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Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-06-21
Ends Life at DAUGHTERS cr,v.

Minneapolis, - Within half
dozen PAGES of the grave in which
his daughter Mary had lain for fifteen
years, Maurice Culhane took his own
life in st. Mary's Cemetery.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-06-21
YOUNG MAN ENDS LIFE.
WIfe's Divorce Suit Cause Of Suicide
Of B. L. Harden.

of B. L. Harden.
Sioux Falls.-Wiring to his wife,
who he believed had departed for
her old home at Platte, s. D., and
visiting her there and pleading with
her to return to their home at Win
ner, Trip county, with him, only to
be refused, and later being served
with papers in divorce suit, Bartlett
L. Harden, pharmacist, returned to
his home at Winner After brooding
for some days he cut his throat with
q penknife.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-06-21
40 MORE FOR TAFT
CALIFORNIA, MICHIGAN AM
ARIZONA CONTESTS DEC'OEo
IS HIS FAVOR.
ROOSEVELT MEN FAIL

Effort to Seat Roosevelt Men rro"
Louisiana ls Failure.-otner
Work Of Com.
mittee.
Contests decided by the Repuo''
can national committee:
49, For For
Taft Roosevelt
Total Wednesday. ~ :.
Previously settled. ......1o1
Total to date. ......... 141
Total number contested 254.
Contests still pending 112.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-02-21

power as the people for the being
have delegated to them"
Of the decision of the New
York supreme court declaring TN
constitutional the Workmen's
compensation act, oosevelt said:
81 know of no popular vote by
any State of the Union more flag
rant in its defiance of right and
justice, more shortsighted in its
inability to face the changed
needs of our civilization"
Roosevelt, then drew a picture
of the sufferings of tens of thou
sands of the people caused by
such decisions by high courts,
and finished with an earnest plea
that the constitution makers re-
member that the people them
selves and their welfare spiritual
ly, morally and industrially are
more important than the laws of
the people.
-O-O-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-02-21
aroused moral sentiment of
whole commonwealth.

Second by the ABUSE OF TIC
power to declare laws unconst1-
tutional the courts have become
lawmaking, instead of a lawen-
forcing agency. Here again the
settled will of society to correct
confessed evils has been set at
naught by those who place meta
physics above life.
It is the courts, not the constltu-
tons, that are at fault
Justice between man and
man, between the State and its
citizens 81 a living thing, whereas
legalistic justice is dead thing.
The judge is just as much the ser
want of the people as any other
official.
In any contest today where
the people satnd for justice and
the courts do not, the man who
supports the courts against the
people is untrue to the memory
ofLincoln and shows that he is
the spiritual heir, not of those
who followed and supported Lin
coin, but of the Cotton Wings,
who supported Chief Justice
fancy and denounced Lincoln"
Then came the direct reference
to Taft, and the branding of the
President as man who frankly
disbelieves in the entire Ameri-
can system of government for, by
and of the people"
THE true view" Roosevelt
continued, SIS that legislators and
judges alike are the servants, of
the people, who have been Great
The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-16

can find no evidence to show that
any considerable number of black
people have given up residence in
America.
Fhe striking fact is, that Ne
groes fiom other countries are con-
stantly coming into the United
States, and few are going out
This seems in part to answer the
question as to whether the Negro
is having fair chance in America
as com pared with any other coun-
try in which Negroes live in any
large numbers.
By far the largest number of
Negro immigrants come from the
West Indies. Even Haiti, a free
Negro republic, furnishes a con-
siderable number of immigrants
every year. In all my experience
and observation, however, [ cannot
recall singe instance in which a
Negro has left the United States
to become citizen of the Haitian
Republic. On the other hand,
not few leaders of thought and
action among the Negroes in the
United States are those who have
given up citizenship in the little
Black Republic in order to live
under the Stars and Stripes. The
majority of the colored people who
come from the West Indies do so
because of the economic oppor-
tunities which the United States
offers them. Another large group
however, comes to get education.
Here at the Tuskegee Institute in
Alabama we usually have not far
from one hundred students from
South America and the various
West Indian Islands. In the mat
Ter of opportunity to secure the
old fashioned, abstract book edua-
ted several of the West Indian
Islands give Negroes a better
chance than is afforded them in
most of our Southern States, but
for industrial and technical edu-
cation they are compelled to COME
to the United States.
In the matter of political and
civil rights, including protection
of life and property and even
handed justice in the courts, Ne
groes in the West Indies have
the advantage of Negroes in the
United States. In the island of
Jamaica, for example, there are
about $4,000 white people and
100000 black people, but of the
race problem" in regard to which
The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-16
MINISTER MUST PAY LIFE
FOR ASSULTING GIRLS

