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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-15

In the first place, while the president
hardly received that same spon-
taneous outburst which greeted him on
his first coming, this was due solely
TO the fact that such an ovation in
the very nature of things could not be
repeated; but by contrast there Is no
reason to suppose that the president
was not welcomed exactly as heart
ily as If there had been no domestic
disturbance in America. In fact, in a
certain sense the presidents welcome
was the warmer because his whole
mission has undergone a sea change.
tie came here as the representative OF
America in Europe and to a very con-
siderable extent his speeches in Amer
lca recently have made him seem to be
the representative of Europe in Ameri-
ca, To suppose that the representa-
I've OF the various governments in Eu-
rope will change their attitude toward
the president of the United States be-
cause Of the opposition manifested to
him by the Republican leaders in the
senate is to make a mistake, Is to
misunderstood the political situation In
Europe itself. Were the leaders of the
various governments in Europe to
change their attitude ana treatment OF
Mr.. Wilson, he would Immediately be-
come the spokesman for the respective
minorities in France, in England and
in Italy
The thing that is so difficult to tel
and yet so unmistakable Is the fact
that for the masses Of people in Eu-
rope Mr.. Wilson represents the United
States, he represents liberal ideas, and
he Symboli2es the almost inarticulatt
desire Of millions of plain people for 8
settlement Of this war which will make
new war impossible.
Held To Be Victor.
Accordingly, Mr.. Wilson was wei.
coined heartily by the governments al
well as the people. His speeches II
America have been widely approved II
1s6orEa Aifsl siefseficeau WiIf tHFEs Rron
Wilson to the Republican senate doe
| Continued on Page IA. Column 81
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-15
ARKANSAS BOY RECEIVES
HONOR SERVICE CROSS

WASHINGTON, March Is. (SplD-In
the name of the president, the chief of
staff today announced that the dis
tinguished service CROSS had been con-
ferred upon Private William ]. Steimal,
Company d, Second Engineers, Of De-
bow, Arkansas. for extraordinary hero
ism in action at Belleau Woods, France,
June IL, 1918.
Although wounded In several places
by an enemy hand grenade, Private
Steimal refused to go to the rear until
his mission was completed After re-
ceiving first aid, he again returned to
the front line, although the entire line
was at that time being subjected to
severe shelling.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-15

HUNS EXPECT ALLIED
FOOD UNTIL AUG. IS

BERLIN, March 1b, (By tho Assoct.
ated Press, )-Germany expects that the
allies will provide food SUPPLIES until
August 10, which is the earliest posi-
harvest can be counted upon, said I'M
der Secretary of state Won Braun yes
terday before leaving for Brussels
where he viii take part In negotiations
with an allied commission relative to
food shipments and the turning over OF
German shipping for the use OF the en-
tente nations. During the war there
has been system OF paying premiums
for early threahing, but this, according
to Herr Won Braun, results In much
grain being cut before it IN ripe and
being threshed In a damp condition.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-15
MISSISSIPPIANS GET
RECESS APPOINTMENTS

WASHINGTON, March 15.-Recess
appointments announced today at the
White House included the reappoint-
ment OF John ]. Keegan, of Indianap-
oils, Ind, to be a member of the United
States employees compensation COM
mission; Bruce Alexander, of Boone
vile. to be United States marshal for
the Northern district Of Mississippi,
and Floyd Loper, of Lake, Miss, to be
United States marshal for the South
ern district of Mississippi.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-15
l,O25 MORE SOLDIERS
ARRIVE FROM BREST

NEW YORK, March 15-The steam
ship Hollandia arrived here today from
Brest with 1,o25 troops. Units included
the 1929 field battalion, signal corps,
complete, II officers and All men; mo-
bile hospital No. 10l, eight officers and
43 men, for Camps Grant and Dodge,
and two casual companies. There were
$50 nurses, 19 civilians and "a casual
officers Of various branches of the SER
vice
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-15
TALK TO TELEGRAPHERs.

