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The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1918-09-19
MADISON. WIS., THURSDAY SEPT. 1s, 1918

few days before the secret session.
much dissatisfaction has cropped
up in the local ranks. OF the eight
lodges, only six sent delegates to
Mondays meeting, the other two
refusing to send representatives.
Before leaving for his home the
Grand Master, John S. Noel, made
the following statement to your
representative We will enter. at
once upon vigorous and concert
ed effort to recruit our member
ship, replenish our treasury. Ilar-
monize our factions and place the
G. U. @. Q. F. again upon the high
pinacle it formerly occupied"
The Grand Household elected
the following officers: NJ. w. G
s. Mammie HALEY; r. w. G. S.,
Sigenia Henderson; G. w. r.. Ola
NJ. Walkers; G. W. T. and w. G..
d., Ida Davis, Annie Groom; grand
usher, Lena Evans; grand cham
berlain, Mary b. English; grand
shepherd, Lizzie Rucker, and
grand prelate, Annie Freeman.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1918-09-19
OSHKOSH AND FOND DU LAC
NEWS

Mr.. Irwin Mathews and Mr. An
ma Hill are spending few days
with friends in Minneapolis and
St Paul, Minn.
Mrs. j. w. Smith was taken
quite i'll Thursday night while in
Chicago and returned home Fri
day night. She was given the best
treatment possible by her hostess
Mrs. c. a. Scott She is much
better at this writing and will re
turn to the Windy City later to
complete her visit
William Netter was visitor at
the home Of his mother Sunday
Mrs. Nctter is on the sick list.
Joe Parker and Mrs. Ida Ray
entertained with a theatcr party
at the Grand Opera House sun
day, Sept 18th.
DR.. and Mrs. Herring, DR.. and
Mrs. johnson of Milwaukee. Mr..
an dMrs. Mathews Of Fox Lake,
Wis. were the out-of-town attend
ants at the funeral Of Mrs. Bell
Holland. y8ho passed away at Los
Angeles. Cal. Sept. 4tb and was
buried in Fond du Lac Sept. 18th.
Mrs. w. S. Hart. Necnah, was
a visitor to the city Monday on
account Of the illness of her friend
Mrs. j. w. Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Clcndon were
entertained at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Jos. Ilooten Saturday
evening.
Sam Alsup spent Sunday in Chi
cago with his family.
Mrs. Bell Holland was laid to
rest Sept. 18th at Fond du Lac.
Mr.. and Mrs. Holland were VS.
itors in Fond du Lac last winter.
Aside from her husband and sis
ter Mrs. Maude Jenkins she is sur
vived by one aunt, Mrs. Anna Hill
and thre cousins, Wallace and lr-
win Mathews and Mrs Florence
Wright.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1918-09-19
SPECIAL NOTICE

The editor of 'The Blade" will
be in position to ship three thou
sand Colored people from the
South into the Eastern, Northern
and Western cities. The war has
been the means of thousands of
doors being opened to Black men
and women which heretofore have
been closed, and they are getting
the same wages that the white
man has received. Hundreds of
factories now are employing Col
ored men and women on salaries
ranging from $3.50, $3.50, $500
and $3.50 per day. The proprie-
tors OF these large institutions tell
us that these Colored men and wo-
men are making good, and they
could use a hundred more daily.
Write Employment Dept. Wis.
Weekly Blade, Madison, Wis.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1918-09-19
MILWAUKEE,, WIS.

The Young Man's Social club
gNe a very successful dance at
Miller'S hall on the 10th inst.
The circuit court has granted
a divorce to VIM. Love from his
wife Emma Love.
Mrs. Belle Holland, nee johnson
of Los Angeles, Cal. formerly of
Fond u Lac, was buried in the
family plat at her old home last
week. Mrs. Holland was well
known to older residents of Mil
waukee where she spent consider
able time in former years.
Rev. }. O. Morley left on Tues
day for Evanston where he will
attend the Annual Conference of
the A. Nj. +. church.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1918-09-19
Calvary Baptist Church News.

