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The Colorado statesman., 1917-01-27

Orange, N. Ut is reported
that the old Compton House on
Main street, near the Commons,
has been sold by j. N. Hoff, to
an association which will operate
an institution fol aged colored
folks. The white people in the
neighborhood are said to be
greatly excited. The Compton
House is landmark in the neigh
hood. 1t adjoins the Dearborn
Morgan private school, is oppo-
site the Central Presbyterian
Church and the Y. M. c. A.
Building.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-01-27
The White Mans Morality.

Before the Civil war, when the white
man owned the black, he had an op-
portunity to show how deeply he be-
lieved in morality, and this is how he
did it; he used the black men as
bucks, and turned the women into
brood-mares. The women who did not
breed piccaninnies rapidly enough, was
headed for the auction block, for these
masters made merchandise of mater
nifty. The mother lay down with her
babes at night, and the next morning
they might be parted never to meet
again, just as Fred Douglas was sep
arated in infancy from her who gave
him birth. The father might be sold
to a Virginia plantation, the mother to
a cotton farm in the Carolinas, and
the daughter to a rice swamp in
louisiana A bitch taken from her
puppies will pine for days, but the
southerner did not consider the feel
ings of black slaves-though their
souls were white with anguish and
their tears were red with pain. Every
Negro knew that his family life was
temporary; it could be terminated, at
the masters whim, without notice. We
thus see how faithfully the dominant
white man taught the colored people
The Colorado statesman., 1917-01-27
DENVER, COLORADO, SATURDAY, JANUARY u 1917

sexual virtue, and the sacredness OF
the marriage-tie, and the sanctity of
the family.
Before the Emancipation Proclama-
ton, the southern gentleman came in
to intimate contact with the slave
woman. AS baby he nursed at the
bosom of the black nanny" and
when he grew up he had intercourse
with these women 1t mattered not
whether she was of tender years or
already a wife and mother; wherever
he met one of his bondwomen in the
fields or in a cabin, if he wanted her,
she was forced to submit. The sex
ual crimes of the black race against
the white, are as nothing when COM
pared to the sexual crimes of the
white race against the black.
The white man has raped the colored
woman wholesale.
Many children were born from these
unions-the two million mulattoes are
the evidence. Frequently the white
father sold these children-knowingly
doomed his own sons and daughters
to slavery. OF course a crude north
erner cannot grasp this species of
morality--it takes a true southern
gentleman to understand it.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-01-27
rangenent

Chicago-Colonel Franklin A.
Denison, Negro, commander of
the Eighth regiment, Illinois Ma
tional Guard, has been appointed
assistant attorney general of IL
linois by Edward ]. Brundage,
attorney general it was announc-
ed today. Colonel Denison was
an assistant city prosecutor in
Chicago for eight years and is a
veteran of the Spanish-American
war.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-01-27

terest to us, for among its personnel
were medical men from John Hop
kins University; Howell, the profes-
sor of physiology; Finney, clinical
professor of surgery, and George
Walker, associate in surgery-the di-
of the report This red-light report
tells of well-to-do and prominent men,
with wives and families, systematical-
ly pursuing and preying upon the fe-
plales in their offices, using every
R6ossible means, fair and far from
fair, to induce these young girls to en-
ter into immoral relations with them;
it tells of many unprotected women
who resist temptation at first, only to
succumb at the end to the persistent
wiles of men who are their social and
intellectual superiors; it tells of
host of employers who admit they will
not employ girls who are too moral;
it tells a tale of lust and sexual de-
ceit among the most reputable Balti-
never-ceasing cauldron of sensuality
and seduction Baltimore is a city
taken in adultery. Yet there is no
reason to suppose that Bablyon-Balti-
more is worse than other places
1,20O pages of this report are trans
cript of the white mans sexual life
anywhere; a record which should pre-
vent him from criticising other races.
But the sinless Caucasian seems to
be much grieved because the Negro is
immoral. DR.. James Mcintosh, in his
address before the South Carolina
Medical Association, was applauded
when he spoke of 1.-The utter lack of
virtue and chastity so markedly char
acteristic of the colored race"
The Colorado statesman., 1917-01-27

Portsmouth, Va, Jan. Christ
mas checks to the amount of
$40, 900 were distributed by the
Mutual Savings Bank for Colored
people. There were 1,200 mem
bers of the banks savings de-
partment who received checks
under the Christmas fund ar
rangement.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-01-27

There is a shameful chapter in the
history of American medicine, and it
is headed: The Negro.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-01-27
The Negroes Progress.

