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The Colorado statesman., 1920-01-10
DANIELS FAVORS A MONUMENT
TO COMMEMORATE THE PART NEGRO SOLDIERS AND SAIL
oRs TOOK THE WAR

ument. 1t will be an incentive to the
youth of the race to emulate the vir-
tues of the men whose deeds it will
commemorate"
Speakers of the evening were Secre-
tary of War Baker, Secretary of the
Navy Daniels, EX-Gov. Glynn of New
York, DR. John Van Schaick, president
of the District board of education AS
sociate Justice Wendell Phillips Stat
ford of the Supreme Court Col. Chas.
Young, Rev Henry Coils, state COM
missioner of Illinois; Rev. r. X. Chris
tian of Kentucky, Attorney Robert l..
Miller, Prof. ]. II. Hawkins and Julia
Mason Layton, Miss Virginia Williams
of the War Camp Community Serv-
ice sang James b. Howard, secretary
Of the National Memorial Association,
presented the plans of the organiza-
tion for securing the proposed monU-
ment F. d. Lee, president of the me-
mortal association, presided.
Secretary Baker proclaimed that the
Negro made good as soldier on the
Western front in the world war.
"When l visited France found the
Colored man doing his share of the
work from the embarkation port to the
first line trenches the Secretary of
War said up in the zone where
death was spread about l found the
black man and the white man fallen
side by side"
The Colorado statesman., 1920-01-10
LIVED GENERATIONS
IN ONE HOUSEHOLD

Parkersburg, w. Va William Pey-
ton, a Negro, one of the Oldest men in
the United States died recently at Lit
tie Hooking, o., near Parkersburg, at
the age of one hundred and twenty
eight years.
In his youth Peyton was the slave of
Il Virginia family by the name of Creel'
which later moved into West Virginia.
AS slave and as n freed man he
served this family through six gener-
ations, it is said. Peyton was in full
of his faculties until within
a few weeks of his death.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-01-10
RACE NEWS S,'isss' S,4iss, s,.'ss. .ssn
NO. 13.

Element in Lynching and Mob Vio-
lence"
The first prize is of $50 and the sec
ond and third of $50 and $50 respec-
lively. Essays are limited to 5000
words and must be at the office of the
association not later than May l, 1929
The prizes are offered ito enlist the
interest and cooperation of colored
students in dealing with the problems
of race relations in the United
States"
Letters have been sent to the presi-
dents of coIored institutions of learn
ing throughout the United States, ask
ing them to acquaint their students
with the terms of the offer.
The names of the successful contest
ants will be announced at the spring
meeting of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-01-10
TWO MILLION COLORED
AMERICANS FOR FRANCE
The Petit Partisan, Prominent French
Newspaper, EditoriaIly Calls Atten-
tion to Dissatisfaction of Race With
Treatment in United States and
Urges That They Be Invited to Help
Build Up France.

Paris, France, Dec. 31.-The Petit
Partisan, the foremost journal pub
lished in France, recently said edi-
torially: with 100000 men lost in
the war, France is poor in man power.
We need 100000 men to help in the
reconstruction of France. The only
country that can supply that man pow
er is the American colored people. The
colored Americans are very much dis
satisfied, and there is much unrest
among them on account of the way
they are treated by white Americans.
In some parts of America black men
are lynched every day In France they
are treated the same as any other
Frenchman. In our hotels and all 9TH
er places there is no discrimination.
Let the French appeal for 100000
colored Americans to help build up
France"
The Colorado statesman., 1920-01-10
COLONEL YOUNG GIVES
SOUND ADVICE
Support Only Those Candidates Who
Pledge Themselves to Fair Play
Says Congress Should Grant Race
Liberty Instead of Erecting Monu-
ment to Fallen Soldier.

