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The Colorado statesman., 1915-04-17
WILSON DIRECTS PRAISE
FOR NINTH u. S CAVALRY

Douglas. Ariz, April 13.-The
Ninth United States cavalry stood
at attention today while Col. John
F. Guilfoyle, commanding officer,
read IA letter written by Lindley
M. Garrison, secretary of war, by
direction of the president, compli-
menting the officers and men of
the Ninth for gallantry during the
siege of Naco, Texas. in November,
December and January. Officers
and men risked their lives daily in
patroling the border and preserv.
ing the neutrality of the United
States during that siege.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-04-17

taken as group, form of the total
members between the ages of 20
and "a, inclusive, namely, 1916 for
Negroes and 27 for whites.
OWNERSHIP OF HOMES
La 1910 there we're in the South
ern states l,9l7,391 Negro homes,
of which 430,449, or 22.4 per cent,
were owned, including 314 $40, or
16.4 per cent of all Negro homes,
which were owned free of incum.
brance. In 1900 the percentage
of owned homes was 20. The high
est percentage of owned Negro
homes in any of the Southern
States in 1910 was that for Virgin
la, 4l.3, while the lowest, IA 7, was
was found in Georgia Statistics
are also shown for all southern
municipalities of 5000 or more
Negro inhabitants.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-04-17
RACE PREACHERS
WE'RE EXCLUDED

Baltimore, Md, April 6.-Two
CoIored Presbyterian ministers
who had been invited to a luncheon
given by the board of ministerial
relief and sustenauce of the Pres
byterian Church at the City Club
this afternoon were asked to leave
the assembly because of rule of
the club which excludes Colored
persons from it's rooms.
The other ministers present ex-
pressed considerable regret over
the matter because at other meet.
ings of the board no distinction of
color has been made.
1t was explained that the origi-
nal plan had been to hold the
luncheon at Northminister Pres
byterian church, but that this later
was found to be inadvisable be-
cause of the lack of facilities.
Then the City Club headquarters
were engaged.
When it was decided to change
the meeting place to the City Club
tie rule excluding Negroes was
not taken into consideration,
Rev. DIR. Alfred Il. Barr, recent
ly of Detroit, presided over the
meeting and it fell to his lot to no.
tify the Negro ministers that their
presence would have to be refused.
The Negroes left just as the
whites were about to sit down TO
the luncheon and took the affair
much to heart. They said they
had been invited, fully expected to
remain and felt much aggriev9d.
1t is understood they will lay
the slight before the presbyterian
general assembly in Rochester
next month.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-04-17
BOOKER 7. WASHING
TON ON THE WAR

When | consider the cost of this
war; when think of the blood
that has been shed; of the proper
ty that has been destroyed and the
misery that has been caused-I am
sometimes inclined to thank God
that | am not member of a su-
perior race. Rather | am disposed
to thank God that [ belong to a
people that cannot hope and does
not desire to prosper at the cost of
any other race.
There is certain advantage in
the belonging to "a race that has TO
make it's way peacefully through
the world; a race that prospers, if
it prospers at all, because it has
made friends rather than enemies
of the people by whom it is sur
ronYded. There is certain salts.
faction, also, in belonging to race
whose hope of success in the
world consists of making itself
useful to the world, and it is not
wholly disadvantage to the Ne
gro that, though he should fight
in every war as he has in this, it
is not to maintain. his own super
iority, but that of some other race
that he fghts.-North American
Review.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-04-17
RACE NEWS
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

dress or pleasure. you cut them out
of their ''set' and earn a conspic-
uous reputation as a tightwad.
The average father and mother are
between the devil and the bright
blue sea on these matters, and us
ually compromise with their con-
science by taking the line of least
resistance. If their children go to
the devil, the parents are censured
by everybody in the community
who never had any, and if they
wiggle through somehow and come
up decent citizens everybody will
be surprised and disappointed.
It's the way of the world, and
preachments won't change it.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-04-17
PARENTAL PROBLEMS
(From Nashville Globe J

A bachelor friend wrote us Civ
ing some wholesome advice to par
ents as to proper rearing of their
children. 1t furnishes an old maid
almost astmuch pleasure to advise
a mother how to bring up her
daughter as it pleases an irate sub.
scriber to tell the editor how to
run paper. Both are popular
and harmless pastimes But if
our friend had two or three chill
dren of his own, he would find that
it is not so soft as it looks. Chill
dren nowadays are allowed lati-
tude that would have thrown the
generation of the thirty years ago
period into nine backaction fits.
The idea that a boy or girl of 16
would go to a public dance at all,
to say noting of going unchaper.
oned. would have been considered
worthy of settlement at church
trial. Where mother used to have
one silk dress and make it last a
lifetime, daughter now has enough
silk stockings and petticoats TO
fill dray The problem of find
ing suit of clothes that the aver
age high school boy will look at,
short of SIS is becoming one of
lifes real perplexities. The av-
erage boy of today spends more
money every week on picture
shows and his best girl than his
grandfather frivoled away in a
year.
When you attempt to draw the
line OH your children as to their
The Colorado statesman., 1915-04-17

