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The Colorado statesman., 1916-07-08
PULLMAN PoRTERS GRANTED
WAGE INCREASE.

Chicago, June PA five per cen
increase in pay was granted the cor
ductors and porters in the employ o.
the Pullman Company today. Con-
ductors and porters who have been
in the service of the company fifteen
years or more will benefit by the new
plan which provides an increase of 8
per cent, with an additional 21a per
cent for each five years of continu-
GUS service.
With the establishment of the new
scale of July l, the old system OF
yearly bonuses is abolished. An eX,
ira month for clear service records
each year will be given, regardless of
the length of service in the company.
The five per cent increase will
amount to $500 to $500 in actual cash
to the man.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-07-08
FIGHTS WILL, THAT BENTFIT
coLoRED WOMAN.

Camden, N. J., June 24.-Miss Mary
Mason, won the first step in her en-
deavor to break the will of her father,
Doctor Charles H. Mason, "Voodoo"
doctor who died at his home, 512
Clinton street, Camden, last April,
when Judge Boyle in the Camden
Orphans Court, after hearing admit
ted the will to probate.
By the terms of the will, Ida
Quetto Carter, colored former house
keeper for the deceased, was to re-
ceive S14,999 of the $4,000 estate, one
dollar going to his daughter, Sarah
Mason.
The will was contested on the
grounds that the testator lacked tes-
tamentary capacity and that he was
unduly influenced. Doctor Mason ac-
cumulated his wealth by selling love
potions, heart balm pebbles and paste
boards cards which kill pain"
DIR. Edward J. McConakhy testified
to treating Doctor" Mason two years
before his death and also attending
him in his last illness. He stated
that he regarded the doctor" of
sound mind and that he was above
the average intelligence.
In answer to hypothetical qneS-
ton as to whether man was men
ally trustworthy who believed in
"spooks," who talked to stuffed birds
md who ran about the house in a
,ude condition, saying that it was the
jnly way in which he could properly
commune with the spirits, the witness
replied that he was suffering from a
de.usion. However, he regarded Doc
tor" Mason as competent to make a
viii and that such delusions could
be cured.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-07-08
THE REAL CAUSE.

The talk of putting the blame on
Germany or Japan for stirring up
trouble between Mexico and the
United States overlooks one very i'm
portant fact, and that is that the
Mexicans themselves are some trou-
BILE stirrers on their own account.
When we dig Down deep enough we
find the real cause of the trouble to
be the dislike which MeXicans have
for Americans; and they dislike
Americans because Americans treat
them as interiors. This cause is at
The Colorado statesman., 1916-07-08

Atlanta, Ca, June 24.-'The Ne
groes of Atlanta spend $4,000 a
month for whiskey and beer" de-
clared Prof B. r. Holmes. of Holmes
Institute, to a large and enthusiastic
meeting held in the Institute last Sun
day. Continuing, Prof. Holmes paint
ed vivid word picture of the liquor
traffic in Georgia, and said in part:
''In twelve months the Colored peo-
pie of Atlanta would send out of the
city $216,OOO, which is more money
than it takes to operate all the Col
ored churches, colleges, schools and
charitable institutions in the city.
Ninety per cent of the Colored peo-
pie VINO spend their meager earn
ings for whiskey have more than
5000 Colored children growing up
in ignorance and crime, and their
wives are working night and day pay
ing house rent for their husbands to
live in buying books, clothing, shoes
and provisions for their children"
The Colorado statesman., 1916-07-08
(From New York Age.

