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The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-02
VOICES CONTEMPT
FOR FOE FIGHTERS
REPORTS OF FRATERNiZlN0 Nv
AMERICAN AND FOE TROOPS
DENIED ~ RED TRIANGLE
WORKER.

Chicago.-Reports Of fraternixing Of
allied and foe troops following tho
signing Of the armistice on the western
front are denied In q letter from II. 3.
Stecher, Racine. Wis.,, received at the
Offices Of the national war work c0un-
ell. 7. M. g. A., here.
Stecher was q Y. N. @. A. worker
attached to the Ninety-first division.
He served for more than six months On
three lighting fronts-at st. Mihiel.
In Flanders and the Argonne. Twice
he was cited for bravery and awarded
the D. 8. G.
Before going to France to serve as
q "" worker Stecher was associated
with the Hamilton Beach ManufactuF-
Ing company at Racine. Formerly he
was member Of the California Ma
tional Guard when he was living In
Los Angeles. Cal. His parents. Mr..
and Mrs. N. D. Stecher. live In Chi
cago. n
Referring to reports Of fraternizing
Of the troops Stecher says: Certain
" there was no attempt or desire on
the part Of the men OF our division to
fraternize with our -despised on
pOnents, and had there been, the ON
GERS would not have permitted 1t. Az
. matter Of fact the guns were going
right up to the time the armistice went
into effect. You see, our boys have
had mighty good chance to size mp
the caliber of the other side, and had
the Germans shown any indications Of
good sportsmanship In the lighting no
doubt we would feel some little re-
spect for them. Having been dough-
boy myself In the past. and now hav-
Ing gone through all the fighting with
my division, believe my viewpoint =
the same as that Of the majority Of
our division. and, personally. I have
& the utmost contempt for the German.
soldier. his methods and his ideals. "
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-02

from France, evidence Of the zeal
with which Y. n. G. A. canteen men
worked with the troops In the st. MI
hiel and Argonne drives.
Willis was attached to the Three
Hundred and Fifty-afth regiment,
Eighty-ninth division. In the Toul sec
tor, which the division held until the
st. Mihiel drive began, Willis T. M. g.
A. outfit had q ,canteen near Mont Sec,
At Beaumont and one Of his pleasant
jobs was to drive almost daily around
the famous Dead Mans curve on trips
to get supplies for his canteen. Willis
entered Benny, In the st. Mihiel drive,
three hours after the Germans had
bsen thrown ont Of It 31.5#j
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-02
Opportunity for Negro Race.

So very often our editors Of the white
newspapers are publishing such splen
Aid articles about the American Negro
that I am prone to run some Of them
occasionally. Below we are printing
one run last week April 25 in the State
Line Democrat Of Keosauque, Iowa, ed.
tied by Geo. w. Neafe:
Several regiments Of colored troops
have returned from France, where they
made highly honorable record for
pallantry in the line of duty. Some
time since colored regiment was mus
tered. out at Camp Dodge and another
at Camp Grant near Rockford, Ill.
Among the former was a Keosauqua
) how, Ed. Buckner. Five other Keosau-
qua colored boys are in the service.
In the world crisis the colored people
have proved their devotion to our coun-
try and their country with their blood.
The sense. Of gratefulness and obliga-
ton which all right minded people must
feel towards them, might appropriately
find expression by broadening and
eaualizing, to some extent at least, their
sphere Of industrial opportunity. No
one will pretend the colored people
have fair chance for employment and
industrially under present conditions,
There is nothing in race equality.
Equality is defined as meaning primari-
ly g sameness in quality There are
no two persons who have the same
qualities, to say nothing Of different
races possessing them. There are mil
lions Of white people who are superior
to millions of colnrad people, and there
are mi.s.S.-s N colored people who are
superior to millions of whites.
It is equality Of opportunity that
counts opportunity Of persons Of equal
fitness to fill similar positions in the pro-
fessional and business world-in the Of
fees, counting rooms, stores, and fac
tories; instead Of being restricted to
employments that white people regard
as undesirable. Such equality Of OPP
portunity is the natural right of the
colored people, as it is Of the eau
casian. The all too common discrimina-
ton against them in that respect is
national sin for which we may he sure
we shall have to account some day
here or in the hereafter, as we account
ed for holding them $50 years in bond
age. II
The gallant and self-sacrifcing serv-
ice Of that race in the late world crisis
should tend to eradicate as far as pos
sihle our unreasoning prejudices and
dispose Sus to give TO the colored people
. fair and more equal chance in this
world than has heretofore been accord
ed them.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-02
DAVENPORT, IOWA.

