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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-10-18
st. Martinville H. S. at
s. w. La. Pair.

Contributed.
Last Fri: being set aside by The
s. W. La. Fair at Lafayette az
school day the st. Martinville
high school was represented there
in athletics and home economics
as we'll Ar in literary way.
Early Friday morning the Girls
Basket Ball Team attended by
Prof. Jones, Miss Fournet and
Miss DeBlanc left in cars for La.
fayette reaching there at 10 o clock.
Several teams from over the six
parishes were there, but by their
failure to follow the rules all were
voted out except Carencro and st.
MartinviIle so the championship
for these parishes stood between
the two. At 3 o'clock the game
was called and ENTHUSIASM reached
fever heat as other teams being
ruled out, gave their support to
one or the other competing teams.
In the first half the score stood I'D
to ID in favor of St. Martinville,
at the end of the second half the
score stood 4 10 Z still in favor of
st. Martinville giving a general
score of IA to 20. The prize won
was a handsome SIS basket ball
of which the girls. are Justly
proud.
The girls playing the game were
Tullie Gary, Lucy Durand. Ste
phanie Liable, Lena Davis, E-telle
Bulliard. Lou Resweber, and Mary
Davis.
st Martinville was also a win
ner on exhibits from the depart
ment of home economics.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-10-18
MARRIED
Faust Thomas

Mr.. G. E. Faust and Miss Eli.
zabetb Thomas, were married in
Mt. Sterling, Ohio. this week,
MIR. Faust is the bookkeeper for
the Gravel Road people and will
make St. Martinville his home.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-10-18
POtter-Knight

Mr.. W. d. Potter of Houston,
Texas, aud Miss Verna Knight of
st. Martinville, were married
Thursday night at the home of the
bride They left the same night
for Houston where they will re-
side.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-10-18

Some men are born with black
eyes; others have to fight for them
The Colorado statesman., 1919-11-29
SURGEONS PERFORM SOME MA.
JoR OPERATIONS.

Des Moines, Iowa, Nov. 19.-At Null
prepared to have its own colored doc
tors perform operations. This is in
deed the beginning of a field in which
have been practically monopolized in
hospitals and sanitariums by white
practicing physicians and surgeons, but
is nov mastered and are now taking
plaeeS9 9nost daily under the control of
colored surgical doctors Mt Mulderig
sanitarium, 1896 Seventh avenue.
which is an old establishment in Har-
lem and has only recently been opened
to colored surgeons and their patients.
This sanitarium is opened to re-
ceive all kinds of medical, maternity
and surgical cases Several of Har-
lem's colored physicians, including Doc
tors Douglas Il. johnson, Louis T.
Wright and James L. Wilson, have per
formed major operations. These doc
tors have removed tumorS, appendices
and tonsils and have performed sew
eral aDuOmin;il operations oh "oheh-
Every case has been highly successful,
said DIR. Wilson in an interview with
press reporter. There has not been
single death" The sanitarium offers
excellent accommodation and extreme
comfort for the patient, and its prices
are reasonable. Indeed, its prices could
not be duplicated by any of the larger
hospitals in the city. The opportunity
has at last arrived and we can now
take the very best of care of our own
people and perform all operations of
the most serious nature. Heretofore,
we had to turn our patients over to
white doctors when it was necessary
TO confine them to hospitals.
The Colorado statesman., 1919-11-29
RACE NEWS S,t;.s. S.t;s,s! s.s's.. sss"

command and intervene in the case OF
Sergeant Edgar c. Caldwell now un-
der sentence of death for killing of
street car conductor December fif-
teenth at Admission, Alabama. In view
of fact that Caldwell at the time
was Il soldier in the regular army ana
was turned over to civil authorities
and by them condemned to death we
feel that because of his race it was
impossible for him to secure fair trial
in that state. Our further contention
is that Caldwell should have been tried
by regular court martial since he was
n soldier. Caldwell sentenced to be
hanged December fifth and we there
fore urged that Intervention be made
in his behalf Immediately.
JAMES WELDON JOHNSON,
Field Secretary National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People
40 Fifth Avenue, New York.
The Colorado statesman., 1919-11-29
ANTi-"JIM CROW" BILL LOSES IN
CONGRESS.

