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The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-05-24
100000 TO Fight Wrongs
Of Negro Adopt Civil
War Slogan.

John R. Shillady, secretary of the
National Association for the Advance
ment Of Colored People, announced to-
day that campaign for 100, 900 mem
bers, white and black, to fight injustice
to the Negro, was under way through
out the country. The slogan adopt.
ed for the campaign is the Civil War
cry, Were Coming, Father Abra-
ham, 100000 Strong" The campaign
will terminate with conference of
the Association in Cleveland on June
21st.
Especial efforts are to be made
here in the coming weeks" said Mr..
Shillady, "as the colored district in
New York is the largest Negro city
in the world. Our present member
ship is over $1,000 and we expect to
double it easily. The entire country
has been reacting to lynchings and
other forms Of violence and injustice
to which the Negroes Of the United
States are being subjected.
"In many places where there hav.
been lynchjngs, branches If the Asso-
citation have sprung up at once.
Texas, the scene Of eleven lynch
ings in 1918, which had four branches
and 872 members last year. now has
twenty branches and over 5000 Inem-
bers.
Alabama, which last yeal' had no
branches, now has four with 4 neEa-
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-05-24
kilograms Of Protest Not
The Only Ones Sent
By n. A. A. C. P

The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People,
through its secretary, John r. Shil-
lady, of New York, makes public q
telegram sent to, the. international
Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen
Oilers in session in Washington, d. c.,
May Is. The Associations telegram
is based on information received from
it's District of Columbia Branch
through the chairman Of its Executive
Committee, L. M. Hershaw, that this
Brotherhood admits colored men To
its membership on terms Of perfect
equality and that at it's convention in
Washington there were present thirty
odd delegates of the colored race. The
Associations telegram follows:
"May 16. 1919.
international Brotherhood of Sta
tionary Firemen and Oilers,
Timothy Healy, President,
National Hotel,
Washington, d. C.
"The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, with
200 branches in as many cities in 39
states, and some $4,000 dues-paying
members, sends you its cordial greet
ings and expresses its deep satisfac-
ton that colored workmen in the
crafts represented by your Brother
hood are admitted without discrimina-
ton and that, as we are informed
some thirty-odd delegates Of the col
ored race are sitting in your Conven-
tion.
John R. SHILLADY, Sec'y
'National Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Colored People
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-05-24
Funeral Services Held For
Lieut.. James R. Europe.
(By the Associated Negro Press,J /

(By the Associated Negro Press.)
New York, May 22.-The funeral Of
James Reese Europe, leader of the fa-
nous "Hell Fihtersp band, who was
stabbed by one OF the drum
mers of the band, Herbert Wright,
was held in this city Tuesday. Thous-
ands Of people of both races viewed
the solemn procession as it made its
way from the undertaking establish
ment 131st street, to St. Mark Meth
odist Episcopal Church, 53rd street,
where the sermon was preached by
DR.. w. H. Brooks, pastor Of the
church, and chaplain Of the 18th New
York Infantry. After the services the
body was taken to Arlington Cemetery
in Washington, D. c., where it was
buried in the last resting place Of
thousands of the patriotic dead.
The funeral was attended by some
of the most prominent people in the
country, the members of his band
being in the procession but maching
in silence.
The members of the band, under d.
rection Of Felix Weir, expect to make
national tour, the proceeds to go
for the erection Of monument to
the memory of the great musical di-
rector.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-05-24
Negro Too Reckless With
Human Life Says
Southern Judge,
lBv The Associated NEGRO Press

