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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-09
The Extremists Gain Upper
Hand i'm Berlin After
Hard Fighting
GOVERNMENT OUSTED

Rhenish Provinces of Bavaria Now
Said TO Be Involved i'll Revolutionary
Movement That is Sweeping Over
Germany-Severe Fighting Yesterday
PARIS, JAM 8 (Havas) The Ebert
Scheidemann government in ermany
has been overturned, the extremists
have gained the upper hand in Berlin
after sanguinary fighting, according. to
the latest advices received here. A new
revolutionary government has been pro-
claimed, composed of Independent
socialists.
Part of the government troops are
els and the Spartaeans now hold the
reported to have gone over to the reb-
principal parts of Berlin Civil war
is spreading in other parts of Germany,
the adviees indicate and part of the
Rhemish provinces in Bavaria are now
reported to he involved.
The independent socialists said to be
al the head of the new government are
George Ledebour, Herr Lehman and
Herr Tick. DR.. Karl Liebnecht, lead
er Of the Spartacans, is continuing his
activity presumably in an effort to in
stall Il government of his own ehoos-
ing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-09
REFUSE THE APPROPRIATION.
House Won't Give Privileged Status
to Bill Carving Presidents Request

/. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-By vote
of 5 to 3 the house rules committee re-
fused to report rule giving privileged
status to the bill appropriating the
|$100,000,000 requested by President
Wilson for European relief work.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-09
FOUND GUILTY
Bank Commissioner Williams Hears
Verdict of Jury at II This Morning
Not Yet Sentenced.
Especial to The Reformer)

Especial to The RefOrmer)
MONTPELIER, Jan. o
Guilty was the verdict brought in
at II o'clock this morning by the jury
in the case of Bank Commissioner
Frank c. Williams, charged with NAL
feasance in failing to report or discover
shortages in the accounts of the audi
tor S office during its administration by
Horace f. Graham.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-09
THE WEATHER.
Snow Flurries Tonight, Much Colder
Tomorrow.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-The wealth
er forecast; Snow furries this after.
noon and tonight. Much colder tonight.
Friday fair and colder. Cold wave,
strong southwest shifting to northwest
winds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-09

A poor man is always safe in SAYING
he would not exchange places with hia
rich neighbor
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-09

( AMSTERDAM, Jan. 9.-Severe
fighting took place in Berlin yesterday
near the Central telegraph Office. The
Spartaeans renewed their attempts TO
seize the chancellor S palace, it is de
clared in Berlin dispatches, but were
driven back with the loss Of 0 killed
and IL wounded
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-09

A man who is distrustful Of everybody
cannot be trusted.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-09

Thursday, Jan o, 7,30 pm.-Regnlar con-
vocation Of Fort Dummer chapter, No. u,
H. A. NJ
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-09

Judge f. L. Waterman Of Brattleboro,
for nearly two years chief OF the superior
judges Of Vermont, announced to his as
sociates this morning in Montpelier his
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-09
JUDGE WATERMAN
PLANS TO RETIRE
Chief of Superior Judges
Makes Known Inten-
ton Today
LONG AN HONOR TO
HIS PROFESSION

Practitioner of Note Before Being Ele-
waited to Bench IL Years Ago-Has
Served in Many Capacities of Large
Responsibility.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-09

PARIS, Jan. "a general strike has
been declared by German workers in
the workshops OF Brunswick, according
10 adviees received here. They are re-
ported to have plundered public build
ings.
The German government has opened
negotiations with the Poles who had
invaded the province Of Posen. accord.
ing 10 the Frankfort Gazette, which
says there are hopes of an understand.
ing that will end the fighting.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-09

BASEL, Jan. 9.-Troops loyal TO the
Ebert government have arrived in Ber-
lin from Potsdam and driven the Spar,
taeans as far as the Tiergarten and
reoceupied the printing works, accord
ing TO the Frankfort Zeitung.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-09

Continued on Page s.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-01-25
REQUIREMENTS TO BECOME
A MEMBER OF THE N. N.
G. G. L. OF A.

