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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26

a.. !. MOOREs
found some of the sweetest and most
beautiful voices in this city and Mr..
Moore has been keen to discern per-
n with musical talent in the Or
ganization and has impressed them
into service and given them the bene-
fit of his splendid experience in mu-
steal training.
Those who have heard the various
so-called fraternal choirs in this city
refuse to compare them with this
splendid organization that MI. Moore
has built up because they are usually
a combination of voices without mu-
steal ability or training while the Odd
fellows Choir not only has musical
ability and the majority of it's mem
bers splendid sight-readers but they
also have splendid voices whose range
and possibilities Mr.. Moore has care.
fully examined and has assigned them
parts especially adapted to their
voices thus in the ensemble getting
a combination that is both charming
and impressive.
+ The Choir has just elected the fol,
lowing officers for the following year:
President, Mr.. Nickens; Vice-Presi
dent, w. S. Baker; Prof. A. T
Moore, Director. They have been in
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26

The closing exercises of the Topeka,
Kans., Industrial and Educational In
%stitute, the Western Trade School for
the advancement of colored young
people, will be held May 25 to 80. The
school closes one of the most success
full years in it's history. Students have
been in attendance from every section
of Kansas, and also from the follow
ing states: Oklahoma, Nebraska, Col
orado, Arkansas, Iowa, California,
Arizona. Utah, Missouri, Montana and
Wyoming. Commendable records
have been made along all lines of en-.
deavor.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26
SUCCESSOR TO FATHER MASON
CHOSEN.

st. Louis, Mo.-The vestry has ex-
tended a unanimous call to Rev. Shell
ton H. Bishop, Of st. Philips Pitts
burgh, Pa, to become rector of All
Saints Church, this city. Father Bish-
op is a young man and is the son of
Rev. Hutchins c. Bishop, rector of st.
Philips Church, New York City, and
a nephew of the late rector of All
Saints Church, Rev. Cassius M. c..
Mason.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26

tional Negro Business League"
Chicago Defender.-"The de-
mand for "The Realization" and
the "Trooper of Troop X" has
grown to such an extent that there
are nov ten copies working daily
and the company is adding re-
prints as fast as they can be pro-
duced. The third release is now
on it's way"
Tuskegee Student.-"The Insti-
tute Chapel was filled to capacity.
The two pictures, both of which
present the better side of life
among the Colored people, make
" very strong appeal, in contrast
with the ~burlesque type we are ac-
customed to see in plays presented
by other companies.
! Dallas Express.-"Greatest Ne
gro production eve shown on
screen"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26
a SWELL CAFE.

New York, n. Y, May 1S.-The La
fayette dining room and cafe. now un-
der the management of Messrs. X. H.
Richardson and l. NJ. Stocker, at West
1S2nd street, is considered among the
best places of its kind in Harlem, with
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26
a NEGRO LEGISLATOR.

Louisville, Ky, May S.-The fight
has just begun to send a member of
the race to the Kentucky State Legis-
lature from Louisville's Negro Glib
ralter' 10 Ward which composes the
5Oth Legislative District. Lee l..
Brown. the young business man who
made the race for the Kentucky Leg
islature four years ago, has thrown
his hat into the ring again and will
make the race.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26

Southern Department today designat.
ing Fort Des Moines, Ia, as the site
of the training camp of Negro Off
GERS, say the camp will have a limit
of 1850 men and $50 Of these will be
non-comWissioned officers from Negro
regiments of the regular army. The
camp will open June s.. Only Negroes
with good educations will be consid.
cred.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26
LANeEoRp REsrs WILLS.

Philadelphia, Pa, May 1S.-Although
he tried awful hard to send Harry
the count, Sam Langford earned the
decision here Thursday night.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26

The Choral Club Of Sumner High
School, st. Louise Mo, presents the
opera, 1.-THE Bohemian Girl" in the
auditorium of school, Friday, June l,
1917, at 8 p. M.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26
WESTERN COLLEGE SCORES.

Macon, Mo.-The Japanese cantata,
entitled "Katicha," which was render
ed at the Vine Street and Broadway
Baptist Church by the students of
Western college was highly praised
and very successful. A large attend
anCe was present.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26

of thrilling and exciting athletic
events, eliminating in the attendance
of Mr.. Frederick Pollard, of Brown
University, the greatest of all Ameri-
can football players is unprecedented
in the sporting annals of this city.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26
GEORGE WHITE OF LOUISVILLE
PASSES AWAY.