(By the Associated Negro Press.)
Augusta, Ca, May 22.- Before pro-
nouncing sentence on William Morgan,
charged with manslaughter, Judge
Hammond said: Human life is too
precious to be held in light regard. If
there is any criticism l have to make
of the colored race it is that they
are too reckless with human life. If
they have a pistol, they think they
must use it, and they do use it.
"The white people, judges and court
officials, / think" continued the
Judge, take too narrow view of
the Colored citizen. They sag he is
respectful and good Negro simply
because he tips his hat to the white
man. He is called white mans ne
gro,' and they let 1t GO at that
This attitude, in the opinion Of
Judge Hammond, makes tho Negro
ovcrbearing to his own people, realiz-
ing that he has the backing Of white
men IL he commits crime.
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soon found that I COULD mot DO
EVERYTHING but there were
number of important things could do
and did do for the benefit Of Negro
soldiers in camps at home as well as
overseas. OF course no sane person
would ask or expect a man holding q
confidential position in great de-
partment Of the Government to reveal
in public print official and confiden-
tial information, but as proof Of the
fact that complaints concerning Negro
soldiers overseas reported to me by
Negro officers, Negro schaplains and
Negro and other American civilians,
did receive prompt action at my hands,
I submit at this time just few Of
the many letters which / have received
from Negro officers who actually
served overseas and from other men
who brought specific complains and
grievances Of Negro soldiers overseas
to my office for attention. These let
ters express appreciation Of the satis-
factory and, in most cases, the effec-
tive way in which have taken up and
handled all such complaints.
"Be it remembered that American
white officers and soldiers had their
hardships, troubles and grievances, as
fell as the Negro troops belonging to
the American Expeditionary Forces
some Of which they had to endure and
all Of which it was not possible for
even the War Department in Wash
ington altogether to remove or remedy
and yet / offer no apologies for
these conditions or hardshipsl
SIN order that the exact facts might
be secured regarding colored soldiers
overseas It viii be recalled that It was
upon the Recommendation Of the Me-
gro Editors Conference, held in Wash
ington, d. c., June, 1918, which rec
ommendation was pressed by me, Mr..
Ralph w. Tyler was designated BY the
Committee ON Public Information TO
render this service. Mr.. Tyler con-
stantly called to the attention Of the
War Department, through me, GER
tain conditions; and in each and every
case these complaints were brought to
the attention Of the proper officials Of
the War Department.
1 Ny files evidence the fact that Dr..
Dubois wrote me repeatedly calling to
my attention complaint after COM
plant concerning wrongs, grievances,
determinations, ETC., alleged to exist
among Negro soldiers in various
camps here in America. he was in
formed time after time with reference
10 the Investigations which followed as
a result Of those complaints, and ex-
pressed in writing his satisfaction with
the action taken in following up such
complaints. Having gone on his Mis-
sion to France December /. 1918, why
did he wait five months until the
May, 1919, issued Of The Crisis to
mention to me any overseas COM
plants? l fear that the animating
impulse back Of his present inquiries
has not as yet been altogether disclos-
ed to the public. An old and familiar
\ Continued on page Az.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-05-24
THE SOUTHLAND
REFUSES SUR
Plus NEGRO
LABOR Of NORTH
D
(By the Associated Negro Press.

\
Columbia, y. c., May 22.-The fol-
lowing editorial is clearly indicative Of
the condition Of feeling in many Sec
tions of the South with reference to
the return Of our people who in the
last two years migrated North:
MISSIONARIES FROM CHICAGO.
columbia, s. G. State, White Daily.)
A Thousand Negro laborers who
have had six months or year Of edu-
cation in the politics of Chicago, who
have been trained in the ideas and
methods Of Chicago's Second Ward
are they wanted as missionaries of
labor among the Negroes of South
Carolina? vi
If Chicago would be rid of this "sur-
plus Negro labor" Chicago's motive
is identical with that that actuated
East St Louis, Springfield and
Coatesyille, RI
Having used this labor, having
changed the opinions and manner Of
the Negroes, having inoculated them
with enmity towards everything to
which Southern Negroes are accus-
toned, no longer needing them and
finding them Inconvenient and disturb
ing competitors with white labor,
would dump them on the South.
wy should the South take Negroes
out Of CracaRp to compete with white
labor Of the South?
There maybe in the South employ.
ers who would accept and use any kind
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-05-24
By L. T. Leech in Dallas Dispatch.