\ large crowd was in attend
ance at the Calvary Baptist
Church to greet the Pastor, Rev.
Russell, who had just returned
from the Baptist Convention that
convened at Little Rock. Ark. The
Church was packed to its capacity
Sunday evening. with four addi-
tions to the church. two were bap-
tiSed after the morning service :
they were Mr.. G. +. AlcFarlan and
Mrs. Lille Mae Wright. The
church is progressing in every
way.
TIA Busy Bee Club will give an
entertainment at Mrs. lIollins, All
Cherry St, Thursday evening,
Sept. 10, 1918. Another club will
be organized Thursday. Sept 18th,
for ladies from 10 to % years.
The choir is progressing under
the leadership of Mr.. Raynor who
is Milwaullee's $ leading chorister
The Esther and Ilelpmate
Households of Ruth will celebrate
Ruth Day unitedly. Sunday after
noon at > 80 o'clock, Sept. 22
1918. at st Mark S A. NJ. f.
church. Rev. S. Russell, pastor of
Calvary Baptist church will deliv-
cr the sermon. Mrs. Lou Ella
Young. Chicago, H.. will be pres
ent.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1918-09-19
E. v. DEBS SENTENCED
Must Serve Term of Ten Years for
Violating Espionage Law.-Ap-
peals to U. S. Supreme Court.

+. V. Debs, four times socialis-
tic presidential candidate, who
had been found guilty of violating
the espionage law by a federal
jury in Cleveland, Ohio, was SEN
fenced by L. S. Judge Westenha-
yer to serve a term of ten years at
the Moundeville, w. Va, prison
for each Of the three counts for
which he had been convicted. The
three penalties will be served 81
multaneonsly. A writ of error to
he I. S. supreme court was grant
d. Debs was released under $10,-
600 bonds.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1918-09-19
MODELLING UNSKILLED
LABORERS

The Madison district of the
United States free employment
service has been notified that it
must arrange TO shift 1890 un-
killed laborers from non-war in
dustries to war industries during
he next six weeks. The Madison
district includes Marquette, CO.
umbia, Green, Sauk, Richland,
Dane and Iowa counties and the
northern part Of Grant county.
The notification was send by the
tate advisory board.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1918-09-19

decision reached to meet in New
York in 1920.
While the old regime was hold
ing forth at StOvall S Hall another
b. NJ. c. was being held at Man
haitian Casino. Those taking part
in the deliberations were members
of the order who had been elected
delegates in May as required by
aw and filed their credentials with
the subcommittee of management
at Philadelphia. They were from
Minnesota, West Virginia, Missis-
sippi, Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Wisconsin, Tennessee, Michigan,
New Jersey. Georgia, New York
and South Dakota. There were
2o2 delegates present.
Georgia Delegation Seated.
1t was not until the close of the
session when officers had been cho-
sen that the committee on creden-
tials made report seating the
Georgia delegates. whose claim for
recognition had been presented by
Ben Davis, Henry Lincoln John
son and Harry II. Pace. The con
tention Of the Georgia delegates
was that the courts had reverted
the ruling of the old sub-commit-
tee Of management and held that
they were members in good stand
ing The committee on crcden-
tials, Charles +. Mitchell, j. An
thOny Josey and r. j. Nelson co
incided with the opinion as set
forth in the decree and recognized
the Georgia delegation.
The regular accredited dele
gates proceeded to organize the b.
NJ. C. as required by law, electing
Perry w. Howard temporary
chairman and William T. Francis,
temporary secretary, which posi-
tions later were made permanent.
The committee on resolution, w.
T. Andrews, chairman, in its re-
port, pledged the support of the
Odd Fellows to President Wilson
in helping win the war and rec
ommended that $4,000 worth of
Liberty Bonds be purchased from
assets of the order held in Phila-
delphia.
Local Members Up in Arms.
The session was enlivened by
the appearance of New York mem
berS who. after attending the b.
NJ. c. at Stova4l Hall, made a
friendly visit to Manhattan CAST
no. expressing a desire to take
part. As several Of them were
chosen delegates as late as Friday,
they found it impossible to secure
recognition from the committee
on credentials.
At the preliminary session held
at Manhattan Casino nearly three
hundred persons, including dele
gates and friends, were present.
1t was pointed out by those who
met at Manhattan Casino that it
was selected as a meeting place
because in July. 1917, deposit
of $25 was put up and contract
entered into by representatives of
Edward H. Morris for the use Of
the place September 9th. 1918.
This was done some months prior
to the decision Of the sub-commit-
ties of the Morris faction in first
the B. NJ. G.
On account Of the strange tao
ticc of the Morris faction in first
declaring that no B. NJ. c. be held
this year and then instructing
members of the order in New
York to choose delegates just a
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1918-09-19
Began War on U. s. in 1914

