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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-03-08
THE TEST OF RACE LOYALTY
(An Editorial


1t has been since there has been national
made obtain for the American Negro his rights Of c
nsp Not since the Lodge Force Bill went to defeat In 1892
direct appeal
the conscience of the American people and the wang body
berty.
During these twenty years. through we
cred injustice without appeal protest the of labor
ffra and national have national favor and
eceived recognition because of the intelligent per
nce with which they have plead their right to hearing before
The lesson to be drawn from these facts if the
Negro desires improvement in his condition; if he
wishes to enjoy the real opportunities of liberty he
wishes to stand equal as a man before the law with
chance everywhere in this country, pro-
test to the public conscience against his wrongs and
plead before the nations lawmal1ng body for legal
recognition of his rights of manhood,
The time is nowl When the whole world is discuss
ing Justice between it's races!
The National Negro Constitutional Conservation
League of America has beben organized to wage just
the kind of an intelligent protest that should be made
and to present to Congress petition for the enforce
ment of the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments the
Constitution of the United States If these
ments were enforced jim-crowism, mobviolence, and
disfranchisement could not exist for with federal en-
forcement of these two articles the penalty for their
violation would be too great.
in Kansas City, which will end March 22 is real test
for the loyalty of every Negro the welfare his
of the purposes of this organization Every Negro who
is loyal and who is worthy of better opportunities will
support the movement and will join the League Every
Negro who does not support this movement is YOUR
condition of yourself and your household
No sane, intelligent Negro can oppose the purposes
Of this organization You set down Negro who
does oppose them a traitor to his people No
what his station in life, matter what has been his
previous standing in the estimation of the community
matter whether he be proud his ignorance boast
possession of colegebred brains matter whether he
be prompted by envy jealousy, puffed up with
false nations of his wisdom and Importance
matter whether he be slave to love of prominence
the plant fawning puppet venting the wrath of others
less foolhardy MARK HIM AS TRAIToR He is
against YoU He is opposing the only effort that has
been put forth in your behalf in twenty years If
he is in business don t trade with him. find
to trade with who loyal to the if he is in pro-
fession find another in the profession whose
interest has not lost identity with yours if he simply
"knocker, shun him. avoid him you would the
plague lest you be contaminated with his traorous
filthiness
This movement the test of the true blue of the will
evea all the parasites who
who loyal to your interest and honestly seeking
advancement
Remember that like words of the Apostle
Paul apty apply He that is not with is against
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-03-08
HANNIBAL, MISSOURI.

Presiding Elder p. C. Crews held
Quarterly Meeting at the A. M. e
Church Sunday, February 16. Rev. w
B. Brooks, the pastor, is doing excel
lent work. The quarterly report was
splendid.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-03-08
TELEGRAM.

W. c. HuestOn,
Chairman:
Mistake made in routing 92nd;
will notify Mayor Cowgirl Friday
when to expect regiment.
Scott,
Office of Sec'y of War.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-03-08

Mrs. II. o. Cook addressed the
Young Peoples Department of the
First Baptist Church, Linwood Boule-
ward and Park avenue, last Sunday on
Labor Conditions Among Colored
People" She embraced the oppor-
tunity to tell her audience of the un-
Just determinations our people suffer
ia securing such employment as will
enable them to be as whole an hon
est and self-supporting portion of
Southern communities.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-03-08
$50 @#sss s&s* &$&@%
FINANCE COMMITTEE.

Mr.. Felix H. Payne, Chairman
of Finance Committee to entertain
the 92nd Division, desires all those
) who wish to contribute to that
) cause and are unable to see him
) to leave their contributions with
} Miss Villa NJ. Glenn at The Kan
sas City Sun office.
\ aR&a &EAAH .
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-03-08

Oscar Micheaux, author of The
Homesteader" and producer of the
film adaptation from the story, was
Kansas City visitor this week, called
here on account of the difficulty that
arose in connection with the showing
of said production at the New Center
Theatre. The people of Kansas City
hearing so much about this great pho
toplay, the effort to stop it in Chicago
by certain race men there on account
of an allegation that the story was in
a great part a reproduction of the au-
thor's experiences with minister in
which his daughter, formerly the au-
thor's wifes, unhappiness is portryed,
are only anxious to see the play. AS
explained by Mr.. Micheaux, his book
ing agent secured the New Center
Theater without being advised that
race people had never been allowed
in the theater; that the manager ere
ated a breach of contract with the
owner in opening to Colored people
since a clause in the lease expressly
set forth that no Colored people be
allowed in the theater either as per
formers or patrons. So after the first
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-03-08

