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The Snowflake herald., 1918-06-28
Cermany's S Confessions
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Gratz, where the piano that he
used is still preserved; and the
present prince, Karl Max Lich-
nowsky, has carried on the ira
dition of culture and liberalism
which he inherited from his fam
lily. He was a brother officer of
the present Kaiser in the Life
Guard Hussars of Potsdam, but
after a brief army career he en-
tered the diplomatic service, and
held important posts in Stock
holm. Constinople, Bucharest,
and Vienna. He retired in 1904,
being out Of sympathy with the
Junker atmosphere of the court.
He was not a Prussian, nor even
a German. His father was a
Bohemian, and his mind has nev-
er been militaristic.
To his great surprise" as he
says. he was offered the post of
German AMBASSADOR to London in
October, 1912. after he had pass
ed eight years among fax and
turnips, on horseback and in my
meadows" amusing his leisure
with reading and with writing
occasional political articles. Il
do not know" he says, to whom
my appointment was due-at all
events, not to His Magesty, as I
did not belong to his immediate
set, although he was always gra-
cious to me. | believe that they
agreed on me because no other
candidate was available.
The Snowflake herald., 1918-06-28

William Randolph Hearst is
after the scalp of Theodore
Roosevelt. No -bloOded
American will take Hearst seri-
ously. Roosevelt has four sons
on the western front and he him.
self would be there if he had been
successful in convincing the War
Department Of his wishes.
Roosevelt's criticisms of the war
policies of our administration
have been fruitful constructive
criticism. Such can not be said
of the capers of Hearst. Hearst
has come very near precipitating
war between Japan and the
United States and his criticisms
of our war policy has ever been
questionable. No man can doubt
or question Roosevelt's loyalty
and patriotism, while the policy
of Hearst is very questionable.
In short, the tinkering sound of
Hearst against Roosevelt is lik-
ened unto racket made by a
skeleton dancing on a tin roof.
The Snowflake herald., 1918-06-28

Navojo county political aspir-
ants are fearfully timid. In
order to let somebody to run for
office this year it will be neces-
sary to organize a board and
draft those whom we want as
candidates. Politics is so slow in
this county that we suggest q
county seat fight between Hol-
brook, Winslow and S now-
flake. County Sc at removal
elections usually wake up the
dead, and that's what we neeo
in this county.
The Snowflake herald., 1918-06-28

The Snowflake Citizens Associ-
alton came into existence last
Saturday night. The organiza-
tion is at least three months late,
but it can serve we'll by keeping
awake from now on. It . is
noticeable that in every move of
this kind the same persons or
practically so are in attendance,
and that others are conspicuous
for their absence. Unity of
purpose will build Snowflake.
Division will act as a mill stone
about neck. If Snowflake is big
enough and good for some let
them build a wall around their
premises so they can not see the
progressive procession go by.
The Snowflake herald., 1918-06-28

The following was handed in:
I'VE were happy to greet once
more an old friend and neighbor,
James Gale. Bro. Gale was the
first superintendent of our Sun
day school, 40 years sgo. He was
here this week from the Gila
country in company with his son,
Jay and family. visiting with
Sister Lizzie Kartchner, sister of
Bro. Gale. Four years ago Bro.
Gale came here with his wife
who was in poor health. His
wife died here June Is, 1914.
He wishes to visit his wife's
grave once a year. "
The Snowflake herald., 1918-06-28

Mark H. and 10 x. Bryan an
nounce the 'Holbrook Tribune
for that citv, first issue July 3.
The paper will be Democratic.
A late model type casting ma
chine and modern equipment will
be installed. Thus the country
progresses and newspapers are
the real life Of towns and cities.
The Snowflake Herald extends
best wishes-may The Tribune
live long and prosper.
The Snowflake herald., 1918-06-28

