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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-07-20
COUNTY COUNCIL TO
FORM Aux|L|AR|Es
SPECIAL COMMITTEES IN EACH
DISTRICT TO DIRECT PA
TRIOTIC ENDEAVORS.

Organization of auxiliaries in each
section of the county to the general
Council forsPatriotic Service formed
here the latter part Of last week as
an adjunct to the State Council Of
Defense, will be undertaken during
the next few days by chairmen ap-
pointed for the purpose. Similar
councils are being organized in each
county in the state.
Formation of three of these auxil
iaries was gotten under way this
week by r. F. Stokes, chairman Of
the Tenino district, J. Mossman.
chairman at Yelm, and Jennings
johnson. chairman at Bordeaux, all
of whom were appointed at the meet
ing at the Chamber of Commerce
last Friday afternoon when the
County Council was organized.
Ohflcers Of Council.
About 20 men and women Of the
county attended that meeting, called
by c. j. Lord, chairman of the ship
building division of the State Coun-
Gil of Defense. who was authorized
by it to effect the Thurston county
organization. The meeting named
Councilman George Draham general
chairman of the county council,
Joseph Reder vice chairman, B. F.
Hume secretary, and the following
divisional chairmen:
c. J. Lord. shipbuilding; Mayor
Jesse T. Mills, labor; s. L. Lester,
publicity; Mrs. r. L. Fromme. wom-
ems work; Commissioner T. Ives
Dodge, farm labor; County Agent c..
H. Bergstrom. conservation; H. E.
McElroy. Red Cross. and Walter J..
Milroy, home defense.
These chairmen will act with the
general chairmen as the executive
committee of the county council.
whose chief object will be to spread
patriotism throughout the county
and so organize it's people and its
resources that all the patriotic activ.
tiles required during the war crisis
may be promptly and effectively
done.
Lord Makes Short Talk.
A short talk on the purposes of the
organization was made by c. J. Lord
prior to the business session. during
which he said, in part:
"Our frat work is to spread pa
triotism to all parts of the county.
We must teach it continually. We
must cause every citizen in the
county to think periodically. II We
can do this we will avoid lot Of
trouble that might come to the
county.
I'VE must see to 1t that the en-
ployer is fair to his employees and We
must see also that labor is fair to the
employer. All differences between
employer and employe must be elm
mated at this time. We must al
work together for the good of the
country. We must produce for the
country.
I'VE must all be willing to give
our time to work for the county and
for the country. We must perform
any duty that We are called upon to
perform and We must At ourselves ia
perform that duty we'll"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-08-23
DECATUR CITY CHAUTAUQUA
August 24-28, 1917
VlERRA'S FIVE ROYAL HAWAHANS

MEn4 aMo 9S E SWEETEST
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-08-23
PROGRAM

Afternoon
Introduction in charge of local people
Full Concert by
RUDOLPH'S SWISS SINGERS AND
PLAYERS
Showing Alpine Costumes
Admission: % and Is cents
SATURDAY
Full Program
ALLPRESS ALL-STAR COMPANY
Orchestral
Admission: % and Is cents
vIERRA's 5 ROYAL HAWA1IANs
MYRA CASTERLINE SMITH
Admissions: IS and Is cents
-. MONDAY
Full Concert
GRAYSTON LEWIS CONCERT
PARTY
Classical Music
instrumental and Vocal
Admission: 80 and Is cents
Full Program
BOILEAU'S QUAKER GIRLS COM
PANY
In Special Costume
Admission: :S5 and Is cents
Chautauqua, each day ex-
cept Sunday. Free to children of
all ages ...9 $3.50 a. m.
PRICE OF TICKETS: Adult season
Season tickets are not transfer
able except within the owners fam
lily. In case you forget to bring your
season ticket, go to the cashier, buy
a single admission ticket and take a
receipt for price paid; bring season
ticket and receipt to cashier at next
session; cashier will refund money
paid for single ticket. Gate keeper
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-08-23