If you believe in the Divine Provi-
dence of the Powers of God; if you be,
lieve Justice, in the end, should tri-
umph over Wrong if you believe that
the Negro has proven himself to be
a tried, true and loyal citizen; if you
believe that he should be given the
preference over the incoming foreigner
to earn a livelihood in this country;
if you believe that the fingers of the
Negro are worthy of marking the bal
lot after they have pulled the trigger
in defense of it; if you believe that
the chastity of the Negro Woman
should be protected the same as any
other race of women: if you believe
the Negro should have the same op-
portunities to receive the proper edu.
cation; if you believe that he has the
same right to live in peace and har-
mony wherever and in whatever home
he is able to buy; if you believe that
the Negro soldier, who is good enough
to protect the Southern border of our
country, is, at the same time, good
enough to ride indiscriminately in
trains in the same section: if you be-
lieye he should be permitted unre
strictedly, if he so desires, to enter into
the different lines of legitimate bust
ness, industries and professions; if you
believe that the Negroes rights should
not be bought and sold from the po
litical auction block by few our oul
| 'hand.picked" 'self-first" and self
appointed race leaders; if you be
lieve that the sacrifice made by the
Negroes in the great World War for
Democracy should not be without prop
er results; if you believe that the Ne
gro Woman who is good enough to give
her son to fight and die for her coun
try is at the same time good enough
to be protected by it; if you believe
that the blood of these true, loyal and
brave soldiers should not be shed in
vain; if you believe that the Negro
citizens of America should enjoy the
security of life, liberty, property and
the pursuit of happiness as ordained
by the Constitution of the United
States; if you believe that discrimina.
tion and prejudice, Jim Crowism and
disfranchisement, mob violence and in
justice should be wiped out and elm
mated from this great Nation of ours
if you are willing to assist us in bring
ing these great and just things to pass
then you should and ARE most cor
daily and most sincerely invited tc
become a member of our League.
National Negro Constitutional Con
servation League of America.
National Headquarters, 1915 East 1Stl
Street, Kansas City, Mo. Bell Grand
81; Home Main 1868.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-01-25
BOOKER WASHINGTON, JR.,
~ CHASED BY MOB.

Tuskegee, Ala. -Bravely denouncing
not only the action of the mob which
lynch-murdered an Afro-American at
Sheffield, Ala, recently, but naming
some of the participants and demand
ing that they be brought to justice
young Booker I. Washington was
compelled to flee the South, about two
weeks ago. Taking his wife and chill.
dren, he made his way, with the aid
Of white friends, through several
states into Ohio. After several days
of quiet there, against the advice of
friends he made his way back here to
his own home. But no sooner had
he arrived than he was waited upon
by friendly whites, who warned him
of the conspiracy and plots to wreak
vengeance upon him for his stand
against the Sheffield murderers. Tn.
der the cover of darkness, again
young Booker made his way to a dis
tant point and entrained for st. Louis
where he now is with his wife and
two young children. This, too, should
be cabled to President Wilson, Prin
cipal Motion and the Worlds Peace
Conference.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-01-25
PRICE, sc.
KANSAS DEFENSE FUND.

Efforts being put forth by the Kan
sas Defense Society to secure the re-
lease Of teh imprisoned soldiers of the
Twenty-fourth Infantry who were al
legged to have participated in the Hous-
ton riot or to secure for them a new
trial should meet the approval of every
fair minded Negro man and woman in
this city, and there should be no hes
itancy on their part in contributing as
generously as they can to this worthy
cause. The Sun announced several
weeks ago that it would accept con-
tributions to fund to be used for this
purpose but as yet there has been few
responses. The Sun hopes the Col
cred people of this vicinity will wake
up to the importance as well as the
justice of the contention of these i'm
prisoned soldiers and help pay the fees
and court costs of those splendid Ne
gro lawyers who are carrying this case
to the court of last resort.
The following contributions have
been received:
The Kansas City Sun. 90
DR.. D. A. Elicit, Excelsior
Springs, Mo. ............ 500
Mr.. H. l. White, City. 100
Let others respond.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-01-25
The Negro From
1619-1919

