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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1919-07-18
ROSE-DOWNING
NUPTIAI.S BEAU
TIFUL AFFAIR

Special to The Forum Roanoke, Va.
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
was filled to its capacity Wednesday
June 25, to witness the marriage of
Miss Letitia Downing, the only
laughter Of DIR. and Mrs. Il, 4. Down
.ng and Dir. Bert Andrew Rose, of
Dayton, Ohio.
The church was beautifully decor
ated with palms and baskets of cut
flowers. The bridal party stood be-
fore lattice work altar banked with
white satin pillows, upon which The
bride and groom knelt and plighted
their vows.
Mr.. Annette Holland, of Roanoke,
sang "When You are Truly Mime
md Beloved, 1t Is Morn" accom-
panied by Miss Lola Branch, OF Ok
ford, N. G. Mr.. Gardner Downing, q
brother Of the bride, played violin
solo, sBerceuse,p accompanied by
Miss Branch.
Promptly at 2:3o o'clock the bidal
party entered to the strains Of Men
delssohn and Lohengrin wedding
march, played by Miss Branch. Pr
Bullock, of Danville, Va, Miss Marian
Bower, Of Roanokey- wearing tbs
beaded Georgette crepe, with pinl
and blue messaline trimmings; MT
Lewis Downing, a brother OF ths
bride, Miss Emma Curle, Of Roanoke
/ wearing pink beaded Georgett'
crepe; Master William Claytor, y
Roanoke, clad in white, carried tn
platinum ring hidden in rose on
silver tray; little Miss Nina Harris
of Richmond, Va, wearing whit
organdy over blue messaline, wit
rosettes OF blue ribbon, and an EN-
4 broidered organdy poke bonnet wit
trimmings of blue, scattered ros
petals along the way. Mias Dian
/ Dent, OF Lonisbnrg, NJ. G., was Rai
LOT honor and wore pink gress graf
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1919-07-18
EAKER STREET NOTES

81 What will the result Ct Sundays
effort be? This is the question asked
by every member of our church who
ID desirous of securing q new church
Some are asking what will they do?
Others what will | do? And tie fell
low that will look the matter square
in the face using the instead Of they,
Is the fellow that we are looking foa
and depending on for success.
Sunday is destined to make history
for our church, and no doubt every
member of the church is looking for
ward to.a day well spent in the service
of the Lord.
States and Liberia. We are very
much interested in the subject, and /
believe that five hundred men Of the
race can be found who would put one
hundred dollars into such q project.
This is not charitable object, but
r,rely business from what know
about shipping facilities from Liberia.
believe that either of these COM
Will all make sacrifice Yes,
because we want a new church. WiH
ali do their best? Yes, because we
want new church and we want It
soon.
4 The following program will be
faithfully carried out with Gods help
and the help of the faithful.
Sunrise prayer meeting at 8 o'clock
sharp. The captains and lieutenants
are urged to attend this meeting and
all are welcome. Do you believe II
prayer? II SO, come.
Sunday school at o'clock. Come
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taffeta with trimmings of Georgette
crepe and silver lace. The maids
wore beautiful picture hats and car
ried bouquets Of American Beauty
and Killarney roses. Miss Branch
wore pink and blue embroidery Georg
cite crepe, with q corsage Of Amer
lean roses.
The bride went in on the arm Of
her brother, Dir. e. ID. Downing, and
was met mt the altar by the groom
and his best man, DR.. L. G. Downing,
brother OF the bride. The bride
wore a beautiful white broeade satin
draped over silver Lace with .rini-
mings of pearls; the court train fell
gracefully from the shoulders, with
hangings Of pearls. The veil was a
coronet effect caught with orange
blossoms and silver ribbon.
The bride carried shower bou-
Quet Of bridal roses, ferns, and sweet
peas. Her only ornaments being
pearls and platinum rings, gifts OF
the groom. The beautiful ring cere-
mony of the Presbyterian Church
was performed by DR.. 4. L. Downing
father of the bride.
/ The other ont-of town guests were
Mrs. j. C. Edwards, of Atlantic City
& N. r.; Mrs. e. D. Harris and daugh.
tiers, of Richmond, Va; Mrs. Kyle
/ Petis and children, of Lynchburg
/ Va; and Miss Sara Amey, Of Dur
ham, N. c.
A reception was rendered to tn
bridal party and friends from 3 tt
! 4;a0, Immediately after which tn
groom and bride left for their futur
home, Dayton, Ohio. The present
were beautiful, numerous and useful
The bride is the most charming
and popular daughter Of Or. and Mrs
1 L. +. Downing and is q graduate Q
Sciota Womans College and Colum
bia University. Fer number 9
years she was d successful teacher ]
the public schools Of Roanoke.
The groom IL one Of Dayton's mos
/ lprpmisiag young physiciaais
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LINDEN CENTER NOTES

