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The Colorado statesman., 1918-01-12
BY w. T. B. WILLIAMS.

A LII the world is at war War is
~ the one subject dominating the
thoughts of men. Perhaps that
is why our president selected this
topic for discussion before the Negro
Organization Society. Nevertheless
colored men are asking not infrequent-
Iy. What has the Negro to do with
the war? But whether the Negro Wits
it or not. the war has to do with him.
AS portions of the suffering popuia-
tion of the world and especially as
citizens of great republic, the Ne
groes of the United States in particu-
lar cannot escape either their burdens
or their responsibilities. There are
few if any people not seriously influ-
enced by the war And there are few
whose future will be more affected by
it than Negroes the world over. And
there are no Negroes to whom the fu-
ture is more significant than to the
ten million in the United States. No
group has already been more affected
by the war than they. Their devel-
opment is fraught with possibly more
Significance than that of the Negroes
of any other country. Their economic.
social, and civic attainments set the
standard for the Negroes of the world
Instead, then, of the Negroes having
no interest at stake in the war, he is
most vitally concerned.
In fact, the Negro and the Negroes
country of Africa are no very remote
causes of the war The warning Eu-
ropean nations hold large, rich Afri-
can possessions. Germany, Great Brit
ain, France, Belgium, and Italy, to-
gether with Spain and Portugal, have
selfishly portioned out Africa among
themselves. AS DIR. Dubois says, "The
world knows something of the gold
and diamonds of South Africa, the
cocoa of Angola and Nigeria, the rub
ber and ivory of the Congo, and of the
palm oil of the West Coast" Accord
ingly Africa has been the spark to set
Europe ablaze. Illustrations abound
Call to mind the fiery clashes between
England and France at Fashoda; be-
tween Italy and Turkey in Tripoli; be-
tween England and Portugal in Della
goa Bay: between England, Germany,
and the Dutch in South Africa; and
between Germany and France at
Agadir and Algeciras. "a place in the
sun" often spells for Europe expan-
sion in the African tropics and other
zones of influence in Negro land.
Whatever the immediate causes of the
war may have been, in the background
here, as usually elsewhere, stood the
Negro, a silent, compelling influence.
But the Negro was not long silent. or
apart. once the fight had begun. He
threw himself into the struggle with
characteristic forgetfulness of himself
and his wrongs. And we believe that
he will come out of the maelstrom, as
usual also, with right and advantage
ON his side.
With the many questions that nat
urally arise as to the immediate
The Colorado statesman., 1918-01-12

mother country Frances hold upon
her colonies is wonderful. Despite
German intrigue, her hold upon her
colonial empire of 100000 square
miles was not stirred a hairs breadth
by the cataclysm of 1914. l will let
the editor of the Vicksburg (Miss.)
Evening Post give the reason. He
says:
Fighting in the French army are
thousands upon thousands of variously
tinted men from all the races upon
earth-yellow Tonkinese and Ana
mese, jet-black Senegalese, brown
Kanakas, swarthy Moroccans, mulat-
toes from Notwithstanding for
France, giving their blood and life
for France.
mo compulsion about it, they came
voluntarily France was in danger;
they loved France.
French colonists, all these are. 1t
is the first time that what are called
inferior peoples 'aborigines, and
subject races have rushed instinct
lively to the defence of the power sup
posed to have subjugated them.
But inferior peoples' In the
French system there are no inferior
peoples All the peoples of all the
lands where the French flag waves
are free, equal, and brothers. They
are citizens of the French Republic
exactly like all other citizens there
Of
THAT is why there is this extra
ordinary and touching response. The
colonial policy of the French Republic
imperishable glory. France has been
not only kind and good to her abor-
igines. She has made them citizens,
equal and free. Now, in her hour of
need, they come to lay down their
lives for her-France the broad-mind-
ed, France the democratic.
Liberty, equality, fraternity-the
noblest motto nation ever had. Won
derful words and wonderful talisman.
1t is the inspiration back of that
thought that makes France beloved of
all souls everywhere that are free,
and makes her safe now behind the
strong arms of men of all the races
that have been touched by her fire
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
Mr.. Laurence Jerrold, an English
man long resident in France, author
of France: Her People and Her
Spirit reports seeing hundreds of At
rican blacks in France in military hos
pitfalls for the maimed-Senegalese
Moroccans, blacks from West Africa,
Guinea, and the Ivory Coast who had
fought for France and sometimes like
demons. Nearly all were volunteers.
Lieut.. Dinah Salifou, son of a Negro
ex-kinglet of Soudan, fought for
France and won the Legion of Honor
There were 10000 Turcos, remarkable
sharpshooters, available in 1914. And
there are Negroes in the French For
eign Legion; among others, ,Eldridge
Eastman of Barbados and James Slim
of jamaica DR.. Chas. H. Roberts of
New York spent several months in
medical service in connection with the
French armies. And Miss Ludia
Karksdale, graduate nurse from Provi-
dent Hospital in Chicago, is a Red
Cross nurse with the French Army in
Belgium. She has charge of five hun
dred nurses and is known as "The Lit
tie Corporal" Gen. Maunoury's army
that played so conspicuous part in
turning the tide in the battle of the
Marne that saved Paris and France
was composed largely of colonial
troops from Africa These are the
brothers OF Kipling's "Fuzzy-Wuzzy.
We've fought with many men across
the seas,
An some of 'em was brave and some
was not.
The Paythan and the Zulu an Bur
The Colorado statesman., 1918-01-12
Take Pains.