We are quite sorry to announce the
death Of one of our little friends in the
person of William Thomas Wellington,
Little William Wellington leaves to
mourn his death mother, father, two
sisters and one brother, aunfs and UNI
cles and host of friends. A card of
Inns and distant relatives for their flow
ers and consolement in the family &
hour of grief. The funeral was Off
ciated by Rev. f. *. Nicholson, assisted
by Rev. S. B. Moore. 81
The Colored Scouts are ever on the
alert for governmental work. On last
Saturday they were called upon to help
keep back the crowd when the. War
Relic Train came through this city.
The scouts have also lent their aid 3
the government by selling V Liberty
Loan Bonds. The scouts are all work.
ing for the token for the sale Of ten
bonds or more, which is German hef
met for the troop.
The A. M. E. Sunday school is now
preparing for their concert for tonight,
Although the rain clouds have darkened
the skies the members are not afraid of
the rain.
The Allen Endeavor is progressing
rapidly. A splendid program was rem
dered at the league meeting last Sum
day evening.
The youngest singers are sweetest
warblers. If this be true, Bethel A. M
E. church will have a splendid choir
for the morning services. Music is next
to the sweetest thing in church, there
fore let us hope for that phase to appear
at Bethel A. NJ. E. church next Sunday
morning.
A similar occurrence to that which
happened in Rock Island on Easter Sun
day will occur at Bethel A. M. p.
church next Sunday afternoon. Their
swords will tell Of the knights Of Ply
Ithias coming if the sun sees fit to cast
its rays upon the paraphernalia Of the
X. p. They will hold their annual ser
NOR at the A. M. E. church, with Rev,
is. B. Moore as the sermon deliverer.
E4~Rers-J - PIP Peterson has -saasEass
qwired his physical strength and mental
ability and is now taking in hand his
charge at Iowa City.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-02
Biliousness and Constipation.

"For years I was troubled with bill
iousness and constipation, which made
life miserable for me. My appetite
failed me. I lost my usual force and
vitality. Pepsin preparations and ca
thartics only made matters worse. do
not know where I should have been to-
day had not tried Chamberlain 8 Tab
lets. The tablets relieve the i'll feeling
at once, strengthen the digestive func-
tions, purify the stomach, liver and
blood, helping the system to do its work
naturally. Mrs. Rosa Potts, Birming-
ham, Ala.
For burn or a scald apply Chamber
lain IS Salve. It will allay the pain al
most instantly and quickly heal the in
jured parts.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-02
oTTu1rwA, IOWA.

Especial to Bystander.l
Mr.. Edgar Lee, John Henderson, w.
s. Page, Mckinley Weeks and Eugene
Bailey went to Centerville in the inter
est Of the N. A. A. G. p. They report
splendid success.
Rev. E. r. Edwards is feeling some
what indisposed this week.
Mrs. Katherin Wager and daughter,
Miss Celia, and son, Earl, Of Chicago,
are visiting at the home Of her mother,
Mrs. Anna Robinson. They are enroute
to Omaha, Neb., on business. 8
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-02
THE FALL AND uPL1rr OF MAN.
By Mrs. J. P. Boltin, Medford, Ia.