(From New York Age.
The Negro is one of the great assets
of Southern industrial life, according
to a report brought from Kentucky to
the convention of the National Asso-
citation of Manufacturers held recently
at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York
City. 1t was brought by Frank ID.
Rash of the Kentucky Manufacturers
Association, who, although manufac-
turer, gave the convention a treat in
old-time oratory as good as if he did
nothing else for living.
mo longer" said Mr.. Rash, "does
the gallant, bewhiskered Southern
Colonel surround himself with cup
bearers and lounge on the broad ve-
randa of his colonial mansion, all the
while slipping the seductive mint
iulep from the frosted cup of silver
And though the Kentucky colonel still
lives. you will now see him donning
cap and overalls and leading the
forces of industry in bringing Ken
tucky's marvellous mineral wealth to
the use of mankind or yet, perhaps
as the executive directing his staff in
anv one of the many manufa curing
enteprises suringing up within the
borders of the commonwealth.
Much has been written and said
concerning a so-called Negro problem
"a great part of this at long dis
tance; and it may be that the first
hpnd exreriences and observations Of
a Southerner may he of some interest
TO Won. As respects the completeness
of Information Of ranv writer's on this
subject, the average Southerner can
not avoid regarding some statements
as did the two old Irish ladies. The
ATcnD1SnOD nfu a iihC opi
mon on married life and its beauties.
The two old ladies. both with figures
and families of ample proportions.
were heard coming out of church
commenting on the address.
""Tis fine sermon his Reverence
would be after givin' u.s. said one to
the other. 1T is. indade,' was the re
plv; and wish knew as little about
the matter as he does
"In expressing the belief that Ne
gro labor is one of the greatest assets
of Southern industry. it is devoutlv to
be hoped that such expression will not
be considered in the light of an at
tempt to point out any commercial ad-
vantage of one section of the country.
but rather desire to present the idea
The Colorado statesman., 1916-07-08
Negro Is Real
Asset Says A
SOutherner
Development of Race Due in Great Measure To Leader
ship of Booker Washington. South Owes Much To Negro

of the thoughtful Southerner of to-
day and to pay just tribute to the
worthy Southern Negro.
Washinston's Principles for All People
"That remarkable man, Booker T.
Washington, pointed out to the people
work, hard work and efficient work in
the fields, the forests, the factories
and the mines, in the industrial school
and in the college and in the profess
sions, and to that end never ceased
his call to service. You will recall
his wonderful address at the opening
of the Cotton States Exposition in At
lanta in 1895, which did more than
any public utterance of any man to
temper suspicion and race hatred and
to bring about better understanding
in the South, and while the Utopian
state in this understanding has not
been reached and may never be, yet,
nevertheless, we are day by day and
year by year approaching Booker r.
Washington's dream for the South.
Having had opportunity to observe
the application of the Industrial prin-
ciples Booker r. Washington laid
down to the Southern Negro, or, as to
that, for all peoples, it is gratifying
to bear testimony to the correctness
of those ideas, if such testimony were
needed, and in which the best thought
of the South will join.
There are those who would cite the
lazy, shiftless and indolent as typical
of the Negro race, but if the same
yardstick were applied other branches
of the human family might have rea-
son to complain bitterly. Experience
has shown that when given the op-
portunity for gainful employment un-
der just and fair conditions, the Ne
gro not only proves in every way his
value as workman, often most
skilled, but, above all, there is culti-
waited in his mind and heart that now
too rare feeling of deep interest and
loyalty to his employer. When the
Southern Negro works for corpora
tion he calls it my company and
never has bomb been found in his
hand nor has he been branded as an
anarchist. Under fair treatment his
loyalty becomes deep and unchanging
and the sower of the seeds of discord
finds little response to his beguiling
or impassioned stories of greeneI
fields to be had for the asking or
taking"
The Colorado statesman., 1916-07-08

preme chancellor, and Col. R. C. Sim
mons were presented to the grand
lodge. This was followed by the able
and mastery address of Grand Chan
cellor Prince, which was said to be
the best and finest delivered. He took
up every phase of the work and Gov
cred all departments Dallas Ex-
press.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-07-08
CONGRESSMAN MADDEN DE-
FENDs coLoRED RACE.

Washington, d. c., June 17.-In n
recent letter in the House of Con-
gress, Martin Madden of Illinois made
determined stand for the rights of
Negroes, and in debate with Con-
gressman Clrak of Florida drove
some shots home We reprint part of
Mr.. Madden's hot reply to Congress
man Clark:
mo, must refuse to yield at this
TINA. He says they propose never to
permit these men to vote Well, I
suppose that will be true if they have
their way, but there are 100000 of
these people in America. They will
rise in their might some day against
those who are keeping them down.
They have been loyal to the flag.
They have fought in every battle that
has been waged for the liberty of the
nation. They have shed their blood
upon every battlefield. They are law
abiding citizens. They are loyal to
the country and to the constitution,
and they are entitled to better con-
sideration than they are receiving at
the hands of men like my distin-
guished friend from Florida, and all
who think and act as he does upon
that question, because / believe that
every human being, no matter what
his creed or what his color, is en-
titled to his right to participate in the
activities of this republic, if he be a
citizen of the United States. oh, you
do not ask these men what the color
of their skin is when you want them
to fight for the flag. Oh, no. You
only ask them what the color of their
skin is when they want to exercise
their rights of franchise. You did
rot ask these men who went to San
tiago, who led the charge at San Juan
Hill what the color of their skin was
when they won the victory for our
flag there. You did not ask them
what the color of their skin was when
they fought with General Jackson at
New Orleans. Oh, no. You did not
ask them what the color of their skin
was when they fought in the Revolu-
tion, and no one asked the color of
their skin when they fought for the
of the Union under
which we now live in in that degree
of prosperity and happiness of which
we are so proud"
The Colorado statesman., 1916-07-08

