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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-26
Prominent Men Tour South
Their Purpose to Make An Exhaustive Study Of
Negro Business and Educational Development
An Interesting Trip From Every Angle

eu man WHO Ill SOlle IeSpSCIS was IhS
most remarkable man we have ever
met and his recital of the historic
events that transpired on Lookouts
lofty summit where was fought the
battle above the clouds and from
which at a certain point can be seen
seven states, made it a delightful and
memorable afternoon. AS guide
thoroughly posted and eloquent to a
degree, w. P. Parker, the man of
whom we speak is absolutely in a
class by himself, and not only our
party followed him from spot to spot
and hung on his every word as he
graphically described the events that
transpired here fifty-seven years ago
but large parties of sightseeing white
tourists also gathered around him
eager to hear every description he
presented so eloquently. Parker
says that for thirty years, he has
been acting as guide and lecturer up
on historic fields of this section and
knows every nook, monument, battle
field and point of interest by heart
mas dS IlSh do p-OusUO
per day voluntarily contributed for
his remarkable services. Our party
presented him a purse OF $3.50 at
the conclusion OF our afternoon on the
mountain. Some people think it's a
thrill to ride up the Cog railroad as
cending Pixies Peak but if you want
a real thrill that sets your nerves to
tingling and almost causes your heart
to stop beating, take a ride up the
almost perpendicular railroad that
rises sheer onto the face of the noun
tain for three quarters of a mile
reaching Lookout Summit. At the
conclusion of our trip we returned to
the City and from 500 to 1900 spent
the time visiting the business places
of Colored people in Chattanooga
which compares favorably with the
business places visited in other cities.
Chattanooga has a large Colored pop
ulation who are doing nicely and
who are ambitious to make their
City one of the greatest in the South.
At 500 o'clock we were rendered a
reception by the Chattanooga Busi-
ness League in the elegantly furnish
ed rooms of the Y. w. c. A. in the
Masonic Temple where an elaborate
spread was served and many short
but entertaining talks were made by
both citizens and members Of our
delegation. Among those who con-
tributed largely to the success of our
stay in Chattanooga were: Mr.. G.. w.
Franklin Jr., Mr.. j. ]. Oldfield of the
Chattanooga Defender, Mr. J. F.
Trimble and Mr. VIM. Dent
At 11:O0 O'Clock, escorted by the
members OF the committee wetrepair-
ed to our special car where we in
turn held an informal reception for
nearly an hour preparatory. to leav
ing for the next point on our journey
historic Nashville called the athens
of the South" of which We will speak
in our next issue,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-26
CT t|CAG0 RIOTS AGAIN

good citizenship and a sense of re-
sponsibility are not confined to one
race. Owens, whether he lives or
dies, for this reason will be regarded
as one of the most valuable servants
the city ever had.
1t would be ridiculous to minimize
the seriousness of the race situation
in Chicago. There are many hood
lums, white and Negro, who seek to
take advantage of its existence to
forward their private revenges and to
display their unhesitating brutality
But if any clearer realization comes
from this affray that the mass of
both races are alike in condemning
the revolutionary spirit and hating
and resisting to the uttermost its dis
play in violence, good will come out
of the evil, and understanding out of
Herald and Examin-
er, Tuesday, June %.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-26
WHITE MEN AND NEGROES
STANDING SIDE BY SIDE.

The shooting in connection with the
parade of the Star Order of Ethio-
pia" Sunday night was in no sense
race riot, and should not be misun-
derstood in that connection.
The object of the society is purely
revolutionary The burning of the
American flag. which brought on the
attack, is a typical manifestation OF
the sort of thing which the more
vicious revolutionaries, white as we'll
as Negro, indulge in. The first at
tempt to stop the revolutionaries was
made by a Negro policeman, who now,
shot four times, lies near death in
consequence. The next was made by
white man. who was killed. Two
men were killed and one white and
one Negro bystander wounded.
Immediately the good citizens of
teh district, both white and Negro,
co-operated to restore order and to
hunt down the murderers. Organized
groups of Negroes secured the neigh
borhood, assisting the police in the
search for the men who did the
shooting and for the leaders of the
society" which was responsible. The
Negro population of the ristrict was
in no way involved with the acts of
the paraders, and resented the burn.
ing of the flag as fiercely ,as any
white man in Chicago.
Trouble between races can be
avoided only by understanding. The
curse of the situation is that a single
vicious white man or vicious Negro
may be taken as a representative of
the race and stir up feeling far be,
yond the immediate circle of his evil
Just so, however, on the other hand
the courage and prompt action OF
such a man as Owens, the Negro
policeman, and the cooperation of the
Negro business men of the locality
are doubly valuabel in showing that
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-26
CHAPTER VII.


