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Phoenix tribune., 1919-03-22
p" Nickel LOAF MAY
SOON RETURN, SAYS
THE LATEST REPORT

WASHINGTON, March 1S.-The
nickel loaf may soon return to the
market basket of the housewife, food
administration officials said today.
They are working on a plan, said to
be nearly ready for submission to Her
bert Hoover and President Wilson 10
utilize the billion dollar wheat price
guarantee fund for decreasing the
price of flour to bread makers and al
low the world shortage and the greet
need of wheat to keep up its price to
$2.26 for the farmer.
The tentative plan, according to of
ficials, embrace the taking over of the
-four supply of the country at nom
inal profit to the miliers and selling
it to the public at a loss of 81 bar
rel. They have no doubt that the for
eign demand for wheat will be suffi-
cient to keep the wheat price up to
the governments guaranteed figure.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-03-22
President Urges Re-
prieve for Soldier

MONTGOMERY, Ala, March IT,
Based on urgent telegraphic requests
from various citizens of Chicago, Pres
ident Wilson today requested Govern
or Thomas e. Kilby, by letter, to grant
a reprieve to Sergt- Edgar Caldwell
negro soldier, who was sentenced to
be hanged at Admission today for the
murder of Cecil Linton, conductor on
an Admission street car. The presi-
dent requested "a brief reprieve" to
permit 'the attorney general, at my
request, to examine the records in the
case"
Arrival of the presidents request
was preceded by an appeal on the part
of Caldwell's attorneys to the state SUI
preme court, which automatically
granted him reprieve, and the presi-
dent was so informed
Sergeant Edgar Caldwell, negro sol
dier who shot and killed Conductor
Cecil Linton and seriously wounded
Motorman Kelsie Morrison on an Ok
ford Lake car, December Is, was found
guilty of murder in the first degree by
the jury, which fixed his punishment
at death.
The shooting of the two street car
men occurred on Constantine street,
opposite the plant of the Ornamental
Foundry company, and within block
or two of the home of the dead con-
ductor Caldwell is said to have in
sisted on riding well up toward the
front of the car in the section set
aside for the use of white passengers
The conductor forced him to the rear
and in the fight which ensued Caldwell
was elected from the car by Linton.
The motorman took hand in the
fight, and when the negro landed on
the ground he is said to have drawn
his pistol and opened fire.
The defendant was brought before
Judge Merrill Monday for sentence
He was represented during the trial
by ex-State Senator Charles D. Kline
and Judge Basil M. Allen of Birming
ham.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-03-22
WILSON ORDERS RETRIAL
OF 10 NEGRO SOLDIERS

WASHINGTON, March 18.-In an
nouncing today that President Wilson
had set aside court martial sentences
and ordered new trials in the cases of
nineteen negro soldiers tried at Camp
Grant, H., in connection with an AZ
tack upon woman, Secretary Baker
said the judge advocate general had
found that undue haste in trying the
men on the eve of their divisions
departure for France had deprived the
accused of fundamental rights.
Eight of the men were sentenced to
death, five sentenced to life imprison-
ment, one found insane and five were
acquitted.
The facts in these cases were not
touched upon by the reviewing au-
thority.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-03-22
Lady DemonStratOr
OfNew Hose FaStner
Nearly Causes Riot

OAKLAND, Cal, March 18--
Promptly at noon a dainty young wo
man stepped into the front window
of down town department store and
began to demonstrate a new device 10
hold up women's stockings, Several
things happened Immediately there
after
Fifty men packed the sidewalk in
front of the window.
A horse dragged a delivery wagon
into an automobile trying to get a
view.
Two small boys climbed a trolley
pole and peered over the heads of the
rest.
Automobiles halted, street cars
stopped. and a call for policeman
was sent in. A policeman was finally
found with his nose pressed against
the window.
Not a woman saw the demonstra-
ton.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-03-22
White Man Killed
By COIOred Soldier
Down In Mississippi

