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The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-26
Memorial Day
Sentiment

n TONUMENTS perish, and their
N dust Is blown upon the "broad
bosomed air." but sentiment
lives forever The magnificent mate
rial Of Greece tumbled away, but her
fancies are alive. Strife, battle, bitter.
ness, are forgotten: love Is eternal, and
glory lies in the grave Of the valiant.
Yesterday the country was a great
commercial giant, conquering new ter
ritory. Today 1t is a sentiment. scat
tering flowers upon the graves Of its
heroes.
On the sidewalk, viewing the Me-
mortal day parade, stands an old WON
an, dim eyed and tottering. Her young
heart Hutters with the thrill of the
scene, and her poor old mind gropes
back to day years ago, when she saw
her son, glowing. handsome, proud,
marching beneath that same flag. One
night q neighbOr came and, stammer.
ting, told her that he had fallen with
The brave. and to her the world was
blotted out. She heard the shout Of
victory as her heart beat low. and.
sorrowing, dead years fell upon her,
and to God she cried for mercy and
for consolation. Today she places a
flower upon the grave Of stranger,
the son of some other poor old woman
and I'm her heart she says:
1T was well. Our loved ones saved
the country"
No, Of Memorial day you can say
nothing new. But Of eternal truth
and beauty should we expect that any
thing new should be said? We hear
the music, we see the flowers, We In
hale the perfume-we know that the
country Ia immortal.-Opie Read.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-26
The grass is
green Dhere
they calmly
rest,
Those veter-
ans true and
brave;
Their memory
shines like a
radiant star
Der the land
they died to
To Impress the Young.

10 impress the Young.
It is beautiful thought that at five
minutes to noon on Memorial day all
work shall cease and all flags be low
cred. For five minutes of grand 81
lence, in prayer and thought, let the
living pay devotion to the dead. Let
comrades and the people remember
during those five minutes that for the
preservation of our beloved country
more than $4,000 patriotic Americans
gave up their lives in the great strug.
gle fifty years ago. This observance
will mean much to the young and the
coming tons, impressing upon
them the duty of honoring the dead
who gave up their lives for their coun-
try and their flag and teaching them
annually lesson in the fundamental
truths Of virtue. liberty and independ-
ence.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-26

The Star tries to publish the news
of Negroes entirely. We know the
war news" is interesting, but Ne
groes read and pay for the daily pa
pers, which carry the current news.
We have the exclusive right of the
plate service edited by N. B. Dodson,
Negro, which gives US the best side
of Negro publicity. Every week
the Star has in its columns articles of
the race, which will never appear in
the white papers or some Negro
weeklies.
Read the Negro Papers.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-26
"Honor the KniahtIy Dead"

The honor, strength and safety Of q
nation depend upon the martial spirit
Of the people. To cherish and perpetu.
ate this is our sacred duty. To place
flowers upon the graves of the brave
men who fell in battle is privilege
which the living should proudly claim
We thus honor the knightly dead and
instil a knightly spirit into those who
still live.-General Joe Wheeler.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-26
IMPORTANT NOTICE.

The publisher of The Twin City
Star urgently requests that subscrib-
ers send in their dues, or ask for a
collector to call. The cost of pub
fishing newspaper is increasing,
and it is important that subscriptions
conditions improve The Twin City
and ads be paid for NOW.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-26
PITY THE CHILDREN.

Pity the poor children of many
families. 1t is hard for many hard
working parent to support a family.
Under the high cost of living these
innocent sufferers are denied the
necessities of life. We have a Bel
pium within our borders.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-26

If the Negroes were so void OF
manhood as to forget the injustice Of
the present. administration against
them, they would not be possessed Of
that loyalty to the American Flag
which they have defended with honor
in all of this Nations conflicts and
always respected in times of peace.
This is the only home of the Amer
lean Negro and he will defend 1t,
tho denied his rights. e..
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-26
REMEMBER THIS.