Washington, d. c., Nov. 21.-The
amendment proposed by Martin b.
Madden of Illinois, abolishing jim
Grow cars in the South precipitated Il
stormy debate in Congress and lost by
142 votes to IL Singular, but true, 1t
received no support from northern and
eastern Republicans. Representative
Snider, Republican of New York.
Joined with the southern Democrats in
defeat of the Madden amendment.
Speaking for the amendment Mr.. Mad
den declared that separate accommo-
dations for our group cost the rail-
roads twenty million dollars a year he
condemns discrimination and said the
service given by the race during the
war entitled it to equally and fair
treatment in this country.
The Colorado statesman., 1919-11-29
PEsSoA STANDS FOR RACE
EQUALITY.
President of Brazil States How He
Voted at Peace Conference.

Rio Janeiro, Nov. 12.-Dr. Epitacio
Pessoa, president of Brazil and former
chairman Of the Brazilian delegation
today in n public statement said that
as head of the Brazilian delegation he
always had voted in favor of the rec
ognition of the equality of races when
the question came up before the
League of Nations committee.
DIR. Pessoa asserted that he had been
guided in this matter solely by respect
for the democratic traditions of his
country and his own sentiments, which
always had been above race prejudice
The statement was the outcome of
renewal of reports current in the early
days of the peace congress that DIR.
Pessoa favored President Wilson's pol
icy of non-recognitlon of the equality
of races, and voted in favor of equality
only upon the insistence of other men,
bers of the Brazilian delegation.
The Colorado statesman., 1919-11-29
200 NEGROES ARE DEPoRTED
FROM KENTUCKY.

Corbin, KY, Nov 19.-Whites
swooped down on the colored people
on Thursday evening of last week,
and 200 were hustled out of town.
Many were beaten and about 800 shots
were fired.
Whites alleged that many colored
men coming here from the South have
been lawless. 1t was reported Thurs
day that Il watchman for the Louis
vile & Nashville railroad had been at
tucked by number of colored labor
ers and his throat cut. The whites al
lege that a switchman named Thamp-
con was beaten and robbed few days
ago.
The report that switchman had been
assaulted caused armed bands OF
whites to gather and it was woe to
anv colored man who was caught. The
men driven away were marched to the
railroad station and guarded until
trains came. The whites fired shots
promiscuously everywhere, and espe-
cially when n black face was seen.
Corbin Is located in the three coun-
ties of Whitley, Laurel and Knox, ana
is a railroad center of about 5000 In
babitants. No trouble between the
races is said to have occurred before
The Colorado statesman., 1919-11-29
POLICEMAN kILLED-RACE RIOT
is ADVOCATED.

Des Moines, Iowa, Nov. 19.-That
the white daily press is an active agent
in the stirring up of race troubles was
shown here recently in the abortiye at
tempts of the Des Moines papers to
stir the whites to rioting pitch, follow
ing the killing of Mccarthy, n police
man.
The crime was charged to a tall,
dark Negro" and every colored man
answering to that description was
picked up by the police officers. When
one man, who was thought to be the
one wanted, was arrested, the papers
carried the fact in glaring headlines
that angry mobs We're gathering, when,
as Il matter of fact, there had been no
demonstration of any sort.
Pictures of the widow, with her sew
en- children, were used and every art
icle published had some insiduous SEN
timent tending to anger the whites. FL
nally, after several days of this news
paper propaganda, small crowd of
the lower element of whites did gather
near the police station, but the better
class of whites became active and the
police authorities, after change in the
department had been made, soon
cleared up the situation.
Immediate danger of riot has
passed, but the newspapers have not
changed their attitude and it is pos
sible that the lawless element will at
tempt to stage demonstration. But
The Colorado statesman., 1919-11-29
MAJOR sPINGARN PROTESTS TO
GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS.
Urges Communication of Death Penalty
Imposed on Eleven Negroes.

Urging as n service to the nation,
of death sentences imposed upon ele-
ven Negroes in Arkansas, Major ]. l..
Spingarn, late of the A. Il. f. in
France, has telegraphed Governor
Charles H. Brough of Arkansas. Ma
jor Spingarn urges the commutation
in order that further light on the re-
cent race riots in Arkansas may be
obtained before ''irreparable wrong" is
done.
The telegram reads:
Hon. Charles II. Brough, Governor of
Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas.
AS one who has always had high
faith in your courage and sense of jus
tice, and who has admired the liberal
attitude which you have expressed in
regard to the Negro, am appealing to
you to commute to life Imprisonment
the sentence of the eleven Negroes re-
Gently condemned to death. From teS-
timony obtained by two persons actual
~ on lHe SIouhu, am toh'iiNcu hi"N
the interest of justice would best be
serviced by this Communication, in order
that an irreparable wrong may not be
done before further light on the whole
subject is obtained. AS n patriotic
American l should hate to have the fair
name of Arkansas subject even to the
suspicion of having done Il grave in
justice, at n time when more than ever
the relations of white and black men
should be on basis of fair play and
mutual understanding. You have it in
your power to perform national ser
vice at this crisis, and feel sure that
you will not shrink from doing it.
J. Il. SPINGARN.
The Colorado statesman., 1919-11-29
FIRST NEGRO ARMY OFFICER
TO COMMAND REGIMENT
AND POST.

