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The Coconino sun., 1920-09-03

Charles A. Learned Post, of De- troit, Mich, has a chaplain, Joseph w. Cochran, who marries members of the post and turns the fees over to the brides to start housekeeping on.
The Coconino sun., 1920-09-03

Aviators flew out in advance of the infantry in the sham battle staked by the Groton, s. D., post and seven oth- CTS in celebration that netted $l1O0. The post boasts a 100 per cent mem- bership.
The Coconino sun., 1920-09-03

Four members of the same family are on the rolls of Pettis County post of Sedalia, Mo. George H. Scruton, the father, went to the war at the age of fifty-fve and was post quar- termaster at Is-sur-Tille, attaining the grade of lieutenant colonel. His three sons served in the ranks throughout the war.
The Coconino sun., 1920-09-03

Memorial certificates issued by the Republic of France were presented to the nearest relatives of the soldiers of the Mesa, Ariz,, district at a great gathering in commemoration of the second anniversary of the first great American offensive. The affair was held under the auspices of the Mesa post.
The Coconino sun., 1920-09-03

Tho Department of Minnesota leads all others in the number of units of the women's auxiliary according to reports received at national head quarters of the Legion. Approxi- mately 5000 women are members of it's 93 units.
The Coconino sun., 1920-09-03

The Norfolk, Va, post has appoint ed a committee to confer with the local school board for the purpose of introducing a course in Americanism into the schools of the city.
The Coconino sun., 1920-09-03

The Vincent B. Costello Post of Washington, D. C., following out the Legion's plan of caring for wounded service men, gave an excursion and athletic carnival at Chesapeake Beach at which thirty-five patients from the Walter Reed hospital, forty-fve from the Navy hospital, and ten from Fort Myer hospital, were present as guests
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-03
The WHIPS Birthday

The scythee hands of time point to the birthday of the
CHICAGO WHIP. One year ago it breathed the breath of
journalistic e and the editor dipped his into the burry
ink of his limited knowledge and the CHICAGO WHIP became
thing of e child of action, and dedicated to the H.
600 900 who live in the shadows of oppression
and the soughs despond. The WHIP has found many
friends although inevitable enemies have also crossed in its
BY the support its friends and the silent
its has lived for The ideals of alus brother
hood and equality.
many ago the light that guided the weary feet
It's fcered and threatened to depart but with faith
courage and energy that light placed hill and the
eyes of the Newspaper Soouners raised it. Upon
that hill live Love- Fairpay and Truth Upon that hill the
eyes of the WHIP the eyes of Humanity and the of the
souls of men raised.
Beyond the of petty eaouse and personal elements
WHIP aspire If its policies have been wrong they
have been judgment and understanding in motive
and Its licensed criticism while bitter and scathing
has been directed toward the awakening of
and the abolition of personal van-gory Its critism has
intended be corrective and punitive Those whom
criticised been praised for worthy achieve
The quality of justice and equity has been disseminated
without stint through columns We have printed the
free from local color private interest and
of verifies this In policy
been free from bias and have been by
ogan "The Truth Without Fear, and the good
for the greatest number.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-03
BACK TO ABYSSINIAi
From the Chicago Daily News,
Junp %