Washington, May 16.--Many south
ern Democrats are beginning to voice
displeasure here at administration in
termeddling with the negro question.
These offenders are mainly under
strappers of the Labor Department or
the recently disbanded Creel bureau,
and all these persons are Of the lun-
attic fringe which the Democratic par
ty has attached to itself throughout
the North or placed in office in the
effort to coddle and conciliate the
radical" element.
The number of limousine liberals
and parlor Bolsheviki now holding Of
flee at Washington is very large and
very irritating to the southern wing
of the party, which has to bear all
the odium Of its supposed domination
and at the same time stand for the
radical stunts of it's northern faction
to the disgust of its southern con-
stituency.
Kirby Was Right.
The recent attack Of j. H. Kirby
on the Labor Departments interven-
tion into the negro labor situation was
generally discounted because of Kir-
by's known opposition to the Wilson
administration, but recent events
have tended to confirm Kirby's
charges.
The South has always held that the
negro question must be left to the
states. Justice to the negro is the
aim of the section, but from the les
sons of the Freedmen's Bureau and
reconstruction the South has always
contended that it could best handle
the situation itself from its own stand
point and to the greater ultimate good
of the negro. -. :. -F-sss
The section will naturally oppose
any interference by federal bureaus,
But the work of so-called Bureau of
Negro Economies is an entering wedge
toward federal interference. So far
the work of this bureau has outward
ly been harmless. There has been
great talk of cooperation, harmony,
etc. In fact, the bureau has borrowed
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-05-24
MAKES RED HOT REPLY
TO EDITOR OF CRISIS
CHALLENGES DU BOIS TO PRINT bill OF PARTICULARS"
CHARGES HIM WITH BEING NEITHER UNSELFlSH NOR
SINCERE.

Washington, D. C.-In the May is
sue of The Crisis magazine, DR.. w. E.
B. Dubois, editor, attempts to "quiz''
DR.. Emmett ]. Scott, Special Assist
ant to the Secretary Of War, regard
ing certain conditions said to exist
in the course of public addresses, re-
Gently delivered by DR.. Dubois in
Washington, d. c., and Richmond, Va,
among Negro troops in France and,
made veiled insinuations concerning
the way and manner in which he
claims DIR. Scott has been looking after
the welfare Of Negro soldiers over
seas.
When the matter was mentioned to
DR.. Scott, he said:
"Yes, / have read DR.. Dubois ques-
tions as propounded and sent around
to the colored newspapers through his
advance sheets. Apparently he seeks
to discredit one who, according to his
own testimony, has been laboring in
the War Department under very dif-
ficult circumstances and who has
never failed during the war to take
firm stand for the rights Of Negro
soldiers at home and overseas. In the
first place, / do not recognize the
usurped right Of DR.. Dubois to 'call
me to account or as the man to whom
] must give an account of my steward
ship. ! am willing to leave to that
loyal, unbiased, and sane jury Of
twelve million colored Americans,
whose interests have endeavored to
represent in the War Department, the
verdict as to whether or not ! have
done my full duty. am now prepar-
ling an account Of my stewardship
(which viii be rreseDttsi - shat jar5
at the right time and In the proper
way n 3
HIn the representative capacity
have been serving during the war
necessarily welcomed the loyal anf
unselfish cooperation Of all coloret
Americans, whether Of the radical ol
conservative type, but again quoting
the words Of DR.. Dubois, my asso
citation with him during the war hal
been AT THE COST OF SUSPICION
AND CRITICISM for have been re
peatedly warned that he is neither
unselfish nor sincere.
at is rather amusing, however, Il
read on pages Z and Of the same Is
sue Of The Crisis, wherein DIR. Duboi
assumes the self-appointed task of in
sinuating my alleged neglect or fail
ure to do certain things or every
thing in the article headed my MIS-
SION he says: 4 went to Paris
What did I do. when / got there
First, THERE WERE CERTAIN
THINGS THAT / DID NOT DO.
But it did not follow that because
COULD NOT DO EVERYTHING
COULD DO NOTHING.
How Complaints Were Handled.
"Now, it was precisely the sam
when came to Washington and begal
to labor under very difficult circum
stances (as DR.. Dubois states it) il
the War Department. There were Ger
tain things that / did not do and
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-05-24
SOUTH RESENTS INTER
FERENCE WITH NEGROES
BLACKS ARE BEING ORGANIZED BY RADICALS. BAIT
THE SOUTH. NEGRO PUBLICATIONS NUllIFY THIS
SECTION.