SARDIS, Miss.-Bob Bedford and
Barney Nance died at the Baptist Me-
mortal hospital in Mempis last week
from gunshot wounds received in a
shooting scrape with colored soldier,
who has not yet been apprehended.
Bedford had Is perforations in his lit
testines.
Reports of the shooting indicate that
the men were shot by the soldier, who
recently returned from a training
camp. A fight between a white bny
and a little colored boy took place
The colored boy, getting the best of
the scrap, the white men interfered
ard the soldier went to the little col
ored boy'es rescue, whereupon a
pitched battle between the white men
and the colored soldier took place, in
which the craftsmanship of the we'll
trained soldier proved the best
The white people down here are be-
ginning to realize the folly in trying to
treat the colored returned soldiers as
they did before the war. From last
reports no arrests had been made.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-03-22
coLoRED SOLDIER
KILLS POLICEMAN

BIRMINGHAM. Ala, March 1S-A
few nights ago Policemen W. D. Ev-
ans and A. w. Phillips were both shot
and killed by Albert Brown, a Negro
soldier, after the officers had without
cause shot and killed his friend. The
two soldiers were accosted by the
officers while coming out of lonely
street, demanding to know Of the con-
tents of a suit case which the soldiers
were carrying and the men in uniform
being slow to reply the policemen
opened fire on them, killing Brown.
but not before they were mortally
wounded, from which wounds they
died a few hours later. The other
man in unifom escaped.
Indiscretion by officers in making
or attempting to make arrests of Ne
gro people, and especially soldiers,|
have already caused many of them
their lives.
Officers Evans and Phillips have
long been on the force and their rec
ords in dealing with Negroes are not
at all complimentary. They will soon
learn down here that very different
kind of nigger must be dealt with and
in more civil manner, but perhaps
too late.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-03-22
KLU KLUX KHAN
IN PENNSYLVANIA

PITTSBURG, Pa.-Terror stricken
Negroes are seeking escape from
threatened violence from gang sign
ing itself the 'Klu Klux Klan." Repre-
sentative roe people have taken the
matter up with insurance companies.
because property destruction has been
threatened. This sign was placed on
many churches and homes:
"kLU kLUx KHAN"
"The war is over, Negroes.
Stay in your place. If you don't,
We'll put you there
(Signed) KLU KLUX KHAN"
All the signs are printed in red and
black ink, and the threats stand out
in bold letters.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-03-22
Texas Chaplain of
Children'S Home Is
Charged with Crime
Four Indictments Returned for Crimes
the Mere Suspicion of Which Would
Have Caused Negro to Be
Lynched.

DALLAS, Texas, March 49,
Charged with criminal assault on a
young white girl, former inmate in a
children's home of which he was chap
lain, the Rev. Francis C. Berry. past
60 years old, was on trial for his life
today.
At the opening of the trial the prose-
cution announced that they will ask
the death penalty for Berry under the
Texas laws providing hanging for
crimes against women.
Father" Berry, who had held the
chaplaincy of the home for many
years, was under four indictments
charging besides criminal assault, at
tempted assault, aggravated assault
and contributing to delinquency of
minors. Insanity was expected to be
the plea of the defense.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-03-22
SPEEDWAY N FRONT
OF NEGRO SCHOOL

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. The
school board of the city schools has
just finished the task of marking all
Of the streets leading to schools with
signs cautioning motorists to go slow
under penalty Of law A reporter for
the Protest visited all of the colored
schools, but failed to see any sign
which stated go slow, and as we
crossed in front of one a Ford or tin
lizzie dashed by at 35 miles per hour
If any children had been within ten
feet of it they would have suffered
from suffocation at leaest. 1t is com
mon talk that Fifth avenue, on which
is located the largest negro school is
used as a speedway. The school
board, no doubt, needs little prod
ding.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-03-22
EXCLUDED FROM JURY ON
ACCOUNT OF HIS COLOR
West Virginia colored Man and Wom-
an Enter Novel Plea

CLARKSBURG, w. Va, March 49,
Charging that Negroes are excluded
from grand jury panels because of
their race and color John Epperson
and Ethel Whitman, both colored, to-
day entered pleas of abatement in the
Harrison County court. The man was
indicted for violation of the prohibit
tion law and the woman for shooting
another woman. They ask that the
indictments be quashed. citing re-
cent Supreme Court decision in Nc
Dowell county in which it was held
that indictments against negroes were
invalid if discrimination as to color
was shown in drawing the jury
Phoenix tribune., 1919-03-22

Mrs. Gardiner was educated in the
schools of Macomb, III. After gradu-
ating from the High School, she com
pleted the kindergarten course of the
Chicago Kindergarten Institute, which
is connected with the University Of
Chicago. She substituted for two
years in the different kindergartens
of the city and had one year of social
settlement work She holds two Ari-
zona state certificates. One a special
for kindergarten work and the other
for the regular course. Mrs. Gardiner
is the first colored woman in the
state to hold first-grade cetificate
At present she is in charge of the
Douglas School Kindergarten.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-03-22
Henry WatterSOn
Scores Pres. Wilson
Says He Is on Mission of SeIf-Ex-
Ploitation in Europe and His Per-
formance Is Regarded With Amaze
ment.