As recorded in our last Chapter,
we left Atlanta at $3.50 p. m. after
most strenuous but enjoyable day for
the next stop on our itinerary which
was Chattanooga where we arrived
at 1:10 in the morning of April IL.
We remained in our car until 1880
when the local committee headed by
Mr.. ]. F. Trimble, the well known
undertaken who is President of the
Chattanooga Negro Business League
and E. ID. Anderson, Secretary called
to escort us to breakfast which was
delightfully."- served at Dents Cafe, 421
East 9th street. At 900 o'clock a
splendid line of autos owned by Col
ored Business Men of the City took
us on a sight seeing trip to Chicka-
mauga Park and Missionary Ridge a
part of which is in Georgia and part
in Tennessee.
Chattanooga abounds in Civil War
historical interest and is possibly the
greatest Monumental City in Amer
lea. More monuments being erected
here to achievements of historical
interest of. both sides in the Civil
War Conflict than all the rest of the
country combined. If you know his
tory, then you know what a tour Of
these famous battlefields and Look
Out mountain means. Every foot of
the ground from the time you look
upon the old engine OF the daring
Raiders which greets you in impress
siye silence at the Union Station un-
til you have traversed every foot Of
the historic soil of this section is
filled with thrills. And though many
of our party had decided previous to
our arrival in Chattanooga that they
would spend the day resting, they
unanimously agreed at the close of
the days activities that it was the
most enjoyable and inspiring sight
seeing tour we had received on the
entire trip. To one who has never
been over Chickamango Park and
Missionary Ridge, it would be i'm
possible to convince of the weird
and wonderful beauty of these his
toric places. But imagine thousands
of monuments and tablets of bronze
and stone and iron costing from one
hundred dollars to two hundred
thousand dollars with we'll kept road
way and historic cabins and houses
in a splendid state of preservation
with bronze tablets telling the par
ticular deeds performed upon this
certain spot. everywhere you turn,
and you have faint idea Of what
these places mean in the history of
the Civil War. At 100 o'clock We
returned to specially prepared
luncheon at Dents Cafe and after a
half hours rest, we were loaded
aboard a special car where We were
taken to historic Lookout Mountain,
one of the most thrilling and inspir-
ing spots we have ever visited. Here
we were placed in charge of Color
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-26
CHICAGO riot"
UBy Associated Negro Press

(By Associated Negro Press
One Negro policeman, a distinterest,
ed cigar store clerk and meddle-
some sailor were the victims in
near riot scene at Indiana avenue and
35th street, Sunday night. The sailor
and the clerk are dead. The Negro
policeman may die. All were shot in
a fracas that was started by flag
ceremonial in which a group of color
ed people styling themselves the
"Star Order of Abyssinia, We're en-
gagged in at the front of Entertainers
Hall in 35th street and Indiana Ave.
The Society had been paradlng
through the streets in the Black
Belt" and had halted at the front OF
the hall where a ceremony in which
the American and the Abyssinian
flags were symbolic features, was
started. Feeling that the American
flag was being desecrated by the
ceremony the Negro policeman rush
ed at the crowd followed by the sail
or. In the scrap precipitated by their
action the sailor was killed. the po-
liceman probably fatally wounded and
the clerk was killed in his store by
a stray bullet
Charge Flag Burning.
A statement by Joseph p Owens,
the wounded Negro officer, declares
that the ceremony included the burn
ing of the flags by the Society and 1t
was this action that prompted him
to atetmpt TO break up the proceed
ings. THE crowd looked like a group
of Colored foreigners to me. They
had been parading through the streets
all the afternoon and acting like
nuts to my way of thinking. When
they stopped in front of the hall and
began the burning of the flags, l
thought it was high time to put
stop to the circus. l don't know how
the sailor got mixed up in the matter.
If he had kept out of the thing and
minded his own business don't
think either of us would have been
hurt"
Shot With Rifles.
The shooting is said to have been
done with rifles. Onlookers stated
that when the policeman and the
sailor charged the crowd, two men
rushed to an automobile that had
been used in the parade and took two
rifles from under the seats and began
firing. Officer Owens fell at the first
volley and the sailor was shot and
fell dead over the PROSTATE body OF
the policeman a second later, By this
time the air was thick with the shouts
of the great crowds attracted to the
scene by the shooting Patrols filled
with policemen began to arrive ana
when the excited people were some
what scattered it was then discovered
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-26