Oberlin. Ohio, April 6.-We are
always glad to report 70 the. con-
tinued success of Colored students
in leading Northern Universities.
More and more are we convinced
of the fact that if the Negro youth
is given impartial and equal oppor-
tunities with other competitors,
regardless of race or color-in the
long run he will show up to de-
cided advantage. On Tuesday 9v-
ening, March 22nd, there was held
in Oberlin what is traditionally
known as the Home Oratorical
contest. There were five speakers
of college rank. Mr.. Benjamin
Allen of Lexington, KY, was the
only Negro representative-ard
his subject incidently had to do
with the race problem. The con-
test was rather close, but not so
close that serious questions were
entertained as to the winner. The
audience went away generally sat
isfied that the judges had rendered
a Just decision in favor of the Sec
ond speaker. Mr.. Allen, by virtue
of this home victory, will repre-
sent Oberlin at the Northern Ora
torical Contest to be held in Iowa
City in May. The Universities to
be represented in this larger con-
test are the Universities of Illinois
Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, Wis
consin and the Northwestern Uui-
versity. 1t might be added that
Mr.. Allen is the son os DR.. j. Nj.
very able physician in
Lexington, Ky.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-04-17
BY THEIR FRUITS
Editorial: From New York World,
April l. 1915


In the production of "The Birth
of Nation in this city race is
libelled. In the Office of the Col
lector of Internal Revenue for the
Second District of New York that
race may he judged by its fruits.
Charles W. Anderson goes out
of Office today after holding for ten
years this responsible post under
the Treasury. Many millions of
dollars have passed through his
hands. His dealings have been
practically all with white men of
the keenest intellect and of sub
stantial business standing
Capacity and courtesy have been
the qualities most remarked in his
conduct of an office maintained al
ways in the highest efficiency.
In Collector Anderson's time,
three complicated and important
new revenue measures, the income
tax, the corporation tax and the
war revenue tax, have made this
office the most difficult, as it is the
most important ever held by col
ored man under the Government.
H. boe stnoJ tha +act
No race is fairly judged by hold
ing up as types for reprobation its
most degraded specimens. Every
race has the right to be judged by
its patient, toiling, useful average,
and by its best.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-04-17
NEGROES IN
THE UNITED
STATES

lima the Negro population was
more than 50 per cent of the total
in l910-56.2 per cent and 55,2
respectively; and in Georgia,
Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida
the percentages ranged between
40 and So 45.1, 43.1, AZ 5, and Al, !,
respectively. In each of SO coun-
ties. scattered throughout the states
of Mississippi, Louisiana, Alaba-
ma, South Carolina, Georgia, Ar
kansas, Florida, and Tennessee, at
least rs per cent of the total pop
ulation was Negro in 1910. OF the
Southern states, West Virginia
had the smallest percentage of Ne
groes, 53. Outside of the South
there was no state in which the
percentage was as high as 3, the
highest being that for Missouri, 4.
s. There were only five other
Northern States-New Jersey,
Kansas, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and
Indiana-in which the proportion
of Negroes exceeded 2 per cent.
The center of population" for
the Negro race in the United
States is now located about "a
miles north northeast of Fort
Payne, Dekalb County, in north
eastern Alabama. Its movement
ever since 1870 has been in a
southwesterly direction, but during
the decade 1900-19lO it moved on
ly 5.S miles to the wesi-southwest,
while during the same period the
center of total population moved
80 miles to the westward.
NATIVITY, SEX, AND MARITAL CON
dition.
Ninety-nine and two tenths per
cent of all Negroes in the United
States in 1910 we're natives of ma
tive parentage, only fourteenth of
l per cent being foreign born,
while the remaining four-tenths of
l per cent were natives of foreign,
or mixed native and foreign paren-
tage. OF the 4O,339 foreign.born
Negroes in the United States, a.
1926, or trifie more than 60 per
cent, came from Cuba and the
West Indies. Only 473 were born
in Africa.
The sex distribution of the Ne
groes in the United States is on
the basis of 9S.9 males to 100 fe-
males, while for the native whites
of native parentage the ratio is 104
males to 100 females.
The statistics show tendency
on the part of the Negroes to mar
ry at earlier ages than whites.
This is brought out most clearly by
the percentages which married,
widowed, and divorced persons,
The Colorado statesman., 1915-04-17