MIAMI, Fla, March I 1S.-Henrv
Watterson, asked for an expression of
views touching the presidents latest
adventure. said:
"Mr Wilson should not be permitted
to depart upon his second mission of
self-exploitation in Europe without
some expression of the popular disaD-
proval. This is required to meet his
wholly questionable representation
that he is the authorized agent Of pub
lie opinion in the United States. No
American president ever presumed SO
much upon such scanty warrant.
Thoughtful people everywhere regard
his autocratis performances with
amazement, nor did the mock duck in
Tobin's comedy surpass in extraya-
gance the figure he cuts. The glare
of courts and the Establishment of the
great seem to have turned his head,
and unless the people call him down.
he will put strain upon our institu-
tions which may in the end count
against liberty and law"
Asked what he thought of the presi-
dents refusal to receive a delegation
Of Irish-Americans headed by Judge
Cohalan, Mr.. Watterson said the presi-
dent is now playing for English court
favors and cannot afford to mix in
what he and the likes of him are wont
to call 'low Irish"
Phoenix tribune., 1919-03-22
COULD NOT KEEP 1T SECRET

LEAVENWORTH, Kan, Feb.-Two
boys arrested for breaking into stores
here turned out to be high school stu
dents, and on request of their parents
their names were withheld from pub
lie. A short time ago this same thing
happened to two colored boys whose
parents pleaded for name to be kept
from the public-but, alas, every paper
in town ran their names under scare
heads. Some police force this town
has.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-03-22
NEGRO SCHOOLS GET HUGE SUN

LAKE CHARLES, La-This city of
$4,000 inhabitants has just set new
standard for the State in providing
for the education of its colored popu-
lation. 1t has voted a bond issue of
5000, 900, $15O,OOO Of which is to be
spent in building and equipping three
brick schools for negroes. The vote
was six to one in favor of the issue,
and the property majority was even
larger. Ample Fairgrounds are pro-
vided for; and superintendent Yeager
is planning to introduce Industrial
training as well.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-03-22

United States, which has assigned
him the same place as every other
nationality within its borders. So
when the assertion is made that Ne
groes should stay in their place, the
real significance is that he should stay
'out" of the place assigned other IN
telligent beings; that he should for
ever remain a newer of wood and q
drawer of water Verify, the Negroes
place is identically the same as that
guaranteed to every other citizen and
for that he should fight with might
and main if it takes all summer.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-03-22
100 NEGRO SOLDIERS
DECORATED BY FRENCH

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 17.-One
hundred and twenty four American ne
gro soldiers have recently been dec
GRATED by the French authorities for
extraordinary heroism under fire"
We may expect to hear Senator Varda-
man rebuking the French government
for fostering the ambitions of the ne
groes for social equality.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-03-22
Disseminated AGAINST

NEW BEDFORD, Mass.-At ma
tional Association of Colored People
meeting here Capt. J. o. Pryor, form
erly of Sixth, Mass, and later the
372d reg-meR., stated that Negro sol
diers were Disseminated against in
favor of white soldiers in many in
stances in France by American army
officers. He told how Negro officers
were relieved of their commands and
replaced by "9O-day professors and
young West Pointers"
Phoenix tribune., 1919-03-22
Discharged Fighters
Are Entitled to $50

