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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-03-01
OPINIONS OF EDITORS.

Who Knows?
How long will the people Of St. Paul
have to" keep on apologizing for the
disgraceful appearance of their pas
senger terminal ?-Delano Eagle.
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But How About Kansas?
If a few Of our professional agita-
tors could be induced to remove to
Kansas, among their friends, Minneso-
ia would be much desirable state to
live in.-Hastings Gazette.
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The Highest Form of Loyalty.
AS fighting pacifist" Henry Ford
commands the admiration of his fell
low countrymen. He is for patriotism
without profits, the highest form of
loyalty and service to the nation
Springfield Free Press.
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A Good Law.
Senator Frank Putnam's bill, a
Knockout blow for the notorious road
houses, has passed Sboth branches of
the legislature and is now law. It
is one of the best measures passed at
the present session Of the legislature.
-Winnebago City Press News.
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..x Wi1lB No. 1.
The "bone-dry" prohibition amend
ment will be No. 1 ON the ballot at
the next election. If, as some claim,
there is anything to be gained by
holding that position on the ballot;
the advocates of the adoption Of the
amendment have the best Of the ar
gument at the kickoff. Hutchinson
Leader.
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Would Help Some.
It is. reported that the size of a
newspaper is determined by the. law
in Germany. A little practical COM
mon sense should be sufficient to de-
termine that. Some of the dailies is
sued in Minneapolis and St. Paul on
Sundays could be reduced materially
in size, and be improved by the change.
Park Rapids Enterprise.
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Casey is All Right.
The Herald congratulates Brother
Casey of the Jordan Independent up
on his election as secretary Of the
Minnesota Editorial Association-the
most important office in the gift of
the association. The brethren of the
quill could not secure a more efficient,
wideawake and enthusiastic officer
than Bro. Casey-Belle PLANE Herald.
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Right.
If the United States is good enough
in which to live and raise your family,
and educate your children in it's free
public schools, and to do business and
make money and prosper as you never
prospered before in any other coun-
try, then you should be good enough,
and grateful enough, honorable enough
and patriotic enough to uphold the
hands Of it's chief officials and it's gov
eminent, when it comes to the ques-
ton Of controversy between this and
foreign power.-Browns Valley Trib-
une.
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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-03-01

The net profits of the steel trust
amount to 100000 day, Sundays
included
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-03-01

Who Knows?
How long will the people Of st. Paul
have to" keep on apologizing for the
disgraceful appearance of their pas
senger terminal ?-Delano Eagle.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-03
Our Coal Resources.

Are our coal mines being cXhaus'e-
by their vast production? Not at raI.
which need worry us or cause leai.
that the next generation will freeze
death. Nearly ten years ago cOmE,
tent engineer analysed the figures ',
soft coal production and reserve Aus
concluded that If our output CONTINUES
to increase according to the grV"S
shown up to that time it would rea" .
q stable maximum of ,300,OOO,OOV ".
per year about the year 2150 ana ~
700 years more of production al - =
rate would exhaust the known ""
measures of the United States. -.
Since he wrote production mas -
yanced at a slower rate than be an
pated and important new deposits y
come to light. There should -,
waste Of our mineral fuel, but nei
Is there any occasion for alarm -,
thracite, Of course, Is another ms -
But even Of that there is enough "
for at least century.-Chicago 'O
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-03
PHYLLIS wHEATLEY.CLUB NOTES.

The Social afternoon of the Phyllis
Wheatley Club was held under the aus.
pices of the Art Department, Mrs
Geraldine Withers, Chairman, Wednes,
day.
An usually fine exhibit of needle
work, pictures, hand painted china and
wood craft was displayed.
Mrs. Matilda Dunbar, mother of the
late lamented Paul Laurence Dunbar
was the guest of honor and delighted
the large and appreciative audience
with her witty and interesting remarks.
Prof. R. T. Greener, Major John R.
Lynch and Mrs. Fannie Barrier Will
iams spoke in glowing terms of Mrs.
Dunbar and her illustrious son.
1t is easy to see from what source
Paul Dunbar derived his wonderful gift
of poetry and song.
Mrs. D. Harry Hammer, Ex-President
of the Archie Club, gave an interesting
and edueative address on "The Unde-
feated Flag" Mr.. Grimes rendered
patriotic selections and refreshments
were served.
Elizabeth Lindsay Davis, Pres.
Irene Coins, Cor. Sec.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-03