Greenville, S. G., Oct r.
Found guilty of criminally as
saulting three little girls in the
Odd Fellows home of which he
was the head, Thurston U,
Vaughn, once prominent as a
minister, will pay the penalty of
his misdeeds with his life. He
was sentenced to die at the Colum-
bus state penitentiary on Decem-
ber 20.
The trial was brought to a SEN
sational close when the accused
confessed. He named two other
victims in addition to those for
assault on whom he was indicted.
The jury was out only four min
utes, and made no recommenda-
ton for mercy. Tears streamed
down the cheeks of Judge Perdy.
who was named by Gov Blease as
special Judge in this case. Many
of the jury, the court officials and
the spectators alike made no pre-
tense of hiding their tears as
Vaughn, pale and broken, ac-
knowledged the crime.
Immediately after court opened
today attorneys for both sides con-
suited which resulted in an agree
ment that Vaughn should confess,
which might result in saving his
life, and that the case should go to
the jury without argument.
II have acted devil ishly, l have
acted shamefully," began Vaughn.
The devil tempted me, [ have
fallen" He pleaded eloquently,
but in vain with the jury to save
his life, not so much for his own
sake, but for the sake of his wife
and little daughter.
Neither Mrs. Vaughn nor her
daughter were in the court room
today, though they had been with
the accused since the trial opened.
Vaughn was former assistant su-
perintendaut of the First Baptist
Sunday School, one of the largest
and most fashionable churches in
this city. He was a ministerial
student anb frequently occupied
pulpits in and aroun d Freenville.
He was the owner of considerable
property.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-16

with all classes of European white
people. In answer to my question
Bishop Scott dictated the follow
ing sentence, which he authorized
me to use:
HThe fairest white man that [
have met in dealing with the col
ored man is the American white
man. He understands the colored
man better because of his contact
with him, and has moro respect
for the colored man who has ac-
complished something"
SBasing my conclusions largely
on conversations which | have
had with native Africans, with
Negro missionaries, and with Ne
gro diplomatic officials who have
lived in Africa, especially on the
west coast and in South Africa, l
am led to the conclusion that, all
things considered, the Negro in
the United States has a better
chance than he has in Africa.
(To BE CONTINUED.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-16
NO 10
r ACE NE WS
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

NAL conditions have been resumed
at the Mechanics Savings Bank,
after a run on the bank, following
false rumor that the bank was
insolvent. Every depositor that
appeared for his money was paid
promptly, and last Wednesday and
Thurday S15,407 was withdrawn.
On Friday, aftes depositors had
been assurded that the institution
was solvent, $1,000 more was again
placed on the books. The Ameri-
can National and the First Nation
al Banks offered President John
Mitchell, Jr., any financial assis.
tance that he might need, but the
reserve of the bank was sufficient
for all demands.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-16

Philadelphia has a few things
New York needs and great many
New York would not have. 1t has
more than one hundred Negro po-
licemen, while New York has but
one. Why is that? Nobody will
accuse the Philadelphia Negro of
being better than the New York
Negro, we believe. Nine police
men were dropped from the Phila-
delphia force one day last week for
intoxication and violating rules
and regulations of the Bureau"
None of them was marked "color-
ed" by the newspaper reporting
the news. If the New York DO
licemen who patronize the family
entrance" to saloons were all drop
pee" how many would be left
'standing?" We want more Ne
gro policemen in New York.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-16
IS THE NEGRO
HAVING A
FAIRCHANCE?
BY BOOKER T. WASHINGTON IN THE CETURY H.
LUSTRATED MONTHLY MAGAZINE

