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The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-07-12
SOUTHERNER OP-
POSES HOWARD
APPROP RIAT|DNS
RAISES POINT OF ORDER; UNI
vERSIIY LOSES sum AG-
GREGATIAG S0O,36O.
(By The Associated Negro Pressl

(By The Associated Negro Press).
Washington, ID. c., July 10.-On e
point of order raised by representa-
tives Ragsdale of South Carolina, the
appropriations for the support of
Howard University, tbis city, car
ried in the sundry bill, were strick-
en- from the bill in the house today.
Mr.. Ragsdale contended that there
is no legislation authorizing the ap-
preparation.
Chairman Good admitted that there
is no legislation authorizing the ap-
preparation, but urged Mr.. Ragsdale
10 let the item stand as approprja-
tions had been carried in the till
for many years. He added that
there is much charity in the bill.
THAT does not make it right"
said Mr.. Ragsdale. II make the
point of order that it is not carried
legally" The point was sustained
against the items, aggregating the
total Of $SO,S60 and they were strick-
en- out s
Chairman Good said that the ap-
preparation for Howard University
has frequently been stricken out in
the house and restored in the senate,
the conferees finally retaining it.
The same course will be followed in
this instance, he indicated.
Howard University is one of the
largest and best known schools in
the United States and has hundreds
of students.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-07-12

rights of racial minoritiesp is very
embarrassing to southern members
who want to support the administra.
tion's program, but are worried over
these side issues
What the agitators are driving at
may possibly be gathered from a pro-
gram adopted at a recent meeting at
Cleveland of the Association for the
Advancement Of Colored People," a
mixed organization of which A Jane
Adams and other highbrow uplifters
are prominent members.
This program of Immediate de-
mands" which they hope to achieve
thru federal action provides for:
What They Want.
Votes on same terms as whites in
all the states, enforcement Of 18th
amendment
Fair trial in the courts"
Equality of opportunity for en-
ployment."
Right to sit on all juries.
Equal and unsegregated accommo-
dations in all public cars, restaurants,
hotels. parks, libraries, etc.
Federal control and punishment OF
lynching.
That these agitators are actually
indulging in the pine dream of using
the League of Nations to attempt to
force interference into domestic con-
ditions in the United States is shown
by articles in the Crisis" and other
publications of that character voicing
this very idea.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-07-12
Rotary Club Backs Plans
For Welfare Club
(By The Associated Negro pregsl. !.

(By The Associated Negro Press).
New York, N. Y, July 1O.-Backed
by the Rotary club, $50 Negroes of
Harlem will be called together next
week to make plans for the opening
Of Colored boys Welfare club
house in Harlem. 1t is planned to
obtain subscriptions of $4,000 from
Harlem Negroes. The treasurer, John
ID. Saunders, said yesterday that more
than half is already in the bank.
A committee of the Rotary Club,
authorized to do so by the club,
pledged $5 for every 81 raised by
Negroes Of Manhattan, up to $4,000
The Rotary idea Is to bring existence
in Harlem welfare association for
10000 boys for whom now nothing
is being done. The motto adopted
is "Give me chance"
Rotarians who are behind the pro
ject include Messrs. G. ]. Atkinson,
chairman; Henry D. Ahrend Albert
u. Parker, Arthur Woodard, Pirie
Macdonald, Henry G. Hawk, William
Morris, and Bngene D. Boyer and
DR.. Otto H. Schultz. On the Harlem
committee are the Revs. VIM. H.
Brooks, William p. Haynes, j. w.
Brown and A. G. Powell and DR.. e.
P. Roberts is the chairman.
The plan includes a community
house with gymnasium. bath and
club rooms and educational program,
cooperating with the Y. M. G. A.
Urban League and Boy Sciuts.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-07-12
ARE SEEKING AID.

