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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-04-26
Husband Sentenced 10 The Chair
for Murder Of Daughter.
UncoVering atHavefhi|I otOoubIe
Tragedy al Shoshone, Idaho.
Body Of Miss Flora Rogers Taken
Home Killed by Lover

Albany, n. Y, April 25.-On wife's
confession of unfaithfulness, Cover
nor Dix today granted a respite until
the week beginning June 6, to Charles
l.. Greene, who was to have been
eleetrocuted at Clinton prison. next
Tuesday for the murder of his 14-year-
old step-daughter at New Scotland, in
July, 1910. The respite was granted de-
spite the fact that Greene refused to
sign petition which was submitted
to the governor asking for the commu-
tation of the sentence of death to life
imprisonment, saying he was anxious
TO pay the death penalty. The COVER
nor has denied this application.
The respite was granted on affidav-
1t of Mrs. Greene, who was also shot
by her husband at the same time her
daughter was killed and is for the
purpose of permitting Greene's coun-
sci to present newly discovered evil
dence to the court. Mrs. Greene in her
affidavit confesses that her husband
discovered few days before the
shooting that she had been unfaith-
fal to him and she attributes this
confession as the real cause of the
tragedy.
She swears that her husband would
not permit her Ito testify to anything
that would help him and hurt me" and
he told her that he ''would rather die
in tine electric chair than have the peo-
pie know or say a single word against
me or against my character. | feel in
a way that 1 am responsible for all
that he has done and the burden rests
heavily upon me-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-04-26
For Blow al Crippled and
Helpless Children.
Fund for Chi|dren's Hospital,
Portland, Completed Tuesday.
$4,000 Subscribed So Far--And
Only $4,000 Required.

Portland. Me, April 25.-The com
mittee on the Board of Management of
the ChiIdren's hospital. which had the
work of raising the $4,000 fund for
that institution IN charge Tuesday aft
ernoon issued a statement to the public
setting forth the fact that the required
cludes the subscriptions sent to the
committee direct and those which have
been sent to various newspapers
throughout the State. The committees
statement follows:
To the Public:
Owing to the very generous and wide
spread response of the people of the
State of Maine to the appeal of the
GhiIdrens hospital. the committee to
raise funds are now able to report that
the sum of about $26.e00 has been sub
serbed
Should further contributions be made
they will, at the option of the sub
scribers, be returned to them or be re-
tanned and used solely to increase the
charity work of the hospital.
No part of the money thus raised
will be applied to the principal Of the
debt of the hospital.
The committee wish to thank every
contributor to the fund, and to say
that the hospital will be run for the
next two years for the benefit of the
crippled and deformed children and
boys and girls of the State of Maine.
To those newspapers in Maine who
have given so willingly and generously
of their columns during the raising
of-this fund. the members Of the COM
mittee wish to express their grateful
appreciation.
HARRY BUTLER.
HERBERT PAYSON.
FREDERICK HALE.
Committee.
Portland. Me. April 25. 1911.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-04-26
A NATIONAL BANK.
Institution With s1oo,ooo,ooo Provided
for in Bill Introduced BY Rep. Fornes.

Washington, April 25.-The National
Bank of America to be established in
the District of Columbia with $780,
100000 is provided for in a bill intro
duced by Representative Fornes of
New York. One hundred thousand of
stock at $1,000 are proposed, three
fifths of which shall be purchased by
the United States with proceeds of
$60,000.000 worth of government bonds
and two-fifths by the national banks
of the country.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-04-26
FOR MISSION WORK.
Maine Baptist Asked to Contribute
Sum of S35, 1000 This Year.

Portland. Me, April 25.-A commit
Convention met the apportionment
board of the Maine Baptist Mission
airy Society here today and fixed the
Maine apportienment to missions at
s35, 900. DR.. F. L. Wilkins of Portland
was elected chairman and Rev. y.
G. Kingsley of South Berwick, sec
rotary OF the board.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-04-26
VAscoNeELos IN CHARGE
OF Revolutionary Junta at WASHINGTON
During Gomez's Absences.

