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The Colorado statesman., 1919-04-26
LET DEMOCRACY, LIKE
CHARITY, BEGIN AT HOME

Poles and the rest for democracy, but
they are not interested in the young
Virginians or North Carolinians or
Oklahomans who carried a gun to win
the war for the cause, even to the
extent of wanting them to have n
square deal ut the ballot box in their
own country. They camouflage their
system of wholesale denial of the rights
of Americans under the cry of 'nigger,"
though in the solid south states as a
whole they have disfranchised twice
as many white men as black. That
this situation attracts no comment
from any of the elements engaged in
whooping it up for the Wilsonian
brand of world democracy proves just
how much people may be self deceived
or how far they may travel in politi-
cal ypocrisy.-National Republican,
April 10.
The Colorado statesman., 1919-04-26
NEGRO is BURBANK OF POULTRY
GAME.

Uniontown, Pa, April 15.-John
Henry Dickson, local colored man, is
game. For three years Dickson has
been experimenting with feed for his
flock in an effort to produce multiple
yoke eggs. Last summer his hens be-
gan to lay double-yolk eggs regularly,
but the other day the ambition of his
life was realized. He got a triple
yoked egg which weighed ~ ounces,
and was pure white in color. The Ne
gro claimed that by 1920 he will have
four-yolked eggs regularly.
The Colorado statesman., 1919-04-26
coLORED PEOPLE WATCHING
JAPAN.

Chicago, April II. - The colored
people of the country are manifesting
the greatest concern in the momentous
fight Japan is making before the peace
conference on race discrimination" >"
The recent public utterances of ia
pans leaders have received IA hearty
"amen" from colored people in every
section of the country, for the fact is
very evident that real color prejudice
is at the bottom of the attitude of all
the great powers refusing to give the
japanese square deal. Japan is in a
position TO talk plainly and frankly,
The Colorado statesman., 1919-04-26
NEGRO SOLDIERS WIN
LASTING FAME DESPITE THE
WHISPERING GALLERY"
By Robert R. Notion Principal of Tuskegee Institute.

Walton, of the New York Age. | also
asked to go with me DR.. Thomas Jesse
Jones, of the United States Bureau of
Education and Phelps-StokeS Founda-
tion, and Mr.. Nathan Hunt, of Tuske-
gee Institute.
realized that the mission was a
delicate one, and that questions which
| might ask, and things which | would
say, might probably be misunderstood
or misinterpreted. My purpose. how
ever, was to get at the facts and to
allay untruthful rumors. In order to
ascertain the facts | made extended
inquiries of those with whom | came
in contact, from the highest officials
down. | asked many questions with
reference to the conduct and character
of the colored soldiers as compared
with the white soldiers.
When. reached the general head
quarters of the American forces, |
found that two days before my arriv-
al young white soldier had been
SeuleHceu 10 ne lldllSeu loi tlle uh
mentionable crime but because of his
good record in every other way the
sentence was finally commuted to life
Imprisonment. The opinion at gen
eral headquarters was that the crime
to which have referred was no more
prevalent among Negro soldiers than
among white soldiers, or any soldiers.
From Chaumont we went immedi-
ately to Marbache, the headquarters
of the 92d Division. l asked the com
manding general of the 92d Division
about the prevalence of the crime in
question. He said it was very preva
lent and that there had been II great
many cases, over which he was very
much disturbed. This statement was
substantiated by conversation with
two of his white staff officers, who
We're present. | courteously asked If
he would mind having one of his aides
get me the record. l said that /
thought general statements We're often
very damaging and that, inasmuch as
the reputation of IA race was at stake,
was very anxious to get the facts
in order to make an accurate report,
and, if possible, to stop the rumors
which We're becoming more and more
prevalent in America and which We're
already prevalent in France, especial
ly in American circles, including army
officers, Young Mems Christian Asso-
ciation, knights of Columbus, Red
Cross and other organizations.
When the records We're brought in
and examined, only seven cases
charged could be found. OF those
three had been finally approved as
guilty and convicted, and one of the
two convictions had been turned
charged, only two bad been found
down" by general headquarters. After
wards l saw the judge advocate of the
92d Division, who told me that there
had been eleven cases charged. Two
of them were men who did not belong
to the 92d Division, but to other or
Out of the eleven, only
tnTee Ildu Deeh lihuii! dppioNVu 40
guilty by general headquarters. and
one sentence out of three had been re-
duced from life Imprisonment to TAX
ing half the mans pay for twelve
In other fighting units, as well as
at Bordeaux, st. Nazaire and Brest,
The Colorado statesman., 1919-04-26
suNDY JUROR is INSANE.