(From the Chicago Daily News,
June 23.)
Abyssinia will do. 1t is not wholly
inaccessible, as are the lost Atlantis
and the dark side of the moon, but
this is perhaps no real drawback, all
things considered. One has to leave
some small rag of plausibility fut-
tcring from hedge of unreason
when one starts out to gain prose-
lytes. Therefore, let it be Abyssinia
The Chicago public learns with
surprise that a procession led by Ger
tain citizens of color on horseback
and in full regalia, flying the flag of
Abyssinia, moved solemnly through
various streets of the south division
the other day and that then its leader,
with considerable fervor, burned an
American lag. Ono may assume that
this ceremony was intended to show
how contemplate America was
thought by him to be as compared
with Abyssinia and its manifold at
fractions.
Here is a somewhat extreme case,
yet it is typical of the many fantastic
forms of unrest that have developed
in millions of human minds as by
products of the agitation flowing
from the great upheaval of war. They
are mot mainly results of reasoning
processes. Their pathological aspects
ire unmistakable. They breed con-
fusion alike in the individual brain.
and broadly in the social, the bust
ness and the industrial relations of
entire peoples. In short, the back to
Abyssinia movement afficts all man
kind directly or indirectly.
1t is time for the sane forces of
every community, of every nation,
Of the civilized world, to rally in their
own defense. Bedlam is lording it
alike at the crossroads and in the
national capitals. Meantime rational
minds are engaged in all manner of
minor debates, in all manner of hair
splitting contests. The leaders lead
nowhere.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-03
Declaring independence

Since the Memorable 4th day of July 1776 has rolled
around this nation has waxed into and wonderful Fed
Grafton and the narrowing details surrounding the signing Of
the immortal Declaration of Independence have become
and insignificant the slippery memory of mankind
The Spirit that inspired the Declaration of independence
still pemeates and nfuses the American esprit de Corps
The methods by which made reality and
nsuted the strength and ferocy of the Powerful Minority
Of Capitalists who CONTROL the destiny of this generation
The people in America rule more, people in America
feel the desire for Independence and have declared The
economic monopoes have subsized the political machinery
the country until political latitude thru which the Will
of the Masses should be Mteazed has become cramped into
grooves that the will of classes finds
for expression.
The will to live is stronger than the desire die. Auto
and Capitalism will control and crush the immortal
Spirit which Americans have conceived.
The backbone of personal greed and private enterprise
will be broken and the Stars and Stripes will the
Ian of the Free and Liberty and Justice all will prevail
until the end of time The spirit of American independence
will be hallowed every 4th of July.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-03

MYTH DUE REGARD RIGHT, WITH PURIFY OF MO-
w EXPRESSION, WITH CONSCIENTIOUS
COMPASSION FOR STRICKEN HUMANITY, WITH UN
sTINTED CREDIT THOSE WHO MERIT, WITH TRUTH AS
GUIDE AND LOVE AS OUR INSPIRATION WE
HAVE COMMITTED OURSELVES TO THE WORLD OF JOUR-
NALIsM WE HAVE DEDICATED OURSELVES TO PUBLIC
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-03
The NEGRO AND CHICAGO, PAST AND
PRESENT
By Lieut.. J. E. Hawkins

William Henry Lee, died June 30
1919, was the owner of the Laird &
Lee Publishing Company, the largest
publishing house West of New York
City. and when he died he left an
estate estimated to be over Five
Thousand Dollars, which will revert
to the State of Illinois in case no
heirs are to be found. Mr.. Lees death
was very sudden and sensation was
created when it was found that no
one knew of living relatives, and the
subsequent fact of his being of Negro
blood. The daily press Of Chicago
printed column after column which
were copied by papers all over the
country but up to the present no
relatives or heirs at law have been
discovered.
The fact that Mr. Lee was a col
ored man was published in the Record
Herald on a sconp given by one who
knew Mr.. Lee intimately, to
the extent that in a moment of con
fidence Mr.. Lee, eonfided that he, too.
had colored blood in his veins. The
friend in whom Mr.. Lee, eonfided.
gave the story to the press not for
any pecuniary purpose but rather TO
help the rightful heirs in case the
could be located.
| Shortly after the appearance of
the story. claimants both white and
black made claim to relationship from
parts all over the world, but none
of them could prove up. Mr.. Fredc-
rick c. Laird his former partner,
was reached by one of the evening
papers and when asked if it was a
fact that his former partner was a
colored man replied:
Eyes, | knew it twenty years ago,
but | want to tell you that he was
the whitest man that | ever came in
contact with. He was a commercial
genius and straight as a die in all
of his business dealings. The only
thing that he ever kept from me dur
ing the many years in which VIC were
associated was his life's story. He
never spoke of it and he conducted
! himself in such a way that you would
never question him about it. Lee had
Negro blood in his veins and that
was why he tried so hard and so sue
cessfully to hide all of his life's his
tory. Although he never spoke of il
to me, knew it from his speech ano
facial expression. From what | have
been able to learn he was the son OF
slave mother and valet of Gen
Lee"
Not much surprise was caused among
the colored people of Chicago wher
the papers announced that he was Z
colored man as many of those of tbs
race had known him and had re
ceiyed not only good advice from
him but fl ancial assistance as well
During his leisure moments he wouiC
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-03
THE WEEKS BEST
EDITORIAL.
Better Keep The Poison In The Bottle