If 1 were asked the simple, di-
rect question, "Does the Negro in
America have fair chanceT it
would be easy to answer simply,
s'No," and then refer to instances
with which every one is familiar
to justify this reply. Such a
statement would, however, be mis-
leading to any one who was not
intimately acquainted with the ac-
tual situation. For that reason l
have chosen to make my answer
not less candid and direct, l hope,
but little more circumstantial.
THE NEGRO TREATED BETTER IN
AMERICA THAN ELSEWHERE
Although l have never visited
either Africa or the West Indies
to see for myself the condition of
the people in these countries, L
have had opportunities from time
to time, outside of the knowledge
I have gained from books, to get
some insight into actual condi-
tions there. But l do not intend
to assert or even suggest that the
condition of the American Negro
is satisfactory, nor that he has in
all things a fair cha nee. Never
theless, from all that L can learn L
believe l am safe in saying that
nowhere are there ten millions OF
black people who have greater op-
portunities or are making greater
progress than the Negroes in
America.
1 know that few native Africans
will agree with me in this state
ment. For example, we had at
Tuskegee a student from the Gold
Coast who came to America to
study in our Bible Training School
and incidently to lean somethlng
of our methods of study and work.
He did not approve at all of our
course of study. There was not
enough theology, and too much
work to suit HIM. AS far as he
was concerned, he could not see
any value in learning to work. and
he thought it was pretty sort OF
country in which the people had to
devote SO much time to labor. I'm
my country" he said, every thing
grows of itself. We do not have
to work. We can devote all our
own time to the larger life"
LITTLE IMMIGRATION OF NEGROES
In the last ten years the otflclal
records show that 81, 900 Negroes
have left other countries to take
residence in the United States. L
The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-16

A wealthy resident of Phila-
delphia suburb, VINO is very jeal.
GUS of his young and pretty wife,
undertook to kill his wife, her
maid and the family last week and
landed in Jail. He thinks his
wife was too fresh with the Negro
chauffeur. Jealous people, like
with homicidal mania, think very
rapidly, and see a great many
things hid from the eyes of those
who do not see green" White
men are not at all backward in
freshness with colored women. but
they get very ugly when colored
men get fresh with white women.
1t is impossible 10 stamp out the
freshness as long as the race col
ors are mixed up in all the walks
of life. Likes and dislikes are very
much alike in all people, and very
weak, in all of them But fresh
ness between sexes of all colors is
thing to be discouraged.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-16
DENVER, COLORADO SATURDAY NOVEMBER IS 1912.

there is much agitation in this
country, one hears almost nothing
there. Jamaica has neither mobs,
race riots, lynchings, nor burnings
such as disgrace our civilization.
In that country there is likewise
no bitterness between white man
and black man. One reason for
this is that the laws are conceived
and executed with exact and adso-
lutte justice, without regard to race
or color.
UNEQUAL LAWS THE CAUSE OF RAG
IAL TROUBLE IN AMERICA
Reduced to its lowest terms, the
fact is that large part of our rae.
ial troubles in the United States
grow out of some attempt to pass
and execute d law that will make
and keep one man superior to an.
other, whether he is intrinsically
superior or not. NJ greater in
jury can oe done to any group of
people than to let them feel that a
statutory enactment can keep them
superior to anybody else. No
greater injury can be done to any
youth than to let him feel that be-
cause he belongs to this or that
race, or because of his color, he
will be advanced in life regardless
of his own merits or efforts.
In what | have said L do not
mean to suggest that in the West
Indian Islands there Is any more
social intermlnglin between
whites and blacks than there is in
the United States. The trouble
in most parts of the United States
is that mere civil and legal priyi-
'leges are confused with social in
termingling. The fact that two
men ride in the same railway
coach does not mean in any coun-
try in the world that they are So
cially equal.
The facts seem to show, how
ever, that after the West Indian
Negro has carefully weighed his
civil and political privileges
against the economic and other
advantages to be found in the Uni
ted States, he decides that, all
things considered, he has a better
chance in the United States than
at home. The Negro in Haiti
votes, but votes have not made
that county happy; or have not ev-
en- made it free, in any true sence
of the word. There is one other
fact l might add to this compari-
son; nearly all the Negro church
organizations in the United States
have mission churches in the is
lands, as they have also in Africa.
Does the Negro in our county
have fair chance as compared
with the native black mar in At
RIGA, the home of the Negro? In
the midst of the preparation of
this article, l met Bishop Isaiah
B. Scott of the Methodist Episo-
pal Church, one of the strongest
and most intelligent colored men
that 1 know Bishop Scott has
spent the greater part of his life
in the Southern States, but during
the last seven years he has lived
in Liberia and travelled extensive
ly on the west coast of Africa,
where he has come into contact
The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-16

Culpepper, Va, Nov. 6.-An un-
usual incident, if not unprecedent-
ed, happened in Culpeper last week
when Robert Dean, seventy eight
years old, applied at the clerks
office for license that he might
be reunited in marri age with the
woman who had been mis- wife in
slavery times. Belonging then to
different masters they had been
separated and sold, the man mar
rying again when all trace of his
earlier wife had been lost and the
woman doing likewise. Now that
the respective husband and wife
are both dead the old couple have
come together, and, according to
the license issued Wednesday,
were remarked this week.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-16