St Louis, April 15.-Daniel Davis, a
farmer living in Prairie du Long, ILL.,,
one of the jurors who convicted and
sentenced DIR. Leroy n. Bundy to life
imprisonment mt Waterloo, March 2S,
was declared insane on April and or
dered committed to the asylum mt An
ma, ILL.,
Attorneys for the defense in their
motion for new trial, filed Wednes-
day, among other grounds set up the
insanity of Juror Davis as reason for a
new trial: basing their contention up
on the fact that he was insane at the
time he was n member of the jury that
convicted DR.. Bundy.
Their contention seems to be borne
out by the facts developed by the com
mission at the time Davis was exam
ined, in that it was found he was suf-
fering with an insanity of II progress
sive character, and that diseases of
this kind developed slowly and eN-
tend over long periou of time and
are not the result of excitement or
shock
The motion for new trial is being
argued in Waterloo today (Friday).
After the same is passed on, the attor-
neys for DIR. Bundy will ask that bail
be fixed, but in the meantime DR.. Bun
dy remains in Jail.
The Colorado statesman., 1919-04-26
Lieut.. John E. Leonard of Cheyenne
Cited for Bravery in Capturing First
German Taken by His Division.

Lieut. John L. Leonard, Il colored
officer who was cited for capturing
the first German prisoner taken by
the Ninety-second division, was the
principal speaker at an interesting
meeting of the COlOred Peoples Civic
association which was held last night
at the annex of the \. NJ. +. church.
He related "reminiscences of the war,
refraining with becoming modesty
from referring to his own conspicu-
ously gallant service in the final cam
paign that crushed Prussianism.
H. c. jefferson presided at the
meeting. Samuel James illuminating
ly discussed the Thirteenth, Four
teenth and Fifteenth amendments to
the constitution of the United States.
Mrs. James Smith sang.
Lieutenant Leonard enlisted March
6, 1899, and served in troops d, II and
G of the Ninth cavalry in the Philip
pines. His service in the islands con-
tinued until 1917, when he returned TO
the states and enrolled at an officers
training camp at Des Moines, Iowa.
He was commissioned first lieuten-
ant in the 36Sth infantry in october,
1917, and went overseas in June, 1918.
He participated in the battle of st.
Die Vosges, the Meuse-Argonne often
sive and the fighting in the Marbache
sector. He was participating in the
offensive operations of the second
army when the armistice was signed
November IL.
Lieutenant Leonard arrived from
overseas Feb. 10 and was discharged
from the army at Camp Meade March
%. With his wife and two children
he resides at 1014 West Nineteenth
street.
The Colorado statesman., 1919-04-26
NO. H..

and paraphrasing statement of Pres
ident Wilson, has declared: I'VE are
not too proud to fight" Japan is de-
manding "A showdown and it is believed
that the folly of worldwide color
prejudice will get a genuine airing be-
fore the subject is finally settled.
From every section of the country re-
ports are coming in to the effect that
the 100000 colored people of Amer
lea are watching the developments
with the keenest interest.
The Colorado statesman., 1919-04-26