Washington. April 25.-Senor Jose Vas.
coneelos of the Mexican Revolutionary
Juhta at San Antonio. Tex. arrived here
To-Day TO assume charge of the Washing
ton CONFIDENTIAL agency during the abb
sence OF Dr. Vasquez Gomez, who will
participate in the peace negotiations In
Mexico. DR.. uomez will leave here to-
night for Juarez, Mex, where, after a
conference with General Madero, he will
accompany the other peace commission
ers to some neutral point where 1t is ex-
pected Federal commission will be sent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-04-26
Cen. Proya CHARGED Win s.ditior.

Parras. Mex. April 25.-General Abel
Proya, retired army officer and owner
of big hacienda near Rosario, Durango,
has been arrested and sent to prison I'm
chihuahua on the charge of sedition. The
general came here and alleged that he
was fleeing from the rebels. but he was
arrested.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-04-26
No Re- election Measure Passed.

Guadalajara, Mex, April 25.-The state
Legislature has passed the no reelection
bill, fixing the term of governors at six
instead of four years and making ii
necessary for candidates to be residents
OF the state.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-04-26
Boston Forecast,

Boston, April 25.--Forecast for Bos
ton and vicinity. Fair Wednesday;
Thursday probably continued fair,
light to moderate variable winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-04-26
LEADERS AVON PLOT.
Joining in Denunciation of Arrest of
eeIey's Story.

New York, April 25.-Timothy Feely.
president of the international Brother
hood of Stationary Firemen. and one
of the hest known labor leaders in the
Continued on Page Twelve)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-04-26
FederaIs OuinumbeTed and DTiv-
en- Back al CabOTCa.
Rebels Fire on Passenger Train
No Casualties Reported.
Gen. Proya Arrested and Jailed on
Charge Of Sediiion.

Washington. April 25.-'It is the
general belief that the war is ended,'
declared American Consul Edwards at
Juarez. Mexico. in a report to the
state department today.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-04-26
THE WEATHER
FAIR.

Washington April 25.-Forecast for
New England: Fair Wednesday and
THURSDAY; light to moderate variable
winds becoming east.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-04-26

There are twenty-eght pounds of
blood in the body CT an average adult
man, ten pounds being moved at each
pulsation of the heart
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-04-26
1904
Ice. CIGAR

IUc. CICfAH-
Largest selling brand Of 1oe. cigars
in the world. ENOUGH SAiD--Fac.
terry, Manchester, New Hampshire.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-04-26
HARRY BUTLER.
HERBERT PAYSON.
FREDERICK HALE.
Committee.
4.u ~ 1af1

Portland. Me. April 25. 1911.
The Appeal., 1911-03-18
ARE SOUTHERN AFRO-AMERI
CANS WILLING TO BE JIM
CROWED?

The wording of the press dispatch
from Vicksburg, Mississippi, relative
to the case of a Caucasian woman,
who was awarded $4,000 damages for
being placed in Pullman car with
three Afro.American bishops as fel.
low passengers, is signifcant.s This
paragraph occurs:
Among Negroes of this state there
is little interest in the verdict, for
Southern. Negroes do not force them.
selves into sleeping cars or in other
ways intrude on white passengers.
When there is that sort of trouble
down here it. is generally some Negro
from the North who is the cause of
it."
is very creditable to the Afro.
Americans of the North that some of
them start trouble when their rights
are infringed upon. If the paragraph
is a correct statement of the indif-
ference of the Southern Afro -Ameri-
cans, they deserve to be jimcrowed
and have no right to expect any sym.
pathy from their Northern brethren.
The Appeal., 1911-03-18