These documents further show
hat before the world war was
our months old and more than
wo years before the United States
was drawn into it lin 1910, Ger
many already was setting afoot
ner plans to mobilize destructive
agents and observers to cause ex-
losions, strikes, and outrages in
his country, and planned the EN-
)loyment of "anarct lists and es-
,aped criminals" for the purpose.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1918-09-19
NEW SUB-COMMITTEES OF
MANAGEMENT

Grand Master, John Noel.
Deputy Grand Master, VIM. 7
Francis.
Grand Secretary, R. J. Nelson.
Grand Treasurer, Chas. Colhurn.
Grand Directors
w. T. Andrews,
J. Anthony Josey,
j. G. Robinson,
w. A. Cornelius.
w. L. Kemp.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1918-09-19
PROF. AND MRS. G. B. H0SMER

Formerly of 1924 +. Stuart ST.,
Springfield, H., is now domiciled
at 4O3 Walnut St, Estherville, la.
Prof. Hosmer is Financial Agent
Of Tuskeegee Institute While in
Springfield they made many warm
and lasting friends who loath to
see them leave.
The Blade wishes them abun-
dant success in their new field.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1918-09-19
Robert Albert Cant

~
Robert Albert Cant was born on
the 18th day of May 1853 near
Wheeling, W. Va. His youth was
spent on a farm. Leaving West
Virginia in early manhood he be-
came a resident of Cleveland, O.
In 1881 Mr.. Cant left Cleyeland,
arriving in the city of Milwaukee
the same year, and has constantly
resided here since that time.
On September 26, 1888, Robert
Albert Cant was joined in Holy
Wedlock to Miss Matte Hughes.
daughter of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
Lewis hughes, founders Of st.
Marks 4. NJ f. church. Milwau-
kee. Unto this union three chill
dreen were born two daughters
and a son. God. in His wise provi-
dence has seen fit to call the
daughters to their heavenly re-
ward. The son, Hughes, is serv-
ing the flag Somewhere in France.
For many years MIR. Cant was
connected with the old Plankinton
Hotel In later years he held IA
responsible position in the bath es-
tabishment of Charles Wanderer.
of this city. and there remained
until failing health compelled him
to resign
Mr. Cant, always God fearing
man. and an attendant at Divine
Worship, had not actually attach
ed himself to any religious body
until i'll recent years.
In September 1915 he became an
active member in st. Mark S A.
VI. F.. church. Milwaukee. and
faithfully performed the duties
devolving upon him as such a
member.
During his long residence in this
city. he had. by his genial dispo-
sition, his strong personal magne-
tiSm. and his genuine whole-souled
friendship, made for himself and
his family host Of friends, who
share with those left behind, the
great sorrow which is theirs at
this time.
Always a loving husband a kind
and considerate father. this good
man, though weak from illness.
fully realized that the end was
near. yet ever mindful Of his loved
ones, was more concerned about
their welfare than about his own
physical condition.
TO the last stroke of death his
mind and reason was absolutely
clear. His knowledge Of the I'M
mediate cause Of death, his own
strength, how long he would last
were given with precision, as if
he held his heart in his hand die
tating its last beat.
What is the date What is
the hour2 Well my time has come
to go, am ready and am willing
to go; have done the best | could.
Tell Iughie to be a good boy !
want you all to meet me on the
other side of the River am Go
ing to meet the girls (IIis daugh-
ters) "Good-Bye y.
With such utterances as these
upon his lips, his soul passed to
the great beyond. Death to a good
man is but passing through "A dark
entry-out Of one little room OF
his Fathers house, into another
that is fair and large, lightsomc
and glorious.
As we draw near to it solemn
gladness should fill orr hearts. It
is Gods great morning lighting up
the sky.
The night with its terrors and
darkness is passing away and
when we awake it will be into the
| Sunlight Of God.
Robert Albert Cant awoke IN
the Sunlight of God, September 3,
1918, at 2 80 p. NJ.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1918-09-19
EDITOR J. ANTHONY 'osEY
Newly Elected Member of S. G. M.
Odd Fellows of America.