Washington, with his volumes and his
Tuskegee Institute; sociologist like
Dubois, with his superb book on "The
Souls of Black Folk" an inventor like
Mccoy, with his pioneer work in ma
chinery lubricators; an electrician like
Granville Woods, with his numerous
patented devices; surgeon like DR..
Williams, who skillfully sewed up a
stab wound in the heart; speaker like
William Pickens, who won the prize
for oratory at Yale; an artist like Tan
ner, whose paintings hang in the
worlds best galleries; sculptress like
Meta Warwick, whose work has been
compared to Rodin IS; a musician like
Coleridge-Taylor; a poet like Dunbar,
with his beautiful lyrics of lowly life;
novelist like Chestnut, author of
"The House Behind the Cedars;" a
distinguished mathematician like Kelley
Miller, and an increasing number of
others. In exultation let the Negro
compare these men with the slaves who
twanged banjos at the feet of the cot
ton kings.
Let him remember with a flush of
pride that wherever the spirit of fra
ternity has let down the bars of preju-
dice, his race has stepped in and taken
its place with those who march onward
and forward. But we regret to say
that American medical man has done
nothing to destroy the barrier of bias.
The profession has not yet learned the
noble words of the Fugitive Poet.
There is a shameful chapter in the
history of American medicine, and it
is headed: The Negro.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-03

ditions of contest, and the prizes to be
awarded by judges named by you or
your Executive Committee that has
your Health Week Campaign in
charge"
The conditions of the contest to-
gether with names of the judges will be
published later. Local committees and
campaign chairmen desiring to enter
their communities for these cups should
make known their intentions to Emmett
]. Scott, Secretary, Tuskegee Institute,
Alabama. He will also be very glad
to send detailed plans and suggestions
for conducting Health Week Campaigns
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-03
Bathtubs and BATHING.

In many European countries hs
best peOple"-if you know what that
means-never battle in water.
Spanish matrOns have expressed
much surprise at my complaints about
the absence of bathing facilities In the
Madrid hotels. One lady, wife Of dis
tinguished member of the cOrtes, tod
me she had herself rubbed down in oil
once a week, but never had got into
tub of water and never wOuld!' -
My memory Of London hotels goes
back to 1875, when there was not q
single bathtub In any hotel in that CITY,
A tin pan and bucket Of warm wafer
was the only tub" and you were
lucky to get that.
And in that same period in New foh
city the Metropolitan and st. NicnOls
hotels, supposed to be models OF e1cef
lence, were totally wanting in batn'
rooms.
Admittedly, 1t is as difficult to lmas,
inc life without motorcars as WitnOu'
bathtubs, but the former are less tnan
a twenty-year-old necessity. while lne
bath was an institution long before tu'
times Of the Roman emperOrS.-JunOS
Chambers in Brooklyn Eagle.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-03
SUCCESSFUL RACE FILM COM
PANY INCORPORATES.
Lincoln Motion Picture Co., of Los An
geles, Incorporates for $4,000.

Los Angeles, Cal, Speeial.-The Lin
coin Motion Picture Company, of this
city, the largest and only successful
film company producing photoplays di-
rected and staged entirely by Colored
people, has recently been incorporated
in this State at a capitalization of
$4,000. Headed by Mr.. Noble NJ.
johnson, the leading screen artist of
his race, who is as we'll a talented
photo playwright and director, this com
pany has produced and successfully re-
leased through their own branch offices
the two leading feature plays of the
day, "The Realization of a Negro s
Ambition" a two-reel society drama,
and "The Trooper of Troop K" the
sensational and historical three-reel re-
production of the Carrizal fight. A
third is now being filmed and the in
ereasing demands for Eastefhsreleases
made the step of incorporating a-neces-
sity. The ineorporators and directors
are j. Thomas Smith, Noble NJ. John
son, Clarence A. Brooks, Dudley A.
Brooks and George P. Johnson, Branch
offices have been established in New
York, St. Louis, Chicago, Atlanta and
New Orleans, with main booking of.
fees at Omaha, Neb.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-03
THE WATTS-WILSoN FASHION
ABLE WEDDING AT DETROIT
MICHIGAN.