Senator Albert Bacon Fall has
annouced that if the Republicans
of New Mexico nominate him
that he will accept, but can not
promise to make a campaign
unless Congress adjourns o r
recesses. The fact that Senator
Fall will not leave his seat in the
Senate at this time when every
man is needed to stand by his
gun brands him a true statesman.
That the Republicans of New
Mexico will nominate him is a
foregone certainty. Fall is the
biggest man in New Mexico and
one of the most powerful leaders
in the Senate when ability is
considered in comparison with
others. The Republicans of the
nation desire that Fall be return
ed to the Senste. In New Mexi-
co, however, there are tom-tit
Democrats and a few maverick
Republicans who will combine to
oppose Fall. They are not broad
enough between the eyes to see
nor appreciate ability. Then.
there is the Albuquerque Journal
that tries to make itself believe
it is a boss-smasher. That paper
may oppose Fall on Matched up
petty political excuses. But, it
is hard to believe that a majority
of the citizenry of New Mexico
will vote to unseat one of the
brainest and most influential
members of the United States
Senate.
The Snowflake herald., 1918-06-28

Snowflake is a lovely place and
in many respects an ideal place.
Snowflake is a pretty place and
our beauty is handmade. Men
and women who have made
Snowflake lovely, ideal and
pretty deserve everlasting credit.
But, many of us could learn an
important lesson of progress and
up-t-date-ness by taking a lay
off and visiting in st. Joseph
for quite a spell.
The Snowflake herald., 1918-06-28
OWN YOUR
HOME

Mrs. Annie Nelson of Tay.
lor deserves special mention
for her efforts and success in
saving which has enabled
her to own a home. Mrs.
Nelson is a careful, method
ical, systematic saver and by
placing her savings on depos-
it in this Bank enabled her
to further accumulate on her
earnings. We mention this
one instance because it is a
home affair, not a news story
from a foreign land. We
also mention this because we
want to impress upon our
people the important matter
OF forming the habit of saw
ing, not stinting, but intelli-
gent and systematic saving.
What Mrs. Nelson has done,
we say
Go Thou and do Likewise.
Bank Of Northern Arizona.
The Snowflake herald., 1918-06-28

For Sale -16O acres of good
land near Pinedale. There is a
3 room house, barn and corral.
Land is fenced with 3 and a
strands. Considerable of the land
is suitable for farming. Reason
able price and terms. Inquire at
Herald Office.
The Snowflake herald., 1918-06-28
Take Notice

The fellow who has no bathing
suit had better stay away from
the Little Reservoir these torrid
days, at least from $50 till dark.
No particular style of suit has
been adopted and what the
bathers wear, if anything, is
of their own choosing. A ma
jority of st. Johns people have
formed the swimming habit. and
members of the fair sex seem to
to predominant in the ratio of
rbout Is to 1.-St. Johns Obser-
yer.
With the sex of your swim
mers predominating at the ratio
of Is to 1, "and what the bath
ers wear, if anything" should
be attractive enough for your l
in 16.
The Snowflake herald., 1918-06-28

Subscribers not receiving their paper
regularly will confer favor by report
ing the fact.
The Snowflake herald., 1918-06-28

Circulation guaranteed the largest
in Navajo county. Books open to
inspection as proof at any time.
The Snowflake herald., 1918-06-28
ADVERTISING RATES.

Display advertisements, per inch z0c
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Locals, per line, per issue 1Oc
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Display ads, plate form, per inch 25c
Readers, plate form, per inch SO
Legal ads. per inch at legal rates.
The above rates are the rates per issue.
The Snowflake herald., 1918-06-28

Miss Myrtle Smith has return
ed from her visit in Idaho.
The Snowflake herald., 1918-06-28

battlefelds with that Of their sons.
''ThOse who are taken away today
do not go to perform glorious duty.
They are slaves In chains who. In a
dark exile, threatened by hunger,
prison, death, will be called upon to
perform the most odious wOrk-service
to the enemy against the fatherland.
Rlnhts Of Honor and Conscience.
''The mothers cannot stand by while
such an abominatiOn is taking place
without making their voices heard In
protest.
'"They address you in the name Of
the unalterable rights Of honor and
conscience.
"It has been said that women are all
powerful supplIants.'
"We have felt authorized by this
Saying, Mr.. Minister, to extend our
hands to you and to address to your
country last appeal.
1--WE trust that In reading these lines
you will feel at each word the unhap-
py heartbeeats Of the Belgian women
and will find in your broad and hu-
name sympathy imperative reasons for
Intervention.
"Only the united will Of the neutral
peoples energetically expressed can
counterbalance that Of the German au.
thOrities.
"This assistance which the neutral
nations can and, therefore. ought to
lend us, will it be refused to the Op-
pressed Belgians?
"Be good enough to accept, Mr.. Min
lister, the homage Of our most distin-
guished consideration"
(Signed by a number OF Belgian
women and "a societies.)
The United States government did
not fail to respond to this touching ap-
peal and to others of similar nature.
The American embassy at Berlin
promptly took up the burning question
of the depOrtations with the chancellor
and other representatives Of the Ger
man government. In an interview
with the under secretary of state for
foreign affairs. Mr.. Grew was haAded
an official statement Of the German
plans, which is, In translation as fol-
lows:
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06

