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The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-02-15
GUTHRIE.

Guthrie, Okla, Feb. 13.-The Re-
ception given by Mr.. and Mrs. James
A. Hawk of 424 N. Broad ST., the
evening of Feb. in honor of their
son, Sgt. and Mrs. G. Milton, his
bride was one event in the social his
tory of this city.
Many useful and valuable articles
were presented. So varied were the
gifts it seemed as if each purchaser
had consulted the other before a
selection was made.
Out of town guests spending the
weekend with Sgt. C. Milton Hawk
and bride, also present at the recep-
tion was Nine. Anita Patti Brown of
Chicago, ILL.,, and Mrs. Harvey, moth
er of Attorney S. w. Cary and wife.
who live in Memphis, Tenn. The
evening was hilariously and jubilent-
ly spent and a dainty luncheon of
two-courses was served to the per-
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-02-15

children crawling where civilized ma
tions fear to walk; born in day
without church, without the chimes
of its heavenly music to call them
to prayer and devotion.
But the panoramic views change
in the brief period of fifty years.
What change in the views, as we
see grand procession eliminating in
the scenes on the canvass. in the ad-
vancement of the rising generation.
1t seems like miracle, it reads
like romance with some of the de-
tails containing a grain of real life,
and the other wholly imaginable, and
fictious, born in a day, but grows
to youth and vigor in a half cen
tury, coming into the possession OF
twenty million acres of land; born
in day without teachers, without
preachers, without doctors; born in
a day without that experience so
necessary for free people, but
what has the infant race wrought?
Continued on page g..
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-02-15
HEAVY CASUALTIES FOR
THE 92nd DIVISION

The total casualties of the Ninety
second, colored, Division has been
estimated at 1,47S. Among the kill
ed weres6 6 ofiiOers. One officer and
81 enlisted men died from wounds
received in acton; 40 enlisted men
died from diseases; 2S enlisted men
are listed as missing; 16 officers
and 543 enlisted men were wounded
80 officers and 661 enlisted men were
gassed. The Divisions number OF
gassed is usually large. A reason
is, perhaps that the colored soldiers
in the front-line trenches of this
division were unusually daring in
making raids into the enemy's terri
tory.-The Crisis.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-02-15
AMARILLO.

Amarillo, Texas, Feb. 13.-The Mt.
Zion Baptist church is carrying on
a revival which will last TO days.
The banquet given in honor of Rev.
j. A. Stout, was largely attended.
Half of the crowd was composed with
the best class of white people. He
being one of the most learned race
man that had even been before the
public In this county. Mother Ealy
has returned from Camp Travis af-
ter spending two weeks and accom-
panied her son. Sam Ealy home, who
was in that camp. Mr.. John Ollison
has returned from the eastern part
of the state, where he has been visit
ing relatives. Mr.. Walter Scott is
very sick with throat trouble. Miss
Ruth Elliott had an operation on her
ear.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-02-15
NEGRO HOTEL MEN ORGANIZE
IN FIT. WOLtTH,

Tuesday night, the Colored hotel
men met in the Clifton hall, corner
East Ninth and Calhoun streets, and
organized under the title of the
Colored Progressive Association. OBJ
iects and aims, 1st, to formulate ways
and means of increasing the efficien-
cy of the walters. End, to improve
the condition under which the Color
ed walters work, viz: by ascertain
ing and keeping a record of the po-
sitions open to walters; by keeping
record of the most availed wait
ers to fill such positions; by ac-
quitting the hotel managers with the
number and efficiency Of these wait
ers thus enrolled; by securing the
consent 0f the hotel managers to
give opportunity to these enrolled
walters, basing their possibilities for
such opportunities upon merit; to
provide for sick and the INDECENT
walters Of the association. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: H. Il.
jackson, president, L. Beltran, vice
president, o. D. Williams, secretary,
c. Hobson, treasurer; Board of Gov
ernment, Eugene Johnson, F. j.
Clark, Edible Hicks, Moses Comans.
w. w. Edwards, eAlonzo Began, Fred
McCaskill, e. D. Berry. Addresses
were delivered by Prof. G. N. T.
Gray and Rev. R. S. Jenkins.
The walters were loud in their
praise for DIR. A. E. Holt, the Pres
byterian minister, who condemned lyn-
ching in his sermon last Sunday.
By motion, commendatory resolutions
were adopted in honor of DR.. Holt.
The entire association went on rec
ord AGAINST all crime, standing firm
for law and order with uprightness
of citizenship. The association has
applied for a state charter.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-02-15
.M|D-V|NTER GRADUATING EXERCISES
Of DALLAS C0LORED
HIGH SCHOOL
EIGHTEEN COMPLETE THE COURSE DR. {. ARLINGTON
WILSON, DELIVERS THE ANNUAL ADDRESS. THE MUSIC
A FEATURE.