Church, Rev. J. w. Hurse, pastor. If
arrangements can be perfected Dr..
Bundy will be urged to address a pub
lie mass meeting on Monday night.
Hear the champion of his people and
demonstrate to him by your presence
that in his martyrdom he has the SYM
pathy and the PRAYERS of the entire
race.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-03-08
PRICE, sc.

preach his farewell sermon Sunday
evening, March 9th He has retired
from the ministry.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-03-08

Private Claude Mace OF the SO5th
Pioneer Infantry writes his father,
Mr. Mace, of Parkville, Mo, that his
company is one of the finest in the
regiment and that so far they have
not had a scrap of any kind. He says,
1T is indeed pathetic to see the French
people trodding through rain and mud
looking for their homes, and they have
been swept away, some not even find
ing the place whore their homes were.
We have an excellent corps of officers
and they are now talking of going to
Germany. l think l shall be much in
terested in the ways of that country"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-03-08
FROM OVERSEAS.

Philip B. Johnson. who is with the
Medical Detachment, 805th Pioneer
Infantry, writes, Our arrival in Eng
land was a very welcome one and
verged upon the edge of worship,
knowing the valor of the black man
and realizing every time he squeezed
a trigger a Boche was bound to fall.
l have had wonderful experience and
if space would permit would like to
write some things for my friends but
shall do so upon my arrival home,
which I trust is not far distant.
wish to extend my very best regards
to my many friends in Kansas City
and the West"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-03-08
ROSEpALE. KANSAS.

The condition of Mrs. Matte Ridley,
who has been critically i'll at her resi-
dence in Newton, Kas., is showing
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-03-08
Leo NE HOME 92ND

We have many calls each week for
houses and rooms of all descriptions.
Why not advertise what you have to
rent or sell in this paper which reach
es all the colored people in greater
Kansas City?
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-03-08

IL you want a real live up-to-tbe-
minute Negro Newspaper that gives
ALL the News in which colored peo-
pie are interested, subscribe for the
SUN. Bell Phone East 999
Palisadian., 1919-02-01
How Popular Song Was Written.

1.-THE Old Oaken Bucket was writ
ten early in the nineteenth century in
the summer of 1917. At the time the
composer was living with his family in
New York city. The song was called
forth through the writer's thinking OF
the old we'll on the family homestead
in Massachusetts, where he was born
In 1855. Samuel Woodwork, at the
time of It's composition, was conduct
ing a New York newspaper. One hot
day he came home from his office and
pouring out glass Of water drained
it eagerly. AS he placed the glass up
on the table he said: THAT is refresh
ing, but how much more so would 1t
be to take good long draft from the
old oaken bucket left hanging in my
fathers well at home"
Palisadian., 1919-02-01