Enroute from New York was
entertained by Hon. B. +. Mosley
and u. 6. NJ. Geo. T. Kersey, Mr..
and Mrs. Jettie Smith, Mr. and
Mrs Thomas Evans and Mrs. Ad-
die Jones, Attorneys Oliver a.
Clark and w. II. Parker, Chicago.
Plans we're discussed looking for
ward to the coming tc Chicago Of
Hon. B. +. Davis for a series OF
addresses to acqdaint the masses
Of the fraternity Of the affairs Of
lGo order.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1918-09-19
MEN 10 AND 20, 80 TO SO
FIRST CALLED

Provost Marshal General Crow
der has sent out instructions to
draft boards to proceed first to
classify the registrants Of - and
90 classes and between the ages Of
90 and 36, inclusive The men in
these two classes will be treated
as one group and will be the first
to be classified and called out.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1918-09-19
Odd Fellows Journal Abolished And Taxes Re-
duced From 1Oc To Cents.--Truly
A Democratic Gathering
GEORGIA RESTORED TO THE ORDER
$4,000 Worth of Liberty Bonds To Be Purchased From
The Assets of The Order Held in Philadelphia.
1920 Session in Wilmington, Del.-B. j. Davis.
Chairman Committee on Publicity

After January /, only the courts
will be able to determine what is
what and who is who in the Grand
United Order of Odd Fellows, for
in New York this week at the rival
B. M. G.. sessions, two sets of new
Grand Officers and two different
Subj Committee of Management
were chosen to take office the first
of the year
Those unalterably opposed to
the continuance in office of the
Morris faction plan to institute le-
gal proceedings next January to
oust the present officers and install
those elected at Manhattan CAST
no Monday of this week.
On the other hand, the Morris
followers will seek to keep in pow
er the men chosen at secret
meeting held Monday of this week
at Stovall Hall, Fifth avenue, be-
tween 131st and 132nd streets.
Members of the subcommittee
of management elected by OppOn-
ents of the Morris faction are !:
John Noel, West Virginia, grand
master; William T. Francis, Min
nesota, deputy grand master; R.
J. Nelson, Pennsylvania, grand
secretary; Charles COlburn, Della
ware, grand treasurer. Grand di-
rectors: w. r. Andrews, South
Carolina J. A. Josey, Wisconsin +;
J. G. Robinson, Tennessee; w. A.
Cornelius, New York; w. L..
Kemp, Michigan.
Other officers were Perry w.
Howard, Mississippi, grand attor-
ney; w. l.. Houston, Washington,
3. c., delegate to England; Isaac
Nutter, New Jersey, and Charles
E. Mitchell, West Virginia, audi
tors.
An interesting feature of the
convention presided over by
Grand Master Edward II. Morris
was the cloak of secrecy with
which the participants surrounded
their actions. Even the favored
delegates were unable to obtain
information as to where the B. NJ.
G.. was to be held until Monday
morning.
Given Mysterious Auto Ride.
Delegates classed as desirable
were told late Sunday afternoon
to go to the undertaking establish
ment of w. David Brown, 2313
Seventh avenue, Monday morning.
They were given a card to sign,
put in an automobile and carried
to Stovall S Hall.
Visiting delegates regarded as
ineligible were not admitted under
any circumstances, although the
rival convention sent several rep
resentatives to demand admit
tance. However, their requests
were turned down.
It is said that there were about
twenty-odd persons present at the
secret B. M. c. session, including
members of the old subcommittee
of management and delegates.
Grand Master Morris is reported
to have informed those present
that the melting was to ratify the
resolution passed by the sub-com-
mittee Of management last Janu-
ary to postpone holding the regu-
lar B. NJ. G. until 1920.
Later on during .Ionday's ses-
sion announcement was made that
as a quorum was present the reg
ular session of the B. NJ. c. would
be held. The old subcommittee
of management was reelected
with Morris as Grand Master, and
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1918-09-19

P. N. f., NJ. c. Turner, Emanuel
Lodge 4427, Swansbora, Ga, was
much in evidence at New York
last week. lie was ever on the
alert to aid his State to 60 over
the top.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1918-09-19
MIR. R. A. CANT, AN OLD MIL
WAUKEE RESIDENT
PASSES AWAY
Mr.. R. A. Cant, 1907 9th St., Was
Buried From His Late Residence
Friday, Sept. 9th, 1918. Inter
ment in Forest Home Cemtery.