The National Equal Rights League
suggests and urgently advises that
everywhere Colored Americans hold
Memorial Meetings in honor of the
Co oored cavalrymen who were sacri-
feed in Mexico and died bravely
fighting for the flag which does not
protect them at home. 1t would be
most fitting to eulogize these black
heroes right now, and appeal for
equal rights for their race. Irish
Americans are eulogizing Irish rebels
of Ireland. A citizens committee
could be formed at once in every city.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-07-08
RACE NEWS
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

Washington, July A battalion of
Negro infantry, field hospital COM
pany and signal crops, comprising
in all about 500 troops of the District
of Columbia National Guard, en-
trained tonight for the border
The Colorado statesman., 1916-07-08
SIMMONS GREAT DEDICATION
SPEECH.

The Dallas Express brings us the
proceedings of the grand lodge that
has just closed its session and the
great dedication speech delivered at
the 100000 X. of P. Temple by Col.
Roscoe C. Simmons, Kentucky's idol.
The Express says:
"a brief history of the temple was
presented by Prof. w. l.. Davis, and
Mrs. N. A. Kirk of Waco told of the
temple and the Calanthians in verse.
1t was an able address, but all were
looking forward to the feature of the
evening, the dedicatory address. This
was delivered by the matchless orator
of the age, that prince of platform
speakers, Roscoe c. Simmons, of
Louisville, KY This young man is at
tracing the attention of the country,
and it is said he is in demand by all
races in America. On the public ros-
trum he is in as much demand as was
Booker T. Washington, and is filling
many places that Washington filled
during his life.
Sways Fifteen Hundred People.
During the delivery of his able ad-
dress, Mr.. Simmons swayed his audi
ence at will, and at times over 1,50O
were in death-like silence, eager to
hear every word. He made some beau
tiful pictures during his address. With
out a doubt he is a great orator, and
man who is doing things. He went
back to fifty years ago, bringing out
the condition of the race then, and
bringing them up to this time. He
pointed to when the Negro was moth
ing fifty years ago, when he lived in
a one-roomed log cabin, mud chin
neys and dirt floors, on which the
children were born; when the Negro
could not figure, could not read or
write; when he followed the plow as
property; when he sang refrains with
tears and heartaches, but when he
turned to the change the audience all
but stood up. He said that the Ne
gro was now dressed in the robe of
citizenship, slept beneath 100000
roofs which he called home, and had
accumulated in fifty years. Tonight
he said, Il can figure and l can cypher,
too, and can write check for a bill
lion dollars in property gathered by
my people through toll and anxiety.
Tonight my eager plow turns the
waiting soil to the sun on a million
acres of land, bought from my former
MASTER AS the speaker pictured the.
condition of the slave father and
mother fleeing and pursued by blood
hounds, he brought tears to many
eyes. His description of Booker T.
Washington entering the pearly gates
and being received by Abraham Lin
coin was an occasion for an outburst
of loud and long applause Rocker T
Washington did not know the day OF
his BIRTH, he said but the world can
never forget the day of his death. He
reached up and took education out OF
the clouds and put 1t within the reach
of poverty Wednesday morning after
the opening exercises, Joseph L.
Jones, supreme worthy counsellor,
Cincinnati, Ohio; s. w. Green, SUI
The Colorado statesman., 1916-07-08

the bottom of nine-tenths of the ill
feeling against the United States,
which is found in all parts of Latin
America.-New York Age.
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Continued from First Page.