Bedford, Iowa, April 29.-After the
creation of the. world and God saw that
man had fell from the majestic of his
mighty power he began to search the
creation and no help was found there;
and looking into the fixed worlds no
help was found there for the redemption
of man, and he searched high and low
into the extreme north, south, east and
west, 40 redemption was found for the
fall of man, and looking into the heaven
of heavens searching his abiding places
where he himself dwells and the males.
| ty Of his love the angelical hosts of
God in the heavens and no help comes
through space from any direction, and
God then began searching the great
am. Jehovah God and in through the
self of the God Head Of himself he
found wee lamb hidden way back in
the word Of God and he bid him come
forth, and as he found it was his own
world which came stepping forth by
the power Of God, fearing nothing but
the will of God saying, Father prepare
me body and win go down and re-
deem man.. bring him out of the sim
full world Satan has placed him in. I
will bring him out Of these satanic dens,
the houses Of i'll fame, the liquor traffic,
the saloons, the base ball, the basket
ball, the card tables, dominoes, check
ers and gambling devices Of all kinds.
I will 60 down and die as a living sac
rifce for man. So in the pleading word
of God he found that he had in himself
the redemption from sin through him
self and man for man as bleeding sac
rifce, making way for man to come
back to God as he was in the first OF
the creation through the power of God
born Of the virgin Mary. Grew up to
manhood and as the great word of God
came stepping forth on time we hear
John the Baptist, his forerunner, saying
behold the lamb Of God and at the age
of thirty he began distributing the
words Of God to the multitudes, the
dead heard and arose, the hungry was
fed, the deaf were made to hear, the
dumb to speak and he healed all man
ners Of diseases, then we hear the Son
Of God say all these things, that ! DO
man must do, because must go back
to my father, and will send you the
comforter the gift Of the Father, which
is the Holy Ghost, and when he is come
he will guide you into all truths what
soever he has heard Of me. Is the
world meeting those conditions tSday.
Are we paying the price God required
for this sacrifice to Jehovah for the
lamb as long as we do not meet the
conditions Of the sacrifice given on Cal,
.varys We must continue to pay the
price we have just paid in this terrible
world war, and continue to give our
sons, husbands and loved ones up to be
a sacrifice for the disobedience and sins
Of the world there is nothing in man
that can please God but obedience to
his divine word. There is no man that
can form plans over those laid down by
the Father If we sin there is famine,
wars and rumors of wars, pestilenee,
sickness, death and destruction on all
sides for us. If we obey God there is
peace, joy, happiness and life everlast-
ing in the world to come.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-02
NOTICE.

The Des Moines district of the Chi.
cago Conference will hold District Con,
ference Sunday school, Missionary and
Allen G. E. League convention at Coun'
ell Bluffs, Iowa, July 1925, 1919. Rt
Rev. L. J. Coppin, D D., bishop; J. H,
Ferribee, presiding elder; Rev. M. r.
Rhonenee, pastor.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-02
WOUNDED By SHELL
THAT KILLED FOUR MEN

Under shell fire and gas for three
weeks, the buildings In which he ran
his canteen hit six times, and finally
knocked out by shell which
killed four men, wounded thirty and
put him In q hospital for two months,
Guy A. Willis, Grand Rapids. Mich,
lumberman, has returned on crutches
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-02
Making play o. Work.

Making play OF work IL often Z goo0
Idea when getting children to help
Thus, when seeking the aid Of .
youngster to pick up the pins from
the floor, let him or her use q horse
shoe magnet for the purpose. Ycu,
can get such magnet for ten cents.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-02
u.,n che Expensel

Al George folded the iaE 49,
creature TO his heart dull. crackin
aound smots his ear. "AhI les eoou.
~ 10 those cigars In my vest POCKET,
s. sald grimiy ''but hang the expenss
Il moment Ike THU.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-02

Mrs. Eula Fields is i'll at this writing.
The choir Of the. Bethel A. M. E.
church rendered beautiful music at the
First African Baptist church on the oe.
casion Of their grand rally Sunday,
April 81.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-02
suggestion for ! CAMPING Trip.

Buy bottle of Chamberlain 3 Collie
and Diarrhoea Remedy before leaving
home. As q rule it cannot be obtained
when on a hunting, fishing or prospect
ing trip. Neither can it be obtained
while on board the ears or steamships
and at such times and places it is most
likely to be needed. The safe way is
to have it with you.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-11-15
How They Got Pink Cheeks.

The bellies of earlier days are said
to have used the juice of red geranium
flowers to give pinkness to their fair
cheeks, the effect thus obtained being
of greater naturalneSS than that be-
slowed by rouge.
One wonders how they did it. For
the sake of experiment some red gera-
mum blossoms We're macerated In a
small porcelain dish with very little
water. The water did turn pink. But
surely for rouge substitute a lot of
the flowers would be needed to fur
nish Juice enough.
The juice Of red geranium flowers
Is a solution of pigment contained in
the petals. 1t is cell sap. And the
same remark applies to most other
kinds of flowers, which owe their beau
tiful cOlOrs to pigment solutions. In
the case of yellow flowers, however,
such as crocuses and butterCups, the
pigment is not held In solution but is
deposited in granular form in the
walls of the Cels-an entirely differ
ent method Of painting.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-11-15
How Mine Fires Are Stoned.