Evening
RUDoLPH's SWISS SINGERS AND
PLAYERS
DR.. CYRUS S. NUSBAUM
Admission: 30 and Is cents
AUGUST %
Concert
ALLPRESS ALL-STAR COMPANY
EUGENE KNOX, 1mpersonator
Admission: 35 and Is cents
AUGUST 26
.VlERRA'S 5 ROYAL HAWAIIANS
MOnOlOgue The Message from Mars. :"
MYRA CASTERLINE SMITH
Admissions: 80 and Is cents
AUGUST -
GRAYSTON LEWIS CONCERT
PARTY
Lecture America of Today"
DR.. WILLIAM STURGEON, of Lon
don, England
Admission: so and Is cents
AUGUST %
Light Opera
BO1LEAU'S QUAKER GIRLS COM
Lecture Heirs of the Commonwealth,
DR.. JOHN HARLAN Address
Admission: 80 and Is cents
Afternoon Sessions .--..-3:00 2. m.
Children's Hour, kindergarten
age AS p. m.
Evening sessions $500 D. m.
ickets, S2.00-Child season ticket 81.
cannot admit except by ticket.
Children's tickets admit children
z to IA years Place for children at
these sessions is with parents and
not congregated on front seats. Each
child should have season ticket for
the Chautauqua. Teach them the
value of good entertainment
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-08-23
RUDOLPH'S SWISS SINGERS AND PLAYERS

THEY DRESS IN THEIR NATIVE COSTUMES, EITHER
AND HARP AND MODELLING SONGS HEAR
THEM THE FIRST DAY OF THE cHAUTAUQUA
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-26
Walt Whitman
and
Memorial Day

EAOH year as the end Of May ap'
T. proaches and lilacs In the door
yard bloom the personality of
Walt Whitman, singer of the nlacs'
song and of all outdoor sights and
sounds, Is tenderly recalled by an in
creasing number Of people, for Walt
Whitman's birthday Is on May 81.
It Is the custom to hold then an all
day Whitman convention In New York
to celebrate It. In some places, when
weather and inclination are propitious,
lovers of Whitman are wont to picnic,
more or less formally, on Memorial
day, and at such times persons who
really knew Walt are In great demand.
Persons who were friends of the good
gray poet are more and more rare as
the years 60 by. 1t was only choice
souls who could appreciate what he
was trying to do, and they have almost
all Joined him now in the great be-
yond.
It is perhaps fitting to celebrate Whit
mans birthday on May 80, Memorial
day, since he was a friend Of the Un-
ion soldier and served as a volunteer
nurse In Washington and Virginia in
1925. His fatigue and night watch
ing brought on serious illness from
which he never recovered fully.
Describing his nursing. friend
said:
"Walt, you should know. seemed in
tuitively to do the right thing for those
poor suffering fellows. To one he
would give an apple. to another an
orange or tobacco. But he never gave
the wrong thing. He told me Of find
ing some soldiers from the west who
had never before seen an orange. He
said also that the aroma Of a lemon
held in the hand was often most CRATE
full to the fever patients he there en-
countered."
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-26
May We Never Forget
Memorial. Day!

WYE do well to pause one summer
w day III a year to exalt the mar
tyrs who fell in our civil war,
to bewail their fate. to cover their
humble hillocks with flowers. They
died not to protect our land from the
profane foot Of the foreign invader,
nor yet to win the Holy Sepulchre
from the infidel, nor yet to conquer a
savage wilderness for the great incom.
ing food of our race. They died. be-
cause their country could devise in its
wisdom no better means Of settling a
family quarrel than by Staying her
sons with the sword.
May we never forget to observe our
Memorial day! Even now there is
scarcely a hamlet In the United States
that does not display tiny flag or
bit Of bunting on Decoration day
Some years ago drove through a wild
mountain country in West Virginia
Deep down in narrow gOrge-One of
those strange assures where q small
stream has cut mountain in twain
| discovered wretched hut. Fasten-
ed to a pole at the door was a flutter-
ing bit Of red flannel. The half naked
savages who lived in this hut scram.
bled up the precipice to beg. asked
the meaning of the red rag and receiv.
ed the surprised answer, Decoration
day" These untamed. untamable peo,
pie respected the day.-Mrs. Roger A
Pryor.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-26

8, and Matt. xviii, 90 and knelt to
pray, thanking God for his care thus
far, for tho friends who sent us out,
for his continued care and protection,
that the people to whom we 60 may re-
ceive us and our message be blessing
to them and the kingdom. Then we
went apart to mediate, reconsecrate
ourselves to God and to sleep.
"All we ever heard about God will
take care Of you comes up fresh In
our minds, and we believed all Of 1t.
So in his great name we went forward.
To avoid raiders and submarines We
went 1000 miles or more out Of our
course The weather was bad, and We
were all poor sailors. BY wireless we
learned a submarine was behind us
some distance and that ship of to
our left had struck mine and was
sinking rapidly. 1t cried for help, but
we were too far away to go to her res
cue. We were called on deck, each
coming with his life belt; they were
tested and tried on. Each was then
shown the boat to make for in case OF
need. The signal for ten minutes was
given and the signal for at once so
we would understand.
I'VE arrived at Dakar, Senegal.
safely. Here is a city Of 25,OOO and a
colony with more than 100000. In
the city only a Catholic mission and
one little Protestant mission with less
than fifty persons-all this land left to
Mohammed and the devil. Oh, for one
good man to settle here and peg away
for Jesus until he is introduced to at
least a few. The French have been at
Dakar for 300 years, introducing many
useful things and many hurtful and
damaging things.
ut is possible this colony has given
more black troops to the allies than all
the other parts Of the world combined.
We saw quite 1000 take ship from
Dakar for some other points on the
coast. The colony is represented In
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-26