Washington, D c. April II, 1915,
The bulletin on Negroes in the
United States, soon to be issued
by Director Sam l.. Rogers, OF the
Bureau of the Census, Department
of Commerce, indicates that there
has been among Negroes an in
creasing tendency toward home
ownership. marked increase in
the percentage Of illiteracy. de-
crease in the mortality rate, and an
increase in the proportion of
church membership.
This bulletin. which is special
compilation of information deriv-
ed from the Thirteenth Census and
from other inquiries conducted by
the Census Bureau, brings togeth-
er in one publication all the prin-
cipal data pertaining to the Negro
race which are in the possession
of the bureau The work of plan
ming and arranging the statistical
work, was done by Negro employ
ees.
INCREASE IN NEGRO POPULATION
The Negro population OF the
United States increased from 49,
POS, OF 1913 per cent of the total
population in 1880, to 9,S27, 1853,
or 10.7 per cent of the total, in
1910. The increase between 1900
and 1910 was at the rate of 11.2
per cent, while during the same
period the white population in
creased by 223 per cent. Since
1910 there has been continuous
decrease in the proportion which
Negroes have formed of the total
population, due, at least in part,
to the fact that the white popula-
ton has been continually augmen-
ted by immigration, while there
has been very little immigration
of Negroes during tho past hum
dred years.
The largest Negro population in
any state in 1910 was that Of
Georgia, 1,176,9S7; Mississippi
was second, with 1,009, ,4S7; and
Alabama third, with 908,2S2.
OF the 9 1927 1853 Negroes in the
United States in 1910, 7,77I071
or 79,l per cent, were reported as
of pure Negro blood, the remaining
2,o5O,6S6, or 20 9 per cent, being
classed as 'mulattoes. For GEN.
sus purposes this term covers all
persons of mixed white and Negro
blood, whatever the proportion.
The figures indicate continuous
increase in the percentage OF mu-
lattoes during the past 40 years.
DENSITY AND CENTER OF NEGRO Pop
ULATION.
In Mississippi and South Caro-
The Colorado statesman., 1915-04-17
"The sweet n,eature." "

Patrick Patrick" admonished
a lady. BE careful where you ara
walking! You nearly trod upon my
darling tortoise!" Och. oe aisy. me
lady!" rejoined her Irish gardener.
"Shure, an wouldn't hurt hair OF
his head, the sweet creatur!"
The Colorado statesman., 1915-04-17
Source of Ramle.

The ramie of which the inverted
mantles are made comes from China
Formerly it was sent to Germany.
where 1t was de-gummed and made
into thread, but now the entire op-
Grafton is done here,
The Colorado statesman., 1915-04-17

Dayton, O.-Thaddeus Wheeler,
of II Brady street, this city, has
been appointed cost clerk in the
municipal department. He is the
first man of his race to be so recog-
nized under the new form of gov
ernment. The white dailies of
Dayton speak praisingly of him
and remark that he is one of the
greatest colored men in the state
of Ohio.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-04-17

Chicago, April 7.-She Negro
citizens of Chicago are jubilent
over the election of Hon. Oscar
DePriest as alderman from the
Second Ward. 1t seems that De-
Priost led his ticket, getting every
Republican vote in the ward and
some more. Women voted for the
first time in this election, and be it
said to their credit that they stood
by their party like veteran Os-
car DePriest is the first Negro ev-
er elected to the alternate board
in this city. The Republicans
made clean sweep, carrying Chi
cago by record plurality of l40,-
QnO.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-28
INDIAN PRINCE WINS CROSS
Decorated for Bravery on West Front
by British Government.

London, Nov. 27.-lndias youngest
war prince has just won the Military
Cross for marked gallantry. He q,
Second Lieutenant Rena Jodha Jan.
Bahadur, of the beth Carnival Riff, 8.
grandson of the Maharajah of Nepai.
The official account of his bravery
says:
During a feint attack north Of the
La Bassee Canal he commanded a dou-
BILE company with great ability and
conspicuous gallantry in fase Of q
severe fire from rifles, machine guns.
hand grenades and bombs. His bravery
was previously observed on September
25, when he led his men with markell
gallantry right up 20 the German wire
under heavy rife fire and machine gun
fire"
The prince is now in a London hos
pital recovering from two wounds &c
ccived in the La Bassee encounter. Il.
is less than twenty-five years old.
81 take my men into action armed
with kukris. as well as rifles he toll
an interviewer at the hospital. but
we don't often get chance 4 use the
knives. when we get near the ener'"
they always surrender. They have
heard Of our kukris In peace and war
we keep up our skill in the use e the
kukri. At our principal festival ever
man has TO use his knife. We have
goats and bufaloes for victims. II
n man takes two strokes 10 dispatch
his animal. instead Of doing II with
one clean stroke, he is dlsgraced.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-28
NEW UNION SEEKS
REPUBLICAN REFORM
Will Meet in Chicago Tuesday
to Discuss Party Rules.
[By relegraph 10 The Tribune. ]