Were 1t possible for the grim hand
of Fate to draw aside the curtains
which conceal the Past behind their
heavy folds we should take a peep at
a strange drama, staged at jamestown,
Va, in the year 1919. On this crude
stage constructed for the purpose, we
should behold as the principal char
acters several Dutch traders d!sem-
barking on the coast of country but
scarcely inhabited, except by wild ami
msls and savage Red men, for this
country was still in its infancy. The
C her principal characters are twenty
Strengthening specimen of humanity;
twenty creatures who could not even
boast of a language, ignorant, and
minus all the characteristics which go
to make up civilized being; twenty
black men, captured on the north coast
OF Africa, the benighted continent, and
brought unwillingly to this country to
lie sold to the colonists as slaves.
AS time passed by, the people of 'he
colonies soon began to realize that
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-01-25

toiling in the weltering sun, the rain
and foul weather, with the crack OF
the overseer's whip eternally in their
ears. 1t was they who knew no re-
spite from labor. When they became
tired and weary with their lot and
seemed to lose interest in their work,
they were forced to continue by
threats, harsh and bitter commands and
most often, by the keen sting of the
lash, punishment which was both
painful torturous and humiliating.
Through all this, the Negro grad
ually groped his way to the light, find
ing his one and only friend, God.
His religion became the sole source
of comfort of his wretched life. But
for this timely, wholesome influence,
history might have been recorded diff
ferently. He communed with his
Friend night and day. Whether he
was engaged in the cane brakes, the
cotton fields or the rice fields, or
whether he was executing the tasks
of his masters household, all the pa
thos, the longings, the inexpressible
yearnings of burdened cart were
poured out, offered up to One whom
he was sure heard and sympathised,
and would surely in His appointed time
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-01-25
FROM OVERSEAS.

Musician Othello F. Wanzer, SO6th
Inf. Band. H. D. Q. Co., writes that
he is we'll and happy and getting along
fine. He is in France near the Ger
man line but has nothing to do. He
says that he made a high rating in
music consisting of fifty band pieces,
but there is no place like dear old
home and mother. He prays for the
day to come when he may return home
to family and friends and then there
will be music in his heart and sun.
shine in his soul. He says: May
God bless my dear mother and take
care of her until my return" Mr.
Wanzer is the son of Mrs. Elizabeth
Reynolds, 1910 Woodland avenue. He
wishes to be remembered by DR.
Richardson, Watkins Bros, Revs
Thomas and Hurse and other friends
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-01-25
poRo COLLEGE CONCERT.

st. Louis, Mo-, Jan. 24.-Wednesday
evening, January 22, the auditorium OF
Poro College was the scene of bril-
liant social affair, the occasion being
a concert in honor of Mr.. and Mrs.
Aaron e. Malone, given by Simms'
Concert Band of forty musicians.
At the close of this complimentary
concert, DR. William Knight, the jewel
er, presented Mrs. Malone, the founder
of the great Poro College, a beautiful
engraved gold star Of success" in ap-
probation of her many splendid con
tributions to st. Louis and the race.
This is the first of series of social
affairs to be given in honor of Mr..
and Mrs. Malone, of whom the whole
of st. Louis is justly proud.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-01-25
WESTERN UNIVERSITY.
BY Lillian Hatcher.

Miss Brady of New York, represent.
ative of the National Y w. C. A., was
with us last week and gave an inspir'
ing and interesting lecture to our "Y. -
Lieutenant Brooks of Camp Funston,
Kansas, visited our chapel and spoke
instructively to the students.
Sergt. Harold Bentley, who has been
in training at Camp Pike for the past
six months, has returned and regis
tered as student.
One of the interesting features OF
our chapel exercises Monday morning
was talk by Prof. Clark, formerly
commandant here, recently returned
from France on the work of the "Y
in France. He displayed number OF
souvenirs taken from the battle fields
and spoke in glowing terms of the val
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-01-25
NAB NOTORIOUS ELEEcER.