In view of these sad and incontest-
able facts, the editor of the Medical
Review of Reviews considers it hypo-
critical and unfair on the part of his
fellow editors and the profession to
continue to point the finger of con-
demnation at the Negro. Our own
hands are too spotted
Half century ago it was crime
to teach Negroes to read and write.
They were bought and sold for coin or
exchanged for a horse or SO many
bags of flour-and when the whip
struck too heavily and often, and free
dom was sought in the forest, they
were hunted with bloodhounds and
buckshot. But today there is a-Class
A medical school where practically all
the students are colored.
During its brief period of quasi
freedom, the. Negro race has produced
men of eminence in various spheres
Douglass an educator like Booker
Washington, with his volumes and his
Tuskegee Institute; sociologist like
Dubois, with his superb book>on "The
Souls of Black Folk" an inventor
like Mccoy, with his pioneer work in
machinery lubricators; an electrician
like Granville Woods, with his num-
erous patented devices; surgeon like
gIy
stab wound in the heart; speaker
like William Pickens, who won the
prize for oratory at Yale; an artist
like Tanner, whose paintings hang in
the worlds best galleries; sculptress
like Meta Warwick, whose work has
been compared to Robins; a musician
like Coleridge Taylor; a poet like Dun
bar, with his beautiful lyrics of lowly
life; novelist like Chestnut, author
of "The House Behind the Cedars;"
distinguished mathematician like
Kelley Miller, and an increasing num-
ber of others. In exultation let the
Negro compare these men with the
slaves who twanged banjoes at the
feet of cotton kings.
Let him remember with a flush of
pride that wherever the spirit of fra
ternity has let down the bars of preju-
dice, his race has stepped in and TAX
en- its place with those who marcIfSon-
ward and forward. But we regret to
say that that American medical man
has done nothing to destroy the bar.
rier of bias. The profession has not
yet learnt the noble words of the
Fugitive Poet:
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-11-09
MUSHER OF ALASKA IS NOW WITH THE
 PLIERS IN FRANCE

Two jumps put Kenneth Marr former Alaska musher and dog puncher we'll known in Seattle into the French Aviation Cops where he has made distinguished rec ord larr went to France two years ago with "Scoty Allan also weI-known musher in charge of 400 maIa- mute and husky dogs which were used in the Alpine re- gons by the French chasseus Marr remained to teach the Frenchmen how to say Gee" and "Haw the dogs would understand them From that he went to driving army ambulance, and the next jump landed him in the aviation crops He is now Sergeant Marr of the Lafa yette EscadriIa.
 larr has been the hero of several sensational perfor mances in the air. the last being two weeks ago. when he went out alone and attacked by three German air machines He sent two crashing to the earth, coming back and getting the third machine after he narrowly capped by dive of 10000 feet.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-11-09
AMERICANS TELL ABOUT THEIR WORK
 IN THE WAR ZONE

SOMEWHERE IN ALBANIA, Nov. 9.-(Associated Press)-Twenty-sx Cafonians who form one of the am buance sections of the American Field Service, are the latest arrivals in Albania All of them have driven in France and experienced the intensive warfare that goes on there and who find the work here much harder though just as interesting.
 The shocking conditions of most of the roads IS as largely responsible as any other factor for making the work more difficult. The country is mountainous and breakdowns are the regular order of the day. AS fre- ouenty as not wheels come off or break and the amOu ances have to be left on mountain roadsides until assist ance can reach them.
 Many of the posts are perched on mIsldes, often III plain sight of the AuStrans and their trenches are ire ouenty in view By the same token the Ausans can see the ambuances as they climb up and down. But warfare this section is not only gentemany so that the Amer jeans are never fired upon but the transport of munitions up the hills is so difficult that is never wasted on moving objects.
 Air raids are frequent and exciting but the natives seem to get the worst of them That is principally be- cause the Ausans seem choose just that time for raid ing that the French Austrian territory and none of the aviators ever seem to get hurt
 The Americans had great difficulty at the beginning with the food water and climate but they used to them all now In between their duties they find time to study the native population which in general ragged and pov erty-strcken Many of them speak English since they have been in the United States as contract labOrerS
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-11-09
OF IRISH
 KEPT UP THROUGH
 WAR TIME DANGERS