and was declared by many who heard
him on other occasions to have been
his grandest effort, as he scared high
In an OratOrical flight and reduced his
representative audience to tears. Mr..
Morris. who Won last year $50 in gold
over ten white contestants, who was
called native born Cuban" by the
white press, is the acknowledged leader
Of the younger set Of his race in Amer
lea by his untiring efforts, his Jealous
efforts to advance his race in every
field of useful endeavor He said in
part:
My friends, l wish to say tonight
If the cOlOred race in its inner self is
pure and consecrated to unselfish in
terests, If it loves it's God, If it remem-
bers the depths from which it sprang.
If it knows that princes shall come
out of Egypt and Ethiopia shall sud-
denly stretch forth her hands unto
God" despite what Blease, Vardaman,
Tillman. Poe, Dixon or others may say,
I want to assure you that the very
gates Of hell cannot prevail against
u.s."
How proud l am to be colored! How
l recollect the deeds Of our brave an
cestors who lie -''moldering i'm the
grave" yet who go marching on in the
soul of every ambitious young man and
woman! They had the rarest gift Of
song the world has ever known-yea.
their music cannot die while memory
holds it's sacred station. More solemn
than Almost Persuaded" tenderer
than Nearer, My God, to Thee" and
more exquisitely beautiful than LEAD.
Kindly Light"
Christianity is not a failure. Chris
tianity lives in the souls Of men. Thank
God for our Christian foreparents, who
never saw a school, but ''inasmuch as
they did it unto the least of their
brethren they did it unto Christ"
often think how small man is. I ask
myself the question, "Oh. why should
the spirit Of mortal be proudY' AS we
look down through the corridors Of
time mighty men are silenced forever.
/ think of the mighty Caesar. but Gaze
sar is dead. think Of Alexander. who
conquered the whole world" but Alex
ander lies buried likewise. 1 think Of
the mighty Napoleon, before whom the
earth trembed; but, alas. Napoleon
sleeps tonight in France!
Today, amid the awful curse OF race
prejudice, we cry again to God, 20
God, how long, how long" God an
swers in a voice of thunder, Hold the
fort, for I am coming" coming to
preach again beside the shores Of Cali
lee the "Fatherhood Of God, the master
hood Of Jesus, the brotherhood Of man."
coming to declare shat out Of one blood
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-26
BY N. BARNETT DODsON.

BY N. BARNETT DODSON.
The Rev. DR.. L. G. Jordan, CORE
spending secretary Of the foreign mis-
sion board Of the National Baptist con-
vention, has returned from West At
RIGA, whittier he went in January to
visit the several mission stations and
schools fostered by the convention. DR..
Jordan was accompanied by some of
the new workers under the auspices Of
the board, among whom are the Rev.
and Mrs. Horton and DR.. Sykes. The
trip was one Of great profit to the de-
nomination, especially at this crisis Of
our national race.
Describing some incidents Of the trip
to Dakar, Senegal, and to Bassa, Sec
rotary Jordan said:
I'VE were at sea four days on the
steamer Egori, and to say they were
days Of great anxiety is putting 1t
mildly. Reading Of war and being in
the zone Of warfare are two different
things. In Liverpool We paid 60 cents
for one egg. cup Of tea, small piece
Of ham, bread and butter; SO per day
each for lodging. Thinking 1t better to
go on to some African coast town and
catch our ship possibly week later
we boarded this ship Wednesday night
Jan. "a, but remained In harbor till
Thursday noon. Our tickets to Bassa
cost $615.O4.
ION boarding the ship our party got
together in my cabin and read Phil. Nv,
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-26

every nation have I made to dwell to-
gether on the face Of the earth"
In conclusion may I say righteous
ness exalteth a nation, but sin is re-
proach unto any people" Thank God
for the loyalty of my race to its coln-
try's flag" 1t will ever wave DER the
"land of the free and home Of the
brave" If black hands of iron and
hearts Of steel can keep it there. From
the time we shed our gallant blood IL
the streets Of Boston till We climbed the
rugged slopes of San Juan hill, hum
ming "There's a Hot Time In the Old
Town Tonight" that emblem of prog
ress and security has "never trailed in
the dust" -.-.....
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-26