bell rang and some one ASKED for Miss
Virginia
"Oh, you will have to go, mother.
Look at me-Pm q fright / won't
see anyone!"
But a deep voice in the hall pro-
claimed the identity of the caller, and
Virginia, her eyes red, her hair tous-
led, and herself clad in a bungalow
apron, sped down the stairs and threw
herself into his arms-a most eXtraor-
dinary thing, for the maiden had usu-
ally held him at arms length.
But soldier is taught never to miss
an opportunity to Surround the enemy
cnd cut off retreat: also Bob forgot
nothing of his manual of arms.
Presently. by way of retaliation,
with a careful finger he touched her
wet lashes, then the tip of his tongue.
and asked with much solicitation:
"Are you sure, those salty tears will
not spot my best uniform?"
Virginia laughed. She remembered
the new georgette crepe blouse that
mustn't be mussed at their last meet
ing. She held out to him Rob's ring
and the letter. While he was read
ing 1t she surreptitiously powdered
her nosesand tucked up her hair.
When he had finished very small
and penltent voice said: 'I'll let you
put Rob's ring on my finger-if-if
you want to-"
"Want to! What was that fuss
about"
He didn't get chance to finish that
sentence for some reason or other
something a bit like strangulation.
But after several attempts, in which
he was not allowed to hark back to
any past unpleasantness. he said:
"That is pretty thin for wedding
ring. My idea now in regard to such
pieces of jewelry Is that they should
be big and solid, something like the
tire of a cart wheel, for instance, for
I want you to wear 1t as long as that
other darling Virginia, our great-aunt,
wore her Rob's ring.
$50 rll get new one and take
Rob's around to the jeweler and have
this solitaire that I've been carrying
around with me set in 1t as head
light to warn the other fellows that
have the right of way-and that this
Rob is coming back !"
And Virginia, smiling happily, as
sented to 1t all, and if there was
little sigh at the giving up of her
cherished freedom it was contented
little sigh after all, for she reasoned
that it was all for the cause of larg-
er liberty for which her soldier was
going to fight.
So she merely remarked that she
thought that the jeweler ought to be
able to squeeze in one more inscrip-
ton, for it would only need to be the
year 1918
So when Rob marched away he left
the heavy band wedding ring in place,
guarded by the other ROb's ring with
it's flaming headlight. And there was
a beautiful, entertaining young mar
ried woman who found that her car
was just as much in demand as any
other in the motor corps, even II 1t
did carry along with it's other service
legends a one-starred service flag In
a most conspicuous place.
Palisadian., 1919-02-01
Began to Read the Letter.

her marriage vows lightly? OF course
her fun would be most innocent and
decorous, as became her mothers
daughter.
Then the postman came. 1t was a
little, uninteresting looking package
that he delivered into her hands from
her great aunt back in old Chester.
Mechanically she opened it; ring, a
thin, plain gold band, dropped out. She
examined It, Inside were two almost
)bliterated inscriptions. One said, "R.
to A., 1885," the other, of later date,
was easier to read; 1t said, 'R to ",
'61." She slipped it on her finger and
began to read the letter:
"This was Rob's ring, dear, his last
gift to the girl he left behind him. I
was that girl. I'm sending you the
ring because you are named for me-
Virginia Patterson Leigh. I've always
liked the name. l hope you do. but
not too much to change 1t q little If
there should be a Rob who has asked
you to-eve1 though, like my Rob of
auld lang syne, he should be going to
war as mine did, never to return. I
wonder If you knew that your old
great aunt carried a war romance
around with herw
Then, in her sweet, old-fashioned
way, in her wavering old-fashioned,
prim handwriting, she told the story
of Rob's ring. 1t was his dead moth
er's wedding ring. The first inscrip-
tion was from Rob, his father, to Alice,
MS mother; the second was from Rob
himself to Virginia, now Aunt Vir-
ginia. He had placed 1t on his sweet
hearts finger when he marched away
In '61.
Aunt Virginia, knowing that her
years were few, did not want the ring
to be buried with her, she wanted it
to be worn till it would hold together
no longer, for was it not a symbol of
undying love and of undying patriot
ism also?
She told some stories of the days of
'61, of the hardships, the heartaches
and the work of herself and other
young girls. who, as Virginia and her
friends were doing today, tried to up
hold the hands of the boys who were
lighting for the cause Of liberty.
\ "Oh, OH" breathed the girl. I'm
afraid I'm not worthy, auntie dear, to
wear your precious ring. But what a
coincidence. have Rob, too" But
had she Rob? What If he should not
return.
She ran sobbing with the letter and
the ring to her mother. While she was
confess:ag that she would not allow
her Rob to give her ring because
she did not want to be tied down and
aaprived Of all her good times, the
Palisadian., 1919-02-01

Rob's Ring
-
o0
By BARBARA KERR

Somehow the morning work dragged.
Virginia's mind was not on her busi-
ness. She swept intermittently and
busted listlessly. She was wondering
vaguely whether she had done the
right thing to send Rob away unfet-
tered, as she had tried to explain to
him, for his own good. She had not
explained that she was going to be a
motor messenger and drive in the mo-
tor corps, and that in the back of her
fun-loving brain she was almost plan
ming to have some really interesting
little f1lrtations.
She was too high-minded to descend
to the practice of some Of the girls who
were not wearing their engagement
rings so that the visiting soldiers
would not know that they had flances
at the front And her contempt for
the young matrons who had entered
canteen service, had taken off their
wedding rings and were posing as un-
married and carrying on their clan
destine flirtatons with the officers was
unbounded.
She was very decided about any
thing of that sort. 1t was not a mat
ter of Mrs. Grundy either; it was
deep and settled principle with Vir-
ginia that once she had decided to
marry a man it was absolutely for
better, for worse and It'll death do us
part"
For did she not belong to race of
women among whom there had never
been a divorce, nor one who had taken
Palisadian., 1919-02-01
The joys of Berlin.

