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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-29
ION NEGRO LEWIS
LAWYERS KICK
Wickersham Is Making Fight
to Save His Assistant.
LEWIS WAS ELECTED MEMBER
OF BAR ASSOCIATION AND
: WickERsHAM Is WORKING TO
PREVENT EXPULSION OF THE
NEGEo-cASE HAS BEEN Re-
FERRED. ~.. G"

Washington Attorney General
Wickersham is seeking to prevent the
American Bar association from GUST
ing w. H. Lewis. his negro assistant,
from membership. Lewis was elected
about a year ago, but lle' executive
committee of the association, when 1t
met here January 4, passed resolu-
ton resembling the election ~"
The bar association membership has
been in turmoil ever ttnce the. election
OF Lewis, but the -acts have just come
to light through the fight the attorney
general has undertaken on behalf OF
his assistant. Lewis was elected at a
meeting OF the exec utive committee be-
tween the annual meetings OF 1910
and 1911, the election having been a
perfunctory matter, as Lewis was In
dorsed by majority o, the local coun-
ell of Massachuset ts.
1t is said his application did not
state that he was an assistant attor-
ney general. His color was not the
subject of inquiry.
The membership committee was
preparing to issue its year book for
1911-12 when a member nf the CON-
mittee sought information as to the
identity of wv. H. Lewis Of Boston, a
new member When 1t developed that
Lewis was the negro assistant attor-
ney general storm OF protest was
heard, and the year book was held up
No IN hn
committee which adopted resolution
at it's January meeting resembling the
vote by which Lewis had been elected
At the time of the meeting here 1t
was rumored that some such action
was to be taken, but members OF the
committee denied 1t. Assistant Attor-
ney General Lewis was questioned at
the time. but he disclaimed having
knowledge OF an attempt to GUST him.
It Is understood here the case has
been referred to the general counsel
of the association, which Will meet IN
Milwaukee next August. This council
Is made up OF one member from each
state Lewis placed his case In the
hands OF Mr.. Wickersham, and he has
written to all OF the 400 members
protesting that Lewis was legally
elected, and that the executive COM
mittee was without warrant in rescind-
ing the election.
It Is claimed that negro was never
before elected as member of the bar
association. Members seeking to bar
Lewis from membership claim the as
sociation Is social in character, and
some have gone SO far as to declare
they will resign II negroes are ad
mitted.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-29
SEVERAL TRAINS WITHDRAWN
Number Of Northwestern Iowa Rail.
roads Take Trains From Service
In Anticipation Of Coal Strike.

Sioux City.-In preparation for the
impending coal strike and in antici.
patton of shortage, the Chicago,
Minneapolis, st. Paul & Omaha rail.
road today announced the withdrawal.
from service of the Sioux City-Wor,
Ellington local passenger train until
the situation clears, The Illinois Cen.
trail has taken off local passenger
out of Sioux Falls, and the Rock Is.
land has done likewise. All north.
western Iowa roads are retrenching
in coal consumption and are piling
coal along their right of ways as fast
as they can obtain it, in anticipation
of an all summer siege.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-29
FIGHT FOR NEGRO
BY WICKERSHAM
ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS HE'LL
QUIT BAR ASSOCIATION IF
IT GUSTS LEWIS.

Washington. - Attorney General
Wickersham said that he would re-
sign from the American Bar associa.
ton If that organization sustained the
action OF its, executive committee in
ousttng William H. Lewis, a negro,
and an assistant attorney general,
from membership.
The attorney general declared that
he was not fighting for the admission
Of q negro to the organization, but
was waging fight against the idea
that the American Bar association
could do a thing which he believes to
be illegal
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-29
BEAUTIES AMONG
DtsP|sED RACES
CAHETS OF FRANCE AND RODlYAS
OF CEYLON RENOWNED FOR
GOOD LOOKS.

