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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1918-11-15
colored Soldiers Overseas Making Good
French ana American Commanders Praise their
Goodness and Courage Under Severest
Baptisms OF Fire

stormea and tal.en. The nea een.
teral was delighted lieyanl ~ ,ls ier
i memeht. Finally iie sa Il, Aiy OIL
eat veterans could do Il la batta4,
even ii they we're warned II was On
the program, and your hoy did that
sHtampaaneausls. he eeoefal res
memheted tic ie8ieg. and il lsW daY !
ater tl.es calsred chaps from Chs
cago received fine letter from him,
liaratplat.nR them on their spirit
de corps and thair Wolk.
treneil isiise ssieEesi Ag9 sieaas.
Il was Interesting 10 SEQ now these
cololed boys n.e with tils lalenga
inhabitants II The village, with whom
Americans were billeted, The French
aik like the eolored boys. and felt
highly honofea at the way the latter
learned French. The colored Ameri-
cans are getting extremely fluent, and
IL fits entirely with their scheme Of
things I'd use all French foa&g Of po.
iitenesa,
Down the battle line d large unit
of eolored troops was encountered at
serious business, RI was going into
portant sector fornierg ~ uala atsa ~ q
French troops. Il was the FIRST taste
OF the trenches, or Of the front for
The boys ii this unit. These men
were mostly from the south They
had been trained in the middle west,
and some more in France, hut never
had been on duty under shell fire.
Yet, on the dark might, while the
Germans bomharded, these thousands
Of colored doughboys, chiefly under
direction OF colored officers, though
some were white, took over 4 difficult
and long sector without niishap
md with less noise than usual, SO
the French officers said They have
held that long sector for some time
now, and there has been no slip, from
the farthest outpost to the rear sup
ply truck.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1918-11-15

Hem. III M-a11oi, apys;f Gasafd
Chancellor Of the Knights Of pytalias
OF the State, and former Grand Ex-
alted bic Il b. II. of Elks of the World,
This is the fest time KanaWha eoun-
tn has Colored nan and the Re
publican party selected one in every
respect forthy and qualified
Fayette county, that has been rep
resented III tie West Virginia Legis-
.lature hg Hon. Chris Il, Payne, Prof.
II. II. Rally and Atty. ]. NJ ellis
able Negroes, after q lapse Of eight
years, has elected another colored
man in The person Of Mr.. ] Y Cole
man, of Kimberly, q miner, who has
served as postmaster and ether pub
Tic Offices. Mr.. Coleman il an IN
telligent man with q comprehensive
grasp Of the conditions and needs Of
his state and county.
There is not a majority Of Negroes
In any Of The countries from which
these Negroes were elected. Ne
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1918-11-15
Madame Lulu Hall Alexander
Will speak At Eaker St. Church Sunday night
Nov. 18th. Al are invited.
Day of Celebration

The following statement was giyen out by Chairman
Ralph r. DeVeese of the Victory celebration, Sunday
In recognition Of the stupendous Importance OF the al
lied victory sqnazed by the signing Of the armstice Day
tonians called upon to celebrate ttngly and in Dig
snfied manner Sunday.
The character of tho celebratonthe success Of winch
denends upon the weather conditions designed to reflect
the sacred obligation assumed by America ii the world
and the responsibilities placed the shoulders Of the
American nation These are solemn times and call for
spirit of serious reflection prayer and divine counsel and
guidance The spontaneous outpouring Of Monday was
proper and natural released the spirits of
and women long chained by terrible tension.
The Sunday celebration is not confined to any one or
ganizaon 1t Is al the people Of the community and
the committee earnestly asks that civic, religious
patriotic military and fraterna Organization il the city o.
DAYTON active participants iii the thanks celebration
Fvery factory office and store should be literally If not
v rsnresanted il The Parade and ii th song ad spGa3g
service to follow 1t fhe fairgrounds.
Al Dayton should gratefully and prayerfully observe
the spiritual demands for participating n the morning
ros SERVICES ard take active part IN the civic celebration
of the afteri0Dn.'
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1918-11-15
REPRESENTING MADAME
WALKER

Mrs. Lulu Hall Alexander, Of CO.
lumbus, Ohio, is spending two weeks
in the city as special agent for
Madame G. j. Walker. the famous
hair and beauty culturist. Mrs. Hall
Alexander plans to address several
public gatherings while in th 47.
She will speak at Eaker street chf,Ta's.
Sunday night. Young wonen vfn
wish to take up this profitable "sa,k
should call on her for information.
She Ii the guest of the Fialey's On
Mead street.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1918-11-15
Colored Medical Officers Assigned to
Active Service.