The Home Economics class had a
cry interesting meeting Wednesday
Linden Community House. The
abiect, Sanitation of Milk, was very
bly, discussed by Miss Winnie Jones.
Mrs. Hongh also talked on The topic.
Miss Lulu Billman then gave a
demonstration on milk wishes and ex-
lained their food value.
Mr.. Alvin Smith, very competent
,ianist of Chicago, wonderfully cnter-
tained the young people with q recital
it Linden Community house Friday
vening. which was very highly ap-
,reciated by ali who heard t. Mr..
Smith is visiting in the city, and We
ing interested in young people and u
community work, gave tie recital
free. Mr.. Smith plays only classical
music.
Linden Center Girls Voliey Ball
Team beat South Edgemont Team IS
to B.
Lineup
Played on Linden Center Court
Linden Center Magdalene Proctor
Willie Mae Pitman, Gwcnaolene
Lucus, Myrtle Moore, Eula Philips.
outh Observation-Disclosures Morrel
Nora Hartley, Jennie Sozrthowsy
Mary sozrthowsy, Martha sherret
Marina Kinnedy.
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NARCISS JOHNSON
CHICKEN SUPPER

On Saturday, July 10, chicken
supper and all that 60 with it will
be given at the apartments OF Mrs.
Narciss Johnson, 1873 So. jefferson
street. This supper is given for the
benefit Of the Missionary Victory bag
Of the C. wv. b. M.
You are invited to come and bring
your friends. Supper starts ss $50
b. sa- Price Bic
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1919-07-18
England Fails to
Appreciate Sacrifice
of Black Men

Resentment over this state Of af-
fairs quickly developed into hatred
when the soldiers observed that the
strangers were trying to cultivate the
acquaintance of white girls. A num-
ber of Negroes took white wives.
A medical officer in the troubled
district describes the situation as SER
ious both from health and economic
point Of view, and asserts that AGO.
900 demohiiized men are still without
employment while Negroes are en-
tee - he Il askssh IBIS ,afft lg sP5tliihg iqss
than iniquitous that the men who
have fought for their country should
find the jobs they need occupied BY
Negroes"
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Japanese Angry Over
Rejection Of Race Clause
MT. OLIVE NOTES

Meet me at Mt. Olive Sunday. Why
wait on the weather? 1t never waits
on you. Our pastor is preaching i
series of sermons on man. In The
evenings special services for the
young people. Last Sunday night the
subject was the Relation Of the
Church and Community. This Sunday
the call and answer.
Saturday evenings we are having
ocials on the lawn of the church.
We have stands with electric lights
the yard and pleasant spot to
spend the evening with ice cream and
AXE, and hot fish sandwiches.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1919-07-18
MEMORIAL SERVICES

Public installation Of officers and
memorial services Tor Monroe Youne
viii be held at Masonic hall, Monday
evening, July II, by the American
spoodnen. All are invited TO attend
70. II. MARCHAHsT, Commander
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1919-07-18

A few months ago when Germany
had England fighting with her back
to the wall the black subjects of Great
Britain were called upon 10 relieve
the imminent danger. II was ths
black soldiers who fought for Eng
land, France and America that surned
defeat into victory. And, now, some
narrow minded white men are anwill
ing to give these heroes an opportun,
ity to work. How long will such Q
democracy lasti--Editor
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N. s. G. Notes

The Needlecraft Social Club met
with MRS. X. Ellis, 81 Mead street
Thursday Of last week. A very i'm
nortant meeting was held, Of which
there were two visitors present. Mrs
Daniels. oil Mead street, and her sis
saS-ia-saw, HRS. Hale, Of Athens, q
aacaa gave 8 very interesting taik-
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Pattern Hats, S19.95 to S49.5O
Panne Velvet Hats, S14.95 to 500:
Talk Of the Town Pattern Hats, $0.05

