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Evening star., 1911-08-15
FAVOR BILL COMPELLING
. POOR PARENTS SUPPORT
Commissioners Recommend
Passage of Measure After
Making Some Changes.

The District Commissioners today rec
commended to Congress the passage. in
modified form. of the bill introduced by
Representative Rothermel. during the
Sixty-frst Congress. making 1t a mis-
demeanor for any adult resident of the
District to wilfully neglect to provide for
the maintenance and support of his or
her parents in destitute circumstances
Requested TO make a report on Senator
Pomerenes bill. providing against the
abandonment of destitute. infirm or aged
parents. the Commissioners state that, in
their opinion. the House measure. amend
ed, is preferable, for the reason that it is
ampler in the matter of detail.
Action in Juvenile Court.
The provision that prosecutions for
failure TO comply with the law shall
be brought in the Juvenile Court OF
the District is the principal amend
ment offered.
The amended bill was reviewed and
approved by the corporation counsel
of the District. 1t also has the .n-
dorsement of the board of charities.
In making his report to the Commits
sioners the corporation counsel stated
that both the Senate and House
measures were defective in that they
failed to provide in what court or by
what officer prosecution shall be
brought and sentence imposed
The bill sent to Congress today was
dawn wiz: the object of remedyiEg
this defect and amplifying other de-
tails.
Punishment by fine of not more
than $500 or Imprisonment. in the Dis
tr.Ct W"ii! 'use at hard labor f1r not
less than three months or more than
one year or by both fine and ilnprison-
ment, Is provided.
Pay to Go to Parents.
The bill also stipulates that the super
intendent i'm charge of the workhouse
where persons are confined under SEN
tence of the law shall certify the num-
ber of days of labor performed by each,
and the District shall pay to the parents
Of the persons a sum equal to 30 cents
day for each day of labor performed.
In cases where INDECENT parents have
been committed to the Government Hos
pital for the Insane the law provides
that the money accruing from the per-
fornancQ OF labor In the workhouse snail
be paid over to the proper authorities OF
the District for the maintenance OF the
parents.
The bill provides that proof of the cir
cumstances of neglect to furnish parents
in destitute or necesS:tous circumstances
with proper food, clothing or shelter shall
be regarded as pTima facie evidence that
such neglect is willful.
Evening star., 1911-08-15
BUSY WITH VETOES|CATCH NO LYNCHERS
President Framing Objections Officials Have Not Made Ar
to Acts of Congress- rests at CoatesvlIe.
ONE SENT IN, OTHERS READY lPEACE REIGNS IN TOWN
Statehood and Borough Policeman
n Been Member of Mob
CABINET MEETING HELD TODAY CHARGES MADE AGAINST CHIEF
Matters Said to Have Dsregrded
Prior to the Presidents That Crowd Planning
parture to Get Walker.
Officials Have Not Made Ar
rests at CoateSviIIe.
PEACE REIGNS IN TOWN
Borough Policeman Alleged to Have
Been Member of Mob.
CHARGES MADE AGAINST CHIEF
Said to Have Disregarded Notice
That Crowd Was Planning
to Get Walker.

COATESVfLLE, Pa. August l3.-Despite
rumors of outbreaks and possible attacks
by negroes. peace reigns I'm Coatesville
and the surrounding country. following the
burning Sunday night OF the negro VINO
killed Edgar Rice. special policeman. State
police. mounted and on foot. are guard
ing the town. assisted by the towns hand
full OF policemen. The troopers arrived
here late last night and an additional
force came In today to relieve those on
duty.
Last night a rumor spread through
coatesvilie that during the night a band
OF negroes bent upon vengeance would
march on the Rice home. take the body
or the dead policeman to the outskirts OF
the town and burn IL. While the author
tiles did not believe this would be done.
they took precautionary measures and
swore In fifteen firemen as special police
men and these men guarded the Rice
home all night. Within tn. house were
the widow, her FIVE children and several
relatives.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-10-26
Rejoice Over
18th Amendment
.COLOItED CITIZENS OF DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA TO CELEBRATE
f6tfI ANNIVERSARY -oF--irS
ADOPTION.

washington, y. G., Oct. p. The
colored citizens OF the District arc 10
ht'lngly mark the 46th anniversary Of
'he adoption OF the 18th amendment
10 me CohstltutlCn OF the District Of
CoiuhDla. Inc celebration, which is
10 De on an elaborate scale, will be
helo december Is at the Cosmopolitan
hapt'St Nhurch, under the general di-
recHoh OF It's energetic pastor, Rev.
olh'oh +. W. Drew. The 18th amend
lI'e'' aoonSheS slavery IN the United
o'a1eS. lhlS IS the irst time the an
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-10-26
COlOred Voters
Will Organize
FIFTY THOUSAND OF THEM WILL.
GET TOGETHER IN MARYLAND
UNDER LEADERSHIP OF lyon
no FIGHT FOR WHOLE REPUB-
LICAN TICKET.