Coal-dust floating in the air in
clouds is just as likely to cause explO-
sions in coal-mines as fire-damp, and
there are three ways of overcoming
the danger. The commoneSt method
is to use water to lay the dust. Then
there Is the plan of rendering the dust
non-inflammable by mixing with it
ordinary rock-duSt. This is done by
applying a coating of the roCk-dust to
various parts Of the mine, and the
plan is very effective. Another way is
to set up a trough filled with rock
dust in various parts of the mine.
When an explosion occurs the dust is
automatically thrown FROM the trOughs
to the floor of the mine, and the cloud
of inCOmbuStibic dust filling the air
at this point stops the passage of the
burning Coal-duSt
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-11-15
~
ORDER FOR PUBLICATION

In the Circuit Court, Eighth Judicial
Circuit, Putnam County, Florida
In Chancery.
Arson P. DeWolf, ct al
VS..
Frederick H. Chauncey. ct al
Bill to Correct Mistake and Reform
Deed
1t appearing by affidavit appended
to the bill filed in the above stated
cause that Frederick H. Chauncey,
Minnie F. Chauncey, Amelia B.
Lawrence, Nellie P. Chauncey,
George Chauncey and Harry Chaun-
cey, a minor, the defendants therein
named are nOn-residents of the State
Of Florida, and that the residence of
each is as follows: Frederick H.
Chauncey and Minnie F. Chauncey,
!: Wilton Avenue, Rochester, New
York: Amelia B. Lawrence, Me-
ccdon, Wayne County, New York;
Nellie P. Chauncey, George Chauncey,
and Harry Chauncey, minor, 81 Sid
ney street, Rochester, New York; that
al of said defendants, except Har-
ry Chauncey, minor, are over the
J age Of twenty-one years, and that
there is no person in the State If
Florida, upon whom the service of
Subpoena would bind such Defend
ants; it is therefore ordered that said
nonresident defendants be and they
are hereby required to appear to the
B.ll of Complaint filed in said cause on
or before Monday, the list day Of De-
cember, A. D. 1919, otherwise the al
legations of said bill will be taken as
confessed by said Defendants.
1t is further ordered that this Or
der be published once a week for four
consecutive weeks in the Palatka
Daily News, a newspaper published in
said County and State.
Witness my hand and official Seal
this, the LIST day Of November, 1919.
(SEAL) r. J. HANCOCK.
Clerk Circuit Court.
A H. Odom
Solicitor for Complainant.
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READ TODAY'S NEWS
TODAY IN THE NEWS

The
aging the publishers 1t proof positive people
demanding speed getting the worlds
day happens The afternoon steadily gaining
1t is distinctly the home paper everywhere
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-11-15
Worlds Greatest
Afternoon Service

The Paatka Daily News the United Press
in the interesting and reliable 1t speaks
presented daily the Daily
be number additional
i received.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-11-15

In the Circuit Court, Eighth Judicial
Circuit, Putnam County, Florida
In Chancery.
Arson P. DeWolf, ct al
VS.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-11-15
A H. Odon1

Solicitor for Complainant.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-11-15

THE DAILY NEWS will be published all
of aaka and Putnam County first Our editorial aims will
be found editorial The will be all home will
the week will be delivered the
by county elsewhere following
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-10-03
RIPPING RHYMES
gPIRITS.
BY WALT MASON.