(From Herald Examiner, June 24.)
In any situation which contains
elements of trouble, to impute motives
without evidence is dangerous. To
impute motives which contradict the
evidence is dastardly.
We have in Chicago well over Il
hundred thousand Negro citizens.
Among them are fanatics, as in any
group; evil men, and mistaken men;
rogues and fools. This fact is rec
ognized quite as clearly by the Ne
groes as by the whites, and the Ne
groes are doing quito as much as the
whites are to keep these elements
from doing general damage to society.
To ascribe by innucndo the motives
Of these comparatively few to the
Negroes in general is as perilous in
its effect as it is vicious in its method
The Negroes of Chicago do not
seek social equality with the whites.
They seek business equality; political
equality, equality of opportunity to
find food and shelter and the educa-
ton in which alone their future lies.
Beyond that they do not go. In all
things for the advacement of the
community they wish to be with the
whites, as Booker Washington said.
one as the hand; in all things purely
social, separate as the fingers.
Here and there among the Negroes
of the country are to be found men
like w E. B. Du Bots, honest as
Lincoln, as passionately eager as Lin
coin for the good Of their race, but
without Lincoln's clearness Of vision,
and stupidity resentful of situation
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-03

the fault of which lies in no way
with any man now living.
Such men as Du Bots speak and
write from the heart. They are quite
within their rights; but they may
nevertheless do harm. They cannot
rossibly, however, do as much harm
as White men, presumably responsible
men. who speak and write as if the
cxtr.mcst utterance3 of Du Bots
represented the feeling of many of
the Negroes Of Chicago ard else
where
We have a problem to solve. 1t
effects the welfare Of nearly three
million people in the City of Chicago.
1t Is engaging the best thought, the
hardest work, Of the leaders of both
races. 1t is ten times more difficult
because it has come upon US sudden
ly, in the last four years.
The only peaceful solution of that
problem lies in the mutual confidence
of the races in the underlying good
sence Of each. Such a manifestation
as the Society of Abyssinia is no
more characteristic of our Negro
citizenship than our white gunner
are of our white citizenship.
Such a tory as Du Bots "The
Comet" is no more intended as repre-
sentative of possibilities than W. d.
Howells' y Traveller From Altruria"
was intended as a contribution to pol
.tieal science.
Any man who attempts to under
mine or falsify the best understand
ing q the races may not be bomb
throwcr, but he lights a fuse.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-03