Baltimore, Md, Oct. lS.-Dr. Ernest
l.. Lyon, former United States minis
ter to Liberia, has been invited to or
ganizc the 50 900 colored voters of. tho
State in behalf Of Phillips Lee Colds
Borough and theI remainder of the
State ticket. He will associate with
himself prominent jcolored men Of the
city, who VIII ast, as an auxiliary OF
the State Celtral Committee.
The Ministerial Alliance, at its
monthly meeting at Grace Presbytcr-
ian Church, yesterday, passed a res
olutiOn endorsing Dr. Lyon as the man
best suited for the work to aid the
Republican party and urged that spec
ial efforts be made to encompass the
defeat of the Diggs DISTINGUISHING
bills.
Dr.. Lyon has had considerable ex-
perience in political work among the
race, and was a member Of the aux
lliary advisory committee to Repub-
lican National Conmittee in the presi-
dental campaigns Of 1900 and 1904.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-10-26
DiSfr anchment
National Question
AND NOT CONFINED SOLEI,y no
THE NEGRO Is THE CONTEN-
TION OF j. G.. MANNING SPEAR
ING BEFORE MINISTERIAL ALI.
LIANCE At BALTIMORE.

Baltimore, Md, Oct. 11.-That dis
1ranchisement in the South was a
question for the nation and that it
was not Negro question was the con-
tention made by Joseph G. Manning,
OF Birmingham, Ala, in an address
Yesterday before the Colored Minister
lal Alliance at Grace PRESBYTERIAN
Church, Dolphin and Etting streets.
Mr.. Manning was formerly postmast-
er at Alexander City, Ala, and has
recently delivered a number Of ad-
dresses in the North, in which he de-
clared that the -officeholder white
man Of the South was the greatest
su1terer because Of disfranchising
laws
Answering that the amendment to
the constitution ofAlabama disfrau-
chlSlng voters was defeated by big
majorities in the white counties OF
that State, while the black counties
were reported as giving majorities for
IT, he declared that one day the North
would wake up to the fact that the
whole country was the sufferer there
by.
Ihere were, he said 6,0O0,0 900 men
OF voting age in the South. OF these
1900, 900 were colored, and OF the total
there were only $1,000 with the
right to vote. He said that there
were 100000 white males of voting
age in Alabama and 200 900 cOlorcd
men, and that the Democrats in tho
last election elected their ticket in q
total vote OF less than $1,000. De-
clarlng that the white school children
or Alabama only got an average OF
six months schooling in a year, while
the colorcd schools got three months
he maintained that such conditions
would be wiped out with an untram-
melcd ballot, which he regarded as
the Dulwark Of the nation.
Our friends South" he continued
nave with SO much success plead to
let the South alone that now a man
whose prestige has been gained
through the dSfranchisemcnt OF
thousands Of Alabama is said to be
an aspirant for tho presidency Lynch
lhgS and other determinations viii
pass away with an aroused public
sentiment, and We must see that thei,
virus does not inoCulatc the Who'll,
rOr'itry. Abraham Lincoln said that
| this republic could not exist half slave
and half free, and we must see tina
| the conditions that make one white
! man in the South count for six mel
III the North are ciimiuatcd"
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-10-26
Negro TO be i'm
Coming Campaign
HILLES, WHO is LIKELY TO BE
ELECTED NATIONAL CHAIR
MAN, EXPECTED TO GIVE COLI
DRIED MEN \ SHOW.