Paris. Il or the first time in many,
many years German book, Hans
Heinz Ewers' India" set all France
talking. The great traveller makes the
extraordinary statement that the most
beautiful women in France and Ceylon
come of a race formerly regarded as
political and social pariahs. The Eng
fish have abolished the pariah faint in
Ceylon, and the first French revolu-
ton removed 1t from the Cahets or
,Csectes in France, who, though Chris
tians, were obliged to enter church by
a special door, had their own holy wa
ter fonts, ETC., up to the downfall OF
French royalty.
The Cahets live now in the land
scapes OF Gascogne, Gyuene, Bearn
Brittany and Maine. Their origin Is
unknown, but the name indicates that
they may be descendants OF the Cloths,
Cahet being contraction OF CAMS
gotfcus-Goth-dog. For more than
thousand years the rest OF France
treated them as outcasts, and they are
still SO regarded socially in many OF
the rural districts. They are easily
recognized by the missing ear-lob,
Characterization likewise found in
many Parisians. Maybe in olden times
many stray Cahets, wishing to escape
prosecution at home, emigrated to the
great town.
1t is a fact, though, that nearly all
the great women beauties of France
were and are Cahets, which, says the
author, strangely comedies with the
other fact that the Rodiyas of Ceylon,
until the arrival OF the English re-
garded as outcasts, both politically and
socially. produce the most beautiful
women, not only in Ceylon. but in all
India,
In this connection says the au.
thor, 81 observed that In the land OF
castles, the darker the skin, the lower
the social order.
This holds good in all India, yet
the Rodiyas are much lighter in color
than the majority OF their contempora-
ries, and not only the women, the men.
too, are far better looking than their
contemporaries. Their features are OF
a noble cut and their legs are much
better developed.
Their better physical condition is
due to the fact that up to the English
protectorate the superior castles Of
India gave their unfaithful women
and their unchaste daughters to the
Rodiyas as the most horrible OF pun.
ishments. In this way the despised
race received goodly admixture OF
the best blood OF India, many eueens,
su!tanas and princesses being con.
demned to marry Rodiyas"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-29
WORLDS CHAMPION CORN.

Observation-Disclosures, 10b inches:
circumference, TX inches; number Of
rows. 20; length of kernels, Y OF an
inch: width of kernels. about % Of an
inch; thickness of kernels. 1-6 of an
inch. Arrangement very uniform, kerr
nels running in straight rows the en-
tire length OF the ear without mis-
placed grain, holding their length well
to the ends Of the ear, tip being well,
covered with denied grains Weight,
20 ounces. Estimated Proportions
Corn, 81 per cent: cob. per cent
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-29
REDMEN OFFICIAL CRITICISED
Claimed He Injected Politics Into Or.
der BY Sending Out letters Urs-
ing Votes for Favorfte.

Des Moines.-Frank A. Day, great
chief of records of the Improved Or.
der of Red Men of Iowa, may be GUST.
ed from his $4,000 position at the
next session of, the great sun councilat
Des Moines members OF the order are
somewhat wrathy because Great
Chief of Records Day brought poll
tics into the organization by sending
letters to Red Men in Des Moines
urging them to support Councilman
John MacVicar for reelection. Mr..
Day is a brother of Police Chief Day.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-29
Much Of the complaint launched

Much OF the complaint launched
against the younger generation Of
negroes grows aut of lack Of home
training. The problem OF making
proper mothers for the proper caring
Of the young !. present among all
races In varying degrees. The aggri-
walton Of the problem among negroes
arises more from ignorance Of the.
proper things to be done than from
any special disease Of the material
instinct It Is possible to get more
manners and more self-repression
from children only by A series Of
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-29
RIGHT slDEuP WITH CARE.

Henry was very proud Of the new
kittens and went for them to show
them to the visitors. His mother
heard them coming along the hall.
and, alarmed at the noise Of the pro-
cession, called out: Don't hurt the
kittens, Henry!" III
NO MOTHER came the reassuring
answer. ''l'm carrying them very care
fully by the stems. -Harper's Maya
zine.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-29
TEACHERS MEETAT WATERLOO
Large Attendance at State Meeting
Now In Session at Iowa Teachers
College In Cedar Falls.

Waterloo-Nearly a thousand teach
ers are here enrolled at the eight
eenth annual convention of the North
eastern Iowa Teachers association.
The attendance, it is thought, will
break all previous records of the as
ISOLATION. Various conferences are ar
ranged for this afternoon, but the
convention proper will begin this eV'
ening with a concert at iowa State
Teachers college at Cedar Falls.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-29
Looks Into Pistol.