tention to precipiate a disturbance
0 fany kind.
Not A Negro Movement.
Local Negroes disavow any connec-
ton with the Jones-Redding propa-
ganda They are keeping their heads
and refuse to become excited about
the matter. Jones. it is said, is an
irresponsible CRATER who should be
squelcher at all hazards. Redding
is a fanatic who has virtually lost his
mind brooding over the question of
the race going over the seas to re-
deem Africa from the oppression of
the white race"
Wrong as Usual.
The local dailies are wrong as
usual. Their headlines have display
ed the habitual folly of the breed and,
what was an incident that could have
been closed with a simple arrest of
one or two men, has been magnified
into a serious race clash. The Even
ing Post discloses a woeful ignorance
vi TIE lOlNtb dl WI plOuuNluB III
rest among the colored elements of
the city's population, refers to the
childish minds" of Chicago's BLACK
Belt as being the chief agency in
creating race disturbances in the
city.
Negroes Not Fools.
Up to this hour the Negroes have
made no demonstration in connection
with the unfortunate happening de
termining that they we're in no sense
party to the outburst. And ye
they have quietly decided that if tn
childish minds" of the white Press
conclude that it is wise to create
situation out of which will come r
currence of last summers disgrac
they will meet it squarely and III
afraid. In the meantime they are d.
ing everything in their power to a
sure the city authorities that the
have no desire to do other than pr,
! serve the peace.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-26

day, Mr.. Thomas Powell as guest of
honor. d. Grand Master, G. w. Brown,
made his annual visit to st. Rose and
Crysolia Temple Tuesday. He gave a
very interesting address which was
enjoyed by all. At 1880 he met the
brothers. While in the City he was
the guest of DIR. j. Il. Smith. =. Mas
ter E. w. Perkins, Jr., is attending
the Sunday School Convention at
Trenton, Mo-. 3. Mrs. j. E. Smith is
attending school in Jefferson City.
-. Miss Billie Slizabeth was mar
ried to Mr.. Fred Williams last Tues
day evening, June 15 at the home of
Mrs. Lizzie Neff.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-26

that the clerk in the cigar store had
been killed by stray bullet.
Leaders of Society.
Il. d. Jones. a white agitator who
has been preying upon credulous Ne
groes in Chicago and elsewhere; Grow
er c. Redding. Joseph Fernon and his
son are accused with being the insti-
gators of an agitation which has been
accounted as the reason for a series
of demonstrations among the local
Negroes which called for a back to
Africa" movement with the ultimate
aim of driving the white man out of
the Dark Continent" Sunday was
the second time that the society had
paraded through the Belt" following
a meeting held in a hall in South
State street. The flag feature occur
red at each parade, consisting. the
members say, of a fire conservation
of both the world and Abyssinian en-
blems to the cause of liberty through
out the world.
Not A Race Riot.
The incident was not a race riot.
The casualties were caused by the
Over-zealousness of a Negro police
officer and meddlesome Jackie"
sailor. The store clerk was an un-
lucky bystander who was hit by a
stray bullet. Swarms of police are
being kept in the Belt" neighbor-
hood OF 35th and Indiana who are hav-
ing an easy time watching the crowds
of curious people who have been
drawn to the scene by the wild and
woody" stories published in the daily
newspapers. In other sections of the
city sailors are amusing themselves
beating any lone Negroes who hap
pen TO find their way into sections
outside of the Belt" In some OF
these incidents the sailors have
come out of the fracases with whole
skins. In other instances they have
caught the veritable "tartars" and
been made to take TO the woods.
The Negroes, in general, are not
alarmed over the situation. They de
clare themselves ready to take care
of any crisis which may come as the
result of the Sunday night affair. NJ
meetings will be held, but every pre-
caution will be taken to vigorousl!
oppose any attempts at general vic
lence by white mobs" The cit!
officials do not expect any genera
uprising against the Negro population
Chicago. H., June 21.-R. d. Jonas
the white leader and Edward Red
ding, the Colored leader of the "Aby
ssinian' outbreak of last night wer,
arrested this afternoon. Redding wa
caught at his residence on the Wes
Side and Jonas was found at tn
home of one of his followers on tn
South side, They both insist tina
they are the innocent cause of tn
! outbreak and that there was no il
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-26
5000 ELKS MAKING PREPARA-
TloNS TO COME TO KANSAS
CITY NEXT AUGUST.