Washington, d. G., Oct 20.-The
Negro citizens are getting ready to
take an active part in the approaching
campaign. They are eager for the
meeting Of the Republican National
Committee, SO that the work can be
organized and the line of battle mark
cd out. Committees from clubs and
individuals Of prominence, as we'll as
men Of the press, will have much to
say concerning the Natinal Cm-
mittee, touching the direction ofthe
campaign among the cOlOred voters
in-the pivotal states. 1t is expected
that rcgularly-Constitutcd represent
tatiVe will be selected to keep the rank
and file Of the race in touch with the
National Committee, and press bu-
in the way Of making sentiment that
will hold the black voters in line Of
the Republican ticket. Although
there will be a Commendablc degree
Of anxiety to work for the party, it
is not believed there will be any ser
ious clash over the problem Of lead
ership. At q conference, this phase
Of the situation will be gone over in
spirit Of harmony, and when the del
cgation goes to see the Hon. Charles
D. Hil1cs, who is likely to De elected
chairman, a solid front will be pre-
scnted There is enough work to keep
every willing hand busy, and there will
be ample glory for all. 1t is generally
recognized that the fight will be an
interesting one-a battle Of giants
and there is no time to lose. BY tho
middle Of December, according to one
Of the militant Republican leaders
"thc fur will begin to ny."
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-10-26
Superintendent
Addresses Parents
DIR. DAVIDSON Or WASHINGTON
CITY SCHOOLS CONTRASTS ED
UCAT1ONAI METHODS OF TO-
DAY WITH PAST.

Washington, d. c., Oct 25.~-Dr. w
NJ. Davidson, superintendent of the
Washington public isehools, was greet
ed by large and representative audi
ence last Friday evening at Sumner
Building. He spoke to the parents OF
the colored students primarily, under
the auspices Of the Home and School
Association Of Nofmal School No. 2,
which organiZationtthHs opened it's fall
season. The Superintendent address
was eloquent and abounded in practi-
cal suggestions. HeScontrasted the ed
ucational .methadRats and opportunities
Of today with those of fifty years ago,
and declared that there is, no excuse
in this day for boy or girl in good
health not to have an education He
justified the use Of the rod in extreme
cases but advised that punishment
De tempered with love and discretion
Power and discipline were exalted as
prime requisites to any shcme Of
training. His happy references to
| Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frances Will
lard Frederick Douglass, Abraham
Lincoln, John Brown and Booker T..
Washington were heartily applauded.
| He argues for an education that fitted
an individual for the work that he
! is best fitted to do, and believed that
| the lifes vocation should be deternl-
, ined at the earliest possible stage of Il
Child'S career. He made no references
! to the "color line, and his live, lib
! cral and WhOlC-SOulcd western ways
made pleasing impression upon his
/ hearers All bcSpcaK for him a sue
! cCSSful administration Of the public
| schools here.
The musical part of the program
was a delightful feature. Mr. Joseph
| II. Douglass, now professor Of Or
| chcstral music and the violin at How
| ard University, gave two violin solos,
accompanied on the piano by Mrs.
Fannie Howard Douglass; a trio was
| rendered by H. Leonard Jctcr, cello
Fl. S. Fortune, viOtin and Miss Ruth
| Grimshaw piano; Miss Ruth Weather.
| less and CCleStine Lott contributed
| piano solos. The officers Of the Home
| and School Home Association Of Nor
! NAL School No. 2, one Of the oldest in
I this now increasing group of parent
| teacher-pupil organizations, are as fol-
| lows: President, Dr.. G. W. ChildS;
! vice-prcsident, l.. NJ. HerShaw; cor
responding secretary, r. w. Thomp-
son; recording secretary, Charles NJ.
Thomas: treasurer, George D. Jclicr:
! chairman Of the Advisory Council, Dr.
Lucy e. Moten. principal Of Normal
! School No. =.
The next meeting, November II,
will be addressed by Judge W. II. De
! Lacy. Of the Juvenile Court Of the
| District. The musical numbers are
furnished by Mrs. Harriet Gibbs Mar
| shall, principal Of the Washington
| COnScrvat DRY Of Music.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-10-26
Negro PreSbyterianS
Hold Annual Council
MINISTER'S, ELDERS AND lay
MEN or MIDDLE ALTA NTIC
STATES TO MEET IN EIGH-
TEENTH YEARLY CONFER
ENCE NEXT WEEK.