CORK, Nov 9-The members of the Irish Conyen- ton braved the dangers of mines and submarines few days ago when they went by steamer to the entrance oI Queenstown harbor and watched the Lord Mayor o Cork perform the quaint and ancient custom of throwing the dart into the sea to define the limits of his authority as Admiral of the port.
 This practice originated in charter granted to the ctv by Kng Henry Seventh in 15OO It prescribed that every three years the ceremony be performed at point three miles outside the harbor.
 This time, however, owing to submarines and mine
 menace the Mayor wnked at the custom and to the grea relief of his five hundred guests satisfied tradition by casting the dart at the very mouth of the harbor
 Irishnen of all crecds and classes sat down to Iun-
 eon served on board Nobemen broke bread beside the democrat and all seemed on good terms. The Protestant Archbishop of all Ireland sat beside Catholic Archbishop Harty of Cashel while beside John Redmond were the Earl of Granard and Viscount Middleton
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-11-09
CONSTAGT CHANGING or B4TALIONS HAS
 CAUSED NEW DRIVES

FRENCH FRONT. Noy 9.-A clear idea of the eoo
 and flow of the tides of German forces on the eastern ana western fronts during the various phases of the war ILo" ,a oDenng of hostitjes in lal4 till the beginning oi sep r.rbar 1gl7 is obtained from carefully compiled mIor nation which the correspondence of The Associated FfeS is enabled to transmit.
 From this it is gathered tha, when the Germans start n the war by invading Belgium they launched lI'0 bat raons of infantry formed into e5l divisions oL tour reg .7ents each on to the FrancoBelgan front while on u Eussan front they employed only 322 oattalonS ionaeo into 25 divisions of four regiments each On oepJem-
 1 of this year they had the Elanco-Beglan- front 36o battaous formed into llI divisions, some o which were fhree and others of four regiments eacA while on the RussoRumanan front955 oattahons Iormeo
 info g2 divisions were in line will thus be seen that the German armies on the fghtng fronts have been increased m the three years of war from l5l2 battaHons to 23@+ bat .aions.
 review of the different periods of the war will Sho"
 these troops have been employed at various umeS ac- .,ring to whether the principal effort of the Germans has been directed toward the western or the eastern ronJ -- In August. 1ol4 the attention of the German high command was absorbed by the attack on Belgium and france while the Russian front was regarded as sec ,,da,v. occupation At that time the infantry eectve m the western front numbered Ll9O battaons in 96 l-2
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-11-09
HUNGER STRIKE OF SINN FEIHERS HAS
 NOW BEEN BROKEN

DUBLIN, Nov. 9. - The Sim Fen prisoners in lIouu.ov having abandoned the hunger strike on ac- ccptng the concessions of the government have now all their health They are allowed to mix freely together in the pson obtain food from outside and to receive visitors It has been arranged that they shall be transferred to DundaIk Jail which recently has been used as a Red Cross hospital
 The death of Thomas Ashe the Sim Feiner as a re-
 t of his hunger strike has favored the spread of the Sim en movement since for the time, united all Na- aoas parties in support of the principle that political prisoners should receive distinct treatment Great num- os of postcards were issued bearing the photograph of Ahe followed by an inscription to which the police took exception and the cards in many cases have been seized in the news agents shops.
 Court martials for aIegal drilling continue One was held in Cork Barracks which illustrates the curious cross currents of Irish feeling at the moment for it shown that one of the prisoners had two brothers in the army fighting in France and that the prisoner had himself been in the army and been discharged as under age.
 Some of the Sim Fen Clubs have established local courts of arbitration to prevent tgans from entering the courts.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-11-09
GERMANY SWIFT CHING
 MEN 0N ALL FRONTS