sumo ~ IS such duties, with the result that
the. committee appointed to draft a
<plan for the new work was discharged
before it had time to commence work
and the conference adjourned with.
out further allusion to the proposed
work.
Commander Booth said: ct would
probably be just as well to segregate
the races. The Negroes are badly in
need of such help as we can give
them, and l am confident we shall &C.
complish a great deal for their general
welfare"
The Commander; is in error. The
Afro-Americans do not need any more
jim crow salvation. They have had
enough of it. They would like a lit.
tie real Christianity. There is prac.
tically. none in the American. Church,
and now that the Salvation Army,
which was organized to work among
the scum Of the earth, purposes to
draw the color-line, it would seem
that Caucasian Christianity is indeed
a farce. ,,.
The Appeal., 1911-03-18
DISToRTING HISTORY.

Former Senator Joseph Blackburn
OF Kentucky made the principal ad-
dress before the Veterans of the Con-
federacy at the celebration of the
birthday of Gen. Robert E. Lee, in
washington, D. c.. recently, and gave
out the following perverted statement:
IN reality the South was fighting
lor human rights and human liberty.
and the slaves would have been freed
without any war, but the people of
europe thought differently and there
lore withheld their sympathy from our
cause. Had they realized what the
South was really fighting for they
would have given us assistance and we
would have, defeated the North
The APPEAL is surprised that a
man OF Senator Blackburn's reputed III
teilgence would have the temerity to
make such statement. The people
OF Europe were better prepared to
render unbiased Judgment in the mat
ter than the partisans on either side
mere in the United States and they
came to the conclusion that the South
was lighting to perpetuate hideous
moral wrong and gave their moral sup
port to the North
Senator Blackburn's talk is another
evidence of the organized effort of the
South to peryert the facts of history.
The Appeal., 1911-03-18
CAPITAL CAUCASIAN
CHRISTIANITY.

The Washington Herald, in a recent
issue, has long-winded editorial on
the goodness Of the people of the
Capital City and among other things
says that the lives Of the residents
are in keeping with the highest ten
cts of Christianity.
This may be true in some respects
but when the color-line is reached
the Caucasians of Washington do not
follow the tenets of the meek and
lowly Nazarene. In no city in the
United States is there more bitter
race hatred, and there is less reason
for it than in many other places.
While there are many bad Afro
Americans, the percentage. of intelli'
gence, refinement and wealth is large
but this seems to infuriate the alleged
Caucasian Christians and cause them
to hate their Afro-American brethren
the more bitterly.
The Caucasian hypocrisy has been
strikingly shown on several occasions
within the past year. In one fashion.
able street, there is block contain
ing many fine residences. Among
them, however, are few shacks oc-
cupied by low-grade Afro-Americans,
but the aristocratic whites and lowly
blacks have lived in harmony for
many years.
Last year wealthy Afro-American,
with an income of about $4,000 per
annum, purchased one of the fine
houses and moved into it. The gentle
man is a man of the highest charac-
ter, his wife is lady of refinement,
a graduate of one of the leading
American universities and also a
graduate of a famous German conser-
vatory of music, in fact the entire
family is infinitely. superior in every
respect to any white family in the
block but the Caucasian Christians
became indignant at what they called
Negro INVASION and began to
move away one by one and now they
have all gone, many who owned their
own home having sacrificed them to
get away from Afro-American Chris.
tians. -,
And by the way, it was committee
of Washington Christians which de-
creed that no Afro-Americans should
be permitted to take part in the Sun.
day school parade in that city last
year.
Few Caucasian Christians live up to
the highest tenets of Christianity
when the color-line is reached.
The Appeal., 1911-03-18

!! known the occupants of rooms on the
same floor with that of Wang i'm
mediately made protest against the
introduction of men of other races into
the building. Of course that was not
Christian spirit, but the spirit OF
American Christianity is usually at
variance with the spirit of Christ. The
managers of the Y. NJ. G.. A., fearing
that news of the insult would be in.
curious to the work in China, hushed
the matter up. 1t is of course under.
stood that the conversion of Chinese
to Christianity means dollars to Amer
lean merchants. They are not work
ing for the Chinamen's souls, but
rather for the benefit of American
pockets. American merchants con.
tribute millions to convert people OF
other races and get back two dollars
for every dollar contributed. That's
all there is to it..
Mr.. Wang is evidently man of lit
tie. spirit. If he were. properly con:
stituted he'd repudiate the false CHS
tianity they have taught him in this
country and return to Confucianism.
He'd refuse to be party to the race
hate-propaganda of American. Christi.
anity,
The Appeal., 1911-03-18
REGISTER NAPIER.