Carl w. Alderman, the German ex-
pert, met in Switzerland a neutral
who had spent four years in Hun
land.
One of the neutrals anecdotes con-
cerned the geological garden restau-
rant in Berlin. A gaunt Hun at this
restaurant beckoned a waiter and
said:
Look here, there's a fly in my
coffee"
The waiter studied the coffee. He
fished out a small, dark object. Then
he said
"Fly? That's no fly. sir. It's pig
nut worm. And that amt coffee you're
drinking, neither. It's ersats or pig
nut coca, made out Of first quality
Black forest pig-nuts."
Palisadian., 1919-02-01
Without His Coat.

They were standing near pair Of
free scales in front of downtown shoe
store, arguing the question of which
weighed the more.
One climbed on the scales and tri-
umphantly announced "a hundred and
forty"
Then the other stepped on the plat
form without having removed his over
coat.
"Hey. take off that coat" said the
first.
placed 1t over his arm and examined
the arrow of the scales.
"See?" he said. "a hundred and
forty-two."
The other wore a downcast look.
Palisadian., 1919-02-01
Effect Of Whiskers.

Generally it is whiskers and not sick
ness which makes sick man look so
CHASTITY and ghostly.-Emporia Ga
Zette.
Palisadian., 1919-02-01
Intellect in Small Heads.

The Greeks, one of the most in
tellectual of nations, were distin-
guished for their small heads.
The sun., 1919-06-12

structed by those who have not always
been our friends that moment we sound
the knell not only of our own indepen-
dence but Of the hopes of shackled MILL
ions throughout the world whose eyes
still search the skies for the star of
freedom. and whose hearts are sick with
longing for the right pronounced by
us from God which is as much theirs
as ours.
Because this Is a covenant, not for
the preservation Of peace. but for the
protection of power: not for the estab-
llshment OF Justice under the law, but
for the enforcement of DEGREES under
arbitrary rule. They say we offer moth
ing In Its stead. That Is not true. Chief
among the proposals of Mr. Root was
the creation of a great Court of Arbi-
tratlon whose powers should be care
fully defined In new code Of inter-
national law such as does not now exist,
and whose judgments all nations should
agree not only to accept but to en-
force. There lies the true solution Of
all world problems involving no saCi-i.
fee of sovereignty. eliminating all pos
sibility of oppression and wrongdoing
and guaranteeing to all peoples fair
hearing. a Just determination and an in
flexible enforcement Of righteous judy
ment. That way and that way alone
lies peace. But Il was the way OF the
jurist and statesman. and the way
Of the autocrat and schoolmaster was
substituted.
because 1t destroys the powerful in
The sun., 1919-06-12

der from the Argonne Forest II he had
visions Of ideals In his dreams during
the great battle. He looked at me dazed
for an instant, then flushed to the roots
OF his hair and replied evenly, I fought
for my country and my flag. sir His
flag His nag and ours-the first we
ever saw and. pray God, II may be the
last and only one upon which our fad
ing eyes shall rest. But n new banner
has appeared. IT blows in the breezes
of the shores OF England It has been
seen In the harbor of New York in the
shadow Of the great statue. ut Is the
new international flag. 1t Is simple and
quite beautiful blue stripe between
two white stripes. What they symbol
lie I do not know. This flag over my
head was adopted by the Continental
Congress in 1777. 142 years ago The
first one was the product of the nimble
fingers Of that sturdy little patriot Betsy
Ross. Its first public appearance was
over Dorchester Heights and, when II
was raised. George Washington stood
uncovered at the foot of the pole. It
has waved ever since in its spotless
beauty and untarnished glory. Shall II
be lowered now-lowered SO much as
the fraction OF an inch?
"'Breathes there a man with soul 30
dead who never to himself hath said
This Is my own. my native land"T
II accord unstinted admiration to
those whose largeness of view enables
them to say, with Garrison. My coun-
try Is the world. my countrymen are
The sun., 1919-06-12
TURKEY ALREADY CUT
UP, IS PARIS VIEW
Partition Is Looked Upon an
an Accomplished Fact.

