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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-23
Colored Man Who Tried
to Shoot Bank Clerk Held

bert, the colored man who attempted
to shoot Frank Briner, clerk in the
Farmers Trust Company Bank, here,
yesterday, when the latter refused to
cash a check drawn in Humbert's s
name, was taken to jail, where an
investigation as to his sanity will be
made. Several weeks ago Humbert
went to the markets here and helped
himself to the produce on the farmers
stands. He claimed that he was en-
titled to all he wanted to eat and de-
manded that the food be given him.
He was elected from the building.
Humbert seems to be insane on the
subject of the high cost of living.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-23
wANBAUGH CHAIRMAN

"a b Waq9sSSgn az Se mas been
tee of Typographical Union, No. IA A
big dinner will be held early next
month. Mr.. Wanbaugh succeeds Frank
Hoffman, resigned.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-23
MRS. CALVIN E. MYERS DIES

Lemoyne, Pa, Jan. 23.-Mrs. Car
rie Rosella, wife of Calvin e. Myers,
of Lemoyne, died in the Harrisburg
Hospital on Sunday night. Mrs. Myers
was 4S years old and is survived by
her husband one son, Eugene Myers,
and a daughter. Eta. Funeral serv-
ices. will be held at the home to-mor-
row morning at IL o'clock. The body
will be taken to Dillsburg, where fur
ther services will be held at the Meth
odist Church in the afternoon. Burial
will be made at Dillsburg.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-23
SUPPER AND SALE FOR GLASS

Dauphin, Pa, Jan. 23.-A sauer-
kraut supper and sale of cakes.
candy, peanuts and pie Will be held
Saturday at O'Clock in the /. o. o. r..
Hall by Glass No. 5 of the Presby-
terian Sunday School. taught by Mrs.
j. d. M. Reed. For those who do not
care for sauerkraut, baked beans will
be provided.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-11-24

of the riot. The conditions there
at the time beggar description. 1t
is impossible for any human be-
ing to describe the ferocity and
brutality of that mob. In one
case, for instance, a little 10-year-
old boy, whose mother had been
shot down, was running around
sobbing and looking for his moth
er, and some members of the mob
shot the boy, and before his life
had passed from his body they
picked the little fellow up and
threw him in the flames.
"Another colored woman with
a little 2-year-old baby in her
arms was trying to protect the
child, and they shot her and also
shot the child, and threw them il
the flames. The horror of that
tragedy in East st. Louis can nev-
er be described. 1t weighted mt
down with feeling of depression
that I did not recover from fol
weeks. "
We know the statements made
by these two members of Con
gress to be true. Therefore, since
civilized Americans could commit
such acts against other unoffend
ing Americans in peace, there is
no reason to doubt that Germans
would commit the acts related by
Captain Fallon against their foes
in war. We again apologize tc
Captain Fallon.-New York Age
| November Is, 1917.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-11-24
ENERGETIC ADVERTISING MAN
AGER CHIEF CAUSE OF
BUSINESS SUCCESS.

T. C. GREENE, the energetic and
popular advertising manager of the
Denver Dry Goods Company, one OF
the largest in the Middle West, is de-
termined to show great returns from
his fall and Christmas trade. Expert
enced in this line of work and thor
oughly capable of handling the situa-
ton, Mr.. Greene's efficiency proves
itself in the numerical increase of the
patrons of this store as well as the
fair margin of profits that result
from his special mode of advertising.
Believing in giving that necessary in
formation to the public whereby they
become the beneficiaries of the best
goods at prices within their reach,
this advertising agent is recognized as
a very valuable asset to the Denver
Dry Goods Company, and the public
in their appreciation of such services
continue to patronize this MODERN
HOUSE OF FASHION.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-11-24
THE SOLDIER AND HIS SKIN
(From New York World)

(Fr0m New I OfK WOrldJ
Race prejudice in the United
States Army is as intolerable as
treason or insubordination. If
encouraged in any degree it can
not fail to destroy discipline and
weaken the physical and moral
force of the establishment.
The day following Gen. Castle
toms rebuke of this spirit in the
Kentucky camp, a colored Lieu
tenant was mobbed at Vicksburg
by white private soldiers with
civilian assistance and finally
compelled to make his escape in
disguise. He had gone to his
home proud of the commission
which he had earned by hard
study and training. He fled not
so much to save himself as to re-
move from his parents the dan
ger of violence.
If colored men are good enough
to go to France to defend with
their lives the rights of the Uni
ted States, they are entitled to
all the respect at home for their
uniform and rank which white
men receive everywhere without
question. The mingled blood of
lords and costermongers is said
almost to have obliterated class
distinctions among the British,
who once regarded them as in
vincible. There can be no COM
plete triumph for democracy as
far as America is concerned
which does not stifle forever the
snobbery which judges a man
not by his valor and capabilities
but by his color.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-11-24
Philadelphia, Pa. Mr.. Vau