Washington, II. G., Nov 14 An
nouncement is made that number
Of colorcd physicians, who have been
serving as privates ia the military
service, have been given commissions
III lieutenants III the Army Medical
Corps and have been assigned to ac-.
tive duty in several OF the colored
schools where units Of the Students
Army Training Corps are established
and young colored men are receiving
instruction in collegiate and voca-
tiona branches, in connection with
their training in military science and
tactics.
Lieut.. Fred D. Ramsey'has been as
signed to 'ruslSegee Institute, Ala
bama, and Lieut.. Robert p. Foster
to Morehouse College and Atlanta
University, Atlanta, for duty with
both Institutions
The following assignments have
also been made: Lieut. ]. NJ Gill,
to Branch Normal School, Pine Bluff,
Arkansas; Lieut.. ], I. A. Webb, 70
Negro Agricultural and Technical
College, Greensboro, N. c.; Lieut.. j.
IN. s. Taylor, Hampton Institute,
Hampton, Virginia, and Lieut. W II.
Calhoun, to Meharry Medical College
and Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn,
the last named serving with both Of
the Nashville colleges.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1918-11-15

with the American Armies IN
anle Colored troops from Ameri-
e. all esiy have established them
selves III Farope as being cool and
aiiAj1ie i tiers IN the front line.
\ Both Aanes ean and French commands
Say .tia il The Germans ever dis
coY044 ao II was that he'll pax us
sdhe line Through Asg0taae ios ~ Nie
the hochss failed to set thfo sh sefne
time ago the German commfnd haa 4
decidedly high respect for snsersean
colored infantry.
up and down tie line, ftar the
test of years service, yot hear no
doubts expressed regarding the col-
ored infantry. The colored dough
boys have made good IN the trenches,
and gentlemen when back at rest IN
French towns. Yon are continually
ss.a---sa,t> nnisA af these eulored
chaps as you travel up and s31Wn tfle
line from Switzerland to Flanders.
Pull On Some Snappy Drilling.
Down III little town some miles
back Of NeNdun the correspondence en-
eountered large unit Of tlese coll
oied chaps, all from Chicago on
thereabouts They had just come back
to rest, after long period IN the
Argonne forest trenches. Ll'ze thell
predecessors, il Negro unit from New
York, they had made great nit with
the French officers III high command
of the sector. Unlike the New York
Negroes, those Chicago boys had en-
countered no big fighting, and they
were disappointed ut being taken
from the trenches before doing big
lighting.
The French officers explained that
good soldiers can be recognized just
as we'll when they are holding the line
ais when they are fighting; but the
coored doughboys were still disap
pointed. Finally the French general
Of the army came down to review the
Negro outfit. Down by the creek they
went through some Of the siappiest
exercise ever seen, and the French
general was delighted. When the re-
view as ii had been planned was fin
ished the general turned to the
American colonel.
"If | were an American general
what would / do now" asked the
Frcnchman.
"Most anything replied the col
onel. 9'These boys will do anything
you wish.'
"Well, suppose the Germans were
across the creek, I replied the general,
"rd like to have this nearest COM
pany attack them
Difficult Field Mancuver Skillfully
Executed.
The captain Of the nearest company
was given the order, and he marched
his men across the meadow, where
they suddenly disappeared. Pretty
soon a whistle sounded, and the COM
pany was up and running toward the
creek. Only a minute, and then they
dropped, waiting, then running, al
ways slsirmishing IN the fastest APP
proved French fashion.
When they dropped IN was with two
akirmish lines in advance and two
support lines leading off to the rear,
with nach man dronoing over fhe
I legs of t'ie chan IN font of him Tin
actlies ana pecks covered the upper
portions Of their bodies,
After bit of flank movement BY
4 couple pIatoons, the supposed Ger
Imam positions along the creek were
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1918-11-15