Several years ago a woman ap-
pealed to the Chicago Defender for
assistance, charging that one A. c.
Mayo (white), alias Judge Mayo, of
Gary, Ind, had fleeced her of her life's
savings to the amount of more than
$500. The Defenders attorneys, Ellis
& Westbrooks, Immediately investi-
gated the matter and as a result Mayo
was indicted in the Criminal court of
Cook county. sued for the return of
the money. After complete expIana-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-01-25

the Negro slave, was an invaluable as
set as a laborer. They found that he
became adapted to climatic conditions
of the South readily, and moreover,
he could perform his duties well. And,
so there was an ever-increasing de-
lIanO for more slaves, more laborers,
as the various industries began to
thrive and prosper in the South. TO
III. ct these enormous demands for
slave labor the traders were kept busy
plying the waters of the Atlantic aud
the Mediterranean. Thus was the in
stitution of slavery put on firm basis
in this country, fastening itself upon
the luxury-loving people of the South,
becoming interviewer with every fibre
OF Southern life.
The slaves, bound to- their masters
for an indefinite length of time, now
became the sole tillers of. the soil.
They were the sole planters and pick
ers OF cotton, the tobacco raisers and
he inestimable domestics on every
outhern plantation. Each year, by
8heir labor they added millions of dol
s'iars to the wealth of the South. They
became so valuable TO their masters
that in order to compute the wealth of
any individual planter all one had to
do was to refer to the number of slaves
which the planter had in his posses
sion.
Soon. the slaves exceeded the col
onists in numbers. and formed the
very bone and sinew to the life of the
South. 1t was they who rose early in
the morning and retired late at night,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-01-25
WILL TIME TELL?

"Old clock, as you tick the hours away,
Prophetic, grim, oh, can you say,
What Time doth hold for him who
fought
On foreign fields, and bravely wrought
10 free all men from despot's thrall-
Who, manacled, yet gave his all?"
Quoth the Clock, 'iu Klux! Ku Klux!"
And again, "Ku Klux! Ku Klux!"
ooh say not so, take another look,
Consult once more thy Doomsday
book
No migrate /, no craven Clod
While plotting treason, Haunting God,
My conscience led me 20 the Cross
Shall l be classified as dross?"
Quoth the Clock, Jim Grow! Jim
Crow"
"Oh answer me truly, wizard one,
When work of peace at last is done,
Shall I in hearth and home secure
AS other citizens endure,
But common law to all applied,
Or by those laws be eer denied?"
Quoth the Clock, Get out! Get OUT"
And again. Get OUT! Get out!"
Insulting and faithless friend thou
art,
I've loved thee long, but here we part ;
I'll toll and save, and learn and rise,
I'll fix my mark high in the Skies
1t cannot be for naught I've bled,
My hope is strong, for Gods not dead!'
Quoth the Clock, "'Tis well! 'Tis
Well"
-Tilford Davis, Jr.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-01-25
RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING
CORPS AT TUSkEGEE,

Tuskee, Ala, jain. 11.-Warren Lo-
gan, Acting Principal of the Tuskegee
Institute announced today that ac-
cording to present plans the Reserve
Officers Training Corps will begin
here February first.
The r. o. T. c. represents splen-
did opportunity for young men of the
colored race, as all male students over
fourteen years Of age are eligible for
enlistment, the Government furnish.
ing a full uniform for each student
and also appointing a regular army of
ficer to conduct the drills. Students
maintaining highest records in mill
tary science and practice may be rec
commended for further traiing looking
towards a commission in, the Officers
Reserve.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-01-25

bring deliverance. Though at times
it must have seemed that such a de.
hverance would have to be little short
of miracle, he hoped and believed
that it would eventually come when
God saw that he had suffered enough.
And, so out of the passionate long
ings, out of these bitter expressions
comingled with an unshakeable faith,
was born what modern musicians are
pleased to style as the only original
American music" This is indeed, a
fitting tribute paid to the Negro, for
there was never another race or sect
of people ON this continent whose
hearts had bled, whose lives had been
living sacrifices to others, receiving
nothing in return but cruel treatment,
bitter words, being driven and herded
together like SO many animals.
Every one is familiar with the facts
of how families were torn sunder and
sold into distant colonies, and every
one knows how those concerned dared
not show any outward sign of emo
tion. To do so, was to call down upon
ones self the imprecations of a heart
less master, or the punishment of the
brutal overseer. Every one who reads,
knows of the fact that morals of any
sort were almost unknown quantities
to Negro life in the South. Honor and
chastity had no place. In fact, the
whites of the South treated the slaves
as though they were so many cattle,
failing to establish among them the
things which go to make people nobler
Continued on Page ~
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-01-25
CITIZENS BID WlsEMAN FARE
WEI