Genius has been defined as an inf
mite capacity for taking pains. and tai
ent, which is n sort of second cousin
of genius, has the same characteristics,
observes an educator. One who viii
take pains enough will meet with
measure of success. And no one who
belittles the need of patient, plodding
work is likely to succeed, no matter
what his endowments.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-01-12

Washington, D. c.. Jan. A.
"Only white men will be taken, 2"
was the specific announcement
made by Provost Marshal Gen
e1al Crowder of the United
States war department in his
call for l, 900 bricklayers to go to
France. Over in France, how
ever, they do not draw the color
line, either in trades or profess
ions, and over in France the
French was department makes
no discrimination because of color
for service or promotion in the
army.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-01-12
RACE NEWS S.tisss S,t;s''1 s..,ss. rss~

after trip here. Nine. Walker
with the help of Frank Smith,
furniture dealer and decorator,
purchased the furniture for her
new home, which is located on
the Hudson river and known as
Irvington-on- e-Hudson. The
orders she placed, it is said ex-
ceeded over $4,000, all high
grade goods, and shipments are
to be made Immediately. The
new residence occupies a four
and one-half acre site in Irving
toms most exclusive district,
commanding beautiful view of
the Hudson.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-01-12

Boston, Mass. Andrew j.
Peters, former assistant secre-
tary of the treasury, supported
by democrats and Independent
republicans, defeated Mayor Jas.
M. Curley for reelection by 9, 900
votes. Mayor Curley had incur
red the enmity of the Colored
citizens by permitting THE
Birth of Nation" to be shown
in Boston, and they put up a
strong fight againt him. There
were five candidates in the field.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-01-12

Today America is again max
ing the fight for democracy and
Hampton is making history as
well as the Race which it serves.
Eighty-three thousand Negroes
are now in the national army,
with many Hampton and Tuske-
gee men among the command
officers. :"
The Colorado statesman., 1918-01-12

Grand Rapids, Mich, Jan. A.
Nine. C. ]. Walker, originator
of the Walker System of Hair
Culture, and one of New York S
wealthiest women, and widely
known for her philanthropic
spirit, has returned to her home
The Colorado statesman., 1918-01-12

Little Rock, Ark, Jan. 1-As
an example of what an indus
trious Negro may do for himself
in the South, Arkansas points to
Scott Bond, Madison, former
slave, who now owns 5000 acres
of the most fertile cotton land in
the state, several cotton gins,
store houses, hundreds of head
of livestock, and large mercan-
tile establishments. Bond was
born in Mississippi and moved
to Arkansas at the close of the
Civil war. For years he has
been active in the National Ne
gro Business league. tho recent
ly age has prevented him from
taking the active part he did on
the organization of the society.
He has given 5000 to the Red
Cross and purchased $4,000
worth of liberty bonds.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-01-12