Was PROPRIETOR Of the Long Cabin
Saloon.
George White. IL years of age, and
familiarly known as the proprietor of
the Log Cabin saloon. corner of Green
and Sixth street, Louisville, Ky, died
last Friday night, May II. Mr.. White
had been i'll for almost a year, off and
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26

Prof. William Pickens, the brilliant
young orator who distinguished him
self while a student at Yale, is now
dean of Morgan College in Baltimore.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26
BIG FIELD DAY AND ATHLETIC
MEET HERE.

The Big Field Day and Athletic
Meet, which will be held in Hovey
Park, Virginia Union University, on
Memorial Day, May 30th, will be the
most elaborate event of its kind eve
staged in Richmond. The program
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26

You should be more particular about
eating clean food than wearing clean
clothes. The first will save your
health and .beauty-HoIe in the Wall
Clean all the way through. 1912
East 18th st.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26
oppFELLow AND RUTH CHOIR.

Those who know say that n of
the best singing aggregations in Kan
sas City without exception is the
splendid Oddfellow Choir, composed
OF members of the various members
of Oddfellows and Households of
Ruth. This Choir has been organized
about nine years but has been only
enabled to reach its present apex of
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26

its attractive surroundings and excel
lent music and entertainers daily, and
an excellent place to dine.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26
SAM M'VEY WINS OVER JEFF
CLARKE IN PANAMA BOUT.

Panama. May 16.-Sam McVey was
declared the winner over Jeff Clarke,
the Joplin, Mo-, fighter in a 20-round
fight held here Sunday. McVey out
weighed Clarke by fully 20 pounds,
but the latter put up a very clever ex-
h%ibition; displaying in aggressiveness
and gamaness what he lacked in
weight, A large crowded. Canal work
ers and natives witnessed the fight,
which they seemed to enjoy. The men
have been rematched.
TO TRAIN 1880 NEGROES.
San Antonio, Tex, May 23.-Orders
received at the headquarters of the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26
WHAT THE ALTON SAYS OF H
LINCOLN

Prime. Motion, Tuskegee,
you do not know how
much pleasure and salts
faction our Institute COM
munity received from the
showing of your two pro-
auctions"
Hon. r. r. Church, Jr.,
M e m s.-'Your two
pictures shown at my
Theatre week of March
&c, are the best Negro
pictures / have ever seen.
i have been Disguised
with most Negro pictures
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26

excellence UNI
der the drill
ing and COM
petent direc-
ton of Mr.. A.
T. Moore, the
popular u n
dertaker, who
has had it in
charge since
its O%rganiZa-
ton.
Among t h G
MANNERS q {
this Choir are
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26

Motion Picture News.
1.-THE Lincoln organiza-
ton is the only enc in the
world making Negro sub
jects, and they have found
a good market for their
releases"
Los Angeles New Age.
Hundreds of people
witnessed the initial eXhi-
bition and scores were
turned away"
Kansas City Sum-
Successful Race Photo
play a feature at Ma
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26
MRS. Hattie KING ILL.

Mrs. Hattie Mcintosh King, wife of
home at 3219 South Park n
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26
LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL.
Calendar of Commencement
Week Program.


Sunday, June 8, II a. Nam
nual Sermon at Ebenezer A. NJ.
E. Church, Rev. w. c. Williams
preaching the sermon. (The
teachers, graduates together
with the entire school, will
march from the Lincoln High
Schol to Ebenezer Church in the
following order: Cadet Band,
Cadets in uniform, Girls, Teach
ers, the Graduating Class and
graduates of the school.
Monday Evening, June Am
nual Senior Play.
Tuesday Evening, June 5-J.
w. Perry. Oratorical Prize Con-
test. prizes given by Mr.. J. w.
Perry, President of the South
western National Bank of Com
merce).
Wednesday Evening, June G.
Alumni Entertainment and Play.
(The Local Alumni are making
elaborate plans for a fine pro-
gram on this evening".
Thursday Afternoon, June T.
General Reunion of Graduates.
Friday Evening, June 8-Com-
mencement in Convention Hall.
To all of these exercises the
public is cordially invited.
j. R. E. LEE, Principal.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26

on. He was widely known throughout
the country.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26
Music Baseball l'Gym'Theatre Boxing

