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The Washington herald., 1919-07-28

Seemingly he is now sore over papa's.
humiiating gesture. Feeling himself
innocent, he believes his eXtradition
could be demanded only by hate and
lust for revenge. and not by feel
ing of right. Instead of appealing
for sympathy. he merely says: you
will get only my dead body"
That is Illogical The straight way
OF thinking must lead to a realiza-
ton that the innocent has nothing to
fear. and therefore he may quietly
await a summons before any court
The Washington herald., 1919-07-28
Italy to Recall Ambassador.

Rome, July 27.-The usually we'll
informed Popolo Romano says it
learns the Italian Ambassador to
the United States. Count. di Cellere,
will soon be called home by the
Italian government
The Washington herald., 1919-07-28
JUSTICE DENIED
IN ARMY HEARING
ANSELL CHARGES
Former Advocate General
Declares Committee
Packed Against Him.
WANTS CASE REOPENED
Writes Head of Bar Associa-
ton Only Official Side
Was Given Credence.

Charges amounting to the de-
claration that the special commit.
tee which Investigated the auegee
iniquities OF army courts-nartis.
was virtually packed against his
demands for reform are made in
letter to President George T. Pare
Of the American Bar Association
given out yesterday by S. 7. Anseu
formerly acting judge advocate
general
The former army oricer who wal
removed by the Secretary Of wsI
following his criticisms Of the exist.
ing system, now demands that Pres
ident Page, who appointed thu
special committee, direct the exec.
utiVe committee Of the American
Bar Association to overhaul the
special committees proceedings anc
take up charges made. II is evident
that II the Bar Association does not
do this there will be further invest.
cations in Congress.
Charges Prejudice
Mr.. Ansel charges that certain
members Of the special COMMITTEES
went Ito the investigation with
minds foreslosed against revelations
rejecting on he court-martial sys.
tenn. He declA- : that the com.
mittee has clearly L.. Infested a dis.
position to hear but one side OF
the case. saying:
The hearing has not bee. thor.
ough and IL has not been fair II
has not been helpful Indeed IL Ia.
been very harmful"
Mr. Ansell declares that the min
utes show that the committee con-
ferred frely with the authorities
who have proclaimed the perfectiou
Of the system. but that they did
not, 30 far as is kpovnsosnfer with
any who disagreed with those sli-
OoSuSTED on PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-28

Chicago, July E.-Looking into the
pleading. pictured eyes of little Janet
Wilkinson. years old. Thomas Fttz-
gerald. held by the police In connec-
ton with the little girls mysterious
disappearance, denied again tonight
responsibility for her death.
Haggard and nerve-racked by re-
peated gruelllngs. Fitzgerald, watch
man at the Virginia Hotel, where the
little girl was wont to play. and resi-
dent in the same apartment with her
parents, still maintains his innocence
Finding of bones secreted in the
cellar of the little girls home led
the police today to believe the mys-
terry might be in part solved. but
Fitzgerald still maintained his in
noCence when confronted with the
CHASTITY find. Medical experts to-
night are endeavoring to deter
CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE
The Washington herald., 1919-07-28
Man Accused in Mysterious
Chicago Disappearance
De6es Pictured Orbs.
HE PLEADS INNOCENCE
Whole City Aroused b,
Strange Case of Young
Janet Wilkinson.
BULLETIN.

Chicago, Ill, July a7.-The
body of Janet Wilkinson, the
six-year-old child, was found
today buried in the basement
of an apartment where she
lived.
Thomas Fitzgerald, who was
suspected of numbering the
child has confessed to the
Staying.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-28
Monkey Lcks Mirror;
Funeral Well Attended

Oklahoma City, Okla, July z-H
ram. City ZOO monk. didn't ~
chow and licked the bscS
ror. His funeral was stte
entire monk population
The Washington herald., 1919-07-28

DEALERS SUPPLIED UPON REQUEST
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CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE
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Charges Prejudice.

ooNuNUTD or PAGE rwo
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CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO
The Washington herald., 1919-07-28
CONDENSED NOVEL SERIES

You are missing the greatest ne~spspe
feature OF years IL you not readinr th
masterpieces Of the worlds literature In Tn
Washington Herald :
The Washington herald., 1919-07-28

CONTINUED uN PAGE NINE.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-05-03
Continued From Last Issue0
A SINGLE FAILURE MAGNlFlED.

