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Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-04-19
IT TOLD YOU so"

If there be any other four words in the
English language, out Of which one gets
more self satisfaction than, 81 told you
so,' then the writer has neither seen nor
heard Of them. Not long since a Seattle
policeman said to u.s. "The average col
ored man is not only liar, but thief, :"
on which we commented at length some two
weeks ago, and among other things said
the public records would show that many
Of the Seattle policemen had been charged
with crime and that, if half of the crimes
and rumors Of crimes laid at the doors of
the blue coats were true, it was a case of
the pot calling the kettle black. Since that
article was printed the cloud of scandal
has hung heavy over the policemen Of Sc
attic. One has been dismissed from the
ser' ce on the charge of having received a
bribe from fallen woman, two others were;
arrested last Tuesday and are now in Jail
charged with having robbed U. S. gov
ernment warehouse, four ex-polcemen have
also been arrested charged with the same
crime, and rumor has it, other policemen
are under government surveillance and can
not escape arrest within the very near sfu-
ture under the charge Of robbery. If in
any other city in this country the police
men are disgracing their badges of author
ity as in Seattle we have not heard of it.
The situation is more or less alarming
and if it continues the law-abiding citizens
will hold the policeman in as much fear
as they do the known thugs, thieves and
highwaymen.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-04-19
WATER FRONT STRIKE.

The day may yet come when colored men
and women will Loyalty identify themselves
with labor organizations, but it will be
when the unions will have been renovated
of their color prejudice high BINDERS The
present water front strike is but deep
seated plot to eliminate the colored mem
bers from the working force on the water
'front.' though all Of them are members of
the various unions that control the loading
and unloading of boats that reach the vari-
Gus docks of Seattle In what way?
you ask. By forcing the dock com
panies to accept only men sent from
the halls Of course the colored men
will be in the hall, but there are only 300
colored men as against 1000 white men.
And in making the selection the colored
men would have about as MUNICH show to
get on as would the proverbial SNOWFALL
to fly through Hades. In contrast to the
fine Italian hand being played by organized
labor the dock owners say, eve are willing
to work union men only, but we propose to
choose for ourselves the union men who do
our work. which means that the three
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-04-19

hundred colored men will get the first call
and such others as are needed the second
"We admit that the companies are giving
a preference to the colored men, but, since
they are union men, organized labor should
have no complaint The time will come, we
repeat, when colored men and women will
get in the labor union band wagon, but it
will be when they are given an equal op-
portunity to toot horn. Organized labor
must unqualifedly cut out this colorphobia
if it hopes to ever enlist the sympathies and
support Of working men,
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-04-19
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS.

If April SHOWS mean May flowers then
Seattle will have many Of them next month";
In the sudden death of Charley Sulzer
Jim Wickersham will doubtless find relief.
Speaking about the League of Nations
reminds us that Senator Poindexter is
agin the whole darn thing and we are with
him.
Uncle Sam knows exactly how to use the
big stick on the under dog and Japan now
fully realizes it.
It is plain to be seen from the records
that the Seattle baseball team is way out
Of it's class and needs to go way back and
sit down.
but policemen have called their hands and
gone them one better,by not only boot
Logging but by stealing the stuff they
peddle.
Some persons never see any good in an
organization until they want to use it for
their personal gain and then they are there
with bells on-the personifcation of sell
fish greed.
An early session of Congress may be
necessary, but we have our doubts Of the
president calling it anyways soon and in
the meantime he will try to create senti-
ment for the League Of Nations.
One can put their idle money in bank
and get 5 per cent on it and to only get
per cent on an uncertain investment is a
desperate chance to take with small
amount of money-one's put away FFfor
rainy day.
Figures have been put forth to prove
Germany "well able to pay all that the
Peace Congress has imposed upon her,
She is because the Allies want the money
and if Germany can't pay the cash she can
give up more territory
Much is being said these days on the sub
ject, "Should Husbands Pay Their Wives
Salaries?" The average wife gets all her
husband makes as it is and if he paid her
salary in addition the husband would
have to borrow the money to pay the wife
salary.
If there be eminent danger of world
wide coal shortage it would seem that some
enterprlsing promoter would get in COM
munlcation with Hades and secure the
right to put in a pipe line therefrom and
use its surplus heat on this old mundane
shore
That old saying, "It's long lane that
has no turn" does not work with the act
ing mayor of Seattle, so far as Mayor Han
son is concerned, for while he is Lane he
is not a long lane and he does turn away
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-04-19
CAYTON'S WEEKLY