Louisville, KY. Leading col
ored citizens are making a hard
fight to get the new Republican
administration 10 appoint colored
men on the police force. This
city has never had a colored po-
liceman and politicians of both
parties have dopged the issue
for years.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-01-12

Wilberforce, Ohio, Jan. A.
Col. and Mrs. Charles Young re-
ceived an elegant silver service
set, a Christmas gift, from mem
bers of the Tenth U. S. Cavalry,
stationed in Arizona, of which
regiment he was formerly COM
mander.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-01-12

Springfield, Mo. The Rev.
Arthur E. Rankin, pastor of Glib
son Chapel Presbyterian church
has been appointed chaplain in
the national army and assigned
to the 349th field artillery at
Camp Dix, New Jersey.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-01-12

,,,.t. & Nat Hist s0''
state House
New Britain herald., 1918-01-03
PRESIDENT PRAISED.

London. Jan (Correspondence) - President Wilson is praised by the Economist as the man who can eX- press clearly and without bomhast the fine ideals which are the real war aims of the Allies" The article says that had such a spokesman been found earlier, the sympathy and sup port of Russia might permanently have been enlisted on the side of tho Allies. The paper asserts also that President Wilson agrees with Lord Lansdowne's much discussed state ment that the Allies have no desire to deny to Germany her place among the great commercial communities of the world. we find,' said the ECO nomist that well-informed opinion in the city is very strong on this point that it would be very difficult if not impossible, to impose an economic boycott on Germany in time of peace. Such threats have the unfortunate eff feet of stimulating the war interest of the commercial classes in Germany when their instincts and interests 1m- pei them so strongly toward the req sonablc peace that President Wilson offers
New Britain herald., 1918-01-03

have shaped themselves to the exist ing state of the industry. To make any radical changes in the coal trade would be to throw the whole machin- cry out of gear.
 Hence the Fuel Administration con- cerns itself not with opening new channels for the coal trade, but with keeping old channels stretched wide open. In most cases when the re- suits it obtains fall short of perfec- tion. it is idle to try to pin the blame down to the Fuel Administration, or to the railroads, or to any other sim gle element in the situation.
 That the Fuel Administration is coping with the problem successfully is shown by these facts; That the Navy and the transports have been getting all the coal they need, and of the best quality, that the cantonments and intuition factories are kept we'll supplied, and that the railroads in this time of the worlds great need are carrying much the greatest traffic of their history.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-03
CHANGE FOR MARRIED MEN.
All Those Who Are Dissatisfied May
 Join Georgia Mans Company.

A regiment of dissatisfied married men is the suggestion that has come from Rome, Ga, to contribute to the gayety of nations and relieve the ten sity of feeling which absorbs every good American now that a realization has come of what the war will really mean to the United States.
 The French, with their wonderful humor and inexhaustible wit in the face of death. have taught the world that fun and the most sublime patriot ism can live together, and it is no dis credit to Americans that the element of humor enters into the war news as it has done in other countries.
 A prominent gentleman of Rome, Ga. whose name is withheld for very obvious reasons and whose wife is said to be a strong woman, announced the other day that, inasmuch as tho con- scription law is unfair to married men he was going to raise company of dissatisfied benedicts.
 He is said to have got so many re- cruits in response to the call for vol unteers that his wife called at his or flee and solemnly informed him that the joke had gone quite far enough.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-03
Prisoners H@lY,,