New York, n. Y, Dec. 31.-Colonel
Charles Young, highest ranking Negro
officer in the United States army,
urged the people of his race, at
meeting in St Marks church, under
the auspices of the National Urban
League, not to vote for anyone at the
coming election who had not promised
the Negroes equality of opportunity.
Coloney Young, who is en- route to
Liberia, where he is to serve as mill
tary attache to the American en-
bassy, spoke on ''rhe Place of the
Negro in the Present Reconstruction"
He said that congress, instead of
erecting n monument to the Negroes
who fell in the war; could give a far
more lasting memorial by granting
the people of his race the liberty for
which some of them had given their
lives.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-01-10

New York, Jan. 6.-Two large nation
al denominations of colored people,
comprising Il membership of nearly H.
600, 00-approXimately so per cent of
all the Negro Christians in the United
States-have taken steps to cooperate
with the Interchurch World Movement
in the mammoth financial drive of next
spring. it was announced here today.
These two denominations, the Ma
tional Baptist Convention and the At
rican Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
have set out to raise S11, 100000 during
the drive, and machinery has been set
up to carry on the campaign with the
Interchurch World Movement. The
colored BaptiSts, who are to raise S1O,-
100000. have appointed a campaign
commission, which has opened up head
quarters in Chicago, with branch of
fices in Philadelphia and Atlanta.
The executive personnel of the cam
paign commission includes the follow
ing leaders in Negro Christianity,
known throughout the country: DIR. l..
A. Thomas, Evanston, ILL.,, Director
General DIR. George E Stevens, St.
Louis, Chairman; DR.. T. o. Fuller,
Memphis. Tenn, Secretary; DR.. r.
James Bryant, Atlanta, Ga, Treas
urer; DIR. f. C. Morris, Helena, Ark,
President of the Convention.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-01-10
PROF. cARVER'S PEANUT MILK
SUPERIOR TO cows.

Washington, ID. c.. Dec. 31.-The
of Agriculture await with interest the
publication of the method whereby
Prof. G. w. Carver, Colored, of Tuske-
gee Institute, claims to have produced
Stitute FOR cows milk.
They say that this may very well be
true, inasmuch as the peanut contains
all the requisite elements, including
protein" of superior and highly di-
gestible kind.
Milk is perfect food,'' one could
live on it for IL long time. The same
is at least measurably true of peanuts.
Already we have peanut butter, the
production of which nowadays is ell
ormous. Why not peanut milk?
1t is merely question of finding
out how to make it. Prof Carver
claims to have solved the problem. He
says that his peanut milk is exceeding
ly wholesome and can be made at
cost much less than that of cows milk,
which it closely resembles. AT present
he is continuing his experiments to de-
termine the keeping and cooking quail
ties of his product.
Cows milk is IS per cent water, 4
per cent fat, Az per cent sugar and
31a per cent protein. Prof Carvers
task has been not only to make milk
~
nearly as possible these proportions of
the essential ingredients.
Prof. Carver, who is graduate of
the University of Iowa, was. considered
by the secretary of agriculture under
the Mckinley, Roosevelt and Taft adj
as one of the greatest ag-
chemist in the country.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-01-10
LOUISVILLE WOMAN PLEDGE
RACE SQUARE DEAL.

Louisville Ky, Dec. 31.-At Il joint
League, the Americanization Commit
tee of the Kentucky branch of the
Woman's Council of National Defense.
and the Kentucky Conference of Social
Work, held at Louisville recently, was
IL very important session, devoted to
race relationships. This is reported
to have been the first meeting ever
held in Kentucky where leaders of both
races came together before large
audience of both races to talk over i'm
portant matters of common interest.
The spirit of the meeting was en-
couraging in every way. At the close
of the session the following resolutions
were adopted:
1--WE favor the establishing of dis
trict sanitarium with state aid for the
care and treatment of all persons, both
white and Colored, in Kentucky, who
suffer from tuberculosis.
1--WE urge all the people of our
Southland, both white and Colored, to
cooperate with the view of bringing
about a better understanding between
the races and to this end provide ade-
quate educational facilities for Negro
youth
ITO adopt measures that will insure
the Negroes health
"To recognize the good and the
higher qualities of the Negro through
press and otherwise.
"To guarantee justice and recog-
milton of his rights before law and to
stand for the equal enforcement of law
on both sides.
"To labor for Industrial justice for
the Negro.
"Fo endeavor in every reasonable
way to give the Negro mans chance
and help him work out his own saliva
tion as an American citizen"
The Colorado statesman., 1920-01-10
ARRESTED FOR EMBARKING
IN DISTILLERY BUSINESS
Officers Find Five Stills, Cleverly
camouflaged, With Daily Capacity
of 400 Gallons of Moonshine.

