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The Colorado statesman., 1918-06-29

ton has been startlingly il
lustrated from time to time in
all fields of the worlds activ-
tiles and yet, am persuaded
viewing the fact from all angles anu
in the light of recent civil and poiticai
history as affecting the Negro tha'
the coming together at Washington
during the past week of leading Negro
editors and publishers to the numper
of three score or more and at the III
yitation and expense of the govern
ment is the "Ne plus ultra OF strange
and fateful happenings.
The sudden lifting of its nose out OF
the harbor waters at Baltimore OF the
"IJ.53 Submarine" 5000 miles from
home must be considered rather
tame and ordinary event, when condi-
tions and precedents bearing upon the
former are considered.
The coming of these representative
Negroes at this time is of course due
as are all extraordinary happenings 10
the great war and the overshadowins
peril of German world domination.
The American nation is committed
to the task of extracting the fangs OF
the remorseless German monster
whose savage cruelty and Unsuitable
greed have laid waste and destroyed
peoples innumerable and much OF the
rich treasure and fair lands of middle
Europe.
America has taken up the gauge to
save the world from similar fate ana
preserve to it sown people the rights,
privileges and immunities which the
fathers of the Republic fought for at
Bunker Hill and yorktown.
The Nation realizes the large job 1t
has undertaken and realizes too the
vital necessity of utilizing every avail
able national resource.
Men, money and munitions are need
ed in great numbers and large quantl-
ties. The Negro, recognized as devot-
ed to the flag and loyal to the last
man, is expected to figure largely in
supplying a goodly percentage OF each
class of these needs. He is not con-
tent with doing his "bit' but is ambi-
tious to do his uttermost, and when
the story of the agencies that won the
war shall have been written it will be
found that for unselfish patriotism, In
spite OF cruel hardships and proscrip-
ton, the American Negro has earned
an enviable place well up towards the
top.
1t is that this splendid force, this
powerful American asset, may be prop
erly correlated and appraised, to the
end that it's every atom may be used
to advantage in the winning of the
war, that these Negro leaders were
called here in conference.
They were all big calibre men who
have been doing constructive work in
the editing of papers for many years.
They we're men of courage, conviction
and discretion, who doubtless told the
administration many interesting
things, many of which were pleasant
and some of them possibly were I'M
pleasant for it to hear. All they told
, it is safe to say was in the interest of
truth and justice, which in large meas
ure make up that Righteousness which
exalteth nation.
An informal reception and social
The Colorado statesman., 1918-06-29

A recent letter sent by Ralph w.
Tyler, National Secretary of the Ma
tional CoIored Soldiers Comfort Com
mittee, asking that steps be taken to
stop Jim-Crowing soldiers, and patri-
otic speakers setting forth the fact
that the spirit demonstrated was not
in accord with the plea of democracy.
and that even enemy aliens were not
subjected to such treatment, is bear
ing fruit.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-06-29

Clayton shot and killed Brooks, ac-
cording to the authorities, when
Brooks sought to investigate reports
that the man had threatened to kill
his wife and had forced her to take
refuge with friends. The man held
the posse at bay from 2 O'Clock in
the afternoon until late at night.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-06-29

For several months the Philadel-
phia Electric Company, one of the
largest power generating and lighting
companies in the world, has been en-
ploying Colored linemen, stringing
wires and on overhead work and they
are giving full satisfaction.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-06-29
RACE NEWS S.tisss S.tass'' s,.'ss. rssn

In battle with the posse he wound
ed six men, one probably fatally. Bar
ricaded in house, he fought off the
posse until his ammunition was ex-
hausted. He then surrendered.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-06-29

Indianapolis, Ind. = This city is
keeping up with the best things
doing in progressive communities.
Not long since the authorities
appointed a number of women for
police duty. Among these are two
well known Colored women, Mrs.
Mary Mays and Mrs. Emma Christy
Baker.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-06-29

Natchez, Miss, June 19.-George
Clayton, colored, was hanged to tree
near Mangham, La, across the Mis-
sissippi river from this city by posse
of citizens last night after he had
killed his employer, Ben Brooks.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-06-29

Indiana Harbor, Ind, June 21.-The
Indiana Steel Co., has taken into its
service rs Colored women as laborers.
The company has been unable for
some time to secure sufficient labor
ers and recently offered high wages
to women to handle light steel cast
ings and to perform ordinary work OF
laborerS.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-06-29