u. s. A.
the interest Of equal rights and equal Justice
all men and for "all men up"
publication of general information, but in
the main voicing the sentiments of the Colored
Subscription 81 per year in advance Special
rates made to clubs and societies
HORACE ROSCOE CAYTON. Editor and Publisher
Entred second class matter August 49, 1916, at
the post office at Seattle, Wash under the Act of
March 3rd, 1916.
TELEPHONE: BEACON 1910
Office 800 22nd Ave. South
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-04-19

from the policies as advocated by Seattle's
own and only Ole
The P.-I s poet has gone to Hawaii for
year and while there he will write verse
for "a local paper If now the vestal fires
of Hawaii's ever burning volcanoes do not
go out forever then the right hand of the
P-I. s poet will have forgotten it's cunning
and his tongue will cleave to the roof of his
mouth.
In announcing he will not be candidate
for the U. S. senatorshp to succeed Wesley
l.. Jones Albert johnson has shown his good
sense and JOhnsOn's decision almost as
sures the return of Jones. Of course Jones
will have opposition, but it will be from
men with little or no personal or political
following.
'Dollar" Schwab loaned $50 Colored
soldiers whom he met on an ocean steamer
returning from France, one dollar each
with the I'M junction that they could pay it
back when they got home if they felt so dis
posed. Of the number 1873 have already re-
mitted What pity Mr.. Schwab could not
be just as fair to Uncle Sam.
If it be true that the Japanese govern
ment has 100000 soldiers under arms in
Siberia when she should have but 10000
it strikes us that the war is not yet over
and the Huns will soon have the active
support of the Japs and perhaps another
four years war will soon be precipitated
The failure of the Japanese to get their
demands from the peace conference will be
their excuse for hostilities.
For the first time in more than year
some good words were recently printed
about the Y. M. G. A. and, paradoxical as
it may seem, every one who read them
let off a cynical smile, but said nothing.
The Y. M. G. A. may be all it has ever
claimed, but few persons now believe it.
That it profteered at the expense Of the
helpless soldiers and practiced un-Christian
principles in France is the concensus of
opinion in this country at present.
1t may have taken Amos Brown Seattle
pioneer, many years Of hard work to get
together his vast realty possessions in Sc
attle but, "believe me" it only took his
son Ally a jiffy to blow it all in. The
little Sunday School boy, who was told to
say an appropriate verse when he dropped
his penny in the contribution box, thought
for second after he had dropped it and
then in most disappointing tone drolled
out: "a fool and his money soon part"
One Portland G. Hunt Of Seattle has dis
covered that William Howard Taft is one
Of the world great men and recently made
known his discoveries to Democratic ag-
gregation. 'Who the hell'' is Portland G.
HINT and who hut himse1f ever discovered
any greatness in one William Howard Taft.
Mr.. Taft seems to be great in Hunts mind
because he is trying to break into the Dem
ocratic party, where Hunt ought to be, his
deputyship under a Republican official to
the contrary Notwithstanding.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-10
Seventh Commencement
of Linglestown High School

IAnglestown, Pa. May 10.-The
seventh annual commencement ex-
ercises of the Linglestown High
school were held in the Church of
God on Thursday evening at 8
o'clock. The program was as fol-
lows: March, orchestra: invocation,
the Rev. James Wagner: music. or
chestra: salutation. Sylvester Dean
err; music, orchestra; essay, Amer
icanism." Miss Meta S. Graybill;
music, orchestra: valedictory, Aft
er the Victory" Miss Carrie f..
Hooker: music, orchestra; address
to graduates, Just Moment,
Please" DIR. Ezra Lehman. principal
of the Shippensburg State Normal
school: music, orchestra: presenta-
ton of diplomas. s. L. Oyler, prin-
cipal. The music of the evening was
furnished by the Updegrove orches-
ira of Harrisburg.
The members of the graduating
class were as follows: Miss Carrie
Hooker. Miss Vesta Koons. Miss
Meta Graybill, Miss Sara Felty. Miss
Sibyl Hench, Miss Helen Hooker,
Sylvester Deanen, Paul Zimm erman.
Ellis Mumma and Marlin Shope.
Their class motto was, Not the End
but the Beginning" class flower,
white rose, and class colors, old
rose and silver.
Glass day exercises on Wednesday
evening were we'll attended and a
playlet was given by nine girls, en-
titled. Climb Though the Rocks Be
Rugged
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-10
Lieutenant Jim" Europe,
Leader Of Famous He'll
Fighters Band, Murdered