Hlghbrow Apitators Frame Equality
Program.
By L. Harper Leech
Staff Correspondent The Dallas
Dispatch.
Washington. July Congress is
being flooded with propaganda of va
rious movements fathered by Negro
agitators. Southern members are
growing uneasy at the volume of this
agitation. They are cluttered with
literature from various organizations
demanding "self determin alton" for
the Negroes-whateve that may
mean
1t is evident that backfire from
the ill-advised Creel propaganda is
sweeping among the Negroes and that
well organized agitation, strongly
financed, exists.
Boomerang" Develops.
The phrases about self determine
tion of peoples" making the world
safe for democracy" ETC., which
United States propaganda agencies
spread over Europe, have had some
unexpected effect In Egypt particu-
larly, they have been a powerful stim-
ulant to revived Pan Islamic rebel
Ion against white domination in the
land of the Nile. It is not surprising
that they have been seized upon by
agitators over here.
Many southern congressman private
ly admit that the prospect for trouble
is heightened by the adoption of the
suffrage amendment and the develop
ments at Paris.
The Negro propaganda is being
stirred up thru many of the Negro
church organizations.
To Seek Wilson's Aid.
1t is understood that on his return
President Wilson will be petitioned to
interfere in behalf of the Negroes in
support of the theory of "self deter
which thev say he cham
pioned at Paris. The organizations
tions to the conference of the African
races at Paris are cooperating in this
plan. over there these delegates
headed by William Trotter met Ne
gro delegates from Hayti and several
French African colonies. They sought
TO work up sentiment against the peo-
pie of the southern states among the
British and French, and asked them
10 bring up Southern atrocities" be-
fore the peace conference.
They also sought the aid Of the
Japanese and the Zionist organiza-
lions working for the Jews Of south
ern Europe.
Southerners Embarrassed.
The use of the doctrines ennnciated
at Paris bv the president and his sun
norters and the emphasis Iaid upon
he League of Nations by the NEGRO
as a means Of securing
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-07-12
WHITE JUDGE STOPS EREC-
TON OF RACE HOSPITAL.

(By The Associated Negro Press).
Baltimore, Md, July 10.-Judge AL
len McLane signed an order in the
Circuit Court of ToWson restraining
Governor Harrington and other mem
bers of the Board of Managers Of the
Maryland tuberculosis Sanatorium
from Erecting Sanatorium on a
proposed site near Towson for the
treatment of Colored tubercular pa
tients.
The bill on which the Injunction
was granted was filed by Andrew
Snyder and wife on behalf of them
selves and other resident of the vic
nifty. The complaintants state in the
bill that they are the owners OF the
valuable property adjacent to the 60
acres for the purchase of which the
board has secured an option at the
price of $3.50 per acre.
The bill states that the board has
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-07-12
Burning At Stake h the
United States.

A record of the public burn
ing by mobs Of five men, during
tho first five months Of 1919,
in the states of Arkansas, Flo
rida, Georgia, Misslppi and
Texas; an account of five Of
the most atrocious crimes COM
mitted this year, In open con-
tempt Of the law and courts,
as a result Of the release Of
primitive bestiality in the rule
mob passion.
Lest You Forget.
In none of these states has
any participant in the public
burning Of a United States
citizen been punished.
Read the Record.
Read the first installment OF
an account Of these horrible
murders on page 4 of this is-
sue.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-07-12
VAN ALLEN CIV
EN- MEDA|LLE
MILITARIE.
ROUTS MACHINE GUN
NEST SINGLE HANDED.

Boston, July Clarence r. Van
Allen, corporal of Company l., 372
Infantry Regiment, who put Ger
man machine gun out of action single
handed, killing four of its crew and
capturing three others. one of the
brayest exploits of the war, was de-
corated today with the Medaille Mill
tarie, the highest honor France con-
fers on an enlisted man. Off1cers OF
the Northeastern Department, who
turned out in body to honor the
man, who was formerly a waiter here,
said they believed he was the first
American soldier to receive the deco
ration. His valor is a distinction for
the entire race.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-07-12
Stop Publication For
Radical Statements

The postal authorities have notified
the publishers of "THE MESSEN-
GER" the Radical Negro magazine,
that the July number containing ar
ticles entitled "THE HUN IN AMER
TCA" and (''MAKF AMERICAN
SAFE FOR THE NEGRO").
German propaganda among Ne
gro soldiers" has been temporarily
suppressed awaiting adyices form
Washington.
1.-THE MESSENGER" has been fire.
uuently mentioned at the hearings Of
the Lusk Committee and it is gem
erally conceded that, barring none.
1.-THE MESSENGER" IS the most
Radical magazine In America today.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-07-12
WHITE MAN SLAPS
.C0LORED WOMAN
ON DALLAS CAR.
CHANCE REMARK BY WOMAN
INVITES BRUTAL ATTACK
BY WHITE PASSENGER,
Dallas, Texas, July z.