Manila, p. 1.-The Ninth Cavalry,
U. S. A., is in command of Lit. Col.
Benjamin o. Davis. the highest
ranking Negro officer in active SER
vice, and Colonel Davis is also the
commandant at Camp Stotsenberg,
the most important military post in
the Philippine Islands.
At the close of the war. the Ninth
Cavalary was commanded by ma
jor, of the regiment, temporarily
raised to the rank of colonel, but
orders from the War Department re-
turned him to his regular rank, and
this left 1t. Col. Davis as the high
est ranking officer of the regiment.
Troops stationed at Camp Stotsen-
berg comprise, in addition to the
Ninth Cavalry, several battalions of
Filipino Scouts, all differed by
white men. Although the former
commanding officer of the Ninth is
now serving as major under the
colored lieutenant colonel. there is
no friction or dissatisfaction re-
ported.
The Colorado statesman., 1919-11-29
DENVER COLORADO SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1919

the Des Moines Negroes are sticking
together, and the whites know 1t, so 1t
is more than probable that no race riot
will occur.
One of the men whose influence is
potent in creating favorable sentiment
for the Negro is Herbert X. Wright,
organizer of colored work for the War
Camp Community Service. His work
is largely responsible for much of the
recent progress of the race in this city
and lie works constantly for the OBJ
servance of law and order.
The Colorado statesman., 1919-11-29
NEGROES ASK INTERVENTION IN
CASE OF SERGEANT EDGAR G.
CALDWELL.

The National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored people today
made public n telegram to Secretary OF
War, Newton d. Baker, asking for In
tervention in the case of Sergeant Ed
gar G. Caldwell who has been SEN
fenced to death for the alleged murder
of Kelsie Morrison, street car con-
ductor, at Admission, Alabama, on De-
cember 10, 1918.
The telegram reads:
November IA, 1919.
Hon. Newton D. Baker, Secretary Oh
War, Washington, D. G.
National Association for Advance
ment of Colored People respectfully
urges that you exercise power at your
The Colorado statesman., 1919-11-29
GIVEN DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
CROSS.

Baltimore, Md, Nov. ITO receive
II Distinguished Service Cross for
deed of heroism is wonderful expe-
rience, but it cannot compare with the
delicious sensation" of being awarded
one over n year after the act is COM
mitted.
This is the opinion of Nicholas Rod
gers, butler to DIR. Harry Friedenwald,
1929 Madison Square, who has just re-
ceived a Croix de Guerre for his BRAY
cry and heroism during the Champagne
drive.
Rodgers was n messenger in the
American Expeditionary Force, carry
ing dispatches from headquarters to
the officers at the front. 1t was on
the very day on which his companions
first went over the top that his cap
tain was shot down just as he was
about to deliver a message to him.
Rodgers rushed to his assistance,
opened his collar so that he might get
some relief, when a second bullet
whizzed along, striking him in the back.
With the assistance of three other men
Rodgers carried him, under heavy
barrage, back to a recreation hut,
where first aid was administered. Then
he went back into the thick of the
fight.
The Colorado statesman., 1919-11-29
SENATOR cAPPER TO JOIN BOARD
OF NEGRO ADVANCEMENT AS
ISOLATION.

The National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored people today
announced that Senator Arthur Cap
per of Kansas had consented to serve
as member of the Board of Direc-
tors.
Mr.. Cappers colleague from Kansas,
Senator Charles Curtis, is sponsor for
n resolution now before the Senate,
calling for n nationwide investigation
of race riots and lynching.
The Colorado statesman., 1919-11-29
RALPH TYLER WRITES IN
DEFENSE OF HEROIC DEAD
ACCUSES Harveys Weekly, With Aid of Col Greer of En-
deavoring Discredit Record of Bravery and
Devotion of Our Soldiers.

