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The Colorado statesman., 1917-04-07

asty, and in twenty-four hours sue
ceeded in abolishing all racial, social
ana religious distinctions. The new
government has already assured the
entire Russian people of their polit-
ical freedom and equality before the
law
Government Has Stood BY With Arms
Folded.
"Why should not the colored imeri-
cans make a bloodless demand at this
crucial time for the rights we have
been making futile efforts to secure
for the past fifty years, instead of
hurrying kilograms and special deliv-
cries to Washington assuring the gov
ernment that has persistently stood
by with folded arms while we were
oppressed and murdered that the ten
million Negroes may be used as tar
gets for German bullets and shells?
st would not cost the President,
governors and representatives a SIN
gle cent to ask, in their speeches and
messages, the American people to
abolish Jim -Crowism, segregation,
and the awful lynching institution,
and give to colored men political
equality; but it would mean new
birth of freedom for ten million peo-
ple who have always stood ready to
give their life's blood to perpetuate
American institutions.
sIn spite of all that the big Negroes
are saying to the contrary, this Is the
psychological moment to say to the
American white government +Iom eV-
erv pulpit and platform and through
every newspaper, Yes, we are loyal
and patriotic. Boston Commons, Bun
ker Hill, Gettysburg, Fort Pillar, Ap-
pomattox, San Juan Hill and Carrizal,
will testify to our loyalty. While we
love our flag and country, we do not
believe in fighting for the protection
of commerce on the high seas until
the powers that be give US at least
some verbal assurance that the prop
erty and lives o: the members of our
race are going to be protected on lanu
fom Maine to Mississippi Let us
have the courage to say to the white
American people, Give us the same
rights which you enjoy, and then we
will fight by your side with all OF our
might for every international right on
land and sea-
'If this kind of talk is not loyalty,
then I am disloyal; if this is not pa
triotism, then l am unpatriotic; If this
is treason, then / am traitor. 1t Is
not that l love Caesar less but these
black Romans more, who have been
true to the flag for two hundred and
fifty years. 1t is infinitely more dis
graceful and outrageous to hang ana
burn colored men, boys and women
without a trial in the days of peace
than it is for Germans in time of war
to blow up ships loaded with mules
and molasses. New York Age.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-04-07

Richmond, Va, March 3d.
In the case of w. E. Knox and
Allo l.. Wilson, executors of JOS
eph N. Winfield, against the
heirs-at-la of Winfield, the Su-
preme court refused to grant an
appeal from the decree of the
Essex circuit court, entered Aug.
Is, 1916, holding that certain
paper offered by the executors as
the last will and testament of
Winfield was not his true will.
The property will, therefore, pass
to the heirs s-at-law. Knox and
Wilson were named as executors
in the will, which was admitted
probate in 1918. This instru-
ment bequeathed to Mary Wilson
Winfeld's mulatto housekeeper,
and her eleven children all the
property of which the testator
died possessed. The latter was
a white man who never married.
During his life, however, he
freely acknowledged Mary Will
sons children to be his own,
cared for them and sent them to
school.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-04-07
NEGROES
RIGHTS
Rev "A Clayton Powell in Recent Sermon, Tells Negroes
to Wage Bloodless War for Their Constitutional Rghs