Boston, May 10. - Lieutenant
James Reese (Jim) Europe died at
hospital here last night as a re-
suit of a wound in the neck alleged
to have been inflicted by Herbert
Wright, a drummer in the Hell
Fighters" (S6sth infantry band, of
which Europe was leader. The two
engaged in an alteration at Me-
chanics Hall, where the band has
been giving a series of concerts.
Europe, who was standing in the
wings while the band was playing
a selection, called out to Wright to
put more pep in the sticks" Wright
left his drum and walked hastily
over to Europe, who retreated to his
dressing room.
Wright followed him and after
some words the police allege that he
drew a knife and slashed Europe in
the neck. Wright was arrested.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-10

FOR RELIEF WORK
Two Hundred Delegates Meet
at Sunbury to Start Raising
of Share of 05,OO0,000

Sunbury, Pa, May 10.-Methodist
clergymen and laymen from Cen
trail Pennsylvania met in st. Johns s
Church, the Rev. John II. Daugh- :
erty pastor. to perfect the financial
phase of the campaign projected by
the Missionary Centenary of the
Methodist Episcopal Church for a
fund of 105.000,000 for world-wide e
relief undertakings. More than zoe
delegates were present.
The Rev. DIR. j. S. Houser, OF Sha-
mokin. superintendent of the sun
bury district conference; s. w. Dick
son, of Berwick; John T. Stone. of
Baltimore, national chairman; John
l.. Alcock, of Baltimore. centenary
chairman for the Washington area;
Elmore B. Jeffry, of Baltimore, area
financial chairman. and S. E. Bard
and Walter f. Derland, Washington,
were among the speakers.
Community centers, new churches,
new hospitals, and relief of the poor
are some of the features of the pro-
gram in Central Pennsylvania. Forty
millions are to lie spent in the
United States and s40,000.000 in for
eign work. In prospects purely of a
war reconstruction nature, $25.0OO,-
600 will be spent both at home and
abroad during the next five years.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-10
'GOVERNOR HITS
AN INCREASE
Declines to Approve Bill to
: Give Criers, Tipstaves and
Interpreters Salaries

Governor Sproul last night an
nounced that he had vetoed the
Grow Senate bill fixing salaries OF
court criers, tipstaves and interpre-
ters in counties having between 15o,-
600 and 1000, 900 population, which
would affect Berks, Fayette, Cam
bria, Lancaster, Lackawanna, Luz
zerne, Montgomery, Schuylkill and
westm oreland and within few
years Dauphin, Delaware and Wash
ington. The Governor takes Lam
caster as fair type and says that
criers and tipstaves serve less than
100 days a year in common pleas
and quarter sessions and seventy in
orphans court.
'.The time when the court criers
and tipstaves are not required in
service in court they do other work
at other employments and can easily
earn a half years wages. Our
Information is that most of the
county commissioners are opposed
to this bill. The matter of these
salaries is one that should be deter
mined entirely by the judges of the
courts and the county commissioners
in the various counties" In regard
dom employed and expense is small.
Governor Sproul has signed the
Ware Senate bill prescribing the
minimum live loads to be consider
ed in designing buildings to be here
after erected or altered in Philadel-
phia. The bill establishes factors
of safety, makes numerous detini-
tions and classifications. The PEN
atty is $50 fine for first offense and
$75' for subsequent offenses. city
magistrates being empowered to
hear cases and the chief of the bu-
reau of building inspection being
charged with the duty of carrying
out the act.
The Governor also approved the
Stadtlander House bill giving pref
erence in appointments in civil SER
vice in second class cities to hon.
orably discharged soldiers, sailors
and marines who served in the war:
Showalter House bill providing that
bonds in seizure of goods and chat
tells by sheriffs shall be double the
value of property claimed; Graft
Senate bill appropriating $4,000 to
Philadelphia school for training deaf
children and Snyder Senate bill pro-
viding for reciprocity in pharmaceu-
tical licenses with other States.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-10
Middle Division Men
Make Excellent Mark