vited by Professor Lee, of the High
School, to give the opening concert at
the Community Meeting next fall.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26
ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Our two productions are now being exhibited to record breaking
crowds in nearly every State; playing weeks engagements at such
noted play houses as Washington Theatre, Chicago; Regent Theatre,
Baltimore; Church's Theatre, Memphis; Dunbar Theatre, Oakland;
and New Angeles Theatre, Los Angeles. They are booked through
our own exchanges at Omaha, st. Louis, Chicago, New Orleans, At
lanta, Philadelphia and New York. They have met with universal
approval everywhere from the exhibitors, public pulpit and press.
Why? Because we have what the people want. They are disguised
in seeing themselves being burlesqued and made the goat" Listen!
Reader. We are not telling you what we propose to do. We are
telling you what we are doing. You who have witnessed these pro-
auctions know these statements to be facts, not promises,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26
u. 9. f. BOARD MEETS.

The Board of Management of L.. B.
Of f. and S. of NJ. T. will hold their
session in Hannibal, Mo, Goth inst.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26
WE OFFER

You a chance to invest in a producing Film Company now earn
ing profits. We are not offering a prospect" company We are
offering a chance to invest in the stock of a Company, that is oper-
ating, earning profits and that has so much business ahead that ex-
pansion is absolutely necessary. We have done all the preliminary
work. We have grown in less than one year over 1000 per cent.
In the next year we should more than triple our growth. We have in
sight thousands of dollars worth of business for the coming year.
To handle this enormous demand we MUST HAVE MORE CAPITAL
for faster productions, factory development and operating expenses.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26
OUR VAST FIELD

Furthermore, Lincoln Productions are not confined to our Race
alone or to America, for quite recently we gave a private showing
of our productions in the Film Building, New York City before
Representatives of the worlds leading export film companies, who
desire Lincoln productions for export to Spain, Europe, Africa, Cuba,
Hayi, Hawaii, Australia, South America and Australia.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26

The Lincoln Motion Picture Company, Inc, of Los Angeles, is the
ONLY producing company at present that is actually producing high
grade dem motion pictures featuring the Race in phothoplays Of merit minus all
the entire United States, the two foremost Race productions ever filmed,
Il Kealzat!on OF a Negroes Ambition. In two parts; and the trooper
of Troop X" in three parts. The only Negro pictures that have received
the endorsement of Pres. Motion and Secy. Scott, Educators of Tuskegee;
Hon. Robt. r. Church, Race capitalist of Memphis; DR.. Dogan, Educator,
Wiley University; Nine. C. j. Walker, richest Negro woman in America;
United States.
WATCH FOR OUR NEW FEATURE, Claw OF NATURE"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26
The Secret of Getting Rich!

RUSSELL SAGE, THE NOTED CAPITALIST, WAS ONCE ASKED
THE QUESTION:: chow TO GET RICH?" HIS REPLY WAS: GET
SOMETHING THE PUBLIC WANTS AND SELL 1T TO THEM" IF
THIS is TRUE, THEN A FEW MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR RACE
HAVE Al EXCEEDINGLY BRIGHT FUTURE IF THEY READ THIS
CAREFULLY AND ACT QUICKLY.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26
FIGURES!

DO YOU KNOW THAT AN INVESTMENT OF VEN
A FEW DOLLARS IN VARIOUS STOCKS HAS MADE
E WEALTHY?
Many men have grown wealthy from an investment of a
few dollars in some stock that has increased enormously
in value.
WHAT SMALL INVESTMENTS IN VARIOUS STOCKS
HAVE
10 Cents invested in Bell Telephone went to $4,000.
S1.OO Invested in Ford Motor went to $4,285.00.
$1,000 Invested in Postum Cereal went to $548.74.
S15.OOsInvested in Gillette Razor went to 100000.
$4,000 Invested in Underwood Typewriter went to
$11,496.00.
$4,000 Invested in Goodrich Tire went to ~$2,25OOO.
$1O0 Invested in Pullman Co. went to SIS 100000.
$100 Invested in REQ Motor went to ~$5,646.25.
Evening journal., 1917-02-24
Bill CIymeF, Wizard in Minors Has
Never Had Chance in Big Leagues