The following obituary was read
by DR.. c. A. johnson. a friend OF
long standing:
Milwaukee, Sept. 6. 1918.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-12
BackaChe Kills

Don't make the fatal mistake OF
neglecting whats may seem to be a
simple little backache." There isn't
any such thing. It. may the first
warning that your kidneys are not
working properly. and throwing off
the poisons as they should. If this is
the case, go after the cause of that
backache ard doc it quickly, or you
may find yourself in the grip an in
durable disease.
GOLD MEDAL Hastrlem OIL Cap
Sules will give almost immediate re-
lief from kidney and bladder troubles,
which may be the unsupported cause
of general i'll health. GOLD MEDAL
HARLEM Oil Capsules are imported
direct from the laboratories in Hol-
land. They are prepared in correct
quantity and convenient form to take,
and are positively guaranteed to give
prompt relief. or your money will be
refunded. Get them at any drug
store, but be sure to insist on the
GOLD MEDAL brand, and take no
oother. I'm boxes, thre,, sizes.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-12
SECRETARY'S BRAVERY
(. M. c. A. Man under Shell Fire

Paris, Sept. 1-(Correspondence of
the Associated Press.)-Repeatedly
exposing himself to terrific shellfre,
giving first aid to the wounded and
going without rest or food that he
might help those on The firing line
with cigarettes and sweets, were
only few of the things that won
the personal commentator of bat
talon commander for Stephen r.
Brown of ST. Louis, a Y. M. C. A.
secretary.
The battalion commander writes:
"On q recent severe engagement,
Stephen r. Brown displayed I'M
daunted courage by time and again
exposing himself during terrific
|shellfre. Employed during the
whole of one night at medical sta
ton, the following afternoon he
brought up gas masks travelling
across a shellswept area in full view
of the enemy. He administered
treatment to the wounded. His
Ifearlessness and untiring endeavors
came under my direct observation.
"I cannot speak too highly of his
spirit of self-sacrifice, his. bravery
and his calm disregard of all dan
gers. He supplied men in the first
line with cigarettes and chocolate,
even visiting advanced observation
lposts helping all men he found. The
gratitude of the officers and men of
my organization toward him knows
no bounds.
"He, later, assisted in the disposal
of the dead. In every possible way
that he could, he assisted, refusing
to go to the rear until the troops
were relieved though he had not
slept or eaten sfor many hours"
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-12
WEARING OLD CLOTHES

We shall have much greater neeo
to economic in food and in fuel this
coming winter than last winter
Everywhere in the world there is 8
great scarcity of wool, and while for
the sake OF health we should dress
comfortably in winter, it should be
made disgraceful to dress extrava-
gantly. There will be nothing so
vulgar and SO far FROM good form
as to pay undue attention. to alleged
fashions" as regards costume. In
every other country on earth, all
people, whether rich or poor, are
thankful if they posses a supply of
old clothes, and they regard it as
patriotic to bring to light discarded
things and leave the entire new wool
crop for army use. This is no minor
affair, but deadly serious one. Last
year hundreds of our boys died in
the camps because cold weather over
took them before the Quarter
masters Department had got their
winter uniforms and overcoats ready.
Civilians will have to buy many ar
ticles of dress; but it will help ali
trades, including the clothing trade
itself, if every man, woman and
child gets as much wear as possible
out of garments already in hand.
Give the new wool to 100000 SOL
diers.-From "The Progress of the
World" in the American Review of
Reviews for September 1918.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-12
DECOY SHIP

May Be Used to Help Submarine
An Atlantic Port, Sept. 11-Warn-
ing that a German submarine op-
Grating 1000 miles east of New York,
may be using a large cargo ship as
a decoy, was brought here yesterday
by the officers of an incoming Brit
ish passenger liner. They reported
sighting a vessel apparently of
about 1000 tons damaged by shell
fire and flying the Spanish flag.
There were no signs of life aboard
the freighter and the British com
mander gave her a wide berth, speed,
ing away on a zigzag course to avoid
possible torpedo attack
Passengers on the liner included
w. Ferguson Massey, Premier, anG
Sir Joseph G. Ward, Minister o.
Finance, of New Zealand, who art
on their way home from attendance
at the British colonial war confer
ence in London.