The efficiency bulletin just issued
by Supt. ]. X. Johnston, of the Mid
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-10
Redfeld Accepts
Recognition Of the
Industrial Board

Washington, May 10. Resigna-
tions of the Industrial Board of the
Department of Commerce were ac-
cepted yesterday by Secretary Red
field.
with the dissolution of the board
the governments efforts to stabilize
prices by agreement with the repre-
sentatives of basic industries is
abandoned. The designations were
rendered April % when the contro-
versy over the refusal of the rail-
road administration to accept new
steel prices arranged by the board
began.
AT the request of Secretary Red
field the board continued its efforts
to bring the railroad administration
and the steel producers together and
it was not until the failure of the
final conference yesterday in New
York that Mr.. Redfield consented
to permit the members of the board
to return to private life.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-10

die division, Pennsylvania railroad.
shows that the men were very at
tentive to duty and that in the tabu-
lation of efficiency tests made and
observations of obedience to rules
that they scored an excellent mark of
99.9 per cent. efficient.
There were q total of 223 eff
cheney tests made and of these but
one failure resulted, an engineman
having failed to recognize the top
light out on an automatic signal.
Some 1858 observations of obedi-
ence to rules were made and but
fifteen failures resulted as follows:
Failing to properly protect trains
by fiagmen. Z; failing to have doors
properly closed, 3: violating time
table rule 253. 1; failing to call in
fiagman, l. failing to have engine
properly protected, /; purposely
missing pickup car, 2. A mark of 99.e
was established.
The grand total of tests was 49,
sol, the failures were 16 and the
efficiency mark attained was 99.9.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-10
Confer With Express
Men Out on Strike

New York, May 10.-Two field
representatives of the division of
labor of the railroad administra-
ton, A. NJ. Banks and William
Blackman. conferred here with rep
resentatives of the 5000 striking
employees of the American Railway
Express Company in an effort to ad-
just the differences leading to the
walkout which has seriously inter-
business.
I'VE have spent most of the af-
ternoon finding out what is the mat
ter with these men," said Mr.. Banks.
The next thing for us to do is to go
TO the medicine chest"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-10
Eliminate Politics
From American
Legion Caucus

st. Louis, May 10. Virtually
was eliminated from the American
Legion caucus when the national
resolutions committee late today at
special meeting voted to withdraw
several resolutions which it was con-
tended would give the organization
a political appearance.
Included among the resolutions
withdrawn was the one urging the
abolition of the wartime prohibition
measure until overseas soldiers re-
turned and one requesting Congress
to place the National Guard and
the regular army on an equal foot
ing. The resolutions were withdrawn,
it is understood at the request of
Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt and
other leaders.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-10
Mexican Congress to
Get Bill to Fix Dry
Zone Along Bordel

Laredo, Texas, May 10.-A bin 20
create ten-mile dry zone along the
international border will be intro
duced in the Mexican Congress, ac-
cording to Mexican officials in Neuvo
Laredo. The proposed law would
become effective a month before the
United States goes dry. The zone
would extend from the Pacific coast
to the mouth of the Rio Grande.
To Offset the revenue losses to
Mexican border merchants incurred
by the law, another bill will be in
troduced for a ten-mile free zone
having the same radius which would
admit imports to the dry territory
free of duty.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-10
Army Provost Guard
Killed by Comrade
Who Let Gun Fall

Philadelphia, May 10.-Aloysius
Burke, of New York, member of
the army provost guard in this city,
was accidentally shot and killed by
Morris Olinick, a comrade. When
Olinick came off duty he dropped
his rifle on the floor and a bullet
penetrated the ceiling hitting Burke
who was In bed In a room above.
While being taken to a hospital in
an ambulance an automobile driven
by another soldier collided with 1t
and Burke was thrown out. He died
later In the naval hospital,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-10
Church Has Only Fifteen
Pastors in 1893 Years