Chicago, Nov. 27.-The National Re
publican Union, recently organized will
meet here Tuesday to devise means
to place the Republican party under
the control of the voters" Particu-
larly. the union desires a chance in
party rules.
Its purpose, to quote from PAM
phlet, is "to insure Republican party
permanency and to perpetuate the Re
publican party rs an instrument Of
good government. thereby giving to all
the people the greatest measure of well
fare and happiness which 1t is possible
for a political agency to provide"
Horace O. Stillwell is chairman and
Paul p. Haynes is secretary of the
committee on organization and extern
sion. Both are from Anderson, Ind.
Mr.. Stillwell was one of Roosevelt's
supporters in 1912. The question of
representation in the next national
convention mainly concerns the har-
monizers.
That Republican leaders believe the
national convention is to be held in
Chicago is apparent from reservations
of rooms at hotels. Among those who
have already provided for quarters are
Senator John W. Weeks and ex-senator
w. Murray Crane, of Massachusetts;
Charles W Fairbanks, Myron 7. Her
rick, Representative James r. Mann.
Joseph B. Healing, of Indiana, and
David Mulane, of Kansas.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-28

arrested was in charge OF police ma
tron. Enright first got in touch with
the men by telling them he thought
the opportunity was now ripe TO open
a place in The Bronx. Then he IN
vited them 20 dispose OF girls to him
The crusade was begun three weeks
ago. following numerous complaints at
Headquarters.
Enrights story was that he first
communicated with Joseph Fenseli. VINO
had two girls to sell. He brought them
10 The Bronx house yesterday with two
other men and asked so each EnriSht
offered SOS for the two which was
snapped up eagerly. The three men
were then arrested.
Magistrate Levy held them in $4,000
bail. Those arrested with Fenseli SAFE
they were Alexander Yandoli and
George Palmer. The girls. Margaret
and Tessie Sullivan, were sent TO Wav-
erly Home. On Yandola. il is said, was
found S25 in marked bills, on Palmer
the same amount, and on Fenseli $40.
lie had given $40 TO one Of the girls.
The men locked up. Enright said he
then met Jacob Fuchs, OF lo9 Orchsrd
Street, who promised TO bring two TO
The Bronx house. Shortly after dark
he appeared with Max feager, OF lao
Suffolk Street, Rose Golden and Mary
Fuerstein. A bargain was made for
$40. Then he and Yeager were placed
under arrest. The girls were sent n
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-28
OLD FOOTBALL STAR WEBS
rockingham, Harvard Player. Marries
Miss Elenor Fabyan in Boston.

Boston, Nov. 27.-Miss EleanorFa-
byan. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
Wright Fsbyan, Of Commonwealth Ave
nue., was married in the Old South
Church at noon to-day 70 Theodore
rockingham, jr., who was graduated
from Harvard in 1912, and was half
back on the varsity football team. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
George A. Gordon, pastor Of the church,
and the Rev. Endicott Peabody, head OF
Groton School, from which Mr. Froth-
ingham was graduated in 1903. The
bridegroom is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Theodore rockingham, of Philadel-
phia, and cousin of eX-Lieutenantt
Governor Louis A. rockingham, OF
Massachusetts.
More than five hundred members or
Boston, New York and Philadelphia so
ciety were present at the church cere-
mony and at the reception later at the
home of the brides parents.
After a wedding journey Mr.. and
Mrs rockingham will make their
home in Boston.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-28
FIVE MEN CAUGHT
IN ANTI-VICE NET
Held on White Slavery Charge
After Arrest by Detective
Posing as Dive Keeper.

Posing as the proprietor OF as
orderly house. Detective William ).
Enright yesterday caused the arrest OF
five men after he had bought four girls
for S.. In the afternoon, as trench-
man, his liberal offers had attracted
20 an establishment fitted up. by the
police in 162d Street, near Third Ave
nue.. three men. They parted. with the
two sisters, it is charged, for 50 III
marked money. A few hours later two
others we're iured to the place by the
bids of Enright-then suave Italian
and were made prisoners, charged
with selling two girls for $40 each.
Enright, attached to Commissioner
Woods's staff. is the man who last
spring rounded up group OF white
sIavers in The Bronx and closed sew
eral houses by his vigorous crusade.
Yesterday he was assisted by Detec
tives Gorevan, Foley and Herbert.
The house where the five men were
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-28
WILL FILL BROOKLYN PULPIT
The Rev. A. X. Foster, of Worcester.
Accepts Call TO Baptist Church.

