Women Protest to President Wilson Federated Clubs of Savannah, Active in Red Cross Work, Send Pathetic Appeal to Chief Executive to Sup press Mob Murder. THE PETITION ELICITS REP1 Y SAVANNAH, GA., Juno 14.—Tho Colored women of this city, in re sponse to the call issued by Miss Lucy Laney and others to the women of the itate of Georgia, to unite in a acrrice S, of humiliation and prayer as a protest against tho awful lynchings now dis gracing our state, especially that of Mary Turner, the women of the Touia sant I/Oveteur Branch of the Ameri can Red Cross met last week. After p. prayer service the following resolu tions were adopted and sent to Presi dent Wilson and Governor Dorsey: “Whereas, The Negro womanhood of Georgia has been shocked by the lynching of Mary Turner at Valdosta Sunday, May 19,1918, for an alleged unwise remark in reference to the lynching of her husband; anil “Whereas, We the Negro women of the state are aroused by this unwar ranted lawlessness and are discour aged and crushed by a spirit of hu miliation and dread; and “Whereas, We deplore the migra tory movement of the Negro from the South, yet we cannot counsel them to remain in the light of these con ditions under which we live; and “Whereas, Our labor is in these cot ton and cornfields and rice swamps, and in this frightful hour of the great world war, our sons and husbands are giving their lives in defense of the country we all love so dearly; and “Whereas, In every forward move ment in our national life the Negro has come to the front and shared in the advance and crimsoned every field of strife from Boston to ‘no man’s land,’ for the principles held fiacre 1 by every true American; and “Whereas, We feel that our lives are unsafe as long as this iniquitous institution exists; “We therefore are asking that you use all the power of your great office to prevent similar occurrences and punish the perpetrators of this foul deed and urge that sure and swift justice be meted out to them.” (Signed.) “Colored Federated Clubs.” The following reply was received '* from tho president: “The White House, Washington, May 81. 1918. “My Dear Madam: “The President directs me to ac knowledge the receipt of your tele gram of recent date, and to say that he is bringing it to the attention of (he Attorney General.” "J. P. Tumulty, “Secretary to the President.” “Mrs. Rebecca Stiles Taylor, Savannah Ga.” WOMEN LABORERS IN STEEL MILLS Indiana Harbor, Ind., June 21.—The Indiana Steel Co., has taken into its service 75 Colored women as labor ers. The company has been unab'c for some time to secure sufficient la borers and recently ofered high wages to women to handle light steel cast ings and to perform ordinary work of laborers. Many are giving their lives; you ; re a . >sen to represent America's best type In the music fes tival at Ann Arbor and the great Bach festival at Bethlehem, Pu. “A nation Is represented by its songs. The national anthems of America France and England are spiritual, up lifting, and Inspiring; the national anthem of Germany Is aggressive and acquisitive—and breathes bondage. “Don’t you see thnt the songs of the allies express a people bound to con quer? "So important Is this subject," con clnues Miss Roberts, “that colleges are establishing bureaus to study the gov ernment singing classes in camps to inspire soldiers through song. TOWN IS SHOT TO PIECES Minnesota Village Loses Band and Baseball Team to the Ma rine Corps. St. Paul, Minn.—Isle, Minn., was a village of 75 population, situated on the Soo line near Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota. Not a small part of Its population wus of young men, so it had a baseball team and a brass bund, just as any other really ambitious village should have. The past tense is used advisedly. Isle, Minn., still Is a village, situ ated Just where It always has been. But In no other way can the past and pres* nt be compared. It is without Its baseball team, Its brass bund—and It; young men. For the baseball team and the brass band—20 of ’em, hnve enlisted In the Marine corps. “The town’s simply shot t’ pieces 1” declared an elderly resident, one of the few left. U-Boat Victim to Get Even. Pittsburgh, Pu.—Frank Wilson, four times a victim of German submarines while employed In the British mer chant mnrine, left here for Canada to enlist in the English navy to "gel even” with the enemy. NEWEST OF SLACKERS Is Person Who Encourages Buy ing of Platinum Jewelry. Government Must Have Metal If War Machine Is to Be Kept Going. Washington, D. C.—The newest type of slacker nnd one who Is doing his country a great amount of harm. Is the man or woman who buys or even encourages the purchase of platinum Jewefry, according to the bureau of mines, department of the interior. For the country Is and for many years will be desperately In need of the scarce ;and precious platinum in its industrial work and must hnve It If the war ma chine Is to go full speed ahead. A plan proposed by the federal offi cials would stop the use of platinum in jewelry, not only for the war but for ; all time. Officials of the government i who are in close touch with the situa- | tlon are tilled with apprehension as ' to the future supply of platinum. In nn effort to fill the immediate pressing needs of the government In Its war program, the war Industries board has ordered that 75 per cent of the stock of platinum In the hands of manufacturing jewelers be comman- • deered nnd also the complete stock held by refiners, Importers nnd deal- I ers, hut this. It is said, will only fill a small gap nnd that temporarily. It has been hoped by federal officials ! and chemists throughout the country ' who understand the seriousness of the situation that the whims of fashion might yield to national needs nnd that purchasers of jewelry would demand gold nnd silver or a white alloy and sc release platinum for Its highest use, but the results have been disappoint ing. The American Chemical society, an organization composed of the leading 12,000 chemists of the country, which is also back of this movement, lias Is sued an appeal to the people not under any circumstances either during the war or after the war to use platinum Jewelry, but to conserve this unique nnd fast dwindling metal now priced at five times the cost of gold for the exclusive use of (lie chemical and other necessary industries. i SOLDIER INDIAN NAMES | WORRY THE SERGEANT T i — ! t Camp Lewis, Amerlcnn Lake, • • Wash.