Clearfield.-Harold Lininger, 10
years old, son of prosperous farm
er living near here, was shot fatally
last evening. He was shooting at
target when a cartridge missed f1re'
The lad turned the pistol up and was
peering into the barrel when the
cartridge exploded sending the bullet
into his head.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-29
ARRA|GNEO As CHICKEN
3. Thief NEGRO PLEADS
uNWRITTEN Law

Alton. 1ll-Gus Tucker, a negro,
name, who talks with Spanish &C.
felony, pleaded the unwritten law
when called for trial before Circuit
Judge Crow, He told the court he
stole chickens from the negro who
stole his wife and that he did not
think he had done wrong. Judge Crow
and the states attorney changed the
charge to petty larceny and Tucker
was sentenced to Jail. ~
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-29
NOTES ON MILKING.

No loud talking or, noise should be
allowed In the cows stable around
milking time. It will excite the COW
and cause her to hold up her milk. (
The COW should be MIXED In the
same place and in the same way every
time. The COW is creature Of habit,
Do not feed sncculent foods prev.
ious to parturition, as 1t stimulates
milk secretion abnormally.
i the udder is in a congested con,
dition. massage. it with butter or lard
and allow the calf to suck frequently.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-29

painstaking devotion to training and
development. This ideal will not be
reached until we start back sufficient.
" far to train the mother forIthe task.
The great trouble now is that there
is effort put forth to train them for
every other thing but this one. So
cial sentiment needs to reshape itself
so as to meet this vital problem for
the negro and the country. Durham
Reformer. \. .s# ss
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-29
NUTRIENTS OF FOOD.

Protein, starch, fat, sugar and fiber
are the nutrients that make up foods.
Protein is the only one from which
muscle and tissue can be made-the
others serve to produce heat, energy
and fat. Starch and sugar are equal
in food value. The fiber in the plant
cut green has the same food value as
starch; when the plant is mature, the
fiber becomes largely indigestible as
IN straw. Fat serves the same pur.
pose In the animal body as starch.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-29
Credit Men Convention.

Des Moines.-Credit agency men
and secretaries of retail merchants
associations of Iowa will meet in
convention at the Randolph hotel,
here Friday morning. They will De
assembled at the offices of F. D.
Bunnell of the Trust Book and Credlt
company in the afternoon.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-29
Raav.. RELEASED 70 Fremont.

Reeves Released to Fremont.
Omaha, Neb.-Ben F.. Reeves 'no
wrestler-ball player of Guthrie Cen.
ter, Iowa, has been released to tne
Fremont (Neb.) club by Preslden'
Rourke of Omaha Western league
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-29
RIVE On a Rampage.

Sioux City.-The Floyd, river wa
out Of its banks at noon and man.
families have been forced TO iea1 :,
their homes. The Haddock N. 80, =.
church is being used as a refuge -
the homeless. ta 4.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-29
Leaoue Nav Be Abandoned.

League May Be Abandoned
Cedar Rapids.-This city has WIN.
drawn from the proposed Mississlppi
Valley baseball league which 1t Wa.
planned to organize at meeting cali.
ed for last night, and the Likelihood
is now that the project Will oe
dropped. 7 ..
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-29
FIURs.

Mrs. Knicker-Did you tell your hus-
band you needed furs?
Mrs. Bocker--Yes; he said he
couldn't afford anything but the skin
of a Welsh rabbit.-77Ney York Sun.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-29
viii Select New Committeeman.

viii Select New Committeeman.
Des Moines.-The state central
committee of the prohibition parry
will meet next month to appoint
successor to c. Durant Jones OF fel,
ry, whose resignation. was reQuesteu
and accepted at meeting of the
committee in February.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-29
SHY ONLY TEN YEARS.

Weren't you shy when the Judge
asked you your age In court?"
Yes, was about ten years shy, my
dear"-Life.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-29
Grads to Hold Annual Reunion.