Wethersfield--Tha there is stro| patriotism in the hearts of all the d
 inmates of the state prison at Wed ersf1eld was shown at a meeting the board of directors of the instfd tion when it was announced that 3
 inmates had become members of q
 Rer Cross in the recent drive and h| paid s1 each to become enrolld Further, the Italian inmates s,I scribed $2SS.15 to the Italian war l lief fund which was forwarded Washington and later acknowlcdgl by the Italian am mbassador. In add ton to this the Jewish inmates ra.s| $105.5o for Jewish war relief whiI was forwarded to and acknowiedgI gI by Jacob F. Schiff of New York. is thought that the Connecticut insI tuition is the first of its kind in q country to show its patriotism in t| way and it is especially appreciated those in charge of the conduct of q place as it is accepted as a very poirl ed indication of the regenerative Il fiuences of the liberal treatmcns prisoners and the honor system. IT money all came from earnings of il inmates in the institution.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-03
ACCUSE DENTISTS l
 OF LAW VI0LATId
Warrants Are Issued and SerV
 on Doctors in State

Hartford-Superintendent of Sts Police. Thomas F. Egan, was giJ 10 warrants to serve on dental pra tlt1oners in Connecticut who are legged to be unlicensed.
 The warrants were issued afta complaint by the Connecticut DerI asso citation that the act regardi practice of dentistry was being VI lated in many parts of the state. VI liam A. Lockhart of Hartford was first to be served with a warrant
 The others for whom warrants d issued are: George w. Fisher, Brfdd port; Vincent D. Eldridge, Norwid George W. Gregoire. Moosup; Geo1 E. Najame, Tosriagton; Harry Reynolds, New Haven: II. |. Id New Haven; w. A. Fosdick, Seymo Il c. w. King, Waterbury; Mrs. Frank Ryder, Hartford. Local police aid the state police In placing the dentlI under arrest and most of them will given hearings in town court toinl row.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-03

The United States produced in 1917 som ething like 675,o 100000 tons of
 coal. This is a ten per cent. gain
 over 1916 and twenty five per cent. gain over 1915.
 The coal shortage is a problem of transportation,
 There is always plenty of coa}- 1 400 times as much of it under these United States right now as we and our ! ancestors have dug out in the last 100 years.
 And there arc coal mines enough -, ,000 mines and 7o,000 miners. l Even in the unprecedented year of | 1916. the productive capacity of the 1 mines was 100 million tons above the 1 actual production. In 1915, a good | year, the $500 soft coal mines of the 1 country worked only POS full days in stead of 800, and produced two-thirds 1 as much coal as they might have p:o- duced.
 The difficulty is to get the coal to the right place. The solution of this difficulty is what the consumer is principally paying for when he buys his winter coal. Half of his coal bill goes for railroad transportation and for hauling through city streets.
 
 mining Of it. that gives the big new
 Fuel Administration offices most of their work to do.
 Distribution is the thing. The state administration concerns itself, di- rcctly, with nothing else. Produc- ton is left for the Washington Cffice to handle But the Washington of tice too, is mainly occupied with get ting coal from one point-gcuerally a siding in a railroad yard--to another
 point-say the furnaces of hospital
 or the bunkers of a scout cruise.. or
 the coal box of one of the Hundred NeedieSt Cases
 If the i'll and the needy should be made to suffer, or the scout cruiser should make only 25 knots when 80 knots would mean many lives saved. or if anything goes wrong anywhere with heating plant or engine, "us- gestion is likely to reach the Fuel Ad minstration that it do som ething i'm mediately-and preferably to the rail- roads:
 There has been sufficient congestion at railroad terminals to lend some color to the frequent charges that the railroads are responsible for the coal shortage But the real cause of the trouble goes beyond the railroads.
 America's system of coal DroduC- ton and distribution is wastefui. 1t is wastefuI, for instance, for the Ne
 hraska farmer to ship coal from West
 Virginia in place of buying the smo-
 kier and dustier coal that Kansas produces
 Americas national use of fuel Is ex- travagant. It is wasteful, not so much of resources, as of mine labor, and especially of ton-mies of transports- ton.
 But the coal industry is fundalnent- al Railroads and manufacturers
New Britain herald., 1918-01-03