can do satisfactorily the very things
which his enemies have for fifty years
shouted and maintained that he could
never be relied upon to do? For the
Negro it is a case of heads | win,
tails you lOse!' What the Negroes
real enemy fears is not the races fond
~ catalogued vices, but its virtue.
We repeat that, although there is
no question as to the Negroes loyalty
in the present crisis. those are in wide
error who are taking his loyalty for
blind impulse or unthinking docility,
like the loyalty of the dog or the horse
The masses of the race are thinking as
they never thought before, and they
are loyal only for the same reason that
any other group of men In the world
Is loyal to anything, because they
think that their best group interests
are bound up In the thing to which
they are loyal. As to whether the Ne
gro would be loyal If he were absolute
" convinced to the contrary must be
answered In hypothesis by the same
answer which would be given for any
other group of normal human beings.
The Negro is certainly not loyal to
Acknowledgement, 'jimcrOwism" and
lynch law, but he follows the star Of
America in spite Of those evils and
with the deliberate intention and fond
hope Of overthrowing them. In such
q situation the Negro must Of course
continually face dilemmas. He has
had to be q strike breaker to get q
Job, he has had to flee to separate
and inferior school system to escape
ignorance, and he has had to dissect
the body Of Christ in order to enter
the church and the kingdom of heaven.
In the same spirit he would accept a
separate military training camp that
some Of his college trained men might
get commissions in the army and serve
their country more effectively than as
mere cannon fodder 1t Is not strange
that in the last named dilemma the
majority Of his leaders and friends in
dorsed the camp idea, but it is signif-
cant that, while some Of his leaders
and friends cOnscientiOusly opposed 1t,
all Of his worst enemies consistently
opposed it. Those who favored it do
not favor discrimination, but they
seized that horn of the dilemma which
would lend future advantage-to gain
a. height from which they could deal
segregation q heavier blow. His en-.
eniies also saw this and opposed II
unanimously.
This explains the frequent appear
ance Of a lack of union among Ameri-
can Negroes. 1t is plain to an insider.
They are perfectly united in aim and
ambition, and they differ only in meth
cd and policy. This difference is due
to their peculiar situation. No other
group Of people in the round world is
brought oftener face to face with a
dilemma, where the choice Is not be-
tween an evil and good, but letween
two evils. A choice between evils is
q more disintegrating question than
any choice between an unmiXed evil
and q definite good. (Which Is the
lesser evilT' This puzzling dilemma is
at the bottom Of many Of the appar-
ent differences among Negro leaders,
whose hearts and souls are perfectly
united in ambition and aim and object.
The only solution Of this difficulty is
conference, frequent and widely rep
resentative conference.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-26
Fifteenth Infantry Regiment In Camp.

Fifteenth Infantry Regiment In Camp
The Fifteenth infantry regiment,
New York national guard. of 1000 men
under command Of Colonel William
Hayward, is in camp.
The First and the Third battalions,
composed Of Manhattan troops, were
in command Of Majors Edwin w. Day.
ton and w. A. Pickering. The Second
battalion, from Brooklyn, was in com.
mand Of Major Monson Morris ell route
to the camp.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-26

Kentucky Minister Eager For Action.
The Rev. Robert Quarles Of Paris,
KY, has offered to recruit 1000 colored
men for service in the present war
with Germany. The Rev. Mr.. Quarles
says that he can easily enlist this num-
Der from the four counties bordering
the town of Paris and that he will
lead his men to the front at any time
President Wilson commands their serv-
ices.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-26
HAMPTON BOYS TO SERVE.
Trio From School In Virginia Joins Fif.
teenth Infantry Band.

Trio From School In Virginia Joins FIT.
teenth Infantry Band.
Sergeant Major c. NJ. Hooper Of the
Fifteenth New York infantry, national
guard, has sent these kilograms to
Hampton institute:
Haywood B. Hill has recommended
William NICK. Hubbard, Leslie e.
Booker and John H. Watkins for the
Fifteenth infantry band. They are to
receive $40 a month in addition to all
expenses"
Am sending transportation from
Hampton to New York, including
sleeper, for w. Nick. Hubbard, L. e.
Booker and J. II. Watkins to leave by
the Cape Charles boat to join the Fiji
teenth infantry band"
The Hampton institute faculty have
granted permission to these students
to leave school and report for military
service in New York. Haywood b,
Hill was Hampton senior.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-26
THE REMEDY FOR CRIME.
Fair Attitude Of Q Northern PubIiea-
ton Toward Our Race.