Philadelphia, Pa. Mr.. Vaudi-
car Walker. recently of the
Haynes Motor Car Co., and an
experienced man in automobiles
for the past fifteen years, has ac-
cepted a position as road agent
and inspector for The Peerless
Motor Car Co., 2314 Chestnut
street, Philadelphia. This posi-
ton carries the honor of being
the only Negro ever appointed
by such an enterprising firm'of
automobile makers. We are
again convinced that prepared
ness is one barrier against race
prejudice.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-11-24
BISHOP LAWRENCE SAYS,
POWER OF PRAYER
is A PRACTICAL FIGHT
ING FORCE. "

When a million people set
their hearts and minds and souls
upon a certain objective, some
thing is bound to happen, said
Bishop Lawrence in a sermon
whereby he established in the
minds of a congregation which
crowded st. Paul's cathedral to
the doors the power of prayer
as practical fighting force"
Then the bishop pointed out
that when a man starts to pray
for the success of our forces
against autocracy, he must ask
himself many questions: Am
II good and pure upholder of
true democracy, do l always
want a democracy which keeps
me in privilege class, do l love
my political party too WE'LL"
He said the Negroes and the
Japanese are fighting for us.
I'VE must ask ourselves before
we pray, can | ever think of the
colored man again as a dirty
n or draw away my skirts
in disdain from colored woman
in a street car; can | think of the
yellow race as a horde of heath
ems, or make fun of the China
man in the street; can | rest
easy and pray with a clean heart
so long as Negroes are liable to
be lynched or shot down by
mobs?"
1t is those things which make
prayer a force for making better
citizens, and by that means bet
ter fighters. said the bishop of
Massachusetts.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-11-24
THE NEGRO IN THE WAR
(FromGreenville, S. C. News

(FromGreenville, S. G. News
The course of the Negro race
has been highly creditable in this
war. Upon barren soil fell the
seed of sedition and insurrection
disseminated by German agents
and pro-German newspapers in
an attempt to incite the Negroes
to uprising against the United
States. So far as we have OBJ
served, Negro leaders have been
conspicuously free from treason
able utterances. Drafted Ne
groes have gone to the front as
cheerfully as any other set of
men and, if history repeats it
self, they will fight with signal
The Colorado statesman., 1917-11-24
ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE

instance of the debauched cruel
ty of German soldiers perpetrated
against civilian and foe.
1 was not present, so did not
get the thrill. What I got was
feeling of indignation that this
Captain Fallon would come to
New York for the purpose of
making us believe that Germans
or any other civilized people
would commit such acts either in
war or peace, and / made a clip
ping of the account with the in
tention of writing an article stat
ing that we had enough to fight
the Germans about without lis
tening to such improbable tales
as these related by Captain Fal-
Ion
In filing the clipping [ came
across two other clippings from
the hearings before the Commit
tee on Rules in the House of Rep
resentatives at Washington on
August Sd. I read through these
two clippings and was immediate
ly ready to apologize to Captain
Fallon for my doubts regarding
his sincerity and veracity. These
clippings contained the state
ments of Congressman Dyer and
Congressman Rodenberg before
the committee regarding the East
st. Louis riots.
Congressman Dyer said:
cone man in particular who
spoke to me is now an officer in
the United States army reserve
corps, Lieutenant Arbuckle, who
is here in Washington somewhere,
he having come here to report to
the adjutant general.
cat the time of these happen
ings he was not in the employ OF
the government, but he was there
on some business in East st. Lou
is. He said that he saw part
of this killing, and he saw them
burning railway cars in yards,
which were waiting for transport,
filled with interstate commerce
He saw members of the militia OF
Illinois shoot Negroes. He saw
policemen of the city of East St
Louis shoot Negroes. He saw this
mob go to the homes of these Ne
groes and nail boards up over the
doors and windows and then set
fire and burn them up. He saw
them take little children out of
the arms of their mothers and
throw them into the fires and
burn them UP. He saw the most
dastardly and most criminal out
RACES ever perpetrated in this
country, and this is undisputed
And [ have talked with others
and my opinion is that over 500
people were killed on this occa-
SION"
Congressman Rodenberg said:
".Now, the plain, unvarnished
truth of the matter, as Mr.. Joyce
told Secretary Baker, is that civil
government in East st. Louis
; completely collapsed at the time
The Colorado statesman., 1917-11-24

