Take out of this the gasoline,
which can be pretty closely figured
by the mileage, and the. salary Of
the driver, and the depreciation
on the car and whatever they may
pay for their share of the station
and the starter, etc., and there
will still be a flat little income
per day left.
M. r. A.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-29
LIGHTS FOR
FAWCETT WAY

Over the protest of a large
number of property owners, the
city council Wednesday voted to
double the number of ornamental
street lights on Fawcett ave.
formerly E street,. The lights
will extend from Fourth to 25th
streets, and will cost $500.
Those protesting did not form a
majority Of property owners in the
district.
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stop making any more widows or
any more poor ones and get to the
place where God can trust you
with his burdens. Repent from
dead works and get some faith to-
ward God. The real established
glory of God will come from the
border of the widow" anyway,
as he declares himself to be the
father of the fatherless and of
widows"
SUBSCRIBER.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-29

pertinent in de-
mOCracy.
After years Of
hidtcOus Opp.les I
sion they won
{ n e IL liberty
from an autoc-
racy that repre-
scented the Dark
Ages.
Il II e y never
deserved a n v
such OppressiOn;
the genius of IL
was absolutely
foreign to their
spirit and char
acteristics.
IL was forced
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BY Charles E. Russell

Copyright, 1917, by the Newspa-
per Enterprise Association.)
The Russian people are MAX
ing the worlds most advanced en-
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in THE EDITORS MAIL

p%%% the % Time ." ' .%%s " . " %
he s also initial" " signature" he brief
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Overhaul Cars

Eight new street cars, bought
by the city for the municipal tide
flats car line, weer taken to the
Nisqually Iron works paint sheds
at Bismarck Wednesday, and will
be completely overhauled and
painted. Construction work for
the car line began Wednesday,
when piledriver started work on
the street car trestle on 18th
street across Wapato creek.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-29

TURN TO THE CLASSIFIED
WANT ADS ON PAGE SIX FOR
RESULTS. SEE PAGE SIX.
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MORE MINERS
JOIN STRIKE.
Omitted Press Leased Wire.)


REDDlNG, CAL, Aug. 20
Twelve hundred Shasta county
copper miners were idle today,
having Joined the strike which
started at the Balla Kallala mine
last week, demanding a daily wage
of IS.
BY a majority of four votes.
the men from the Mammoth mine
voted to strike, 1t was announced
today. Altho they have quit, the
mine management is placing a
claim before the union leaders
that a two-thirds vote is neces-
sary to call a strike, and that the
bare majority was insufficient.
The men, 1t ST declared, intend to
stand pat" on their strike vote.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-29

There's a house in Germany
that was built in 700 A. d. and
is still occupied.
The Delta independent., 1917-05-11

The price of paper is high. We
have $3.50 worth of news print on the
road in one little shipment. II you
owe on subscription or advertising.
your payment viii be appreciated.
The Delta independent., 1917-05-11

A new pipe line along the Fourth
street side of the Hillman block has
been put in this week and a flossy
drinking fountain erected at the corn
er. 1t is one of the kind you stick your
bill in and imbibe the incest, clean
est, coolest. purest mountain water a
city was ever blessed with.
The Delta independent., 1917-05-11

w. E. Daughenbaugh, another print.
er from the office of the Paonian
passed through Delta Saturday for
Grand Junction to take the examna.
ton for army service. He will ask to
be assigned to the Atlantic Coast ar
tillery