Under the caption Education and
Crime Among. Negroes" the American
Review of Reviews in a recent issue
gave this remarkably fair and logical
comment ON the subject:
Certain mistaken deductions from
statistics Of crime and education In the
south are discussed by Judge Gilbert
T. Stephenson Of Winston-Salem, N. c..
in the South Atlantic Quarterly.
"In the first place, 1t appears that the
amount Of crime for which the Negro
race is responsible has been consider
ably exaggerated. For example, II one
counts the inmates Of the prisons Of
this country on any given day he finds
that the Negro race, constituting only
one-tenth Of the total population, is
penalized for nearly one-third Of the
crime, but II he counts the number Of
commitments for crime during any
given period he finds that the Negro
race furnishes only about One-fifth in
stead Of one-third Of the convictions.
This difference arises from the fact
that the terms of Imprisonment Of Ne
SIOco uIc, 40 u uiC, ioh6CA thAA eho'S
of white people.
"All the available statistics and the
unanimous opinion Of men In position
to know the facts would seem to be
proof that MISUNDERSTANDING or
advanced, Industrial or literary-dimin-
ishes crime among Negroes. The
alarmingly high rate Of Negro crimi.
nality is as much a condemnation OF
the community in which it exists as Of
the offending Negroes themselves.
Having discovered that the Negro
school is at least one institution which
successfully combats crime, the COM
munity cannot afford to withhold its
active interest in and generous sup
port Of it's Negro school. The more
money spent in making such schools
responsive to the special needs Of the
race the less will have to be spent on
crime.
"And If 1t comes to a question OF
cost 1t is cheaper in the long run to
maintain and equip schOols-Negro
schools even-than police departments,
courts, jails, penitentiaries and re-
formatories, for the school properly
conducted makes the Negro a greater
asset, while the court finds him liza
bility and nearly always leaves him a
greater liability Of the community"
SUBSCRIBE FOR THE STAR.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-26
GREAT WORK OF
c. S. MORRIS, JR.
Boy Orator Captivates Great
New York Audience.
CHRISTIANITY HIS THEME

In MatchIess Address at the Famous
.Abyssinian Baptist Church Jealous
Young. colIegian Declares CoIored
Race Will Never Let the Stars and
Stripes Trail In the Dust.
Charles Satchell Morris, Jr., the bril-
liant young orator, in a matchless adj
dress at the Abyssinia Baptist church.
New York, Sunday evening. May ID,
held an audience of nearly thousand
persons spellbound by his magnetic adj
dress. The Rev. DR.. A. Clayton Pow
ell, pastor Of the church, pronounced
Mr.. Morris greater orator than
his illustrious father, deep thinker
and an attentive student. His address
was on "Christianity and the Race
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-26
Paris by a colored man. France is not

Paris by a colored man. France is not
ashamed of her black colonies"
The Rev. DR.. Jordan also says that
he met many noble men and women at
Bathurst, in Gambia. The population
Of Bathurst is 1000. and in the whole
colony Of Gambia there are more than
100000 people. There is one Catholic
mission, one Anglican and three Meth
odist missions. A strong Baptist and
an African Methodist to inspire these
people would be godsend to this town
and colony. There are no societies or
lodges save a little Y. NJ. c. A. organ
lied one year ago. The need Of a re-
ligion that deals with heart and life is
seen everywhere.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-26
The Mothers
OftheArn1ies

The mothers OF the armies =
In churchyards old they :
sleep,
No more to 1odke and 1corry,
- No more to aoGtch and 1oeep, =
~ For rust has spiked the can p
~ NON n
n And choked the bugle's throat n
m And hushed DER hill and VaL n
+. ley u
The drums defiant note. =
They sent them forth to battle =
From many cottage door,
The sons they loued and cher
- tshed
- And feared to see no more; y
- They sat by lonely hearth n
~ stones \
A And poaited, sick soith dread, n
m Oaoelcome back the crippled n;
- Or mourn the hero dead. ~
From Name. 10Th pine trees
0irdLed,
To Ge0rgiG's cotton snotcs,
The nations soldiers buoudc "a
u THlGGbrieps trumpet blo1os; y
N On fields that once aoere GRIM n
n SON =
- The yearly crops Increase, n
- And daisies In the trenches N
- Are soeauin0 flags of peace. N
But tOhen aoith fragrant bios =.
SONS
We deck the blue and grGy,
oh, ttoine desoy garland
Upon Memorial day. =
- A tribute to the mothers -
- Who each sotth bleeding n
~ breast n
~ CAGE freely to her country n
N Her dearest and her best. N
N -MinnG IrUtn0 In Neto York m
- Press.
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