One OF the mysteries OF baseball IS
why some major league magnate look
ing for a new manager has not grab
bed Bill Clymer. wizard OF the minors
for a trial in the big time.
Managers in the majors have come
and gone, some have been successful
and many have failed and yet the ser
vices of Clymer have never been call
ed for although he has often been
mentioned as a possibility.
Clymers record is perhaps the best
in the history of the minor leagues.
In 10 years of active work in the
minors Clymer has won six pennants
and has never fallen below third
place
In Toronto in 1915 he was forced
10 win II out Of the last is games in
order TO keep in third place and last
year when he won pennant for
Louisville he pulled his team from
fourth place to first after July q.
Clymer is a great fighter and knows
how to pick his men to help him
through a hard season. Clymer wants
great money players when he can
get them, men who played their best
under fire
Last season he placed his depend
ence for pitching mainly with Jim
Middleton, who will be with the
Evening journal., 1917-02-24
AMT
NATURE
WONDERFUL

Barnum thought he had some col
lection of wild animals. lie did. but
he could have made il tn e most COM
plete zoo in the world If he had wrap
ped up a flock Of jitney jockeys with
his outfit.
From two-footed elephants. down TO
derby-wearing wild boars. How about
the hyena sitting down who plants
his satchel-sized hoofs out in the aisle
as solid as the corner-stone OF a bank
and the roof interiors with customers
hurdling them
Then there's the zap with flat tire
brain who gives his suitcase a seat.
The goof standing up that leans on
you all the way downtown and makes
five or six attempts at locating the
brass foot rail on your shins. And
the simp that reads the morning pa
per la indian club. the rummy with
the churning elbows, the hick that
does a Steve Brodie every time the
motOrman tries 20 make the car do a
broad jump off the trucks, the egg
that would shame a sardine for utiliz-
ing space and hores into three inches
of seat pasture. thus making every.
body as comfortable as a weiner IN
mounting distance Of hungry canine
Love thy neighbor as thyself' held
good before street cars were invented
Evening journal., 1917-02-24
Joie Ray, WOHder RuRner, Now After
Al Shrubs Distance Records

Joie Ray, dimiutnve Chicago dis
lance runner. is only one example Of
the superiority of present day athletes
Of those Of other years.
Raw has recently set two new rec
ords, clipping off whole seconds from
the old marks for the one and one
half and two mile indoor runs and
during the summer expects to knock
a few of AL Shrubs distance records
miles high.
only a few of the records Of other
decades remain standing Ray shat
tered a venerable one when he step
ped the uncommon milo-and-a-half in
Gas. The old recoTo or $40 2-5 had
been set by Tommy Coneff, in 1896.
In the two-mile race Joie negotiated
the distance faster than it had ever
been run in America clipping almost
three seconds of the mark made by
George Bonhag several years before
and coming within 1 AS seconds Of
the worlds outdoor record of 80 3-5
held by AL Shrubb.
RAY could have made better time,
as he loafed part of the distance and
! WAS EOnIllNdlle NUAmAAhu ~ eAuM
handicap men getting in his way.
But on this occasion he wasn't af-
ter Shrubs record for il wouldn't
have counted anyway, as Shrubb ran
/ his fast two miles outdoors.
Other modern performances are
equally remarkable. For many years
4 il was said that professional record
of Alp 2-5 set by W. G. George for
the mile would never be beaten. Then
Norman Taber clipped a fraction of a
second from the mark and it is quite
possible that the mile will be run in
40 before many seasons have passed
With the exception of the record OF
q is for the 22O-yard dash there is
I not a record standing that was made
20 years ago. This Of course applies
to events usually included in meets
and not 10 unusual distances.
B. ]. Wefers ran the go in q IL
Evening journal., 1917-02-24

management places some confidence
i'm his belief Is shown by their reluc-
lance to trade him, although they have
carried him at loss.
Boston has offered to trade Wood
for Steve O'Neill, the Cleveland
catcher. and really has placed him
on the market at his 1913 value rather
than an experiment But it isn't like
ly Wood VIII he traded. Magnates
don't like the idea of trading known
quantity for an unknown.
George Foster declared he would
quit baseball when he found himself
slipping. Later he announced he
would like to play in the Southern
League at least a part Of this season
TO see If he couldn't get back in shape
II Foster comes through he will be
hauled back TO Boston in hurry. fol
Barry. q first year manager, ism
anxious to lose the services OF
pitcher OF mis- caliber.
= These three souphOnes will have
lot to do with the American Leagu
race il they get going right.
Evening journal., 1917-02-24

of the support OF her greatest star
and Manager Foil was Obliged to sad
die a great deal OF his work on Cove
leskie and Klepfer. two youngsters,
who could not stand up under the
strain.
Then Cleveland. the sensation of
the early part OF the season. began
TO lose games with monotonous regu-
larity and soon was out Of the race.
Guy Morton declares the klnk is
gone from his arm. II il is. Cleve-
land will be a dangerous stumbling
block for other teams in the league
this year
Joe Wood. three years ago the won
der OF the American League, has had
bad arm for two season. George
Foster, the star OF 1915, was ineflec-
tive last year.
Should both these pitchers come
back into their own. Jack Barry
should have little to worry him so
far as pitchers are concerned.
Wood believes he is going 10 bC
right this year and that the Boston
Evening journal., 1917-02-24
BY II. G.. HAMILTON.