Avery Chapel was packed and jam
med Monday at a reception given in
honor of Rev. and Mrs. T. H. Wise
man, who are bidding farewell to their
many friends in Oklahoma City.
Rev. Wiseman has been transferred
by request to the North Carolina Con
ference under Bishop Chappelle.
Seated upon the platform, on this
occasion, were Bishop j. NJ. Connor;
DR.. C. r. Tucker, Tulsa; Editor Ros-
coe Dunjee; Rev. j. E. Toombs; Rev.
E. w. Perry; Charles Steward, Chi
cago; Rev. S. L. Green, of the Augusta
District Arkansas Conference; DR.. V.
NJ. Townsend, private secretary to
Bishop Connor and Rev. and Mrs. T.
H. Wiseman.-Oklahoma City Dis
patch.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-01-25

ton and return of money prosecution
for the crime was suspended. This
time, according to complaint filed in
the Municipal court of Chicago, Mayo
is charged with obtaining by the con-
fidence game $2,240 from Edward Ken
nedy and his wife, 452S st. Lawrence
Avenue. Mayo was arrested Saturday
night, and eXtradition papers have
been forwarded to bring him back to
Chicago to answer this offense.-Chi-
cago Defender
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-01-25
NOTICE.

1t is hoped that when the
workers for the National Negro
. Constitutional Cons ervat ion
League of America call upon
you, you will give them the same
consideration that was given the
; workers for the Red Cross and
other such organizations, as this
; is the first time the Negro has
. had an opportunity to support a
) great and much needed move
ment, organized, fostered and
managed by him exclusively
and one that he is to receive all
the benefits therefrom.
-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-01-25

Prof. e. o. Boone. Jr., our splendid
representative Of Columbia, Mo-, sent
in the following subscribers during the
past week; George Campbell, J. 7.
Williams, Harvey Pazar, Mrs. Martha
Kirl1lin, Smith Bros, Preston Carter.
NJ. D. Lee, Mrs. S. C. Dolby, Prof. ]. E.
Jones, l. H. Jackson, H. D. Griffin, Rev.
M. S, Bryant, Richard Thompldns.
Mrs. j. C. Banks, Eugene Robnett,
Prof. ]. B. Coleman, Prof. J. 2. Mosely,
Mrs. Maude Williams, Stonell VII.
liams, and more to follow.
Prof Boone will send articles from
prominent citizens of Columbia from
time to time which will appear in this
paper.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-01-25
BISHOPS SPEED SAVES HIS LIFE

Bishop Niles of Cincinnati, o., head
of the Ancient African Methodist Epis-
copal Church, escaped the razor of an
irate preacher whom he had removed
from charge in Cincinnati, by ex-
traordinary speed. Brother Davis was
the name of the preacher who became
offended when the Bishop ordered his
removal from the church. Davis forth
with flashed razor and the Bishop
"broke-out," thus saving his life.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-01-25

or Of the Ninety-second, trained at
Funston, and of that displayed by the
old Eighth Regiment and the Fifteenth
of New York.
The program last Friday evening
was well attended and pronounced by
many as the best in the history of the
institution.
DR.. Peck recently returned from To
peka, He reports the legislature as
being favorably disposed towards his
recommendations.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-01-25

Sergt. Burrell H. Neely Of the SOC
Pioneer Infantry, writes that he well
comes the day when he may return
and just walk down 18th street. Sergt.
Burrell says; THE girls over here
treat us all right but there is no place
like old Kansas City"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-01-25

Negroes should demonstrate their
demand for Colored attractions to the
theatrical managers of this city by
crowding the Auditorium to its doors
all next week.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-01-25
coLoRED SERVANTS WITH PRES
IDENT WILSON,.

Lieut.. Colonel Arthur Brooks, GUS
todian of property at the White
House, and Miss Susie Booth, maid to
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, are in France
with the Presidential party.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-01-25

Word was received that Frank Peck
Jackson, well known about town, died
in France.