The Negroes of the United States
should wage a bloodless war for their
rights at this crucial period of the
country's history, was the opinion ex-
pressed from the pulpit by the Rev. A.
Clayton Powell, pastor of the Abys-
sinian Baptist church of New York
City, at Sundays services.
DR.. Powell's views follow:
I'm my opinion, this is the proper
time for us to make a special request
for our constitutional rights as Amer1-
can citizens. The ten million colored
people of this country were never so
badly needed as now. They are not
only needed in the factories, business
the necessities of life, but they are
needed to help keep the Mexicans
quiet, to help sweep the commerce de-
stroying submarines of the Central
Powers from the oceans, to help crush
German militarism, and perhaps they
will be needed sooner than some peo-
pie expect to prevent the japanese
from landing on these shores to ask
for redress of their grievances
which have been piling up for the past
few years.
Get Assurances of Better Treatment.
LAS a race we ought to let our gov
ernment know that if it wants us to
fight foreign powers we must be given
som assurance first of better treat
ment at home. Perhaps some will
say that this is an inopportune time
for such talk. Some may argue that
to demand out rights now, when the
nation is perhaps facing the greatest
crises in it's history, would show
lack of loyalty and patriotism. Those
who make such arguments are not ac-
quainted with the rise and develop
ment of races.
All history will prove that most op-
pressed people have secured their
rights when their oppressors were fac
ing crisis.
The Irish people thoroughly under
stand this philosophy of history and
they are now making a supreme effort
for home rule. This effort is being
made at a time, too, when the Eng
lish government needs all of it's men
and all of its resources to fight enc
mics on land and sea; and everything
indicates that the Irish are going to
get the independence for which they
have been seeking for years, because
they know how to seek at the proper
time.
-Four hundred thousand railroad
employees secured eight hours work
with ten hours pay the other day be-
cause they threatened to walk out on
a day when America needed every sim
gle car and every railroad man in the
country. At a normal time the Amer
lean people would not have yielded SO
readily to their just demands.
"For centuries the common people
of Russia have been depressed and
crushed by plutocracy and absolutism.
In vain they have attempted to Sc
cure their liberties in times Of peace,
but a few days ago when surrounded
by foreign foes these people rose up
en- masse and accomplished the COM
plet overthrow of the colossal rotten
superstructure of the Romanoff dyn-
The Colorado statesman., 1917-04-07

Chicago, Ill.-The famous Pc
kin Theatre, located at 27OO
South State, is now a dance hall.
A license has been issued to Dan
Jackson. No liquor will be sold
in the hall. Ten years ago the
Pekin Theatre, conducted by
Bob" Motifs, was one of the
show places of the Windy City"
The Colorado statesman., 1917-04-07

Durham, N. CA memorial
to the spirit of service of the
ante-bellum Negro soon will be
erected here in the form of a
hospital for Negroes. James B.
and Benjamin N. Duke, New
York tobacco manufacturers, an
nounced gift of $40, 900 for the
purpose and the remainder of the
$50, 900 requested has been
lodged. The Dukes, it is said,
will endow the institution.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-04-07
NO 33
RACE NEWS
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

greatest enthusiasm was Shown
during the speech of Col. Frank
lin A. Denison, commander of
the Eighth Illinoise Infantry,
colored. What we want is men,
men, men, and we want them
now, not tomorrow or next day"
he said. And when our men
are entrusted with the American
flag, the people of the United
States may know that that flag
will be flying in the front rank,
in the hardest fighting, until the
last Negro soldier is dead" "
The Colorado statesman., 1917-04-07

Chicago, April 1.-The war
spirit of Chicago Negroes was
voiced at mass meeting today
in Bethel church. Resolutions
were adopted urging the presi-
dent and congress to be unwav-
ering in dealing with Germany
and promising the support of all
Negro citizens of Chicago. The
The Colorado statesman., 1917-04-07

Washington, D. c., March 27.
The first Separate Battalion OF
District of Columbia, was ordered
into service to guard the Capitol,
Sunday. This Battalion is a col
ored unit of the National Guard,
and recently returned from the
Mexican border, where they won
an enviable record for efficiency.
The battalion is commanded by
Major James E. Walker.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-04-07

Raleigh, N. C.-The State Leg
islature has appropriated $165, =
900 for race development. Of
this amount $25, 900 has been
given to the Negro Agriculture
and Technical College, which has
an enrolment of 529 pupils.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-04-07