AnlANu ANnn sum Correspondents
NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-The Brook
lyn Club of the National League
champion of the circuit presided over
by John X. Tener. approaches the diff
iiculties of new season in very /
wabbly and uncertain condition. Tn
less Charles II. Ebbets or some OF mis- |
bali players. weaken the Dodgers will !
present a strange front when they |
take the field on the opening day.
Also. there Is a we'll founded belief |
that Dave Fultz and his players strike |
will take a we'll aimed wallop az Eb-
bets and his champions unless every
thing Is called on
The Dodgers are far from cham
pionship timber this year. compared
with the array of talent that will be
thrown into the field bf other clubs.
They would have a hard time keep
ing the pace against Giants Phillies.
and Braves. even with their full
strength out I'm the open. The punch
that carried them into the stretch
last year is lacking this spring, for il
doesn't carry sufficient power.
On first base the Dodgers will have
Jake Daubert. unless the Dodger star
shows up in such bad health that he
can't play ball His contract forced
from Ebhets during the troublous
/ days Of the Federal League. has an
other year TO run at a substantial
! figure, and he has little TO worry
about for the future His health has
been decidedly bad of late. however.
and Fred Merklo or Warren Adams.
the latter a likely looking recruit, may
have first base assignment.
George Cutshaw demon second
baseman who jumblod up the worlds
serc s for the Dodgers. probably will
keep his station II he decides to sign
contract Al last reports he was
holding out and had decided TO quit
tho game.
Fred Merkle is to be tried ont at
shortstop. He has done well in nearly
every position and may supplant Ivan
Olson. and the various other short
shoppers. who have been givor
y chances.
Third base isn't so much Of a prob
lem. for the veteran Mike Mowrey die
, good job last year. and probabl.
: will keep right on doing it,
' Jimmy Johnston right now Is tn
, only outfeldor definitely known 10 b
n ready to start the trip TO Hot Springs
n HI Myers, Buck wheat and Case
Stengel, the hulwarlI OF attack an
q defense last summer. have been r.
wardod with slashes in their salarie
Naturally they are peeved. and ha'
announced there will be no signir
10 by them until the original figures a
10 put back. Ehbets has declared he W
T make another slash II they don't ST
2 in the signed documents.
o Otto Miller has the brunt Of cate
0 ing thrown upon him this We
- through the lack OF a good runni
20 mate. Chief Meyers is rapidly 8
preaching the final bump in tho
cline. lack Wheat, a good lOoki
Evening journal., 1917-02-24

in 1896. Half dozen other athletes
have equalled the mark. but II has
never been run in even time.
Simpson. Of Missouri, Murray and
Kelly are all better over the sticks
than the hurdlers of a decade ago and
the weight men of today simply out
class those Of the nineties.
Evening journal., 1917-02-24

Three pitching arms may have a
great deal to do with the outcome Of
the American League race this year.
They are the arms of Guy Nor
ton, Joe Wood and George Foster.
every one Of them master Of speed
and curves when right and all OF
them disappointments TO their clubs
last year.
That Cleveland would have been a
far more important factor in the 1916
race had Morton not injured his arm
in midseason is not to be denied
As it was Cleveland was deprived
Evening journal., 1917-02-24
TRAP SHOOTING
GENERAL SPORT
Dodgers an Uncertain Quantity
as Season Opening Approaches

youngster and a brother Of the famosu
Buck. is going 10 take a shot at It,
and may stick this time.
ed Pfeffer is another Dodger whose
salary has been nicked by Ebbets. He
was one Of the most consistent win
ners in the National League early IN
the season. He has refused to sign.
Sherrod Smith is another.
Larry Cheney. Jack COMBS. Whe-
err Dell and RUDE Marquard are ex-
pected TO be on hand with a number
OF recruits when the first squad en-
trains tor the Arkansas Springs next
Thursday. Arrangements have been
made TO care for party Of thirty-one
persons on the trip.