tagonism, unless you have been hypno-
tized by Colonel Greer, who evidently
either wrote your editorial or supplied
the misinformation.
was with the 92nd Division for six
weeks as war correspondent, and I
know every statement you and Colonel
Greer make is brutally false, a damn
able injustice to the hundreds of Col
ored soldiers whose blood dyed and
whose bones now fertiliZe the soil of
France to help make the world safe
for democracy"
The records in the War Department
--even copies of Colonel Greeris orders
of commendation, brand your editorial
and his letter of December 9th, as
false.
The general orders of General Sher-
burne, commanding the 167th Artillery
(the artillery of the 92nd Division),
brand your editorial as false. The
testimony of General Barnum, COM
manding the 1S3rd Brigade 92nd Divi-
sion, gives the lie to your editorial;
the cabled information to the War De-
partment from General Pershing last
August brands it as false, and the last
general order issued by General Bal
lou, commanding the 92nd Division,
brands it as false The fact that of
the only three American regiments
whose colors were decorated with the
Croix de Guerre We're Colored regi-
ments-the 369th, 370th and 371st,
brands your editorial and Colonel
Greer's supporting letter as false.
Unfortunately, for you, only a few
DAYS after your pamphlet styled liar
vey's Weekly, was issued the War De-
partment gave out report of an in
vestigating board exonerating the
36Sth Regiment of the 92nd Division,
of alleged cowardice which you, with
vour Greer-couchsafed information, as
sumed to be an established fact.
The 93rd Division, Colored, the first
to sail for France, fought splendidly,
endured heroically, and those who fell
to rise no more died stOically, indiffer-
ent TO fate, since they felt they were
dying for their country.
The 93rd Divisions brilliant-valori-
Gus stand in that Inferno, Bois Ere
haut-the woods which neither the
French nor fighting Senegalese could
hold. but which the 92nd did hold after
taking. which is sufficient to give 1t n
nloce in history as fighting unit, ana
to make 1t live long in memory after
Horyey's Weekly and its silent editor,
Colonel Greer, have been forgotten.
The public will prefer to accept the
testimony of war correspondents VINO
were at the front, and of commanding
officers who, unlike Colonel Greer,
have no particular reason to detame
brave black soldiers-those living ana
manned. and those dead, than to ac-
cent the testimony of the editor of Har-
vey's Weekly, who was more thah
three thousand miles from the. scene OF
tho conflict, or of Colonel Greer.
If should permit your false ana
brutal charge to go unchallenged the
snirit forms of the black soldiers VINO
broyely-heroically fell in the Ar
oonne. at Champagne, in NO Man 5
Land in Bois Frehaut and on other
bloody fields on which they bravely
fought. and heroically fell to rise no
moro would rise up from their graves
The Colorado statesman., 1919-11-29

and, pointing their skeleton fingers of
scorn at me, call me traitor-just what
they and the living are calling you to-
day because of that brutal editorial.
An editor ought to be advised before
he lies on the brave.
Respectfully,
RALPH w. TYLER.
The Colorado statesman., 1919-11-29

- OLUMBUS, o., Nov. 14th.-
Ralph w. Tyler, former war
correspondent, has sent the fol-
lowing letter to the editor of
" Harvey's Weekly in reply to
that publications. vicious attack
on the colored soldiers:
Editor, Harvey's Weekly,
New York, n. Y.
Sir:-In the November 1st number
of your pamphlet, which you dignify
with the name of "Harvey's Weekly
under the caption, The Negro Soldier
YOU print one of the most brutal ana
unsupported by facts editorial attacks
aver made on the colored soldier.9,s-.
/ am in doubt as to whether you
wrote the editorial, or whether Coi.
Allen ]. Greer, late Chief of Staff Tor
the 92nd (Colored) Division wrote It,
If YOU did write it then Colonel Greer
directly or indirectly. must have tur-
nished the alleged information, for on
APPLYING "the deadly parallel fihu
that throughout your editorial you use,
verbatim ct literatim, the contents OIL
violation of army rules and the theh
existing censorship, wrote Senator NC
Keller under date of December u, l9lo'
Rut Colonel Greer, lacking in consist
encv which is even an admirable trait
in n soldier as well as in an editor hau
previously issued numerous general Or
ders and memorandum eXtoillng III lie
highest terms the Colored soiuiers VI
the 92nd Division for efficiency ue-
nortment and bravery; he had lssueu
orders to confer the d. 5. u on score'
of Colored officers and men 1or eA-
ceptionaI" bravery in the face OIL lhe
enemy, signing these orders ana mem
orandum with his full name, ana al
flying his military title thereto TO at
test to their genuineness.
Colonel Greer's letter to Senator NC
Keller under date of December D.
1918, and to which your, or MS eui'o'
ial suggests the deadly parallel was
written to discourage the use OF COZ
ored men in the army, either us VI
Nficers or men in the ranks, anu II
would appear from your editorial re-
ferred to that between you anu ooio-
mel Greer there exists gentlemen
(D agreement to assasslnate tie oo'
ored soldier and the Colored race
even those who fell on Flanuers Aiei'
to secure something they had never
enjoyed-democracy.
can understand the prompting loi
Colonel Greer's antagonism 10 the Oo'
ored soldier, If report that was se"
eraIIy circulated throughout the 9-hu
Division is correct, alleging tn't wv
ored officer thrashed him-hls super,
ior-for directing abusive pioi"HN
words TO him, the Colored officer
whom they both met at the home Oh "
certain French woman, ana lor "iiON
thrashing the Colored officer was pun
ished, with permission to resigh' II "i',
being alleged that Colonel Greer cliie'
of staff. was camouflaged in a lleulen
ants uniform. l repeat, II this repoi
is correct, 1 can understand '>
prompting of Colonel Greers ah'aso
nism for the Colored race, even IL
cannot understand his consistency IL
first extrolling the Colored so'uiei
of his division in numerous gene"
orders and then assailing them aite'
the armistice had been siSneu' pu'
q, =. a loss to understand your an
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-05-31
GERMANS TOLD TIME FOR
WRITING NOTES IS PASSED