Richmond. Va, Dec. 31.-Two Ne
groes are in Jail here and warrants
are out for four others, accused of
operating Il large illicit distillery a
mile and half from the city limits
Officers, making n raid, found five
stills. with capacity of 400 gallons
daily, and several thousand gallons
of mash ready for conversion into
moonshine.
The stills were located in ravine,
and were camouflaged with tree tops
and piles of wood.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-01-10
CLERKS TO BE CHANGED.

Washington, d. c., Jan. IF rules
and regulations run true to form, Il
number of government employees Will
be superannuated during the early part
of the year. The cry seems to be from
the various heads of the departments
for an infusion of new blood. rms
will mean that number of men ana
women who gave their lives in the gov
crnment service will be abandoned to
the merciless condition of new eco
nomic age.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-01-10
,ASHINGTON, d. C.-In behalf
AM of the movement for the cree
w tion of a monument in this city

NAf of tbe movement for the erec-
w tion of a monument in this city
To commemorate the part Negro SOL
diers and sailors took in the war Sec
retary of the Navy Daniels, making an
address at Liberty Hut, said:
sOne night Jealous gentleman III
the intelligence service came TO my
home greatly alarmed, because he hao
obtained undoubted evidence that
Prussian spies were offering large sums
of money and hoped to organize
Negro division of reasonable men to
practice sabotage. When l found that
Prusslan enemies We're relying upon
organized Negro assistance, L Gained
his fears by assuring him that, though
here and there he might find traitor
among the American Negroes, he might
give himself no trouble. for L kne"
that the Negroes could neither be
caioled nor threatened nor bought 10
enter a conspiracy to injure this coun-
try.
"FuIl investigation proved that
was right. Later, when the call came
to take up arms, more than 2oo,ooo
Negroes went across the sea to fight,
not n few of them to seal their deyo-
tion with their blood and many to win
decorations for their fine fighting
qualities and faithful services.
This was not the first time Ameri-
can Colored soldiers have fought
trained Prussian troops and given
good account of themselves. Hes
sian officer who fought against the
revolutionary soldiers wrote;
1.-The Negro can take the fields in
stead of his master, and therefore no
regiment is to be seen in which there
are not Negroes in abundance, ana
among them are able-bodied. strong,
brave fellows The Rev. DIR. Harris
of New Hampshire, soldier IN the
Revolution, writing of their fighting
said: Three times they were attacked
with most desperate fury by well-dis-
ciplined and veteran troops, and three
times did they successfully repel the
assault and thus preserve our army
from capture
1.-THE spirit of America with refer
ence to brave Colored soldiers has
been expressed in many communities
North and South, but perhaps its best
expression was given in the welcome
rendered, by the city of Albany, n. "
when Gov. Smith, former Gov. Glenn
Mayor Watt and other citizens staged
welcome to Sergt. Henry Johnson
called by the Times-Union Albany's
heroic soldier When the United
States entered the war, Sergt. Johnson
went across among the first, was dec
, GRATED by the French and honored os
America for having killed four Ger
mans and wounded twenty-eight more
: ''It is fitting that here at Washing
ton a suitable memorial of the deVo-
tion of COlored troops should be erect
ed In South Carolina former slave
owner has erected monument to COL
Y ored men who were faithful IN the
days that tested fealty. In North Car
olina a Confederate soldier has Duilt
) textile mill and named it for COL
ored man who was true and worthy.
AS token of a country's recognition
of the courage of Negroes of this ana
otner wars, the people of every part
!, of this republic will join in Fastening
passage of the bill for suitable mon
The Colorado statesman., 1920-01-10
RACE OWNED LINER
ARRIVES AT COLON

Colon, Dec 29.-The Black Star
liner Yarmouth, manned by Negro
crew with the exception of the first
officer, and carrying six colored pas
sengers, arrived here from Kingston,
Jamaica. The boat, which is the prop
erty of the first steamship company to
be owned entirely by Negroes, was
given an enthusiastic reception by
thousands of people here.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-01-10
OFFER S1oo IN PRIZES
TO coLoRED STUDENTS