Miss Adelaid A. Watts, the highly
accomplished daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
David G. Watts, 234 Watson street,
Detroit, Mich, was on last Thursday
united in marriage to Mr.. Bruce l..
Wilson, formerly of Washington, D. c.
1t was the grandest and most fashion
able wedding ever held among the
Americans in that city, the bride IS
parents being among the wealthiest
Colored people residing in Detroit.
Immediately after the wedding the
newly married couple departed for their
honeymoon trip for Chicago and were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. George T.
Kersey, 1906 Vernon avenue. Mrs.
Watts, mother of the bride, being the
only sister of Mr.. Kersey. Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilson are now at home to their
friends in Detroit, Mich.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-03
NATIONAL NEGRO HEALTH WEEK
Important Announcement Covering
Prizes for Best Cleaned Communities
During Campaign.

Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, Febru-
airy 26.-In the first call for the Ma
tional Negro Health Week which is to
be observed April 81 to %, 1917, refer
ence was made to the cooperation of
the National "Clean Up and Paint Up"
Campaign Bureau, Kinloch Building, st.
Louis, Missouri.
In addition to their offer. to send
literature to any community where
Health Week Campaigns may be OBJ
served they have now offered three
prize cups for the best clean up effort
among the Negro people. In a letter
to Emmett J. Scott, Secretary of the
National Negro Business League, Mr..
Allen W.. Clark, Chairman of the Clean
Up and Paint Up Bureau, SAYS concern
ing the prizes:
However, We have decided upon
one thing that hope will interest and
please you, viz, to offer you three
Silver Cups, suitable for First, Second
and Third Prizes to the three commu-
mites or local Negro Committees, or
chairmen Of local campaigns among
your people, that submit the best re-
port, of the best work, done in a
"Clean Up and Paint Up" campaign
that has for its "opening Week." your
own "Health Week''-such report OF
campaign contest to be conducted under
your auspices, and your published con.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-03
SOME MEASUREMENTS IN CON-
NECTIoN WITH THE HISTORY
OF BETHEL CHURCH.

JULIUS L. 1dylOI, EulIOI LIE DIOdu
AK, please allow me space in the col
umns of your paper to correct some
untruthful statements which appear in
so-called history of Bethel A. NJ. E..
Church, Chicago, by one Mr.. Richard
E. Moore, who gives an account of an
indignation meeting which was held in
Bethel in 1892, by my permission, at
which time I presided.
Mr.. Morgan presided at the organ
and called on him to select an appro-
pirate song for the opening service.
He struck up, "My Country tbs of
Thee, Sweet Land of Liberty, of Thee 1
Sing" forbade him to sing said song
and requested him to sing instead, "I
am the Lily of the Valley, Christ was
born across the Sea" which was sung
to the tune of John Brown. Mr.. F.
L. Barnett was the principal speaker
The said so-called history proposes to
detail the rise and progress of Bethel
Church.
The newcomers may not know that
I had two daughters who were loyal
members of said church, and also the
Sunday school and were both married
out of Bethel Church. Miss Ruth Aada
Gaines after she was graduated from
Wherefore taught a class of 80 young
men in the Sunday school and organ
ized the young people in my house
having no place to hold meetings and
raised and turned over the sum of
$4,000 for the Building Fund of Bethel
Church of that time done what it could
for both myself and daughters 1 can't
mention all that was done nor recall
names but Mr.. C.. R. Johnson furnished
the carriages at a cost of $4,000 for
my oldest daughters wedding. The
lady stewardess served an elegant din
ner at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Buch-
AMMAN Lewis at no cost to myself. Mr..
G. R. johnson and his wife served a
dinner for my youngest daughter the
day after her wedding which was an
elaborate affair at no cost to myself.
The Indignation meeting 1 refer to was
held just after the lynching of Colored
men in Memphis, Tenn. Now Mr..
Moore would make people believe it
was the Rev. A. L. Murray who for
bade the choir singing "America. "
The truth is Rev. Murray had not come
to Chicago for ten years yet was af-
ter a Passionate of years, was sue
ceeded by the Rev. d. A. Graham,
who remained years and was followed
by Rev. r. G.. Ransom who remained
years and was succeeded by Rev. Muir
ray. My Passionate of Bethel Church
was occupied with an earnest honest
effort to do all could to make a great
and useful church.
The pen is an instrument for writing
and if it be used whether to write a
letter a minute or history to tell the
truth.
Geo. W. Gaines,
Co. G. National Home, Danville, Ill.
Feb. %, 1917.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-03
MOB IYNcHEs NEGRO WOMAN.