wool before we got all our army sup piled with uniforms. And I want to suggest that attention be turned to our producing all the wool we can next year and the year after We are going to need all we can get
 Senator McKellar remarked that tsere appeared to be a "deplorable lack of coordination" between the Supply committee and the Quarter master Generals department. MT Eis enman insisted that his committee had done all it could to convince the Quartermaster Generals department of the necessity of supplying uniforms and blankets for the army going abroad and in camp.
 More than once I urged heavier cloth for the uniforms MT. Eisen- man testified. But I never got any action, because the Quartermaster General was apparently satisfied with General Pershing's approval of the lighter uniform"
 When Senator McKellar suggested that the Supply committee ought to have seen that uniforms and blankets reached the training camps in ade- quate quantity, MT. Eisenman put the blame on the Quartermaster Generals department
 '"They didn't tell us how many were needed,'' he testified. We had to work in the dark
 Well, it was your job to find out insisted, MT Mcclellan.
 That's uncalled for and unfair" replied Mir. Eisenman. II want to tell this committee that I'm not deal ing in dry bones. I'm dealing in flesh and blood facts. I'm going to give the committee some scenery"
 We don't care anything about the scenery rejoincd MT. McKellar. Stick to facts.''
 'Ill not be shut up; I'll tell the committee the whole thing" insisted Mr Eisenman.
 The witness is irascible and bor- ders closely on impudence," snapped , Senator Weeks.
 Both MT. Eisenman and Samuel kaplan, his chief adviser, defended the operation of the base sorting plant in New York.
 Senator WadsWorth reminded Mr. kaplan that the Quartermaster Gen erals department had cancelled the rag contract after Captain Fearless of that department had investigated the profit made at the 6-cents-a- pound price fixed in the contract last June. MT. kaplan asserted that his brothers firm knew nothing of the investigation by the Quartermaster
New Britain herald., 1918-01-03
COMPULSORY LENDING.

Auckland, New Zealand, Jan. (Correspondence). New Zealand has taken the first step toward compul- sory lending. bill which has passed the house of representatives provides that persons with taxable incomes of S3,500 and more must subscribe to the war loan three times the total amount which they pay in land tax and income tax. There are also provisions for penalizing persons who had not sub scribed to the previous war loan.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-03
Coroner Investigatee.

Waterbury--Coron John T. Mo zani began his investigation today the death last night of William Cll ford, IS years old, of 76 South Sfe street, a railroad brakeman, crush' to death between two cars whI coupling them in the yards of tl Scoville Manufacturing company T' coroner will visit the scene of the f tahty, inspect the cars. and exau'h witnesses.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-03

An automatic clock work torpedo for chasing and destroying U-boats has been invented by Rev. Thomas J. Glynn of Beaver Falls, Pa. The flylns fish torpedo will loop the loop and dip the dip under sea. The wings and fins are used as diving rudders and are controlled by clock work. The side wings or rudders give buoyancy and support to the torpedo. These rise and flap like the wings of a bird or the flying fish, and make the torpedo rise or dive by a transom lever Wotk~ ing automatically within the torpedo. The torpedo is propelled by a gasoline motor and will run for hours.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-03
"Close the Saloons"

Bridgeport-'Whcn they close | saloons, the theaters, and the oth houses of amusement in Bridgeport said Rev. E. A. Burnes, president the Bridgeport Pastors associate lin order to help in the conseryati of coal. the churches of the city " do their part in the movement" Go ernor Holcomb has asked all church to curtail services to save coal
New Britain herald., 1918-01-03
MAY REFUSE GAS.

London, Jan. (Correspondence) :. Numbers of motor cars in this city a being converted into gas-driven vel cles. So many men arc engaged this work that it is probable the go ernment will take steps to forbid Il use of gas as a propellant where p trol Hcep sos have been refused.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-03

Generals department and that it's ac ton in relinquishing all profit was purely voluntary.
 Tt was part of the contract that, no matter if the price was cents or what, the profit to be made, was not to exceed 1-2 cent a pound," said MT. Kaplan.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-03
COAL IS PLENTIFUL
 BUT HARD TO GET Problem One of Transportation,
 Council of Defense Says

This is the eighth of a series of articles on America's war preparations secured from off cial government sources by the Connecticut State Council of Defense. These articles, two of which are given out each week are as complete and informa- tive as military requirements will permit.