'"Whitc labor is tinid in attacking
ether white labor because il may not
nave the sympathy Of the authorities. 1t
seldom has the authorities sympathy
when it attacks employers. but it often
has st least tacit aid when it attacks
competing black labor. In East st.
Louis. with the police, the deputies and
the militia, mostly drawn from the
poor whites from the South, it was
brave enough to massacre the negroes"
why do not these incoming negro
laborers join the unions? ?" was asked
of John 7. Clarke, one of their leaders.
"They aro afraid" he replied. "Thcy
havc no welcome extended to them 1t
is true that tho principles Of labor
unionism extend a hand to people of
all color, and as a matter Of fact no
union objects to receiving colored
man as memher-on principle. But
he is frozen out.
"Thc negro is compelled to be frt
lance Hc is inevitably thrown undo
the protection Of the employer. If a
negro workman joins q union he is the
last hired and the first fired. Our hands
are thus tied and we are made to be
good and get nothing. Outside the
union, as a free lance, the negro has
some chance, at least"
Around the employment agencies are
shoals of negro immigrants looking for
work. They arc shutting continually,
many of them coming right from the
farm and the Southern hamlet. Their
dominant idea is to keep away from the
white man.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
Negro Is Not a
Low Wage Worker

One Of the chief charges made by
the white worker against the negro was
that he lowered the wage scale. This
probably was true in the past, but at
present the charge is not easy to sub
stantiate. Examination Of the payrolls
OF East st. Louis and Of those indus
trial plants around New York that now
employ large numbers Of negro immi-
grants shows them on the same basis
as the white. survey made for "Thc
Crisis' finds that the negro left wages
of s. to $50 in the South to work for
$3.50 and $3.5O in East ST. Louis.
1.-The negro does not have to accept
lower wage in most cases." says DR..
Dubois, on this point. Labor is so
scarce that even with thousands Of
negroes added to tho labor market the
price does not drop. The logical COM
plant in East St. Louis would have
nor that he was q strikebreaker, but
that his arrival probably prevented a
rise in wages. The negro labor surplus
presumably keeps the wages from ris-
ing, just as the hordes of European
immigrants did before the war"
: The Northern employer has for two
years been engaged in losing fight
/ with his workers. The European con-
hict shut down the immigration from
Europe, which had maintained an auto
matte surplus in the labor market and
kept wages comparatively steady. With
that gone, he was confronted by organ
lied white American labor, with which
he must agree or quit business. Wages
scared. But the advent of the negro
greatly weakened the position Of the
unions and strengthened that Of the
employer, offering him a source from
which he could draw recruits in case
Of trouble. 1t brings laborer who is
racially antagcnistic to organized white
labor and with which white labor viii
not fraterniZc OH equal terms-a non
union, strikebreaking, docile labor sur
plus. guaranteed against joining with
striking labor and insured by its colo
to continued acceptance of the caus,
1c fha, alo1.c.r
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
He Pays Highest Rent
In the World