T HOSE who claim that we cannot
save the world for democracy by
leagueing ourselves with Japan
perhaps do not understand that the
franchise in the Japanese empire has
been established on about the same
basis of liberality as that prevailing
i'm the states of the United States
where the southern Democratic poll
ticians, now nationally dominant, have
full local sway. For instance, in the
IL old slave states, taken as whole,
under Democratic laws and practices,
gible to vote. In Virginia, the natal
state of Mr.. Wilson, under consti-
tuition which President Wilson's sec
retary of the treasury helped to
frame, the state of Washington, JEFF
ferson, the Declaration of Independ-
ence and the Bill of Rights, there are
100000 persons eligible to vote out
of Il total population of two and II
third millions SiXty-five persons out
of every thousand are therefore ELI
gible to vote in the state whose green
windows as President Wilson COM
poses his soulful periods about saving
the world for democracy. But at the
last general election in Virginia only
10000 persons actually voted, which
puts Virginia somewhat behind Japan
in the proportion of voters to popula-
tion. OF the soldiers sent by Virginia
to save the world for democracy, five
siXths are ineligible to vote under the
laws and practices of President Will
sons associates in Democratic leader
ship i'm his home state.
The franchise in Japan is exercised
by ~ persons in every 1000. one
male of voting age out of every nine
is eligible as an elector. But the Jap
anese democracy is otherwise modelled
on the Dixie pattern. In Virginia,
under the sway of President Wilson's
associates in Democratic leadership,
and IL constitution foiSted on the peo-
vote on it by constitutional conven-
ton in which Secretary Carter Glass
was one of the ruling spirits, counties
which have Republican pluralities are
given vastly smaller propOrtiOnate
representation in the legislature than
counties having Democratic plurali-
ties. The National Republican re-
Gently printed figures showing that the
Virginia junkers of the national ad
ministration's particular brand, not
content with disfranchiSing four-fifths
of the male citizens of the state
100, 900 more white men than black
system whereby Il Democratic vote
counts for twice as much as Repub- /
lican vote. even when the Republican !
vote is permitted to be cast. This |
follows closely the Japanese model OF |
Osaka sends one member |
of the lower house for every 233,333
while Yamanahshi sends |
one for every 123,S0O and Kochi one
lOT every tOOoV. II Is DelleNeu lhat
the Virginia Democratic politicians |
took their cue from Japan in making |
their legislative appOrtiOnment, as
well as in their system of restricting |
the class eligible to the suffrage.
Isn't it bit strange that having put |
the portion of the country they govern |
on the level with Japan and several |
grades below Germany in the matter
Of excluding the people from partici- |
patton in government, the southern !
Democratic politicians are engaged in
saving the world for democracy? They |
ire out to rescue the Czecho- Slavs
and the Jugo-Slavs, the NIeXicans, the
The Colorado statesman., 1919-04-26

where many of the Service of Supply
troops We're located, and at many
other places, made the same investi-
cations. l interviewed American and
French commanding officers. | talked.
as we'll with scores of American and
French officials of lower rank. When
the records We're taken, as was the
case with the 92d Division, the num-
ber of cases charged were very few.
| likewise spent much time with mem-
Americans engaged in various
branches of war activities. in an eff
fort to disprOve and set at rest this
awful slander upon the Negro race.
1 spared no pains or effort to do this,
and it would appear from subsequent
Investigations on this side of the wa
ter and from reports which have come
to me from overseas, that the momen-
tum of these damaging rumors had
preceptibly lessened.
Negro Officers and Their Critics
There was apparently no doubt in
anybody's mind in France, as far as
was able to find out, among the
French or Americans, as to the quail
ties of the American Negro as n sol
dier, when led by white officers. There
was also little question about the
fighting record of the four regiments.
the 369th, 370th. 371st and 3T2d. which
had been brigaded with French divi-
sions-but when 1t came to the 92d
Division, there was a subtle and per-
sistent' rumor in Paris and in other
places in France, as far as my travels,
observations and Investigations went
-substantiating the rumor which was
also prevalent in Americn-only
in France it was much more generally
accepted as true namely, that the
Negro officers ''had been practically IL
failure and that it was~a mistake to
have ever attempted to have II division
with Negroes as officers.
Continued in next issue)
The Colorado statesman., 1919-04-26
NEGROES CAUSE BIG STRIKE
IN SHIPYARDS OF TOLEDO

Toledo, Ohio, April 23.-Twenty-five
hundred men employed in the Toledo
Shipbuilding company yards struck
today. charging that the company had
increased the number of its Negro
workers from II to 40. The company,
which still has 10 vessels TO build
for the government, is practically
closed down. officials stated. 1t is
planned to refer the dispute to the
federal shipping board.
The Colorado statesman., 1919-04-26