Wilberforce University has been Sc
lected by the War Department as one
of the training schools for Negro sol
diers. About 200 men, including Off
GERS, will be sent from the training
camps to Wilberforce about July A5
and will be kept here at least two
months for training in specific lines,
such as electrical engineering, auto
mechanics, etc. The school will be
known as Wilberforce University
Training Detachment, National Army.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-06-29

Columbus, Ohio, June 21-Eminent
mortal hall last Sunday to pay tribute
of respect to the memory of the late
DR.. Booker T. Washington. Numbered
among those who spoke on the occa.
and Rabbi Joseph Korafeld. The
speakers dwelt at length upon the
beautiful attributes which character
lied the life of the deceased, and con
tended that his useful activities ex-
erted in behalf of mankind were evil
dences of lessons carrying with them
essential qualities needed in this cru
cial period of world democracy. The
service was held at Memorial hall.
Washington, d. c., June 15.-Being
advised today that Mrs. Pearl Hender-
son, OF, Dayton, o., widowed mother OF
Sergeant Joseph Henderson, of the
372d regiment, the first colored soldier
to die in action over in France, was
in urgent need of funds to pay her
house rent, installment on the furni-
ture in her modest little home and her
insurance, the National Colored Sol
diers' Comfort Committee immediate
ly dispatched a check to her for sub
stantial sum to take care of all her
immediate needs. The promptness
with which the committee responds to
calls for aid is earning for it the love
and confidence of the race. The COM
mittee's contribution to the relief OF
this poor, sorrowing Colored mother
who had given son for the cause OF
"our new freedom" is not loan, but
gratuitous gift to needy and de-
serving mother.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-06-29

Tulsa, Okla, June 21.-The proceed
ings of the stewardess board meeting
at the A. M. E. church were abruptly
halted when Mrs. Maggie Voden,
prominent member of the church,
carelessly used a chair around the
neck and shoulders of Rev. w. c. b.
Lewis. 1t is said that Mrs. Voden at
tackled Rev. Lewis during a heated
argument which arose over the ex-
penditure of the church money. Or
der was restored before serious dam
age was done.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-06-29

Schofield Barracks, H. T., June 81.
Following series OF love letters
that kindled a mutual admiration,
Miss Jennie Phillips OF Birmingham,
Ala, journeyed across the briny deep
to wed the Sammie of her heart, Fred
erick Cook Of Company A, 25th in
fantry. The ceremony was performed
by Maj. Geo. w. Prioleau on May %
and the news has just leaked out.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-06-29

Hattiesburg. Miss, June 13.-The
question of carrying colored soldiers
by taxi operators between Camp Shell
by and Hattiesburg is being discussed
by the military authorities at Camp
Shelby. An order was carried into
effect yesterday directing the drivers
of cars to take colored passengers.
Several of the drivers refused to do
so, and their licenses were taken
from them by the military police.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-06-29

The taxi drivers held q meeting and
agreed under no circumstances to
The Colorado statesman., 1918-06-29

Los Angeles, GAIA jury in judge
McCormicKs Court yesterday award
ed $50 damages each to Beatrice Ben
ton and Edna Steward, colored women
who demanded damages aggregating
$1,000 for alleged discrimination in
being charged 70 cents admission in
stead of the regular price OF 10 cents
at the Crown Theater, Pasadena, jan
uary l, 1917.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-06-29

Springfield, ILL.,, June 10.-The col
ored citizens of this city are COM
planning bitterly and justly because
the park board permits the color line
TO be drawn at Bum Park, colored
children being denied the use OF the
bathing beach. AT the pleasure parks
of the city, the color line is rigid. Hi
nois needs u political house-cleaning,
as she is going backward instead of
forward.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-06-29

Lawton, Okla, June 21.-Claude
Walker (white), a soldier, was ar
rested Wednesday night, June II, at
22d East avenue in company with
Mrs. Mable Walker, his wife, when po-
licemen forced their way into the
apartment occupied by the couple.
The complaint against Walker was
that his wife was not white woman
Walker stated that they were married
on May % in Wichita, Kan. He was
turned over to the military authorities
for an investigation.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-06-29

Chicago, H., June 12.-Colored men
of the First Congressional district un-
der the leadership of Oscar De Priest,
met last Saturday night and nominat-
ed James A. Scott, former Asst. States
Attorney for Congress, on the Repub-
lican ticket, in opposition to Martin
B. Madden, the present incumbent.
Edward H. Morris, the we'll known at
'orney, had been selected but refused
to run.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-06-29