One Of the worst immediate results
of The negro immigration has been
congestion in the negro quarters of all
the cities. In the negro colony on New
York's West Side, in the Fifties, the
negroes pay the highest house rents in
the world. From Detroit, Cleveland,
Chicago and other industrial centres,
where tens of thousands Of negroes are
crowded in during the year, thousands
have gone back to the South just be-
cause of the impossible housing con-
ditions. They are that much capital
lost TO the Northern industries. The
discovery that the black man will work
fairly we'll and proftably is the solar
plexus blow to the dreams Of an ex-
elusive white organized labor and an
exclusive white socialism.
New York garment manufacturers
railroads. steel mills and terminal
companies now employing negroes re.
port specifically that "the negro is g
good WORKER" that they "are glad they
made the experiment" that they "have
no desire to discontinue the employ
ment of negroes; that they wish
additional workmen and working
women; that "the negro is indus.
trious"; that he "has the interests OF
the employer at heart.
Here is the problem: Can and will
the authorities Of the Northern com
munities protect the negroes against
race and economic antagonism Car
the labor union and the Socialist or
ganization find working basis which
will give the negroes place to them
selves? Can the employer provide the
comfort and safety which are neces-
sary to keep this great economic re.
source or his side?
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
Negroes Outlook
For the uture

William Anthony Aery, OF Hampton
institute, also agrees that the South is
making "a conscious effort to attract to
its territory the best people, regardless
OF cost" He says:
ITO understand why negroes are re
turning South it is necessary TO re
state why they left the South for the
North by tens of thousands.
"NegYbes felt that they could not get.
by sts(ing at home, the possessions
which they desire-a better industrial
outlet and more wages, better educa-
tional facilities, more justice in the
courts, moro legal protection of life
and property.
Negroes could not be coerced through
intimidation or cajoled through vain
promises into remaining where they
felt they could not earn good wages,
could not have good schools and could
not be secure in their life and prop
erty.
THE North seemed to many negroes
the good as we'll as the indifferent or
the unruly-a land Of promise and
golden opportunity.
To-day the South. agriculturally and
industrially, is looking up not only
FOR the white man, but also for tho
negro.
"The trade Of the Southern mer-
chants has expanded, because mechan-
les and other workers are earning from
50 to So day. Not only are negroes
returning to the South TO enjoy good
wages, but also men from Northern
cities and towns are focking into the
South to secure steady work at good
wages.
80 far as negroes are concerned.
several distinct victories have recent
ly been won.
"The United States Supreme Court
has recently unanimously decided tha.
the compulsory segregation ordinance
Of Louisville is invalid This decision
helps the negro to believe that the
courts really stand for justice.
THE appointment of negroes as com
missioned officers in the United States
Army and the selection Of Emmett j
Scott. secretary OF Tuskegee, as spe-
cial assistant TO Secretary Baker make
negroes, North as we'll as South, feel
that Uncle Sam really believes in the
black man"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06

seed had been so"n and the tide start
ed, and it continued without further
solicitation from manufacturers agents
and III spite Of the Jim Grow" meas
ures at Southern railway stations.
At the same time the more farseeing
Southerners took up seriously the
question Of their duty TO the negro
in many Southern communities asso-
Citations have been formed to improve
their condition. For example, in Mem
phis, Tenn, the Chamber cs Commerce
appointed special committee on the
industrial and living conditions of the
negro. This is cooperating with SINH
lar association of negroes. known as
the Southern Industrial Race Eleva-
ton Association. 1t has organized
thousands of country negroes into con-
munity clubs and is teaching thrift and
saving to the city negroes Similar
measures have been taken in probably
a majority of the Southern cities, and
the results are already becoming ap-
parent.
In the Memphis district the wages
OF negroes in manufacturing industries
merly the price for picking one hun
dred pounds Of cotton from the bolls
was 90 cents to So cents, bu. this sea
son it has risen to $3.50 or So
The negro himself testifies to THIS
changing condition.
Il have just been down to North
Carolina again." reports a New York
colored worker. "The news of the East
st. Louis trouble has caused falling
off in the number of colorcd men COR
ing North, and, besides, wages have
gone up in the South. Ii the South
raises the wages and the North raises
the lynching record, the negro just nat
urally won't come"
The Southern white mans view Of
the return of the negroes is excellently
stated by Commissioner Stanley. cf
Georgia, already quoted. On this point
he says:
"At first the negroes who went away
thought they had bettered themselves.
Wages were higher than in the South
and their needs during the spring and
summer were comparatively few The
rigors Of winter and the high cost or
living incident thereto absorbed thei,.
daily wage, and they discovered thar
the greater needs Of the North were
equal to the higher wage
After remaining IN the North TO-
time, the negroes discovered that a
new haven had not been found: that
smaller wage and simpler needs il
a more favorable climate conduced
to the greater peace and happiness of
the negro among people he understood
and who understood him than Northern
conditions, and he longed for the South
again. Those who could DO so re
turned, and the remainder sought help
from Southern white men for tie
means with which to return. A dea.'
ear was turned for time To these ap-
peals. Later, former employers for
warded the money for tickets and the
negroes began focking back A large
planter in South Georgia lost, first and
last, fifty negroes. Every one OF then.
is back on his farm"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
"Niggers AXE the
White Man 3 Job"

