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The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-08
SMOWDEN CASE ATTRACTS
( NATIONWIDE INTEREST,
On This Decision Rests Negroes
Chance to Sit on Petit Juries.
BY the Associated Negro Press.

BY the Associated Negro Press.
Baltimore, Md, March 6.-The city
and the whole state are aroused
over the refusal of Governor Har-
rington to commute the sentence of
John Snowden to life Imprisonment.
Snowden was convicted of the
murder of Lottie Brandon, white,
a year ago. The case was appealed
and the decision of the lower court
sustained. Final appeal was made to
the United States Supreme Court
this week, on the ground that Snow
den was tried by Jury of his
peers" that is, that there were no
Colored men on the Grand Jury or
on the trial jury.
1t is also alleged in the appeal
to the highest court of the land,
that excitement and race prejudice
were so rampant at the trial that
the reer form of indictment and pas
sing of sentence were not gone thru
by the Court.
Should this case be passed favor
ably by the Supreme Court, Colored
people will no longer be barred from
service on coroners and petit juries
in this state.
Late Monday the Gorernor was
visited by representatives from the
jury which passed sentence on
Snowlen, and resented a petition sigred
by IL of them praying commute
ion of the sentence to life imrison-
nent. Petition was also resented by
60 white business men of Annapolis
where the crime was committed.
Four hundred persons mostly white,
filled every available space in the
Governors private Office and urged
that Snowden's life be spared.
No such demonstration in behalf
of a Colored man convicted of crime
has been witnessed before in the
history of the state.
The Governor remained obdurate
in his refusal to commute the sem
tence, and it is said that ne is in
fluenced in his decision by his south
ern wife.
White and Colored peorie SO far
have raised more than $4,000 in
flghting his case through to the
Supreme Court. The conviction is
state wide that the woman's husband
committed the crime.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-08
A GREAT AFTER The WAR
INDUSTRIAL OPPORTUNITY.

This assumption is being based on
Coal Iron and Railroad Company,
under which the Chickasaw Ship
building Company is operated, has
had as being the largest employer Of
Negro labor in the United States.
This company which operates in the
Birmingham, -(Alabama) District, ,~em-
ploys, altogether, in its coal mines,
iron mines, blast furnaces, coke
plant, rolling mills and steel works,
some fifteen thousand Negroes. This
group of laborers, on the whole, has
been found to be dependable and to
greater or lesser degree, efficient.
There is also the example of the sue
cess which the Newport News Ship
building Company has had in employ
ing several thousand Negroes in the
construction of ships
Assuming, therefore, that Negro la
borers are going to make good, there
has been erected, in advance, for
them, both at the Fairfield plant and
at the Chickasaw plant nearly two
thousand modern bungalow cottages
Of from two to six rooms, which are
attractive in appearance, completely
screened, including the porches, well
drained and have proper ventilating
facilities. Running water, electric
lights and all sanitary provisions of
moedrn up-to-date village are pro-
vided. Exceptional educational fa-
cilties are furnished for the chill
dren cf. the Negro workmen who are
TO he employed at these plants. AT
each place, several thousand dol
lars have been expended in erecting
modern up-to-date school buildings
where the children of the employees
will have nine months schools every
year under the direction Of the best
instructors that can be secured. The
class rooms are well equipped with
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-08
TIME AHEAD
FOR NEGROES IN
CHICAGO POLITICS
By the Associated Negro Press.