President Taft made an excellent
appointment when he named Hon. J.
c. Napier, of Tennessee, as Register
Of the United States Treasury.
Mr. Napier is lifelong Repub-
lican. He has held many responsible
political places in his native state,
and now, as fitting climax to his ca
reer as a broad-minded, honest, cour-
ageous citizen, is given a high honor.
In this instance it is a case of the
office seeking the man.. President
Taft has offered a number of impor.
tant places to Mr.. Napier, but he has
always declined, and in accepting the
Registership he has taken it wholly
for the honor, for he must really sac.
rifice great business interests in or.
der to give his services to the gov.
ernment He was president of a bank
in his home city, and it was necessary
to resign before he could become Reg
lister.
Mr.. Napier is a man Of wealth. In
addition to his dollars he has a price
less jewel in the person of. Mrs. Ma
pier, a daughter of the late Hon. John
Mercer Langston. Mr.. Napier is a de-
voted husband, and, like many other
noted men, ascribes much of his sue
cess in life to aid and loyalty of his
good wife.
THE APPEAL congratulates Regis
ter Napier
The Appeal., 1911-03-18
SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1911.
TAFT AND THE AFRO-AMERIcAf

TAFT AND THE AFRO-AMERIcAN.
The appointment of William H. Lew
is, OF Massachusetts as Assistant At
torney General of the United States.
marks new era in race progress. It
is a positive advance over anything in
the line of political appointments ever
made by Republican President.
In his inaugural address President
Taft said:
THE Negroes are now Americans.
Their ancestors came here years ago
against their will, and this is their
only country and their only flag"
ANY recognition of distinguished
Negroes, any appointment to office
from among their number, is properly
taken as an encouragement and an ap-
probation of their progress, and this
just policy shall be pursued
President Taft has appointed other
Afro-Americans to good places in the
Government service, but the import
ance of the Lewis appointment lies in
the fact that it is a higher place than
has ever before been given to one of
the race.
AS Assistant Attorney General it
will be necessary to assign Mr.. Lewis
to some of the most important legal
work of the Government and it is
The Appeal., 1911-03-18
KICK! kICk!! kICk!!!

All over the United States, the
Irish are making a fight against the
comic post cards in connection with
st. Patrick's day. The Ancient Order
of Hibernians have petitioned the
Postmaster General to prevent the
Objectionable matter from going
through the mails. ...
The Irish are right. There is no
reason on earth why these scurrilous
cards which reflect upon the Irish
people should be transported in the
United States mails. All honor to
people who so vigorously protested
against the insults offered to their
race
This matter of Objectionable post
cards ought to be looked into by the
Afro-Americans, for there are now in
circulation many hideous caricatures
of race. Somebody ought to take
hold of the matter and make some
noise about it. No wrongs are ever
righted except by protest.
Kick! Kick!! Kick!!!
The Appeal., 1911-03-18
WORK OF RED.CR0ss
Has Distributed SIS, 1000, 900 in
| Past Five Years.
During That Time Earthquake, Fire,
Storms, famine and Pestilenee Have
Produced Needy-ReIief Given in
=, SO Disasters.