there has
filing o'clock
signed Unofficial
that will probably signed between Is and 2O
that
modification
of
Given Practical Uimatum
Press)The objections
French
diplomatic and political circles already forth separate German
by the allies
modification
delegates
further notes will
Conference Considers Austrian Status.
conference
Austrian o'clock this afternoon.
will
decide the question
not
Lose Stronghold.
LONDON(B Associated Press)Evacuaon Orenberg the
Boshek
official wireless received from Moscow today The
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-05-31
SPEED RECORDS AND NECKS
BROKEN IN AUTO RACES

injured the international
at
crushed and ne
World al IS broken.
unde sweltering m.
Ba1bo
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Things Happen
relief driver, overturned Rom
Two Burned to Death on
O the speedway when caught fire
is
INDIANAPOLIsWlcox the 500mie automobile Time
time, 8712
Hearne is second, and
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-05-31

The NavyCurs NC its today landed
with
evening feted the people England while
the the Atlantic the route
will
made
NCs flight told
PLYMOUTH EnglandThe American
22 M into off Plymouth 1928
al
the craft within sight
which 500 miles
7 miles
p. m
by Direct Route.
PLYMOUTHIt tonight unofcial
NC
shortly discuss project
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-05-31
LATAH COUNTY FARM
BUREAU PLANS WORK
GREATER ACTIVITY TO RESULT
FROM CONVENTION HELD
HERE THURSDAY

At the Latah County Farm Bureau
meeting held at the University last
Thursday much important business
was attended to, and work for the
year was decided upon.
County projects were selected and
county project leaders elected as fol-
lows: Organization, Arnold S. Lyon,
Moscow; squirrel control, Knight
Reid, Deary; crop rotations, R. ]. Bell,
Farmington weed control, Frank
Slater, Moscow; wheat standardiza-
ton, George Sievers, Moscow; live
stock, VIM. Cox, Kendrick diseases
and pests of beans, Bert Campbell,
Troy; potato seed improvement, L. L.
Young, Princeton; crop reporting, l..
E. Kegley, Palouse, and farm labor,
John Lorang, Genesee. Elmer M. Paul
son, Moscow, was elected as member
at large from the board of county COM
missioners.
These projects are the ones on which
the farm bureau will work this year.
The men named will act as leaders of
the various projects and will make up
the executive committee organization
of the Farm Bureau. At the first
meeting of the new executive COM
mittee organization will be effected
and officers elected for the year.
The Latah County Fair was discuss
ed and a motion that the farm bureau
get behind the county fair in the mat
ter of exhibits and finances was pre-
sented and passed.
Practically every community of La
tab county was represented at the
meeting and much enthusiasm was
shown. The farm bureau has adopted
a sound program of work, elected cap
able leaders, and will be of inestima-
BILE value to the agricultural interests
of this county if all farmers give it
their support.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-05-31
AUTOS INTERFERE WITH
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Complaint is made of the way
way automobiles crowd the streets
when the fire bell rings. 1t is claimed
Wednesday evening, so many auto
mobiles blocked the streets that had
there been fire instead of false
alarm, the department could not have
reached the hydrant. Warning is
given that automibile or vehicle driv-
ers who block the streets when the
fire alarm sounds, will be arrested.
Our efficient fire department has
made an enviable record because it
gets to the scene of the fire prompt
ly. Idle curiosity will not be permit
ted to mar this splendid record.