Special trains will be run from
Atlanta, Minneapolis, St.
Louis, two from Chicago, two from
Washington, New York, Boston.
Cleveland. Pittsburgh, Hampton, Va,
Norfolk, Va, Richmond, Va, Tulsa.
Muskogee, Oklahoma City and special
pullmans are coming from every i'm
portant city in the country.
The Elks Convention will bring
more Negro visitors to our city than
we have ever witnessed before at any
other Convention. Every band in the
two Kansas Cities have been engag
ed for that week; Melford's Second
| Regiment Band has been secured as
the Officiaol Band for the local Elks.
Visiting Bands will come from Chi
cago, ST. Louis, Tulsa, Topeka, Balti-
more and Washington; others will be
heard from later The Eighth Regi-
ment Band of Chicago will furnish
music for the Grand Ball The Elks
Grand Ball will be held on Tuesday
Night. August oath at Convention
Hall and more than ten thousand
will attend; you had better secure
your reservations for boxes now.
Several parties from New York.
Washington, Chicago. Boston and
Cleveland have sent in reservations
for boxes for the Grand Ball. YES
it is strictly a dress affair.
The old town is going to be decor
ated as never before. Start now to
get out the old flags and show the
visitors from the East what a real
city we have.
The New Lincoln Theatre has been
secured for the business sessions of
the Elks Convention; Lyric Hall has
| been secured for the whole week as
the general Headquarters for the
Kansas City Elks; Lincoln High
School has been secured for the busi-
ness Sessions OF the Grand Temple;
Two hundred and fifty Temples will
be represented; five hundred Elks
Lodges will send delegates; five hun
dred Elks and their friends will leave
Chicago on a special train arriving
here Sunday, August 22d. The Grand
Exalted Ruler, Hon Geo. w. F. Nc
Mechen of Baltimore, accompanied
by his family will arrive here Sunday
mornig, August 22d and will be met
at the station by every member of
Mid West odge in uniform, headed by
the Second Regiment Band and will
be escorted to the General Headquar-
ters. Every citizen of this city
should turn out and take I'D their
position on 18th street and give the
BIG MAN of the Elks a hearty well
come.
The Elks Grand Lodge Sermon will
be held at Allen Chapel on Sunday
night, August 22d.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-26
RoeERs-HARRIs WEDDING.

Mrs. Sallie Rogers of this city, one
of our most accomplished and veal
thy teachers and Mr. Arthur w. Har
ris, Government Inspector at Chicago,
were quietly married in the City
Thursday at 1929 Langley avenue.
Mr.. Harris is expecting to be trans
ferred to Kansas City shortly. Their
many friends extend congratulations.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-26

See Bert Williams at Convention
Hall July IN Midsummer Follie
assisted by Marshall Rogers and
cast of 100. Tickets at all drug stores
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-26

FOR RENT-Nice, cool room, modern
1907 Parade Way, Srd floor Mrs
Grace.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-26

Prof. w. H. Harrison and Prof. Les
lie Clark left Saturday evening for
Minneapolis, Mimi, to attend the
University of Minnesota.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-02
Tenor Wins Final Love
Tilt With Ex-Soldier
French Girl Deaf TO Pleadings
of Former Fiance, Who
Brought Her to Il. s.