Washington.-The purposes and re-
sponsibilities of the American Red
Cross, according to it's charter, are as
follows: 80
ITO furnish volunteer aid to the sick
and wounded of armies in time of
war and to carry on a sys-
TEN OF national and international re-
lief in time of peace and apply the
same in mitigating the sufferings
caused by pestilence, famine, fire,
Hoods, and other great national calam-
tiles, and to devise and carry on
measures for preventing the same.' g.
The Red Cross is governed by Cen.
tral committee of 1S, of whom six are
appointed by the president of the
United States and IL elected. This
committee appoints a national direc-
tor Under the Central committee are
state boards which are financial rep
resentatives in the collection and dis
oursement of relief funds in their re-
spective states, and chapters which
are local groups of members.
f Field work is divided into three
classes and, is assigned to three
boards, the war relief board, the ma
tional relief board and the information
al relief board.
The war relief board at present con-
ducts a department of first aid and a
department of nursing. Miners, rail-
road men, sailors, workmen in great in
dustrial establishments, police and
t1remen are taught the practical appli-
cation of first aid to the injured. A car
especially equipped carries lecturers
to all parts of the country. Local ply
sicians continue the instruction after
the car passes on. Several thousand
men are now receiving instruction in
first aid in Pennsylvania, West Vir-
ginia, Ohio, Illinois, Oklahoma, Iowa,
Tennessee and other states. The Red
Cross also supervises the first aid in
struction given by those in charge of
the seven mine rescue cars of the
United States bureau of mines. In
time of war the knowledge of first aid
The Appeal., 1911-03-18
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The Appeal., 1911-03-18

! certain that he is we'll qualified for
the place.
An Assistant Attorney General out.
ranks many high officials and the
Afro-American people are pleased to
know that they have a representative
of the race so near in rank to a Cabi-
net officer.
The Afro-Americans of the country
naturally feel very. grateful to Presi-
dent Taft for this appointment.
The Appeal., 1911-03-18
JIM CROW SALVATION.

Recently there was melting of Sal.
vation Army workers of the country
at Washington, D. c., and work among
Afro-Americans was suggested.
A storm of protest went up from
the officers from the South when a
Northern delegate proposed that white
officers be required to conduct meet.
ings among Afro-Americans.s They
virtually declared they would not as
The Appeal., 1911-03-18

widely inculcated would bring into the
volunteer armies many men we'll pre-
pared for service in hospitals and in
the care of wounded on the battle
fields.
In the last two years these societies
have participated effectively in Red
Cross relief work following disasters
in Key West, Fla; Cherry, H.; Birm-
ingham, Ala; Drakesboro, KY, and
the forest fire region of Minnesota.
Contributions made to sufferers in
foreign countries are under the direc.
ton of the International relief board.
Usually the American Red Cross is
represented by the diplomatic or con.
sular agents of the United States near.
est the point of relief operations.
Since 1905, the variety and extent of
the relief work may be partly shown
by the following table:
The Appeal., 1911-03-18
Total

In the holiday season of 1907 the
Red Cross desiring to forward anti
tuberculosis work, issued Christmas
stamp in the state of Delaware and the
city of Philadelphia. The experiment
was success. In 1908 the movement
was made national. The purpose is to
contribute to the support of organized
tuberculosis work already in opera
ton. The net proceeds of sales are ex-
pended in the states and communities
in which the sales are conducted In
1908 the total sales of stamps amount
ed to about $15O,O00 and in 1909 about
$240,000.
The Appeal., 1911-03-18
CHRlSTlANlZING THE CHINESE.

SFrtS IANIZIN1 TIE CfINESE.'
The Caucasian Christians of Wash,
ington are at it again. Accustomed to
vent the race hatred on Afro-Amer-
leans, it is not strange that they
"broke OUT when yellow man
crossed the color line.
Mr.. Chen T. Wang is Chinaman
He is a graduate of Yale and has been
prominent in the Y. NJ. c.. A. work in
this country and abroad. For more
than year he was in charge of the
student Y. NJ. C. A work among
Cinnamon in the United States, and
was at one time in charge of the work
among Cinnamon in Japan.
Recently he was appointed interna
tional secretary for China, and was
housed in the dormitory of the Y. NJ
c. A. When his presence became