Philadelphia, Pa, Oct. Isl nc
eighteen tn annual session of the Afro
American Presbyterian Council VIII
begin at Bercan Presbyterian Church
Thursday Of next week and continue
until the following Sunday. The
council Is composed Of ministers, lay
men and elders in New York, Penn
sylvania. New Jersey, Delaware, Mary
land and the District Of Columbia.
DR.. Mathew w. Amerson, pastor OF
Presbyterian Church, and Rev. DR..
Joseph w. Cochran, secretary of edu-
cation in the Presbyterian Church,
Will deliver addresses at the opening
session. The response will be made by
the retiving president, Rev. Charles
S. Freeman, Of Jersey City. The an
nual scrmCn will be preached by
Rev. Fl. G. Miller, Of New York, at
night.
The morning and afternoon session
or the second day will be taken uD
with addresses on various topics by
RevS. J. IT, Colbert. Chambe rsburg.
Pa; Charles S. Freeman, Jersey City:
Charles II. TruSty. Pittsburgh; w. E,
Griffin, Englewood, n. j.; G.. T.. Haw-
kins, Reading, Pa; l.. u. johnson,
Baltimore, Md; r. II. Armstrong,
Germantown, Pa: James Carlisle roy,
\. Y; II. G. Ines, Philadelphia, Pa. :;
S. w. Johnson, Oxford, Pa; c.. Brown,
OF Goshen, \. Y. who will read a pape'
ON as the Christian Church in the
United States Been the Chief Factor
in the Progress Of the AfrO-American, -
i'Ad Francis j. Grimke, Of Washington,
who will lead the discussion on "rne
True Standard by Which to Esti-
mate individuals and Races"
Others who speak during the session
include ltev. George S. Stark, Prince
ton, n. j.; Rev. Thomas H. Amos,
Paterson, N. j.; e. f. Eggleston New
ark, y. j.: b. NJ. Ward, York, Pa. ;
Perry w. Seward, WnshingtonvilIe,
n. Y; f.. A. johnson, Pleasantville,
n. j.; B. f. Glasco, tlamtic City; w
A. Byrd, Rochester, n. ", who will
read paper on "A Vigorous Propaga-
ton Of the Work of the Presbyterian
Church Among Negroes" and Rev. "
Edward Williams, Baltimore, who will
read a paper on The Jim Grow Cal
Laws and the Federal Constitution. =
The Womens Auxiliary will meet Fri
day night. The convention will enc
Sunday night with platform meeting
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-10-26
Washington
RroSecuteS
MAN WHO BIttTALLI ASSAULT
ED HIM IN NEW YORK CITY
LAST SUMMER
Pleads For Delay
C!rich Claims Inability to Produce
Material Witness and Asks for u
Continuance, Case Being Set FoI
November Sixth.

New York City, Oct. 17.-Harry A.
Ulrtch, the drunken thug, who so bru-
tally attacked DR.. Booker II. Wash
ington, the Tuskegee educator, on a
public street in this city last March,
was brought to book" in the Court
of Special Sessions, Part V. today
Judges Zeller, Mayo and Ryan pre-
siding.
Dr.. Washington was in court TO
prosecute Ulrich; present also were
his secretary, Emmett J. Scott; Chas
W. Anderson, Collector of Internal
Revenue for the Second Distric. OF
New York; Fred r. Moore, editor
and publisher Of The New York Age:
Ralph w. Tyler, auditor for the Navy
Department, Washington, d. c.;
George W. Harris, of the Amsterdam
News. and other Of Dr.. Washington's
friends.
The people Of the State Of New York
were represented by Assistant District
Attorney James e. Smith. DR.. WASH
lngtoS S personal attorney Wilford II
Smith, was present as consulting at
torney.
llr1ch has continued to have this
case delayed each time it has been
called for trial, hoping that DR.. WASH
1ngton would drop the prosecution
today, through his counsel. he again
pleaded for delay, claiming that he
had not been able to get his witnesses
INTO court-this despite the fact thai
he has been seven months to do so
District Attorney Smith opposed the
motion, claiming that Ulrich had nc
witnesses, and that his plea for della,
was simply an effort to avoid tn,
consequences of his, brutal and un
called-tor assault. The judges decided
they would give him one more chance
ana have set the case down for tria
Monday, November 6. DR.. Washing
ton has notified the District Attor
ney office that he will cancel the
series Of engagements he has for Wis
consln and the West, made long since
SO as to be in court and prosecut,
| Ulrich.
Inc assault, occurred several month!
ago, and Ulrich at that time told con
Trajectory stories of what led to it
| TO the police he said that he had takel
Dr. Washington for a burgler, but t,
| the reporters he said that DR.. Wesh
| ington had insulted Mrs. Ulrich. hi
wife. ulrich, however, was neve
married to the woman he claimed wa
his wife. and the real wife Of Ulrich
who lives in New Jersey, and was de
! serted by him, several years ago, con
irontcd him in court when he was to
day arraigncd for trial.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-10-26
WITNESS DISApIIjlHS.