The J. & H. Laundry is owned and
operated by the Gibbs Boys, sons of
Mrs. lone E. Gibbs. We mention
this because many on the north side
patronize other firms. This is the
most modern wet wash laundry in the
Northwest.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-26

Peoples Christian Assembly.
ELDER g. w. MITCHELL, Pastor.
Assisted by Mrs. G. w. Mitchell.
Comet and Serve the Lord.
1904 Washington Ave. So.
Services Sunday-ll A. M.
Sunday School-l:30 P. NJ.
Praise Meetings. P. M.
Preaching-8 P. M.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-26
Last W. FORGET.

Let no vandalism Of avarice or neg
lect. no ravages Of time. testify to the
present or to the coming generations
that We have forgotten, as people,
the cost Of a free and undivided repub
lic.-General John A. Logan.
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CARD OF THANKS.

Wewish to thank our many friends
for their kindness and sympathy to us
during the bereavement of our
father, Benz. Taylor, and also for the
beautiful floral tribute.
Mrs. Evalyn Taylor Walls.
Miss Lillian Taylor.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-26

DR.. w. Sampson Brooks, formerly
of Minneapolis, is the new pastor of
Bethel A. M. E. Church in Balti-
more, Md.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-26

Do not waste your time making
promises to our agents. Send your
money by Express or Post Office Or
der or In cash or postage stamps.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-26
Boys of
81 Were
Real Boys

CURPRISE is often expressed that
y there are so many veterans of
the civil war still living. The
fact is that the war was fought, at
least on the northern side, by boys.
OF the 2,159,79S enlisted there were
only 46,626 who were over twenty five
years old. The official figures Of the
age at enlistment in the civil war were
read in the house Of representatives by
Joseph G. Cannon, and they are as fol.
lows:
Those 10 years and under.......... Is
Those u years and under.......... So
Those II years and under.......... 225
Those Is years and under. 100000. 800
Those IA years and under.......... 1873
Those IL years and under. ......... l04, 987
Those 16 years and under.....,.... 231, 05l
Those II years and under. ......... S44,Sg
Those Is years and under. 1,15l, 43S
Those q years and under (these
two classes make the total num-
Der Of enlistments). .............. 215a, 79S
Those q years and over (these two
classes make the total number Of
enlistments) ....................... s1s,5ll
Those Is years and over.......... 46.626
It will be noticed from this state
ment that the greatest number Of en-.
listments were of boys eighteen and
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-26

under In a great number Of cases
these boys became officers before they
were twenty, some Of them even reach
ing the rank Of captain. The methods
Of war have so changed that in future
armies there must be far greater por-
ton Of mature men. There must be a
large number who can handle the in
.tricate, complex and death dealing ma.
chinery and engines Of destruction.
But as far as the civil war was con.
cerned the fighting was done by boys.
and the phrase "boys of 81" is a lit
eral expression of the truth and not
metaphorical. There are still 100000
Of them alive.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-05-26

HERE - IT PAYS
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-10
] HHS0N AGREES
TO J,INT meeting
Assn Notifies Club Owners American
League VIII Schedule JS4 Games.
Confer Next THURSDAY.

Chicago. December after a long
distance telephone conference with
August Hermann. chairman OF the Ma
tional Baseball Commission President
johnson. OF the American league, has
announced that the joint meeting Of
the National and American leagues,
scheduled to be held here next Thurs
day, would he held AS previously ar
ranged Hermann told the American
League executive that FIVE OF the eight
club owners IN the National league
were in favor Of holding the meeting
on the date selected,
Hermann tSruett the following - ate
ment 70 Ban Johnson
Recently all the club owners Of the
National league and some Of the
American league deemed It advisable 10
hold a joint conference between the two
major leagues. 10 take up matters OF
mutual interest, having ia mind the ex-
listing conditions In baseball
With that end in view. I vert 70
Chicago and after n conference with
Johnson It was agreed that such a
meeting should be held on December Is
or possibly December II. l went there
in my capacity as chairman Of the m .
tional commission. I felt that this date
was the most opportune time for such
meeting because n followed imme-
diately after both leagues had been IN
annual session and had an opportunity
To transact their regular routine busi-
ness
sfTne nrT45Se4s ST ipfportan2e to re dis
cussed at the conference OF course
would not be acted upon nv either
league until the conference was held
l also knew that II such conference
was not held now It could not be held
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-10