WASHINGTON, March 1S.-Accorl-
ing to announcement made tonight by
Secretary Daniels every person in the
military or naval service who has rC-
signed or has been discharged or re-
leased from active duty under honor
able conditions after April 6, 1917, or
who thereafter resigns or is dis
charged from active duty, with GER
tain exceptions which he specifies, is
entitled to a gratuity of $50. The per-
sons entitled to the gratuity are,
briefly:
Officers and enlisted men of the
army, navy and marine corps, naval
reservists, male and female persons
in the service of the coast guard and
lighthouse service who performed
active duty with the navy. The ex-
ceptions are: Any person who did
not report for active duty until after
November II, 1918; any person who
has already received one months pay
on discharge from the army under act
of May 1S, 1917; any person who is
entitled to retired pay.
The heirs or legal representatives
of a person who is entitled to this
gratuity do not become entitled to it.
1t is provided as an aid to discharged
men until they can get employment
This gratuity will be paid to the
persons who are entitled to receive it
on resignation, discharge or release
from active duty by the supply officer
who makes the final settlement of
their accounts. If already separated
from the service, members of the
navy and naval reserve force will
make claim upon the disbursing di
vision, bureau of supplies and ac-
counts, navy department, Washington,
D. C.
Members of the marine corps will
make claim on the officer who settled
their accounts, or, if this officers
whereabouts is unknown, or is pail
off by navy supply officer, claim will
be forwarded to the paymaster, ma
rine corps headquarters, Washington,
=. C.
Coast guard members will forward
their claims to coast guard headquar-
ters, Washington, D. C.
All claims will be accompanied by
a statement of service and the orig
inal certificate of discharge or orders
to inactive duty. If the original dis
charge or orders are lost, it will he
necessary to obtain not only dupli-
cate statement from the officer by
whom final settlement of account was
made that no gratuity was paid at
discharge.
No particular form of claim is re-
quired. A letter requesting the gra-
tuity stating the dates of enlistment
and separation from the service, aud
the present address, with the original
discharge or orders to inactivity duly
attached, will be sufficient Care must
be taken to address such claims prop
erly as shown above.
-
Phoenix tribune., 1919-03-22
NEGRO CHILDREN WIN
WANAMAKER PRIZE

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March H.
The Negro Children of the city. along
with the Italian, won the greatest
number of John Wanamaker prizes
for proficiency in art. The James Lo-
gan school, Nineteenth and Reed
streets. of which Mr.. Clarence White
is principal, captured four prizes.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-03-22
376 Sets of Twins
Born In Cleveland

CLEVELAND-No quadruplets but
six sets of triplets and 976 sets of
twins were born in Cleveland during
1919, according to Health Officer
lockwood.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-03-22
Hen Concealed $50.
600 Worth of Gems

NEW YORK-Five thousand dollar
jewelry robbery puzzles police. Gems
found later in a preachers hencoop
with setting hen on them. Sleuths
mystified.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-03-22

We care not for knocking, but TO
teach knockers the Importance to
boost.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-03-22

Deal on the square-then have no
fear-because God is near and will
protect you there.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-03-22

1t is better to be Gods bad child
than the devils good child.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-03-22

1t is not ours to build up for evil
but tear down for the good.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-03-22

The brain that directs is greater
than the hand that performs,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-14

reported by oil mills, which amounted to
s5,s37,l4S pounds. The peanut cleaning
and Smelling plants reported 1920, 293
pounds, while wholesale dealers reported
1851, 81 pounds s.
In the case of shelled peanuts the total
holdings reported for the above named
classes of dealers amounted to 9,7S4, 395
pounds, of which the warehouses held
l4,50S,569 pounds, the confectioners o.
4l3,265 pounds, the peanut cleaning and
Smelling plants 1851 ,645 pounds, and the
peanut butter manufacturers 3,0S5, 500
pounds. The total stocks of shelled pea
nuts were 1866 per cent of the holdings
reported "a year ago. III
OF the total holdings reported for I'M
shelled peanuts, 1886, 1867 pounds, Viz
ginia held l6,234,7l2 pounds; Georgia, 81
49,77 pounds; Alabama, 45,459, 59s
pounds, and Texas, Il, 564, 7S6 pounds OF
the ,395 pounds reported for shelled
peanuts, the states having the largest
holdings, together with the stocks they
reported, were as follows: Washington,
Z ,557 $50 pounds Illinois, 6,732 OPS pounds,
and Virginia, 4,2ll,377 pounds {.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-14

and could be subdued with difficulty by
Judge Howe.
A recess of 10 minutes was declared be-
fore the court made the charge to the
jury, the foreman of which was Guy p.
Metcalf of ST. Johnsbury. The rest of the
jurors were d. NJ Crane of McIndoes
Falls, John Crosier of Montpelier, S. A.
Hutchinson of East Braintree, F. Z.
Holmes of Brookfield H. A. Cleveland of
Barton, b. s. Ford of Guildhall, w. H.
Kidder of Irasburg, II. II. Domney of
Hardwick, George H. Hight of West Top
cham, Perkins Flint of Randolph and
George L. Spaulding of Windsor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-14
WAR BOOMS THE PEANUT.
Home Output Of Oil Second Only to
That of Linseed and Cottonseed.