On Monday night, the third instant.
as we sat in the auditorium of the
municipal building, witnessing the
very creditable mid-winter gradual
ing exercise, the history of our peo-
pie for three centuries passed in a
vivid panoramic view. AS we looked
upon the intelligent countenances of
the young men and young women,
composing the class, whose physi-
cal features, the contour, the lines
of the visage that tell the story of
the future, were so evident that one
could run and read the inevertible
success written in the volume of
usefulness
In the grand panoramic vision, we
saw the race that was born in day,
a half century ago; born in poverty,
coming forth from legal serVitude
to master whose edict is remorse-
less, the master of bitter necessity /;
born in a day, without a foot of
land, and Christ-like, with mo where
to lay His head; born in day
without schools, without education,
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-02-15
THE 1919 NEGRO PRESS CONVENTION PASSES INTO HISTORY

most remote sections. They have
seen something of the world. They.
like their white companions in arms,
are returning with wider vision of
life.
"On the other hand, they are not
returning with a spirit of hostility,
but they are coming to their homes
wit hthe desire to become, as civil
ians, better and more useful men
and to help promote the welfare of
their respective communities.
ReactiOnary Whites
There are TWO schools of thought
among the white people. One group
says in substances: Let us forth
with put fear into the hearts of the
colored men. Then they will take
and keep the place that belongs to
them" Unfortunately there are al
together too many white people in
this reactionary group.
The Changed South.
"On the other hand, there is a
smaller group of white people, es-
pecially in the South, that sees clear
ly and understands fully the pres
ent difficult situation. These good
men and women know that the South
has changed considerably since 1914.
They know, too, that, quite naturally,
the Negro OF today in the South is
not just like the Negro before 101G.
The Great War has modified many,
many groups of people and created
new and difficult problems.
"At the Birmingham meeting of the
Southern Sociological Congress, held
last Spring, Bishop Bratton of Mis-
sissippi, the newly elected president
of the Congress, said to large
white and colored audience that the
black men who had risked their
lives for democracy could not be de-
MED the democracy for which they
had fought so bravely.
.... Constructive Negro Program.
THE thoughtful coldred people un-
which it is fraught. They are very
ity of the situation-the dangers with
derstand the difficulties and the grav-
anxious that three things should be
done:
First, that racial friction should
be prevented.
Second, that the spirit of CO.
operation, the working together foI
common ends, which the war-work
activities brought about between
whites and Negroes be maintained
and further increased.
Third, that, in much larger de
gree than ever before, the South be
made safe for Negroes and that COM
mon justice be meted to them.
To-day a two-fold problem faces
the people of influence in both races
in the South: first, the handling o.
the problems of rehabilitation il
such a way as to prevent racia
friction or conflict; second, the main
tenance Of those harmonious relations
that have already been established.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-02-15
This Means Goodbye
In All Languages

Chillicothe, o., Feb. 13.-Two Col
ored soldiers from the south, just
back from France, in camp here
were discussing the state of culture
each thought he had reached. I'm
better educated than you are" said
one.
What makes you think so?" re-
piled the other. 1--WE done been
raised on the same plantation and
/ knows jes as much as you"
"Well, l bet knows word you
don't know. It's au revoir and it
means goodby in France" said the
first Negro.
"Humph!" said the other, deris-
lively, 81 knows a much better word
den dat. It's influenza, an il means
goodby in all Languages"
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-02-15
He Stakes CrOix de GuGTrG
Against $3.50; Loses 4,

New York, Feb'y. 13.-A disconso-
late Indian was among the passen-
gers on the George Washington,
which docked here last week, and
the cause of his woe was Chicago
Colored soldier, whose name could
not be learned. The Indian was
Corp. Walter Snow of West Virginia,
known as "Chief Little Dog"
He won the croix de guerre in
France, but on the ship he met the
Chicago boy, and after he had lost
all his money at a crap game that
ensued, he staked his croix de guerre
against $3.50 and the Chicago sol
dier got that too.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-02-15

one tribe of 400 only one man and
woman remained alive after year.
In 1749, 10000 natives died of
measles on the banks of the Amazon,
and the same sickness caused fright
full ravages in the Hudson Bay Ter
ritory of Canada, while thousands of
Eskimos living far away in the icy
North were wiped out by influenza,
practically every case proving fatal,
Fortunately, the same can not be
said of the epidemic of 1918.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-02-15
DEATH SENTENCE FOR NEGRO
OFFICERS COMMITTED.