Every has of these lovely creations
with the STYLE the quality the charm and the genu
obtainabe only at the Ideal for $0.05.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21

Ing suggestive of the Tiger as he
descended from the dusty automobile
which had borne him from Paris TO
the sea. He appeared old and wan and
tired and heaved a sigh of relief as
he sat on an old wooden bench in the
shady garden of the villa Philippon.
wiped the perspiration from his brow
and enjoyed the ocean breeze.
The premier does not like public
functions and probably the only one OF
the past few months, excepting those
OF the reinforcement of Alsace-Lor-
ra inc, at which he did not appear
bored was the Victory day pageant.
He has lost none of his good humor,
however. and when asked how he had
enjoyed the trip from the capital, re-
piled;
Somewhat tiresome but the county
is so beautiful. Yesterday we visited
several chateaux on the Loire. l should
have enjoyed greatly having a litt;e
sleep at Nantes, but the crowd after
midnight, commenced to acclaim and
cheer me under my very windows at
the Central Hotel. What a funny
idea"
Accompanied by a couple of OH
weather-beaten fishermen the premier
of France went for stroll along the
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bring GOLD FROM
BOTTOM OF SEA
Millions of Dollars Worth Is
Being Hauled Up From
Sunken Liner

Portsalon, Ireland. August 25.-(Cor-
respondent of The Associated Press)
SalvaginS $35s000,000 worth of gold in
gots and bullion the White Star liner
Lautentio is reported to have carried
when she was sunk the night of Janu-
airy IS. 1917, off Fanad Light. one of
the northermost headlands of Ireland
at the entrance to Tough swiftly is
being conducted by the salvage ship
Racer
The princely cargo lay at a depth of
twenty two fathoms. The gold and
bullion were contained in the strong
chamber amid-ships rendered almost
impregnable by it's thick steel walls
and heavily bolted doors. At first por-
tions of the Laurentics decks were
blasted away and passage was made
clear for the divers. On June 20, the
retrieving of the treasure began.
The first bucket sent up contained
only copper pennies and a few silver
coins Then for several days, bucket
after bucket containing three or more
| gold bars each worth more than $4,000,
were hoisted to the surface and dumped
on the deck of the Racer. The first
i of these bars brought lusty cheers
| from the crew of the salvage ship, but
| tossing fortunes about soon came to
be merely another form of manual
| labor to these sailormen.
| Most OF the gold bars were nine
| inches long, two inches thick and TOUR
| inches wide and weighed about twenty
| eight pounds For days not one was
| found as many of them were hurried
| clear of the wreck by the blasting
necessary to make the strong chamber
| accessible Several feet of sand have
now been washed over these scattered
| bars and meath masses of twisted steel
and it frequently required hours OF
| patient labor to pry them loose. Inc
record days haul SO far had been forty
seven bars, worth approximately $35o,-
loco. Thus far several million dollars
worth of treasure has been salvaSed
The Racer carries eight divers. Thell
tricks" are SO arranged that on'
! diver is at work throughout the day
Each works half an hour ana tnei
must spend thirty minutes IN comma
to the surface as otherwise the suddei
relief from the tremendous deep-wate
pressure might cause partial or com
f plete paralysis. They are brought III
| in ten fathom "hauls,' with ten min
; ute rest intervals.
When the days work is over IN
: DAYS catch" If considerable,
} despatched to London with an armed
5 convoy.
When first built the Racer was
souare-rigged man war--one or IN
wooden Walls of England as tn
ships of the British navy at that Tim
were known--a century ago.
I
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BY THE B1BLIOPHILE.
THE GREATNESS AND DECLINE OF
ROME"