Sylvester j. Konenkamp, president
Of the Commercial Telegraphers Union
Of America, will speak to the Telegra-
pliers Sunday afternoon at o'clock al
Carpenters hall. 95 South Second street
The telegraphors' union is protesting
against the attitude OF the Western
Union and that of the federal manage.
ment Of the telegraph lines with respect
to organized labor, and Mr.. Konen.
kamp is touring the south on that sit
uation.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-15
FIVE NEUTRAL NATIONS
AGREE TO JOIN ALLIES

PARIS, March 15.--The invitation
sent by the peace conference to neu-
trail states to participate in the dis
Cussion of the league OF nations has
brought responses from Switzerland,
Holland, Denmark, Norway and Swo.
den. These countries have forwarded
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-15
HELD AS FUGITIVE.

Accused OF being a fugitive from Jus
tice, H. S. Sewell. salesman, 81 years
old, 1856 North McNeill street, was ar
rested Saturday by Detectives Hurst
and Mahon, to be held for a represen-
tative of the police department Of Ash
land, Ky. The police hold a warrant
issued in Ashland that charges Sewell
with having obtained money, notes and
property to the value of 5000 from w.
F. Watkins, under false pretenses.t
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-15
PAROLES GIVEN TWELVE
ALIENS; 10 MUST GO

: WASHINGTON, March 15.-Paroles
were granted by Secretary of Labor
Gvilson today to 12 aliens Of the group
Of "a sent to New York from the West
recently under orders of deportation.
In 10 cases the deportation order was
affirmed. In the remaining % cases
no applications for reopening of hear
ings were pending.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-15

II cabled direct to the president at
Paris asking II there was any truth
in these reports" said Mr. Tumulty,
"and I am this morning in receipt of
cablegram from the president stating
that the plenary council has positively
decided that the league OF nations is
to he part Of the peace treaty. that
there is absolutely no truth In any re-
port to the contrary"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-15
500 CLAIM BONUS,

HUNTSVILLE, Ala, March IS. (Spl. J
More than 500 men. who have been
discharged from the United States
in Madison county, have prepared their
applications for the bonus of two
months pay allowed by congress to
soldiers who have received honorable
discharges. 1t is expected that there
will be quite a flood of money here
when the soldiers begin to receive the
sums allowed them.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-15
Express Belief
Gear Is Alive

ROME, March 15,--According to
an interview with stefania Turr, a
daughter Of noted Hungarian gen.
eral printed In the Glornale d'Italia,
the belief still exists that Emperor
Nicholas and his wife, as well as
some OF the Russian grand dukes,
were not put to death by the Boil
sheviki
The interview quoted a conversa-
tion between Miss Turr and Prince
Oblenesky, captain of the Russian
imperial guard, in which the prince
expressed his firm belief that the
Russian royal family is still alive,
perhaps hidden In Northern Rus
sia."
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-15
PRESIDENT USES
CABLE TO DENY
RUMOR IN u. S.
TumuIty Receives Quick Reply From Erecu'
tiUe EmphaticaIIy Stating Allies Haze
Decided Specifically.

NEW YORK March 15-Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to
President Wilson, here today he in receipt of
cabegram from the president stating that the Penay council
has positively decided that the league Of nations is to be part
of the peace treaty"
This cabegram was in response sent by Mr.
Tumuy nqung whether there any truth certain news
paper stories that the league be Incorporated in the
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-15
LABOR OFFICIAL WILL
GO TO ATLANTA FRIDAY

WASHINGTON, March 1T. j.
Forester, national president OF the
Brotherhood OF Railway Clerks, will ar:
rive In Atlanta late today, 1t was said
Grafton OF Labor, He left for Atlanta
last night to take charge Of the strike,
according to officers Of the union. They
said they did not know what course Mr..
Forester intended to pursue, and
judged that he would be guided by cir
cnmatances after arrival.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-15
BURNS PROVE FATAL.

Succumbing to burns received Thurs
day when gasoline exploded while be-
ing handled in the office Of the Phoenix
Cotton Oil company. Thomas street ex-
tended, Pauline Mcfarland, negress,
died Friday in the St Anthony negro
hospital, The office building that also
contained the eompany's laboratory was
burned with loss of about $1,000
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-15
SOLONS AT PANAMA.