Washington, d. c., Feb. 13.-Four
commissioned officers were tried in
France for violation of article rs of
the war code. The men are Captain
Daniel Smith, First Lieuts. Horace
Robert Crawford, Robert w. Cheers
and Second Lieut.. Robert E. John
son, The sentence of the court was
death by musketry. The verdict, how
ever, was not unanimous, one-third
iof the number disagreeing. 1t was
finally decided to recommend com
mutation of the sentence to ten anG
five years Imprisonment to certain
of the officers. The men are attach
ed the Srd Battalion, Company 1
ES68th Infantry.
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feet delight of the many who were
present.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-10-01

the one side and the forces control led
by the official Socialists on tho other.
In these reports the NationalSts ad-
hcrcnts are represented as having do
cidcd to push to the utmost limits the
aspirations Of Italy while their OBJ
poncnts are declared to be determined
to oppose by all means, even by rcvo-
luton another foreign war.
Notwithstanding the strict secrecy
thrown about the meeting OF the
crown council today in connection
with the Fiumc crisis, the newspapers
this evening publish reports Of what
occurred.
The sitting, the accounts state was
opened by King Victor Emmanuel who
explained the reasons for the calling
of the extraordinary meeting. 1t was
desired he said to obtain the views of
the most eminent men in parliament
on the grave situation The discus
sion, he said, would be only OF a con-
Sul'allNc character, as no decision was
TO be taken by the council, this being
reserved for the cabinet which alone
was responsible to the parliament and
10 the country.
Premier Ntti made detailed and
comprehensive report on the situation.
setting forth the grave consequences
which might cnSuc for Italy, both at
,,l ;N
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-10-01
GRAVE SITUATION
C0NFRONTS ITALY
w More Serious Crisis Has Arisen.
King Nav tbdiratr,

Rome. Sept. 2G.-"lt would be diff
hcult to find a gravcr period than this
III the whole history OF modern
Italy" said Foreign Minister Tittoni
today in alluding to the situation here.
IS a matter Of fact, alarmist re-
ports OF all sorts are in circulation.
one report has il that King Victor
Emmanuel may abdcato. and another
that civil war is imminent between the
Nationalists and militarist factions on
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-10-01
JAPAN EMPHASIZES
FRIENDLY FEELING
fiscOunt Kanckc Declares In Address
America and Japan will Never Fight.
Would Cultivate Economic Rclu-

Would Cultivate Economic Rclu-
tons.
Toxic, Sept. 27-Addrcsscs in which
1t was declared that war between ia
pan and tho United States is a con
tingcncy not to be considered and
statements that the future of tho two
countries lies in tho cultivating OF
economic relations and friendly inter
course were heartily applaudcd TO-
day at q luncheon given by the Am
crcan Japan society.
Niscouut Konrko - mnmhrr of tn,
privy council and formerly sncri,,
REPRESENTATIVE of J,n,n 10 III, Initial
States. provided luncheon which w,s
given in honor of former l,nitc,
States Senator Thco1orc i, Eurton nr
Ohio. Lieut.. Col. Carl T. Baldwin. inc
American military attachc, who is
leaving japan shortly for Washinnton,
and y. p. Blake. an American business
leader in lapan for thirty ycors. who
is going to London. was attended by
4 large number Of Japanese ana
Americans
Without directly mentioning Shan
lung. the speeches were based on The
feeling in the United States artsiu%
from the Sh0ntUng question.
some Americans fear that war
may como With Japan" said Niscount
kancko i'll opening tho spccCh-mali-
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-10-01
AFTER SICKNESS
THEY GAVE
HER vINOL.
And ShA Soon Goe Back
He. strength