" Grads to Hold Annual Reun'on'
Clinton.-The Clinton county assv
citation of graduates Of the state uni
versity, will hold its annual reunion q,
and banquet at the Lafayette nov.
here the night Of April 8. Preslue ~.
Bowman will deliver an address,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-29

No man who weeps at his misfortune
can ever get to be a true philosopher.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-29

"A dutiful soul needs no emphasis
from long countenance. g3s
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-29

Governors and other leaders from
several southern states recently con-
ferred In Baltimore on labor and in
dustrial conditions in that section.
The reawakened south, industrially
and agriculturally expanding at rate
unknown since the Civil war, needs la
Dor. There is insistent demand that
European immigrants be steered to
the south to supply this demand.
The negro Is almost ignored in this
demand for immigration. He Is set
down as hopeless, triaing, futile, i'm
possible But is 1t safe to rush to that
conclusion?
Though the white population of the
south is increasing more rapidly than
the black, and though every decennial
census makes 1t more clear that there
is no possible danger of the black, as
once was feared, coming to predomi-
nate-despite all this, the fact remains
that there are some 100000 of col
ored people in the country, and that
they cannot be got rid of. There.
stands the hard fact.
1t may be that the negro is not SO
desirable a worker In factory or field
as the immigrant; but II the immi-
grant takes his place, the negro will
be left on the hands of society. de.
handing the means of livelihood,
menace to the community in greater
and greater degree Just in proportion
as the hopelessness Of his condition
is made more apparent
II the south's 100000 negroes
could be traded of for 100000 Of
whites, that would be a solution. But
they cannot be. The negroes are
there. They must be provided for;
made as useful as possible; made to
support themselves. s.
To make the most, the best, Of it's
negro workers is the first big duty Of
the south. 1t Is the most difficult
problem before the nation.
1t cannot be solved by the effort to
drive the negro out; he will not be
driven out. He must be looked after.
educated In the right way. given a
chance to be self-respecting. encour-
aged to improve his condition.-Co-
lumbia Magazine.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-29

shippers: II It Is varied from this 1t
should do so by reason OF being be-
low the general average OF such
things. In ninety-nine cases out OF
hundred the church with us is a gro
tesque exaggeration. The deserving
leader in these matters is the man
who Is trying to get the race to come
down to the earth. Generally we've
been acting on the theory: First. get
fine churches and everything else will
be added We've got to turn that rule
around. Common sense, business
sense, and the sense of selfrespect all
dictate this reyersal.--Dallas Express.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-03-29

who Is trying to get the race to come
down to the earth. Generally we've
been acting on the theory: First. get
fine churches and everything else will
be added. We've got to turn that rule
around. Common sense, business
sense, and the sense of self-respect all
dictate this reyersal.--Dallas Express.
Those who have kept tab on Hous-
tons local affairs, especially as they
apply to and affect the negro citizen
ship, know for certainty that a
brighter and better day is dawning.
The negro is coming into his own. In
this particular, they as class are do
ing much for themselves. but as q
matter of fact the changes that are
being effected daily and which are
bound to inure to the negro's bet
terment are being rapidly facilitated
by the daily press of the city, promi-
nent among which is the Houston Post,
which says:
I'VE come now to the question OF
housing the negro people of Houston,
and what we say Of Houston Is true
of all the larger cities Of the south.
The great majority of negroes live in
rented houses owned by White people.
AS a rule, these habitations are miser-
able, filthy, insanitary shacks. locat-
ed upon Doggy streets. People who
inhabit such places are subjected to
such conditions of living that disease.
physical and moral. is inevitable.
The consideration Of self-preserva-
ton alone would suggest the crying
necessity for better conditions. II
such filthy quarters result in malig.
nant diseases, the health Of the white
people of the community is always i'm
periled. Negroes are employed In al
most every well-to-do white home In
the southern cities, and their capacity
to transmit disease Ia limited only by
the conditions among which they live.
II they are afforded decent surround
ings, they will have an incentive to
cleanliness and self-respect that is 9TH
erwise impossible. This incentive
must be afforded by their white land
lords.
"A Houston building firm recently an
nounceG that it would erect come mod
ell cottages to be sold upon easy
terms to negroes. TFis is an example
worthy emulation. II The homecoming
negro Is a good citizen. Home-owner-
ship makes good citizen Of the aver
age man white or black. But one
thing Is certain: The public health
Of all southern cities will be greatly
improved and the mortality rate ma
terially reduced II far-reaching move
ments be inaugurated to house the
tenant negroes in clean and sanitary
houses. They are going to be with
us always, and 1t is but common
sense to encourage them in every pos
sible way to become helpful. intelli-
gent, moral and respectable influence
in the communities In which they live
This they can not do unless they have
the constant sympathy and aid of their
white fellow citizens.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-05
BUCKETSH0P TRIAL ON.
Twelve Alleged Proprietors Ar
raisned Before Justice Stafford.