Dowell county has the largest Negro
pvpuiablssp hssa gss~sshaitinu only ahpus
10000 out OF more than 70,p0D pdpa-
lation. Kanawha county has less
than 10000 Negroes out Of a total
population OF more than 100000. Fay
cite county has about 10000 Negroes
ii i total population Of more than
10000.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1918-11-15
aoloneI Young Recalled 10 Army i5uiy
al Camp Grant.

Washington, D IS, Nov Ia. Aa-
InouneeAeni is made by gmmei ii.
scott, peeial assistant. chat the d e-
fetafy of wa1 hiis;;s directed aa nessa
Faas II the military yiee that ui-
oael Charles Young proceed to lsNin.s
Giant, Rockford, illinois, and Il .susl
lin petson to the commanding gems
eral 81 that camp for assignmel %
duty III connections with the colo I'll
development batallions 1T Cunp
Grant
Ten New GoIored Charlains
Appointed.
Ten new colofed chaplains
been appointed for service anon.
colored troops Of the United S.
army, with rank Of first Lieutenant.
They are: Charles Y rripp, Meta-
odist, assigned 70 Camp Alexander.
Newport News, Va; Neeaham NJ.
Means, Methodist, to Camp Travis,
Fort Sam Houston, Texas; James +.
Adams, baptist. to Camp Lee, Va;
h9best ,1ly. &: Morris, Msi,sthodist, g
Md; Robert w. jefferson, Baptist,
and George G. Parker and Isaac g.
both Methodists, to Camp
Sewer, Greenyille, $. q; Frank Il.
Arnold, William X Bell ard Benia
min II. Johnson, are as yet maas-
signed.
These appointments, together with
the number previously assigned, gives
d total Of sixty colored chaplain now
serving in the United States Army,
III this country and overseas
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1918-11-15
THREE NEGROES III ECTfsfs re,
LEGISLATURE IN WEST
VIRINGIA.
No County Majority Negrocs.

In the great Republican landslide
in West Virginia for the first time
in the State three Negroes were
elected to the House Of Delegates
from three different counties.
Mcdowell county elected Hon.
Harry j. Capehart, Of Keystone, the
second colored man elected from this
county, Hon. =. Howard Harper,
elected in 1916, being the fifst. Mr.
Capehart is a lawyer. So years of
age and one Of the ablest and most
brilliant young men in county.
Kanawha, the largest and richest
county in the State ii which Charles
ton, the capitol, is situated, elected
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1918-04-25
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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1918-04-25

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es be11te morgen mieoergefunben, Sd
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orn be1telt otfgebobcn tpei6. Sei1t=
rid lit mir nidt a1tperldiiia aenltg.
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ihriebe1en griefumidlog entnom=
men bot. Damn lebt er iid ont ietnen
Shreibtiih, entfoltet baS Seitament
ltnb theft es %a1tfmerfiam 6ltrd.
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The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-12
CORDOyA, ALASKA, sATURDAY, JANUARY u. 191s.

Mayor Gill of Seattle de
clares he will be a candidate
for reelection and that he will
go on the stump and tell many
things that he has thus far re
Trained from telling. The may
or doubtless could give out
some highly entertaining in
formation if he were so inclin-
ed.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-12

Tom Markuson, we'll known Ester
creek mining man was recently on
Grated upon at the st. Joseph's hos
pital at Fairbanks for bladder trou-
BILE. The operation was of a very deli
cate nature but the patient pulled
through without a hitch.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-12

letter was recently written to a
bachelor by the doll committee of the
Fairbanks civic league asking him
If he did not want to buy a doll and
help the Red Cross. The bachelor
said he was perfectly willing but the
doll must have certain qualifications
and must be alive. No sawdust dolls
for him.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-12