many Of the garments of Booker
Washington for its display efforts.
The director is George Edmund
Haines, a southern negro who is now
on a tour of Mississippi and the cot
ton states. The bureau has "a on its
payroll.
A visit to its offices, however, dis
closes features which do not harmon
ize with its professions. The negroes
employed are of the light-skinned,
over-educated type, found in Wash
ington in such great abundance. None
OF them show any signs of ever hav-
ing done any real work.
The tables are Uttered with the in
flammatory type of negro periodicals
printed and circulated in the northern
cities. One, which seems to be sup
ported by the rich idlers of New York
who are at present toying with Boil
shevism, calls itself the only radical"
negro publication and shows its Boil
shevistic tendencies quite plainly.
"The negro and the new social or
der" is the self-explanatory title of
its leading article.
Il Oob 40 hcaus
The bureau at present is under the
control of Louis Post, assistant secre-
tary of labor
Readers of the old "Public" do not
have to be reminded of Posts unsound
ideas on the race question.
While these things are noted in
Washington, reports come from Ohio
and New York to the effect that active
proselyting among the negroes to
turn them from the Republican to the
Socialist party are under way. It ap-
pears that the leaders in this work are
! Socialists and other radicals who have
received favors from the ndfninistra-
tion, including some Of those at one
time on the payroll Of the Creel bq-
reau.
While this may be temporarily good
party politics, southerners cannot
look on propaganda of such subver-
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-05-24
Grand Army Of Americans Be;
ing Organized Al Capitol.

For the moral, social, econom mic, edu-
cational and political welfare Of its
members, society is being formed at
the National Capital under the name
of "The Grand Army Of Americans"
its membership to comprise the Of
ficers, soldiers, and sailors of the
-orld War, together with their sons
and daughters.
No lines of distinction of race or
color are to be irawn and the ramifi-
cations are to reach the entire United
States.
The opinion of Colonel Charles
Young having been asked in regard
to the project, the following is his
statement:
81 deem the venture al important
and commendable one, but would sug-
gest, first, that the provision that in
cludes the sons and daughters OF Of
ficers and soldiers and sailors would
weaken the prestige Of the organiza-
tion. Let them form q separate or
ganization if they wish. Second, the
word political should be understood
to shut out party politics of all kinds
and to include only the higher politi-
cal aspects of Americanization, safe
and sound policy in our external and
internal relations, and reverence for
law and order in common country
only. It is a dangerous word in any
constitution. Third, i submit that
overtures should first be made toward
merging such an organization with
the American Legion now being or
ganized by 1t. Col. Roosevelt, If pos
sible. By so doing, we all working to
common end, presenting more
solid front to the difficulties and prob
lens of this new day, may be better
able to reach the goal Of our ideals. In
this regard | believe the opinion Of .
majority of American soldiery is now
saying: Tt was not simply for white
humanity and for white freedom that
the United Steses threw her sword
into the balance with the Allies, but
FOR all irrespective o. race, color OF
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-05-24
Black Portuguese And Not
The Negro To Blame
By the Associated Negro Press.

(By the Associated Negro Press.)
Boston, May 22.-J. Y. Youngbiood,
white,- has called attention IN several
ways, that the recent occurrence here
during recent parade, was not caused
by Negroes" but by 'black Portu-
guese." In statement he says: "The
Portuguese in America have nothing
in common with the Negro, except his
complexion, just as the Hindu, Turk,
Filipino and other Asiatic peoples.
They are far removed from the trend
of events and of ideas of the Colored
people as they are from the whites.
They live in their particular sections.
Their customs of living are different.
They do not claim themselves to be
Negroes; neither do white people
claim them to be Negroes, only when
they commit a crime"
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-05-24
FLORIDA SENATE
WONT LISTEN TO
NEGROES PLEA
Orders Clerk Not To Read Peti-
tIon OF Negro UpItt Assn.
(By the Associated Negro Press

10y the ASSOCldIcu INcBIO Ai0oo'I
Tallahassee, Fla, May 22.-The
State Senate not only refused to have
spread on its journal memorial from
the "Negro Uplift Association Of
Florida" but stopped the clerk in the
midst of reading it.
The "Negro Uplift Associations"
petition asks for longer school year
for Colored children, for a Colored su-
perintendent to be in charge Of Col
ored boys at the states industrial
school, expresses appreciation Of eff
forts of governor and legislature in
trying to improve labor conditions at
Mariana, demands more sanitary and
better lighted waiting rooms in rail-
road depots, pleads for better laws
for the protection Of prisoners and the
prevention of lynchings, asks for a
discrimination for a disregard of
laws and calls attention to the part
Negroes played in winning the war by
serving their country both at home
and abroad.
The memorial states that every true
American will agree that democracy
should prevail, and adds that the
adoption by the legislature Of the rec
concentrations of the petition would
help to stem "the continuous, though
quiet, exodus Of the Negro from the
South" 3tt
The petition was submitted by rep
resentative people Of the race, in busi-
ness and professions, and returned
army officials. The effrontery Of the
legislature in Florida is regarded as
one Of the grossest insults ever per-
petrated upon any people, even in the
darkest days Of Russia and the "Hun-
niest" days Of Germany.
But there is yet determined group
of whites, including several news
papers, all processing to be without
prejudice;" and the "best friends Of
the Negro" who cling to the false
theory and the musty, ancient belief
that "this is white mans country"
The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, white
daily, and the Macon (Ga.) Telegram,
same, in recent editorials, have sought
to say that none but fools win say
anything else, except this is "wk;te
mans cosmtry" regardless Of what We
have 6one, in whole or in part, IN
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-05-24
Europe Band Planned Concert
For Bundy Defense, (,