Ilt Sdlu. allu WllCll Jul liiSii
are entrusted with the American
flag, the people of the United
States may know that that flag
will be flying in the front rank,
in the hardest fighting, until the
last Negro soldier is dead.
Washington, D. C.-The story
is told of three Howard Univer-
sity sophomores who offered to
join the navy. When they asked
what service would be required
of them they were told they
would be assigned to the mess
department. that is, to the
dining room service. The young
men sadly turned their faces
Howard University Hill way and
beat it." They were not burn
ing with desire to serve the ma
ton in war times as servants for
naval officers, and they were
quite right about it. Such ser
vice is good enough in its place
and way, but not for young men
of education who should be able
to serve the government as 9TH
ers do and be in line to receive
the honors and emoluments usu-
ally awarded for meritorious SER
vices. This condition of affairs
cannot very we'll always exist,
but is bad enough in all con-
science now in the army and ma
val service.
Cleveland, O.-The embarrass-
ment and humiliation to which
prominent colored members of
the Y. M. C. A. residing in Ohio
were subjected a short time ago
at dinner given at the new
Deshler Hotel continues to be the
interesting theme for discussion
among colored people throughout
the State of Ohio. When Y. M.
C. A. officials having the dinner
in charge try to explain they
make matters worse. Among
those invited to meet John R.
Mott of New York, general sec
retary of the Y. M. c. A, were
Howard Gillard, Robert B. Bar
Gus and DIR. A. Howard and MINI
rod Allen, secretary of the local
branch, all of Columbus; Drs.
Jordon and Pettiford of Spring
field and Secretary Dunbar of the
Cincinnati bransh. When din
ner was served it is reported that
the colored men were seated at
one table and the Greek walters
refused to serve them. Finally a
colored bellboy waited on them.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1917-10-24

rycznych kabaretach chicago
>kich, wybraiy sic wczoraj VIE
czorem ma eskapade. NajprzoI
udaiy sic do kawiarni Elite mr..
: blisko S. State i 31-szej ILL.,.
gdzie sic scohdzq bali i murzy-
nj. Nastepnie z dwoma bia}ymi
; dwoma czarnymi towarzyszaml
do Elite mr.. 2, poczem wszyscy
czworo udali sic do hOtelu, gdzie
ich areSztowanO.
WiaSciciele kabaretow re sweJ
strony ME proznuja i staraia sic
0urze zazegnac. Wczoraj odby-
10 sic w hotelu Morrison, PREY
rogu ulic Clark i Madison, zebra
ME wiaScicieli wielkich restau--
racyi i k~abaretow, ma ktorem o.
pracowali ordynans, majacy bye
wnieSiony w radzie mieJskiei,
wedhg ktorego kazdy kabaret
ma mice specyalna licencye, ka-
pitan policyjny kazdego dystryk-
tn bedzie mia} prawo decydowac
czy dany kabaret moze otrzy-
ma taxa licencye, popoludniowe
lance beda milestone, zakazane
beda przedstawienia, oraz t. wv.
hosts" i Hostess It. j. 60
spodarze i gospodynie, ktorzy
zapoznawali obcych sobie goSci.
w oSwiadczeniu, ktore kabare-
ciarze wydali, bronia zabawy ka-
baretowej, godza sic ma jej kon-
trole przez policye, lecz twier-
dza, e jest psychologiczna ko-
niecznoscia / wskazuja ma An
glie ktora kabarety i przedsta-
vienna teatralne zacheca jake
srodek ma przygnebienie, wywo-
lane wOjna.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1917-10-24
MA Bye SWIAD.
KLEIN w PROCESIE.
HEALEY'A.