Ray Hewlett returned alone yesterday
TO the house he built and the garden he
PLANTED in Findlay. Ohio, for Emilenne
Romeauf a French girl who may
marry Nicola Raspa, Italian tenor, be-
fore night. Neither man can speak
French and she knows nothing else.
Raspa's % Sole Mic" on a moon
lighted sea outweighed Hewlett's court
ing as an American soldier two years
ago IN Orleans, France, and the fact
that he paid 500 to bring her here,
she told Miss Virginia NJ. Murray, sec
resarv OF the Travellers Aid Society
While the society has been holding
her, pending word rom Philadelphia
as to Raspa's reliability, the tenor has
tried TO get her out Of the home at 465
Lexington Avenue by sending two girls,
posing as reporters, who invited Mile.
Romeauf to 20 riding
you won't hold that against me, will
you?' he begged. "Haven't you ever
net some one who seemed to fill the
whole world ?"
Miss Murray will insist that Raspa
pay to Hewlett the passage money.
The two met and discussed their case
without rancor. Hewlett tried to con-
vince Mile. Romeauf that her regard
for Raspa was just passing fancy, but
she insisted otherwise, and he went
home sadly, but sure that in such cir
cumstances their marriage would be a
mistake
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-02
Gerard Witness Against
Alleged Bond Swindler

James w. Gerard, former Ambassa-
dor to Germany, was witness for the
prosecution yesterday in the trial Of
Frank de r. Storey, indicted on a charge
Of crimnally receiving stolen bonds.
The case is being heard by Judge Ma
lone and jury in General Sessions.
Mr.. Gerard was called to refute an
assertion Storey is said to have made
when, it is alleged, he put up stolen
bonds as collateral for loan Louis
Quasha and Milton C. Wiseman, law
yers, had testified that Storey applied
to them to negotiate $500 loan for
him on the plea that he needed the
money at once to invest in "shippng
deal" he said the cx-ambassador was
engineering.
Mr.. Gerard testified he never knew
Storey, had had no dealings with him
and that he had been interested in no
shipping project.
Storey, an attorney, is charged with
having received securities stolen when
the offices OF the Cans Steamship Com
pany We're robbed. Quasha and Wise
man nan, t est hG ID they 0btaned two $500
Assistant District Attorney Albert
BloGg Unger characterized storey rs a
OR. Ilekyll and Mr. Hyde, who asso-
ciatcd in sunlight with prominent men
and after nightfall fraternized with
crooks"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-02
Mr.. 01tlM1:s. ID. Fairbanks
OfCaHformia, Are IN 701un
Reporters and Photographers; Then the Bride
Washes Her C1rls; Disagree Only Politics

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks ar
rived in New York at 10 o'clock yester-
day morning. had party of newspaper
writer's to luncheon, took an automo-
bile ride, met fifteen or twenty maya
zine editors at o'clock and at Mrs.
Fairbanks washed her curls.
All this hustling was necessary for
they are to be here only a couple
oc weeks and there is a lot to be done.
Wallpaper to pick out, for example,
and cretonnc hangings for the big wing
Doug" is planning to add to his bunga-
closets in the Fairbanks establishment
as at present constructed, and Our
Mary" has large wardrobe.
Tell us all about your wedding" TIL e
twenty newswriters demanded first, in a
rose and white suite at the Ritz Carl
ton
"Our wedding?" said Doug" pleas
antly ooh, there's nothing to tell
about that. How do you like those
pink curtains, Mary? Pretty room,
isn't it, so cool and restful looking"
THAT is the way | want our house to
be, Douglas" said "Our Mary" eagerly
Il hate these elaborate mansions, where
you have to be so formal that you can't
have good time. Just simple, honey
rooms, where our friends can be hap
py. That's my idea"
Chaplin a Persistent Guest
Eve have to have lots of rooms,7
added Doug" because everybody we
know camps out with us whenever they
feel like it. When built the bun
galow, picked out the best bedroom
for myseif-great big room, overlook
ing the vailey--and fitted it out just
the way had always wanted a bed
room to be-after years of hotel and
parlor car living you get to have ideas
about bedrooms. Well, do you suppose
ever sleep in it? No, indeed. Charlie
Chaplin IS always in it. Comes up and
stays weeks at q time, he does, and
have to use the. guest room"
Tell US about your plans" begged
effort to talk business.
"Plans? Oh, nothing sensational, IN
less l think up something right away
for YOU smiled Doug"
Don't you believe him? chirped Mary.
ale never puts over fake publicity
stories. Really, we're only here to see
our directors, and do little shopping"
"Trousseau! shouted the twenty
writer's joyously., "Our Mary" flushed.
The male members of the assembly
then had to have the brGe explain that
what she had on at the moment was
only d travelling suit Of sand colorcd
gabardina, with red and white checked
vest. She wore a bunch Of lilies Of the
valley tucked into a patent leather belt.
II need summer dresses" she went