(By the Associated Negro Press.)
Chicago, May 22.-The suddan death
of James Reese Europe, brought to
light q plan that had been worked out
between him, Attorney Hueston Of
Kansas City, and Oscar De Priest OF
this city, interested in the defense Of
DR.. Leroy N. Bundy, that the band
would give a big concert in Now York
for the Bundy defense fund. u was
proposed to give similar concerts IN
Cleveland, Pittsburg, Cincinnati, In
dianapolis, Kansas City, Chicago and
other points.
An effort is being made to have the
band carry out the wishes OF Lieuten-
ant Europe.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-05-24
Ohio Urban League
Closes First Year,

(By the Associated Negro Press.)
Columbus, o., May 22.--The first
year Of the Urban League, Of Colum
bus, has just closed, with the expendi-
ture Of little less than $1,000. An
amount Of $1,000 viii he asked for to
provide for the work during the next
fiscal year. TIE organization has done
effective work in providing for the
needs Of the people who recently came
from the South
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-05-24

The movie kiss has won new admir-
ers on the edge of the jungle, within
sound Of the hyena's laughter.
Nowhere is the love story of the
screen more popular than among the
Swahelis of German East Africa
those dusky German soldiers whe be-
came British troops after the con-
quest Of the territory by General
SHUTS In December, 1917.
So says w. p. Stanley, q Negro
worker sent to serve the native and
British soldiers in German Eaat Az
rica, the National War Work Coun-
ell Of the Y. M @. A., in cooperation
with the "Ys International Committee,
Mr.. Stanley, whose home Is 1t 2SS
West 10th Stfet. New YORK City, htA
just returned from more than one
years service In the tropics.
'sThe. Y. M. @. A. cinema theater
''Mr. Stanley said, in telling how the
movies were brought to the Swahelia
soldiers, was the old German market
place in Dares SaIaam. We set up
scren in the middle Of the hall. The
Swahelis would crowd into the place
sitting one almost in another's lap
so that, watching the pictures from
both sides Of the screen, fully 6,00C
could be accommodated.
They delighted In the sentimental
pictures, the love stories, IL the plot
was not too complicated. The would
chorus EXPLANATIONS of pleasure when
the hero kissed the heroine. TheiI
other favorite among the srceen was
the fairy story film, which. because
Of their simplicity. they could follow
easily.
"If at one Of these Swahelii picture
shows. you kept your eyes on the
screen, you would believe yourself
back in America. Every picture wal
an American film. Probably one hat
been shown on Broadway. But q
glance at the cleaning eyes in the
dark faces Of the Swaheli men, and
the sound of hyena laughing of
in the jungle. would call you back
to realization that you were in the
"Y" cinema theater in Dares Salaam.'
Often, Mr.. Stanley said. the laugh
of the hyena would cut into the clam
or OF heater debate. For the Y. M
c. A. organized a debating society
among the British troops from the
West Indies, and the Tommies would
plunge into mele of talk over some
such theme as:
Resolved: That money is more
essential to success than education
: Zone day." Mr.. Stanley said, ear
old man, all skin and bones, wander.
ed into the camp. A deputation oi
Gold Coast natives visited their com.
mander, soon afterwards. They hat
request to make. Would the com
manding officer nermit them to ea
this old man?'
Three Y. M. G. A. canteens for tn,
Swahelis alone, and Mr.. Stanle,
learned the languages in order d
be able to supervise the natives ii
, charge Of them. The tastes OF thes,
Africans, he said. were quite ,In-ex
otto. They relish sardines and sal
mon, cakes, cheese and candy, quit,
as much as the average Tommy dii
Five Negro 'Y" workers served II
German East Africa, and two Of then
gave their lives in the land wher,
few white men can live a year.