divisions each division consisting of four regiments. On the eastern front the Germans then had 322 batahonS 26 1-2 divisions.
 When the battle of the Yser was fought in Noyem- ber 1914 the Germans intensified their effort m the west and brought up their eectves to higher figure and at the same time increased the number of battaOns on the eastern front so that they then had l23 battaons on the western front and 300 or the eastern front
 Then came the Russian offensive in GaGcia and to check the Russian advance toward the German frontier, Germany was compelled to throw troops on her east em front increasing the number of battahons there m Sepember 1915 to 78O To do this was necessary to re- duce the number of German battaions on the western front from l293 to 112O
 Many divisions were transferred from the eastern to the western front when the Germans gathered their men for the beginning of the great battle of Ferd with the result that in June 19l6 there were 1876 German DataI- ions on the western front and those on the eastern front were reduced from 7SO to- 574
 The German drive against Rlmania was made pos
 be by adding more than 300 battaOns to their eastern DattIenc bringing the total the eastern front to o99 This was done without reducing the number of battahonS on the western front below 1900.
 When the French and British began their great ofen- sve operations in Juy 19l7 the Germans were compelled 1 bring fresh forces to the western front increasing he battaons there to 1456 but reducing the number on their eastern front only to 86O Subsequently the German bat aons along the Russian battene were increased by the addition of more than 100 bataHons bringing the total there to 965 on September of this year These were d- vided into 92 divisions of three regiments each During this movement the battalons the western front were reduced to 1862 divided into 47 divisions and that be- Heved to have been the number on the German western front on September l. These figures dO not include any German troops on garrison duty in the interior of the country nor those maintaining lines of communications
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-08-28

am very fortunate in having such
good assistant. We unload our speci-
mems and collections tomorrow. En-
pect to leave for New York Tuesday"
This despatch made clear to the
museum authorities MacMillan's state
ment on arrival Sunday in Sydney that
he wishes to return as soon as pos
sible to the Arctic in order to round
out with scientific accuracy and COM
pleteness the big program Of explora-
ton his party undertook. He is
waiting in Sydney to pack the valu-
able collections made by the party.
They will be forwarded in a special
express car, starting perhaps today.
Macmillan is expected here Thursday
afternoon.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-08-28
THE MILK STATION.
Work Goes Merrily On Despite World
War;


The Milk and Infant Welfare Asso-
citation has a most interesting and sue
cessful summers work to report Miss
O'dell and the assistant nurses have
cared for 1875 babies. Eight sick ba-
bies have been kept at the rooms all
day, from one to two weeks under the
personal supervision of the nurses,
that they may better observe the eff
fects of the feeding, and see to sani-
tarv conditions. Thirty-one babies
have had food prepared by the nurses
at the station proper, either because
OF especial formulate used, or illness
of their mothers.
The Little Mothers League" has
been remarkably successful. Twenty
four girls have been instructed in the
feeding and bathing of the babies, and
in the making of beds. Interested
women have loaned their automobiles
and the girls have been taken to the
Pine Hill Dairy. Oral examinations
have already been given and in Sep
TENDER certificates will be awarded.
Much appreciation and enthusiasm
has been shown on the part of the
mothers and the work accomplished
simply proves that the more one does,
the more one is willing to do, for in
spite of all the war relief work, af-
| fairs at the association have never
been in such q prosperous and progress
| sive condition.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-08-28
MEN AT AVER MAY NOT VOTE.

Boston, Aug. 2S.-Politicians who
are laying their plans for the state pri-
mary on September rs have reached
the conclusion that they will have to
do without the votes of some $4,000
men who will be training for the ma
tional army at the cantonment at Aver
by that time. Under a new statute no
voter can participate in the primary
this year unless he is an enrolled dem
ocrat or republican, and enrolment
does not start until next month. There
is no legal provision whereby the-men
could cast their ballots at Aver.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-08-28

be the one most needed to stay at
home and attend to some duty there
and so should be the last to volunteer
The government and not the indi-
vidual should judge which should be
the one to be sent to the front and
which should be the one to attend to
other duties at home or in other auxi-
liary branches of service. When his
country calls a man to do his duty,
applying fair and equitable general
principle in the selection Of that man,
he should be glad to obey his country's
bidding for he can then go knowing
that he is doing the most that he can
possibly do for his country. to which
he owes even his life if need be-"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-08-28
City Items