THE National Association for the
Fifth Avcnuc, announces an offer of
500 in prizes for the best essay by a
student nj colored institution of
earning on the subject "The Economic
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-10-26


en- OF Board Of ASSESSORS MI
Clarence Cutting; highway surveyor
MRS. Ward Bedcn; Gu. Board of Sc
lectmcn, Mrs. Walter Chaplin; Town
Clerk, Mrs. Francis Chapman; Chief
Constable, Miss Beldcn; Tree War
den, Mrs. Frank Coblegh; Ovcrseer
Of tine Poor, Miss Bertha Colby; Milk
Inspector Mrs. George Hastings;
Auditor, Mrs. Fred f. Hastings;
Town Treasurer, Mrs. VIII Reed; Oh.
Of School Committee, Mrs. Cynes
Lewis; Bridget, Mrs. c. A. MiltimoIe;
Nora, Mrs. Guy Powers; maggie,
Mrs. Cora Bailey
Nj. and Mrs. J.. W. Hastings Of
st. Johnsbury were n'town Saturday
at Il special meeting Of Moose River
Lodge, No, 81, +. and \. NJ. y, -,
G. NJ G. f. LibbcN M. D., DanVille
made his official visit. There were
also guest, from St. Johnsbury and
LYndonylIic.
Nj. and Mrs, Harrison Cutting,
, Rudolph Cutting, Flaintieid and Mr..
and Mrs. Ctls Cutting and son Of
st. John+buy were in town Sunday;
MI and Mrs. G, N. Strccter. and
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-10-26
CARD OF THANKS

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ellie wish to
express their appreciation for the
beautiful flowers and the many kind
ncsscS by friends and nciohborS dur
mo the sickness and death Of their
little son.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-11-05
LEGION MEN ON STRIKE DUTY
Ex-service Boys Aided in Maintaining
Order In Recent Disturbance at
Denver, Colo.

American Legion men have again
played a part in maintaining law and
order during a strike, without taking
part In the controversy. During the
disturbance in Denver which accom-
panied the tramway walkout, Legion
naires extended their assistance in
directing traffic, %patrolling the resi-
dence district and doing general
guard duty. In the course OF this
service one Legionnaire was ATTACKED
by thugs and badly beaten.
The Leglonnaires were modified for
duty Immediately following receipt OF
an appeal from Governor Shoup. A
statement was issued declaring that
the Legionnaires twill be used In no
capacity except the maintenance OF
law and order In the community, and
not In any manner bearing upon the
controversy between the tramway COM
pany and its employees"
That this decision was adhered to is
indicated in editorial comment by Den
yer newspapers which compllmented
the veterans on their usefulness. ''The
American Legion made II perfectly
clear that 1t was out for the purpose
OF maintaining law and ORDER" said
one paper, while another asserted that
Denver owes him (the Legion MANI
an everlasting debt Of gratitude"
A number OF persons were killed and
injured In riots during the strike.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-11-05
RED MAN APPEALS FOR AID
Indian Preacher Urges That Land Be.
longing to His Tribe Be Not Opened
for Settlement.

Reverend Whitefeather. Indian
preacher and veteran of the World war,
has appealed to the American Legion
Weekly for the protection of the land
that belongs TO his tribe, following a
proposal TO open up the reservation
near saltwater, New, for settlement.
make a law that no white man or
Mexican car take u land or marry
in this tribe" he wrote. Put all poor
Indians in good shape, and I know that
the government will be well paid in
the long run. We have no lazy Indl-
ans here at all. The white man would
like to see us poor Indians give up our
land and work for them. A man. no
matter who he is, If he works out for
others is the loser"
Reverend Whitefeather is a member
of the Fallon (Nev.) post of the Legion.
During the war he served with the
Three Hundred and ~Sixty-fourth ma
chine gun battalion.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-11-05

With winners in the Olympic games
and other famous athletes entered in
many of the events, the first annual
track and field meet of the Philadel-
phia posts of the American Legion
presented an array Of stars that
made athletic history in the city. L.
giOn posts from Pennsylvania, New
York. New Jersey, Massachusetts and
other states were represented in the
events open only to members Of the
veterans organization.
More than 5000 persons attended
the meet which was staged at Frank
lin field, University Of Pennsylvania.
One Of the most novel events on the
program was the 75-yard dash for
yeOman (F) of Post 80, Philadelphia,
which a won by Miss Marie Baxter
in IL 10 seconds. J.. w. Drlscoll, a
Boston L~egionnaire, captured first
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-11-05
THIS WOMAN 0UTD0ES P0NZI
Financial Wizard From Texas Prom
Uses 300 Per Cent Profit
in Ten Days.