Jednym Z g}6wnych Swiad-
kow " prcceSie b. Szcia policyi
Healeyea sierzanta S. J. Barrye-
go i w. Skidmore, pol. L dzieln.
zachodniej, nskarzonych o ii,
Czielanie prote.cyi norom re
psucia "a pobierany graft, ma
bye Harry Brolaski, dawniej no.
toryczny szuler, a pozniej zawo-
dowy refCrmator. Podobno pro-
kuratorya ma 60 uzyc W tym
procesie przeciw Oskarzonym.
Nazwiska jego ME ogloszono
dotychczaS w liScie Swiadkow.
Brolaski byl dawniej wspolni-
KLEIN Thomasa Costello, ktory
jest W obecnym proceSie jednym
Z giownych Swiadkow prokura-
toryi.
Brolaski o~degrywai dose wy
bitna role w Chicago "a admin
Stracyi Busse'ego i Harrisona.
Ia pierwszego doprowadza do
zamkuiecia dom0w nierzadu w
Gzielnicy zachodniej.
Adwokat c. E. Erbstein, O.
tronca Skidmore'a, wczoraj "a
pytai sic jednego I kandydatow
ma sedziow wielkoprzysieglych,
czy INA Brolaskiego, wyjawia-
JAG w ten spos6b, re bedzie po-
woiany ma swiadka.
Detektyw-sierzant Barry, kto-
ry do wczoraj utrzymywal, IL
sam bedzie swej sprawy bronil
wczoraj zmienil front i przyjqi
on,rte sedziego Sabatha, IL "a
mianuje dla niego obrohce. Bar,
ry przediozyi liste 25 najwybi-
tniejszych prawnikow W Chica-
sc, z ktorych sedzia wybierze mu
obronce.
Egzaminacya kandydatow ma
sedziow przysieglych trivia W
dalszym ciagu. Wczoraj ME do
dano ami jednego do tych CITE
rech, ktorych przyjeto W ponle,
dziaIek.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1917-10-24
W EZWANIE.
~BACZNOSc oCHOTNICY DO
KAPELI WoJsKoWEJ.

Wzywam niniejszem wszySt--
kich ochotnikow, ktorzy sic juz
zapisali do pierwszej kaVeli woj-
skowej Armii Polskiej hub tez ma
ia zamiar przystapic, ably sic zgio-
sill we wtorek wieczorem o godz.
80 do lokalu rekrutacyjnego w
Domu Zwiazku Polek, 1909 No.
Ashland ave.
Zgloszenia move rowniez bed9
codziennie o tym czasie przyjmo-
wac.
Tadeusz Wronski,
Naczelny Kapelmistrz
Armii Polskiej.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1917-10-24

na6nych s~zsIbisrzy nacisgscsy,
0yhaIscych M kieszehIe lstwowisr'
aych, nile ma DzIENNIK CHICAGO
XXI M swyGh szpaltach. DO EaWsis
PRAGUE dla dobra ludu. oszukaness
fire sales" stanowc1o " DZIENNl.
KU CHICAGoSKIM ogisssAns NJ
sss mora
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1917-10-24

IN MIEJSCOWAA
KARL EITEL w ARESZCIE.
WlaSciciele IL kabaretow wezwa-
I .z.E Dol;ev;