New Castle, InI -"The measles
left me run down, a. appetite, could
not rest at night, and I took severe
cold which settled on my lungs, so
was unable to keep about my house
work. My doctor advised me to take
Vinol, and six bottles restored my
health so I do all my housework, in
Guiding washing. Vinol is the best
medicine ever used."-Alice Record,
t37 So. nth ST., New Castle, Ind.
We guarantee this wonderful cod
liver and iron tonic, Vinol, for all
weak. rundown, nervous conditions.
For sale by laudrcns Drug Co. and
Druggists everywhere.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-10-01
Experience.

simple Simon went n-fiShing in his
mothers pail" "Not so simple, Mt
I tt" declared an amateur sportsman,
rye spent time and money getting to
o place where the likelihood Of catch.
ing fish was no greater
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-08
MANY FALL
IN REVOLT
IN GERMAN
c A P| Tall
General Strike Proclaimed by
Radicals; Majority Social
lists and Democrats Sup
port Government.

Paris, Jan. 7.-(Havas. .)-During
the fighting between the Spartacans
and the government supporters in
Berlin Monday, according to dis
patches received here, the Sparta
cans entered the chancellor's palace
from which they opened fire on the
building of the Vorwaerts. Eich-
horn. the Spartacan police chief, is
reported to be fortified in the castle.
Serious fighting occurred in Will
helmstrasse and large number of
Spartacans are reported to have
been killed.
The independent socialists have
joined the Spartacans and proclaim
ed a general strike in Berlin. The
majority socialists and democrats
are supporting the government.
Government Takes Firm Stand.
Berlin, Jan. 1.-The government
has decided that it will end the plot
tings of the Spartacus socialists with
the means at present at its disposal
and in proclamation issued today
instructs its troops to defend the
government, and prohibits gather
ings of groups in the streets.
The street battles continue. Dur
ing the fighting revolvers and hand
grenades have been used. The num-
Der of persons killed or wounded is
not known.
The Spartacus group has captured
the Spandau arsenal and distribute d
arms among its followers. 1t is
said the government would consent
to parley with the Spartacus fac
ton provided civilians were dis
armed, occupied buildings were
evacuated and Chief of Police Eich-
horn should give in. The Spartacus
group has captured the postoffice.
The Offices of the Wolff bureau, the
semi official news agency, have been
transferred to Frankfort.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-08
OMAHA SOLDIERS REACH S.
Auto Industry Performed
Great Feats in War Work

memory the "horseless carriage" ex-
hibited by Montgomery-Ward & Co.
at the Trans Mississippi exposition,
using that as a comparison of what
the automobile had done in a few
short years in the commercial de-
velopment- of the country, saying
that the telephone, rural delivery
and automobile have been the three
greatest things in removing the
odium of farm life, and encouraging
the drifting of people from the city
to agricultural pursuits.
Chas. Nash, president of the Nash
Motor company of Kenosha, Wis,
one of the country's largest manu-
facturerS, spoke for the automobile
men. In the opening he said: "If
there are any pessimists in the
United States who think the auto
mobile busines is dead, they ought
to be here tonight and they would
change their minds"
Second in Country.
He said he wondered if the deal
ers present really appreciated the
vastness of the automobile industry
and the part they are playing in
that industry; that it is the second
greatest industry in the country to-
day. He told his audience of the
part the automobile had played in
the war, saying that the sale of
trucks during the past year has
amounted to 81, 100000, much of
which was on war orders.
Il would like to ask you" he said,
chow you think the forces of Eu
rope or the United States would
have been able to combat the Ger
man forces over there if it had not
been for the trucks" General
Goethals, before the signing of the
armistice, said give the trucks pre-
ference in shipping of almost every
thing, except food, that is to go
across the water"
Mr.. Nash also said the automobile
industry deserved the greatest of
credit for the furnishing of the liber-
ty motors, which were being turned
out at the close of the war at the
rate of 200 per day. and soon would
have been used by every allied
country in the war. not only in
areoplanes and trucks but in fight
ing tanks
Link TO Consumer.
He told the automobile statesmen
that they we're the most essential
part of the automobile industry, the
link between the manufacturer and
consumer. ~
In referring to the financial part
CONTINUED on Page Two, Column FOur.)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-08
Statement by Dalbey That
"Politics Was Adjourned'
usesAnusenent in House
Many Veterans of Real Ability Among Republican
Members; Democrats Claim Dean of the Legis-
lature in Soren M. Fries, now Serving
Seventh Term