bravery. German bullets will
send as much torture and agony
into black bodies as into white.
Death will not discriminate
against the Negro soldier. The
patriotism of those people will
not be forgotten and should ever
be kept in mind and taken into
account for full credit in the ad-
justment of racial problems.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-11-24

y day or TWO ago Ine NEW orh
daily papers carried the most hor-
rible story of barbarity that has
vet come out of the war. | said
"barbarity;" the word is not
strong enough, nor is the word
atrocity;" in fact, there is no
word in the English language to
express the character of the story
told by Capt. David Fallon, a
young Irish-Australian veteran of
the Gallipoli and Belgian cam
paigns, when he spoke before the
Society of Illustrators at their
dinner few nights ago.
Captain Fallon told his hearers
how he had seen the Germans cru
city a nun in Belgium by mailing
her to the door of the convent.
But here is a part of the captain s
speech clipped from one of the
morning papers, which gives the
story in his own words:
"In Belgium said the young
captain, 81 saw a Mother Supe-
rior crucified to the door of her
convent, and within the bodies of
noble women, who had consecrat-
Il Al -, I,roc 10 tba too obinr of
the young and ministering to the
poor, cut to pieces and mutilated.
"In Belgium L saw an aged
blacksmith, his folded hands
pinned to his anvil, and a note on
his breast proclaiming in German
He will shoe no more of the
horses of our enemies.
Germans Cut Britons' Heads Off.
"When it came our turn our
boys went into the trenches to do
their bit. And, as has happened
to your boys, the trenches were
raided, and when the clash was
over some of our boys were miss
ing. The next day we saw their
heads. Cutting them from their
bodies, the Boches had stuck them
on bayonets above the trenches
scarce fifty yards away. That
time, when the.sword came, our
boys waited for no barrage be-
fore they went over and in the
enemy's trenches. There we found
our comrades crucified and dis.
emboweled and otherwise mutt
lated. And then and there, gen
tlemen, we vowed that never
again would we spare a German
life"
My first impulse on reading this
revolving narration was to say
that Captain Fallon was Dragging
or lying. That he was talking to
magnify himself, especially in the
eyes of his lady listeners, or that
he was purposely distorting and
inventing facts in order to stir ur
a feeling of revenge against the
Germans.
No doubt his words had both
effects, for the accounts of the
speech state that he thrilled the
200 artists, as in "words that
went through every man and
woman present like a bayonet
thrust" he cited instance after
The Colorado statesman., 1917-11-24

London, Nov. 16.-In the re-
cent meeting of the Congress of
Awards. Thomas N. Alexander,
British Guiana, was awarded the
military medal for exceptional
coolness and devotion to duty,
and for keeping his gun in action
and firing for forty-five minutes
to maintain a flank while exposed
to heavy shell fire. Private j..
Walker and Private D. C. Babb,
O. the West Indian contingent,
received medals for rescue work
done under heavy shell fire.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-11-24

indianapolis, Ind. DIR. Sum-
ner R. Furniss was elected coun-
Gilman from the Fourth Ward
Tuesday of last week, winning by
a large plurality. The Fourth
Ward is in a colored section and
DR.. Furniss received 95 per cent
of the vote cast. Due to DR..
FFurniss' name on the Republican
ticket the colored voters rallied
to the support of the Republican
candidate for Mayor, Charles w.
Jewett, who was elected by a
small plurality.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-11-24
RACE NEWS T.risas S.'is's' s,srsss pesm

the colored men are making
good and will be encouraged.
Some workers in the plant earn
as high as $500 per day.
New Orleans, La, Nov. T.
The Louisiana State Railway
Commission has given the rail-
roads operating in this State un-
til May 1st, 1918, to provide
equal accommodations for colored
and white passengers. The Jim
Grow" cars have been dirty, an
tiquated and uncomfortable, and
any improvement in present con-
ditions will be hailed with joy by
colored travellers in the State.
1t is expected that the action of
the commission will be followed
by those of other Southern States
as the handling of colored troops
has brought much complaint to
Government officials. Jim
Crow" cars can never be made
pleasant, but they need to be
kept little better than cattle cars
and the colored traveller compell-
ed to pay the same fare is entit-
led to chair car service, as grant
ed to the whites.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-11-24