Karla Eitela, jednego z Wiasclcle-
Il hotelu Bismarcka, W ktorym
sic mieSci notoryczny kabaret
Blue Bird Room, scena zajSc,
kt6re doprowadziiy do obecnych
rewelacyi skandalow kabareto--
wych. Drugim wIaScicielem hote-
In jak ! ogrodu Bismarcka jest
brat lego, Emil Eitel.
Karl Eitel areSztowany zoStal
r!od zarzutem sprzedazy trunkow
upajajacych maioletnim. Skoro
tenze dowiedziai sic w SVEN
mieszkaniu pnr. 525 Roscoe ul.,
re warrant ma aiego zostal WYE
ty, udal sic ze swym bratem ma
stacyc centralna, gdzie go aresz-
towano, a nastepnie IA wolnosc
wypuszczono pod kaucya $500,
kt6ra dostarczyi brat jego.
Ami jeden ami drugi ME Mai
ric do powiedzenia ola wiadomo-
sci p~ublicznej.
Policya jednakowoz ME poprze-
sta}a ma aresztowanu wlascicie-
la hotelu Bismarcka. Zwrociia
swa uwage take ia kabarety W
<rodmiesciu, ME Pomijajac takzc
kaoarety w dzielnicach innych.
Ma rozporzqdzenie szefa poll
Cyl Schuettlera detektywi roznie
Sli pozwy wiaScicielom jedena-
stu kabaret0w W SrodmieSciu,
wzywajac ich, azeby sic dis sta
will ma przesiuchy pred szefem
! wyjaSnili, dlaczego ignoruja pc
VINE Ordynanse miejskie.
pow take otrzymali wlaSci'
cicle nastepujacych kabaretow i
restauracyi States Restaurant,
Lambs Cafe, College Inn Fri
ars Inn, Empire Room W no
telu Grand Pacific, Winter Gar
den, St. James Grill, Northern
Inn. New Italy Restaurant
Heinly's Restaurant.
WiaSciciel ,,Rarebit Cafe" 20
stall take wezwany.
Pierwszy asystent szefa poll
cyl WeStbrook wczoraj sam be-
;aducgo towarzysza zwiedzii ka-
barely W dzielnicach polnocnej
/ poiudniowej i, jak sic tego spo-
.:ewal, mic ME znalazi zdrozne-
~ zawsze bywa. Pc eksplo-
vi gdy panied ENanCspw JeSz-
80, swieza, wszysLko CT
,hnic / bardzo przyzwoicie s;e
zachowuje.
Sledztwo w toku.
Tuwestygatorzy Z biura dru-
sicgo asystenta szefa policy
I'unkhousera Sledzili kabarety w
SrodmieSciu cd kilkU tygodni.
Ich raporty, kt6re sic obecnie
znajduja W rekach szefa, podo-
bno wykazuja, re W tych kaba~
retach tOlerowano ~nieprzyzw d
te tance i Pozwalano goSciJm O.
bojga plci zawierac ~pomiedzy So
ba z~najomoSc bez ogladanil Sc
ma zadne pozory przyzwoitos;i,
Podobno szef Schuettler Ia
wezwanym kabarecia:Lom ostrq
nauczke, IL grozi i'm n;echy6nie
odebranie licencyi, jezeli sic lite
p~oprawia.
Aresztowanie Karola Eitcla
byIo rezrltatem konfe7encyi W
pokojach sedziego Uhlira, Etory
zasiada w saddle moralnoSci, z
drugim deputowanym Funk
kouserem, miejSkim prokurato
rem Millerem, aSystentem pro-
kuratora m~iejskiego w. Schultz
EN-, i asystentem prokuratora
stanowego w. L. Meyer'em. W
tel konferencyi postanowiono, IL
dowody przeciw hotelowi Bis
marcka So wystarczajace ma wy
tOczeniu wiaScicielowi procesu.
Dowody te polegaja giownie ne
rewelacyach, IL dnia 1890 wrze$
mia tancerz 15-toletni, Jack 0
stermann i Dorothy Crosby
dziewczyna maioletnia, wypil
! butelki szampana W Blue BirC
Room.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1917-10-24
lime oowody.

Parma Kate Adams, znana
oziaiaczka spoieczna, ktora by
Ia obecna ma k~onferencyi, o.
swiadczyia, il vie o dw6ch in
mych dziewczetach, liczacych
lat Il i Is, ktore take otrzyma-
~ napoje upajajace W kabarecie
Bismarcka. Sedzia polecit jei a
zeby dziewczeta tie przyprowa-
cziia do prokuratora miejskiego.
Sedzia oswiadczyi, re kwestya
czy kabaret Bismarcka straci Ii
cencye, bedzie zadecydowana do
piero po procesie.
Ch6rzystki W matni.
Cztery Mode chorzystki z No
wego Yorku, slyszac o Roto-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-25
Kcnbridgc. Va. March 10.