representative by the republicans
of his district he was afflicted with
erysipelas, complications of which
ruined his faculty of hearing COM
pletely and left him stone deaf.
The people of my district" said
he. knew what they were doing
when they voted for me. They
knew that l could not hear anything,
but they also knew that they could
trust to my powers of observation.
This legislature is going to hear
from me before the close of the
session, for will have some impor-
tant matters to bring to its atten-
ton"
Road Legislation Favorite Topic.
Good roads legislation is already
a favorite topic with the members of
the legislature and the majority of
them see the necessity for action on
the matter. One OF the features
which seems to bring up the most
argument among them is a proposed
law to place a vehicle tax on all
automobiles ownedsin the state.
This tax may be fixed at $40 per car
irresp cctive of the make and the
money derived turned into the road
fund.
There does not seem to be much
opposition on the part of the legis-
lators as to the imposition of the
tax, but the members representing
rural constituencies seem deter
mined to have the tax made avail
able for the use of the road districts
within the precincts or townships
wherein the machines are owned.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-08
La Toilette Stands
Up for Bolsheviki in
the Land Of Russia

Washington. Jan. Total deaths
among the American expeditionary
forces in northern Russia to Jam
uary 4 we're given as six officers and
126 men in a cablegram received at
the War department today from Cpl.
James A. Ruggles, American mill
tary attache with Ambassador Fran
els at Archangel. (!
Colonel Ruggles said the equip
ment of the troops was complete,
the health of the troops excellent
and the morale very good. Food
conditions were described as very
good, the greatest defect being lack
of fresh vegetables.
Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin,
republican, speaking today in the
senate, criticised the sending Of
American troops to Russia, and de-
MED that the soviet government of
Russia is pro-German. He said a
mass of information with docu-
ments attesting the reliability of the
bolshevik had been brought out of
Russia last spring and repeated ef-
forts to present them to the Amerl-
can government have been without
success.
An extended debate followed, in
which Senator Kenyon of Iowa took
part.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-08

and stronger than yours, and then
where will you be-"
This is an adoption of German
methods the moment when the
world has pronounced a judgment
of condemnation on all things Ger
man. 1t is the recrudescence of
"shirtsleeve' diplomacy.
The spectacle of the president
preaching a peace of brotherhood
to England, while his secretary of
the navy is breathing the fire of
slaughter in America, was received
here with curiously mixed feeling.
No wonder Clemenceau has
deemed it necessary to declare in
the chamber of deputies that he does
not agree with Wilson on all points.
Watch Bluff Effect.
1t is interesting to observe the
effect of this Wilson-Daniels bluff
on the British public.
The nation accepts it as Wilson's
answer to Clemenceau." But chro-
nology is against that Interpretation.
for Secretary Daniels program was
prepared and submitted before Dan
iels spoke.
The English press received it gen.
orally without excitement. It de-
clared that if it indicated an inten-
ton on the part of America to as
sumo her share of the burden of
policing the world, her new fleets
would be more than welcome.
Private comment among leading
men here is less temperate. Mr..
Daniels announcement has gone
very far to spoil good results of
Mr. Wilson's visit, and has injected
an element of distrust where COM
plete concord might have pre-
vailed. The Nation" says:
americas hope is for universal
disarmament and a league of ma
tions. If she fails, she will arm
with the rest of the world"
What of Disarmament.
Some friends of the administra-
tion now here have been saying
that Mr.. Daniels threat is Mr.. VIII
sons method of compelling Eng
land to accept his program of uni
versal disarmament. If so, he
could not have chosen a worse
method. Great Britain is perfectly
willing that the United States
should build as great navy as it
pleases but she does not herself
propose to abandon or curtal that
instrumentality which has ever been
her glory, and on which, she is con-
vinced, depends her very existence.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-08
Fighting Troops Protest
Transfer to Service Corps

London, Jan. 1.-The unrest re-
Gently manifested in the British
army service units is explained to-
day as largely due to the fact that
the army service corps contains long
service infantrymen transferred on
account of wounds and state Of
health, who claim their demobiliza-
ton and argue that they are penal
lied by transfer from the fighting
units, as the army service corps will
be the last to be demobilized
The unrest has spread to a num-
Der of centers, but it is not consid-
cred as warrSnting all alarmist view
of the SITUATION.
1t is considered certain that the
protests will have beneficial result.