Washington, Oct. 3l-The Ne
gro soldier has demonstrated his
ability to serve with less loss of
time from active duty by reason of
sickness than the white enlisted
man. According to the annual
report of Surgeon General George
II. Torney, made public today,
the non-effective rate of the col
ored soldier was 5.SS, while that
of the white soldier was 1880;
the Por Rican 29.79 and the
Filipino 10 81. The report also
shows that the white troops re.
quired the highest average num-
ber of days treatment for each
case of disability, while the Porto
Ricans had the highest rate for
admission to hospitals and for
death.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-16

Muskogee, Okla.-The Abraham
Lincoln Insurance Company, with
headquarters here in the Brown
building and branches in a num-
ber Of states, is said to be meeting
with financial success. The COM
pany is an old-line concern and
has capital of 100000. DR.. E.
P. Brown, one of the wealthiet COL
ored men in the south, is presi-
dent of the company.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-16
Warfare Against Rats.

Cochin China is trying to find an eff
tective method to destroy the rats
that do great 'ge to the rice
crops.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-16

We notice in the Pulaski Enter
prise, one the oldest papers publish
ed in Mound City, Ill, that the fol-
lowing colored men were fortunate
in being elected to county offices
last week, Mr.. Steele for coroner,
(this being the fifth time) and
Captain Lane for commissioner,
by handsome majorities. Charles
L. Rice one of the most prominent
colored lawyers in the state, has
been master-in- chancery for a
number of years, and has clients
among both white and colored,
The above is an excellent showing
for our people.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-16

Richmond, Va, Nov. 5.-Nor-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-17
AVIATOR DARES HURRICANE
Garros Makes SO Miles an Hour
for Almost Eight Hours.

Angors. June ia heavy rain and a
wind OF hurricane force contributed to-day
10 the practical failure OF the French Aero
Clubs Grand Prix. worth 5000 and
known as the Aviation Derby. The condi-
tlors OF wind and weather made the con-
fest the most dangerous for aeroplanes yet
held. and a large number Of builders re-
fused TO permit their pilots to risk their
lives.
The derby course measured total dis
lance OF $50 miles, or seven times around
a triangle from Anglers 20 Cholet, 20 Sau-
muir, to Anglers. The conditions provided
that three OF the laps were TO be completed
to-day and the other four tomorrow.
OF the thirty-Gye machines entered only
seven started. and OF these only ono. pi-
loted by Roland q. Garros, completed the
three laps before the timing gun was fired,
At 30 o'clock this evening His total time
for tho 293 miles was hours IS minutes.
an average OF more than thirty-six miles
an hour.
Legagneux and Rene Bedel smashed their
machines, but escaped unhurt. In Wow Of
the circumstances, the committee decided
10 hold an extra contest Of three laps to-
morrow Two prizes Of $500 each are Of
fered.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-17
DR.. EDMUND CARLETON.

Or. Edmund Carleton. bearer Of dis
patches in the Civil War and a member OF
many medical societies. died Saturday at
his home at No. III West s5th street. at the
age Of seventy-three. He was born In Lit
Teton, y. H.. in 1899, the son OF Judge Ed
mund Carleton. who was strongly opposed
10 slavery, his home being the meeting
place Of such famous abolitionists as VIII
lam Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phillips
The father. too. had charge of the statis-
tics OF the Underground railroad"
At the outbreak Of the Civil War the son
entered the service Of the Union Army az
a dispatch bearer, and also participated in
thirteen battles
After the war. although educated for the
cine and for forty-one years prsctised in
New York. During his medical career he
was treasurer and professor Of surgery at
the Medical College for Women and Emer-
titus Professor Of homeopathic Philosophy
at the New York Medical College and Flow
er Hospital. Besides being a member OF
many medical societies, he was on the con-
sultng stan at the Flower Hospital, the
Metropolitan Hospital and at Ward : Island.
DR. Carleton was instrumental in the
founding OF the homeopathic hospitals in
the city.
He leaves a wife, son and a daughters
The funeral will bA held tomorrow at his
late home at p. m. The burial will be at
Oneida. y. Y.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-17
NOTES FROM TUXEDO PARK