BY the Associated Negro Press.
Chicago, ILL.,, March 6.-The pri-
mary election in Chicago, resulting
in the nomination of Mayor William
Hale Thompson, on the Republican
ticket, and Robert, M. Sweitzer,. on
the Democratic ticket, romises Chic
agoans, and the nation, the most
interesting political contest ever
held in an American municipality.
1t is a well known fact that the
Republicans Of Chicago are placed in
a rather embarrassing position, par
ticularly that group who have fought
the present mayor and his adninistra-
ton. All through the campaign it
was publicly stated that the National
Republican Committee, through Chair
man viii Hays, of Indiana, desired
to have Judge Olson nominated as
the harmony candidate, particularly
because, d was stated, that Mayor
Thompson had been lukewarm in
his demonstration of patriotism du-
gring the War. All the great daily
newspapers opposed Thor pson. and
particularly The Tribune and the
Daily News, which are Chicago's chief
dailies., Notwithstanding, Thompson
won out by more than $4,000 votes.
Even now there is no general dispo-
sition to bury the hatchet" and
support him, and there is expected to
be big doings" politically within
the next week.
In it all, the Negro vote ) Of Chi
cago are regardless of low dis
tasteful it may seem to some" 4uot-
ing The Tribune,-t "ace in the
hole." speaking in one fiure; and
he stellar attraction admits that
the nationally famous Second Ward.
in Chicago controls absolutely city
elections. There is more pclitiss to
tine square inch played in th;t ward.
than n any other section Of the city.
Every candidate gives most respectful
consideration to the voters therein,
and the next mayor, will have to
thank the voters of that ward for
his election
But there is going to be something
doing in Negro politics In Chicago,
henceforward. The nomination of
alderman Louis B. Anderson, present
official, for the second term, defeat
ing former Alderman Oscar DePriest,
who was ousted from council on
bribery charges, afterward cleared in
one trial. but still under ending in
dictments. has only served to stir
up interest among the younger gen-
GRAFTON of voters, returned soldiers
and women. The returned soldiers.
who seem to have selected as the
spokesman Capt Lewis E. Johnson, a
hero of the French battleiields, de-
clare that the time has come for the
men who ''Bared their breasts to the
enemy fire should have some say
in political matters. and that those
who have been living at the public
trough for years and years, and en-
riching themselves, must ster down
and out"
The boys have all been denobi-
lized. and they have had several
conferences regarding their plans
for the future. and it Is certain that
their decision viii, have wonderful
effect on results.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-08
St. Louis Negro Claims to be
Father Of Forty Children.
By the Associated negro Press.

BY the Associated Negro Press.
st. Louis, March 6.-B. B. Banks,
Negro who lives in Benton, st.
Louis county, says he is the father
of 40 children.
Banks asserts that all his babies"
are alive. He says he has six sons
in France.
Banks was discovered in Division
No. Of the circuit court, where he
was a plaintiff, in an action against
the Glover Leaf Casualty Company.
seeking judgment of $500 Tor alleged
personal injuries suffered while en-
ployed at q steel plant.
1--WE been married three times"
Banks said. "By my first wife | had
IS children. She's dead. Idly second
wife no children. divorced her. 7
had % children by my third wife"
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-08

Now that the war is over and labor
is adjusting itself to peace conditions,
the question arises as to whether
Negroes are going to continue to have
the same opportunities which they
had, while the war was on, to find
employment in all sorts of occupants.
The war gave the Negroes the great
est economic opportunities they have
had since their emancipation. The
nation in general, and capital in par
ticular, came to have greater ap-
probation Of their value as an eco
nomic asset. The question now con-
fronting them is, will these exception
al opportunities continue?
An important after war industri-
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-08

saw.
The Chickasaw plant was estab-
lished in the early part of 1918.
Among the first work started was
I'iveting school where Colored men
could be trained in ship construction.
This was necessary because, in the
lover South, steel ship construction
had not been going on. There were
in this section, practically no work
men skilled in building ships. Ex-
cepting the instructors. all in the
school are Negroes. In spite of the
difficulties of the labor situation and
the scarcity of laborers, several hum
ched and a fourth one Is on the
citing work and are engaged in the
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-08

but also as to the lines of work
that are to be open to them. They
are not to be confined to unskilled
labor, but are to be given opportuni-
ty to enter every line of work that
the plant affords. This company is
to build the new kind of ships. those
CONSTRUCTED out Of fabricated steel.
The plates for these ships are to be
manufactured in the plate shops at
Fairfield, surburb of Birmingham,
Ala.
If the Negroes make good. the two
plants. Fairfield and Chickasaw, will
employ total of some five thousand
or more of them. 1t is assumed that
Negro labor is going to make good.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-08