TROUPE OF PERFORMING
SOAP BUBBLES AT LYRIC

Ollie Young. who with April. per
forms marvellous stunts with spin
ming spoois and soap bubbles. IL
quito serious about his work on the
stage Young has been in vaudeville
Tor & -!lII,l her al Xeara--- DreY1aQSly
he was a minstrel He is one Of
those artists who always keeps
abreast Of the times, and a little
ahead. being an originator. His new
est concelt. which will be seen OF
the Lyric the first half OF the week.
commencing with the matinee per
formance today, is real novelty.
y do not like the idea OF selzing
some ones invention to entertain and
contentlng myself with copying"
said Mr.. Young IN discussing his st-
forts on the stage. OF course. there
are some things which we DO which
others have done bat most of our
work is original especially our soap
bubble stunts.
Il have been a juggier for many
years ! have performed many diff
getting these SOAP bubbles 10 do as
We wish. JneSnng sofrp bubbles is a
difficult task, take it from me IF
you do not think So just get n pipe,
a cake or soap. some water aud see
how many you can keep atioat at one
time, let alone juggling them Wo
got our idea watching some children
blow bubbles Tho children were
having lot % fuu watching the bulb
hles float IN the air We flgureh that
II there was 40 much entertainment
in just watching ordinary bubbles,
here might he lot in watching
ordinary bubbles. there might be a
lot In watching trained bubbles or
those under control 1t took us a
long time Is perfect our act and you
can judge that We mastered some
thing out of the ordinary, for others
have been una bic to initiate us.
guess VIC are bout Che only soap
bubble maniI ,4ators on the stage.
we are constantly at work to perfect
new tricks and hope some day TO he
able to aStonish the world with our
feats know we have surprise for
those who have never seen anything
/ Ike it oven now. hut we will soon ne
able 10 show YOU something that VIII
he startling. We enjoy our worS and
we are delighted If you do"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-10
AMERICAN CUTTERS
FAMOUS FOR SKILL
Trap shooters Demonstrated Ability
BY Cleaning Up in England in
1901 Beat British Nimrods

The invasion OF France by large
numb hers OF the finest specimens OF
American manhood. each and every
one quite intent on feeding the kai-
ser's co-workers n plentiful supply OF
American lead, recalls the invasion Of
England by hand OF American
shooters In 1901: but this band was
not in n warlke mood
It was the idea OF the shooters
who journeycd TO ENGLAND sixteen
years aeo to wise up the Britishers or
some angles OF the shooting game
they had no knowledge of-and they
! did--just as the young men Of today
are going 50 eniighten the followers
OF Wilhelm.
It was a classy hand OF gun point
crs that invaded England and il is q
classy army Of gun pointers now in
/ France. General Pershine Is the
leader OF the present force while
l Paul North was the leader of the
army of 1901.
North discovered that the British
, We're anxious TO meet \ team OF
American trap shooters, and North
and Tom Marshall made arrange
ments with Capttin Butts for the
overseas trip. The result is history
hut at this particular time some Of
the details are worth reading.
Team That Pcnt Blitons,
Those who defended America
against the best Of Brttons withou,
lowering their coIors were Tom Mar
shaw * ,ChieaScN~ al 3Er4a4 ez::5he'rtt,,
Spirit Lake. la Charles Eudd T@s
Moines, Ia; William Z, Crosby.
O'Fallon. III; Bollo Heikes, DAYTON.
Ohio. John tanning, New York: J,
A. r. Elliott Kansas City. Mo; Dick
! Merrill Milwaukee Wis Frank Par
nelee Omaha. Ncb. Erreest 'fripp
indianapolis, Ind. a,0- Edward
Eanks, Of Wilmington, Del,
Ten men comprised each team.
each man to shoot at 100 targets
eighteen yards rise, unknown angles.
I Tie matches took place over the
( Middlesex Gun club traps, near Lon
dom The serieS was the. best three IN
! FIVE matches for $40. 900 a side. The
British were allowed the use Of both
barrels the Americans being restrict
I ed to one.
Marshall leading NJ for America
drew "a screaming EFT ANGLE and
snuffed the clay, giving a hint 81
what was coming {rom that gang OF
/ Fast pointing. hard shooting INVADER
And come It did. so sneedv and true
that the Yankees won the first match
hy margin ~ sixty three kills, The
second race was easler~-t Uncle sam :
men eichty-oUe 10 the good
americans Won BY 93 "I'irds.'
But the third and last foray of this
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-10