New York, oct. Stating that his
most important witness, Police Lieu
tenant Quinn, who, it is said was al
observer Of the affair, had disap-
Dearcd and that two other witnesses
were out Of town, James /. Moore,
counsel for the defendant in tho trial
Of II. T.. Ulrich on the charge Of as
SarIting Booker T. Washington, Negro
professor OF TuSkegee University. sue
reeded today in having the case ad-
iOurned until November G.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-10-26
ing his weekly pay roll average about

ing his weekly pay roll average about
$3.50. %
wichita, Kansas, has large colored
population, who are seemingly in a
well-to-dO condition. Many arc ell
gagged in the different kinds Of busi-
ness pursuits and very large number
own their own homes, which in many
instances are quite beautiful.
Some of the prosperous members of
the race here are Thomas Glover, Sew
enth and Market streets, who is esti-
mated to be worth about $4,000. Be-
sides his home place. he owns three
other valuable residences and a 81 800
automobile. His son is head book
keeper in the National Bank; the Rev
j. II. Vanburen, who not only has
some valuable city property, but also
owns two or three farms worth about
S3O,OOO; l.. France who is said to own
some Of the finest farm land in Sedgc-
wick county, about 600 acres valued at
Sl'0.0O per acre. Then there is w. II
Jones whose holdings in city reality
amount to at least $12,000 while Capt.
\. Clark Smith owns a business block
and residence combined, located on the
corner Of Main and Eleventh streets,
nearly opposite the county courthouse
easily worth over $4,000.
Captain Smith is the efficient band-
master Of the celebrated Tuskegce ms
titute Band.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-10-26

Mr.. and Mrs. +. r. Carter reI-I, 81
the congratulations Of their many
friends al d reception Friday. at their
home ON Washington street. Many out
oI-tOWu guests were present.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-10-26

Continued on page Three)
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-09-23
Qualified PRAYER,

Marions mother was i'll, and the
aunt who took her place at the head
of the household piled the children
with unaccustomed and sometimes dis
liked articles of diet. One day, after
being compelled to eat onions, Marion
refused to say grace.
Then you must sit at the table I'M
til you are ready to say it," was the
aunt's stern. judgment. An hour or
so later, when the brilliant sunshine
and impatient calls of her comrades
together comprised an irrestible ap-
peal, Marion apitulated-thus:
"Oh, Lord. make me thankful for
having had to eat horrid old onions,
If you can do it, But l know you
can't"
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The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-09-23
POLITICAL UNREST IN MEXICO
MAY NOT POSTPONE MEXICAN
-4s ELECTION.
roops Are After zapata-Report Of
Uprising at Pichuca1co, chiapas.
Madero Campaigning.

| City of Mexico-Unlass conditions
in Mexico become much more disturb
ed within the nextfew days, congress
will. it is generally believed, refuse
to grant the petition of the anti-Ma.
deristas to POSTPONE the general elec.
ton. The application for new date
probably will belread in the chamber
sfeof deputies this week ana referred to
a committee, which doubtless will lose
no time in preparing it's report
Riots, usually of an insignificant
character, are reported from time to
time, and the activities of the Zapat-
lstas IN the south, the Magonistas in
the north and disgruntled bands in the
state of Vera Cruz and elsewhere
serve to notify the federal govern
| ment that peace is not entirely re-
stored. Notwithstanding this knowI-
edge, however, the deputies appear to
believe that postponement of the
elections would result in disturbances
far worse.
Zapata's men have been driven from
the state of Morelos into Puebla and
Guerrero, where they have been joined
by forces recruited by Adres Almazan.
Federal troops are on the trail, but
only the most optimistic believe they
will be dispersed before October 1, the
day of the election.
Sunday band of Zapatistas burned
out two bridges on the railroad con-
Meeting Puebla and Cuatula. Reports
from the state of Chiapas tell of an
uprising in Pichucalco. The town was
sacked by the ,rebellious mob, for
whose existence the only excuse given
is "discontent"
An unofficial poll of the chamber of
deputies shows that big majority of
its members are anti-Maderista, al
though not opposed to the reolution.
1t also appears that General Bernardo
Reyes, the opponent of Madero, has
but a small personal following in the
chamber, although greater than that
of Madero. This would appear to in
dicate that the deputies would vote for
a postponement, but those who have
discussed the question declare the
danger of creating another revolt is
too great for them to vote in accord
ance with their political feelings.
Francisco !. Madero is continuing to
strengthen his forces in the south. He
is in Campeche, and plans to visit the
state of Tabasco. His trip into Yucca
tan doubtless served to improve the
chances of his running mate, Jose Pine
Suarez. Yucatan is Pine Suarez's own
state, but it is doubtful, notwithstand-
ing the advent of Madero, if he will |
be able to count upon it's support.
General Reyes has practically STOP
ped campaigning, Madero's only
danger of defeat regarded as serious is
what the Vasquez Gomez brothers may
do in the next two weeks. Both Emilio
and DR.. Francis are gaining support
ers, chiefly from the ranks of Madero