The Ketchikan Power company re-
Gently closed it's doors for the winter
and will be heard no more until
spring Much overhauling has to be
done and a new cement foundation
placed in the boiler room. Mr.. Dorm,
head sawyer, accompanied by his wife
left for the States.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-12

The liquor men are now up
in arms for fear our personal
rights are about to be imper-
lied. 1t will be a good thing
when national prohibition is
in force so we will not be tor
mented by having statements
like that called to our atten-
ton
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-12

Admiral Wemyss, new head
of the British Admiralty, now
wears a monocle. A man who
can make a reputation fight
ing as a sea dog with that as
a handicap must be a whizz.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-12

A New York man got a di-
vorce from his wife because
she had hidden her past from
him. Generally a women keeps
mans mind awhirl on the
present to such an extent that
he does not have time o bark
back to the past.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-12

The only flaw in Germany's
plan to lick France, England
and the United States in sue
cession. is the fact that they
are collectively licking Ger
many.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-12

Otto H. Kahn, Gotham's fl
nancial magnate has been good
enough to send us wise little
treatise on War Taxation, and
we have a notion to blank with
him.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-12

who would rather go to Jail
than serve in the army he wish
es the bees methods of getting
rid of drones could go into eff
feet for a while.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-12

The East can get along with
wheatless and meatless days,
but the Inhabitants seem to be
unable to buck heatless days.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-12

The Germans are now hid
ing in shell holes, which are
soon changed into hell holes
by the guns of the Allies.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-12

The "made in Germany"
sign is so rare these days that
it only appears on atrocities
and unfounded claims Of mil
itary successes.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-12

A New York artist is com
planning because his pictures
were not given prominence in
an exhibit, He says they were
too modest. Out of style, evi-
d>ntlv
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-12

The government is urged to
put a curb on profiteers, They
should not be dealt with by
the use of such lady-like de
flee as a curb. Handouts
would stop their pluckng act
ivity much better.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-12

= Trotskv says that the Rus
slams are hundred times
stronger than the Germans.
But TrotsI1y probably had a
little vodka just before then
that was a hundred times as
strOnge as either
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-12

The bureau Of markets is go
ing to count all the beans in
the nation. IF it wants to get
things down to a fine point it
might also count all the need
les.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-12

Uncle Sam may have grown
bit flabby and in need of a
tonic-but not a Teutonic
The man who trades at home
is the hot number that Sears
the ROebuck.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-12

Holding wheat and barley at
present prices looks to US like
kicking opportunity off the
doorstep.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-12

The Federal Reserve Banks
are going to loan money on
potatoes-as though any man
with a potato needed a loan.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-12

The Presidents war aims
are written in just about the
way we would have written
them ourselves - than which
we can bestow no higher en-
cOmium.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-12

The high cost of living hit
Marble Rock, Iowa, last week
when butter was quoted at 1867
pound. But a bidder did the
quoting at an auction sale for
the benefit of the Red Cross.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-12

Still talking about an indem.
nifty, Germany will be apt to
get one when the devil gets a
harp.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-12

His TRADES against England
are sufficient to show that the
Kaiser does not do all his lying
in bed.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-12

1t ocurs to our sporting
editor that the Kaiser's divine
right is losing its punch.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-12

Our idea of superfluity is
the fist in pacifist.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-12

"a Germany's financial troub-
les are also do to her bad Bill.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-12

With bathing now "verbo-
ten," Germany's condition is
soapless.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-12

There's a fat chance for a
republic in Greece.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-12

The crop prophet is without
honor and to- crop profit has
the floor.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-12

If money talks, Uncle Sam s
allies are getting an earful.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-12

Too frequently the Russian
flees when no German pur-
sueth.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-12

When one reads of slackers
Arizona republican., 1918-02-02
FINANCES AND MARKETS
Republican A. p. Leased Wire1