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-10
SWIMMING DEMONSTRATION
IN THE Y. w, G. A. pool

Demonstration OF the Schaeffer and
Sylvester methods OF artificial res
piration and of methods OF rescuing
drowning persons will be given in the
Y. W, c. A. swimming pool tomor-
row afternoon at $50 o'clock. Sew
eral of these demonstrations were
given at the association in the spring
for the many classes in first aid to
the injured New classes in first aid
and Red Gross will he organized ear
~ In January. Applications may be
made with the educational secretary.
phone Randolph $40.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-10

Then came the discussion over the
referee-and bitter wrangle ensued.
Fitz and Julian insisted upon George
siier. whom J knew to be warm friend
of the Australian. ] objected to Siler
merely because of this fact. | recog-
nized in him one of the most competent
ring officials IN America, but ] thought
that the faircst thing possible was a
referee who had no friendship with
either of us. But the Fitzsimmons folks
continued to insist upon siler.
Finally, turned to Tom oRourke.
Nof Boston. who was there and said:
Il will let you referee, ORourke. You
don't like me and | don't Ike you, but
I'm perfectly willing to take a chance
on you because know that you aren't
an intimate friend of Bob's"
To this Julian and Fltz also objected.
The worldly battle continued | saw that
a hopeless deadlock was Inevitable and
that II 1T came about negotiations
would he called off and the fight prob
ably never would be put on. Rather
than risk the failure of the match to
70 through. l finally said:
"Al right. gentlemen-Tll accept
George Siler as the referee"
Fitz and / didn't lose much time In
going into training for the bout which
was fought a trihe more than two
months later Fitx. through his &C
tivitv in the ring during the past few
years was In fine condition at the time.
but I was rather soft and felt that I
needed lot of strenuous work. SO |
went to Nevada al quickly as possible
and opened my camp in Shaw's Springs.
a little health resort just outside of
Carson City. Fttz established quarters
at Cooks ranch on the other side OF
Carson city In my camp / had BILLY
Delaney who was my trainer, Denver
Billy Woods, Jack McVey and Charles
White. Fftz took along Jack Stelzner,
Ernest Roeher and Martin Julian.
And then began the grind for both
of Ills which was to condition us for
what many persons have termed the
| fight of century"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-10
To Decide Status of Boxing.

New York. Dec. s.--Upon the de-
c,sion that Justice Javcox OF the SUI
preme court will render tomorrow as
to the permanency OF the injunction
restraining the police from interfer-
in. with the boxing entertainments az
the Broadway Sporting club hangs
the fate OF the sport in the state. The
question OF doubt lies in the Frawiey
law-whethsr IL permits the sfaSins
Of boxing matches in clubs having
bona fde membership. To date
members of the broadway orsaniZas-
ton have been arrested twice on this
charge OF violating section ITO 81
the penal code repeating the boxing
IA W
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-10

! fruit gathering expedition was lar
ceny, pure and simple. The Britons
never had a look in--they cNuIdn't
even get started to peek, so fast was
the pace--and the final try showed
the Americans in front by ninety
three majority.
~ BY this time the tight little isles
were hep that your Uncle's chosen
band was a tough outfit; but the
canny Scots were from Missouri and
wanted to be shown, so the Amer
leans trekked to Glasgow and per-
formed the pleasing operation of sep
arating the Highlanders from a wad
IT was easy, for the burr-r-r boys
refused any handicap; but the foxy
Scotch put up only $500.
Then came an individual race be-
tween g Kitty named Faulds and T.
Bili Crosby. This affair was a little
surprise party TO r. Willie. The
ratch was at zoo birds each, 100
being thrown from a tower. and
Crosby was hep to that elevated
game about as much as a jayb.rd is
10 Delsarte. But the Illinois trap
shark made good and gathered the
coin. Tight squeak. though. for Will
liam won by only three birds.
Followed then race by the Amer
cans for Gun given by the British
to determine who WIS the champion
Of the invaders. 1t was a swell
scramble and wound up with Charlie
Budd and Fred Gilbert tied. In the
shooter Gilbert won.
Paul North was so tickled over the
way the British donated that he pi-
loted the boys to London and gave
hem q big blowout at Hotel Cecil
This was followed by another at the
poval cafe given by the Fnglishmen
Then one day the Americans hired
a couple of vans to haul their money
IN. ramhled down to the ocean,
bought n shin and came home
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-10
WRESTLING EOUT
EfDS FATALLY