Harrisburg, Tex, June 21.-C. a.
Chapman, constable, and Ben Kenner-
ly, deputy constable, both white, are
being held under bond of $500 to an
swer grand jury charges for the muir
der of Nick Parr, who died in the jail
here two weeks ago. The N. a. A. c.
p. has employed Attorney Guy Gra-
ham to assist in the prosecution OF
the two officers.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-06-29

transport colored and white passen-
gers in the same car. They argue that
it would be an infringement of the
Jim Crow" laws of the state. Sew
eral of the operators have offered to
provide separate cars for the colored
soldiers. Brigadier General Hudson,
division commander, has the matter
under advisement.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-06-29

Mr. McAdoo referred the letter to
Judge Prouty, Director of Public Serv-
ice, who invited Mr.. Tyler to CON
ference on the matter. Judge Prouty
in no uncertain terms, advocated the
abolition of Jim Grow cars, and ex-
pressed sympathy for the race, declar-
ing he had always opposed segrega-
ton and promised to take the matter
up with Mr McAdoo as soon as he re-
turned from Virginia health resort,
where he is recuperating. Judge
Prouty is from Vermont
The Colorado statesman., 1918-06-29

Earle. Ark, June 21-A mob COM
posed of prominent white citizens of
this city lynched Elton Mitchell
Thursday night, June 13. 1t is said
that his body was hacked into bits
with butcher knives before it was
strung up to q sycamore tree. The act
of cannibals was prompted by Mitch
ellis refusal to work on the farm of
Mrs. w. NJ. Langston without pay.
When officers arrived at the scene OF
the crime they were told that Mitchell
had fired several shots at the woman.
and upon receiving this information
they left the vicinity without further
investigation and did not attempt to
make an arrest, in spite of the fact
that several of the men who lynched
Mitchell We're in the immediate sec
ton.
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Ambassador gusseFsBd's PeFtsait Of
the American soldier In France.

Yesterday came the official. an
nouncement that the last of the Ger
man troops were beyond the French
border.
A few weeks ago when Americans
the friends Of France and Frenchmen
in America were Joining at our City
Hall In the celebration Of LAFAY-
ErTE's birthday, the French Ambas-
sador to the United States delivered
an address from which we extract
this striking tribute to the American
soldier:
"a valiant army. the praise OF which
10 on every lip; a youthful. good hu-
mored. CHEEKY army. whose every SOL
der Is welcome in the castle and in the
hut, and u offered just as heartily the
best cake or the last crust an immense
army that ceazelessly grows-for month
after month you send over to France
double the number OF men NAPOLEON
had at Waterloo. Many French names
written on your map recall our pres
encs here At the time Of your fight for
independence. chief among them that Of
LAFAYETTE Many American names will
in after time recall the splendid part
you are taking In the deliverance Of
France and OF the world"
We recall now with a pleasure
which the readers of THE Sun will
share this eloquent utterance Of the
statesman and scholar and constant
friend and proficient student of our
people and their institutions, who
holds much the same relation TO us
with regard to France that was so
long and so felicltously maintained by
viseount Bryce as the representative
Of British understanding and good
feeling.
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judgments Of the Lord are true and
righteous altogether"

judgments OF the Lord are true and
righteous aitosether.'"
1t was in this immortal address
that LINCOLN remarked boldly that
both parties In the war "read the
same Bible and pray to the same
COP; and each invOkes His aid
against the other" He felt, as he
said a few days later In a letter to
MT. WED, that this part of the ad-
dress would not be popular:
Men are not hsttered by being shown
that there is a difference Of purpose be-
tween the Almighty and than. To deny
1t. however. In this case, IL 20 deny that
there Is COP governing the World. It
Ia truth which l thought needed to
be told. and as whatever Of humilla-
ton there Ia In II falls most directly
on myself, I thought others might at
ford for me to tell It."
In President McKINLEY's procla-
nation for thanksgiving and prayer,
issued on July O, 1893, after the vic
tories at Santiago, he called upon
Americans reverently to bow before
the throne of Divine grace and give
deyout praise to COP, who holdeth
the nations in the hollow Of HIS
hands and wOrketh upon them the
marveis OF His high Will" Mr.. Nc
KINLEY, in his proclamation OF Au-
gust II, 1898, announcing the signing
Of the protocol and the suspension of
hostilities, did not deviate from for
NAL diplomatic terms, but in his proc
lamation for Thanksgiving Day he
invited the people to give thanks to
Almighty Con "for the glory of our
victory and the hope of a righteous
peace"
There are precedents enough for
that which "T. +. W." considers an
omission. President WILSON'S Thanks
giving proclamation is yet to come :;
and after that there is the day of
the signatures that will bind the
world In peace.
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LEAGUE OR FEDERATION!
Mr.. Darwin p. Kingsley Fsvers n
Closer Union Than That Of Mere
sOvereigut.ss