PARIS, June 11.-Turkey's fate Is stun
clouded in mystery. Although Turkish
delegation is expected to arrive In Paris
tomorrow, II seems impossible to learn
from any members Of the allied delega-
lions exactly what plans, IL any, have
been outlined for dealing with Turkey.
In fact, Il has been impossible to learn
whether Turkey is still regarded as a
nation and whether the nations which
wero at war with her regard 1t neces-
sary to negotiate a peace with the Otto
man Government.
It has been made clear by the Entente
delegations that the Turks are coming
to PRfis on their own suggestion. They
come as consultants or expert advisers,
not as plenipotentiaries. 1t Is reported
that the delegation Is about equally
divided in it's sympathies for France and
for Great Britain.
Turkey In Asia is now thoroughly
dominated by Greek. Italian and British
troops, and the feeling Is growing in
Paris that the partition Of Turkey Is an
accomplished fact.
The sun., 1919-06-12
ARMY PAYMAsTER GONE.
Germany Asked to Look for Omcer
with 4sB, 900 Marks.

CosLENs, June 10 (delayed) German
army and police authorities In the I'M
occupied territory opposite the Coblenz
bridgehead have been requested by
American intelligence officers to keep a
lookout for an American dlsbursiDg on
GER who has disappeared with 4S5.ooo
marks.
The money was intended to be paid to
the men of the Fifth Artillery Of the
First Division, which holds the outer
most post of the bridgehead. Intelli-
gence officers have reported to Third
Army headquarters that the missing off,
GER was suspected Of entertaining Ger
man sympathies, and that this had led
them to believe he had gone in the d.
rection of Berlin. The missing officer is
under bond to the United States Gov
eminent.
The sun., 1919-06-12

tent to walk reverently in the footsteps
OF Washington, in the service OF my
country, my whole country and nothing
but my country and to say with Web
ster and with you:
"'Thank God, IL also, am an Amer
icanv"
The sun., 1919-06-12

centive for individual achievement and
human progress of national feeling.
There are, in short as Daniel Webster
said of that other alliance, no longer to
be nations there 10 to be an end OF all
patriotism That clearly is what the
President had in mind when he declared
in his peculiar phrasing to the French
Academy that the old enterprise Of ma
tional law is played out The new
enterprise Of arbitrary international
power over all is to supersede IT, That
is the thought conveyed. And the
thought is confirmed by every word and
act Of our Peace Commission. English
men have spoken loudly and effectively
for England. Frenchmen for France,
Italians for Italy. Japanese for japan,
but not once in the entire six months has
voice been raised for America. The
President of the United States, elected
by the people OF the United States to
serve them AMI them alone. has broad
ened the conception of his obligation as
prescribed by his oath Of Office to men
everywhere"
The sun., 1919-06-12
Vicious Attacks DepIored.

Col. Harvey then alluded to the vicious
character of the attack against citizens
who honestly believe the league Is a
betrayal Of the American republic. called
upon the young men Of Syracuse to en-
list In the great cause Of saving freedom
and closed his address with a stirring
peroration:
mot long ago asked a crippled SOL
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-06-21

4 o'clock .. m~.-second Hotse Race, bIooaei stock BARR
winners Of frst race. Three or none to enter, three ~ start. Firsi
prize S25 90: second horse, prize sfb.00
Ofeasei Pig Racp4 pfise Sb.0N
$3.50 o'clock D. m.-MoNtag Pictures At Eureka Tnessse.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-06-21
TO Develop ClsiIaS
Near Windfall

Henry Olsen, repi eser tiBE Salt
Le'.e parties, this week located the
Contact Nos. | and 2. and thu Long
Shot and North Star mining claims.
These claims adjoin the Windfall
mines on the west. Sincs Inaking
these locations he has arraliged with
Julius Huebner. owing the hustler
and Windfall Fraction. ind 7. Pa
roni, the Little Chief. 10 join their
claims with his and fern 4 company
and develop the groulld.
Mr.. Olsen was call,d to TDnopah
Wednesday. but he e,:pests to return
shortly and believes that b. oil soon
be able to form his new comptny and
commence work here