ROME"
By Guglielma Gerrero. G. P. Putnam s
Sons. publishers. New York City.
Among the most brilliant historical
works of the past few years may be
mentioned those of the great Italian
scholar. Guglielmo Ferrero among
them. his The Greatness and Decline
of Rome" Gin Is volumes) including
The Empire Builders" Julius Caesar"
The Fall of An Aristocracy," and The
Republic of Augustus"
From the pen of this great writer
and intellect comes another book of
marvellous charm and interest, entitled
Ancient Rome and Modern America"
which is comparative study of morals
and manners
In this book DIR. Ferrero, reviews
with much brilliancy of thought and
suggestion the tendencies conspicuous
in Roman society and their duplica-
tions or anthitheses in the society of
today: the problems of bossism and of
extravaganza, the growth of big for
tunes, the concentration in cities the
increase in the cost of living and the
quantitative ideal. The emphasis in par
ticular is on the close approximation
in some of it's most ancient Rome Says
the author; I'VE find in ancient civili-
cation many phenomena that today are
specialties of American society, pheno-
mena to be sought in vain in European
civilization
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From The Christian Herald.
Now what will be the result If inter-
vention comes from the United States?
In the first place, frankly the Mex
lean Protestant ministers would be the
first to place themselves in battle ar
raw against the invaders. They Will
be found in the very front in the de-
ferfse of their country.
There would be two reasons Tor
this The first is patriotic These
ministers believe that patriotism IS one
of the first duties of the Christian.
They do not believe their country ought
to be invaded by foreigners they
will fight to the bitter end 10 deIen s
it. Although conditions have been bad
vet everybody knows they are improV
ing all the time, and our Christlan
work is receiving more faVor IMAM -
has ever received before.
Secondly, our pride would force US
into the front ranks We have SUI
fered long time this taune Oh otnpt
Mexicans that we have been bought
with Yankee gold
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PROBLEMS OF PEACE"

tFrom the Holy alliance to the league
of nations: A message from a Euro
pean writer to Americans" BY Gui-
lielmo Ferro. G. Z. Putnam's Sons
publishers, New York City
Problems of Peace from the Holy
Alliance to the League of Nations; a
message from a European writer to
Americans is from the pen of the il
lustrous Italian scholar, Guglielmo
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'CIEMENCEAU GETS
HIS NEEDED REST

La .Tranche, Vendea, france, august
2e -(Correspondenc of the Associated
Press premier Clemenceau arrived
here the other day in search of peace
and ouietness. The premier looked as
If he needed rest and there was moth
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WHAT Mexican Protestant SAYS

beach. speaking with them in the d'a-
lect of the province.
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and done with; but Dame Destiny had
trump card to play; she brought Tor
ward the only man Vervain could nave
married, and just before the marriage
became a fait accompli she brought
back from the front the all-but-forgot-
ten husband and then-Read this story
and see what became of the girl VINO
had to extricate herself from the parp-
ed wire fate ENHANCEMENT.
THE GOLDEN ROPE"
BY ]. w. Brodie- Innes. The John Lane
company, publishers, New York City.
The outstanding feature of The
Golden Rope" by j. w. Brodie-Innes is
it's wonderfully complex and enthrall-
ing plot. A famous artist, who tells
the tale is commissioned to paint
picture of a haunted castle in Corn
wall, owned by a beautiful Austrian
countess. Early in the book the Couh-
tess's husband is mysterlously muir
dered; and thereafter, with the advent
of Austrian mobiles, secret police ana
certain ubiquitous gypsy the plot rapidly
becomes more complex and intriguing.
IT is A brilliant mystery tale, with d
charming love interlude; and there Is
not a dull moment in the Whole DOOR
"sONGS WHILE WANDERING.
Bv A. Newberry Choyce. me Johii
Lane company. publishers, New 1orh
City. 1,v,;1o
The brilliant writer of Songs Whlle
Wandering" is Lieut.. A. Newperry
Choyce an Englishman of the famous
"Deiciestershre Regiment and he mas mas
embodied in his book of verses ms
impressions of American while on Zee,
cure tour thro' the west, SCUM, anu
middle west. j., ac-
,;e ba
wbere he has only recently completed
his lecture tour. which gave MN nc
chance to observe people and customs n, ,
"over here" which he has used as INC
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Turner, besides telling an engrosslns
story, has rendered a patriotic service.
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THE BOOK SHELF
Nv THE BIBLIOPHILE