AnSwcr--It is very difficult. impos
siblc. In fact. for us to form any spe
citic idea Of your trouble from de-
scription furnished in a letter. The
affiiction seems To he quite serious. and
may he tuberculosis. in which case il
is highly contagious, nccessitating
prompt action to prevent its spread
We suggest that you send carcass
70 your State experiment station for
u report on the disease. which it no
doubt VIII be glad to furnish without
ANY charge. Give full particulars con-
corning your methods of feeding, hous-
ing and so on. and pack the carcass in
10 per cent solution OF formalin if
YOU send II by express Until you
learn what Is the matter with your
fowls we would he careful to seErc-
gate those which show any signs of
illness. and thoroughly to disinfcct the
premises whore the sick birds have
been uuartered.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-25
No family OF fowls is 50 generally

No family OF fowls is so generally
distributed throughout The civilized
countries as the Mediterranean breeds
Chief among these are the leChorns
otherwise known as egg machines"
1t is wcll-knowm slogan that the
hen that lays iS the hen that pays"
and wherever eggs are wanted some
variety of the LcEhorn or Spanish
breeds is selected.
There are eight varieties of Leg
horns Three OF these are bred with
Rose Combs as well as with single
combs. The advantage OF tho Rose
Comb is obvious LcChorus are the
greatest of layers: nevertheless cold
winters frost large single combs. and
a hen with a frosted comb is q sick hen
ana seldom lays The Rose Comb va
r!ctieS are supposed Ia have Il frost
proof comb. therefore they are less
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-25

of the manure pile disrers." There is
more beauty ana moro dollars in the
thoroushhrcd-hc il hog. horse, COW
OF hog
How Ia select the Male.
In selecting males for breeding pur-
poses the first qualities to consider are
those in plaiu"st evidence-th. general
appearance OF the birds only such
specimens should ho chosen as meet
with the standard requirements Of IA
particular breed. II a bird has a poor
comb WHY tail. color defects or If he
is TOO lurG" or too small. he. should be
discarded Immediately.
At the same time the males are
being Judged Tor their appearance. their
conduct should hc carefully noted. for
fowls actions furnish one Of the
most reliable guides TO its breeding
ability. The desirable breeding cockcrel
is always on the alert. aristocratic in
manner. Cnmbativc-a good tighter. and
one who believes in GROWING about it,
Growing is an indication Of vigor and
Vitality. and characterizcS maSculinity.
y cowari!y bird is totally unfit for the
breeding pen. Fear and physical
Weakness usually go together. The
male that runs at the approach of
another is apt TO be a degenerate
After selecting the males for general
appearance and conduct. final judg-
mcnt is passed ON their physical quad
inCati"nS-in other words, their shape
and build. The body OF the vigorous
fowl is broad, deep and blocky. as con-
trastcd with the long, thin, slender
type. \ birds plumagc is apt 10 be
decciviuE in this respect, consequently
all candidates for the breeding pen
should be carefully handled and in
spectcd. The male should he selected
FOR the same requirements as the fe-
males.
y commonplace inquiry is: how
many females to place With each male ?
No fixed rule can be given. The breed,
size OF the flock, living quarters and
the general health ana vigor OF the
stock are all determining factors In
general NOR" males are required with
the heavier breeds And tho larger
the flock the fewer males arc required
because where number OF males arr.
in the same pen there is less favorit-
ism. consequently greater fertility.
other conditions being equal. safe
rule for mating is as follows one
NAL" to six or eight females of the
hsiatic class; one made 10 about ten
females of the American or general
purpose class and one male to nf-
teen females OF the Mediterranean
class
It is not enough to hatch the chicks.
Alter all. the bisges, business is To- raise
z them, which means ''brooGing.' Success or
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-25
Shorthorn. In North Coro,,,,

RALEIGH. ~ c.. March o4-The
Legislature at It's recent session en-
acted & novel but good law for Mitch
ell County, In the extreme western
Part of the State. The law requires
the county commissioners to purchase
a pure shorthorn bull for each town
ship
Ii is quite probable that other coun-
Ties in the mountain region will follow
tho example set by Mitchell in rcuuir-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-25

ford cattle. mainly because they arr
excellent buttcr-fat producers and also
hive big bodies. and so are good for
butchcrihr.