Feb "a, 13lS-
Hon. Thomas W. Beckett. Gov.
Raleigh, N. C.
Dear Sir;
The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People wish
es to commend in the highest terms
the action taken by your state and
the authorities OF Surry County In
convicting and sentencing to terms
ranging from fourteen months to six
years on the county roads, fifteen
Of the sixteen men who attempted
to lynch Russell High, a Colored
man, at Winston-Salem on Nov. IL.
The precedent which North Caro-
lima has set is one which all law
abiding and justice loving people will
commend. The method which you
have inaugurated Of causing lynch
ing to be as dangerous for the lyn-
chers as for the victims is one Of.
IL not the most potent means by
which the practice of lynching and
mob violence will be stamped out
The action which you and the
authorities of your state have taken
is especially gratifying when 1t Is
noted that the men punished were
not guilty Of lynching but rather OF
an attempt to lynch. The result
of the trials Of these men is in sharp
contrast to that of the trials OF
eighteen men indicted and tried for
lynching recently in Tuscumbfa, Ala.
In which case the men indicted. al
though clearly guilty of participa-
tiOn in the mob that lynched "A Ne
gro in November Of last year, were
freed after trial which was little
more than a farce
The state Of North Carolina has
set an example which may we'll be
emulated by other states in this
country in which violence prevails.
Very truly yours,
Signed: JOHN R. SHILLADY.
Secretary.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-08

not hand out something to cotton
growers of the South?" Is the in
quiry they are making in justifica-
tion Of their move. Just how far the
Southerners will go with this project
and whether they actually will, as
threatened filibuster against the
wheat bill is not known, but they
have succeeded so far in preventing
any sort of regulation of cotton
The South ern members, when cot
ton was doubling and trebling itself
in value during the war, stenously in
sisted that there ought not to be any
limit whatever on the price of cot
ton and that the grower should get
whatever he could for it,
A proposal of Bernard M. Baruch
chairman of the War Industries
Board, to set price on cotton was
the signal for a storm of protest
from the Southerners only last fall
and the project had to be abandoned
Now that the war is over and cotton
becoming less valuable, the Southern
RS are insisting that cotton ought
to receive the same treatment as
wheat.
Southern Districts Get @Taken
Care Of"
The public buildings bill about to
be offered to the House, Chairman
Clark says, is measure to relieve
unemployment in the country. Its
size is not yet settled. but it will
appropriate many millions of dollars.
1t will appropriate money for more
than 200 Congressional districts in
the United States and only a few
Congressional districts in the South
DO not receive a slice of the appro-
priation.
A determined effort was made some
time ago by the Northerners on the
committee, including two or three
Democrats, to prevent the bill from
being reported and it was successful
for time. But Chairman Clark res
urrected the bill under the guise of
measure to relieve unemployment
and mustered enough strength to get
a majority to vote TO report bill.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-08

maps, black boards. globes ana adj
Unstable desks.
In the construction OF the plant
at Chickashaw. The Negro was given
opportunity to do skilled work. One of
the division Superlntendents in car
penter work. was a Colored man, N.
w. Goodson. he had under him
twenty-five foremen and some two
hundred and fifty carpenters, who in
the construction Of houses, Office
buildings and barns showed their
ability. 1t was reported that these
men, both in the quality of work
done and in output equalled the
work done by the white carpenter
gangs which were used at Chicka-
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-08
"COLOR LINE" AND THE LEAGUE
OF NATIONS.
by the Associated NEGRO Press.

Washington. D. c. March 6.-Har-
per Leech, a special correspondent
Of The Memphis (Tenn) Press. in an
extensive article in that paper de-
cla~es that the matter Of the "Color
Line" may imperial the League of
Nations. He declares that Austria
liza, Pacific Coast, South Africa, and
the Southern United States are vi
tally affected by the proposed aradi-
cation Of racial distinctions.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-08
NORTH CAROLINA SETS PRECEDENT
WORTHY OF EMULATION
CONVCTS and SENTENCES IS WHITE men FOR ATTEMPT
TO TAKE NEGRO FROM JAIL WHILE ALABAMA aGQUITS
18 FOR ACTUAL LYnCRIMG

The National Association FOR the
Advancement of Colored People,
through its Secretary, John r. Shtl-
lady of New York. makes public a
letter of commendatlon sent to Gov
ernor Thomas W. Beckett of North
Carolina for the action taken by
officials of that state in Winston
Salem, Surry County, in securing
the conviction and sentence of fifteen
of sixteen men indicted for attempt
ing to take Russell High, Negro,
from the Jail at Winston-Salem on
November II last and lynch him,
the terms ranging from fourteen
months to six years The Associa-
ton congratulates the officials upon
their action in the case and declares
that "the State of North Carolina
has set an example which may well
be emulated by other states in this
country in which mob violence and
lyinching prevail"
The Association contrasts the COM
meh liable action of the North Caro-
lima authorities with that of the
recent trials of eighteen men at Tus-
cumbia, Ala, in which all of the men
were acquitted although clearly
guilty of lynching a Negro in Noyem-
Der of last year, and calls attention
to the fact that North Carolina pun
ished men for attempting to lynch
while the Alabama authorities coult
not secure a conviction for an actua
lynching. The associations letter fol
lows:
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-08
"JIM CROW" LEGISLATION AT
TEMPTED IN KANSAS.
ihe Associated Negro Press.