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir. There
Is an amazing article In the last Issue
of the London Spectator on the proposed
League of Nations. After stating that
the future happiness Of mankind de-
ponds on whether the ALLIES take the
right or the wrong path on this matter,
this great leader Of serious thought sub
mIts an outline OF agreement which the
nations should sign at the peace table,
One reads and wonders. The pro-
posed agreement Is substantially a copy
Of the Articles OF Confederation adopted
by the thirteen States during the Revo-
luton. II there IL a clearer example OF
governmental impotence than our old
Confederation. don't recall it The
thirteen States had to abandon It to
save their liberties.
Can It be that the Spectator, always
SO generous to Americans, never heard
Of Independence Hall and the conven-
ton Of 1897, and of John Marshall and
Alexander Hamilton? Did its writer
ever read the federalism
But after all Is the Spectator any
more wrong headed than others? 1t is
specific and so uncovers its error. All
who urge a mere league in which the
units shall be sovereign states, and not
the people, must ultimately agree with
the Spectator. 1t has cited the one out
standing modern attempt by free states
TO live together under q league. We
are asked to copy a failure In order to
secure Justice and peace.
The Federal Constitution which re-
placed the Articles OF Confederation
saved our liberties and made 1t posi-
bic for free men to create this republic.
Hut the Federal Constitution in the first
sentence of its preamble says: I'VE. the
People" In other words. to secure an
effective government and peace, sover-
eighty in its full Significance had to
be abolished. There was difference of
opinion about that North and South, but
that difference was finally and eternally
composed ut Appomattox.
To secure Justice and peace after this
war the dead lines called frontiers must
be modified as they were by our fathers
in 1889. The trouble with this world is
frontiers and the no mans land in which
diplomats spy on each other and lie.
No post-bellum programme will save
US from a repetition OF this horror that
does not Danish the mediRvalism of
sovereignty. Let us begin with the An
glo-saxcn world and perhaps France
No leagues. no paltering! Federation
is the word. DARWIN p. KINGSLEY.
NEW YORK, November 10.
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THANK GOD!
Thanksgiving and Prayer to the Su.
preme Being.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS--Sir: I'm
afraid a good many OF US in the
excitement incident to receiving the
wonderful tidlngs and good news forgot
to thank the Almighty Father TO- that
which He alone could and did make
poss! ble-peace-coming out OF what
was the most chaotic condition the
world has ever known. OF course we
all felt thankful for this. and perhaps
now the people are In a more serious
frame OF mind.
Could not the President set aside this
Sunday as a day OF prayer and thanks
giving for this. not forgetting those
who have given up theI- lives that the
world might be free? Every one
should 30 to church on that day-if not
in the morning surely in the evening,
Many OF our dear ones have helped
bring peace about by giving up their
lives. and there are many, many others
who will have to be helped over the
rough spots when they get back.
Let not = single person forget or
neglect to gre to the United War Work
Campaign. Tor II ever the boys needed
these organizations to look after them
il will be In the coming months prepara-
tory to their coming back home.
Let us give thanks In these two ways
from now until the end OF the drive.
ONE WHO HAS MUCH TO BE THANKFUL
For.
New YORK, November l5.
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OUR WASTE OF WOOD.
We Cut Fine Trees and Let Fallen
Timber Decay.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Your
correspondent David A. Curtis expresses
concern as to the failure of the world
supply OF coal and wonders what will
happen when II IL exhausted. Has he
thought Of the countless ages during
which men cooked and kept warm with
out any knowledge of the coal lying
beneath the surface OF the earth?
1t Is more than a century since coal
was first used, as II was exported from
Newcastle. England. at the end OF the
thirteenth century. but 1t was not ex-
tenslvely mined in this country before
canals and railroads made the trans
portation easy. Before that time open
fires and stoves In which wood was
burned mere alone used.
Ii many countries of the world there
Is no coal even now. In Russia the
great stove-l!ke ovens that heat the
houses during the long winter are sun
piled with wood only. If we were not
so wasteful with our wood We might
have still an ample supply for our
houses. hardly perhaps for our many
factories. Thousands Of cords Of dead
and down" timber lie decayng on the
ground, and we cut down fine oak and
hickory trees to burn. The railroa DIS
burn Up the ties that are no longer
good enough for the track but make
admirable fires for heating. Through
out the anthracite coal reslon black
mountains OF fine coal mixed with slate
that has been elected from the breakers
are at the mouth of every mine. This
coal could be compressed into bricks
and used for fuel, but 1T does not vet
command price that would pay for
the labor.
For the present there seems little
danger OF the failure OF the coal supply
in this country, though the price to the
consumer. thanks to the Interference OF
the Fuel Administrator, is steadily in
creasing.
II We could get a few German and
Austrian stoves 10 warm our houses
we would save an immense amount OF
fuel. but We should copy their methods
Of preserving and cultivat!ng timber.
Q. L. n.
HAzLEToS, Pa, November Is.
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OUR BOYS ARE COMING
HoME.S
Petroleum V. Nasty Wrote and n.
Coe Stewart Sang the Song.