Camp Lee. Dec, s.--Clarence Il.
Harmon, formerly OF Harrisonburs
and Dayton. died at . o'clock last
night at Camp Lee His neck was
broken while wrestling in the gym
nasium, and he lived only few min
utes. 1t is a sad coincidence that
Edwin Ward Whitesel. another for
mer Harrisonburg boy was injured in
like manner Wednesday at Camp
Meade. Admiral Md. and died In a
hospital there Thursday morning.
News OF the death OF Mr. Harmon
was contained in message iass
night from Captain Riley. command
ing the Three Hundred and Fortieth
machine gun company, to which
Harmon was assigned after being Sc
lected for service.
He is a son Of Mrs Katie Harmon
and was born Mt Stokesville twenty
eight years ago. He was shoe
maker and lived in Dayton until last
summer when he moved TO Harri'
sonburg and obtained employment
with the virginia Textile company
He was one OF the last men TO be
sent to camp Lee from Rockingham.
and had been there only few weeks
Claim for discharge was nied by him
because of a denendent wife, infant
son and aged mother. but no amdayiss
were filed In support OF the claim sne
II therefore. could not De consiSsrea'
by the local board.
Harmon Ia survived by his wifs
who was Miss Lillian Kirby. OF Fort
Defiance. by his mother and by an
infant son, Clarence r Harmon. Jr,
all OF whom live on West Wolfe
street, Harrisonburg.
t.. Arrangements for the runerat
have not been completed.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-10
CHARTER COMMITTEE
MAY MEET THIS NI.Ffs

II was said last night that tho sal
committee on charter changes hst
about completed it's deliberations. arS
would proha bly, he ready this week =
submit It's findings TO the genera
committee. and that committee wo'' =
probably be called the latter part o.
the week. Members of the commit
tee said Yesterday they hoped to have
the report ready To be submitted tc
common council at the January meet
ing.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-10
Flat Rartng for England.

New York. Dec. e.-Fighty 6ay-
Of fat horse racing will be permitted
in England during 1918, Il was learn
cd today. though the governments
prohihition OF the use OF the rail
roads to tourney To the tracks and NJ
hunt racing are still In force Last
wear there were only forty-nire DAYS
Of racing In the kingdom.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-10

Ruth Harris. Rent creek, Va. 5000
Mary HAMILTON. Buenn Vista. Va. a,oe0
Mrs. W. |. johnson. Houston, Va b,t6o
t.Isie SydnoT. clifton Forge. Va. 8. 40
Noilie Hili, Route 2, Dapviije.
Va, ........:........ 5000
Mrs &. Il. Leach. Murat. va. 5000
Mary Milton. Norwood. va. 5000
Rudert Graybii}, clifton Forge,
Va. ,.-.... ....t..,. ,...,+-.,--. 3,Oeb
Q NJ. Lnftus. south BOSTON. Va. 0.0ON
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-10
Prizes for Poultry Show

New York. Dec, about $40 oo'
IN prizes are 10 he distributed at the
tweAtv-ninth annual show Of tho
New YORK Poultry and Pigeon asso.
citation 10 be held from December :
70 January I, IN Madison Squars zJ1'
den,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-10
District 3

will embrace the counties of Han
over, Goochiand, Fiuvanna, Louiss, Al
hemRrle, Rockingham. Greene. Orange,
Madison, Cnipeper. Page, Shenandoah,
A ugusta. Highland. Happnhannock.
Fauquter. Warren. Frederick, Clarke.
Loudoun. Fairfax. Prince William, stnf-
ford, spot~yIvnnla, Caroline and cities
of Frede ricksburg, Alexandria IA d
Charlottesville. This district also In
ctndes nil territory not embraced In the
a. her four districts.