IRv Telegraph 20 The Trihun"
Tuxedo Park. June l6 Rain interfered
with many social engagements today nut
most of the visitors who came for the horse
chow. Yesterday remained over Sunday, and
tbero were numerous luncheon parties
,r,ons, the cottagers and at the clubhouse"
J d Prince. who has opened his cottage
at Rinawood for the season, entertained at
the club. his guests including Colonel and
Mrs William Jay Mrs William Douglass.
Frederick Baldwin and Charles Robinson.
Miss Louisa Norwood. who arrived at the
club Yesterday. had Miss Walker as a
guest.
MIR and Mrs. j. NJ Rutherford enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs II. y. Atterbury and
Miss l. T.. Atterbury, Of Scarsdalc.
Mr. and Mrs Josiah Hayden and Mr.. and
Mrs J. NJ Hayden. jr., Of Boston, were the
guests Of Colonel Charles Hayden, at the
clubhouse.
The Misses Alexander had house party
at their villa.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. NJ. &. Hoffman enter
tanned at Paxhurst.
Among the arrivals to-day were Miss
Alice Preston +. O. French, Huette Cam
mack Ambrose j. Henry, q. Willett Van
Nest Sumner Gerard. G. +. Akers, Alfred
y Mackay. J. NJ Wright Howard slade,
Judge Barlow. r. X. Waterbury and Mrs.
y s Woods
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-17
IN THE BERKSHIREs.
[Rv Telegraph 70 The Tribune. ]

by Telegraph 10 The Tribune
T.snox. June l6-Mrs. George Griswold
Haven is going 10 Ridge1eld during the
week 70 attend the wedding OF Miss Leila.
L Haven 70 Gilbert f. Jones at the coun-
try home Of Mr.. and Mrs. George c.
Haven. ir., on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry W. Munroe. ot
Tuxedo. are guests Of Mrs. Munroes sis
ter. Miss Adele Kneeand. at Fairlavn.
Miss Eleanor Cuyler has arrived in
Lenox for the season. Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh
n. Camp, jr., Mrs. Hugh Camp Sd, Mrs
John X Camp and Gregory n. Camp have
arrived a the Maplewood. in Pittsheld.
Mr.. and Mrs. George J. Martin and MISS
Grace Fitzpatrick of Boston; Mr.. and Mrs.
G. W Magic. Mrs II. A Garrett, A. F.
FlagIer and Mrs. n. Flagler. of New York.
arrived to-day at the Hotel Wendell. in
Pittsfed
Mr. and Mrs c. L. Weatherbee have re-
turned 10 Great harrington from motor
trip 10 New York.
Harry Ogden Bates. ir.. OF Morristo~n.
y j., who will be married the last OF ths
month. has leased a cottage in Dalton.
where he will make his home. Mr.. Bates
Is a nephew OF Senator W. Murray Crane,
Of Dalton.
Or. and Mrs. Charles McBurney have
gone 10 New York TO attend the wedding
Of their son. DR.. Malcolm McBurney, and
Miss Dorothy Moran, on Tuesday.
Colonel Mark Leslie Hersey, L. 5. A, and
Mrs Hersey. who have been at the Cur
It's Hotel have gone to New York.
Mr. and Mrs. George II. Dana OF WASH
ington, who are on a tour in the Berk-
shires with Mrs. !. c. Copeland. Of Roch-
ester. and Mrs Mary c. Seward. OF East
orange, have arrived at the Maplewood, in
pittsfeld.
Mrs. Walter Schriver, OF New York. has
arrived at HeatOn Hall for the season
Francis Dana Winslow and Miss Mar
garet Winslow who have been at the Red
Lion Inn. have gone to their country place
in Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph II Choate gave a.
luncheon at Naumkeag to-day for theirs
house guests. Mr. and Mrs. Goodhus hv-
ingston and Charles Allen Mum, OF New
York
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-17
DIVINE M. MUNGER.

Sea Cliff. Long Island, June 6-Divine
NJ Munger died tonight at his home on
the Pratt estate, in Glen Cove, OF which
ne had been superintendent for the last
twenty eve years. He was born in Peeks-
kill. seventy years ago. When the late
Charles Pratt OF Brooklyn. bought the
Glen Cove place, Mr.. Munger was placed
in charge OF the property. Previous 10 mat
he had been prominent in Brooklyn.
While there he was superintendent OF
construction Of the Offerman Building. and
managed the floating equipment Of the
Long Island Railroad. He was on. the
building committee OF the Union League
club OF Brooklyn. Of which he was mem
her lie organized the benevolent associa-
ton OF the lighterage department Of tho
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad. and was one Of
the organizers OF the Pilots Association Of
the United States He was 32d degree
Mason, a member OF Mecca Temple, past
high priest Of Melchezedek Chapter, Royal
Arch Masons. and past regent Of De Witt
Clinton Council, Royal Arcanum
Mr.. Munger leaves a wife, daughter
and three sons.