The Washington Avenue BAPTIST
Church, Of Brooklyn, learned yesterday
that the Rev Allyn King Foster, pastor
Of the First Baptist, the largest and
richest church in Worcester, Mass. mad
accepted It's unanimous call and would
begin his duties on January /. Mr.
Foster will resign his Worcester pas
torate to-day.
The pulpit of the Washington Ave,
nue. church has been vacant since April
/. when the Rev. Dr.. Robert Mcdonald
resigned to become pastor OF the
Plymouth Congregational Church, Wor-
cester Mr. Foster preached there twice
this month, and made such a deep I'M.
preston that the congregation decided
to call him. Mr.. Foster is forty-hve
years old, and entered the ministry IN
1894. His charges have been the
Olivet Baptist Church, New Haven, and
the Worcester church, where he has
been since 1904. He has also been as
sociate pastor of the Marcy Avenue
Bartist Church, Brooklyn.
He has been a leader in church and
civic movements. and is a trustee in
the Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Northern Baptist Educational and Bap-
fist Foreign Missionary societies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-28
'BERAZA, CUBAN PATRIOT,
KILLED BY ESCAPING GAS
Was Provisional Vice-Presiden mt
of Rebels i'm 1878.

Manuel de Ia c. Beraza. provisional
vice president OF the rebel organization
in, Cuba in 1878, and journalist. was
found dead in bed in mis- room az IA
Blocker Street at o'clock last even
ing. Mrs. Muir, the landlady, detected
the odor Of gas coming from his
room. DR.. Lockman. Of ST. Vincents
Hospital, said the man had been killed
by gas escaping from one jet, evidently
accidentally.
Born seventy-eiGht years ago, Senior
Beraza was educated in Cuba and later
at Harvard. Returning to his native
land, he engaged in the rebellion OF
l86o-IS. He was a member of the
American-Cuba Junta expedition in
1879. His party. which included a hun
dred persons, was captured by United
states troops and sent to prison at
Wilmington, Del.
After his release, two years later,
senior Beraza engaged in journalism
here. writing for magazine and news
papers. He was also a lecturer on
Masonry, master of La Fraternidad
Lodge and a thirty-second degree
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-28
CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEnnr,,
Mr.. and Mrs. Strunsky Related "a n
Writers. V

Mr.. and Mrs. Elias Strun,lv
brated their golden wedding Lac, ~
at the home of their eldest Ga,
Albert Strunsky. 1872 West i2is, ST..
Mr.. Strunsky is the uncle Of s;,.
Strunsky. an author, and editof Of ar
Evening Post" and the father o, N.
William English Walling ANN. ST.
SKYE, we'll known speaker and u,;,,.
Rose Strunsky. magazine writer a.,
suthor of biography Of Abraham Il,
coin: DR.. Max Strunsky. an autho,,.
on orthop9dic surgery; Hyman Strv,
sky. a short story writer, and Nov,
Strunsky. who for several years Ma,
newspaper man.
MIR. Strunsky came 10 America B,
1886. and soon became a citizen. aid,n,
many struggling young refugees q
the East Side. who hoeked here att,
the political reaction OF the zoe
Russia. In 1895 he moved to San Fur.
cisco. but returned to New York sit,.
the earthquake.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-28
Team Drops Into Subway.

Two horses were thrown twenty feet
into the subway excavation at Seventh
Avenue and Fifty-sixth Street last
night when a trolley car struck the
way to Carnegie Hall stopped to view
the accident, and the Seventh Avenue
trolleys were delayed until the team
was dragged from the hole by an s.
p. c. A. derrick. They were uninjured.
The wagon was owned by Thompson
Bros. Of 50 West 1929 Street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-28

is returnable Tuesday afternoon, and
Daeche was released in $4,000 bail.
furnished by a surety company. HIS
counsel contended that the indictment
against him was defective. not spe-
cifc. and that the United States Dis
trict Court had no jurisdiction.
The writ was taken out before
United States Judge Haight in Jersey
City, and the bail accepted by Com
missioner Quinn. Assistant United
States Attorney John c. Knox. who
has been in charge Of the cases agai2st
Robert Fay ard his alleged conspirs
tors. opposed the granting Of the writ