visit many of his eolored friends and
pend the evening with them, and
lfttimes he would attend public ccre-
Monies held in the churches and pub
ic halls Major John c. Buckner.
deceased. was IA close friend and
Confident. and thru his acquaintance
With Mr. Lee, was able to accomplish
many things of benefit to the race.
When the old ninth Battalion" was
organized and the armory at 18th
Street and Michigan Avenue was
urned over to the State; il was Will
lam Henry Lee, that aided Major
Buekner in getting the necessary
finances with which the dress uni
forms were obtained The State at
hat period only allowed about
ighteeu hundred dollars per annum
'or the maintenance Of the armory
and the balance had to be raised by
he organization. This was done by
living balls and renting the hall TO
lubs ard private parties, and for
Jthcr forms Of amusement The balls
liven by this organization were con-
iidered to be of gala event and Mr.
Lee would be a generous subscriber
10 a large block Of tickets. He once
remarked while sitting in the officers
headquarters that we did not give
he balls often enough to suit him
- he considered the attendance to the
balls one of his greatest forms of
recreation for. Il feel that am
mong mine own and that am
Roy again"
Mr. Edward Morris, Of the law
firm of L. H. Morris, was his attorney,
and to him Mr.. Lee told more of his
ife history than to any other living
person.
William Henry Lee, was able to
ueeeed in hiding his identity thru
he fact that he did not try to be
anything other than a man and he
conducted himself in such a manner
hat no thought was ever given by
lis intlmates-as to what race he
vas identified with. 1t was his whole
some nature and wonderful business
.bility that carried him thru. In
complexion he was a mulatto of we'll
rounded features, and very refined
personality. He lived on Washing
ton Boulevard over on the Westside
n a residence that he purchased many
years ago. AS said: he had no liv-
ng heirs and as far as could be
earned he had never married, these
facts were CLEANED from his house
Keeper who had been in his employ
over score of years.
The estate still stands awaiting a
claimant and the firm of Laird and
Lee, can still be found listed in the
city directory and telephone book,
and altho Lee has passed and gone
his business still continues.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-03
WE'RE LISTENING.

The Literary Digest, which showed
how to publish a magazine without
printers, will confer favor on thou
sands of harassed publishers if it will
show them how to publish papers
without paper.
-Greenville IS. c. Piedmond.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-03
Her Gift.

Nell-Tomorrow is Jacks 2Sth
birthday.
Doris-Are you going to give him
anything?
Nell-Yes, a good strong hint
Boston Transcript.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-03

Icebergs sometimes last as long as
200 years before they melt entirely.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-03

Magistrates in England in the SIX
teenth century had certain powers
with regard to fixing wages and hours
of labor.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-03
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The various diamond mines in
Africa yield stones with such distinct
characteristics that they are readily
classified as to their origin by experts.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-03

About 800 species of turtle and
tortoise are known.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-03
EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE CHICAGO WHIP

be God of fathers asking for for
blood stained fingers and broken civic heart Their duty
is apparent, the theirs. WILL THEY ACT?
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-03

The word salmon" is taken from
the Latin "salmo," the leaping fish.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-09-10
LAS REL.AClOkES CON
MEXICO

En- Cuanto a las relaciones dipio-
maticas y comercialcs con Mexico.
nos dijo el sefor Consul Hamelius cue
son cafa dia mas satisfactoriaS. V cue
existe una inteliEencia perfecta on
tire los E0bernantes dc amboS paiSes
el Presidente De IA Huerta Y cl Pre-
sidente Herrera.
Ell comercio entire las dos Rerd-
blicas promote ser abundantfsIrno
dentro de r1uv pocos meSes. cuando Sc
hayan puesto nueStras fronteras,--ii-r
jo-en condicioncs de poderse esEs
blecer corrientes continuadas de pro-
ductos Y manufactures dc ambos pal
Ses. Desde ahora comienza notars'e
un aurnento notable eg tai Sentido.
pues cl Presidente Herrera ordenS
que So suprimieran todas las restric.
clones econhmicas imPneStas por ei
antique C:otierno do Estrada Gabre-
ra. facilitardo un complete entendi-
miento entire los comercianteS y pro
ducto-es qua atemsItecos mexicanos.
Fl puentc international Sobre el
S1ci7iate. que desde lace mucho tieui
no estaba destrrfdo eSta reparandoss
entertainments. abr;rs de manera
franca las fronteras entire Nariscal
Ayutla. de Chiapas y Guatemala rSs-
pectivamente- .L,,
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-09-10
Ell PUEBLO DE GUATEMALA ESTA SATISFECHO
CON- SUS NUEVOS G0BERNANTES DICE Ell SR
CONSUL GUATEMALTECO EN- Ell P. DE TAMPICO