l
Even the "Jim Grow" law is not
enforced in Dallas, Texas, when it.
happens to work to the disadvantage
of white passengers on the city street
railways AS result of the une quail
operation of this peculiar law OF the
Southland. a colored woman was bru-
tally attacked by a white passenger
on the Harwood-Oak Lawn car at S
p. m. Sunday.
The trouble started when a Negro
woman protested against white pas
senger taking seat in the Negro
section OF the car thereby causing
the colored passengers to stand.
A white man overhearing the re-
mark. told her to shut up.
She refused, whereupon the white
man slapped her in the face, knock
ing her down Another colored wo-
man, who attempted to assist aer
friend, was in turn knocked down.
The trouble occurred while the car
was passing through the business
section of the city and at Murphy
street most of the passengers, who
had crowded to the front, made
hurried exit.
The white man. who had at the be-
ginning of the ARRAY drawn his gun,
also alighted dragging the colored
woman from the car with him. When
she grabbed him about the waist he
again knocked her down.
Officers took the woman in charge.
Passengers on the car claimed not
to know the identity of the white
man, but said the police officer who
took charge Of the woman did not
place him under arrest.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-07-12
MaIlClOuSly Shoots
COlOred Prisoner

Murray, KY, july 10.-When Jailer
Albert Jones entered the. Jail on
Thursday with dinner for prisoners,
he demanded of Ed Gardner. a Negro
prisoner. Get up off that cot; get
move on and take this food in there
for you 'niggers.' Because Gardner
did not move quickly enough to suit
the jailer he (the iailer) used more
abusive language to the prisoner. An
argument ensued during which the
jailer drew his revolver and shot
Gardner in the leg.
Gardner had been put in jail on
charge of whiskey selling. The ad-
ditional charge of assault was pre-
ferred against him.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-07-12
lBy The AasocIated Negro Pressl.

(By The Associated Negro Press).
New York City, N Y. July TO-
Armed revolt to put down the govern
ment when the Bolshevist day
should come in this country was
openly advocated for more than two
years by the Band School Of So
cial Science. the Lusk ommittee
learned yesterday from papers seized
in the raid last week on that insti-
tuition.
Convinced that the proof Of open
sedition had boen presented, the
STATE Investigators gave instruc-
tions that the document be turned
over to the District Attorneys ONCE
and that the Attorney General Of the
state be asked to proceed to re-
woke the charter Of the school
The radical groups in New York
had worked out nationwide
scheme OF propaganda to convert the
Negro Race to Socialism, this being
regarded as essential to their plot
to seize the government SO the capi,
tallst class could not organize the
Negroes for defense.
Running through the secret
schemes of the radicals was the
purpose to strike when the day ar
rived to take over the government
and to to be prepared by having all
labor Industries organized tbprouehT
"
Senator Clayton r. Lusk, Chair
man Of the committee, in reviewing
the evidence at the close Of the hear
ing said the two amazing features
were first that it was shown the
Rand School and its associates were
preparing for armed revolution and
were urging their "Army" to be
ready to resist the militia and sec
ond, that the clever propaganda de
signed to arouse the Negro Race was
seditious and vicious.
Most elaborate of all the propa-
ganda schemes so far brought to light
was that by which the radical hoped
to turn the power Of the Negro race
into a great set. The whole scheme
was outlined in an extensive docu-
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-07-12
NEGRO WINS IN
! THEATRE SUIT.
JURY HOLDS NEGRO HAS
RIGHT TO SIT IN ANY PART
OF THEATRE
(By The Associated Negro Pressl.


Spokane, Wash, July Holding
that Negro has the right to sit
in any part Of the theater to which
the admission price entities him. a
jury in Superior Judge Huneke's
court this afternoon returned YER
dict of 5000 damages for s. s. Moore,
Colored against the Pantages Theatre
Company.
The Judgment is OF widespread inn
portance, for it means that Negroes
cannot be segregated from whites
in any place of public amusement
in the state Of Washington.
The jury deliberated only an hour
and a half Monday evening before
determining the verdict which was
returned, sealed today. OF the twelve
Jurors, eleven declared the 5000 judg-
rnent was their verdict. Martin
Johnson Of Cheney replied in the
negative.
"I wanted the damages to be
$1,000 at first" said Mr.. johnson, later.
II dropped to $500. but did not agree
with 5thte $:a6sS Z -er6ic y did not
think that was enough.
"All Of us were for damages from
the start" said Jas. Hammel, e.
1909 Heroy Avenue, another juror.
"All declared that even If a man
were black he had the right to sit
where he wanted to. We figured
though, that 5000 was enough balm,
for Moore's humiliation.
Moore sued the PAN" for $4,000.
According to testimony he appeared
at the theatre September Is. The
usher requested him to take seat
in the second balcony, stating 1t was
the custom of the theatre to put
Negroes there. Moore objected and
left. He claimed the $4,000 for em-
barrassment and humiliation. F. w.
Grand and Charles Aten were his
attorneys. George Armi age was at
torney for the Theater company.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-07-12
UNEARTH NATION WIDE Scheme TO
CONVERT NEGRO RACE TO SOCIALISM
NEGRO RECEIVES HIGHEST DECORATION OF WAR.

no authority under the law to make
such a purchase and no funds which
can be legally used for that purpose.
When the legislature passed an act
authorizing the establishment of a
sanatorium for Colored patients it
was stipulated that nothing was to
be done in the matter until the next
session of that body
The complaintants aslo claim that
the founding of a sanatorium at the.
proposed locality would be a nui-'
sance and menace to the public
health.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-07-12
Attempt To Prejudice French
Fails.