PANAMA, March ia delegation
of U. s. senators and representatives
arrived here yesterday and was well
coined by Lieut.. Col Chester Harding,
governor Of the canal zone. The visi-
tors, many Of whom were accompanied
by their wives and children, will in
spect the work being done in the cana
zone and inquire into prospective ex-
'penditures on account of the canal and
garrison during the coming fiscal year.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-15
TOTAL OF l,4l9,3S6
MEN DEMOBILIZED

WASHINGTON, March 15-officers
and men demobilized number 1,419,3S
the war department today,
S3,774 being in the commissioned grades.
Discharges have been ordered for L.
800. Officers applying for reserve
commissions total 26,79S.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-15
ALLIED SHIPPING TERMS
AGREED TO BY TEUTONS

March 15The German delegates to the conference
here allies the
tile fleet and the provisioning Germany have definitely accepted the
conditions imposed by the allies
monthly Germany 100000 foodstuffs
allied commission that this ration
smaller than had requested pessmc to the
arrangement O. satisfactory financial
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-15
LEAGUE PART OF PEACE TREATY, WILSON SAYS
mo- STRIKE SPREAD
DUE FOR SATURDAY
N, O. 8 St. L. Road Handles
All Dead Freight-Hope
for Early Settlement.

The strike OF the N, c. & st. l.. rail
road freight clerks is not expected to
spread 10 the other railroads entering
Memphis Saturday. said R. ]. Bacon.
chairman OF the adjustment board Of
the local Brotherhood OF Railway
Clerks, Saturday morning.
Adyiee received from the local broth
erho0d's representative at the Nashville
conference Of representatives OF the
federal administration N, c. & st. l.,
railroad and the h. OF r. c. indicated
that q satisfactory settlement might be
reached, and pending the result OF the
Nashville conference, the local commit
tee decided not to call a general strike
here.
Railway officials at the Calhoun ave-
nue. freight station of the N. c. 4 St
i, state that they are handling all
f1A1 offered, except small shipments
OF shahle goods, II was said that II
g ds OF local freight were shipped
oaSSf the Calhoun station Friday and
about seven carloads received, which Of
fieiale said was about the normal bust.
ness Tor the road AZ this time
No Contract With Road.
Commenting on the criticism Of
walker d, Hines, director-general uf
railroads, Mr.. Bacon said that evl-
B. OF r, c, had no contract with the
NJ, g. 4 st, l.. railroad. and Conse-
quently could not appeal to federal ad-
justment board No 8, which adjusted
only disputes where there was con-
tract between the railroad and the
brotherhood.
THE b. Of r. c, had been denied a
contract by w. L. MapotheI,R federal
manager at Nashville, when II asked
for one about year ago" Mr. Bacon
said. petition signed by practically
100 per cent Of the clerks employed
under Mr. Mapother, for the removal Of
A. n. Ottarson, federal auditor, which
stated the grounds for the demand, was
ignored by Mr." Mapother, according
to Mr, Bacon. which left the clerks no
alternative, according to his view, but
to walk out.
One specific charge against Mr.. OF
larson is that about one month ago
he offered promotion to -four. clerks at
the Nashville office upon condition that
they withdraw from the brotherhood,
Mr. Bacon said, in direct violation Of
a general order issued by Mr. McAdoo
when the administration took over the
railroads, which specified that there
should be no discrimination against or
Eganlzed labor,
IN Members of the brotherhood hope for
hi adjustment of the strike by some
0Aher means than to refer the matter
GA board No. 3 because OF the delay
| Which that would involve.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-15
GENE PAULETTE SIGNS.

ST. LOUIS, March 15.-Gene Paul
cite, star utility player of the st. Louis
announced today.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-15
STILL is
LOOKED UPON AS
AMERICAS VOICE
Stn1Onds ShOwS That Many Regard Presi-
dent as Victor Already at Home in His
Fight for League Plan.
BY FRANK H. SIMoNDS.

Especial Cable to The News Scimitar.)
PARIS March 15-What has President Wilson found on
his return to Paris? This is the question which doubtless is
being asked in America To what extent will the exposition
American politics influence the future of the
erence While the involves less speculation
fo Oo
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-15
T. S. POWELL DEAD.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo- March 15.-
truman S. Powell representative from
Stone county, died here today of alb
scess Of the liver, after an illness of
several weeks.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-15
JUDGE PRYOR DIES.