90 TOOK IL great deal of pains ana
u care, as did also the gentlemen
H with me, to run down every ru-
NOR. We spent much time in and
out of Paris ferretting out every
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-05-03
JOHNSON AGAIN LEAPS INTO
PROMINENCE

Mexico City. April 1T.-Jack John
son. who arrived recently from Cuba,
has leaped into prominence us IL ma
tional hero. He is constant com
panion of the most prominent military
dignitaries and political leaders. He
is training at the home of General Al
fredo Brecceda, one of the most beau
tiful mansions in the city.
johnson was brought here by syn
dicate of MeXicans under contract for
ii year to give exhibition bouts. 1t is
planned to stage matches in the bull
ring, which has capacity of 4OOOO'
and effort is being made to bring some
of the heavyweight near-champions
from the United States to box him.
Despite the reports of his Incidence,
johnson appears to be in excellent
physical condition. He weighs 10
pounds. After fast workout, his wind
seemed short, but he is not entirely
acclimated to an altitude of nearly
5000 feet.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-05-03
CHEYENNE NEWS

The Civic League met Thursday
evening, April "A, ar the NJ. f. church
annex. After discussing several very
interesting subjects, Mrs. Ollie Redd
addressed the League in the behalf of
the Fifty Liberty Loan. Mrs. Redd
urged upon those present to subscribe
to the Fifth Liberty Loan as they had
done in the past bonds. She also stat
ed that the local ColOred people of
Chan subscribed $500 to the Fourth
and urged them to subscribe greater
amount this time.
The Civic League will join in with
the Searchlight club to tender Lieut..
John Leonard of the 92d Division a
reception Wednesday evening of this
week.
Mrs. Charles Rhone is visiting in
Laramie this week.
Mr.. Chas. Horn, who left here about
two weeks ago for Oklahoma on busi-
ness pertaining to property, has re-
turned.
AlTS. L uTh, VI I'tINtls Npi'', ii''F
moved to Chan, where she will live
with h0r son and his wife, Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Stanley
Mrs. George Ballinger, of Chicago,
is visiting with her mother, Mrs. III.
Asbury, of 10th and Capital.
The nine bricklayers that came here
from Chicago TO build the two million
dollar machine shop for the Union Pa
cific, are doing complimentary work
and making great progress.
QUITE A SURPRISE TO TIE
PEOPLE Couple been married seven
months. The announcement is out,
which reads as follows: Mr.. and Mrs.
]. c. Gaskin announce the marriage of
their daughter, Ruby Elizabeth, to Al
bert Frederick Burris, on Sunday, Oc-
tober 6, 1918, Cheyenne, Wyo. Recep-
tion May 9, 1919 s 30 p. m.
This was quite surprising to the peo
pie of Chan and some did not want
to believe it after reading the an
nouncement. Miss Gaskin is of n splen
did family of this city. Mr.. Burris
also is of fine family of Missouri.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-05-03
THE OPPRESSED RACE AT HOME

The petition of the International
Uplife League an organization whose
members are Negroes. addressed to
President Wilson. says:
The United States government can
not command abroad the full respect
it deserves. if it continues to stand
aloof silently, under pretense OF state
rights. and allows its citizens to be
saturated with kerosene oil and burnt
to death. butchered, tortured ana
| lynched by brutal mobs without re-
proving and calling the state to ac-
count for violating the Fifteenth con-
Stitutional amendment which SAYS:
No person shall be deprived OF lie,
liberty or property without due pro-
cess of law.
While this petition was on its way
to the president. company of black
soldiers was returning to the Union
/ League. club of New York the colorS
which the men of the 365th Infantry
ten days less than year before
pledged themselves to bear bravery
and ultimately to restore" to the club
The deeds of this regiment in fulfill
ment of its pledge are now part OF
the nations war history. Recapitulat-'
ing these deeds, Judge Charles h
Hughes, in accepting the returned col
ors for the club, said:
"TheSe cOlors come To us as me
mortal of the loyalty, bravery, sacri-
flee and splendid patriotism of the
men of the ColOred race. They have
come forward in this battle side by
side with their white brethren. ana
that devotion to our country can new
er be forgotten. This is not only II
memorial. rs | have said, but it is II
pledge-a pledge which we make to
| you as our Colorcd brethren, and we
shall not forget the service which you
have performed"
! While Judge Hughes was paying
this tribute to the Negro soldiers.
| Florida mob was burning member
of the race mt the stake. 1t is only the
! enduring optimism and hope of the
Negro race that permits it to keep
warm its faith in the fulfilment of
such pledges rs thar to which the re-
turned men of the 365th listened.-
New York Tribune.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-05-03
RACE PREJUDICE SEEN IN THE
BRITISH ISLES