now, and there are tens Of thousands
OF others In similar cases.
AFTER a. u is our country, although
you look upon II as a sort of back gar
den which YOU can trampie INTO dust
without consideration.
Timothy Healy. Nationalist member
from Cork. said he welcomed the visit
or Premier Asquith to Ireland. II would
create a good impression. ne said. 1t Ia
generally believed hat II Is likely "a
effect much good. Mr.. Dillon's resolu-
ton vas defeated without "A division.
Herbert Samuel. Home Secretary, said
that an inquiry was being held into the
r. Sheehy Skefnngton and four others
In Dublin. No reply was given to nu-
merous demands for the name Of the
officer arrested In connection with the
Irish editors death.
The resolution OF Lord Lorcburn. ex-
pressing dissatisfaction with the adj
ministratton OF Irish affairs, was passed
without division In the House of Lords.
The punishment of the Irish rebels
has been made more severe because Of
the connection Of Germany with the
insurrection. according to an official
statement issued tonight. The state
ment IL as follows:
Seventeen officers were killed and
As wounded. SO men were killed and
I'll wounded. n MIN are missing.
Edward Devalera and Thomas Ashe,
who were sentenced to death. have
had their sentences committed to pena,
servitude for life.
Courts-martial in Dublin OF rebels
have practically finished. and the pro-
vincial rebels are now being tried.
In view Of the gravity OF the rebellion
and the connection Of German intrigue
propaganda the commander In chief
has found 1t imperative to infict the
most severe sentences on known or
ganizers and commanders participate
ing In the lighting. 1t Is hoped that
the examples will act as a sufficient
deterrent to further i~ntrigues.
The policy OF the Ministry was criti-
cised in the House Of Commons and de-
nounced by the whole Nationalist party
Us well as by a large number OF the
Liberal members. II is the aim Of this
section of the House to bring the exc
cution OF Irish leaders to an end and
also to put a stop to further arrests
and to effect the withdrawal Of martial
law in Ireland.
The execution OF Thomas Kent. the
most recent rebel to he killed. although
carried out before Premier Asquith's
practical assurance that no further
death sentences would he carried into
effect until after the debate on the
situation. aroused more protests to-day
by members OF the Irish party. The
Nationalist members are growing more
and more disturbed over the number OF
leaders who are being arrested and taken
to England.
\ list containing the names of about
100 persons who have been arrested has
been published. Many moro than 400
have been arrested.
The latest lists place the number Of
casualties at Dublin of soldiers. civilians
and rebels at 1000. OF these 400 were
killed. a curious feature Of the situa-
ton. according to a Dublin despatch. is
the fact that there has been An increase
there Of late In the number OF recruits
Offering themselves.
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DESCRIBES COL. HOUSE
AS THE MAN CLOSE BY
Paris "FigarO" Thinks He
Had Hand in Recent L. :.
Notes to Germany.
Special cable Despatch 10 TnE srS.

PARIS. May 1.-THE Figaro. for rea-
sons which it Toes not explain. finds
the m well chosen for printing a
column sketch OF Col. House. headed
The Man Close BY"
The article begins by saying that col.
House ~"assuredly collaborated in both
notes" to Germany.
THE only revelations the mysterious
traveller made when In France" 1t con-
tinues. were that Frances climate re-
called that Of Texas and that President
Wilson was a great man.
The Figaro depicts Col. House rs
Circulating i~mperturbable amidst she
noise circles which. weighed down by
intrigues. combinations. shameless blum
and impossible deals. form the Amcri-
can electoral world"
"He has not increased the 100. 900
franc Cs20.0oO) income he received from
his father the article goes on. but he
can telephone for the wherewithal to
fill the election war chest when funds
are low. He refused the Secretaryship
of the Treasury. but suggested Mr.. Nc
Adoo for the place. He refused to sue
coed Secretary Bryan but recommended
Mr.. Lansing.
Such Is the strange bcing h after
seeing Europe in the second year % the
war, inspired the President : rote and
impr, ssed upon Americas po.icy that
character of attentive reseTv, whici, H.
his own. For Col. House. like all AMER
cans OF the twentieth century. processes
a creed of efficiency hat Is "A religion.
Of useful results which lead in politics
to "A touch OF scepiicism."
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SEE HOME RULE MOVE.
London Papers Speculate IN As
Uuith's Visit 70 Dublin.
Special Cob,e Despatch to The St