NEW YORK, March l5.--Roger At
kinson Pryor, former justice of the
New York supreme court, and famous
as soldier In the Confederate army
died at his home last night at the age
OF 90
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-15

Admiral Niblack,. U. s. n, has been
act as the first international police
man in history. He Is in command
Of the fleet that will police the Adri-
attic sea to prevent hostilities between
the Jugo- Slavs and the Italians. He
has been given authority to prevent
an n~outbreak by force of arms II neces.
sary.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-15
Weather Forecast

Showers and thun-
derstorms; stationary
temperature.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-04-05
A POLICEMAN'S ASSERTION

In talking with Seattle policeman not
long since as to the unfairness Of police
men in dealing with colored people, he said:
''The average colored person is not only
a consumate liar but damn thief"
Rather brutal words to come from a po-
liceman regarding half of the coored citi-
zens of this community, as an average is
struck by adding the good and bad to-
gether and dividing the amount. The rec
ords Of Seattle will not bear out the state
ment; yea not only will not bear it out, but
will show that not one colored citizen in
fifty is arrested from January to January,
despite the fact there is an unusually large
tenderloin element in Seattle. The above
being fact no white man would have
made such statement unless, it seems to
us, he had consorted for months and per-
haps years with the thugs and thieves of
the colored citizens and applying the vul-
gar epithet of call coons look alike to me"
to the whole There are thousands of col
ored citizens in Seattle whose veracity and
honesty are unquestioned by the best white
citizens OF the city and they so far outnum-
Der the criminal element that as said, not to
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-04-05

exceed one colored person in fifty is ar
rested within the course of year. On the
other hand policemen for truth and honesty
are by no means angels as the official rec
ords of Seattle will show. Scores of them
from time to time have been sent to the
penitentiary for theft and graft; hundreds
have been dismissed from the service for
the same offence, multiplied hundreds have
been reprimanded and it is current talk
that no policeman has ever worked below
Yesler Way without having received large
sums Of hush money. But it does not make
matters better to say, "You are another,'
though it be true, and it is the duty of
peace officers to be as fair to co!ored per-
sons, whom they are called upon to arrest,
as they are to white persons and it is the
duty Of law-abiding colored citizens to re-
spect the majesty Of the law and speak as
frankly in the condemnation of crime com
mitted by colored persons as they would if
white persons were accused of like crimes.
The white and black folks of this commun-
ity are to live here together and it is much
better for all concerned to live in peace than
go around with a chip on their shoulder.
Cayton's Weekly has no complaint to
make of the general treatment accorded to
the colored citizens of Seattle by the white
citizens, yea, not only has no complaint to
register but here goes on record as saying,
the relations between the whites and the
blacks are so amicable that we want to live
here forever and one day after, a few police
brutes to the contrary notwithstanding.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-04-05
BOOTLEGGING "A FELONY

Had the late Legislature taken the pub
lished advice Of Cayton's s Weekly and made
bootlegging a felony, there would have
been most wonderful falling off in that
particular form of law breaking. The next
legislature should lose no time in putting
such a law on our statute books and it
should go a step further and follow in the
wake of the legislature of the state of Kan
sas and make it felony for any peace Of
fcer, whether of state, county or munich
pality, to not fully enforce the Jaw when
he knows or has reasons to believe that
it is being broken. If laws are broken with
impunity and the officers of the law for
any reason fell to enforce the law chaos
will be the ultimate outcome.
No community can long remain COM
munity if the laws made are not enforced.
In the city Of Seattle it is street rumor
that the policemen are in full sympathy
with bOotlegging and will in a way CO.
operate with the law breakers if given
piece Of money. Whether or not there be
any truth in this allegation, the writer
knoweth not as he has never had any boot
logging experience, but the story is com
mon street talk and where there is so much
smoke there must be some fire. A corrupt
official who sees and don't see, if there is
anything in not seeing, is a more danger
GUS citizen than the most degenerate cut
throat that prowls the alleys in the wee
small hours Of the morning Put teeth in
the prohibition law and then it will pro-
hibit.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-04-05