Ferrero and is a most timely contri-
button to literature.
This message from a distinguished
European to America, traces Europe's
peace problems from the time of the
Holy Alliance to the League of Ma
ions The chapter headings are as
follows: ITO the American People"
THE French Revolution and the Aus
TRAN Empire" The League and the
Peace of the Dynasties. 1S15-1S4S," THE
Revolution of 1S4S,' THE Great Sur
prise" THE Germanic Triumph GS4S-
1870" The German Peace" From the
Holy Alliance to the League of Ma
tons"
The author recalls to his readers that
he has had the good fortune of mature
his mind in America for the under
standing of these historical events :;
and it is on this ground that he is
interested in recalling for Americans
the stirring history which has now
reached it's climax, from the beginnings
in the French Revolution into the i'm
measurable maelstrom Of the present
crisis.
THE HOLIDAY HUSBAND
BY Dolf Wyllarde. The John Lane
company. publishers, New York city.
THE Holiday Husband" by Dolf
Wyllarde is written after the manner
of her early books-"The Story OF
Eden" etc. the heroine being young
woman who is willing to risk the con-
sequences of flouting the conventions
and ignoring Mrs. Grundy.'
Would it be worth while to risk
| the happiness of all future years for
| the sake of two weeks of forbidden
| pleasure? This was the question Yer
| Wan asked herself and answered in the
| affirmative So, because youth seemed
| to be slipping by with all its precious
| possibilities. she grasped at opportunity
and adventure and took her two weeks
| holiday with the man of her choice
! When she returned to her everyday
duties she considered the matter over
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Ideal Wonder Hats, $4.e

Silk Vevets most of them in all colors, all siz
all shades. And this reason, in spite of advanced
terial prices, we are able offer in Wonder
better hats. prettier hats and variety than e.
before.
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SECURITIES AT AUCTION

EOO shares shares Peoples Gas. Light and Coke
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shares Peoples National Bank Of Kew
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shares Farmers and Marchar,. N,.,
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10 shares forS Gr1nnrd Trust Company Gran
QUO shares shares zinc-Lead Corporation. zoe. per
$4,000 Georgia Coast and Piedmont Rail-
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penture certificates of deposit. $40 iot
i'oVv shares United Copper COMPANY nra
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TRADING ON CURB
HAS LESS ACTIVITY
During Greater Part of Day
Prices Sink to Lower
Levels.

Trading was yesterday considerably
less active in the outside market and
during the greater part Of the session
prices moved to lower levels. There
were numerous strong spots in the list,
but profit taking sales in some stocks
caused rather large losses.
Houston Oil was In vigorous demand
and rose more than 20 points. Loft, Inc,
moved to a new high record with an adj
vance of more than q points. Dafoe-
Eustice was active and steady. New
high levels were reached by some
specialties. General Asphalt was weak
throughout the session.
Shell Trading and Transport, Simms
Petroleum and Midwest Refining weak
ened after opening steady. Rather
heavy offerings of Home Oil caused sew
eral points loss. but they we're well abb
sorbed in the afternoon and recovered
most of their decline. Stanton Oil was
steady around its recent high levels.
Vanadium Steel early moved to new
high with a substantial advance, but
later weakened before heavy profit TAX
ing. Loew, Inc, was steady. changing
hands around its highest price. Mining
stocks were dull and the bond section
showed irregular changes.
Total sales and range of prices follow !:
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100000
City Of CIarksburg, West Virginia
Municipal So Gold Bonds
Dated o.oA.r 1910
cSfg New Y e AF o os s West vJh a sa
n
Exempt homaI ederaIn
Eligible a Postal Savings Deposits
o wltest West Virginia,
and unlimited cheap fuel
of population
cent nnexatons is to b
Of to
the Constitution providing so limit bonded indebted
Sufficient annually INSTALL
O principe on a
Price yield 4.85 per
Complete drclao
Harris Forbes & Co The National City Co
ew York
Redmond & Co
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Bueno. Ayre. Grain Marked.

BUENOs AYREs. Oct. l5--Closing grain
Prices, shown in pesos and centavos per 100
kilos (22O.5 pounds
Net Net
Close. Chge. Close Chge
wHEAT-Tone steady. iFLAXSEED-Steady.
Nov. 1864 1870 is Nov. 26s $500 ..
Feb. 1864 1870 -.10lFeb... $50 q so + 10
CORN-Easy. OATS
Nov. 70 $50 -.iolNov... 44ls 7.5o =.
Dec. 1914 1855 10