URING the late summer and
"a early fall of 1918. there were
great many rumors in ana
out of official circles in this
country, to the effect that,
morally, the Negro soldier in
France had failed, and that the state
ment sometimes made that "the Negro
is controlled by brutal instincts was
justified.
The report was current in France
that the committing of the "unmen-
tionable crime" was very common. and
according to the rumors, Negro Of
ficers, as well as privates, in all
branches and grades of the service,
were guilty of this crime.
How the Rumor Spread
A letter that | saw written by II
lady overseas to another lady in the
United States. stated that the writer
had been told by the colonel of Il GER
tain unit, whose guest she was, that
he would not feel it safe for her to
walk, even with him, through this
camp of Negro soldiers.
Another letter from IL high official
in II very important position with the
overseas Negro troops, written unof-
ficially, to n very prominent official
on this side. stated that in the 92d
Division alone, there had recently
mentionable crime.
Another rumor, equally. as malig-
nant and damaging, was to the effect
that the fighting units which were
commanded by Negro officers had
been failure. In other words the
whispering gallery" which was most
active in France on most phases of
life overseas, said the 92d Division,
in which Negroes in America took
special pride. and with good reason,
had failed utterly; that, wherever they
had been engaged, the Negro officers
had gone to pieces; that in some cases
the men had to pull themselves to-
gether after their officers had "shown
the white feather" etc.
At the request of the President and
Secretary of War, l went to France
with authority to go anywhere and
get any information from any source,
so far as the American Expeditionary
Force was concerned
Meets Mr.. Dubois
1t so happened that | went on the
steamer assigned to the newspaper
correspondents steamer which was
one of the convoy ships for the Presi-
dents party-on which DIR. w. +. b.
Dubois, editor of the "Crisis, was
passenger. Mr.. Lester A. Walton, of
the New York Age; Mr.. Nathan Hunt,
Bois and myself, in the same very
comfortable stateroom. We had many
frank but pleasant talks, both on the
ship and in Paris, where we had op-
posite rooms in the same hotel. The
subject that we discussed most often
was, of course, some phase of the
Negro question, always with view, so
far as our judgment went, to help
the situation.
| purposely planned to have with me
on the trips out from Paris, as well as
at many interviews in Paris, two col
ored and two white men-One white
newspaper man, Clyde r. Miller of the
Cleveland Plaindealer, and Lester A.
The Colorado statesman., 1919-04-26
CHEYENNE, WYOMING, NEWS.

Easter Sunday Mt the A. NJ. Il.
church proved to be Il gala day. a
splendid sermon was delivered at the
morning service by the pastor; in the
afternoon a program delivered by the
Sunday school scholars was well re-
ceived. At night the song service by
the choir and the papers, recitations
and solos were charmingly rendered.
Rev. c. o. Smith, pastor of the Sec
ond Baptist church, who was called
home TO Hutchinson, Kan, March L
on account of the illness of his wife,
has returned. Rev. Smith occupied
his pulpit both morning and evening,
preaching to good-sized audience.
Mr.. A. F. Burris, employed in one
of. the large tailoring concerns in this
city, was in Denver two days last week
on business for the company.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. J. JamisOn of 1902
West Nineteenth, are the proud par
ents of baby girl, born to them on
April II.
Rev. j. T. Muse and wife held serv-
ices ut their charge in Eaton, Colo,
on Easter They report grand time,
Il large and appreciatiye audience at
tending.
The Colorado statesman., 1919-04-26