Twelve alleged proprietors Of bucket
shops were arraigned yesterday before
Justice Stafford on the charge OF bucket
shopping. and all entered pleas of not
guilty.
Among the twelve men who appeared
were Louis and Angelo Cello. Of St.
Louis; Samuel A. Adler and c. A Tillis.
of New York. who fought the indict-
ments successfully before Justice Wright,
but lost when the government took the
matter to the Court of Appeals.
The defendants were represented by S.
S. Field. of Baltimore: Henry E Davis,
A. s. Worthington, j. r. Ralston, John
z. Laskey, and George P. Hoover. The
motion to allow a a motion for a trial
of particulars to be filed later was up
held by Justice Stafford. allowing ten
days in which 1t may be demanded of
the government. The cases arose out OF
the raids made in April, 1910.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-05
WILL MINIMIZE DANGER,
Gas Company VIII Establish Auto
Service for All Fires.

An automobile emergency service to
respond to all fire alarms will be estab-
lished by the Washington Gaslight Com
pany following the approval of the plan
by the Commissioners.
The purpose will be to minimize the
danger of bursting gas mains In burning
buildings. The suggestion Of the COM
pany has the approval of the District
heads. and fire alarm will be installed
at the general Offices of the company in
Tenth Street.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-05
Funeral of William c. Boyd.

William c. Boyd was buried from his
residence, 1907 Irving Street Northwest.
yesterday afternoon. Rev. Clarence
Wise. pastor of Iowa Avenue Methodist
Episcopal Church. conducted the servi-
ces. Burial was in Rock Creek Gene
terry. He was member of the Sons Of
the American Revolution and of Daw-
son Lodge, No. 16. F.. a. A. NJ.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-05
BETTER THAN SPANKING

Spanking does not cure children of bed
wetting. There Is constitutional cause
for this trouble. Mrs. NJ. Summers. Box
w. Notre Dame, Ind, win send free to
any mother her successful home treat
ment, with fun Instructions Send no
money. but write her to-day If your chill
dren trouble you in this way Don't
blame the child: the chances are 1t can't
help It. This treatment also cures adults
and aged people troubled with urine diff
eulttes BY day or night
The Washington herald., 1912-10-05
ORDERS WIFE TO BE PAID.
Trust Company Must Give From In
come of c. G. Gait.

Justice Anderson yesterday signed an
order directing the American Security
and Trust Company to pay to Anna
Russell Gait $50 out of the income be-
longing to Carroll Grayson Gait
Mrs. Gait in her petition alleges that
her husband had failed to pay her main
tenance at regular intervals, and that
she was Ill in hospital in New York
and wishes now to return to this city,
but has not enough money to defray the
expenses.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-05

Judge Callam. in Juvenile Court, yes
terday committed to the Board of Chari-
ties the infant, Louis" recently found
in room in the Hotel Thyson. No word
has been heard from the couple who
abandoned the child since the first tele-
gram from Baltimore, requesting the ho-
tel officials to take care Of the pack
age left 10 one Of the rooms.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-05
Better illumination of Avenue.

The District electrical department is
undecided whether it will recommend
the installation Of 1,5oo-candlepower arc
or 20o-candlepower incandescent lamps
IN Pennsylvania Avenue, from First to
Fifteenth Streets. Tests Of both sys-
TENS have been made. The Commits
sioners will ask Congress for better IL
Elimination Of the Avenue.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-05

The District branch Of the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People will hold a special meet
ing in Shiloh Baptist Church next Mon
day night Miss Martha Gruening, a
representative from the parent body in
New York City. will speak. Rev. DR.. J.
Milton Waldron is president Of the local
branch