Hammond, La, March, Special
Emma Hooper, a Colored woman was
lynched by a mob early today after
she had shot a policeman who had at
tempted to arrest her for wounding a
Negro boy. The mob rushed her cabin,
six miles from Hammond, and strung
her up to tree.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-03
MOUNTAIN TRAIL BELLS -
TO HELP OUT TRAVELLERS
Located Thousands of Feet Aboys &.
Level In Rockies.

Denver. Travellers accustomed 4,
the sound of fog bells on the Allan,
tic or Pacific coast will be amazed. uen
chance, to hear the warning ring ner,
summer from 10000 to 1900 fer
above the sea level in the Rocky noun.
tains.
The tragic end of the Rev. Thontm
r. Sampson Of Texas, who diSappeared
In the Rocky Mountain National uark
while on a walking tour, has resulted
in plans to safeguard the PERCEPTIONS
and dangerous trails Of the park.
L. G. Way, supervisor of the Colo
RADIO playground, has devised the plan
Of having fog bells scattered along the
trails at intervals from a quarter to
half mile apart on Flat Top, Longs
peak, Hallets glacier and Hallets peak.
The bells will be of deep tone and will
be operated by a system similar to
weather vanes.
The bells will be placed on posts
about seven feet high. Suspended over
the bell will be a small, light wooden
paddle. The slightest breeze will tilt
the paddle and ring the bell. There
probably would not be one day in the
year when the breeze would be insuf
ficient to ring the bell.
While the mountains are not too dan
gerous for travel. even the most eIpe
rienced traveller sometimes will lose
the trails in the mountains. About
1000 feet above sea level and above
timber line heavy clouds sometimes
totally obscure the sight of the trav.
eler. Walking In the face of the wind
with his head lowered. he is apt to
lose his HEARINGS
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-03

Ford s. Black, author of Black s
"Blue Book" is confined to his home,
6444 st. Lawrence avenue with a
sprained ankle and it will be ten days
before he win be able to look after
the delivery Of his books to those who
have already engaged them.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-03

Mrs. David Manson, 5Sl6 s Nj,
igan avenue, has for the past tb,.,
weeks been confined to her home tb,OD,s
illness from the effects of verv ,sra..
cold causing her to miss the pre-Lent.,
Charity Ball, for the benefit of II.
Phyllis Wheatley Home. Her man,
friends hope that she will soon be All.
to be out again.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-03

mace heat, or sweeping day, had no
word in their vocabularies for catching
cold, for it is fair to say that they did
not suffer from cold as do we.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-03

Charles E. Morrison, special messen-
ger to his Honor, Mayor William Hale
Thompson, smiles and smiles all day
long simply because some of the alder
men who have been fighting Mayor
Thompson failed to connect up on pri.
mary day.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-03

Wife, don't understand nc' ~
men can spend whole evenings
club. N
Hub-Then you talk an avn
about something you don't unue'
Boston Transcript.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-03

Joseph R. Dunn and George Hight,
$3.50 8. State street who are strong
Republican political factors in the 3Oth
Ward will work day and night from
now until Tuesday, April 3rd, for the
election of Michael G. Walsh to the
City Council from that ward.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-03

Miss Maude j. Roberts, the silver
voiced songbird assisted by Prof. Roy
Tibbs of Washington, D. c., will give
a recital at the Abraham Lincoln Cen
ter, Langley avenue and lakewood
Boulevard, Wednesday evening, March
14th.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Cole, 5427 S.
Wabash avenue, will shortly leave on
a pleasure trip for their former old
home, Louisville, KY, where many of
their old friends and neighbors are
ready to give them good time.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-03

DR.. j. Norman Croker, No. 1 E. 22nd
street, has had his suite of Offices re-
modelled and redecorated which greatly
adds to their appearance and attractive
ness aud they are now thoroughly sani-
tary in every respect.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-03

Mr.. Arnold Hill of New York City,
representing the Urban League, will
address the Bethel Literary which
meets at Bethel church, 3Oth and Dear
born streets, Sunday afternoon, March
4th at 4 p. m. Don't fail to hear him.
Good music. Sandy w. Trice, Presi-
dent.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-03