In no other city has the immigration
Of the negro produced what it produced
in East st. Louis.
How race prejudice and industrial
resentment combined in the occur
rences there is best demonstrated by
the stories Of the negroes themselves,
recounting the slogans and catchwords
Of the mob.
Nathaniel Cole, a colored man. who
works in a steel foundry In st. Louis,
on July was returning home from r
trip to Alton, H., passing through East
into white neighborhood and a wom-
an hollered, Stop that niger; stop
that nigger!' Two fcllers ran out Of
IL gangway, one with q brick and the
other with a club | ran and was we'll
out of the way when a Ford came along
and about twelve of the rioters got in
and overlook me after I had entered
an alley.
"They then hemmed me in q yard
where carpenter was at work and
began beating me; the carpenter asked
the rioters not to beat me up there,
but to turn me over to the officers if
mad done anything to deserve it. The
rioters replied, The niger takes the
white mans job"
Cole was beaten into insensibility
and was later taken to st. Mary's Hos
pital.
j. 3. Silas, colored boy, saw two
men shot and thrown into Cahokia
Greek as he was returning from carry
ing dinner to his uncle at Kehlors
Mills. He also saw three hundred
white men chase an old negro, shoot
ing at him, until he ran into the rail-
road shops and found refuge. Silas
says: "Next morning when we Che and
his family) reached the ferry to cross
to St. Louis, a white man hollered
You better hurry, niger, we're only
going to give you till o'clock to get
out Of town!'"
The general cry was, Get the mig
ger!" and "Thc nigger takes the white
mans job"
In interrogating hundreds of East St.
Louis negroes not one has been found
who wishes to return South. eve
won't go back South" they say. They
could not explain why. They just
won't.
The fact is they are undaunted Eas!
st. Louis has not downed them. They
are the unconscious agents of great
change in the industrial life OF theil
race. And they won't go back.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
Newcomers Poor
and Ignorant.

The condition in which the negro i'm
migrants came from the South was de-
scribed to the committee by Frank A.
Cunningham, manager of the relay de-
pot in East St. Louis.
The station manager told of train
loads of colored people arriving In the
Illinois city week after week. They
came singly and in groups-whole
families with babies and with grand
parents. They had no baggage other
than few articles carried in bundle
under the arm or in basket. Some
times one member Of the family could
be seen carrying q washboaTd or some
piece of furniture, brought from the
country cabin back in Mississippi or
Alabama. They seldom had a cent in
their pockets when they arrived, and
even after the weather grew cold the
men wore only single shirt and a
pair of overalls.
They had heard Of the great oppor-
tunity for their race that lay in the
cities of the North. They had not had
much chance in the South. Wages were
tragically low. Schools were poor Life
was poor. The Southern white people
loved and lynched them.
With childish Ignorance of money
values, they were accustomed to work
for wage no human being could pos
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
Riots in Which
One Hundred Were Killed

A general determination to "run the
niggcrs out of town" seemed to be
spreading. The negroes heard that
they were to be massacred, and many
of them left the city.
The whites, on the other hand. had
the rumor that the negroes were to
rise up" on the Fourth Of July, at a
certain Jones Park, where they were
accustomed to have barbecue on that
day. Feeling grew steadily worse
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06

THE influx of negroes to the
Northern cities in the last two
wears was too sudden to he prom
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
Great Tide of Free" and Mrthful Negro Labor
Brings the Race War to North's Industrial Centr
100000 Grains of Black Powder
Adden to the Volatile Elements
In Economic Struggle-Employ-
ers and Unions Both at Fault

TORE than 100000 negroes have
MI come North in the last two
lVA wears 100000 grains 81 black