Special '1be Despatch 10 The SrN.
LONDON May I2 ,Friday).-Regard-
,.u yr,,a, >s,,,i,,.s trim n puh,;, mn
'"e ~ '
view which Is much favored u! some
Liberals and Nationalists Is that the
Premier Is seeking a compromise ar
r%angement by which the new executive
representative MAJ he an Ulster man
and Nationalist interests may he es-
tablished. The most that can be said of
this view is that it is purely specula-
tive.
The radical Ddiiy Ncrs Parliamen-
,ary correspondent writes;
1T is possible that the visit may be
concerned only with questions arising
out Of the rebellion. such ~ staying fur
| Their executions or the treatment Of the
| rcbe, rank and file. but not Il single Ma
t~ionalist believes this. All the members
Of the Nationalist PARTY yesterday he
| licypd that back of Mr.. Asuuith's mind
was tho idea of sounding Irish opinion
o, tho possibility of a deal over the
vexed home rule probjem"
The writer dds that the Nationalist
| party are puzzled and worried by tn.
situation. worried because they have
not, heau consulted and puzzled because
| ,bcy do no, understand how any com
, promise between the factions is possible
I'm, the Nationalist leaders declare their
Readiness to examine and consider any
| PROPOSALS for settling the Irish quarreis
! which may he put forward
In this respect they differ from IN"
rank and file OF the Ulster party Sir Ed
ward carson ~ suPPose" po'
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FRENCH ON OFFENSIVE.
n cr,i" Reports rhcir Attacks Neat
,c Mort NJ me BreNk Down.

RrRLfS. via London. May 1l.-Further
et.trks hy tho French yesterday and
I,., nigh, near Is Mort IIomme and
southeast OF Iill Jvi broke dcwn under
,-o nre of the German artillery and ma
,tine guns with considerable losses To
t. ,,tackins forces.
II was announced to-day that 81
officers and Isis men have been taken
,, prisoners from the French IN the re
con Of I'M 3Ol since May T.
French attack IN the taillette wood
on the east bank NJ the Meuse was re-
rulscd. The official statement Aid
German %acroplaucs dropped bombs
or Dunkirk and the railroads ear
Adinkcrke.
on the Nerdun front west of the
li.use the French again made an at
tack near IL. Mort Hoininc in the af-
tcrnoon and southeast OF Hill 3o4 in
the evening. Both attacks broke down
IN the face Of our machine gun and
artillery fire with considerable losses
Ia the enemy
In Camard Forest a Bavarian patrol
captured ifty-fcur French soldiers.
The number Of unwounded French
soldiers captured since May 4 In the
lighting near nm 3ot has reached SO
officers and 1915 men.
or the Nerdun front east Of the
Accuse there was hand grenade fight
ing all night long In the vicinity Of
the Bots dc Ia 'aillette. \ French at
tack in the wood was rcpulscd.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-12
DUTCH WANT WILSON
TO AID IN MEDIATION
Appeal Made for Cooperation
in Promoting Conference
Of Neutrals.
BASED on GERM NOTE

The declaration by the German Gov
In its last note that twice Ger
many has signified her willingness to
make peace is the basis Of an appeal for
mediation by President Wilson which
was received yesterday by Hamilton
Holt from the Netherlands Anti-war
Council.
The appeal proposes that American
peace organizations cooperate in urging
President Wilson to promote a confer
cncc OF neutrals to offer mediation for a
durable peace" and sets forth that not
only the Dutch Government but the
Government Of Switzerland and the Sec
end Chamber of Sweden are DESTROYS Of
neutral mediation In the war.
Mr.. Holt. who In chairman of the
American branch of the Central Organi-
xatiOn for Durable Peace. said n meeting
will be held as soon as possible by the
American members of the Central Or
eanization. Copies of the appeal from
the Dutch Council nave been sent To
other a societies and will probably
also reach President Wilson. The appeal
says:
"The Committee Anti-Oorlag Raad
'hntl-Nar CONSUMERS the fact
that tn" German Government says in
its recent note to America that |. twice
publicly declared 1t was willing 10 bring
about peace 40 a new cause for media
tive action from neutral sides.
The swedish Second Chamber has
officially expressed "a wish for coopera-
tive neutral mediation. Anti-Oorlag
Taad urges the amc. The Dutch Gov
aud switzerland are strong for
similar action. Recent speeches OF
Eethmann-liollweg m Asauith open
possibilities Of Cancellation.
"rhe Dutch committee hopes YOU will
deem possible the cooperation of Ameri-
can peace organizations. and eventually
the Muhonk conference. in urging Presi-
dent Wilson 20 promote a conference If
rcutrals TO Offer mediation for durable
peace and an International system whict,
will secure the principle Of equal rights
Tor all civilized States. as Asqui,h has
described the purpose OF the Allies"
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