Marietta, May 10.-The Rev. John
A. Erickson was installed as pastor
of the Upper Octoraro Presbyterian
Church yesterday with special cere-
monies. The Rev. Mr.. Erickson is
the fifteenth pastor OF the church
esra blished 1873 years ago tomorrow,
an average of thirteen and one-half
years for each pastor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-10
Penna. Couples Secure
Licenses in Maryland

HagerstOwn, Md. May 10.-Mar-
riage licenses were issued here to
these Pennsyivaniansi William A.
Mowery, Fayetteville. and Euphemia
Orndorff, FreestoneI Charles Henry
Jacobs. West Fairview. and Sylvia
May Mickey, Harrisburg.
Russell C. Winemiller and Dor
othy K. Walmer, Harrisburg; Paul
Rankin Boldosser and Sarah Eliza
Sbeth Snyder, Harrisburg,
Baxter Springs news., 1919-06-06
COURT UPHOLDS
INCREASED WIRE RATES

Washington, June 5.-The United
States Supreme Court has handed
down a decision upholding the in
creased telephone and telegraph rates
which were put into effect January q
last. The joint resolution under which
the wire systems were taken over by
the Government was held by the court
to constitute sufficient authority for
the action taken. In line with the de-
cision the Supreme Court set aside de-
crees Of various State and Federal
Courts permanently restraining the
Postmaster General from charging in
creased rates. The opinion Of the
Court was unanimous in all Of these
wire cases. The authority Of the Post
master General to fix intra-state as
well as Interstate rates for telephone
and telegraph messages has thus been
fully sustained in all Of these rate
cases.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-06-06
NB0MB PLOT ITO REACT ON REDS a ATTORNEY GENERAL

have been active in support of the
measure.
Immediately after the senate action
the resolution was taken to Speaker
Gillett's Office and signed. II was
rushed back to the Senate for its pre-
siding officers signature, but arrived
after the senate had adjourned and
will be approved tomorrow. President
Wilson's signature, 1t was stated, is
not necessary, although the resolution
will be sent to the White House as
usual and may be signed by the execu-
tive. It will be certified to the states
by the state department.
Senators Curtis and Capper voted
for the resolution.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-06-06
NO STEADY SUN" IN SIGHT


Probable local showers late tonight
and Friday, with sunshine sand
wiched in," is the forecast. There will
not be much change in temperature.
Rain has been falling in Western Kan
sas and Western Nebraska. Rains
were general in Missouri, Kansas,
Oklahoma, Nebraska and Iowa, the
states that have had much precipita-
ton the last three days. Rains in
Northern Missouri measured one to
two inches.
The Kaw River watershed is satur-
ated and the weather is far from be-
ing settled, Mr.. COnnOr says. How
ever, he sees little danger from floods
unless rains become heavier. All the
rivers in this section have been able
to take care of surplus waters without
nearing the danger stage.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-06-06
FOR PHILIPPINE
INDEPENDENCE
Petition Soon TO Be Heard and Con-
sidered BY House and Senate
COmmittees-Probably
VIII Be Passed

Westinghouse memorial has been
presented by the Philippine Commits
sion ut q joint session Of the Senate
Committee on the PHILIPPINES and the
House Committee on Insular Affairs.
In this memorial the Commission,
which officially represents the Philip
pine government and the people, asks
for final and immediate solution of
the Philippine question by the grant
ing of Independence. The following
paragraph Of the memorial is Of spec
ial interest:
"For the first time in the history Of
colonial relations q subject and an al
len race comes to ask for severance Of
their political connection with the SOW
ereign nation without recounting any
act Of injustice done to them and de-
manding reparatiOn therefor, but rath-
er with q feeling Of gratitude and af-
lection, and with the object and for
the purpose Of Strengthening the
bonds Of moral and material union
which have bound the two peoples to-
gether in an endeavor to establish the
reign Of justice, democracy and peace
in the world"
While the circumstances incident to
this petition Of the Philippine people
are undoubtedly unique in respect to
the matters mentioned, it is q still
more remarkable fact that there seems
to be every indication that the re-
quested recognition Of the Philippine
independence win be speedily granted.
America will mus be sstting the
greatest example 6f information square
dealing in all history. We sincerely
hope that the future history of this
fortunate people will fully justify
Americas generosity in this matter.