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-Another demonstration of activity and strength attended today's initial deal lngs in stocks, but trading gradually flattened out Early advances of 1 to points in rails and industrials and 2 to , points in shippings and specialties were materially impaired later.
 The reversal of the last hour was accelerated by renewed short selling, based in part on an unexpected rise Of call money to 6 per cent, accom- modations of that character holding over next Mondays holiday.
 United States Steel monopolized speculative attention throughout, but forfeited it's fractional advance, clos ing at net decline of 13s. Other industrials, also rails and coppers, pursued much the same course, but shippings retained part of their sub stantial gains. Sales amounted to ss0, 900 shares.
 French municipals were the heavy features of the bond list. Liberty issues improved, 9h's selling at sSS.30 to s9S.00; first fours at $96.6S to $96.60, and second fours at s96. GA to se5.9S. Total sales, par value, s4,650,O00. Old United States fours
Arizona republican., 1918-02-02
a half per cent on call.
COMMERCIAL REVIEW

NEW YORK, Feb. -Bradstreets s tomorrow will say:
 Business in an industrial as well as commercial sense is hobbled either because of scarcity of goods, en- forced weekly shutdowns, adverse weather conditions, paucity of fuel, insufficient production or freight con- gestion, and after seven weeks of cold, stormy weather little headway has been made in working out Of blockades. Besides, what might be termed regular business is subserV- tent to war work and while those thus engaged are optimistic enough, producers of less imperative needed products are somewhat unsettled by the thought that purely civilian busi- ness may have to undergo further restriction. Nevertheless, there is a strong disposition to speed up on war work when conditions become propi- tious, and in a general sense there is sufficient buying of domestic staple lines to make up 8 goodly aggregate. Unfortunately the stream of orders is considerably restricted by the fact that manufacturers, particularly of textiles, find it necessary to cut down the number of orders accepted. In SHoTI, Jne question IS not one or get ting business, but of making even fairly prompt deliveries, and buyers who now throng the principal markets with a strong desire to get staple textiles at advancing prices are hay ing the fact forced upon them that the mills are chary about booking business for delivery in accordance with the wishes of purchasers. There | is also more or less evidence of the | ultimate consumer exercising con l servatism and at the same time there 1 is enough actual reduction in civilian 1 demand for mems goods to make fol | irregularity. But against these mani | festations are the conceded shortage. | of staples, the fear of still higher | prices and the patent prosperity O | the working classes and agriculture 1 communities. Consequently while re | tail trade hardly measures up to nor
 nal, many final purveyors, recogniz,
 ing the difficulty of replacing stock are not keen about conducting clear ance sales.
 Weekly bank clearinss, s5,144,979,
 GOO.
Arizona republican., 1918-02-02
GRAIN

CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-Peace gossip to- gether with moderating weather that promised enlarged receipts gave the corn market today a downward slant. Prices closed easy, at the same as yes terdays finish to 9sc lower, at S1.56A March and S1.24ss to $1.24& May. Oats underwent a setback of 12s to &c net. Provisions gained 212 to 2Oc.
 Right from the outset the corn mark ct was largely dominated by peace talk and especially so by London assertions that Austria had made repeated ad- vances to President Wilson. Many traders continued also to act on bearish differences from the presidents letter referring to the international outlook for 1GS. Sharp attention was given likewise to all news touching disturb ances in Germany. Attempts to rally the market proved to be of little use, owing sooG u5a. to the fact that ris ing temperatures prevailed throughout the corn belt, and that no return to abnormal low levels was now in sight Liberal country offerings had much to do with the weakness of oats. Besides, export demand was lacking both from
Arizona republican., 1918-02-02

announced tonight. It is planned to increase the cost of all admissions five br ten cents and to turn over the diff ference between the regular fee plus war tax and the increased price to the Red Cross. Club owners in both leagues favor the plan and all that remains is official permission from Washington officials, Mir. Johnson said.
 Under this plan," said MT. Johnson, ''bleacher seats would cost 30 cents, pavilion 5 cents, grand stand so cents and boxes s110. Thus on each ticket there would be two or three cents left over after we paid the war tax. This would be turned over to the Red Cross and the total for the season, based on last seasons figures, would amount to more than s100,000.
 This not only would give a large sum to a worthy cause but would elim- mate much of the bother of making small change at the ticket office.
 ''The plan now is being considered by the internal revenue department and understand has met approval. The man paying the extra cents would not miss them, but in a season it would mean quite bit of help for the Red l Cross"