BY the Associated Negro Press.
Topeka. Ks, March 6.-Preceeded
with an address by W. C. Heueston,
q Colored Lawyer, the Colored People
of Topeka held a mass meeting and
extended thanks to Governor Allen,
the Republican party and the news
papers for the interest manifested
in behalf Of the recent attempt to
establish "jim crow" legislation in
Kansas.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-08

construction of steel barges. Three
of these barges 14O feet long and
25 feet beam have already been laun-
ched and a fourth one is on the
way and will soon be ready to go
in to the water. These barges are
the handiwork of these recently train
ed Negro ship constructors. An inn
portant advantage Of this riveting
school is that the men are being
paid while, being taught, receiving
around thirty-six cents per hour.
When they become efficient as rivet-
ers, they will be able to earn from
$500 to 500 per day and in ex-
ceptional cases, even more.
The following are some of the par
ticular lines of work that will be
open to Negroes at the Fairfield Plate
shops and the Chickasaw Shipbuild-
ing plant, when the work at these
plants gets fully under way, there
will be anglesmiths and anglesmith's
strikers and helpers. They will bend
and weld angle frames and staple
work for the bulkheads and water
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-05-03

Abogados: Angel r. do Jesus y 20
lii Alcmaiy.
Mayo o (viernes).
No. 1999-Nicolasa Alomar VS.. Bou,
Rodriguez y Bigas S. en- g.
Nulidad de escritura v 0tros extre-
mos.
(Traslado de causa).
Abogados: Carlos Brunei y Jose @.
Torres. t
No. l981.-Goblc, v Jimcncz VS.. Mi
gucl Truyol y Cia.
Danos y perjuicios por incumpiinicu-
to de contrato.
Abogados:. c. eDominguez Rubio, Hen
ry G. Molina y Jose Q. Ramos.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-05-03
cRoNIcA DE SPORT

En- La tarde de hoy jugaran en- los
terrenos de la Liga Insular de la Pa
rada 8, wireless Station" y la uni
versidad de Puerto Rico''. FL juego
promote resultar ser reiiido y los en-
tusiastas encontraran buena oportuni-
dad de divertirse viendo este juego.
Empezara como de costumbre las $50
p. m. y es uno de los juegos del campeo-
nato escolar.
FL domingo por La mahana y por la
tarde jugarAn Ponce" v "Borinquen
stars. Hay mucho interes en- yer es-
tos dos juegos porque Sc dice que 'Pon-
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-05-03
EI Sr, Manuel ESCudeTO, Miembro de la Mission
FiIipna, deCIaTadO unanmemente
pOr Ia Camara hu6Sped de honor de Puerto Rico
Il Sr Escudero, fue presentado la Camara por un
Redactor de nuestro diaro. Manfestaciones
del Comisionado filipino

Esta en- San Juan un prominente
politico filipino. FL honorable Ma
nuel Escudero, Miembro de la Mission
Filipina que fue a Washington a Pc
dir la independence de aquellas islas.
Ell senor Escudero es ademas Repre-
sentante a la Legislature por el pri-
mer Distrito de Sorsogon es hombre
muy culto en- todo el sentido de la pa
labra. Nuestro redactor senor Roma
nacce 10 presento aver en- la Camara
y esta a mocion del Representante Sc
nor Lastra Charriez 10 declare por
unanimidad huesped de honor de
Puerto Rico.
I'll senor Escudero viene a nuestra
isla con el proposito de yer a una her
mana suya. de la Orden del Sagrado
Coraz6n dc Jesus, que ejerce su sa-
grado ministerio en- ell Colegio de nj
mas situado EN- Martin Pena.
Aver por la mahana y en- una init
ma conversation en- el vestibulo del
Hotel Palace, el senior Escudero lie CO.
munico a nuestro Redactor importan-
tes manifestations sobre ell porvenir
politico de las islas Filipinas. A una
pregunta nuestra sobre el trabajo rea-
lizado por la Mission Filipina cerca
del Gobierno de Washington el senor
Escudero nos djo:
-Pucdo decrle que esta es una
question que no la puede decidir una
sola persona, 81 no los miembros del
Congreso Americana Pero yo tengo
la grande esperanza de que nosotroG
consequences algo esta vez, porque
hemos encontrado realmente una AGO.
gida muy favorable en- el pueblo de
los Estados Unidos cuya mayoria IA
vorece nuestra causa. Ademas esta
estampado clara y explicitamente por
el Presidente Wilson en- su carta di-
rigida a nosotros, donde manifesto
su conviction de que ha llegado la hora
dc que Filipinas deba regir su propia
suerte. Asimismo ell Secretario de la
Guerra, Hon. Baker en- su respuesta
luminosa al discurso de nuestro Chair
man ell senor Manuel L. Quezon, ma
nifesto sin reserva que cstaba al lado
de nuestra libertad y de nuestra indie
pendencia.
Debo hacer justicia al pueblo anne
ricanc, especialmente a los caballe-
ros con quienes hemos tenido la oportu-
nilad, de discutir nuestras cuestiones,
pues ell todos ellos he Observable un
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-05-03