London. England, April 2j.-Since
the close of the war, England finds
herself confronted with condition
fostered by prejudice kindred to that
which exists in America. When the
German army was marching with
steady steps with the cry of "On to
London" the powers that be sent out
the Macedonian call, asking, Save us
lest we perish" The response came
from all quarters of the continent
(save IrelanO. Among those who re-
sponded literally We're the ebony sons
of West Africa and other darker peo-
pies, who stayed the mighty onrush of
the "cruel Hun leaving England to-
day in possession of all her CONNER
cial and financial faculties.
Cruelty to Natives
But war is over now, and the peo-
pie because of difference of race, who
gave their lives and their blood for
the preservation of the kingdom of
George the Seventh, are now burden
to England. Much cannot be said to
the glory of the British government at
best as to her treatment of the Atri-
can Colonial possessions: many un-
speakable cruelties have been inflicted
upon the natives and many atrocities
committed through England's admins
tration of affairs that will never be
portrayed in history.
Threatened with Revolution
The cause can be very readily seen
why Europe is now threatened with
seething revolution. The strong can
not continue forever to oppress the
weak. and the day is not far distant
when the people will awaken to the
enormity of the injustices committed
on them by the alleged superior races,
and will demand an accounting at the
hands of those who have assumed to
be their protectors. This present strug-
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-05-03
"coLoREop ROBBERS SHOW UP
WHITE

Chicago. April 21.-Chicago has
been visited this spring by an un-
usual wave of crime. In several in
stances. where robberies have been
committed, it has Tbeen reported
through the daily press that the vic
tins declared that the ''rObbers We're
Negroes"
Three "colored' men stepped into
Adam Streit's grocery when he was
alone at noon. one of them put Il
revolver in front of Streit's face.
STREET. came across the counter and
seized the revolver by the muzzle.
There was n scuffle and the ''colored'
men took out. running at high speed
through the street. with the grocer
after them. Two of them were fl
nally caught and taken TO the police
station. where it was Immediately dis
covered that the "colored" men were
i'm reality white men covered with
lampblack The men We're very much
chagrined over the discovery of their
color"
Captain Thomas Coughlin, of the
Stock Yards station, said that he be-
lieves they are the "Colored' robbers
who have been carrying on much OF
the robbery on the South Side. ana
which has been laid ut the door OF
the other residents of that section.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-05-03
NEGRO SOLDIERS WIN
LASTING FAME DESPITE THE
WHISPERING GALLERY
By Robert R. Motion, Principal of Tuskegee Institute

were able, would stop the slanderous
rumors concerning our Negro soldiers,
and were glad to get the facts. |
spoke to white officers in II number of
places-at one place, to two hundred
of them, and candidly stated the facts
in the case. | raised the question, if
they did not think it was good and
Il fair thing to stop this rumor of the
whispering gallery" which was de-
flaming ii race, which might cut down
the efficiency of the Negro troops,
and was, of course, putting America
in bad light before the world.
Many of the difficulties and troubles
among the officers and men of the
units could have been avoided, if we
had had at general headquarters in
France IA colored man to have rem
dered the same wise, dignified and eff
Scott. secretary of Tuskegee Institute.
had so splendidly rendered in the War
Department at Washington, to both
races, and to the nation. President
John Hope of Morehouse College. At
lanta. Georgia. who under many and
trying conditions had done fine over
seas work in connection with the y. NJ.
c. A., felt this need very much. Cen
eral Pershing would have gladly had
such a man if it had occurred to any
of us to suggest it,
Commanding Officers Open to Sugges-
tons.
In almost every instance l found
the commanding Officers open to sug-
gestions regarding relieving the need
less embarrassment of the colOred sol
diers. | found in the service of sup
plies. that cOlored stevedores We're
/ working twelve and sixteen hours II
| day, and sometimes more, which made
| it impossible for the Y. NJ. c. a. to do
any effective work along educational
lines with the thousands of colored
soldiers in the service of supplies. L
took this matter up with the command
ing general. and within three days, or
derS had been given to reduce the time
of work to eight hours. At several
places the quarters of the colored men
seemed unfortunately located. In
many of these places, changes were
soon made.
| | took up with care, also the matter
of excluding colored women from
France, going to the source of the
| trouble. or at least where 1T started.
Here again. / found that there seemed
| TO be no justification for wholesale
exclusion of the women of our race
| from overseas service. This | took up
with proper authorities, military ana
otherwise, and before l left, arrange
/ ments had been made to send for more
of our colored women, and men also,
and some have already gone over. The
hest Y. NJ. c. A hut l saw, from ev-
ery point of view was the one where
Mrs. w. A. Hunton, Mrs. j. l.. Curtis
and Miss Katherine Johnson were To-
Gated There was here very fine
spirit of cooperation between the
white and colored workers. Mr.. Wal
lace, the manager of the district,
whom | later met in Paris, was loud
in his praise of Secretary Nichols, Sec
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-05-03
coLoREO PEOPLE OWN MUCH
PROPERTY IN PHOENIX