The war has brought the peanut into
its own Before 1914 peanut oil was al
most unknown as an article of domestic
and thousands of gallons
were imported every year from countries
that grew no peanuts, although the South
was producing millions of pounds and was
capable of increasing that production al
most indefinitely. But in 1917 the output
of peanut oil had so increased that it
ranked third among all the Negotiable oils
made from homegrown Products, being
exceeded only by cottonseed oil and la
seed oil. Peanut oil, it is pointed out by
experts in aliment, serves practically the
same food purposes as does cottonseed oil,
and has the advantage that it can be OBJ
tanned by cold pressing like olive oil, and
becomes thereby superior table OIL 1t
has the advantage over cottonseed oil al
SO in that the cake, after the oil is pressed
out, forms a palatable human food very
high in protein.
A survey just completed by the federal
bureau of markets shows the great gain
in the production and use of peanuts, not
only for oil but for peanut butter, and
as a substitute for more costly nuts OF
as a component part in confectionery
The total commercial stocks of unshelcd
peanuts in the United States, including
the holdings of peanut cleaning and shell
ing plants, warehouses, wholesale grocers
and other wholesale dealers, and various
large users of peanuts, including oil mills
peanut butter manufacturers, confection
ers, and bakers, amounted to ia 1854 36l
pounds. BY far the largest holdings were
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-14
CROSSED ATLANTIC IN
SEVENTY-TWO HOURS
The R-34 Safely Landed at Norfolk,
England-Major Scott Says They
Were Troubled by Fog.

PULHAM, Norfolk, England, July Ia
-Great Britain's mammoth transatlan-
tic air pioneer, the dirigible RIA, ar
rived at the air station here at Csc
o clock Greenwich mean time Sunday
completing her round trip between the
British Isles and the United States.
The R-34 poked her nose out of the
clouds northeast of this village and
after circling the flying field three times
glided gently to the ground and 10 min
utes later was housed i'll the dirigible
shed. The voyage from Long Island was
without particular incident and was com
pleted in approximately 10 hours.
After breakfast and while enjoying
the belated luxury of his little black
pipe, smoking not being permitted on the
airship, Major Scott told the story of the
return flight.
1--WE estimated we would make it in
from 20 to so hours" he said I'VE made
it in IS. When we left we had a strong
wind behind us and we covered the first
500 miles in about eight hours. When
we circled over New York we could
plainly see the crowds on Broadway wav-
ing to us as we passed, but we could not
hear them because of the noise of the
engines.
South of Newfoundland we encoun-
tered head winds and our progress from
then on was slower We travelled at an
average height of from 5000 to 5000
feet and found much low clouds and fogs.
Once we saw nothing but fog for "a
hours.
"We struck Ireland at Clifden and
made good progress from there, although
our steering engine broke down Satur-
day morning. We started with 1900
gallons of gasolene and had 1000 left.
I'VE are naturally pleased with the
trip, all of us. l expect important
changes in the size and speed of future
airships, big ships that will travel 30 to
so miles an hour and powerful enough
to crawl through anything"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-14
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

The case of the state against Louis
Semeraro of South Main street, n bar
Der charged with selling liquor without
license, was continued in the mu
nicipal court this forenoon to Monday.
July %. Amedeo DcAngclis continued
as surety on his bail of $500.
The directors of the Brattleboro Co
operative Savings sand Loan association,
at the monthly meeting last Friday
night, voted to hold series No. II open
for the admission of new members I'M
til July 10 without fines. BY this means
it is hoped to sell several more shares,
as the association finds it could place a
number of good loans if funds were
available.
The primary and kindergarten classes
of the First Universalist Sunday school
held their annual picnic Saturday aft
crnoon in Crowell s park. There were
20 children present, with their teachers
Miss Grace Cooper, Miss Marion 81
monds and Miss Everil Davis, and they
enjoyed a pleasant afternoon. About
400 the children were taken for an au
tomobilc ride, going as far as the dam
at Vernon.