Baltimore. July 10. = Returning
troopers from the S0Sth Pioneer Regi-
ment. 521st Engineers and other out
fits claim that some white Americans
tried unsuccessfully to prejudice the
French people against them
Sergt w. S. Haynes says that is
some sections the populace had been
told that the oolored men we're wild
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-07-12

men, had long hair all over their
bodies and tails like monkeys Chill
dren sometimes, he said, lifted up the
coat-tails OF q colored soldier In a
vain look for the tail Of the monkey.
The troopers received warm well
come on their return home, Dr. Ernest
Lyon. Rev A. y Gaines. John Berry.
H. M. Gross and others arranging
therefore.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-07-12
SOUTHERNERSFEAR
OUTCOME 0 T
RACE AGITATION
Negro "SeIf determination
Embarrassing To Southern
congressman.

The following is an exact reprint
of head lines and article appearing
in the July 7th issue of the Dallas
Dispatch. 1t is clearly effervescent
with the general attitude of the south
with reference to any efforts to put
forth to better the condition of the
black man and Indicative of the un-
easiness resultant to the white preju-
dicial mind because of the apparent
self-determination of the Negro to de-
mand an equal break"
PRoPAGANDIsTs OF NEGROES
TRY TO USE LEAGUE.
"seIf Determination" Plea Embarrass-
es southerners.
ARE SEEKING AID
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-08

population have only weekly papers
printing only local news.
Residents at seaside resorts like
Margate, Brighton, Bournemouth
have been surprised by machine
suddenly diving into view from
above the clouds, releasing a para
chute which gracefully floats down
with a 200-pound waterproof pack
age of newspapers. A motorboat
picks up the bundle and soon the
promenaders are reading the latest
news of the world. The airplane
climbs back through the clouds and
proceeds to other cities, releasing
parachute bundles of the latest edi-
ton.
Only Stunt Now.
Sometimes aviation news deliver
ers drop down to the beach, taxi up
to the unloading station and then
reascend; sometimes the papers are
dropped in a park. Seaplanes can
come within a block of Carmelite
House, the Thames river giving ac-
cess.
While airplane editions now are
regarded as Stunts" it is believed
that regular air delivery will be in
stituted when conditions become
practicable.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-08
PAPERS
ARE DELIVERED
VIA AIRPLANE
Seaside Resorts Get Mail
From Air When Bundles
Are Dropped by Means
of a Parachute.

London, June 7.-London news
papers are being delivered to towns
along the seacoast-east, south and
west, and to cities in the midlands
by aeroplanes. One of the nations
most enterprising journalists has
sent huge bundles of the final adj
tons of a London morning and a
London evening paper to towns l0C
to 200 miles distant in short time
via the air route, one machine often
passing several cities dropping bun
dies of newspaper by means of para
.chutes.
Papers Dominate.
This adventure means that Eng
land more than ever in the past will
be dominated by London newspa-
pers. For years London newspapers
have dominated the British Isles,
selling in Dublin and. Ballast,
strange as it may seem, as readily
as they do in London. The same
has held true with regard to towns
in Wales and Scotland. As a re-
suit, papers in the smaller towns,
especially in the daily field have
been stifled. Even cities of $4,000
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-08

Pail Mali, Tenn, June 7.-Sergt.
Alvin G. York, pronounced by Gen
erals Pcrshing and Foch to be the
hero of the greatest individual feat
of the world war, was married to-
day to Miss Oracle Williams, the
girl he left behind him when he
went to France.
A picnic was given in his honor
today by neighbors here. Gov. A.
M. Roberts of Tennessee, performed
the ceremony. The scene was in the
open, beside mountain spring on
the picnic grounds, near York's
home.
Miss Williams is the daughter of
A. H. Williams former county clerk
Of Fentress county. A special COM
mittee made the trip with Governor
Roberts from the state capital a,
Nashville. The committee confer
red with York over his choice of
farm in Fentress county, which the
people Of Tennessee will tender him
as token of their appreciation.
Sergeant York was appointed a
colonel on the colonies staff after
the wedding and was presented by
other members of the staff with
colonel's uniform.
The girl who was the hero's bride
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-08
'Sergt. A.. York, A.E.F.Hero,
Weds Girl He Left Behind
Ceremony Performed By Tennessee Governor, Who
Appoints Soldier, Who Killed rs Germans and
Captured 1872 Men and 36 Machine Gun Nests,
Staff Colonel.