Butte. Mont.-Charles Ponzi was a
tiChtwad compared with Mrs. Mary
r. Phillips Of Fort Worth. Tex. who
has Just been detained here by the
police following her public offers OF
300 per cent profit in ten days on an
investment Of 500.
Mrs. Phillips admitted that she had
told a Milestone (Mont.) woman that
she was a member of a prominent de-
tective agency seeking counterfeiters.
She said. according to Chief Murphy,
that she was selling valuable oil royal
ties to locate the cOunterfeiters.
"She makes POnzi look like a
piker." Chief Murphy said.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-11-05
TWICE ECGED,
He TOTES GUN
Connecticut Parson Declares
He's "Not Afraid of God
or Man."
B0MBARDED IN HOME
Arouses the Village Against Him by
His War on Lotteries and Public
GambIing-Gun Loaded With
Ammonia.

Stamford, Conn.-They threw fresh
eggs at him and tomatoes that were
overripe and it made the minister sore
he has been paying 81 a dozen for
eggs-sO he has declared wal on STAN
ford and on Darien, Conn, too. And
his chief weapon right now is a squirt
er-gun filled with ammonia-the Sc
lectman wouldn't issue him a permit
to carry a real one.
The Rev. G. f. Richter, the minister
in question, has open enemies in the
volunteer fire department, the Knights
of Columbus, the Eagles and the Red
men of these two communities. These
organizations have been having carni-
walls with lotteries, which the minister
charged was open gambling.
Bombarded in His Home.
His ire aroused. he made his feel
ings publicly known. The aforesaid
enemies, being a bit piqued-as they
had lost much money because Of the
minister's OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES him a
vegetable ~bombardment during two
nights. And early m morning they
serenaded him, but it was not the kind
of serenade one expects to hear-also
it was u%nprintable. Moreover, the
remarks that greeted Rev. Mr.. Richter
while on his way from his home to
Stamford cannot be repeated.
81 am not afraid of God, or man, or
the devil, Or" Doctor Richter
paused during n recent address, his
voice ch0klng-'or the baptism of eggs
that has greeted my efforts to purge
these communities of low gambling
and drinking. And / shall carry a
gun, no matter what the officials OF
Darien say.
"a Shall Garry a Gum"
81 will not kill anybody, | merely
want to defend myself against the
rowdies of Darien-the low gambling
element that jeered me and threw eggs
at me and plastered my roof and my
windows with tomatoes. shall carry
n gun !"
But the gaunt, gray-haired crusader
failed to tell his audience that his gun
was n water pistol, charged with am
monia. Furthermore, at nights his
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-11-05
staoes Musical Comedy

The latest mode in the Legion towns
in the oil fields of Texas seems to be
the production of musical comedies.
Fifty members of a Legion post at
German. Tex assisted by a similar
number of young women, produced a
whiriy-girly show for the benefit of
the post under the direction of a
New York professional director. who
also directed a similar entertainment
for a post at San Angelo. Tex The
Legionnaires are alleged to have
sported clothing to the value of $1,000
In the extravaganza.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-11-05

place in the national Legion 6OO-yard
run.
An undress. race exhibition given
by members of Prince-Forbes post of
West Philadelphia and a tug-of-war
between Prince-FOrbes post and the
State Fencibles post also were on
the program. Another event with a
military flavor, the bugle competition,
was won by Richard Singer Of Phila-
delphia. a bugler of 20 years expert
ence. He is sixty-five years old and
served overseas with the motor me-
chanics.
Practically all the leading athletic
clubs within a days journey of Phila-
delphia were represented at the Lee
gion meet. The trophy for the team
winning the most points was award
ed to the MeadowbrOok club Of Phila-
delphia.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-11-05
TO KEEP WINDSHIELD CLEAR
New York Chauffeur Utilities Piece OF
chamois Skin and Clean Rag
or Paper.

Louis George, who has for twelve
years been a chauffeur In New York.
writes that for the last two years he
has been keeping his windshield clear
on rainy days in a very simple man
ner. When the windshield is first wet
he takes n piece of chamois skin, Il
clean rag or, II he has nothing else
the glass with IT. pressing quite hard,
and he says the glass stays clear so
long as the rain lasts. :