—Sioux from the Dakotas | ^ and Chlppewas from Minnesota I | are worrying the first sergeant 7 ^ of the Twenty-fifth company • • One Hundred and Sixty-sixth . ^ Depot brigade here. The In- I I dlans. Inducted Into the nn- * • tlonal army, Insist on keeping • • their tribal names and nre so • ^ entered upon tin- roster. The re- I I suit Is that roll call every morn- | • Ing sounds like this: ? • ‘‘Johnny Chnse-the-Weasel, • l Look-ns-You-SIt, Sleep-ns-Thls- I I Is-the-Water, Mist-Over-the-Wn- | • ter, Charlie See-the-Elk, Ante- 7 • lope, Middle Rapids and Blue • i Bird. I T • — A — A_a_a_a_a -A_*_a_a_a_a_a BARBERS BEMOAN TRADE LOSS Women Who Are Taking Men’s Places in Industries Are Not Helping Tonsorial Artist. Memphis, Tenn.—AVomen taking the place of men In the Industrial world may lie filling the Jobs all right, but they are not helping the barber. Visit any tonsorial establishment and ask the man who wields the gleam ing blade. lie will tell you some of his best customers have gone—gone to fight the Germans. And he will tell you that nil the women who took their places are strangers to him. While the burlier complains the “beauty doctor" bus n different story to tell. She soys her patrons nre more numerous than ever before, and they nre more liberal. They spend money lavishly. A few dollars to re move a wrinkle that has appeared ns a result of business worries Is handed , over without a murmur. Powder and paint and toilet water are used lav ishly. GRAND DUKE WORKS AS CLERK “London Michael” and Countess En dure Reverses Uncomplainingly In London. London.—One of the Russian grand dukes, known as the "London Michael" to distinguish him from the othei Grand Duke Michael, has fallen from great wealth to comparative penury as a result of the Russian revolution. Before the war lie lived In one of the finest residential estates In the neighborhood of London. When lib Income from Russia was cut off In subleased this property and Is now a clerk at $2,000 a year In an office near Westminster abbey. Ills wife, the Countess Torhy, conducts their small home with zest and without grumbling. "Probably no family In Great Brit ain lias endured greater reverses than this one, or borne Its misfortune more cheerfully," comments the Evening News. 8. A. R. Die* at Omaha. Omaha, Neb.—Nelson Moore, i;aid to be the last real “son” of the Amer ican Revolution, died at his home here. Mr. Moore was born In Vernon, Oneida county. New York. CATTLE INDUSTRY IS FLOURISHING ON CANAL Large Areas of Forest Cleared and 100,000 Head Soon Will Be Grazing. The policy of raising cattle for the nse of the employees of the Panama canal and the military and naval forces there has transformed the ap pearance of the canal zone. Large areas of forest and jungle along the railway and the canal have been cleared off anil planted In guinea grass, and the big herds of cattle may be seen browsing In the valleys or on the slopes of the many hills. Many thousands of acres have been cleared already, and the work Is still going on. A big dairy is also operated, and in time all the beef, milk anil cheese needed on the Isthmus may be pro duced there. The guinea grass originally was an African plant, but has been establish ed in the West Indies and parts of the continent for a long time. It Is a heavy, rank grass, often reaching a height of ten feet, stoollng freely and rooting deeply. It Is particularly val uable, as it destroys almost any other vegetation, a quality of great utility In the tropics. It propagates both from seed and roots and spreads quite rap idly. The para grass is grown In a limited extent also In low and wet soils. It Is not as desirable as guinea grass, but is J eaten by both cattle and horses. Para grass is the great prevailing plant of the lower Amazon valley, as It is not Injured by the periodic inundations. The cattle industry in the canal zone is especially favored by the fact that tiatun lake supplies plenty of water during the dry senson, its branches ramifying through the many hills anil mountains and making fresh water avilable in all the pastures. The zone may support a herd of lOO.tXX) head of cattle without trenching upon the areas used for agricultural and horti cultural purposes. BROWN CREEPER j (Certtiia familiar la americana) Length, five and one-half inches. Range: Breeds from Nebraska, In- j dlana. North Carolina (mountains), and Massachusetts north to southern Canada, also in the mountains of the western United States, north to Alaska, south to Nicaragua; winters over most of its range. Habits and economic status: Rare ly indeed is the creeper seen at rest It appears to spend its life in an in cessant scramble over the trunks and branches of trees, from which it gets all its food. It is protectively colored so as to be practically invisible to its enemies and, though delicately built, possesses amazingly strong claws and feet. Its tiny eyes are sharp enough to detect insects so small that most other species pass them by, and alto gether the creeper fills a unique place in the ranks of our Insect destroyers. The food consists of minute insects and insects’ eggs, also cocoons of tineld moths, small wasps, ants, and bugs, especially scales and plant lice, with some small caterpillars. As the creeper remains in the United States throughout the year, it naturally se cures hibernating insects and insects’ eggs, as well as spiders and spiders' eggs ihissed by the summer birds. On Its bill of fare we find no product of husbandry nor any useful insects. THE CHEERFUL CHERUB' I cen ta.u