Pittsburg, Pa, Nov. 14.-The
Westinghouse Electric & Manu-
featuring Co., has opened a night
school for it's colored employees,
who number hundreds. They
are taught shop arithmetic, Eng
lish, manufacturing materials,
blueprint reading and hygiene.
A company representative states
The Colorado statesman., 1917-11-24

Baltimore, Md, Nov, II. City
Solicitor Field anxious to gain
notoriety and curry favor with
Southern promoters of segrega-
ton, is pushing a case for appeal
in which a colored man named
Jackson was fined $500 for vio-
lating the City ordinance known
as the Segregation Act. Jack
son is relying on the Supreme
Court decision and will no doubt
take an appeal.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-11-24

Tuskegee Institute was recent
ly left 100000 by Roberly D..
Evans, a business man of Bos-
ton, who was deeply interested
in Negro education. Hampton
was left S25, 900 by him. Tuske-
gee Institute also received 81, 0OC
from the Seligman estate, New
York, and the Leverett estate,
Boston.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-11-24

Chicago, ILL.,, Nov. IL. The
Yellow Cab Co., has put into
their night service, as automobile
washers. $50 colored women. 1t
is reported they are proving more
efficient than men, cleaning the
cars better, more quickly and
losing less time loafing on the
job.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-09-15
PINE PRAIRIE NEWS.

Pine Prsirie, Sept. 14.-(Special)-
Mss Mary Hooks of Pine Prairie left
Saturday for Ashdown TO attend school,
L. D. Grice and family, who have
been visiting the formers family at
this place returned to their home at
Dierks Thursday
w. ]. Waldo and children visited the
formers brother, Ed Waldo, Sunday.
Homer and Atho Rhodes visited in
Ogden Sunday.
Johnson Baker of Pine Prairie re-
turned home Wednes day from a visit in
Miller county.
j. d. Waldo and family visited Mr..
and Mrs. Leon Mcdonald of Richmond
Sunday.
Miss Jos e Mcdowell, who has been
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis MsTs, returned to her home at
Foreman Monday.
Mrs Mary Chapman of Pine Prairie
is very sick this week.
Pine Prairie school closed Friday,
September Z.
Mrs. Nolan of Pine Prairie who has
been visiting in Ashdown, returned
home Monday.
Cotton is not much this year around
Pine Prairie. 1t takes from three to
nine acres to the bale. The worms
and late rains have hurt it very much.
Cotton picking is going from eighty
flee cents to dollar hundred pounds.
Mrs. Mary Chapman, Lena and Ida
Waldo were shopping in Ashdown
Monday.
Ida and Roy Waldo are visiting their
cousins. Ira, Beda and Bill Waldo. at
Richmond.
Ed Waldo was attending to business
in AshdoWn Wednesday.
H. H. Orion and Jim Sanderson are
busy this week cutting their hay on
Fed River.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-09-15
COTTON HGAI;j IS Oh. The TQB0GGhV
Closes 1T New York G3 to - Points
L0Wer OF Bear Pres>ure.-Re-
neWal o; General Selling.

New York, Sept. 12.-There was re-
market today and prices not only lost
their recent gains, but most CT the ac-
tive months made new low ground for
the movement. December contracts
sold off from 20S0c to 19.26a. closing
at that level, or IS poiGts below the
close of yesterday and 10 points under
the lowest price reached on the bread
of last week. The general Est closed
barely steady at net decline o. 63 to
II points.
The market opened at en- advance OF
- points on September GId to &c
points on later months, but the bulge
in the spot position was considered OF
little significance and the tone was
barely steady. The reactionary sent
ment inspired by the extent OF last
weeks break and the reports Of cro3
deterioration was much less in evi-
dence after the rely Of some so q. &c
point from SATURDAY 10" lsNcl an
prices YEA i;ened right after tie call. y
slight rally preceded the publ cation
OF the weekly weather report, but this
statement read more favorable than
expected and the market soon weaken
ed again, becoming extremely nervous
and unsettled late in the afternoon.
Leading spot house brokers were
heavy sellers, while weakness in the
stock market and an unfavora BILE view
Of the Russian situation appeared to be
bringing in renewed pressure from
Wall street sources. Closing prices
were at practically the low point of the
day.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-09-15
HISTORIC FIGURE
Josiah Shinn Used Talents to Aid in.
Restoring State.