To THE EDITOR or THE SU%-Sr: A
poem, "Our Boys Are Coming Home"
printed in THE SUN OF November IS
without Identification Of Its author, was
written on the day OF the fall OF Rich
mond. 1866, by Locke, Petroleum v.
Nasty" for n banquet held in celebra-
ton OF the event that night at or near
Tiffany, Ohio, He took the poem to my
father y. Coe Stewart, for th!rty-seVen
years director OF music In the Cleveland
public schools. and asked him TO write
tho music for it and to sing It at the
banquet.
Father wrote music for tho words and
sang 1t at that banquet, where he was
seated between General sherman and
Senator sherman OF Ohio.
Nasty was on the Toledo BLADE. The
song was we'll received and popular for
a time. but has not been put into print,
Father has the original manuscript Of
the words and music In his possession
now He is SC years old. but was sing
ing the song from the music only a
short time ago.
GABRIELLE STEWART NJ LLINER.
NEW YORK, November Is.
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Of peace sverags half the colossal
price Of actual fighting. actual blow
ing billions Of dollars Of explosives
into vapor. tearing billions Of dollars
Of steel shells into bits, casting bill
ions Of dollars Of all manner Of nat
ural wealth into the bottomless PITT
Why even q thlrdi
The war has stopped. With the
war has stopped the need Of the vast
spending. which had to go on as long
as there was fighting. which need not
go on, must not 90 on, when there is
no longer fighting. The way to stop
this now needless spending is to stop
1t. Then do I'll
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IDLE THOUGHTS.
Political SpeculatIons on the Conduct
Of the President

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: Sup
pose that Woodrow Wilson, instead of
writing his letter OF October %, 1918.
one Of which l received by mail. advis-
ing the election Of Democratic Con-
sress had appointed ex-President Taft
or ex-President Roosevelt Minister to
the Court OF st. Jamess, would Wood
row Wilson not have stood higher In the
estimation OF the people Of the United
States and OF the world? And much
higher now IN his own estimation?
An' would not such an appointment.
had he not written that political let
ter. have come nearer electing a Demo-
cratic Congress In the last election than
his letter did? 1t certainly could not
have done worse. And would not such
an appointment. for one at least OF his.
have measured up nearer TO the broad
minded appointments made by President
Lincoln under somewhat similar cond!-
tions7 WILLIAM II. FORBES.
FRANKLIN, Pa, November 10.
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To THE EDITOR or THE SUH-Sir: Now
that the voters OF America have elected
a Republican Congress l take the lib
erty Of quoting from the speech OF Pres
ident Wilson to new citizens at Phila-
delpha as follows:
1t was but a historical accident. no
doubt, that this great country was called
tho United states" and yet am very
thankful that II ha8 the word united"
IN its title. and the man who seeks to
divide man from man. group from group,
interest from Interest. in the United States
Is striking at its very heart.
The recent election demonstrated that
some people think man can be a good
American even II he Is a Republican.
lcoNoCLAsT.
JERsEY CITY. \. J., November Is.