he meeting of the Star of Good
odge last evening it was voted
! a social and dance at the So
hall at Hungerford Court on
.r %.
McNary, who mysterio usly
cared from this city few
ago, has returned to visit some
friends.
,on's dance, Bungalow, tonight.
:.
rye Duncan Of Fitchburg, Mass,
cen engaged as Instructor in
r1g at the Prevocational school.
8,rsued the practical arts course
Fitchburg Normal school and
ceeding Mr.. McGuiness, who has
drafted for military service.
portable schools which will be
1t the Rockwell and the North
.hool are now ready for service.
can accommodate 40 children.
!. Stephen Mcnamara was badly
I'd by a fall down a flight Of
at her home last evening.
!. L. G.. Abrahamson will preach
) services at the Swedish Luth'
church on next Thursday. The
ION Is the 400th anniversary OF
eformation.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-08-28
LEIPSIG FAIR. OPENS.
Forty Thousand Exhibitors and Buyers
There.

Leipsig, Via London, Aug 2s-Forty
thousand exhibitors and buyers have
entered the official lists for the autumn
fair which has begun here, and the at
tendance exceeds that. of peace time.
Most Of the visitors here are from
Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Turkey
and European neutrals.
The exhibits indicate that light
manufacturing industries continue
without interruption and the shortage
in many raw materials has been offset
by newly created substitutes. War
time food products and substitutes for
textiles are attracting the most atten-
ton as much in Germany has been dis
placed by their manufacture. Among
other features are new metal COM
positions used in the manufacture of
lighting fixtures.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-08-28
YOUNG BOY SHOT.
Ernest Nyquist Of City Avenue at Hos
pital But Will Recover.

Ernest Nyquist, 16 years old, of City
avenue. is at the local hospital with a
22-calibre bullet wound in the abdo-
men, received yesterday afternoon
when a small rifle with which he and
some other boys were playing was &C
cidentally discharged.
The Nyquist boys companions were
all badly frightened by the accident
and were unable to give the police a
coherent account Of the shooting, but
it appears that they were hunting in
the lots not far from City avenue when
the gun went off and the boy dropped
to the ground, holding onto his
stomach
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-08-28
TO ACT ON POPE'S NOTE.
Catholic Federation to Pass Resolu-
tons Today.

Kansas City, Aug.-Interest in to-
days session Of the convention of the
American Federation of Catholic So
cieties conferred around the action the
federation was expected to take in re-
gard to the Popes peace proposal.
Bishop Joseph Schrembs of Toledo
is chairman of the resolutions commit
tee, which is to report today. Another
matter scheduled to come up today
was the question of adopting the do
cesar plan, which would extend men,
bership in the federation to almost all
of the Catholics in the country by
bringing all Of the smaller Catholic
societies into afhliation with the
larger organizations.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-08-28

Notice is hereby given that the
partnership lately subsisting between
Goodwin B. Beach and George L. Aus
tin, both Of Hartford, under the firm
name Of Beach & Austin will expire
at the opening of business September
4, 1917 pursuant to the terms of the
articles of agreement All debts ow-
Ing to the said partnership are to be
received by Goodwin B. Beach and,
or Goodwin Beach & Company. And
all debts of the said partnership will
be assumed by Goodwin B. Beach
and, or Goodwin Beach & Company
Goodwin B. Beach will continue in
the general investment and brokerage
business under the name Of Goodwin
Beach & Company at the office Of the
old firm of Beach & Austin in the
Come cticut Mutual Building So Pearl
street, Hartford, Conn.
George L. Austin will continue In
the general investment and brokerage
business under the name of G. l..
Austin & Company in the Connecticut
Mutual Building, So Pearl street,
Hartford, Conn.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-08-28
Events Tonight

High class photo drama, Foxs thea
ter.
Lyceun theater. superior photo
plays.
Vaudeville and moving pictures, at
Keeney's theater.
w. L. Morgan lodge. X. of p, meets
in Vega hall.
Eintracht lodge. o. D. H. S., meets
at 1877 Arch street.
Court COLUMBIA, D. OF c., meets in
Bardeck's hall.
Valiant Hive, L. o. T. M, meets at
27 Main street.
Canton Foster P. NJ, meets in Jr
o. U. A. M. hall.
New Britain Camp, M W. A., meets
at "a Church street