Aver tuvimOS oCI-SI0n de converSar
muy brcves mOmentos con q. senor
+, r Hamelius. prominente ciudsdano
Suatemaltcco que fue GesiGnado hace
pocos dias por 81 Gobicrno de 81 pals
para desempenar las funciones de
Consul en- cl puerto de TampiCo. pa
ra dondc partir&t dc hoy a manana.
FL seTor HameliuS. intcrrogado por
NoSotroS acerca de las condiciones ac-
tualeS de su pals en- cl cual tuvo su
esaTollo muy recientementc TN mo-
vimiento intestine qu" determine In
caida del Presidentc Estrada Cabre-
ra. nos dijo que es maCnffica. Que
Ia nueva oricntaci6n noIftica do TODD
cl pueblo Cuatemaiteco es feliZ au-
curio de prosperidad para Guatemala.
que todas las nubes que opacarOn 81
cieIo do la paz duraHte tantUs amos
han desaparecido ror complete.
~ usted no cree-interroeamos-
que haya quedado algun rescoldo de
Ia antigua dictadura, y que eXista
probabilidad alGuna para que verga
la reacci6n Y destroce los cimientos
del nuevo periodic?
No 10 creo-contest6 81 Consul
pues el pueblo entero de Guatemala
estA cornpietamente satisfecho de sus
nuevos gobernantcs; .adenas. los qua
temaltecos son muy d6ciles tienen
confianza sbsoluta Ell sus mandata-
viz
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-09-10
REGRESA A MEXICO Ell
PROTAGONISTA DE UNA
AVENTURA MINISTERIAL
Ell Ing. Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Sc dispone a uoluer
q la metropoli

Il ingeniero Y General Pascual Or
tiE Rubio. actual Secretario de CO.
munrCioneS Obras Pubucas en- el
Gabinete del P-esidente De "a Huerta,
ST eStuvo en- San Antonio, seSUn he
mos logrado averiguE-
Por informes que aver nos proper
ciono una caractertzada persona pro-
cedente de Mexico, el ingeniero Or
tiz Rubio sali6 de San Antonio, an
teayer. habiendo estado en- Ia plaza
fronteriza de Laredo. con el propoSito
de coutinuar su viaje hasta Ia Capital
de Mexico: pero los prop6sitos del
inc6-nito viajcro fracaSa-on. en- Wis
"a Ge que el miSrno dfa de su llegada
n Laredo. las tres de Ia tardc. fue
declarado 81 paro general dc los fe-
rrocarriies. sobre IA via de Nuevo La
redo a IA netr6poli re0!cana.
Por or-o lsdo Supi-nos aver niS-no
quo el inseniero general Pascual
Ortiz Rubio. protasonista principal
de- IA uovelesca avcntura conenzada
en Morelia. estuvo aver por "a mana
IA de- nuevo en San Antonio. habien-
do hechc eI visie probableneate en-
autc-n6vil desde Laredo. pues en- el
trcn nocturno no llee6. C-eese que re-
C-eso u eSta ciudad para dirisi-se a
EI Faso Ciudad Juarez a efecto de
tonar Ia VIA del Ferrocarril Central
que esta al coyriente hssta IA ciudad
de Mexico.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-09-10
|EL COBNO. DE ObRECON No SERA
MAS QUE Una CONTINUATION De
COb|ERNO DEL PIE. DE la AUER1.A
s. & S
.ESAES LAOP|N|ON DEL SUB.SECRE 1AR!O
DE GUERRA, GRAL. FRANCISCO SERRANO
FL JEFE HI[ITAR HENCIONADO NOS HAbLA De LAS
CI1ESTIONES MAS INTERESANTES De LA
POLITICA MEXICAhA ACTUAL