Phoenix. Ariz.. April 23.-There are
!. 100 Colored people in Phoenix, who
own property valued mt 100000; they
are represented in all the professions
except law, and in all the trades. Nine
ty per cent of the CoIored people own
their own homes. There are four
churches and the Tribune is the local
race newspaper.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-05-03

@. TOOK IL great deal of pains ana
u care, as did also the gentlemen
IS with me, to run down every ru-
~ NOR. We spent much time in and
- out of Paris ferretting out every
statement that came from the
whispering gallery" We finally
found that, so far rs the 92nd Division
was concerned. only II very small por-
ton of Il single battalion, of single
regiment had failed.
Later. in talking with the highest
American military official in France
regarding his story of the failure OF
r.egro officers, he said that the posi-
Iilities were that any officer white
or black. under the same adverse CIR
tumstanceS that these men raced,
would have failed, as the very few
did. About dozen officers OF the
battalion were sent before board for
ryial for having shown cowardlce.
They were not however. all found
ruilty: and to offset this, some of the
other colored officers of this regiment
FOR conspicuous bravery in the same
engagement We're promoted and decor
nted with the distinguished service
cross.
1t would appear that this small part
: of battalion whose failure was SO
widely reported, had never before
been under fire. and had been taken
from n quiet sector and brought Tor
Iaf
would not be put into the fighting for
several weeks: but it so happened that
the Germans We're much stronger than
the French behind whom this unit was
placed. When the French troops were
badly cut to pieces. the Negro unit III
question had to 90 into the fighting
within twenty-four hours after reach
ing the front. which was much earlier
than expected. In connection with this
alleged failure. there are also some
other very important considerations
that will later probably be brought ou'
officially.
1t was gratifying. to find that the
commanding general, who knew al
phases OF the atialr, ulu noi lhhe tii'
failure anything like as seriously as
the rumor about it seemed to warrant
The facts in the case in no sense Jus
titled the common report.
In talking with the commanding gen
eral Mt LIE Mans. | referred to the fac
that something like fifteen Negro OF
ficers had been sent back rs "ineffi
cient." He said to me: IF it is an!
comfort to you. l will tell you this
1--WE sent back through Blois to Amer
lea in six months an average OF oh'
thousand white officers Il month, wh'
failed in one way or another in thi'
awful struggle. hope, DIR. Motion,
he added. that you won't loose you
faith in my race because of that, an'
certainly | am not going to lose m.
faith in YOUR race because of the rec
ord of a few colored officers wh'
failed"
We talked with Colonel House, Ra!
Stannard Baker, Capt. Walter Lipp
man. and leading Y. NJ. c. A. workers
and many, many others. Everybod.
assured me that they, so far as the,
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-05-03
MoENS SENTENCED TO ONE
YEAR IN PRISON

Washington. April 25.-The case of
Prof. Hermon NJ. Blerot Moens who,
with Miss Ethel Pauline Brown, ana
other society ladies of the capital city
received some very undesirable motor
iety II few weeks ago, was sentenced
to the workhouse for one year and II
$500 fine. The Parents League met
at the Metropolitan church and its
president, Mrs. c. NJ. Tanner, wife OF
the pastor succeeded in winning her
fight by forcing Miss Charlotte Hunt
er, teacher in the high school. to re-
sign. 1t will be recalled that she was
one of those who We're alleged to have
been connected with the Moens scan
iol
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-05-03
RACE NEWS Sstisss Sstis's' s.a'sss r,sn

gle, though stepped in blood, has car
ried the world forward hundred
wears. but the end is not in sight and
it is as true now as it was nineteen
hundred years ago, without the she'd
ding of blood there can be no redemp-
ton of sin"
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-05-03
Asks School Head Changed