even a dozen of those infuriated brutes, he
now occupies cell in murderers' row.
:'As long as in freedoms cause the wise
contend;
Dear to your country shall your fame ex
While to the world this lettered stone shall
Where Caldwell, Attucks and Maverick
fell''
Despite the fact Attucks of the above
immortal triumvirate Of martyrs was a col
Ored man, his name and deeds were i'm
mortalized with the others because they
defended not only themselves, but the moth
ers and children of the colonies of America.
It was however, a different story, when DR..
Bundy defended the black mothers and their
babies at East ST.. Louis, and instead of
his name being immortalized it is the syno-
nym of shame and disgrace-his crime was
refusing to crawl upon the self-sacrifcing
altar that the mob might exterminate him
de resistance.
''Yet come it will the day decreed by fate
How my heart trembles while nv tongue
relates,
When thou, Imperial Troy, will bend
Thy warriors fall, thy glories end
This man, unlike the four thousand of
his black brothers of the South who have
suffered death at the hands Of mobocracy
has been legally lynched; that is to say,
though he went through with an alleged
fair and impartial trial and convicted by
a jury Of his peers, vet it is plain to be
seen that he was found guilty even before
court had convened.
Be it understood that we do not condone
crime and will advocate the conviction of
colored person as quickly as we will any
other class, if actually guilty, but it's un-
American, it's cowardy, it's un-C Christian for
mass Of men to do what any Of the mob
is afraid to do when alone. Let the God
of Peace reign and may the banner Of the
brotherhood Of man guarantee the human
family, irrespective of color, creed or con-
dition, that justice which makes the whole
world akin
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-04-05
DIR. BUNDY CONVICTED

The conviction OF DR.. Bundy for mur-
der in connection with the East st. Louis
riots of a couple of years ago is perhaps
the closing chapter in that bloody human
holacust, in which untold numbers Of col
ored men, women and children lost their
lives, and the most of the families living
there their homes. DR.. Bundy did not lose
his life amid the riotous scenes Of that day
Of darkness, but it was because he used his
fireworks more accurately than did the
members of the terrorizing mob, and for
that he was subsequently arrested tried,
convicted and sentenced to life imprison-
ment, all of which is another strong proof
of the late world war having made the
United States along with the various Euro
pean countries safe and sound for de-
mocracy.
In our mind the conviction Of Dr. Bundy
is a complete travesty on justice, like unto
multiplied hundreds Of other convictions of
colored persons who were either guilty of
merely living or for defending themselves.
In all probability the man is guilty Of the
offense for which he now stands convicted,
but, under like circumstances, what man
with drop of hot red blood in his veins
would not have done as did he-shoot and
shoot to kill, at the all engulfng mob such
as swept the streets and alleys Of East St.
Louis on that death dealing OCCASION If
Dr. Bundy is guilty of murder then man,
who would shoot mob in the act Of lynch
ing him, would likewise be guilty of MUIR
der In other words when white mob
informs colored citizen that it has been
decreed that he or she is to be lynched, it is
the colored citizens patriotic duty to make
ready for the ordeal and give the execution
ers no inconvenience in the performance of
their duty Under such circumstances the
age Of world democracy is for white folk
only and no colored folk, not even Japanese,
need apply.
Neither DR.. Bundy nor any colored per-
son was responsible for that revolutionary
outbreak, further than to give an honest
days toll to earn the necessities of life,
that were unwillingly dolled out to them
by the trust hogs. But because black men
were given employment the same as the
European slums the blue imps Of hell (or-
ganized labor) were turned loose upon them
and those imps being aided and abetted by
the armed minions Of the law murdered
innocent and unarmed colored persons by
the hundreds, even to the babes in their
mothers arms, and burned their homes and
their business houses, and because Dr. Bundy
stood single handed and aolne and defended
those black mothers with their babies and
likewise their homes, and in his endeavor
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-04-05
CAYTON'S WEEKLY

U. S. A.
In the interest Of equal rights and equal Justice to
al men and for "all men up"
publication Of general information but in
the main voicing the sentiments of the Colored
Citizens.
Subscription 50 per year in advance Special
rates made to clubs and societies.
HORACE ROSCOE CAYTON. Editor and Publisher
Entred second class matter, August 1S, 1916. at
the post office at Seattle, WASH, under the Act of
March 3rd, 1915.
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Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-04-05

Convicting colored man for selling him
cold tea instead Of whiskey was a feat of
a member of the Seattle dry squad Evi-
IDENTIFY all of the perjurers have not as yet
been landed in the penitentiary.