The following is clipping from the
State Leader on the meeting held
April 10 by the Civic League:
GALLANT NEGRO OFFICER
TELLS OF HOT FIGHTING
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-10-11

has wandered homelessly from place
to place, living in dirty freight cars
and railroad stations, without under
wear or change of clothing through
out that period, naturally develops
spotted typhus," he states. 1.-THE dis
ease ragged everywhere, but chiefly
among the Jewish population. Thou
sands of children have been thus be-
reft of their parents.
"In Kovno, a city that today has
10000 Jewish inhabitants, and is, from
a sanitary point of view, better pro-
tected than other cities, more than
20 per cen of the entire population
had spotted typhus, according to the
statistics supplied by the chief physi-
clan of the Jewish Hospital. In the
hospital reopened by the Jews upon
their return to Kovno, there were 500
cases alone. The institution, however,
has accommodation for less than half
this number, and most of the sick
lay on straw pallets spread on the
floor.
Used Paper Undertaking.
"Since the hospital was short a
sufficient supply of underwear, it was
necessary to use paper undercloth-
ing or half-torn sheets, quilts and
%tablecloths gathered from anywhere.
The principal requirements of the
hospital, therefore, are underwear
for the sick (Which cannot be pro-
cured for money in Lithuania), drugs,
bandages, cotton and other medicines.
This hospital was formerly supported
by public funds, but the general eco
nomic ruin has made it necessary to
supply aid from the Jewish Relief
funds.
I'm the province the epidemic was
much worse. In SlobOdki, near Kovno,
almost half of the 1000 Jewish in
habitants have had the disease. There
is not a single house which typhus has
not visited, and where it has not
claimed it's victims. In the short time
| was there I heard weeping in the
streets, and groups Of people gather
ed before the houses, talking in whis-
pers to each other. l asked the rea-
son for this in one house and was in
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-10-11
PUBLIC NOTICE.

NOTICE of REGISTRY and ELECTION.
Pursuant to law. notice is hereby given
that the Board of Registry and Elections in
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP,
in the County of Atlantic, State of New
Jersey, Will meet on
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2e, 1919,
at the hour of three o'clock in the afternoon
and remain in session until 8 O'Clock in the
evening, for the purpose of revising and cor
recting the original registers or adding there
to the names of all persons entitled to the
right of suffrage and of erasing therefrom
the name of any person who after a fair
opportunity to be heard shall be shown not
to be entitled to vote in that election district,
at the next election.
And notice is hereby further given. that
at the following designated places:
First District-Town Hall, Smithyille.
Second MISUNDERSTANDING Hall, Germania.
General Election will be held on Tuesday,
November 4th, 1919, for the purpose of cleo
ting candidates to fill the following offices:
GOVERNOR
STATE SENATOR
w ASSEMBLYMEN
w JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
ONE MEMBER OF TOWNSHIP COMMIT
TEE
FOUR CONSTABLES
And that the election officers will sit as a
board of election at the places above men
toned on the above day, commencing at 6
O'Clock in the morning, closing at 7 O'Clock
in the evening.
HARRY H. HOLZER,
! Township Clerk.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-10-11
PUBLIC NOTICE.
T of REGISTRY and ELECTION

y tO- VI Nh1St0 \ atd -E-O tOlNs
Pursuant to law, notice is hereby given
and for every election district in
PORT REPUBLIC CITY,
in the County of Atlantic, State of New
TUESDAY, OCTOBER %, 1919,
art the hour of three O'Clock in the afternoon
and remain in session until 9 o'clock in the
evening, for the purpose of revising and cor
recting the original registers or adding there
to the names of all persons entitled to the
right of suffrage and of erasing therefrom
the name of any person who after a fair
opportunity to be heard shall be shown not
to be entitled to vote in that election district.
at the next election.
And notice is hereby further given, that
the board of registry and election will meet
at the following designated places:
First Ward-I. o. M. Hall, Main Street.
Second Ward-Adams' Store on Clark's
Landing Road.
General Election will be held on Tuesday.
November 4th, 1919, for the purpose of cleo
ting candidates to fill the following offices
GOVERNOR
STATE SENATOR
w ASSEMBLYMEN
MAYOR
COUNCILMAN AT LARGE
CITY TREASURER, UNEXPIRED TERN
LIST Ward
l JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
1 COUNCILMAN, 3 years
1 COUNCILMAN, 1 year
End Ward
1 JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
1 COUNCILMAN
And that the election officers will sit as a
board of election at the places above men
toned on the above day, commencing at {
o'clock in the morning, closing at Z O'CLOCK
c. A. JOHNSON,
City Clerk.