is II years old. She said "yes"
when York returned to Pail Mall
after receiving an ovation in New
York and other eastern cities be-
cause of the feat in killing Is Ger
mans single handed, capturing l32
and putting So machine gun nests
out of action.
York said he had declined an Of
fer to appear in song and dance
act with S. girls in vaudeville, be-
cause he guessed he would be
scream in tights"
Pail Mall is about the most in
accessible spot in the United States.
It is hidden away, 10 miles from
"lowland" civilization, in the dense
wilderness and uncharted passes Of
the Cumberland mountains, and is
reached by roads and paths that are
beautiful but tortuous to travel.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-08
Iohn Bull Cartoon is
More Like Irish Than
Average Englishman

London, June THE people of
Ireland look more like the accepted
cartoons of John Bull than the Eng
lish, according to Prof. A. Keith,
authority on ethnology. Generally
speaking, he said, the heads Of Irish
men were bigger than those of Eng
lishmen. Et. ..-e.. ..
Taking the people Of the Island
OF Arranmore as typical of early
ireland, Prof. Keith said one man
shown to him as a typical Irishman
was the double Of John Bull which
Punch" portrays. = fe
1.-THE average Arranmore head
was much larger than the average
London head" said Prof, Keith.
"Now, as 5000 years ago, the Ar
rannore Islander had to fight ma
ture for a living. I wonder how
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-08
YANK LOSSES IN
SIBERIA TOTAL
556, SAYS MARCH
Less Than 100 of This Num-
Der Were Killed In Action;
20 Officers Are In
List.

Archangel, June 7.-(By the AS
sociated Press.)-The tota: casual
tics of the American force in north
Russia to date have been 20 officers
and $50 men. An official announce
nient today divides the casualties as
follows:
Killed in action or died of
wounds: Five officers, SO men.
Missing in action; No officers, IS
men.
Died of disease or accident: Three
officers, II men.
Wounded: II officers, 32s men.
Force to Be Withdrawn.
Washington, June 7.-Official
announcement was made today by
General March that all of The
Archangel expedition will!
have sailed for home within two
weeks. Companies E. G, l, NJ and
the, machine gun company Of the
339th infantry are now enroute for
Brest, having sailed for Archangel,
Iune 3.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-08
PaIIbearers Use Pipes
While CARVING Coffin

Boothesville, w. Va.-The spec
tacle of pallbearers escorting a
corpse to grave while smoking corn
cobs was presented here recently
when the body of w. S. Goodwin
was buried. Goodwin's dying re-
quest was that smoking be permitted
at the funeral. Goodwin had smoked
a pipe for 68 Of his 73 years. He
preferred homespun tobacco and
was an adept at cutting off the
exact amount to make a pipeful.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-08
Young Omaha Doctor Wins
His Majorship in France
Capt. Henry A Johnson Is
Now Chief Surgeon at
Evacuation Hospital
Overseas.

Capt. Henry A. Johnson, now in
France, has won a majorship and
is chief surgeon at evacuation hos
pital No. 81. The young man is a
son of Mr.. and Mrs. A., P. johnson,
20l0 Maple street, Omaha. He Was
educated in the Omaha schools and
was graduated from the Creighton
Medical college.
Enlisting soon after the United
States entered the war against Ger
many, DR.. Johnson was given the
rank OF lieutenant. After training
at Camp Funston, he was sent to
Camp Pike, where he was promoted
to captain. ThenVhe was sent to
Rochester, Mimi, for special
course in surgery, later having gone
to France.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-08

many Londoners would manage to
squeeze a living out of its soil.
1T might be thought that high
ly civilized life would produce big
brains, but that is not so, as proved
by those Irish fisher farmers"
/ incidentally, it may be remarked
that the average Englishman does
not look like the cartoons of John
Bull. the average Englishrnan being
wirily built and sometimes So skinny
he could 60 right into the side show
as the living skeleton without do
ing a fast. It's the shipping mag
mates and industrial barons, past the
age of 50, who look like cartoons of
John Bull, says the professor.