1t appears at this meeting Assistant
Superintendent Bruce received Sc
we're denunciatiOn ut the hands OF
Judge Huewlett. 1t is charged that
Dr. Bruce was quite friendly with this
particular body of teachers. The Al
umnae Association of the Dunbar
High school, through Attorney Wilson,
asked that the board of education
change the head of the school giving
as their reason that they desired their
teachers to be of the highest type,
both morally and intellectually. DR..
Waldon, pastor of Shiloh Baptist
church. speaking for the Ministers
Alliance said that if the board of edu-
cation did not change the personnel
of the school, the matter would be
taken before congress.
George C.. Smith, lifelong friend
and adviser of the Bruce family, said
the resignation of Charlotte Hunter
does not satisfy the Parents League.
They demand that the school have a
thorough investigation and the high
places be protected from vice and i'm
morality.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-05-03

retary Whiting, Chaplain Oveltrea and
other colored workers.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-16
OPERA BOUFFE MYSTERY
AT EX-KAISER'S HOME"

Amerongen. Holland, July Is
Since the talk of his extradition the
ex-kaiser's nights have been given
up much>to comic opera mystery
wkizzing motor cars are drawing
up before Count Bentinck's castle,
departing with muffled engines, and
the villagers unaccustomed to the
disturbing presence of the unwel-
come visitor, are not sleeping as
we'll.
Over "schnapps" at the local sa-
looms, mysterious whispers are
passed. Sunday. for instance, mo-
tor bearing the imperial arms on
its doors. suddenly drew up in font
OF the Ameongen hotel, the ex-
kaiser's secretary jumped out bear
ing a mysterious black handbag"
and a few minutes later Alderman
officer in full uniform came running
from the direction of the castle to
the hotel and a conference was held
between him and the secretary.
The latter said afterward that the
other man was "only Prussian Of
ficer on a domestic mission" But
for all this atmosphere of The "choc-
olate soldier" the ex-kaiser is still
here and the village wiseacres are
betting he will remain indefinitely.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-16
Court Issues Writ
to Force Acceptance
Of Wet Referendum

Lincoln, July 1s.-An alternative
writ of mandamus directing Secre-
tary of State D. NJ. Amsberry either
to accept and file a petition for a
referendum on the action of the Ne
bra ska, legislature in ratifying the
ffderaf prohibition amendment or
show cause by August 4 for not do
ing so, was issued by the district
court here late Tuesday.
The courts order was made on re-
quest of John H. Hopkins, an
Omaha attorney, following the re-
fusal yesterday of Secretary Ans
berry to permit the referendum pc
tition to be filed.
Secretary Amsberry DECLINED to
accept the petition on the ground
that submission of the ratification
bf the prohibitory amendment would
be in contravention of the federal
constitution.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-16
Must Be Effective Reserva-
tions, Also Guarantee of
American Sovereignty in
Each Separate Phase.
NECESSARY TO RETAIN
IMMIGRATION CONTROL
Full Right to Withdraw From
League at Any Time Without
Hindrance or Condition An
other of StipuIaticns.

New York, July 15.-(Special
Telegram) - Chairman Will H.
Hays, of the Republican national
committee, said this evening:
The Situation respecting the
league covenant is simply this
there must Be effective reserva-
tons. These reservations must safe
guard the sovereignty of the United
States in every particular; must
guarantee the Monroe Doctrine
beyond the shadow of doubt; must
either eliminate article 10 entirely
or so modify it nat our own con-
gress shall be morally as we'll as
legally free after a specified period
to decide when and where and to
what extent our soldiers shall\ be
employed; must retain our full con-
troll of immigration, tariff and all
other purely domestic policies and
must provide full right to withdraw
from the league at any time with
out hindrance or conditions of any
kind upon giving suitable notice.
1T is up to the administration to
decide whether it will or will not
accept these essential guarantees of
American independence which would
unquestionably be promptly ac
cepted by the other nations"