The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-11

The reception accorded lion. Elm
nett ]. Scott, Special Assistant of the
Secretary of War on his visit to
Greater Kansas City last Saturday
and Sunday was the greatest and most
impressive thing of it's kind that has
ever occurred in this progressive city.
And the Colored people are yet bub-
bling over with enthusiasm in remem-
brance of the splendid message of
hope and good cheer which he brought
to us as well as the magnificent man
ner in which the Colored people of
this city acquitted themselves in the
royal entertainment accorded him dur
ing his entire stay.
Mr.. Scott arrived at the Union Sta
ton from Des Moines at 6:40 p. m.
and was met by delegation headed
by Messrs G. H. Galloway, Hon. w.
C. Hueston, Prof. J. R. E. Lee, DR..
J. E. Dibble, the Editor, and others
and was escorted to the main waiting
room where he was received by
delegation of nearly a hundred prom
inent citizens under the direction of
Mr.. T. B. Watkins, chairman of the
committee on arrangements. And
amid much hand clapping and ap-
plause, which drew an immense
crowd was escorted to the handsome
ly decorated limousine of Mr.. S. j.
Hightower where headed by the mo-
tor-cycle squad of the police depart
ment and followed by thirty-five other
handsomely decorated automobiles,
he was escorted to the home of DR..
]. Edgar Dibble, an old boyhood
friend and classmate whose guest he
was during his stay. At 900 p. m.
Mr.. Scott was rendered most elab-
crate banquet under the auspices OF
the Lincoln High School Steering
Committee, Civic League of Kansas
City, Mo-, the Civic League of Kan
sas City, Kans., the Negro Business
League of Greater Kansas City, the
Kansas City Kansas Forum and the
Kansas City Mo. Medical Society. In
the trades hall of the Lincoln High
School where covers were laid for 1856
guests. The invocation was by Dr.
w. H. Thomas and the following de-
lightful menu was discussed to the
strains OIL u6llSuI1ul LiuoiS AhoAAA 'hS
Lincoln High School orchestra:
Strawberry Cocktail
Conservation Soup Croutons
Special Squads Potato Balls
Green peas
Water Cress salad
Victory rolls
Lincoln High School punch
Tutti Fruit Ice Cream
Mints Macaroons
Demi Tasse
After which addresses were deliver
ed by the following gentlemen: Mr..
C. H. Galloway, Prof. G.. B. Buster,
Prof. John Love, Dr. M. H. Lambright,
Rev. VIM. H. Thomas, DR.. j. e. Perry,
Major d. A. Holmes, Prof G. A. Page,
and Mr.. Nelson G. Crews. Dr.
A. M. Curtis, the eminent sur
geon of Washington, D. c., who
was in the city the guest of the Med,
ical Society, and at whose home Mr
Scott resides when in Washington
briefly spoke after which the
guest of honor was presented by
the Master of Ceremonies. Prof. j.
!. r. e. Lee in eloquent terms and was
received by the guests rising and ap
plauding to the echo, after which Mr.
Scott delivered one of the most force
full, sane and comprehensive ad
dresses that has been heard from
member of the race since the deatf
of Booker II. Washington. 1t was re
plete with witty and illuminating
stories that kept the house in an up
roar and Mr.. Scott provoked an oya
ton that could not be stilled for many
minutes when rising to his full sta
ture he said: 81 accepted the posi-
ton with the War Department VIII
the understanding that should b.
no apologist for that department bu
that should stand firmly for justice
for ALL men,"
Captain Sam Bucklew (white) 9