Now some gifted men arc telling
Of the life on t'other shore. where
our vanished friends are dwelling.
knowing sorrow never more. Mes
sages from souls departed com"
across the silent void, and the dead
seem CHEEKY hearted. at their useful
tasks employed. And the news seems
fine and dandy. that in realms he
You'd the stars shades still have th"ii
suds and brandy, and arc not denied
cigars. Men of worldwide rcputa-
ton, Savant Lodge and Author Doyle.
have with ghosts held conversation.
at the hour Of midnight oil. Fhan-
toms told what they wcr" doing III
the land where time is not. told q:
chores they were pursuing. and of
fun that hit the spot. Nothing that
they've said cnliGhtcns, clears III"
mystery Of doom; nothing that they
hand US 'briGhtcns any aspect of the
tomb. Johnsing dies and goes to
Aidcnn and he talks with mortalS
here. but the things he says ar"
laden with tho pifflc atmosphere.
would hnil with V"n"ratinn any clear
and vibrant word. any honest r"r"la-
ton that's not trlfllng or absurd.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-10-03


II IS committing l" F'''.'''O,'
ono" there was an her"i' Pr'ph'' vt NV, NV.
L"rd WI" ''''" '"' ,lJr
faith and then. "v"r'om" 10y S"ui u
and p' rS"hal "ahH'r' 'r'u '"' 49,
Thor" h" found tl'n' |" him. "
digest his thoughts natureIN ana con-
slider his country as h" saw H. ana 'h'
things that w''r happening 'h'''I".
Tn" story GOES that there com" !" thn
in his retreat iriEh''"' VIM W..
shock tn mountains, p"' ~. h,,
saw that whatever tn" power 81 ih"t
wind. and however Er'a' - h"'S'' -
God WAS not IN II.
Tn" wind was >"'''""'d 10y '""SN',,,
ing nr". AGAIN IN Fr"I', SHN M..''
we eye '' MS ''''''' ''''
not n thu fire.. D.,
After tn" ilr" th'i" came !" SUM- '''''
Voice and then m" ihInH III 'h' P'OF','
hn"w u" was /" IN" presence u wv
'-"'u. -, ,,i.. of
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-10-03

summer Visitors at tn" s"ap"rtS "l
NORTHEASTERN Mann. ar" mach d!Siurh'h
H., th.. cold Arctic currents. '"ntTaSt'u
with the warm waves If Atlantic Cit!.
IT,. water secured 10y cold on the SHORE
nr IN. hath"r on" day New YORK
man stood tImId and h"s!tant before th'
hrr,h,r%. In Anticipation his t""th "''
r:,1 f. chatter and his lips turned "Iu".
.luu;. IN" said natIN" q! Maine.
"Jurnr rirhi IN Just as soon AS Won
-, thurrurhIy numb You WILL not mimi
- AZ Az"
Sow. Il Is IN" chilling If sensitive
nerves. and the. getting numb that "'S'
,urh.. men The slaves of 1850 h"d th''
,.>r. rIrnr.. y group Of twenty stood
round about tn" old Slav" market in
Sew nrrrans Az the hour for tn" pun
g.. au,iiun drew near and the cotton
,.a,;,ra cam" in and began {" pinch IN"
muscles auL look at IN" teeth. ON" COL
.r,d IumIr. thd' had been sent down th''
aver from Kentucky w"pt bitterly Al
tr,r though: 81 separation. But an Ola
/ lave tried - comfort them oh. YOU
WILL soon get used Ia It \lgEcrs have
no rights. You must learn TO forget the
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-10-03
THE AMERICANS CHANCE

rT"re is an incident that is well worth
study.
4 few days ago. a Pennsylvania ex-
press train bound for New York stopped
The passengers became uneasy and some
Of them climbed out to find the engine
The engine The job puzzled them.
Then from tho crowd stepped out a
PROSPEROUS looking citizen who said:
GIVE mo n hammer and I will Ak 1t
for YOU
Without waiting TO don overhauls. he
went to work and in a short time the
engine was in running condition.
WHO is that man." asked a pass
cnGcro
THAT is sam vauclaln." replied an
ether
The volunteer engine member wa. the
president ~ the great Baldwin Loco
motive WORKS Al EnlldN'lpIitSi- TIC
worked n the shop. learned his trade,
came up from the ranks and is now
head Of tho greatest loromotive-naEing
nIant IN the world Sam Vauclain's
career is not peculiar or unique IN
America. Charles VI. Schwab once car
RED n surveyors rod and Oscar Will
ard was once railroad trainman. Tho
industry OF this country Is calling for
, expert men each day and the man who
is able 10 fill tho job above him sooner
or later IS pretty ap: to get it. The
trouble with many men ls that not only
, are they not prepared for the jobs above
them. but thcy don't care enough about
| filling tho jobs they arc in.