Aver las diez dc In maiana Sc reu-
MO la Camara dc Representatives.. Sc
aprobaron los proyectos numero 179 y
80 en- scgunda y tcrccra lcctura res
pectivamente. All discutirse el pro-
yecto de la ley municipal ihtervinie-
ron en- el debate varios representan-
ties, entire cllos los senores Rossy, Las
ira, Piiicro, Gonzalez Mena, Roma
nj. Este ultimo sc opuso abiertamen-
te una clausula que lie ccncedia al
Tesorcro de Puerto Rico autoridad pa
ra girar visitas a los municipios de la
isla y pciir estados dc cucntas En-
tiende cl seior Romani que nucstrO
actual tescrcro es un funcionario per-
fectamcnte capacitado para cjcrcer ere
derecho que sc lie quicrc conferir, pero
que manana pucdc vcnir uno. parecido
al Auditor, funcionario que hoy eicr-
ce ESQ privilcgio, imponcr a los en-
pleados &c nuestros municipios veia-
nenes y molestias GIc dcbcn eyitar5e
En- case Gc que la Camara neccsitasc
informcs dc los cstados de cuenta de
los municipios podr;i dirigirsc dircc-
tamcnte los alcaldcs.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-05-03
SESSION DE La TARDE

La session que habia dc celcbrarsc
aver las dos dc la tarde fuc pos
puesta para las tres Y media dcbido
que el Comite de Hacienda que pre-
side el senor Guerra Mondragon tuvo
que reunirse en- uno de los aposentos
dc la Camara.
El proyecto numero dc In Camara
para limitar a 500 acres dc terra las
propiedades dc terrenos de las gran
des corporaciones fuc pucstO a discu-
sion. FL senor Juan B. Huykc dcjo
la presidencia al senior Pinero para
expresar librcmente su opinion sobrc
ell proyecto.
El scnor Huyke no csta en- contra
de la limitacion que sc quiere imponer
a las corporaciones, sino que cree que
las cuatro primeras clausulas deben
ser elIminadas. Las eXplicaciones del
seior Huyke fueron al efecto dc que
81 nuestro Attorney General Sc inte-
resara en- poner en- vigor las actuales
disposiciones de la ley, no habria nece-
sidad de aprobar ell proyecto del senor
Lastra.
Ell senor .Lastra Charricz consumi6
un turno para rebatir los argumentos
del Speaker. Pronunci6 un discur-
so de tonos. patrioticos. Present0 la
situacion del trabaiador .agricola tie
Puerto Rico y manifesto que la rcmu-
neracion que percibia pOr docc horas
de trabajo. de seis a seis, no era jus
ia. Aludi6 los que habian redacta-
do la ley Jones, en- la cual Sc cxpreso
una clausula les fines de Iimitar las
tierras de los centralistas 500 acres.
Ell senor Porrata Doria tambien
consumi6 un turno. Defendio eI pro-
yecto los intereses &c los pequedos
agricultores.
FL senor Romani hizo yer la supre-
ma urgcncia que hay para que sc
apruebe ell proyccto inmediatameiitc,
y pasc al Senado.
A las cinco menos diez minutes los
senores Representatives. abandonaron
la discussion del proyccto de los 500
acres, para tratar cl proyecto del su-
fragio femenino.