:apital. con su c2racter de SubSecre-
ario de Ia Guerra, estaba SECURE de
que el general Felix Diaz abandonarfa
el pals para dirigirse a Ia Hablra-
Por 10 demas. aSesura nuesro entire
vistado que uunca hubo rendici6n de
parte 6el general DiaZ. nj un enten-
dic,icnto formal con el Cobierno, nj
ha habido mediacion nj documento
cscrito que afirrne Ia pacffica acntnd
del autor del Plan de TERRA Colorado
Higinio ASuilar y Carlos Arellano.
los "brazos fuerteS' de Felix DfaZ.
depusicron su actitud desdc un prir1-
cpio SuS fuerZas, en- numero apro
rimado de seiscientos hombreS han
estado siendo Hcenciadas en- el Estado
de EeracruZ. NADIA menos cl Gia vls-
pera de su salda, el general Serrano
Supo que Salian para los campanen'
tos felicistas un paSador. un inter
ventor de Ia Contralurfa Y algunos
otros empleados oficialcS para tcrrli-
mar el licenciamiento. 4 los soldados
felcistas licenciados, que en- su ma
yorfa son regionaleS, al momento de
dcsarmarSeles Sc les han dado graft
ficacioneS ig1Ialcs a sus haberes des-
de un mes haSta tres meSes. segun Su
catsEorfa etc Ternin6 dicisndonos
sobre el. particular ell general Serrano
que no cree que el general Felix Dfaz
abandonase sus prop6sitos de retirar-
So Ia vida privada como 10 manifes-
10 On TN principle, Y que saldrA para
Ia Habana como 10 DECLARE hace po-
CO.
Contra estas optimistas dec!aracio3
nes del general Serrano. estan las del
Persidente De Ia Huerta, quien infor-.
mo los periodistas anteayer que eT
general Felix DiaZ serla atacado por-
que no obedecla al gobierno.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-09-10
LA SITUAClCN ES MAG
NiFICA.- TRlUNFO
OSREGON.

Acerca dc Ia situa ci6n general de Ia
Republica, nos manifesto el general
Serraro en- nuestra breve entreVlSa
que NADIA podria decir QUO Sc salIese
de las acostumbradas fraseS de riGor.
Dice que tudo cuanto los diarios han
estado publicando reSpecto Ia pacl-
ficaci6n compieta del pals a la es-
tabilidad de Tn periodic de tranquil
dad. cS ciorto: gu" tcdo clio Sc deoc
al espfritu unInirnc Ie toda IN Ma
ciGn que desca IA paZ. que confIa
en- Ia honradex de las autoridadcS ac-
tualeS
IN seguida Ie preguntamos acerca
de las iltimas eiecciones. que. scEun
nuestras noticias estuvieron muy de-
sanimadas ri general Serrano con-
firm. este 0ltimo. y nos dice que Sc
suramente clio So debo a que alEu-
mas casillas no Sc instalaron por Vir'
tud de que los instaladores no Sc pre-
sentaron en- alSunos casos: en- otras
partes e. pueblo. seguro Eel triunfo
del general Obres6n, nj siquiera Sc
acerc6 los lugares de Ia election.
-;Usted cree-dijimos este pro-
p6sito a nuestro entrevistado-que las
protestas de los miembros del Parti-
do Nacional Republican, p-osperen Y
Sc declare nula Ia election de Obre-
g6n?
-Creo senc,@amnute 10 contrario,-
contest6.-y me fundo en- el hecho
de que no parten de una base ser!a
dichas protestas. pues mientras los
partidarioS de Rohles nomrngueZ des-
cooncen en- principle Ia Constitution
de 1917 en- ella SO apoyan para decla-
rar Illegal Ia clecci6n del general Obre-
g6n. Ademas,--ag- los Re
publicanos que el presente Ia sido el
-riunfo d. un cuartelazo. contra Ia
opinion publica Quo esta convencida
de que Ia caida de Car-anZa no Sc de-
biz sino a una necesidad nacional que
Sc hizo manifesto co Ia unificaci6n.
en- una de todas las vountades po-
pularcs. con Ia congregation de to-
dos los Crupos revolucionarios cue
combatieron al carranCiSmo.