Miss Josephine Davis, formerly Of
1891 8. Wabash avenue, was on Mon
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-03

Sunday afternoon, March 4th, memo
rial services will be held at the Phyllis
Wheatley Home, 1856 Rhodes avenue
in honor of the memory of the late Mrs.
Clara Studymire. The public are cor
daily invited to attend the services.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-03

1t is fair to say that our primitive
ancestors, who first lived in sanitary
tree tops with no floors to spit upon,
and inhabited well ventilated caves
untrammeled by storm windows, fur.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-03

Mrs. Jennie Pangburn, 1852 3 Vt
bash avenue, a sister of Col =,
R. Marshall passed away the frs, n.-
of this week. Funeral services r
held over her remains at . o,,,,'
Thursday afternoon from her late -.
dence. Interment at OakwOOd Can
terry. Charles S. Jackson in eb.,.
The many friends of Mrs. PanOb1, -
will regret to hear of her death
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-03

day united in marriage to r.
Wallace of Greensboro, N. @ william
home of the brides mOthe, !. Il tie
ington, D. G. The many -; wash
Miss Davis wish her mueb Of
happiness in her new state Of ~ nd
ence. eHlst
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-03

The Board of Directors of tb.n
ard University of Washington n non
have honored us with an invitas..
attend the Sociological Cone 70
which was held in connection v;., saes
50th Anniversary of the fonrd;~ @e
the Howard University, Ma,ob u
We regret very much our inabili,,
be present on that delightful Oe..."
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-03

Judge Joseph S. La Buy, who con-
tinues to make good as one of the
judges of the Municipal Court, would
be right at home as one of the judges
of the Superior Court.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-03
CHIPS

W. NJ. Webster, who has for many
years conducted a barber shop on 51st
street near Federal is confined to his
home with illness, 6352 Rhodes avenue.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-03
The Negroes Progress.

me negro fIoSIoSS.
In view of these sad and incontes-
table facts, the editor of the Medical
Review of Reviews considers it hypo-
critical and unfair on the part of his
fcllow-editors and the profession to
continue to point the finger of con-
domination at the Negro. Our own
hands are too spotted.
Half century ago it was crime
to teach Negroes to read and write.
They were bought and sold for coin
or exchanged for horse or so many
bags of fiour-and when the whip
struck too heavily and often, and free
dom was sought in the forests, they
were hunted with bloodhounds and buck
shot. But today there is Glass A
medical school where practically all the
students are Colored.
During its brief period of quasi-free.
dom, the Negro race has produced men
of eminence in various spheres of
activity; statesman like Frederick
Douglass; an educator like Booker
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-13

win be started from Ogden This new
passenger train will be known as No.
II and Is scheduled to leave Ogden at
ESQ O'Clock a. m. daily. arriving In
Elko at $40 a. m. and will reach Reno
at 7:05 p. m. At Reno this train will
connect with train No. % for Cali
fornia points.
J. NJ. Fulton. assistant passenger
and freight agent. In commenting up
on the improved service. said that the
vexatious delays incident to the han,
ding OF a train such as No. 10, which
is a long. heavy eastern train. would
be done away with insofar as concerns
the public who desire an earlier train
The new train will not wait for east.
ern connections at Ogden and may be
depended upon to arrive and depart
on schedule time. II will carry q
baggage car and probably two coaches
but no "sleepers."
Inasmuch as this train will make all
local stops, the earlier service will be
especially appreciated by the people
OF Wells, Elko. Pallsade, Battle Noun
tain, Golconda, Winnemucca, Inlay
and. in fact, all places along the road
The railroad officials assert that
every effort will be made to insure alb
solutely reliable service.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-12-13
NEVADA COAL SITUATION
Is GREATLY IMPROVED

Transportation OF fuel to Nevada is
better than It has been since the open
ing OF the war and the threatened fuel
shortage. according to II. s. Great
house. traffic inspector for Nevada OF
the district car service bureau OF the
United States fuel administration.
Most of the coal comes from Utah
and have found by my investigation
that there is a better movement of
this commodity than before, and with
this condition existing the prospects
for more coal In Nevada are exceed.
ingly bright" said Mr.. Greathouse.