Little Rock. Sept 9.-Josiah Shinn.
who died at Washington Monday, was
well known in political and education
al circles in Arkansas. He taught
school in Pope county in the 7O's and
was state superintendent of public IN
struction from October 80. 1890, to Oc-
tober 80, 1894
He was recognized as one o, the
best statisticians in Arkansas. a rep
utation which he maintained during
his many years in Washington and
by which he gained his livelihood
During the exciting campaigns in:
Arkansas following the reconstruction
period he supplied the Democratic par
ty with facts and figures concerning
the acts of the Republican regime,
contrasting them with those of DEM
ocratic administrations, always unan-
swerable, and used with telling effect
upon the stump by orators opposing
Republican efforts to regain supreln-
acy in the state
He had written many books and
pamphlets on political AMI educational
subjects. His "History of the United
States" was adopted for use in the
public schools in Missouri and in some
Of the schools i'll Arkansas, A His.
tory Of Arkansas" which he wrote
about 10 years ago, still is in use in
some of the schools in the state.
For several years he was clerk of
the Majority Committee of the lower
house o. Congress, and supplied the
committee with statistics for use in
congressional and presidential cam
paigns. He was an expert in matters
pertaining to the tariff. and much of
his work in this line was used in the
Democratic handbooks in the past
three Democratic presidential cam
paigns.
For time Mr.. Shinn was assistant
clerk of the Commerce Committee of
the Senate, where his services were
recognized resulting in his promotion
to the clerkship of the Houses Maori
ty Committee.
He was tireless student and in
Washington spent much of his time
in the Congressional Library, pursuing
his wide range of research.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-09-15
GERMANS TAKING AMERICAN GOLD
One of the Reasons Why Government
Placed Embargo on Shipments.
German Agents Active.

Washington, Sept. l2>-Reported ac-
Invites OF German agents mere ana
in neutral countries to OBTAIN posses
sion of American gold, 1t was learned
today, were largely responsive LOT
the recent proclamation placing eold
on the list o. commodities requiring
export licenses.
With an enormously inflated paper
currency and with gold reserve that
has been dwindling steadily since the
war begun, the demand Of the German
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-09-15
GOMPERS HEADS ALLIANCE
New Organization for Loyalty Adopts
Declaration of Principles.

Minneapolis, Sept, THE Amer1-
can Alliance for Labor and Democra-
,cy, organized three weeks ago, With
President Wilson's approval, conclud-
ed it's loyalty conference here tonight
with the election of officers and the
adoption of a declaration of princi-
piles.
The alliance, composed of the ma
tien's labor leaders and having as its
double purpose the crushing of dis
loyalty and the solidifyiLg of labor in
the war for democracy, elected as its
leader Samuel compers, president of
the American Federation of Labor.
The outstanding provisions in the
declaration of principles include:
Suppression of disloyalists and pro-
German propagandists.
Solidification of labor behind she
government.
CONSUMPTION of wealth as we'll as OF
men.
Heavy taxes On incomes, excess
profits and land values.
Government control of industries in
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-09-15
WHAT MUST HE DO?
Should He Sell This Place OF
Hold 1t!

From Nashville News.
DR.. ]. l.. Bell. Of Highland, called at
this office last Wednesday afternoon in
search of advice on what course for
him to pursue in the settlement of
rent for place he owns a. Bolton and
which he has rented on the regular
share-crop plan-that is he gets one
third of the proceeds from the cotton
and one-fourth Or the proceeds from
other crops grown on the place, the
renter furnishing everything but tho
land.
DR.. Bell bought the place about ten
years ago at $475 an acre, with five
years to pay for it in, and no interest
charged. For the past five years the
place has been en- the market at $25
an acre, and DR.. Bell has been unable
to interest anyone in the purchase OF
the place. He has rented it for tho
past few years to J. M. Harper on the
share-crop plan, and has tried to in
duce Mr.. Harper to buy the place at